At night, in the bathroom of the mansion.
I let Miu wash my back in the bath, which was like a public bath with room for twenty people.
「Nsho, nsssho…….」
Miu wrapped a towel around herself and scrubbed my back as hard as she could, it was so cute and endearing.
「A little harder, please.」
「Yes!」
When I gave the order, Miu started rubbing harder with more force as she told me, but it didn’t last long.
Her strength gradually weakened, and she exclaimed, 「Fumyu …….」
She didn’t whine, though.
Sometimes she’d take a deep breath and hold her breath and scrub with more force.
So she’d burst into it, but she’d quickly run out of breath again and her strength would weaken.
I know she’s working very hard. So I have no complaints.
「Is there anything Miu would like?」
I’ll listen instead of chatting. We’re going to be spending a lot of money from now on anyway.
「Nsho…… what I want …… nsho……?」
「Yeah, whatever you want.」
「Really…… nsho…… anything?」
「Yeah, just tell me.」
After another boost, Miu said in a reserved voice.
「I want to get a scrubbing brush…….」
「Scrub brush?」
The tone at the end of the word rose in a strange way.
「I’m , I’m sorry. What was that──」
「No, I’m not angry. What kind of scrubbers are they?」
「Well, it’s like a glove, it’s rough, and when you rub it, it removes a lot of grime, and it feels really good.
Miu explained.
It’s kind of exciting to listen to. I’m going to buy it …….
「How much is that?」
「Uh, copper coins…」
As expected, it was very cheap. To put it bluntly, the price is about a hundred yen.
「You’re asking for a hundred-yen item?」
I mumbled to myself. That’s how confused I was.
「Can’t I?」
「It’s not a problem. Or rather, buy it. I’m sure you’ve got living expenses and stuff. Feel free to buy that kind of stuff.」
「Yes!」
I don’t have eyes on my back, but I can easily imagine a big smile on her face.
The scrubbing continues.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of a door knocker.
Miu didn’t hear the front door, so I told her.
「Miu, someone’s knocking on the door. Go check it out.」
「Eh, o, okay!」
Miu rushed out of the bathroom, hurriedly put on her maid’s uniform, and ran to the door.
I heard her fall along the way. She started to cry softly, but she didn’t let it stop her from going to the door.
Do we need more maids? Its too much of a burden for Miu to bear alone.
It’s a big purchase, so I’ll order Salamus to make sure that 300 silver coins = one lottery ticket.
A few moments later, Miu comes fluttering back.
「Master, you have a visitor.」
「Who are they and what do they want?」
「Uh, an adventurer? She looks like an adventurer.」
「…… Ah.」
I had an inkling of what to expect. Has some event started again?
「Go ask her what she wants. If it’s a party they’re talking about, turn them down and ask them to leave.」
「I understand.」
Miu went to the door as she was told and came back a little later.
I knew it was a person who came to invite me to the party, and they left saying they would come back later.
I’ll just say no when they come back.
Afterwards, Miu gave me a good back scrub and I took a nice bath.
I felt completely relieved of my fatigue after the full course of care, including changing clothes after the bath.
Instead, Miu was exhausted.
「Miu」
「Yes, what is it, Master?」
Whenever I called her name, she would shout out with enthusiasm, which was very endearing.
「I’m gonna fluffy her up.」
「──Yes!」
Miu was startled for a moment, and then immediately broke into a big smile.
That night, I slowly and deliberately fluffied Miu.
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The next day, I jumped to the location where I had fought the monster, searched the area thoroughly, and picked up a lottery ticket.
With the lottery tickets I had accumulated from shopping, I had accumulated another ten tickets, so I immediately went to the lottery place.
There was a guest in the lottery room. The man looked familiar.
「Oh, you’re that guy from back then.」
「Tentacle……..」
He was the guy who won the first prize in the lottery at the mall before me and got the「Tentacle」skill.
「I see. You’ve come to another world, too.」
「Yeah.」
「How are you doing?」
「I’m getting there.」
「Not so bad, huh? Is she alright too?」
He pointed behind me. He pointed to the humanoid Eleanor, whom I had brought with me.
I think he might have misunderstood a lot of things because he’ s kind of smirking.
I didn’t care, so I decided to play along.
「So, you’re here, you’re collecting lottery tickets too?」
「Yeah.」
「Oh, I see. I’m sorry, but I got here first, so I’m gonna go first.」
「Yeah.」
I gave him a nod and the man went towards the staff.
Then he gave her a bundle of lottery tickets.
「Hey, girl, I got a hundred.」
「Wait a moment… yes, exactly one hundred, one hundred and ten rounds.」
「Okay, I got 30 last time, but this time I’m going to hit the jackpot.」
I was surprised to hear the man’s enthusiasm and what he had to say.
A 100, and last time, 30?
So he collected a total of 130 tickets? I’ve collected a total of 20 this time, so how on earth did he do it?
I thought I might as well ask how he collected them later …….
The man was enthusiastic and spun the lottery machine.
Rattle, rattle, poto.
The sound of the lottery machine spinning and the sound of the balls falling continued.
Black followed, occasionally white.
Most of them are participation prizes, although fifth prize did come out.
It went on for a hundred and ten times.
「Oh, damn it! I missed out on everything this time, too.」
「I’m sorry to hear that.」
「The only thing that saved me was that I got a lot of white. I’m gonna use this on my lady knights.」
I felt like he was saying something outrageous, but I pretended I didn’t hear it.
The man got a bag and filled it with magic balls.
I took out all the ten tickets I could find and handed them to the staff.
「Only ten tickets?」
The man asked from the side.
「I couldn’t gather enough.」
「That’s half hearted. Didn’t you just see that? You can’t win with just ten of those.」
「Right.」
I looked a little bitter. I’m not going to draw any thing good after seeing that.
Since we’ve come all this way, let’s just replenish the white balls we’ve used and go home.
With this thought in mind, I turned the lottery machine.
Rattle, rattle, poto.
「……Eeeh?」
「No waaaaaaaaayyyyy?!」
The man held his head and let out a grand scream.
The first thing that came out was a yellow ball.
The handbell rings.
「Congratulations, fourth prize.」
As the staff congratulated me, the man groaned more and more.
Eleanor, who was watching the whole thing from behind, let out a small「pfft」.