Master of the brave.

"I did it! I was successful! There was a proper build-up of water!

Leticia, who came back from the woods in a bit of a hurry, gave a bounced voice.

"Oh, uh, Letty..."

"? What's wrong? Brother."

"No, it's nothing. Did you do it right? Good."

"Yeah!"

Leticia nods with a happy face.

"Whoa, what were you doing? You said there was water in there?

"No, actually, I tried to make a bath."

"Is it a bath!?

"Bath?

Cornelia and Leno were the two who reacted quickly to Winn's words.

The heavily painful atmosphere we both had just now flies so hard that our eyes shine in the color of our expectations. Cornelia, in particular, looked refreshed with a troubled expression disappearing somewhere.

Winn was surprised by that.

Earlier, after a confession made in Sawabe, Cornelia held Winn's hand in her chest for a while, but eventually said, "You may all worry. Shall we go back?," and returned to everyone beside the burning fire.

And at that time, Cornelia had a clear look on her face, with no cut and strong admiration for Wynn.

"Welcome home."

To Kelvin, who spoke so loudly, and where he sat with just one snort, in his original position. Next to the lock.

"Hey, did you hear Master Cornelia?

"Oh, yeah... sort of..."

Winn couldn't just tell Locke what was going on, but he was clouding his words and deluding himself.

Rock also seemed to have guessed something, but he just grumbled "well" without saying anything more.

Leticia came back to see what was going on there.

Cornelia's confession made her head full, but she decided to put it behind her for the first time and stood up.

"Wow, wow, wow. I really have a bath."

Lino raises an exclamation.

Leaving Kelvin, who named me after the fire, the Winns were coming around the swamp they found.

There was plenty of hot water standing next to the swamp with moisture.

"It's not like a hot spring... is it? That's what I'm supposed to say."

"It's not a hot spring. That's why I told you I made it.

Winn answered Rock's question with a bit of pride.

"How the hell did you make it?

Now Leticia answers Cornelia's question with her right index finger up.

"It's easy. I dug a hole next to the swamp and put it there. Then the water stained through the soil from the swamp, so I waited for the water to fill up, and I magically consolidated the soil around the hole, and then magically added heat to the water."

The swamp was quite large. Grass and aquatic plants thrive on the front and water transparency is quite low. But if you dig a hole next to the swamp and lay a stone on the bottom, the swamp water will be filtered out in the soil and clean water will stain and accumulate.

Later, if Leticia uses magic, it's done.

"I'm glad you did well."

"Wow. You've come up with this a lot."

"I guess it used to be Mr. Olt, no, it could have been Mr. Lewis. Anyway, I was an adventurer. They taught me when I was a kid. But I was just listening, and I never actually made it, so I wasn't sure."

Originally this method is to obtain water from a water field that is not suitable for drinking water such as marshes. By the way, we can also produce water by magic, but water made by magic disappears after a certain amount of time. I can only quench a moment's thirst.

I took a bath because the water supply was beautiful and Leticia could magically easily dig large holes and cement the soil.

Later, it is complete if Leticia magically encloses the bath perimeter with a dirt wall and drapes a cloth for the tent at the entrance and exit.

"Let's start with the women. While the hot water is beautiful."

"Are you sure?

Cornelia rejoices.

"Of course."

On a journey through the camp, it is best to bathe in the river or wipe your body with a wet cloth.

I can't do it first unless I find it in a hot spring, such as the opportunity to wash my body with plenty of water.

"I think I'll come in with you because the water will be cold. Mr. Cornelia, can I join you?

"Right. Shall we?"

Cornelia nodded at Leticia's offer. Then the two of us look back at Lino.

I dug a hole pretty big, so it seemed like a girl could afford a bath for three.

But Leno sticks his hands forward in the outrageous wind and goes down his neck to the side.

"I guess I just can't. I can't take a bath with you two or anything. I can't stay calm."

"Really?

Lino nods vigorously with the boom at Cornelia leaning down his neck.

