"Fluaa...... this,this,is,a hot spring......!"

Behré was thrilled when Elsa led him to the hot springs.

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After washing his dirty body, Behle soaked himself in the hot spring and was so entranced by its comfort that he almost forgot himself.

In the central part of the Shoro Kingdom, where Erza and Bere are from, there is little rainfall and it is very dry, so it is not customary to take a bath.

Of course, bathing for the purpose of washing one's entire body is practiced, especially by the nobility, but the custom of bathing for the purpose of bathing itself has not developed.

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"How do you like it?　Does it feel good?

"Yes, yes. Very ......"

Behré answered with a face like a prodigal.

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Behle is 14 years old. But her breasts were already bigger than Elsa's.

"......"

Elsa learned one more thing about the unreasonableness of the world.

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"Oh ......"

In the men's room, Barrow is stretching his body in the hot water.

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This one is all alone.

Soaking in the hot water, I can feel my fatigue fade away.

"I didn't think such a facility existed.

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Before entering the bathhouse, I was told to pour the hot water over my body and to wash my dirty body, so I was observing good manners.

Then some villagers came in.

"Oh, I thought you were the first one to take a bath, but you beat me to it.

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"Idiot, you left your clothes in the changing room. Didn't you see them?"

"Who are you, mister?"

Two men and a child from the village came into the bathroom. Barrow rushes to greet them.

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"Ah, hi, it's nice to meet you. My name is Barrow. Well, Jin-sama brought me here ......."

He was a little slow to speak out of the blue, but he seemed to get what he wanted to say.

"Oh, I see. You're Jin's guest!"

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"How do you like this village?"

"Oh, yes, I came here last night, so I don't know yet, but this hot spring is very nice!

"Right?　Jin made it for me, you know?"

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The man said proudly. Barrow was surprised at what he heard.

"What?　Jin-sama made this too?

He wonders who the hell he is, since he gave Behré the medicine that made him recover overnight.

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"Niichan, where did you come from?"

Now a child asked me.

"Well, ah, I'm from a place called the Shoro Kingdom, ......."

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I was born in the Shoro Kingdom, but I came from the Kingdom of Selroa. It was a question that was a little difficult to answer.

"Shoro Kingdom ...... is the same as Erza-sensei and Meine-sensei, isn't it!

"Oh, I see. I remember you said they were from the Shoro Kingdom too.

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"Yes. They're teaching us how to read and write and do some lessons here in the village. Reading and writing... and arithmetic...

"Study?"

Barrow was surprised again. In an ordinary farming village, there are very few opportunities for the villagers to study.

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Only those who plan to apprentice themselves to a merchant or serve a nobleman can take classes.

"This is a farm village, isn't it?

That's what I thought from looking around in the morning.

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"Oh. They pay their taxes in wheat, so it must be a farming village.

"And you study?"

"Yes. Jin told me that it's better to study when you're a child. Well, looking at him, I'm sure he's persuasive. And he teaches it in a reasonable way, so there was no opposition.

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Yes, it is true that in poor rural areas, many parents do not want their children to study because it would reduce their labor force, even if they are children.

This was the case in Barrow's village.

Barrow and Behré did not like such a village, so they half-way forced a merchant from the Kingdom of Celuloa to help them escape from the village, and then they were lucky enough to be hired by a nobleman from the Kingdom of Celuloa.

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"It's a nice village. ......"

Barrow wished he had been born in such a village.

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I'm Barbara, nice to meet you, Mr. Behle.

Yes, yes. Nice to meet you.

Elsa and Barbara are the same age.

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As the number of unreasonable breasts increases, Elsa feels the impermanence of the world more and more. I think I will be enlightened soon.

But that's beside the point,

"Hey, Mr. Behle, what kind of relationship do you have with the man in the men's bath now?"

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"What?　With Barrow?

Barbara loves to talk about this kind of thing.

"Oh, his name is Barrow. That's right. That's him. He came yesterday with Mr. Jin, didn't he?　My uncle told me about you."

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"Barbara's uncle is ......"

His name is Guy Beck and he's the chief of this village. He's the chief of this village, but he's a deputy now.

A deputy?

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Yes. Because this village is owned by Mr. Jin.

What?

Behle's voice rang out. It could be heard well through the wall to the next men's room.

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This caused Barrow's voice to be heard as he worried about Behré.

"No, I'm fine. It's nothing!"

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Behré, who had turned red to the nape of his neck, replied.

From the men's room, Barrow was playing with her, saying things like, "You're a good guy, aren't you? >>I could hear Barrow's voice being played with.

Pretending not to hear them, Behle asks Barbara

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"Jin-sama, you were a nobleman?

Elsa answered.

"No, my brother Jin is a commoner. But he is the world's greatest magecraftsman.

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Behrle now turned to Erza who answered.

"Are you a magecraftsman?"

"Yes. Jin was recognized as an honorary Magecraftsman in the Kingdom of Egelea, and just recently he made various contributions to the Kingdom of Klein. In return, this village is his reward."

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"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

A second loud voice.

Even as an apprentice maid, Behle, who had served a nobleman, knew that the kingdoms of Egelea and Klein did not share a border.

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Behrle is at a loss as to what kind of magecraftsman (magecraftsman) is recognized in such two distant countries .......

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"Well, you don't have any idea what's going on, do you?"

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"Yes. All we know is that a group called "Nostalgia" captured escaped labor criminals and handed them over to the soldiers of Toka Village. For some reason, the escapees do not remember anything that happened in the last two days.

"That's the only convenient thing about it. ...... But the Nostalgia, I've heard the name a lot lately. They're a bunch of jerks. We've wasted our troops. What a nonsense! You didn't leave any evidence, did you?

Yes, of course. What's next?

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I assume you've already sent the conscripts back to their villages?

Yes, they should arrive in Charles today.

Yes, I think they should arrive in Charles today. Listen, don't do anything to make me suspicious of you.

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I'm well aware of that.

All right, then. Next up: ......."

No one in the room was aware that there was a fifth column (Quinta) nearby, listening to the whole thing.

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