episode_0045

“Oh my, my legs.”

Late evening long after the sun had set.

Groaning in pain, he entered the store and sat down on the cashier’s chair without hesitation.

“Hey, Mirella! Where are you!”

“You called?”

Yelling out, Mirella came down the stairs from this floor.

“Massage my legs a bit.”

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

“I walked around too much today, and my legs hurt too much.”

“Oh, really…? Just wait a moment.”

With a meaningful expression, Mirella went up to the second floor.

Where is that brat going? Just supposed to massage it.

These days, with the lid-opening buff and natural steroids during the growth period combined, his strength is incredibly strong.

The massage chair is unbelievably cool.

The reason his legs hurt is simply because he walked around all day.

I am currently the acting administrative officer of the starting village.

In order to upgrade to a level 3 city, the entire village is undergoing major renovations, and I am supervising it all.

Nearly close to two thousand people are scattered around working, so I have to crisscross the village several times.

On top of that, there are plenty of matters I need to authorize at the community center.

The administrative officer keeps talking about resigning or getting married, figuring out how to get dismissed, so I can’t trust him.

He’s clearly planning to make a huge mistake on purpose and then pin it on me after the administrative officer is removed. Why would I let that happen?

It’s also difficult to handle the kids I’m currently dealing with.

Just then, the door opened, and Brasha came in.

“Jack!”

“Any unusual updates from the pig farm?”

“None. They’re all growing well. Well then, I’ll go wash up now.”

Brasha heads towards the back door, casually taking off his clothes. Isn’t he embarrassed?

He often walks around the store without clothes on; I really need to give him some serious education.

“Hey, Brasha. You were saying something.”

Before he could finish speaking, the back door closed.

Shortly after, this time Adelheid and the 2nd Dog Leader entered the store side by side.

Seeing me, Adelheid hesitated, quickly turned away, and hurriedly went up the stairs. The 2nd Dog Leader followed behind, calling me ‘Commander’ pitifully.

They’re good at their training duties but don’t even consider mingling with others and just keep to themselves.

Will they ever improve? Well, probably not.

“Guardian Angel.”

Returning to the store, Liberone stopped in front of me, panting.

“What are you doing?”

“My legs hurt, so I’m sitting. I’ve been walking around all day today.”

“In that case, I will perform sacred therapy for you. It’s especially effective for muscle fatigue recovery.”

Liberone manifested his divine power and gently touched my thigh.

The warm energy unique to the divine power spread, and the sensation of the sore muscles loosening was very pleasant.

“Are you feeling better?”

“Very much.”

“What?!”

At that moment, Mirella’s scream echoed from the stairs.

“What in the world are you doing!?”

Seeing Mirella’s outfit, I couldn’t help but shout as well.

Mirella was wearing a revealing short-sleeved shirt and panties, holding a bottle of some unknown liquid in her hand.

“Mirella. That attire is inappropriate. Consider others’ perspectives and wear more decent clothes.”

Upon Liberone’s stern advice, Mirella got angry.

“I was going to massage him!”

“What do you mean?”

“I was going to massage Jack’s legs! Why did you intervene!”

“I only performed sacred therapy because Guardian Angel mentioned his legs were hurting.”

“I don’t care! Seriously!”

Watching Mirella storming upstairs, Liberone, who was watching from a distance, asked.

“Why is she like that?”

“She wanted to massage his legs herself, but you treated him first.”

“Then why not just massage them now?”

“That’s not the point.”

“I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

“Neither do I.”

But in reality, I do know.

That guy Mirella must have had a plan to rub oil on both me and his body naked.

Ugh, tsk tsk. Get a grip.

After receiving sacred treatment, he entered the room with an improved body.

Although he really wanted to throw himself onto the bed, he decided to endure and take a bath first.

While rummaging through the drawer to get underwear, something felt strange.

Why do the clothes seem so small? And what is this?

What came out in his hand was a peculiar piece of cloth made of black straps.

He untangled it, spread it out with both hands, and was surprised to see that it was dropped.

It was panties made only of straps.

Although there was mesh attached to cover important areas to some extent, the area was almost meaningless.

