CH 5

5 Domestic Affairs Cheat is Far Beyond My Expectation

TN : 5/15

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If it wasn’t swordsmanship cheat, then it must be THAT. You know, THAT!

Yes, what I meant was ＮＡＩＳＥＩ cheat! [TL: 内政 read as Naisei, means household matters like bath, etc]

Honestly, I had no idea of how many domestic affairs cheat I could bring into this world with my middle school memories, but let’s try this! Aim for modernization!

Now, from where should I start I wonder?

“Young Master, let us take a bath before you have your dinner. You are sweating so much from your training… Please come, I’ve already prepared one for you.”

“Ye~es.”

Yosh! Let’s start with the bath. The very basic, BATH REVOLUTION!

With that in mind, I docilely followed Martha to the bath. When we arrived in the bathroom, I entered, already stark naked. Before we bathe, though, Martha touched the magic crystal that was embedded on the wall. She was checking the temperature of the shower.

It was only when she was sure that the temperature was perfect that she turned to me. By the way, Martha was still fully clothed at the moment.

“Well then, Young Master, please close your eyes since I’m going to pour the hot water now.”

Hearing her warning, I promptly closed my head and waited for her to hoist the shower-head. Yup, the temperature was just right. After that, she washed my hair with shampoo and conditioner before washing my body with scented soap, a nice floral one.

Then, she washed away the soap suds with the shower. Meanwhile, I was simply enjoying the hot water that trickled down my face and body. After that, I was brought over to the bathtub and indulged in the hot water. And though the water level was lower than my body, it still felt nice.

“Young Master, please soak yourself until the water reaches your shoulder. Then, let’s count to one hundred with me, alright? Here we go~. O~ne, two~…”

“… Ninetynine~, one hundred~.”

Hyaah… Counting until one hundred took time for sure. Then again, I was never the type of person who could soak for too long in the bathtub, so Martha’s move was without a doubt correct.

Because as soon as I finished counting, I immediately jumped out of the piping hot bathtub. However, before I could move, I was soon lifted up by the maids, who were waiting for me with a bath towel. Those maids then wiped my body and hair until I was dry.

“Here you go, Young Master.”

Another maid said as she spread out a pant for me. I was then passed over to that maid-san to let her put on the pants on me. Although I felt very ashamed to be coddled like this, it couldn’t be helped since I can’t put it on myself in my current position.

Still, at the very least, it was a brief pant! A brief pant! I was so happy – ehem – I meant, I had finally graduated from wearing a diaper a while ago! So, pardon my brief lapse of manners.

Kuuh, that was a black history for me. The time when I needed the maids to help me change my diaper was long mental torture for me. Something that should be buried deep into the center of the earth.

Anyway, after that, I obediently sat in front of the mirror as the maids dressed me up (This way, I could wear my socks on my own, which they, fortunately, did not prevent me from doing).

Once we were done with that part, another maid came with a hairdryer and towel to dry my hair. And when I told her that the wind was too hot, she immediately touched the installed enchanted magic crystal to adjust the temperature.

Yup, the bath was perfect.

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After my bath was over, it was finally time for dinner.

I wonder what was the menu for dinner tonight? Thinking of food, I couldn’t help but get excited since my meal in this world was always delicious.

But if there was something I was dissatisfied with, it was the fact that I ate mostly on my own. Although Martha and the other maids were there with me, they simply stood there in line, waiting to serve me. They did not eat with me.

Meanwhile, Kevin and the other guards ate their dinner in their station. So, they did not eat with me as well.

When I said I wanted to eat together with them, they refused, citing the difference between our social position as the excuse. So, although I was displeased with it, I couldn’t do anything about it since their reason was not unreasonable.

Besides, even if I forced them to have dinner with me, the one who would be pissed off was Martha-san. After all, the maids were strangers. Who knew where their loyalty lied. So, precaution was a must.

And even if I tried to force Martha-san to allow it, I would only end up being remonstrated by her. She would object by saying that it was her, the wet nurse’s, job to teach me about that.

I might be able to persuade her to let me do as I wished, though, if only I was recognized as a mature man. However, with me being as I was, the chance of me looking like a selfish child was higher.

When I thought up to that point, I inwardly sighed. As expected, I couldn’t check whether I had a cheat in this area or not.

I shook the thought away and quickly focused back on the thought of eating alone. Honestly, having dinner alone felt empty.

By the way, today’s dinner was consomme soup with bacon and onion, potato salad, omelet rice with a runny egg and demi-glace sauce! Furthermore, it was finished off with ORANGE JUICE! My favorite! YAY!!!

Everything was practically my favorite!!!

“Fufufu, it seems you enjoy today’s menu, too Young Master. Please eat a lot and grow up into a healthy child, okay?”

Seriously?! No, thank you. I’ve had my fill. Despite my thought, I went to my battlefield, weapons held high. The kiddy spoon and fork I held glinted under the light.

First of all… the soup. Ya~h, the bacon was cooked just right. Perfectly suited to my tastes. It’s simply delicious!!!