"I'll take it later."

"Then Leno can use it next to Mr. Cornelia and Letty. Rock, wedge. We could do that afterwards, right?

"Are you sure?

"Well, we need Deputy Kelvin to use it before we do."

Wedge pointed out to Bosoli.

"Oh well. Fukuchi's first."

"Isn't it okay for Lino to use it first? Me, Winn, and Wedge will be behind us. Even the vice president said she wouldn't complain about using water as a priority for women."

"Well, thanks for letting me use it first."

When I decided on the order to use the bath, I came back to the rocks of Zorozolo and the camp.

"Oh, speaking of which, what do we do with the watch?

Leticia, who had the support to use the bath, looks back at Wynn.

"Why don't you just let Leno see it when you two are using it?

"Yes!?

When Winn answered that, Leno raised her voice with a disgusting face.

"No, 'cause you're a good actor, right?

"Yeah... but come on... yeah... how much..."

Asked Lino, who was hanging out with Gognogonio, what did Wynn hate?

"I'm not a kid scared of the dark, and you're okay with the watch outside the bath, right?

"It's not like I'm afraid of the dark."

"So, what is it?

It doesn't mean I'm afraid of demons and beasts.

Lino is also a trained knight.

It's hard to tell because there are so many people around Leticia who have a hell of a lot of common sense out of pre-service, but her own combat skills are pretty good too.

I am accustomed to working in the woods because my parents went into the woods from a young age in pharmacist's household for generations to collect herbs, etc. The sword was also forged by my grandfather, who had a martial arts tradition that he was taken up by nobility by merit as a knight.

Even demons can light up one or two goblins or oaks.

But there's something that Lino doesn't like about that either.

"Look, before. Wynn, you said that, didn't you? There are mosquito demons around the swamp..."

"Oh......"

Speaking of which, I think I said that when I went to the abandoned pit road in the mountains of Magil, which I passed when I went to Lyon, I was questioned about demons that seemed to be well in the pit.

When he explained that many of the demons in the pit had insect systems, including worms and scorpions, he raised mosquito demons as one of the most unwanted demons in the insect system.

Toxic needles held by bee demons, hard, sturdy jaws held by ant demons, etc. are also troublesome, because whatever you say, if a mosquito demon strikes you, you will be sucked alive in the tragic eye.

There have also actually been incidents where villages have been attacked by mosquito demons and overnight have become just skins and bones.

Witness stories say that victims are gradually sucked inside their bodies. And he said that the scream of the severed demon, which gradually weakened, was a sight that he didn't think belonged to the world.

"But mosquito demons get out near distracted swamps. The swamp wasn't upset earlier, and I'm fine."

"So oh, I think there seems to be a lot of worm-based demons like that... I can't have a worm system."

Whimpering weakly, Leno saw Leticia and Cornelia in a way that she was sorry.

"Hmmm...... then what shall we do? I knew Letty and Mr. Cornelia. Enter one person at a time in order?

"But then, I guess either way, Mr. Cornelia's on the lookout, right?

"Oh, well."

Winn scratched his head at Leticia's point.

When you say you have squadrons as Cornelia's escort, putting her on the lookout is a real fall.

And Cornelia has quite a lot of skill, but that's only within her training range. Previously, when it was in action, Cornelia became hardened and even threatened to defend herself.

Of course, there is no reason why Cornelia, the Imperial Empress, should be strong in battle. If it were her original identity, it would be better if she were protected by a formidable knight in the deepest part of the Imperial Palace, surrounded by the thickest walls of defense in the Empire.

"I think you should keep an eye on your brother outside."

"No, you can't do that, can you?

Though we make enclosures with dirt walls so that we can't see inside, I wonder if it would be unsettling to have a young man near a girl who is exposed to defenselessness in the bath.

"Your brother wouldn't take another peek, would he? I don't mind."

"Winn, I wonder if you'd mind, too, don't you?

Cornelia snorted and looked at Wynn as she agreed with Leticia.

