133. Nursery (1/2)

Since Rosetta will be returning late, Rose would have to spend the night alone.

Of course, there are also nursery staff and other children, but it would certainly feel lonely not to have her closest friends, Saria and RunRun.

Even though Rose acts like an older sister to Saria, she is still a five-year-old child.

「Saria, are you going to stay?」I asked.

「Un!」Saria nodded.

Saria probably thought Rose would be lonely.

A very kind child.

However, I was worried about leaving my little sister alone and returning to the dorm.

「Saria-chan. I will be okay, you know? I am your big sister, after all!」Rose said, stroking Saria’s head.

「Saria simply wants to stay in the nursery. Right, RunRun?」Saria asked, looking at RunRun.

「Wo-Woof?」RunRun looked perplexed.

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Runrun would probably prefer to be with me, as he was glancing repeatedly at me.

I gently stroked RunRun’s head, and talked to the nursery staff.

「Excuse me, is it alright if I stayed here too…?」

「Oh, we don’t mind. We also have children older than you, Will-san.」

Come to think of it, I am also an eight-year-old child.

「Thank you. I apologize for the inconvenience.」

「No, it’s all right.」

And then I turned towards Saria and Rose.

「I decided to stay here too, so let’s all stay together.」

「Yay!」「Woof! Woof!」

Saria and RunRun were pleased.

「Ah, thank you, Will-niichan.」

Rose also seemed relieved to be able to stay with Saria and RunRun.

I suppose I could also check out how life in the nursery goes.

We all ate dinner and decided to take a bath after.

The nursery also has a bath facility that can accommodate more than a dozen people at once.

Bathing seems to be separate for men and women. Both men and women work at the nursery, after all.

I decided to take a bath together with the boys in the nursery.

Shiro, Fluffy, Rubeum, and Fay were not allowed to enter the bath, as expected.

I left them with Saria and Rose who came out of the bath first. The godbeasts were all tired, so they didn’t make much noise.

I had Saria and Rose put them to bed.

「Good night, Shiro-chan!」

「…Mee.」

「Shh…」

Saria was like a mother putting the kids to sleep.

RunRun was watching over them, so I was able to take a bath without much worry.

Staff washed the toddlers, while one of the older children helped wash a child younger than himself.

I also decided to help and wash the younger children.