"Mmmmmmmmmmmm ......

　Inside the mansion.
　Not in the study, which has become more and more of an office, nor in the garden for relaxation.

　In the living room, which is rarely used, I was groaning.

"What is it, Master Alec?
"Anger?

　Angel came into the room and looked half wondering, half worried.

"To tell you the truth, I'm wondering how I can do something so bad.
"Is it bad?
"Yeah, that angel thing. To keep her out of trouble, apparently I should be doing something bad on a regular basis.
"Okay, I'll call your sister!

　Angel trying to run out of the living room with an innocent smile.
　I stopped her.

"Wait a minute Angier, how did you come to Eliza?
You see, your sister told me that she can't think of anything bad to do in the near future. She said that in the near future, Alec will be worried that he won't be able to think of anything bad to do, so he should call me when he does.
You read like a master strategist.
Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot to leave you a message. Thank you, Mr. Alec, for stopping me.
"Message?
"Yes!　It's bad by God's standards, but you can rest assured it won't embarrass anyone. .
"More and more, you're a master strategist.

　I thought it was great that Eliza was ahead of me.

　　　　　.

　The next day, a carriage came to the house.
　When I stepped in front of the carriage, which was parked in the yard, a young man jumped down from the carriage.

"Huh?　What's the matter with you, Eliza, dressed like that?

　The man was dressed as a man - Eliza.

"Hey, don't be so quick to recognize me.
"No, it's amazing, from the way you look, to your facial expressions, to the way you act, and, oh, the air. It's all a man.
That's a very subtle thing to say after you've seen through it so quickly.
It can't be helped, we've known each other a long time. I know what Eliza looks like.
"Eh, ......

　Eliza was surprised, and for some reason her cheeks turned red.

"What is it, Eliza, your face is red?
Shut up, whose fault is it?
"...... me?

　I wonder what he did.

Oh, forget it. Better yet, get in the carriage.
Are you okay?
"Huh, who are you talking to?　The palace is a cesspool of vice.

　Eliza put her hands on her hips and flailed about.
　That's very convincing.

　I did as you asked and got into the carriage.

　Eliza got in and drove the carriage with practiced reins.

Where are we going?
"Brothel
"Brothel?
Lust is a sin from a divine perspective. Lust not to have children is a divine sin.
"I see.

　That's for sure.
　Or rather, ...... What about me, who didn't think of it?

　There are a number of deadly sins defined by God, and the one that makes no one unhappy is the brothel.

That's right. It's not always easy to come up with things you're not expecting.
"Don't read my mind, master strategist.

　Smiling bitterly, he protested to Eliza.

Yes, two caveats while you're at it.
What is it?
I'm Yale and you're Ares.
It's a pseudonym, I get it.

　It's not unusual for a nobleman to go to a brothel, and it's no problem if people hear about my visit.
　In fact, a certain number of noblemen feel closer to you and even develop a good relationship with you because of it.

　But that's not the case with Eliza.
　The emperor often goes to brothels on the side too, but Eliza is a woman.

　That's not a good thing.

"And no, you don't do it for me.
"...... Thank you Eliza

　I chuckled and thanked her.
　If she hadn't told me this, there's a chance I'd be working with a hooker on the spur of the moment.
　After hearing her story and all that.



　I'm going to do something bad today.

　I told myself that.

　　　　　.

　After an hour or so, the carriage stopped.

I'm here.

　Eliza jumped down first and I got out of the carriage too.

"Huh.

　It was not in the city.
　It was near a lake.
　There is a mountain behind it, and the lake is beautiful as a mirror.

　On the shore of the lake was a villa-like mansion.
　It was no larger than Carlisle's house.

Is this it?　It's a much different image than your average brothel, though.
It's a place where all sorts of out-of-towners play in secret.

　Eliza--no, ale is now a man's language.
　Maybe you've done something, or your voice is now a man's voice.

　I also thought when I was a maid, but isn't that amazing Eliza?