Something about the earlier confession makes Winn feel excited.

"Well, if you're going to be vigilant in the woods, Winn seems best suited."

Rock also expressed endorsement.

"No, but..."

"Fine, because I want to use the bath before the hot water cools down. Brother, Mr. Cornelia, go."

Still grabbing Winn's lost arm prompts Cornelia, and Leticia just walks into the woods.

"Are you going to take a bath with those three?"

There came Kelvin, who was poking a bonfire away from his men.

"... it's not like we're going in together, is it? Deputy Director"

Rock twitches half-eyed into Kelvin, who looks happy to see someone with a bath.

"It would be very convenient if you could just keep it up and roll it out,"

"Fukuchi, you use anything for your country..."

"Take what for granted. The fate of those three parties is directly linked to the national interests of the Empire. And we are also expected to maintain and drive that relationship to the good. If you don't have to work as hard as you did in this bath to get your work done in this way, you can wish or fulfill it."

Leno gave Kelvin a slightly awe-inspiring look when he smiled about it.

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Water sounds are heard from within the earth enclosure.

"Wow... feels good"

"Really... I'm so happy to have hot water on my trip"

Leticia and Cornelia accidentally closed their eyes and exhaled to the feeling of staining their bodies.

I can't see the view outside on the dirt wall, but I can see the sky because it's empty up there. It seemed to be cloudy until earlier, but the wind had caused clouds to flow and the moon and starry sky to show their faces.

"Hey, Mr. Cornelia"

"Yes."

"Did you confess to your brother?

"Huh?"

When surprised Cornelia looked at Leticia, Leticia stood up and sat down on the edge of the hot tub.

"Uh... why?

"When I just got back, Mr. Cornelia, he looked refreshed somewhere, and your brother is looking at Mr. Flirting and Mr. Cornelia, and I was wondering if this was Mr. Cornelia telling your brother how he felt"

"Uh, you know, the... yes"

Where I hid it, it doesn't make sense. Cornelia nodded honestly.

"Well, I knew it."

"I'm sorry. I know how Leticia feels..."

"I have nothing to apologize for."

Leticia smiled at Cornelia, who looked like she was about to cry and lean down.

"I can't stop Mr. Cornelia from liking your brother. I'm sorry your brother is so nice."

That being said, Leticia laughed, kicking up the water gently with her pastry and legs.

"Besides, I think. Good for you, Mr. Cornelia."

"What is that...?

"Me too, because I've been looking around at all kinds of countries. Because I've met so many great people, and I've seen so many things there, for better or worse"

Leticia said so, bringing her right hand to the front of her face. And on the palm of his hand, he creates a small magical light.

"As long as I'm beside you, your brother will never be free. Because it's the most efficient way to use your brother to control my powers. You made your brother Mr. Cornelia's squire, because to bind your brother to the empire. To keep me from going to another country, right?

Whatever Cornelia thinks, it's true. Let him snort honestly.

"If me and your brother become lovers to each other, the shackles that bind your brother to the Empire might try to be stronger. For example, thank your brother's mistress for a woman with deep ties to the Empire."

What Leticia said is exactly what Alfred is trying to do with his sister Cornelia.

"... Yes. My brother gave me that role."

"It's not because His Highness Alfred told you, is it?

Leticia said blocking Cornelia's words.

"His Royal Highness Alfred's thoughts may be. But Mr. Cornelia really liked your brother, didn't he, as a role?

".................. Yes"

Cornelia nodded in a mosquito-like voice.

"Mr. Cornelia looked at my real brother and fell in love with me, regardless of why he was my master. I'm so happy about that."

Leticia looked up at the night sky when she said so.

"He said there's someone besides me who understands what's nice about your brother. But, I'm glad... I'm glad I don't want to give your brother to anyone. He wants your brother to be mine alone, that's what he thinks."

"But isn't that what Leticia thinks natural?

I want to monopolize my beloved. That's a natural thought if you're a person, whether you're a brave man or not.

