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Chapter 271 - In Summer, It's Ice Cream Under the Air Conditioner!

My neck was a little twisted, so I drank a healing potion to soothe it. Kaede-chan brought me some barley tea, and I took a moment to relax. After Lydia-chan finished her shower and came back, I sent Nanapon to the bath. A little while later, Nanapon was done, so I went last and took a shower myself. After a quick rinse, I dried myself off in the changing room. I noticed that the black robe and underwear I had taken off and tossed aside were gone.

"Mia, where are my clothes?"

‘I’ve left them nearby for you.’

I heard Mia’s voice from outside the changing room, where she was presumably waiting. I looked around and found them on a counter. It was the Summer Ele-chan set. I got dressed and left the changing room.

"Are you going to wash these? Isn’t that a lot of trouble?"

"No, that is my job. Besides, in the summer, they must be washed quickly. Oh, there is ice cream in the refrigerator, so please help yourself."

She really is a capable girl.

I returned to the living room, grabbed some ice cream from the kitchen fridge, and sat down on the sofa to eat it.

"Ah, this is what summer is all about."

Ice cream after a bath is delicious. And since I moved around a lot today, it tastes even better.

"You’re so bold, Eleanor-san."

Yuripon said, stroking my thigh.

"You should consider your age."

Arc made another rude comment, but I didn’t let it bother me. Lately, I’ve been working hard to raise his provocation level to 8.

"It’s hot in the summer. It’s smooth, isn’t it?"

"It is. You have beautiful legs."

That’s right, that’s right. This is the result of a Potion Bath. A Potion Bath is so nice and easy in the summer.

"Alright, Nanaka-san, I’ll show you something good."

"Huh? Something naughty? Okita-san…"

Why would you think that? I’m not taking my clothes off.

"Something even better than that. Mia, bring me a plastic bottle and place it on Nanaka-san’s head."

"Pardon?" Mia tilted her head.

"What are you going to do?" Nanapon asked, also tilting her head.

"I’m going to show you my beautiful roundhouse kick."

It was the same one I’d shown that kid before. I accidentally flashed my underwear that time, but it’ll be fine today.

"No way! You’re just pretending it’s for the bottle so you can kick me in the face!"

"I wouldn’t do that."

I don’t use violence against girls.

"You would. You’re definitely going to. You’re going to unleash all your frustration with me for all the times I’ve dissed Okita-san."

So you were aware of it? Then stop it.

"If I unleashed it, I’d break your neck, so I won’t."

"Huh… You’re lying, right? You don’t hate me, do you?"

"Yes, yes. I don’t hate you, so stop stroking my leg. It tickles."

Yuripon’s yuri level is getting too high. If she ever makes a move on Kaede-chan, I’ll seriously cut off her head.

"So, how did it go? Are you finished?" Arc asked, while Nanapon and I were having our silly exchange.

"Yes. I’ve successfully finished drawing the map. Kaede-chan, could you give this to Satsuki-san next time you go to work?"

"Okay… which is tomorrow."

Ah…

"You poor thing… There, there."

"Waaah, it’s so hard," Kaede-chan cried, hugging me as I patted her back.

"Despairing over working once a week… You two have really come to look down on society, haven’t you."

You’re one to talk, you cheating girl.

"We worked our fingers to the bone for this. The two of us swore in that tiny, shabby apartment that we’d become winners, drinking cheap booze."

Well, it was fun because I had the best Cabaret Girl with me.

"That brings back memories."

Doesn’t it?

"You still drink beer, though."

"You know, I can’t tell the difference with expensive alcohol. I can’t even tell the difference between beer and happoshu."

"I know, right? I bought some expensive wine, but Cassis tasted better."

This is what commoners are like.

"I don’t drink, so I wouldn’t know, but everything in this world is so refined, isn’t it? Anyway, if you’ve finished the map, does that mean the job is over?" Arc steered the conversation back on track.

"That’s right. Thank you for your hard work, both you and Lydia-chan."

Lydia-chan’s Ho, Holy Light was especially good.

"Not at all, I had fun too."

Lydia-chan really did seem to be enjoying herself.

"I just transported you, so I didn’t do anything."

That’s the important part. Eleanor-san can’t walk around outside. Who knows what agents from countries other than America might do.

"Oh, that’s right. Lydia-chan, what were those books about?"

I asked Lydia-chan about the books we found deep in the cave.

"Books?"

"There was a room deep in the cave. It seems it wasn’t mine ruins after all. There was a bookshelf in the room with quite a few books, so we collected them."

"Hmm… that sounds suspicious."

I think so too. But I couldn’t read them.

"The books were about the taboos of magic. Most of them were indecipherable, but I was able to read a few, so I judged it was best to collect them."

Taboos…

"Magic has taboos?"

"It does. Mainly things related to life. Like Magic to Revive People."

Reviving people… The Crystal of Life…

"The owner of that room wasn’t an alchemist, was he?"

"Probably not. If they were, they would have already made the Water of Life, and there would be no need to research such magic."

Well, that’s probably true.

"Researching Forbidden Magic… So that’s why they lived in a place like that… They were definitely a criminal."

"I believe so. However, there was nothing left that could identify them, so the details are unknown."

In Frontier, people vanish into smoke when they die. And this was probably from a long time ago, so I guess we’ll never know.