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　Preparations for the trip to the Dwarven Homeland were completed in no time.

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　The preparations had been finished the day before and Jeanne, who had suddenly become my companion, was originally a wanderer, ready to leave at any moment.

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　However, she requested to take a bath before leaving.

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　She wanted to relieve herself from the fatigue of her long journey and to get rid of the dirt.

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　I was honestly impressed that she was a woman in that respect, and gave her permission to take a bath.

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　This castle is a castle of demons, but there are also humans here.

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　Such as Hijikata Toshizo.

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　He is Japanese, so I thought he would like the bath, but that is half a cover story.

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　There is an open-air bath made of a large rock and a hinoki bath made of Japanese cypress inside the castle.

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　I alternate between the former on days when I want to see the blue sky and the latter on days when I want to be soothed by the scent of hinoki cypress.

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　Rarely humanoid demons enter the baths, but they do not like the smell of hinoki cypress, and the rock baths seem to be more popular.

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　By the way, I who take a bath every day am recognized as a pathological cleanliness lover.

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　Even in other worlds, there is a queen of the world empire named Queen Elizabeth, and she was considered a germophobe just because she took a bath once a month.

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　Indeed, it is a narrow position for those who like to take a bath in any world.

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　While I am thinking like this, Jeanne comes out of the bath.

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"............"

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　I was involuntarily silenced because she was only wearing a bath towel wrapped around her body.

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　And she was beautiful.

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　When I met her, she was wearing only a dirty robe and her hair was tied up, so I did not notice it, but she was a beautiful woman.

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　She had a well-proportioned body and golden hair that covered it.

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　She looked like an angel sent from heaven.

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　I gasp for air, but my vision is quickly blocked.

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　Eve, the maid, has come up behind me and has put a blindfold over my eyes.

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　Her cool hands cover my eyes.

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"You mustn't look, master."

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　And a little angry.

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　Jeanne is,

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"I don't care. My body is pure and clean. I have nothing to be ashamed of.

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　And he's proud of it.

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"You should be ashamed. There are many gentlemen here.

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"I know. That's why I only do it in front of the Mad King."

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"Only in front of the master, it's even worse."

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　The two beauties begin to fight, but I make them stop.

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　But I'm not going to let them get away with this.

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　My purpose was not to watch their quarrel, but to visit the dwarves' village.

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　I tell them this and they agree.

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　Jeanne starts to change her clothes in front of me.

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　It is strangely graphic that I can only hear the sound of her clothes rubbing against each other since I can't see.

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　At that moment, Eve takes off the blindfold.

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　I stare alternately at Jeanne and Eve, both of whom are now clean.

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　Both of them are beautiful, but I am now nervous about the thought of being in the same room with them on this long journey.

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　I hope they don't quarrel on the way.

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　With these thoughts in mind, we departed from the Demon King's castle in the afternoon.

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　No one saw me off.

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　It would have been foolish to go out of my way to let the Demon Lord know that I was not at home, so I disguised myself somewhat to keep a low profile before setting out on my journey.

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　I am, however, a demon king who is as close to a human as possible. There is no need for excessive disguise.

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　I am a mere citizen with a cloak disguised as a traveler's and a pair of glasses.

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　Or perhaps I am an up-and-coming peddler, since glasses are expensive even in this world.

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"It's strange, then, that you're accompanied by two beautiful women..."

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　That's what Hijikata Toshizo said to me just before we left, but, well, it can't be helped.

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　Aside from Jeanne dressed as a modest traveler, Eve in a maid's outfit stood out very much.

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　I tried to persuade her to change into her traveler's clothes, but she would not listen.

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"I would rather be skinned than take off my maid's clothes.

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　He said.

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　I wonder if this is the pride of a maid and secretary of a demon tribe.

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　She followed all the other orders, but she seemed to be stubborn when it came to her maid's uniform.

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　Well, it is not unusual for a peddler to walk around with a maid, so we leave it at that.

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　Thus began the journey of the demon king, the maid, and the saint.

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　The dwarven village is located in the western region.

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　It is a region where humans are strong.

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　It would be troublesome if they are discovered as demons, but there should be no humans in the dwarven village, so they should be able to handle it.

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　The only problem was that we didn't run into any knights on the way, but we were lucky.

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　By the time we reached the dwarven village, we had passed only a pilgrim father and son, a traveling merchant, and a small band of mercenaries.

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　The vile mercenaries held up their fingers and asked Eve and Jeanne rudely how much for one shot, but when Jeanne cut down a large nearby tree as an example, the mercenaries fell silent.

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　I guess they didn't find out that I was a demon.

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　After all, no one would expect a demon king to be next to a pure woman like Jeanne.

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　In that sense, this might have been the best lineup.

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　Bringing an oriental like Toshizo would have been very conspicuous.

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　Besides, Toshizo would have cut mercenaries instead of trees.

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　He would have had to fight a big battle with the mercenaries, and it would have been no longer a dwarven village.

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　In a way, I was right to bring Jeanne with me, but there was something that bothered me.

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　Her nickname in the other world is the Maiden of Orleans.

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　She was always in the front line of battle, but there is no record of her being a peerless warrior.

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　And yet, what does this strength mean?

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　Can anyone become a hero if summoned to this world?

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　Or was she strong from the time she was in the other world?

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　I ask.

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　She gives me a puzzled look.

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　It was the face of a girl of her age, but her expression quickly returned to normal,

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"It's all God's will."

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　I am not a good person to talk about it.

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　She is a religious fanatic after all.

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　In the other world of France, she did heroic work, but in the end she was captured by the enemy and died an untimely death.

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　She was betrayed by the King of France, who had done so much for her, and abandoned by the nobles with whom she had fought.

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　Nevertheless, she did not hold grudges against them and wished for the peace of her country, so she was posthumously canonized as a saint by the Church of Rome.

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　As such a girl, it may be natural that all her actions are associated with God.

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　Eve seems to be worried about her betrayal, but as long as I don't do anything against God, she will be on my side.

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　The Ashtaroth army is still a weak force, but it is lucky to have a powerful hero like her in command.

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　I vowed to keep her under my command for as long as possible and to rule well.

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　But I am a natural pragmatist.

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　I admire Machiavelli and Han Hee Tzu.

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　I will challenge my enemies without mercy and without pretext.

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　I hope God will forgive me that much.

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　It is with this in mind that I proceeded.

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