A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 96

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Everyone liked the trench coat.

Grandpa Elvis, Smith, and Fredrick were planning to go get theirs made the next day.

After their conversation Grandpa Elvis said, “Shall we sleep?” and everyone got up to go back to their rooms.

Takeo and Alice headed to their new room.

Od course Alice was leading the way.

“Sir Takeo, this way is the toilet and that way is the bathing area.

I haven’t used it yet but we’ll use it from now on.

It’s pretty close to our room after all.”

The toilet and the bathing area was very close to Takeo and Alice’s room.

It was easily accessible.

“I see.

So there is a bathing area.

………..Can you take a bath there?”

Takeo asked a simple question in admiration.

“……………Eh?…………..Huh?………..Sir Takeo.

Don’t you know about the bathing area?

What have you been doing until now? How did you clean your body?”

Alice stopped walking in surprise and asked Takeo.

“I fill water in a tub and use a towel to wipe my body?”

“……………Sir Takeo, why didn’t you ask someone?”

Alice’s shoulders fell.

“I thought that it might be normal to just wipe your body here? That’s what I was thinking.

Looks like I was mistaken.”

Takeo smiled.

“Uuuu………….What is our house doing to our guests………?”

Alice held her head.

Takeo smiled as he watched Alice and entered the bathing area.

The inside was similar to the bathroom in Takeo’s studio apartment back in his world. 

There was a place to keep your clothes and a small tub.

“Lady Alice, can I ask you something?”

“Yes, what is it?”

Alice followed up behind Takeo and asked.

“It’s just a basic confirmation.

This big tub………………..you store hot water in it right?”

“That’s right. It’s called a bathtub in your world right?”

“Yes, it is. So where do you bring the hot water from?”

There was no faucet in the bathtub.

“The maid brings the hot water?”

…………Takeo imagined the scene where hot water would be brought in to fill the tub. It seemed very tiresome.

“………..Is that so?

Then, what do you do after you……….fill the tub?”

“?? I don’t understand your question?”

“Ummm, is it okay to soak in the tub? Or do you pour it over your body? We can do it in these 2 ways right?”

“Other people will also use it so we don’t soak.

It’s difficult to make hot water after all.”

“…………Is that so?

How do you throw away the water after washing, after several people have washed?”

“You unplug this to let out the water.”

Alice pulled the stopper from the bottom of the tub.

“Hoo……….hn? This tub is pretty clean even though it hasn’t been in use?”

“While moving in today we got it cleaned.”

“I see.”

“But we’ll have to use another bathing area for today.

It’ll be difficult to fill in the hot water right now.”

“Ahh, then I’ll do it later.”

“Sir Takeo, you will bring the water and fill the tub?”

Alice’s expression said that she would certainly not let him do that.

“No, Lady Alice. You saw it yesterday afternoon, right?

I made hot water with magic.”

Takeo smiled.

“Ah…………….right.”

“Will you bathe before sleeping?

I don’t know how long it will take me to fill it up so I’ll need a little time.”

“Yes! Thank you.”

Alice said happily.

Takeo and Alice entered their room.

“This is…………”

Takeo was speechless.

The room had an elaborate design like a European style castle.

“Sir Takeo, I’m sorry. It’s not very luxurious.”

Alice apologized to Takeo.

“No, in fact, it’s the opposite……

It’s too luxurious………….is it alright for me to sleep here?”

“……….Is this considered luxurious?

I wonder what you will think if you were to go to the Royal Capital?”
Alice smiled.

“I may not be able to sleep due to nervousness, I may run out of sleep.”

Takeo smiled for another reason.

He started to look around the room.

HE went to the bed, that was right in front once they opened the door and pressed down on it with one knee to check it’s softness.

“Soft!”  

He was quite surprised but at the same time worried that this may make his body hurt.

…………Well, he was told that they would go to buy a new one so he would discuss it then.

He looked to both sides of the room to find doors.

“Lady Alice, are there other rooms?”

“There are 3 rooms actually. One room is for us to sleep in. The second one is my use and the 3rd one is for your use.”

“Are you giving me a study!?”

“Yes.”

‘Yay!’ thought Takeo.

“Sir Takeo seems to have bought various things too.

If you look to your left, right if you’re looking into the room from the corridor, that room is your study.

To your right is my study, left if you’re looking in from the corridor.

This room is our bedroom.

Takeo heard Alice’s explanation and headed to his study.

He was not surprised………….once he peeked inside.

Why? That’s because all of Takeo’s stuff, the stuff that he had bought from the general store was neatly arranged in the center of the room.

“………….Is this avant-garde art?”

He couldn’t understand even when he thought about it.

Maybe it had some meaning but he couldn’t understand it.

Since he didn’t understand, he could only ask.

“Lady Alice?”

“What is it?”

“Who arranged this?”

Takeo pointed to his stuff and asked.

“It was me.”

…………………….There was an upcoming artist behind him.

“Umm………does this have some kind of meaning?”

“No? I just thought that I’d arrange it, there is no meaning to it.”

Takeo was relieved…………he was glad that she wasn’t an artist.

 He was worried that before Takeo could notice, the walls of the bedroom would turn red and some strange plaster statues would be placed in the room before he knew it.

Takeo’s study was made entirely of stone and was the size of 6 tatami mats.

There was also a small window, this place looked cozy.

He thought about the various things that he had to buy, like bookshelves and rifles.

He thought that he would buy the stuff while looking for a bed and he began to measure the size of the room with his steps carefreely.

“Sir Takeo, what are you doing walking on the side of the room like that?”

“I just thought that I would try and figure out the size of the room so that we can decide on the furniture.

I wish that I could measure it with a measuring tape.”

“I don’t have it right now.

Let’s write it down on a piece of paper and then decide on what we want to buy.”

Alice said. Alice put the works of art that she had arranged together to one side of the room.

“Ah, it’s about time that I fill the bathtub with hot water.”

Takeo headed to the bathing area.