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The city of Catalina is very functional. It may seem depressing to be indoors all the time, but Iâm used to it and find it quite comfortable. Weâre going to be here for a few days until Dianne and her team finish their work, but none of us are feeling particularly anxious. In fact, the problem is the lack of tension in this fort, where there is no major invasion going on.
âGood morning. Iâm Kawaiko of the special duty corpsâŚâŚno, Iâm here to greet you allâ
Morning. When I woke up in the girlsâ room, I heard someoneâs thick voice.
Anzeros, who seems to have woken up earlier than me and was well dressed, screams with a dignified voice behind the door.
âI am a member of the Celesta Army Expeditionary Elite Infantry Corps, a special formation under General Kingfisherâ
ââŚâŚAce Knight Corps?â
âI think thatâs a good abbreviation if you want to refer to us as your countrymenâ
The words are hard, but the voice is rather fluent and I can sense a peaceful reserve.
âIâve been trying to get in touch with you since yesterday, but due to my immediate arrival, I was prevented from doing so by the general and reverse hair. Thatâs why I came this morningâ
ââŚâŚLetâs wait a bit. There are a lot of women, so it takes a lot of time for the troops to look presentableâ
âI understand. Hey, it takes time to get dressedâ
âHey Hey, thatâs nice. Thatâs a very sexy storyâ
âIf youâre a man, come out in two minutes and youâre in good shapeâ
It seems that he finds sex appeal in the fact that we make him wait. So. Iâm currently in Appleâs bed, enjoying Sharonâs naked tits with my cheeks and Maiaâs ass with my fingers. Or rather, I woke up in that position. Apple, the owner of the bed, was hurriedly getting dressed, while Almeida was lying in the corner of the bed, unconscious from sex and would be in serious trouble if he stepped in.
âSh, Sharon, wake upâ
âNâŚâŚa, huaâŚâŚ Is it morningâŚâŚ?â
âAce Knight Corps is outside, they want to say helloâ
Sharon bends her body while lying down and stretches only by her posture. It feels good that the big but unshaped boobs are pressed a little stronglyâŚâŚno, itâs not. Iâm a little impatient and Aurora, who was awake like Anzeros, uses her comb to say.
âIt would be nice if we could get out without waking up Sharon-san. There would be no reason to put a stranger in the bedroomâ
âThatâs true. I mean, weâre still sleeping, so I hope the Celestans can do it togetherâ
Naris also rubs her eyes and says so. But when Sharon gets up, she approaches Naris naked and swings her pillow of her wisteria knitting down on her head.
âThank you is a thank you. It would be strange to say hello again later because we will meet each other. Get up early, where is Tetes?â
âTetes-chan isâŚâŚoh?â
Tetes are gone. But then she opened the door and came into the room as normal. The people outside seemed to have caught a glimpse of Sharonâs muffler and there was some kind of shouting from behind the closed door.
âHello. Iâve been checking the contact status of each place at the communication magician for a momentâŚâŚyou are still there, 10-man captain Smithsonâ
Iâm sure youâll be pleased to know that the special duty corps are going to have a formal meeting with the people on the outsideâŚâŚâ
âAhaha. I donât know what kind of eyes they will have when you come out of the girlsâ roomâ
The guy who came to talk to us, Kawaiko-chan, wasnât he? It is true that there are many beautiful women. Heâs thinking of greeting a beautiful woman and getting along well. If a man had blended into the room of these beautiful women early in the morning, he would have been looked at very carefully. No, even if it is a fact that the female slaves relationship will eventually leak out, there is no need to introduce yourself in such a challenging way from the beginning.
âAndy, would you like me to send you off in an illusion?â
Maia suggested, letting me feel her slightly low body temperature directly against my skin. Tetes was a little troubled by the suggestion.
âIâm sure half of those people can use magic. There are some who are experts at breaking illusionsâ
âIs there such a thing? How can you tell?â
âBecause I checked the personnel in advance with the materials of the Royal Intelligence Serviceâ
No, it was this childâs habit to investigate like that. âŚâŚThen how can I get out of here? Maia isnât bad at magic either, but Iâm worried when it comes to competing with professionals who handle illusions.