It was not only the soup that was appetizing but also the other foods. For example, the balance between the mayonnaise, salt, and pepper used in the potato salad was also exquisite. It had just the right texture I liked!

Furthermore, the served omelet rice was also excellent! The combination of the chicken rice with ketchup, demi-glace sauce, and the fluffy while still maintaining its runny texture egg was just perfect in my opinion!

I didn’t even need to mention the orange juice. It was freshly squeezed juice! Very fresh and delicious! Haa~ the food here made the inside of my mouth dance in joy. I released a happy smile as I ate everything until not a crumb was left. Then…

“The dessert today is the chocolate cake that you love so much, Young Master.”

“REALLY?!”

YAAAY~! HURRAAY FOR BEING A CHILD!!! NOW I CAN ENJOY SWEETS AS MUCH AS I WANTED~.

Swe~et, swe~et~

Yup, my meals were the best!

Since this was the case, then there was no need for something like domestic affairs cheat. It was delicious enough for me to eat with everyone.

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After I was finished with my dinner, I proceeded to return to my room with Martha following. Midway there, I met Kevin in the lobby, and he seemed to be holding some sort of board.

Seeing that, I had to wonder what he was planning to do.

“Kevin, what are you doing? Are you in charge of today’s night watch?”

“Indeed I am, Young Master. That’s why, please have a nice sleep.”

“Uhm, good night. By the way, what is that board for?”

I asked as I looked at the board that was held by Kevin curiously, somewhat doubting my sight.

Is it just my imagination… or does it really have a black and white checkered pattern?

“Aah, this is a chessboard, Young Master. I’m planning to play the game with the other guard until the shift changes… Keep it a secret, okay?”

No, I don’t think that’s possible. I mean, don’t you see that Martha is right beside me? Though, I never expected this. So, this world also has chess, huh.

“I want to play that, too.”

“E~h, are you sure?”

Just to make it clear, the one who asked that wasn’t me. It was Martha. Seeing that she seemed to be unwilling to let me play, I had to use the most powerful asset I had at the moment. The cuteness that I was born with.

Playing up my cuteness, I sent a pleading gaze to her, which was silently begging her. Plea~se~!

Unable to resist, Martha finally folded in with a wry smile as she said, “Can’t be helped. Alright, but you can’t stay up too late, okay?”

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

With her agreement, we then went to the closest room to the lobby with me raring to go, fired up to play.

“Young Master, maybe it’s better to start with this before you move on to chess.”

Having said that, Kevin took out another board that I couldn’t see from my position. However, I was sure that there were two of them on his hand now.

When I opened the folded boards, I saw the disks whose both surfaces were painted with white and black color respectively.

“It’s called reversi. It’s a game in which you interpose the other color in between your color to make them yours. What do you think? Simple, right?”

Oooh, they even had reversi here. How nostalgic… I used to play this game with my past life’s older sister many times.

Fufufu, this being the case, bring it o~n! I’ll show you how the master wins!

… I lost.

I was in disbelief. Still… I did my best, so…

“It’s because Young Master is clearly aiming for the corner. That’s why it’s so easy for me to win. Since I read your tactic ahead of time.”

Guh. I see. So, this was the reason behind my continuous defeat against big sis before.

“Well then, since you’ve already had a good time, it’s time to sleep. Come now, Young Master. Your bed awaits you.”

Ah, so it was already that time, huh. I was slightly reluctant, but I did not rebel against Martha. I thanked Kevin who had accompanied me to play reversi and went back to my room.

While I was at it, I also went to the toilet first since I was holding it in since we reached the middle of our match. Fortunately, the toilet was the familiar flushing type one, not those medieval ones I thought it would be.

… Fuha~.

However, despite my familiarity with the flushing toilet, I was still uncomfortable with this world version. And the reason was pretty simple. I didn’t like touching the enchanted magic crystal that was used to flush the toilet.

I meant, though it was only an extremely small demerit compared to the convenience it brought, my finger always felt like it was zapped by electric current whenever I did that. Furthermore, the same thing happened when I touched the enchanted magic crystal used for the faucet. So, yeah, I didn’t really like touching the enchanted magic stone.

Anyway, after finishing the ritual to prevent myself from doing a shameful act of wetting the bed in the middle of the night, I brushed my teeth on the washbasin. And to ensure I did it correctly, Martha would check my teeth later.

Honestly, I wanted to say that I was capable of that much, but I still couldn’t get used to the toothbrush in my hand. Its size was too big for my small hand, after all, so I conceded to letting Martha do a post-check.

Once everything was done, we went to my room. There, in the deepest part of the room, laid a certain huge bed. It was mine. Still, despite that fact, I always felt that this bed was simply too big for me. After all, I slept by myself. However, I could do nothing about it.

Anyhow, discarding my complaint from my mind, I slipped into the soft and warm quilt after letting Martha change my cloth to sleepwear.

Absent-mindedly listening Martha saying good night to me, I closed my eyes as she touched the enchanted magic crystal on the wall. The one that would turn off the light in my room.

But I did not pay attention to that as I was already half-asleep.

Good night.

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… Come to think of it… What had become of my domestic affairs cheat?