"But I can't do that."

Leticia laughed a little sadly.

"I'm a brave man. Individuals possess comparable force to one country. So the country really has to tie up the shackles that control me, your brother. If I don't accept that, I'll be tired of your brother. The truth is, it's the easiest way to kidnap your brother and take him hostage without having to go around appreciating a woman. Hide your brother so he can't find you, and listen to me! Say."

If a nation tries to take away the freedom of every person and hide it perfectly with absolute will, there is nothing we can do about it, no matter how much Leticia it is.

If the Empire took Winn's freedom and that life, Leticia will surely destroy the Empire as retaliation. But if this forced you to say, for example, in exchange for a bottle of Winn's arm, etc? Leticia has to say. Alfred is familiar with Leticia's character.

"But His Highness Alfred did not take those means and kept me to the point of making your brother Mr. Cornelia's squire. Now I'm trying to make Mr. Cornelia a stronger shackle by making his own sister, the second princess to inherit the throne, your brother's lover. I think His Royal Highness Alfred appreciates your brother very much."

With that said, Leticia smiled when she saw Cornelia's face.

"So I'm wondering if it's okay if Mr. Cornelia, who likes his real brother, plays the role of connecting that brother to the Empire."

(I wonder what you're talking about?

Wynn was walking around the dirt enclosure, listening to the slightly audible voices of Leticia and Cornelia.

There is no need to worry about the undead, peeping, because it is in a remote mountain, but demons and beasts could come.

I don't mind the lights just with the pine lights in my hand, so I pick up the dried twigs while I'm walking to create an incineration.

"Brother, are you there?"

"Oh, there he is."

"Good luck with the watch. Bath, it feels really good. Thank you very much, Mr. Wynn."

"Letty almost magically made it for me. I didn't do anything."

"If your brother hadn't told me to make it, I wouldn't have thought of taking a bath."

"You're definitely more tired than taking a bath in the cold water of Zelig."

"I'm more than happy for you."

A full starry sky can still be seen here, seen even in the rocks of the camp.

Wynn was searching for a shooting star who walked through the sky from time to time, poking at the bonfire with a stick.

(Doing this sounds like a lie to me that we're in the middle of a civil war right now)

At that time, a nuanced light appeared on the edge of Winn's eyes.

(Mmm... snake)

At the entrance and exit of the bathroom and near the place where the tent hung, a snake wrapped around it in a manner slightly protruding from the grass.

The light reflected on the edge of the eye was the light of the incendiary fire reflected on the scale.

It was not a venomous kind of snake, but a snake as thick around the torso as Wynn's arm, and quite large. I guess they prey on larger frogs and mice coming to the swamp.

(There doesn't seem to be any danger, but if you run into the hot water, you two are going to be surprised. Do you want to get rid of it)

Standing up with a slightly longer stick, Winn pokes him with a stick trying to get rid of the snake. Then the serpent fled into the grass moving his tyrosis and red tongue.

Driving him away to the back of the grass so he wouldn't come back, he said, "Come on!" I heard a scream.

"Mr. Cornelia!?

The scream belongs to Cornelia.

"Oh, no, don't... don't come this way... Huh!

"Wait! I'll help you in a minute!

The reluctant Cornelia voice and the hurried Leticia voice.

"What's going on!?

"From the top...... Oh, no! Please don't!

(From the top!? Shit! I didn't even look up there!

A conversation I had earlier with Leno occurred to me behind Winn's brain.

Mosquito demons.

Naturally, there are wings. And they fly in from the sky.

There is no ceiling in the bathroom.

I was only alert to demons and beasts on earth, and it was not in my mind that something would fly from the sky.

The hurried Wynn took his sword aggressively and jumped up the entrance and exit tent and jumped inside.

"Both of you, are you okay!?

"Oh, brother!?

The sights that popped into Winn's eyes were Naked Leticia and Cornelia. And Leticia was trying to get rid of one moth, about to stop at Cornelia's dark hair, which was lustrously wet with hot water.