ââŚâŚAlready. Itâs a loan, right?â
Tetes smiled and moved her own bed with a smile. Itâs a bit surreal to see a solidly built bed being moved around by one rather small girl, but thatâs okay. Sheâs a Red Arm. Underneath the bed, which had shifted halfway to the side, was a wooden board about a meter square. Or rather, something that looks like a storage door under the floor, which is sometimes found in normal houses.
âWh, Whatâs that!?â
Naris was surprised and looked under her bed.
âItâs not there. âŚâŚItâs an emergency escape route from Catalinaâs design. If you leave here, you wonât run into those guys over thereâ
As expected, she is an intelligence officer. Did she see through a strange gimmick?
âNo No. Iâm loaning itâŞâ
âŚâŚIt was emphasized. I wondered if she was planning something, but I couldnât help but put on my clothes and then slip into the floor door. Anzeros is letting me hold it while she talks to the outside sometimes, but that wonât fool them for long. We have to hurry.
âAh, 10-man captain Smithsonâ
âYouâd better take a rope. Maybeâ
Tetes handed me a bundle of ropes and I crawled through the dark passageway.
The exit was an outer wall. âŚâŚIs this really an emergency ăEscapeă route?
I played a bit of climber action with the ropes and went back inside the fort through a window a few floors below. Thank goodness there were no witnesses. Then I hurried back to the original layer and was treated like an unimportant person by the Ace Knight corps that was meeting us.
â10-man captain Andy Smithson. Iâm a former platoon leader of the crossbow teamâ
âYeah, Iâm Jonathan Smiley. An Ace Knight and 100-man commander. Youâll have to ask the rest of them yourselfâ
Except for the leader, 100-man commander Smiley, the rest of the people were totally ignorant of me. Theyâre enthusiastic about the beautiful knights lined up.
â10-man captain Anzeros, no, I really can meet you! No, itâs quite famous, the beheading sword!â
âKnight Chief Sharon is really beautiful! Itâs a good thing sheâs a southern elf princessâ
âEmm, 10-man captain Aurora, Iâm actually a classmate of yours from the Ace Knight examâŚâŚdo you remember?â
Itâs completely pick-up time. On the other hand, Anzeros and others couldnât shake them off suddenly and they laughed loosely and amiably. It was a very awkward face-to-face time. Iâm a little bothered, too. Just as I was about to make a move, even if it meant being treated as a little bit of an airhead, Great Knight Chief Annette appeared from behind a corner. Just as I was about to make a move on her, Grand Knight Annette appears from behind the corner with a smile on her face. And she smiled without reading the air at all and called out foolishly, ăHey, wicked sister!ă.
âGreat Knight Chief Annetteâ
âLetâs practice together downstairs for a bit! Letâs do that! Or perhaps I should say, be my partner! Iâm super freeâ
âIâm in the middle of greeting the new arrivals from CelestaâŚâŚâ
âAh? Thatâs the birdâs crew. Okay, you guys, come on! Letâs see what you can do!â
The Ace Knights all shouted in unison. Sharon and the remaining Red Arms sighed all at once after a moment of eye contact.
âThe people of CelestaâŚâŚI mean, theyâre quiet, arenât they?â
âIndeed. I thought knights were supposed to be a little brave when it comes to arm wrestlingâ
The irony of Sharon and Almeida is that the Ace Knights get stuck and lose momentum.
âOh, you were there, Afilmâs spear dance! You and I fight a little okay!â
âSp, Spear danceâŚâŚwell, it doesnât matter. âŚâŚWell then I nowâ
When Almeida resigns, the Ace Knights, whose excitement has cooled down at once, are reluctant to say the following words. There, Anzeros salutes.
âWeâre done for the day. âŚâŚSome of us have plans for the next one. Letâs work together from now onâ
It was a bit of a forceful way to end it, but it worked out. However, I feel like I was just saved by the Great Knight Chief Annette.
Sharon and Almeida practice with the Great Knight Chief Annette. And then me, Anzeros, Aurora and Maia flew to Dianneâs construction site.
âAh, Iâm glad youâre here. Maia, help me secure the logs right awayâ
âHo. There is a good windbreak cave on the mountainside over there. Owner can rest thereâ
âRestâŚâŚI havenât done anything since yesterday, so Iâm not losing any energy and Iâm really freeâ
âIf thatâs the case, then mingle and have funâ
I donât like it when you say it like that, Laila. Itâs midwinter now, so the outdoors are shrinking. âŚâŚNeia invites me to work without seeing me in trouble.
