70 – Going on a trip abroad with my master (6)
“There’s no room?”
“Yes. I have no choice. They clearly said that I would be accompanied by a married couple when I received the delivery from the royal castle.”
“Oh, what should I do with this?”
Einer scratched the back of his head and Ael lowered his head, covering his face with his hands.
“First, you two should take a bath.”
“Do we really have to take a bath in the same bathtub?”
Ael shook her head mercilessly in response to your question.
“No. There is a public bathhouse. You can do it there.”
“Oh, yes. I understand. The room problem is due to the hotel’s circumstances, so there’s nothing we can do about it.”
“Haa….”
Ael let out a long sigh between her hands that buried her face.
* * * * *
The bathhouse next to the hotel looked like a temple from the outside.
The long square building on both sides was entirely made of pure white marble, and was lined with magnificent colonnades and statues of beautiful women bathing.
Della, a pretty blonde woman who introduced herself as the bathhouse manager, explained that the first floor was a bathhouse, the second floor was a lounge, and the rooftop was a cafe.
Why is the bathroom so big?
What on earth is the representative here doing?
Is it possible to be a marquis or a great nobleman?
“Our representative? No, he’s just a commoner.”
“It’s amazing that you come from a commoner background and have become such a big business.”
At those words, Ael next to her joined in.
“My master was a slave and rose to the rank of count. To me, my master is greater.”
“hahahaha. Thank you.”
Ael and Aner entered the men’s and women’s baths, respectively.
As I sat in the large square bath with steam rising, an exclamation came out of my mouth.
I wish there was something like this in Daham.
It’s a hot place all year round, so I’m always sweating, so I’m sure business will be very good.
But it would still be impossible.
I heard that this bathhouse was built by dwarves, but it would be difficult for humans to replicate it.
They say that this water is also used to reverse the river water below. There is no way that anyone but a dwarf would be able to create such a mechanical device.
But why did the dwarves come into human society and create things like this?
Dwarves rarely provide their technology to humans.
It’s not a desire for exclusivity or anything like that, it’s just a characteristic of a race that doesn’t care about the outside world at all.
For self-satisfaction, they just dig up the ground, build a mining city, and create all kinds of strange mechanical devices within it.
So it is really difficult to see dwarves outside.
People like Security Captain Hadun are extremely rare.
And what on earth are those half-elves doing here?
It’s fascinating.
* * * * *
After finishing their bath, Einer and Ael followed the bathhouse manager Della up to the third floor rooftop cafe.
“Ha, it’s cool.”
Ael closed her eyes and spread her arms wide.
A cool breeze blew from the river below to the open rooftop, pleasantly cooling my body, which was hot from the bath.
The rooftop cafe was decorated really beautifully.
Along the railing, warm orange luminous objects were open like fruit, and the fragrant smell of roasting coffee wafted from an open cafe on one side.
Inside the cafe, a somewhat awkward-looking woman with short blonde hair was grinding coffee diligently.
It was a perfect view to use as a reference when additionally opening the rooftop of the restaurant later.
You just need to replace the luminous body with a candle holder.
“Then enjoy your meal.”
Della put down two cups of coffee in front of Einer and Ael.
“Is this coffee…?”
Ael raised his glass and asked carefully.
Unsurprisingly, what is now in front of us is a liquid that looks like muddy water filled with ice.
In Daham, coffee is an incredibly expensive luxury item, so we don’t see it often, but at least Einer knows that it’s not that color.
But I guess they wouldn’t serve something strange like coffee in a place like this.
After tasting the coffee, Einer was astonished.
What is so delicious?!
“Ael. Try it. It’s really delicious.”
Ael, who drank coffee with Einer, took one shot.
Oh my gosh, they drink it like that.
“Ugh…! What is this?!”
Ael put down her glass as if she had just drank alcohol and let out a deep exclamation.
“Wow, oh my god. What is it, really?”
“This is the Maxium coffee that our inn is proud of. Does it suit your taste?”
“Yes. It’s shockingly delicious!”
As Ael clattered his glass filled with ice and licked it to her mouth, Della brought him another glass.
“It really seems like Edie eats well.”
The demon called Feleira keeps saying that Ael looks like Edie, but who on earth is that Edie?
This time, Ael sipped carefully, savoring her taste.
“Hmm, it’s delicious… Master. Can we have coffee too?”
“If I did that, I’d probably go bankrupt within a week. The price of coffee would be so expensive. Oh, and while I’m at it.”
I asked while looking at Della.
“How on earth are you selling coffee like this? It must have been difficult just to get here from a desert country.”
“There is a coffee farm owned by the CEO.”