The size of a moth's wings when spread is about the size of an adult's palm. It's big, for sure, but it's just an insect. The lights in the bathroom. They must have invited me here, but they're not dangerous creatures, of course.

For a time that is never too short for the sudden, the three of them often stare at each other seriously until they return to me -.

Making a water noise called Bashari, Cornelia crouched into the hot tub dyed her face bright red without raising her voice.

"Oh, I'm sorry!

Winn, who returned to me with a hack at the sound, turned his body around and jumped out faster than he had come inside.

And a Wynn scream called "Wah."

"Brother!?

When Leticia and Cornelia glanced outside in a panic, they found Winn thrusting into the swamp because of too much panic.

I hear a laugh called Couscous along with the water noise.

"Don't laugh so much..."

"Because... your brother's outfit just now. It was really funny."

"Winn, it's unusual for you to look in such a hurry, and it was a little cute"

Two Leticia and Cornelia teasing Winn nod at each other face to face.

It was a win I wanted to say back to the two of them, but to do so, turning around, the valley created by the well-shaped, swollen and seemingly soft swelling of the two of them from the hot tub jumped into my eyes, and I rushed to turn my back again and missed the opportunity to say it back.

(How did this happen...)

I dip my face in the hot tub until about under my nose with Bukubuku and squeak in my heart.

Winn, who fell into the swamp because of his coarse phase and panic, got wet from above his head.

It got wet with my clothes on, so it would be very cold if the wind blew.

"Oh, brother, it's okay!?

"Oh, oh, it's okay, it's okay"

Whilst returning that answer, Wynn shuddered to bits and chops in the cold as he leaked his groan.

Seeing such a win, Leticia gives a distressing bare gesture, "Oh... ugh..." Then I saw Cornelia, who, like Leticia, was only peeking into her hidden face.

Then Cornelia also wandered her gaze as if to patrol a little, but when she saw the cold trembling wins, she let Leticia snort.

"Brother. You should take a bath and soak it up because it's cold."

"What!?

Seeing Winn with his face saying he didn't know what he had mentioned, Leticia, determined, pulls Winn's arm as he goes outside hiding his body with a cloth to wipe his wet body.

"Come on, come on. If I stay wet, I'll catch a cold."

"Wait, wait a minute, Letty said. That's not good."

"Fine, I'm telling you we're good."

"It's still a long way to the Imperial capital... there are no towns or villages around here... if you catch a cold..."

Cornelia whispers as she dyes her cheeks in shame.

And to be pushed off by the two of them, Winn was to use the hot tub with the two girls.

When soaked in water, a completely cold body is warmed and soaked with a cold breeze that blows into the wet spot.

On both sides of Winn, Leticia and Cornelia were similarly immersed in water.

The whole body of the two girls is invisible thanks to the bonfire that attracted the moths that caused this situation reflecting on the water surface of the hot tub. But with my back turned, it's never a big bathroom. The fantastic appearance of the two girls peeping out of the hot tub as they turned earlier, such as a brilliant, smooth nod and a slender shoulder, as well as a tense, white swollen top, keeps Winn in a restless mood, in order to keep her long hair from getting wet.

That's when Leticia started singing the song in a comfortable way. Her beautiful singing echoes in the enclosure of the earth and turns it into a moist, calm and serene space.

Both Wynn and Cornelia, who were still ashamed, albeit determined, to dwell in shame, were regaining their composure as they listened to Leticia's investigation.

Listening to the song, Winn and Cornelia looked up overhead.

The night sky, where one cloud is not seen, is the most beautiful with starry skies scattered with gems.

"Beautiful..."

"Yeah."

Leticia, who was singing with her eyes closed, glimpses the two of them, but closes her eyes again and sings them out again.

Quiet times flowed by.

After this, in turn, Leno was supposed to use the next bath, but he was going to be pursued when he returned to the rocks of the camp about what Winn had been using earlier, but the three of them at this time had no idea that it was going to happen.