It's a beautiful day for laundry, Takumi. Good day for laundry.

　Sasha smiled at me as she washed my clothes.
　The snow that had been falling yesterday had all but stopped and the sky was a clear blue.
　Sasha is washing a large amount of laundry by hand in the water trough in front of the cave.
　I remembered how she used to wash everyone in the party's clothes like this, even when I was an adventurer.

　Changing from a dress to a rough outfit and pulling her hair back, Sasha looks like a different person than the one who came as a princess yesterday, and it's somehow reassuring to be back in the party days.


'...... My mind is cloudy, though,'

　Leia looked at the laundry with resentful eyes behind Sasha as she was washing it.
　When I first came here, Leia also tried her hand at laundry, but she couldn't muster the strength and tore her clothes to shreds.
　Since then, I've been doing all the basic housework. ......

Come on, Leia. I'll show you how to do your laundry.
Okay, sir?
Of course. You're a girl. You should at least be able to do your laundry.

　Leia's face lights up with a flash.
　The sight of the two of us washing my laundry together makes me feel a little embarrassed.
　Seeing me, Sasha whispered in a low voice, "Leia, you look a bit like Alice.

'Leia, you look a bit like Alice.

　Come to think of it, Nuruhachi said the same thing.

''Yeah, I kind of missed that.

　I naturally smile as I remember the time I was adventuring with Sasha and Alice.

It's a good thing, Sasha-dono, that this is the right thing to do. I'm sure you're getting smaller and smaller.
Ah! No! It's torn, it's torn!

　It was as if things had returned to a peaceful routine again.
　But nothing at all had been resolved in the turmoil that had started at Takumi Point.


'Be mine, Takumi,'

　When Sasha said that, I was sitting at the round table and I was frozen in place.
　The marriage by takumi points was, I believe, 5.67 billion takumi points.
　It was an easy payment for Sasha, who had ten billion points, to make change.

　In the long silence, Sasha kept looking at me.

'Are you ...... serious? Sasha.

　Sasha didn't answer that question.
　Instead, Sasha got up from her chair and approached me.

　I gulp.
　Sasha, who was now looking down at me as I sat down, moved her face even closer.

　I remember the time the demon king kissed me, and I tried to avoid it, but he grabbed the back of my head with a gulp. As it was, Sasha put her face close to my ear and murmured in a small voice.

'Give me a hug, give me a kiss. Just pretend. There's a spy of the enemy mixed in with my men.
(What?!)

　Apparently, it would be best to follow Sasha's instructions here.
　Resisting the urge to scream, I got up from my chair and hugged Sasha fearfully.

'Geez! Oh, no, no, no, no! We're already in our final dragon form!
...... I'm not even willing to put God down anymore: ......

　Leia's shoulders slumped discouragingly and she collapsed.

''Hey, Leia! What are you doing with your dagger out?

　Stop it. Don't try to commit seppuku right away.
　Chloe and Leia, who usually jump out of the way, are panicking because there's nothing they can do about it because of Takumi Point.
　Chloe managed to stop him from committing seppuku, but I'll explain it to you later.
　If I was in there to stop it, it would have been like a suicide pact.


　I wrap Sasha up at an angle that no one can see, and pretend to kiss her.
　Even though it's just a pretend, my heart makes a noisy pounding sound and I squeeze my arms around Sasha's back.
　That's when.

　Pasha.

　Something flashed in the shadows of the grass a short distance away from the round table.

''It's a fierce artillery [Sentence Spring Bazooka]! Lady Saria!

　Nanashin-san threw the dagger that was bandaged around her waist onto the grass.
　At the same time, something like a shadow flew out of the grass at great speed. The shadow runs as if it is running through the air.

''Huh! Stealth! Eastern Ninja!
Wait, Nanashin. You don't have to chase him.
Are you sure?
'Yes, as long as they know who they are, that's fine. There's only so many people who can hire a covert.

　Sasha leaves my arms.

'Was that a spy?'
Well, one of them. He's probably just a low-level agent. Maybe he's still lurking around.

　I can't believe you have so many spies under your command!
　Chloe and Leia, who don't know what's going on, are looking at me with a blank look on their faces.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to force you to marry me. It's just a cover (dummy). At any rate, if word gets out that Takumi belongs to the Lucia Kingdom, no other country will touch it.

　Then Sasha smiled at them.


　After all, Sasha didn't use the Takumi points to get married.
　She just used a large amount of Takumi Cave overnight tickets that could be exchanged for 100 million points, and while Nanashin-san and the soldiers were returning, only one person remained here.
　Chloe and Leia were still a little wary, watching me and Sasha from a little distance.

''We'll be taking care of you for a while. Until we find the mastermind behind this whole mess.
"Mastermind? Wasn't it Alice's idea for Takumi Point?

　Sasha shook her head slowly.

'Takumi Points are finely controlled by magic so that no cheating can take place. Do you think Alice would be able to create such a system?

　That's for sure. I don't think Alice, who can't even do detailed calculations, can make such a thing.

'Why do you think Alice, who hadn't been seen in Takumi's presence for a long time, joined the Great War Party? Didn't you feel something moving under the water?

　'Yeah, sorry, I didn't feel it at all.

''Daibukai, no, they should have planned this long before now. A detailed and grand plan. They're probably using Takumi and Alice to plan something.

　Huh? What am I involved in this time?
　I'd rather commit seppuku myself.

　Sasha is getting ready to stay in the cave, ignoring me with her head in her hands.

'You're right, I'm not getting into bed. Oh, I forgot my toothbrush. I'll have to get Nanashin to send it to me later.

　Is it just my imagination that she seems to be in a bit of a hurry?

Is that woman humming a tune?
Yes, I can hear you loud and clear.
Where are you going to sleep today?
'In my case, he drew a firm boundary. As a senior, I won't allow you to be any closer than I am.

　There was a disquieting air from the two men looking at Sasha.

'But Sasha, is the country okay without the princess?
It's okay. I left him a replacement.
"Substitute?

　For the first time in a decade, I hear the name.

"Nu Rusia Hashtar Tilt. The first Queen of the Kingdom of Lucia.