âWhy donât you carve out a board together?â
âA, AhâŚâŚI mean, did you do this alone!?â
Behind Neia, there is a pile of wood that has been cut into boards. Even if you combine the wall materials and floor materials, I think there is enough space for one house. Since Dianne and her team are building a simple hut, they can probably afford to build several houses with just this.
âItâs not the only material theyâll be using, so theyâve asked for moreâ
âHow did you get all this done in one nightâŚâŚâ
âIf you look at the grain of the wood, itâs easy to do in quantityâ
The logs were piled up on the floor and Neia set them on the floor. Itâs a trick that is impossible for ordinary people, but it makes the axe taken out quickly dwell in the light by casting a spell lightly.
âNo, youâre casting some kind of spellâ
âYeah. Itâs a hardening spell, or rather a protection spell for the tip of the blade. Itâs just magicâ
She raised the axe with one hand, jumped up, flipped her short cloak and flashed it vertically. A shocking sound echoes and the log cracks.
Neia flew even lighter, spinning once, twice, three times. Then, with a swoosh swoosh, the log splits and forms a plank.
ââŚâŚNeia, youâll make a fortune as a carpenterâ
âEven a professional ogre carpenter canât process a board this easilyâŚâŚâ
I mean, where is there room for my turn in this feat?
âHuhuhu, itâs interesting. Letâs make effective use of the slashing waveâ
âYou know, AuroraâŚâŚcan you shoot that fine?â
âI have to try it to know for sureâ
Aurora pulls out her sword. Dianne suddenly appears there.
âAurora, thatâs fine, Iâd rather you cut the board horizontally. Neia is good at breaking it in a straight line, but cutting it across is a sawâ
âIâm ashamedâŚâŚâ
âWell thenâŚâŚteii! Haa!!â
Aurora swung her sword. The vacuum blade strikes the wood and cuts it without mercy.
âOoh. Youâve got a good handle on itâ
âYou canât be a force to be reckoned with if you canât do thisâ
Iâm not sure if itâs because she helped develop the technique the first time, but Neia was deeply moved by it.
Iâm not sure if I should come up with some kind of carpentry special moveâ
âRelax, Anzeros. Do you have any doubts about the character of the carpenterâs special moveâ
It may be useful, but itâs not something a hero or an infantryman would do.
The only thing I did was hammer in a few nails. I didnât take on any of the work and we all did it together to speed up the completion of the hut. I felt a little depressed as I rested in the cave after finishing my work.
âI wish I could have been a little more helpful since I was the man in chargeâ
âHoho. Donât worry about it. Dragons are power. You have me and Maia to replace your armsâ
ââŚâŚBut you see, Iâm a craftsmanâ
Itâs a good idea to work with a blacksmith and a carpenter, but I want to rely on making things.
âSmithson-san is suitable for hero orientationâ
Neia smiles as she sips tea warmed by Lailaâs flames.
âThey say that if you canât always find a place where you can be useful, youâre a second-rate hero. Smithson-san has the support of many people, but he will never, ever stop working for himself because he is proud of itâ
ââŚâŚThatâs not what I meant, thoughâ
Iâm not going to stop working because I donât feel Iâm qualified enough to be the ăMasteră of the girls. Thatâs it. Itâs not that I donât like the idea of working with them, itâs just that I donât think Iâm disqualified in the least.
âMy predecessor used to say that bravery is ultimately a decision to take the initiative. âŚâŚSmithson-san is not much of a fighter, but maybe thatâs what being brave in a peaceful world is all aboutâ
No denying it. If Neia found it, it shouldnât be denied. Itâs shy to call me that, but I hope Neia will someday be able to choose that way of life.
âNow that weâve secured the materials, weâll be able to bring them in from here, which will speed up the constructionâ
âHo. I have to get back to Polka as soon as possible. We canât let Jeanne, Selenium and Luna worryâ
Everyone sips tea at once and stands up. The towering brand-new stilt observatory was sloppy but had a nice scent of freshly cut wood. Well, I guess my new house will be ready soon. Iâll do my best to repay the Baron and Irina for giving it to me.
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