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Chapter 073 - комгаdе

The first day of keeping watch.

As previously decided, we took turns and kept watch in three s.h.i.+fts.

The s.h.i.+fts were ―

First, Chrisse and me.

Second, Snow and Lyss.

Third, s.h.i.+a.

In that order.

This time, s.h.i.+a was alone because she was the best at sensing presences out of all of us. That was why I let her take charge when it was the most dangerous, just before daybreak, when the night was darkest. The rest was just a process of elimination, and Snow got paired with the newbie Lyss since she was better than Chrisse and I at sensing presences.

Snow and the rest were sleeping in the covered wagon.

Chrisse and I were sitting around the campfire, keeping watch.

“Chrisse, are you cold?”

[I’m fine, how about oniichan?]

“I’ve been curious, Chrisse, why is the wash toilet no good for you ? Is it because the vampire clan is bad with water or something?”

But she entered the bath in Meiya’s mansion, and I’ve never heard anything about the vampire clan being bad with water while I was at the Vlad house.

Chrisse answered in an embarra.s.sed manner.

[But the wash toilet’s water comes out too strong. It hurts. And it hits weird places, too. I don’t understand how oniichan and everyone else can be pleased with that.]

It hits weird places ?

Why don’t you try saying it again with that cute mouth of yours― as expected, I can’t do it, that kind of s.e.xual harra.s.sment and shame play.

But I see, she used it wrong the first time and got traumatized huh.

The wash toilet was indeed a little hard to use.

You had to turn the handle to position the nozzle, and the force of the water that came out, as well as the temperature, had to be adjusted yourself.

Of course it had limiters so even if one overdid it, it would be limited to a certain amount.

Let’s make it easier to operate, by making it adjust automatically like ones in the previous world or something― anyway, it looked like there was still room for improvement.

I enjoyed chatting with Chrisse like that, while keeping vigilant of the surroundings.

Then it became time to change s.h.i.+fts.

“Munya munya…..Let’s change all the toilets in the country into wash toilets.”

“No use, she’s not waking up.”

Maybe because Lyss was tired due to not being used to travelling by wagon, when it was time to change s.h.i.+fts, she wouldn’t wake up. It didn’t matter if I shook her shoulders or called out to her.

As expected of the diligent-type airheaded princess. In a certain sense she was the type that wouldn’t betray you.

“I’m really sorry. I will do it in place of hime-sama.”

I woke s.h.i.+a up instead, and she was apologizing. I tried to calm her down.

“s.h.i.+a, just sleep and prepare for your s.h.i.+ft according to the plan. I’ll do it with Snow. Lyss-sama looks tired so just let her sleep.”

“If so then I can do it by myself, Lute-kun go rest.”

Snow worried about me.

“Thanks, Snow. But I want to talk with just the two of us, it's been a while. Or do you hate being with me ?”

”Geez Lute-kun, if you say it like that then I can't refuse, you know.”

Snow’s tail was happily wagging back and forth.

I took up watch duty with Snow since we had many things to talk about.

Chrisse had already fallen asleep in the wagon with s.h.i.+a.

I added the withered branches that had been gathered before dinner to the campfire to keep it going.

Snow sat next to me, happily entwining her arm with mine and sniffing me with a ‘fugo fugo’.

“Oi oi I stink of sweat, don’t I? Stop it.”

“It’s okay, in fact, the smell of sweat is the best. Lute-kun doesn’t understand!”

I sighed as I pushed Snow’s head away.

‘Aa~n’, Snow didn’t want to part and struggled.

“Jeez, it’s not good if you don’t keep watch properly.”

“It’s okay, I’m doing it properly. That’s why, let me sniff you. With this I can go on for three days!”

TL note: she will need another dose of Lute’s smell after 3 days - yuus.h.i.+n