Chapter 57

Hersi chatted excitedly.

It was mainly about the countess.

Ruid ate his lunch box and listened to Hersy’s story.

“...I heard something like that happened? Really, holding back my anger was the limit of what I could do there. “I don’t like the countess or the commoners.”

Ruid recalled the original story, which described the Countess as a kind of pig grunt.

‘This looks the same.’

“It looks like it keeps causing trouble. Wouldn’t it be better to get rid of it?”

Hersi added just in case.

“If Ruid is a burden, I can use my family’s power.”

“Leave it alone.”

The Countess is a person who will be hated by most in the future.

There was nothing wrong with having a few hated characters.

Since ancient times, it has been a common enemy that keeps two groups who are not on good terms together.

“It all has its uses.”

“yes.”

Hercy nodded quietly.

‘How great it would be if everyone were like Hersy.’

Hersi is obedient. Don’t talk back even once.

How great would it be if the whole world were Hercy? Then we could conquer the world.

“But... there is a backlash. “It would be nice if it were an illusion.”

“I don’t think Hersy is mistaken. But I wonder. “Is washing really something you hate more than dying?”

Ruid’s main purpose is simply ‘Let’s wash the commoners!’ It wasn’t.

The goal was to learn etiquette to be less noticeable to the nobles, and ultimately to resolve the conflicts that were rampant in the academy.

But to get this kind of reaction after washing.

I feel like I can’t even dream of learning table manners, speaking style, or correcting body language.

“I personally did some research on that. “There is a reason why commoners don’t wash.”

“What? Please tell me in detail. “It’s a pretty important issue.”

“...First of all, commoners are very good at believing in superstitions. “I believe that good luck will come from washing your body.”

Hersi explained it step by step.

“And secondly, it’s a feeling of resistance. “I’ve never felt much discomfort while washing my body, so why are you saying this?”

“Third and final. This is probably the biggest problem. To commoners, bathing is considered a luxury. People usually think of water as something to drink. “If you want to wash, you have to use several times more water than you drink.”

“...How can I learn magic and use it?”

“Luid’s magic power is meaningless, but if you create water with magic for washing, you usually have to use more than half the magic power. “It’s a waste of money to invest that much.”

“Isn’t there water in the dorm?”

“The capital city is a pretty high-end facility. You can’t put something like that in a place where a lot of people live, like a dormitory. Instead, I believe there is a water storage tank. I know it’s enough, but there’s quite a distance. “It seems like a hassle to go back and forth.”

‘This is my first time knowing this.’

In the end, Ruid was also a high-ranking son.

Things like water shortage were stories from other countries.

But it doesn’t seem to be at a terrible level.

That was the conclusion. What are the benefits of washing? Commoners fundamentally think differently.

If you don’t wash, you are likely to contract various diseases... What can I say?

-Yes, I haven’t washed up until now and I’m alive and well. My grandmother is still alive too. That’s a old rhyme. And if you look at the nobles, their lives were short?

I have nothing to say like this. In fact, there are many nobles who die quickly. Of course, it was due to stress or the assassination due to a fight over rank.

‘There is not enough merit as a store.’

The conclusion is that it is important to explain the ‘benefits of washing.’

Ruid said something that suddenly occurred to him.

“Come to think of it, Hersi.”

“yes?”

“You said you often receive things like confessions.”

“...yes. “I don’t have a fiancé.”

“Are there any commoners?”

“Not knowing their own subject is the specialty of commoners. There are quite a few. “They are like moths.”

Surprisingly, it is said that there are quite a few cases where commoners and nobles are connected.

Although this was something that happened often in the Middle Ages, this is a worldview in which there was frequent contact between commoners and nobles.

But I never would have thought that would happen to a high-ranking noble like Hersi. Ruid was surprising in many ways.

“...Then, I think this method will work well.”

“How?”

“huh. A way for commoners to safely listen to etiquette. Can you help me?”

“Of course I will help you. ...I don’t know why Ruid thinks about the common people.”

Hersi rarely expressed his opinion.

“Luid is so kind. It is a misconception that commoners are nice. “How clever they are.”

“You never thought commoners were nice?”

Because of the rumor that Hercy and Ruid like ‘people who wash well’!

“Do you know anything? “You could be my seventeenth concubine.”

“Don’t you know? Normally, Hercy would blow it away with the wind. But he even took a deep breath and appealed to me that he likes a man who washes well!”

These two were very popular men and women at the academy.

Of course, when asked, ‘Who has the best looks in the Academy?’, the man was Luid and the woman was Hersy.

Ruid’s fault is that he is young, but his mysterious aura more than overcomes that.

Hersy’s flaw is that she doesn’t have an easy personality, but her good looks make up for it.

As a result, there are cadets who follow Hercy and Ruid.

To the point where there are students who carry pillows to imitate Ruid (girls often look at them like they are looking at bugs).

In other words, the two were objects of envy and trendsetters.

“It’s like being deceived...”

“Lude, if you follow him, you might be popular with the ladies.”

“Like Lady Hercy...”

Ruid knew that he had to break the oar when the water came in.

For him, ‘high-quality soap’ was always placed in the commoner’s dormitory.

It captured the hearts of students who were not particularly interested in trends.

“Hey, this is really expensive, right?”

“Would you like to try it?”

“It’s a bit annoying, though.”

“I have some magic left. Honestly, isn’t it okay to use the bath water 500 times? “Let’s fill it up little by little every day.”

‘Isn’t five hundred times a bit harsh...?’

Ruid, who had cast an invisibility spell and was watching the movement, sighed.

But not everyone wanted to wash.

“what the. “You’re falling for this obvious trick?”

“Do you want to be like the white pigs? “If you’re a man, you just bury yourself in it and move on.”

“Wow, pretending to be neat is disgusting.”

There were also commoners who gritted their teeth and refused to wash.

Ruid decided to give up on such friends.

However, an unexpected income arose.

“huh? “What is this smell?”

It has been a week since the policy started.

“Hey, doesn’t he smell something strange about his body?”

“I know. what? “The smell is like it’s been rotting in this gutter for three years.”

Commoners who started to wash even a little began to smell something called ‘smell’!

Smell is something called ‘adaptation’.

The proof was that he could not smell his own body odor.

However, when he started washing and the smell from his own body disappeared, the smell of other commoners who did not wash began to be unpleasant!

“Oh, wash yourself.”

“It’s so damn real.”

“Wow, look at that soot.”

Commoners, no matter how many times they wash their clothes and their life-long impurities disappear, are starting to notice the difference.

There were even commoners who campaigned by washing.

In that way, Ruid’s first goal, the plan to ‘cleanse the common people’, was a success.

Ruid gave Hercy a thumbs up.

“It’s a success. “Thanks to you, Agent Hersey.”

“What is an agent...?”

Hercy looked a little haggard.

“...Thanks to Ruid, the number of commoners confessing has doubled. “I didn’t even have enough words to say no, so I just threw it away and ended up getting a penalty point for using illegal magic.”

“10 points for the store because it’s unique.”

“...is it okay to abuse it like that?”

Ruid asked, genuinely puzzled.

“Who’s going to say anything? To me.”

But that simple mindset caused a new sensation.