「Nn～, good hot water isn’t this～」

    I mumbled to myself while entering the morning bath.

    The mansion’s bath is wide, keeping to myself is overly luxurious but this is already my everyday life.

    If I say I’m used to it I’m used to it.

    I have money.

    I have a home.

    I have labour.

    Furthermore under Ilya’s direction that labour――that is to say the maid-sans even do work at the guild and elsewhere gathering more and more money for me.

    My current house is something like a single company.

    And so I’m the president.

    ……No, am I the chairman?

    I’m not particularly anything at all.

    I’m a decoration.

    Is the president Ilya?

    In any case the maid-sans are a great help.

    But whether those girls steal all of my work, that sort of thing is not the case.

    Those girls do their work as something like employees so, I properly deliver them wages now.

    Maa, the truth is that I’ve become the one gathering the most profits though.

    Even so clothes food and housing are fully provided for.

    One set of maid clothes and personal clothes are provisioned and, the food expenses for the residents of the mansion are delivered by me (the company).

    Un, surely this isn’t something like a tyranny.

    There’s no mistake in that.

    「Un un.」

    Working at convincing myself of this is important.

    But being able to survive even without working has what’s called a terrifying allure.

    「The great sin called sloth, how terrifying……」

    I tried floating while soaking in the bath.

    I’m aware that it’s bad manners but, this is my house, and furthermore there’s no one but me.

    It’s human nature that I’d inadvertently want to try it.

    Aah, feels good.

    I’m meltingー.

    Sloth is a sin but, I don’t think I presently want to hikikomori like Till.

    Maa, oneechan would also be angry at me so.

    Is my current objective to rank up as an adventurer?

    I have to properly create a place to be for the maid-sans.

    Everyone will be troubled if the decoration doesn’t act reliably as a decoration won’t they.

    If I don’t properly display my authority, I can’t become the maid-sans’ patron for them.

    「This side is already grateful but, that side is very grateful.」

    A win win relationship isn’t it.

    The truth is that the maid-sans are all children without any relatives.

    They were taken in by the country, trained up, and welcomed into my house as maids.

    As the country couldn’t look after them forever, they had to become independent somewhere.

    But with neither a patron nor a home, and furthermore as those girls’ races were scattered it wasn’t something simple for them to become independent.

    If things were handled poorly they would go to a brothel.

    Then, what should be done?

    「So, me is it. Kran is an practitioner of rationality issn’t she.」

    That is to say that one of those options was me.

    I suppose this certainly isn’t all of them though.

    She secured exemplary human resources for me so, there’s nothing to be more thankful for.

    For that sort of reason, to the maid-sans this is their home.

    The mansion’s grounds are wide, we reside in the primary residence.

    Separate from that, it was abandoned and unused.

    That is the maid-sans’ lodging……or rather, it became what is called their home.

    「It’s a heavy responsibility, bukubuku.」

    I submerged.

    Change of mood.

    No, contrary to that this is what’s called training, to see how long I can submerge and hold my breath.

    Yosh!

    Sucking in a massive breath, I submerge within the bath.

    The distinct sensation within the water.

    For some reason they make you want to submerge don’t they, baths.

    Since I was able to count to 30 seconds yesterday, maybe I should aim for 60 seconds today?

    I still have leeway and, surely I can still keep going.

    If I bring out my seriousness I feel like I can surpass 60 seconds can’t I.

    「……Mu, ku.」

    It’s nothing.

    Become nothing.

    If I think about unnecessary things those thoughts will expend oxygen pointlessly.