“Wow….”
Now, there is a coffee farm in Hadada? The scale of the business is crazy.
Although Einer is a civil servant and a port security officer, he will not remain until his death and will have to retire at some point.
I don’t know if Ael will be by her side until then, but she has to prepare for her life after retirement in advance.
In that respect, this was a place with a lot to learn.
Einer took in the surrounding scenery while drinking coffee.
* * * * *
Afterwards, they had another dinner with a large meal.
Ael ate so much food during the day as if he had starved for several days.
A truly astonishing appetite.
But I don’t hate it at all.
Rather, it would have been unpleasant to see him with that face and body.
As expected, Ael is a lovely and cute child.
After the meal, Ael and Aner went up to the room in question.
The guest room is on the tenth floor, the top floor.
At the thought of climbing the stairs, Ael repeatedly squatted, loosening her knees and thighs.
“I don’t get enough exercise, so if I suddenly go up the stairs, I might get cramps.”
“There’s no need for that. There’s an elevator.”
When Fellay pressed the button on the wall, the door opened wide and a small space appeared.
When you go in there, doesn’t the door close again and the entire space rise upwards?
“Ugh! Master! My body is getting heavy!”
“Was this also made by dwarves?”
“That’s right. These are common things in mining cities.”
“Really… I feel like I’m in a completely different world…”
“Ugh! Master! My body feels lighter!”
The elevator took Einer and Ael to the top floor in an instant.
The room assigned to Aner and Ael is the best VIP room in the hotel.
As soon as I entered the room, the first thing I noticed was the long window that was open from end to end.
I could see the river and the magnificent canyon on the other side at a glance through the full-length window.
All kinds of extravagant furniture and fixtures, including carpets and sofas, were reminiscent of the drawing room of a palace.
Ael’s eyes were so wide that she couldn’t even stand up on the carpet and just flinched.
From Noble mtl dot com
“This… Is a guest room…? It’s huge….”
“It’s ten gold coins a night here.”
“Ugh?!”
“Then have a nice night. I’ll give you a late-night snack later.”
As Fellay closed the door and left, Ael carefully walked around the room and looked at every nook and cranny.
The structure includes a bedroom and bathroom based on a large living room.
A bathroom? This is the tenth floor? What is this….
“Master! Master!”
Ael entered the bedroom and called out to Einer.
“What’s wrong?”
“The bed is huge! Thank goodness!”
I don’t know exactly what was fortunate, but anyway, Ael let out a sigh of relief and patted the bed.
“I think we can sleep with pillows piled in the middle, right?”
“Why are the pillows piled up, making it uncomfortable?”
“Eh? Of course…. Eh…”
Ael was hesitant, but the late-night snack that Fellay had mentioned had already arrived in the room.
It was a basket of golden brown fried chicken and beer.
But what kind of beer are they bringing you in whole oak barrels?
I asked the half-elf pushing a cart filled with late-night snacks, but she couldn’t get a magical answer.
“My sister Fellay told me to send in as much of her beer as possible.”
“Oh, yes. Anyway, thank you.”
“hehehe, they really look alike.”
The half-elf laughed heartily while looking at Ael.
Now, I could tell who the resemblance was referring to without having to listen.
After the half-elf left, we sat around the table in the living room with fried chicken and beer.
I wondered what kind of late-night snack it was, fried chicken, but Ael came again with a happy expression.
Okay, eat a lot.
The more you eat, the happier I become.
“Hey, it’s really delicious. It’s so delicious. It’s the best.”
Ael took a gulp of beer, rubbing his swollen stomach.
Thanks to Einer and Ael constantly filling their beer glasses, more than half of the beer in the oak barrel has disappeared.
Although Ael was clearly a light drinker, he seemed to be in a good mood and was drinking more than he could drink.
And it was the same for Einer.
It’s not that he can’t drink, but he doesn’t enjoy it either.
However, the fried chicken was so delicious and the beer was also excellent, so I enjoyed drinking it down like water.
“Master…!”
Ael, her face red, slammed down the glass of beer she had just emptied and suddenly shouted.
“Why aren’t you married yet…?!”
Is that idiot suddenly saying something strange….
“I, Ael, can never understand why a person as good-natured, handsome, and capable as my master is unmarried at that age…?”
Ael pointed at you with her bleary eyes.
“The master must be gay, right…?”
Einer, who was suddenly accused of being a homos*xual, felt the need to explain it.
Normally, I would have teased Ael as much as I could by saying, “hahahaha, that’s right,” But now Einer was also drunk.
So, instead of acting slyly like usual, Einer decided to tackle this unfair situation head on.