Kazura pleasantly sighed, while covering his body in soap bubbles.
Until now, his body was wiped with a cloth and hot water. Although it was not something that he felt badly for, to have the idea of bringing soap along was something he was glad about from the bottom of his heart.
「Thanks to the waterwheel there is no need to worry about water, so it might be nice to have something like a public bath. I need to consult with those two later.」
Kazura was thinking along these lines. He was finishing his body wash while humming a tune. Using the water in the bucket he completely cleaned the soap from his body. Then he wore the clothes cheerfully.
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「Then, I will take my turn.」(Va)
「Yea.」(Pops)
「Yes, take your time.」(Kaz)
Valetta then left to the yard so she could wash herself, Kazura then immediately consulted with Valin about the public bath.
「Valin-san, there is something that I need to consult to you......」
「Hm? ....... Ah, I understand. Valetta will not raise any objection. Feel free to do it.」
「Eh?」
Kazura is puzzled by the affirmative consent by the nodding Valin.
「Even though she is my daughter, she can be called beautiful. We are indebted to Kazura-san, so I wield yield abut this. Feel free to peek at her body.」
「Wai-, What are you talking about!?」
Kazura give a loud tsukkomi to Valin who abruptly gave his permission for peeking.
「Dear me, this is not a consultation for permission to peeking?」
「Where in the world will be a man who ask the parent for a permission to peek at their bathing daughter!?」
Kazura was vehemently rebutting Valin who played dumb for spouting such talk before.
「Wahahahahaha, That was that. Then, jokes aside, what kind of issue that you'd like to consult about?」
「Jo-, so it just a joke huh?.....」
Although Kazura, who had noticed that we was just being teased, had his feeling been awfully drained. Regardless, he still began to talk about the public bath that he though before.
「Err, about that, since there is no trouble to draw the water for the aqueduct in the village, then that water could be utilized in a public bath for the village..... I wonder if we can built a large bathtub that can be used by everyone.」
「If it’s a bathtub, then it means something that can hold a large amount of hot water?」
「Yes. Could something big like that be manufactured in this village?」
「......Hrm.」
Valin groaned while folding his arms after hearing Kazura’s proposal. It seems he was thinking about something.
Kazura wonder if there was a problem when he saw that Valin had become silent and waited for his answer. After a while, Valin opened his eyes and apologized.
「If something like a public bath is built in the village, everyone would be very joyful. However, something like bathtub is something of luxury for nobles. That’s why we in the village can’t just built it arbitrary without permission.....」
「Ah....... I see......」
Kazura got the general understanding about what Valin had said.
Perhaps, if there are luxurious establishment in the village that can draw attention, the local feudal lord Nelson may turn his attention toward this village.
Although until now the food support from Kazura was something good, establishing a public bath was something very conspicuous and might cause trouble.
After thinking about that, Kazura noticed one serious problem.
「Huh? So that means, installing the waterwheel was something bad, right?」
Yes. The waterwheel.
That thing was something that might not even exist in this world.
In that case, when its existence is exposed, then Valin as the village’s chief will inevitably be questioned.
Even if the waterwheel was a tool that already existed in this world, certainly they would inquire about its origin.
「That’s true. But, if that waterwheel didn’t exist then the village’s fields might be completely destroyed. For that we are really grateful to Kazura-san.」
「No need for that. But, if Nelson know about the waterwheel then.......」
「I think that it might be safe. Issac-san that inspect the village’s condition the other day, didn’t make deep inquiries about the aqueduct.」
「Really.....? Hmmm.」
That day, a person who was called Isaac came to inspect the village’s condition, so he might not see the connection between the village and the river.
From Valin’s story, that day's inspection somehow finished without any trouble, but the feudal lord Nelson, who will receive the information, might become suspicious. The existence of waterwheel might be exposed.
Besides, in one way or another, the existence of waterwheel will be exposed sooner or later. These were Kazura thoughts.
(ED: Wow. Kazura’s logic was spot on. Holy foreshadowing, batman.) (TL: Well, he's rich, just not as much as Bruce Wayne)