Chapter 12.1

I ran back and forth in the hallway, stirred the foam, washed it away by going back and forth between the water hole and the corridor, and finished polishing it with a dry mop.

There are no windows or clocks in the corridor, so I don’t know the time, whether it’s morning, noon, or night.

I wonder if there is a concept of morning, noon, and night in this world.

At the very least, I would like to have a clock. Regular life is the key to good mental health.

The smooth and shiny hallway had regained its original magnificent marble shine.

It is so polished that when I stand in the hallway, my image is reflected vaguely in the corridor.

I look down the hallway, my water-soaked clothes clinging to my still-developing, yet somehow sexy limbs, which in a few years will remind everyone of a goddess of love and beauty, slender but with soft flesh in all the right places.

The corridor is still dimly lit with too little light, but it is now clean enough to live a healthy life.

This basement has a lot of rooms, but so far only one person has visited it, the “Harmful Water Nymph”, Cronaea-san.

The fact that only the door to my room is red might mean that the doors to unoccupied rooms will remain black colour.

I don’t know, but if no one is coming tomorrow, I’ll be free to use the other rooms.

I didn’t find anything new in the rooms, but if I move the tetrahedron lamp in the unused room to the corridor, it will make the corridor a little brighter.

After all, it is not good without light. Even though I am capable of camping out in the woods of the duke’s domain while hunting, it would be depressing to be in a dark space for a long time.

There was a time when I went out into the forest with a bow and arrow and a small knife and didn’t return for about three days, and Rafael-sama, my brother, and Clive tried desperately to find me. I think I was just over ten years old at the time.

I didn’t want to disturb the camp, so I ran around knowing that they were looking for me, but Rafael looked like he was about to cry.

Those who belong to the royal family need to learn a certain amount of martial arts just in case something happens to them. Even my brother, who looks like he couldn’t even kill an insect, knows enough about swords to wipe out a pack of Kiva wolves by himself.

The Duke’s are blessed, but it is precisely because they are blessed that they must protect their Citizens.

Of course, there are knights to maintain public security, but it is demoralizing for the lord to be protected all the time.

Those who are blessed have a duty to protect those who are powerless. My encampment is part of that training.

I was able to complete the cleaning of the corridor on the first day as a cleaning lady because of the physical strength I had cultivated in the Camp.

It’s appropriate to say that if you’re prepared, you won’t have to worry.

I went to the water room with fresh clothes and boots to replace my wet and dirty clothes.

I didn’t bring a cloth to wipe myself, so I slipped off the sheets from the bed.

It is the employer’s duty to take care of the living environment of the workers, so I must make proper demands when I meet Gilbert-sama. I don’t know much about hiring people.

It wasn’t the time to complain to Gilberto in my heart.

Anyway, I need to change first because I’m soaking wet all over now. The sheets must be sacrificed.

I quickly took off my wet clothes at the watering hole, and then I got a bucket of clean water.

It would be a matter of life and death if it was as cold as midwinter, but the temperature in the basement was just lukewarm. It was not so cold even if I was naked.

The water was also a little warm, so there seemed to be no problem.

I put my clothes and other things that I didn’t want to get wet on the shelves sticking out from the floor and covered my head with water because my hair was also dirty with foam.

I have already confirmed that the water that collects at my feet is designed to be sucked into a drainage channel in the tiled floor. Perhaps this is a watering hole, or perhaps it is a bathroom.

“Miss…, don’t you think it’s dangerous to expose your seductive naked body in a place like this?”

As I savored the comfort of washing my body and getting clean, I heard a voice that was kind but somewhat emotionless.

I think my body is clean enough, so I stop and turn around.

The door that had been closed was now open, and Astaroth was leaning against the wall.

A large snake was still coiled around his body. I have learned that snakes have a low body temperature, so when they are touched, they feel as if they are being burned.

I was in the middle of a bath, so I had to take a bath like this.

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