CH 262

Fourth Concubine (2)

Translated by AmaLynne

Edited by AmaLynne

“Ahh…”

“Haaaa…”

Melfalude and Roselotte stood shoulder to shoulder and let out a big sigh.

Immersing yourself in hot water releases your tension and you do so almost unconsciously.

Here we are in the bathhouse of a hot spring facility in the sacred city of Hourai.

However, it is not a public bathhouse that is offered to the masses at a low price. It’s a special bathhouse that only those who have a close relationship with Your Majesty Yuri are allowed to use.

To be honest, Melfalude doesn’t think it’s a good place for her to use. Roselotte says that it’s safe, so she’s using this bathhouse.

The special baths are not as spacious as the public baths, but from Melfalude point of view, they seem to be spacious enough.

There were no ordinary customers in the baths, and the two of them, Melphalude and Roselotte, had the whole place to themselves. Honestly, it felt like a lot of waste space.

“Baths are nice, aren’t they… This is the first time I’ve experienced it since coming to the Yuri Empire, and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to bathing in cold water again.”

“Didn’t the High Elves have a bathing culture in their villages?”

“No, at least not in our village. We thought it was common knowledge that dirt should be cleaned off in the lake, no one had to tell us that.”

In hindsight, it was a waste of time.

As long as the High Elves can use low-ranked spirit magic, they can handle all attributes, regardless of the vocation they have acquired.

So, if you want to fill an empty vat with water, or heat it to turn it into hot water―――all the residents of the village can do that.

So it would have been easy to enjoy the culture of bathing as long as you had a large enough tub to hold a person.

Nevertheless, they had never thought of soaking their body in hot water because of the preconceived notion that if you wanted to get clean, you should go into the lake.

“The hotter the water, the better the healing effect. It makes you feel more relaxed…”

“I know what you mean. It’s like the fatigue melts into the water.”

“Ah, I see. That’s a good way to put it…”

Melfalude was impressed by Roselotte’s words.

The expression is quite close to the experience.

“Well, I’m just repeating what husband told me.”

“Is that so? …Hey, I’d like to ask you a few questions. What kind of person is Your Majesty Yuri from Roselotte’s point of view, her concubine?”

“Husband? Right, she’s very kind, isn’t she?”

“Kind…?”

The words were suddenly unbelievable and Melfalude was puzzled.

Melfalude clearly remembered the cruel expression on Your Majesty Yuri’s face when she had confronted her at the High Elf settlement.

It’s an eye that doesn’t even slightly recognize the value of the life of the person in front of it.

Even if she had killed all of the High Elves in the village, she would probably not feel any emotion in his heart, and there was complete disinterest in her eyes.

Remembering those eyes… For the life of me, she can’t connect Roselotte’s image of『kindness』and Her Majesty Yuri in Melfalude’s mind.

“……Husband is, distinguish between people she’s being nice to.”

“Distinguish?”

“Yes. There are『allies』that you should be kind to and『enemies』that you should not be kind to. Husband makes a clear distinction between the two, so―――I’m sure that when Melfalude fought husband, she gave you a very cold stare.”

“I-I see……?”

Roselotte is right, Melfalude has only ever faced Your Majesty Yuri from the standpoint of an enemy.

She didn’t seem to care about the lives of her enemies as much as she cared about her own.

If the position changes―――will the kind of eyes change to a kind one?

“By the way, we ended up laddering up to four different stores. How was the sweet taste of Hourai? Were you satisfied with it?”

“Yes, I was very satisfied! The Manju, taiyaki, monaka, and zenzai were all perfectly delicious! I’ve never had such a luxurious time in my life!”

“Fufu, I’m glad you like it. I’m so happy to hear that you’ve fallen in love with『red bean paste』.”

“I’ve never eaten so many beans in my life. I never knew that eating beans could make me feel so happy…”

The first time Melfalude ate Taiyaki, she was shocked by the taste of the red bean paste in it, and found herself choosing only sweets with red bean paste in them.

Eventually, she even ate one with red bean paste on top of shaved ice, but even such a strange sweet was incredibly delicious.

She spent a lot of the money she earned yesterday and the day before in the labyrinth in one day, but she doesn’t regret it at all.

Rather―――to taste the sweetness without hesitation at a later date. Melfalude feels that her will to vigorously hunt many demons in the『Labyrinth』again has been strengthened even more.

“You have to be careful not to eat too many sweets because they can make you fat.”

“……I’ll work out for it, so I’ll be fine. Yeah. “

If you hunt demons vigorously, it will be a good exercise.

To eat a lot of sweets, went to the『Labyrinth』for both exercise and to earn money.

This is a very nice cycle, isn’t it?

In fact, many people were energetically working as explorers who had the same idea as Melfalude.

Perhaps the sweetness of Hourai easily captivates not only women but men as well.

It’s not uncommon to find muscular and strong men going to the『Labyrinth』day in and day out to taste the sweets.

“Fufu. Besides, we’ve got『exercise』coming up later today, right?”

“Ah… Are we going to do that… thing today?”

The day before yesterday, and the day before that, she went to Estoa, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, she was with Sofia, and yesterday was with Lizelia.

It was easy to imagine that Roselotte would embrace her tonight if she did this every night.

“Yes. I mean… you should get used to dealing with us.”

“………? What does that mean?”

“Husband love is really fierce…”

Roselotte blushes as if she has just taken a bath.

Unlike them, Melfalude does not have the duty of being a『concubine』. Even so, since Your Majesty Yuri has ownership of her body, it is normal for her to be asked to perform services in bed.

If that is the case… you should make an effort to make your master like you.

“……I-I understand. I’m going to get used to it, so please go out with me for practice.”

“Yes. I won’t be too kind, but please don’t hold it against me, okay?”

―――That night

As declared, Roselotte was not very kind.

The fact that it was a good『exercise』―――was also undoubted.