I was soaked in Tille's drool that I went to a public bath near the town hall.
　I asked Unja to bring me a change of clothes and I went straight to the public baths.

　This public bathhouse was built to alleviate the hot spring village's constant overcrowding, but even though it was only noon, it was quite crowded with visitors.

　There is also a snack and rest area, but both of them are almost full.

　About 30% of the customers were local Liberty people, and the rest seemed to be traveling merchants.
　And almost all users are sub-humans.
　The public baths here do not distinguish between races and subalterns, so it is clearly marked at the entrance.
　For that reason, guests from the royal capital do not use this place at first.
　The only exception would probably be Quinn.

　According to Black.
After all, this is the only public bath in all of Parma where subhumans are welcome to come in.
　I heard it was something.
　I thought it would be in a town or village where only the more remote sub-humans would have been able to get away with it.
They don't have the best bathrooms in the world.
　And that's what they say.


　I got out of the bath.
My lord bear, the bear I've been waiting for!
　And Korok, who had been waiting for me in the waiting room, instantly hugged me.
　When I looked closely, I found that Aura and Aela had also come over, and they came running to me, chasing after Korok.
''My lord, welcome back.''
My lord, I've missed you.
　They took turns holding my hand as they said that.
'Today the Koroks have a monopoly on their lordship, a bear they won't give to anyone else.
　He growled at the two of us as he said this.

　I chuckled.
Get along, or I won't give you anything.
　When he said that, Korok said
Huh?
　And then I froze in place.

　And then about five minutes later.
...and it's just a bear bear to bring back.
　As I said this, they reluctantly agreed to quit intimidating the others, but they didn't seem to want to give up sticking to my side, so they walked with me, still hugging me around my waist.

　Outside the public bathhouse, Erdena and Unja were waiting for me, so we went straight back to the mansion once we were there.

　Just behind the mansion is a two-story stone mansion.
　It's not my mansion, but rather the mansion of Liberty's lord, and it's Liberty's property.
　
　Although I have some personal belongings here, I spend most of my day in the town hall lord's office, and most of my visitors are answered in the town hall's reception room, so I honestly think it's a waste of my time.

　I even offered to offer it as a staff dormitory for the town hall, but
If a lord is living in a dormitory, it's a matter of public record.
　So we were stopped by everyone at the town hall, including Eldena.

　Right now, me, Unja, and my fiancé, Erdena, are using this place.
''........If Liberty becomes a frontier city, there will be cases where we receive guests from the royal capital in this mansion, so please keep that in mind.
　Erdena reminded me of that, but as I'm still in the middle of my training, I can only nod anyway with a wry smile.
(It wouldn't be fancy if I failed the exam with this.)

　As we were moving to the mansion, Erdena
Well come to think of it, Sarah's been away lately.
　That's what he told me.

　What's more, he said he found a child of his own kind, a salamander, and he went to check on the child.

　When she came back, Sarah told Erdena that she had told her.
'I'm a salamander's kid. I was wondering if he was really happy with his life but I'm glad I went. I got to see with my own eyes the way they live with a smile on their faces.
　He smiled at that.

　After all, he was being raised as the child of a man and an elf couple in a pretty eastern city.
I'll have to check in on you occasionally.
　Sarah told me that's what she said.
''Well I've made it a point to remind you to tell me in advance when you go next time,''
　That's what Eldena says.

　This time, Sarah seemed to have disappeared out of nowhere without telling anyone, and there was a big fuss about it until Foldente transitioned and found Sarah on the move.

'I'm really sorry that something was happening only when I wasn't there.
　When I said that and apologized to Eldena, she was in a panic.
'I'm rather sorry I haven't been firm.
　And we were dressed to apologize to each other for a while.

　Then.
'I need to eat something sweet, Siyaka!
　As Korok said this, we all headed down the street to a sweet shop run by Siyaka, the guru of the Bunn religion.

　Siyaka, in his capacity as the guru of the Bunn religion.
　When he's not in the morning and evening hours of doctrine, he's the owner of a sweet shop in one of the back streets of the street, where he makes and sells sweet things.

'Ah, my lord, come!
　Shyaka's sister Ten, who was sprinkling water in front of the restaurant, smiled at me and greeted me.
　As I entered the restaurant, Shyaka, who was cooking in the kitchen, bowed deeply to me and I smiled and bowed to her.

　I sat down at my seat.
　Next to him, Korok sat down with a natural look on his face and
　Aura and Aela took over the seat across from them.
　Erdena and Una sat down at the next table with a giggle.

　I'm the one surrounded by Korok Aura and Aela, and the three of them are me.
"How was King's Landing?
What's the atmosphere like?
Are there a lot of people?
　They started asking me questions about this and that, one after another.

　I've been so busy since before I went to the training that I haven't been able to keep up with the three of them, but it seems that being around but too busy to talk to them and not being able to talk to them because they're far away are very different.
　
　With that in mind, I listened and answered everyone's questions until the sweet treats they ordered arrived.

　Afterwards, I had something called Shiratama-dumpling chilled soup, and as usual, their product was sweet and delicious.
　And I was about halfway through my cup.
My lord, can I ask you for another bear?
　And then Korok beside me asked me.

　I mean, Korok should have ordered a rather large container of something sweet like an extra-large parfait, but the container was already empty, and Korok was looking at me with a big smile on his face.
　I wiped the cream off his cheeks as I lifted them up and ordered more, but Korok ended up eating three cups of this oversized parfait and
Phew, I'm so happy!
　As he said that, he patted his own stomach.

　........Totally, Korok is a girl too, right?　You shouldn't dress like that.

　That's what I said.
'Good bear. I'm just happy to be with my lord in Korok today, so that's fine, bear.
　For some unfamiliar reason, it was Korok, who once again popped his belly for some unfamiliar reason.

　He then headed back to the mansion, looking at the street.

　On the way there.
I'm staying at the hot springs today.
　Erdena said.

　From there, Erdena led us to the stagecoach station.
　The stagecoach was just about to leave for the hot spring village, so we hurriedly jumped on it.
Then we'll go, Bufo.
　The boar pulling the stagecoach began to pull the large stagecoach, which could hold up to 20 people, with a brisk voice.

　When we first started living in this area in the old days, the only way to get from the town hall to the village of Dumsen was via animal trails, so we had to stay one night on the way, but now that the cobblestone roads have been laid out, we can get there in an instant.
　This cobblestone road is the result of the efforts of the bone people Sarah has been summoning all night long.
　I was remembering that as I stared at the cobblestones from the stagecoach window.

　Even in the carriage, Korok was in a good mood the whole time.
　before long
d*mn!
　He stared out the window and started waving his hand happily.
　Then I saw Tiree, an ancient monster tribe, running alongside the stagecoach.

　Tiree was too big to ride the stagecoach, so I told him to come later to take it easy, but he couldn't wait.
　I guess he wanted to be with Korok more than anything else.
　They are really good friends, and recently they have been living together in a large room that they built for Tiree.

　The stagecoach carrying us and Tiree, who was running alongside us, arrived at the hot spring village not long after.

　Tonight, we could enjoy the hot springs for the first time in a long time.