What on earth is this? Could it be that Mirella’s laundry got mixed up with mine?

Judging by the waist size, it’s not something Mirella can wear.

Then what about a bra?

But I don’t recall Mirella ever wearing something like this.

I didn’t intentionally look for it, but I happened to see it a few times when Braisha’s skirt fluttered occasionally.

Hmm, then maybe Liberonne…?

That’s unlikely. According to the original knowledge, sacred knights use only the supplies of the clergy from head to toe.

They are blessed by reputable high priests, so wearing priestly items is unimaginable.

Moreover, such a shabby thing. Unbelievable.

Suddenly, a certain memory came to mind.

The steward knew there was a spare room on this floor in our store.

Back then, I just had suspicions and moved on, but now thinking about it, perhaps someone secretly came up here when no one was around.

Did they leave their underwear here? Did they steal my clothes?

Did they wear this, or did they bring it separately? No, that’s not important.

I searched the room everywhere, but fortunately, nothing was missing except for a few pairs of underwear. Not really fortunate.

Like when those sudden appearances at the pig farm happened last time, could this crazy woman be stalking me?

Hmm, what should I do about this?

At a time when the village is burning down, the steward shouldn’t be distracted elsewhere.

Even if the two of us join forces, it won’t be enough if we engage in such antics.

I really need to fix this habit firmly.

After pondering, I went downstairs and quickly made a potion.

I dipped two pairs of my underwear in a potion emitting a strong eerie green light and hid all the other underwear in the safe.

If the steward dares to steal my underwear again, there will be serious consequences.

* * * * *

The road construction has been completed.

Since the village is not that large yet, it didn’t take much time to dig up all the existing roads.

Now there’s no more mud to soil shoes, no more wagons rattling with cargo spilling out.

The construction of the palisade is also nearing completion.

As is common in villages, our village entrance has roads cut in all four directions.

We installed palisades zigzagging along these entrances and erected watchtowers at the back.

Based on these four locations, we plan to extend the palisades left and right until they completely encircle the village.

All subsequent buildings will be placed outside the palisades, and another fence will be erected.

This is the structure of most territories.

The agreement with Hostante was made to have the knights stationed at the watchtowers.

From the watchtower, they can monitor both the outside and inside of the village simultaneously, and by hanging a bell, it will be easy to mobilize the knights immediately.

So, what else is left? Various commercial and public facilities.

This is it. We are currently continuing construction work, and we have also created a list of craftsmen and prepared a personnel plan to place them in appropriate locations.

“Jack!”

With arms crossed, I was looking at the construction site when Brasha came running over.

I thought only the administrative officer did that, but Brasha makes a lot of noise when she runs, no, she’s visible.

Behind Brasha, a few pigs came squealing.

“Why? What’s going on?”

“The pigs are pregnant again, ta-da.”

Brasha introduces the pigs that cheerfully followed her.

Looking at their bellies, it definitely seems like they’re pregnant already?

“I cheered them on so hard! It’s almost time, very soon. It’s going to be five hundred thousand in no time!”

“Haha, really. And what about me?”

“Yee-hawww!”

At that moment, in the distance, the administrative officer was seen running frantically.

Why is that woman causing a commotion again?

“Potion! Give me the potion! Quickly!!”

The administrative officer comes right up to us, jumping around frantically.

“What’s wrong?”

“Potion! Quickly quickly! My throat is burning!!”

I knew it. She must have stolen my underwear and is wearing it right now!!

Instead of giving her the potion, I raised my finger with a stern expression.

“Madam Administrative Officer! Why are you stealing other people’s things?”

“Eek!? I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please give me the potion! It’s hot!”

“Promise me, Madam Administrative Officer. Don’t come into others’ rooms and take things without permission. Got it?”

“I got it! I got it, so please hurry!”

Taking out a potion from her waist, screams could be heard in the distance.

“Aaah! It’s hot!!”

Adelaide ran at an incredible speed and threw herself into the river.

“Captain! I will save her!!”

Following her, the 2nd lieutenant howled pitifully as he plunged into the water.

What’s going on again? Oh my, goodness.