　Eliza will lead you in.

　Without opening my mouth, I let Eliza lead me in.
　Then I got the general idea of the setting.

　A playful cousin got undressed for his cousin who hadn't seen a woman yet.
　That's pretty close to the truth, so I decided to go with the setup.

　We were led to a party hall-like place on the first floor of the mansion, and we were seated in fine chairs with Eliza.

　And there appeared in front of us a lot of beautiful women.
　All kinds of beautiful women, of all types.

　They came into the room one by one and lined up in front of us.

　It was like a group photo at a magic school graduation ceremony.

　Counting, there were thirty girls in all.

　They were all smiling and looking at me and Eliza.

"Brother Eri--Yale, what should I do?
You can choose the one you want. Well, at times like this, some people choose the opposite of their wives.
"I see. What's the best way, by the way?

　Eliza is smart, she knows exactly what I mean.
　I came here to work my wickedness.

　I asked Eliza, who understands God's standard of evil better than I do, for advice on how to do it.

"All of you.
"Everyone.
Yes, I'm going to pick them all to have a moment of lewdness and decadence.
I see, it's a very literal thing to do.
That kind of thing.

　But yeah, all of them or .......
　What's it going to be?

　No, one on one I can understand.
　I've lived long enough to be called an old man in a previous life, and I know as much as anyone else.
　But I was just an ordinary old man, so I can't imagine what to do with all 30 of them.

　Now what to do.

Huh!

　I heard a little scream from next door.
　I looked and saw a maidservant girl, about twelve or three years old, dropping a cup of tea.
　The tea cup is falling in the air.

　It's a very expensive cup, she'll be scolded if it's not.
　Help...

　But then my hand stops.

　It falls to the floor and breaks into pieces.

I'm sorry!

　My heart was throbbing a little.
　I tried to talk to it to cover the pain.

"There are other kids like you, aren't there?
"Eh.

　The girl looked happy for some reason.
　Meanwhile, the man who had led Eliza and me down the hall, knowing that the tea bowl was broken, tried to run to me.

　No doubt to reprimand the girl, but I held out my hand to stop him.
　Now, I wanted to know why the girl's happy face.

Why did you look happy right now ......?
"Oh, I'm sorry.
"Don't apologize to me. Why are you sorry?
"Its ...... that ......
"Yes.

　I nodded, without urging, smiled with an awareness of serenity, and waited for her response.

I wondered if she liked me.
"What's so good about getting into it?
Because I get more money.
"I see.

　It's better to be a good housekeeper than a janitor, or .

I want to earn money and go to school.
"School?
"Yes, I want to learn to write.


The letters . . letters?
"Yes.
"Huh. Why?
I don't know. But when I see characters in various places, such as in touch, I get excited. There are some amazing characters and I want to know what they are.

　That's a pretty fluffy explanation, but I knew the feeling.

　I bent down and took one of the pieces of the broken teapot.
　I cast a transmutation spell on it.

　Light flooded from my palm.
　After it subsided, in my palm was not a piece of the teapot, but an apple.

　A heavily spec'd-down version of the Philosopher's Stone, modeled after Rietzsche's golden apple.
　It was clearly formed by this apple.

Here. Eat this.
"Huh?
"Try it.

　An astonished girl, she timidly took the apple and took a bite.

　Meanwhile, I grabbed a spilled tea on the floor and wrote on the ground.

Please.
"Read!　I can read.
"Yes.
"This, this?
"The fruit of knowledge, if you will, contains knowledge of every letter in the apple. You should be able to read any letter.

　Yeah, that's it.

　He has so much passion for the letters that he has an idea about them, so it would be better for him to understand them properly.

　With that in mind, I fed her an apple.

"Yes, sir.
"Huh?

　Turning to Eliza, she had a puzzled look in her eyes.

'I say no, but you're helping people like you're breathing.
"Ah, ......

　Gasp and look at the girl.

"Thank you!

　She thanked me immensely.