Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10 Nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita Chapter 98

Nia and the Bath-hating Luchila

Grulf approached Nia and started to smell her .

“Sniff-sniff-sniff-sniff…”

Up until now, she had only been a girl who was passing by, so he had not been as interested .

Maybe Grulf had a polite side as well .

But now, since she was Shia's younger sister, they would practically be family .

And so she would have to be subject to Grulf's sniffing .

“Don't smell my butt!”

“Sniff-sniff-sniff…”

“Grulf, that's quite enough . ”

So saying, I restrained Grulf .

And then I tuned to Nia .

“You have business with Miss Shia then?”

“Yes!”

“Well, you should come and wait inside . ”

“Thank you!”

And so I entered the mansion with Nia and Grulf .

“Mister Locke, welcome back . ”

“Cluck-cluck . ”

“I'm back . ”

Milka and Lord Gerberga came running towards us .

Lord Gerberga did not slow down and jumped into my arms .

“Lord Gerberga, thank you for welcoming us . ”

“Cluck-cluck . ”

Lord Gerberga stretched his neck over my shoulder .

I petted him gently .

Milka looked at Nia and tilted her head to the side .

“Where did she come from?”

“This is Nia, Shia's younger sister . She came to meet Shia . ”

“Ohh! Shia's sister!”

“I'm Nia . Nice to meet you . ”

Nia said with a bow .

Now that I think about it, I hadn't seen Luchila yet .

“Where is Luchila?”

“He's taking a bath . ”

“A bath during the day? That's unusual . ”

Milka then lowered her voice .

“To be honest, Luchila hates taking baths . ”

“Really?”

“Yes . He said that he hadn't taken a single bath since leaving the village he was born in . ”

“Is that right? I had no idea . ”

I had seen him washing Lord Gerberga .

However, I had never seen him taking a bath himself .

“And so I said that he needed to take a bath . ”

“It's important to be clean . ”

“Yes, yes . Well, I used to live in the sewer, so maybe it's not for me to say!”

Milka said with a laugh .

After that, I led Nia to the drawing room and served her some tea and sweets .

Grulf lay down on the floor next to me . Lord Gerberga sat on my lap .

Nia wanted to hear about her sister, and so I told her .

And then I questioned her .

“Is your father well?”

“Yes . He will survive . ”

That was a strange way of putting it .

Shia and Nia's father was one of the chiefs of the beastkin tribes .

He was a great warrior that killed many of the Vampire Lord's subordinates during a fight .

But he had received grave wounds and ultimately allowed the Lord to escape .

Shia had been chasing the Lord when we first met .

After that, Shia's father had fought on the frontlines during the battle with the High Lord, in spite of being injured .

Because of this, he and Shia had been granted the rank of a knight .

“The last time I met him, he said that he was fine… Did something happen?”

“No, as I said, he will survive . Still, the doctors say that he must rest and avoid any fighting for a long time . ”

“I see . Yes, it is not good to push yourself too hard . ”

“He is rehabilitating now . The doctors say that it will take a year at least before he is able to fight like he used to . ”

“One year . But maybe that is quite fast, considering he was hurt during that fight . ”

“Yes . I think so too . He could have died . ”

As we talked like this, Gerberga suddenly stood up .

“Lord Gerberga . What is it?”

“Cluck-cluck!”

Gerberga clucked loudly .

Just then, Luchila's face poked into the room .

“Oh, there you are, Lord Gerberga . ”

“Cluck . ”

Lord Gerberga clucked with satisfaction before sitting down on my lap again .

Luchila petted him .

“You took a bath? You do seem cleaner now . ”

“Yes . Thank you . ”

Luchila's horns were shinier than usual .

“I won't say you have to do it every day, but baths should be taken regularly . ”

“…Understood . ”

Luchila said with a troubled expression .

Did he hate taking baths so much?

Milka laughed and said,

“Luchila . You hate bathing so much . But why? I think it feels great . ”

“I don't hate it…”

“It's filthy not to!”

Milka pressed . Luchila looked a little frantic .

He wanted to change the subject as he turned his eyes to Nia .

“Mister Locke . Who is that?”

“Shia's sister . Nia . ”

“I'm Nia! My sister is greatly in your debt!”

“I'm Luchila . And no, your sister has helped us greatly . ”

After that, the conversation continued pleasantly .

Time passed, and when it was near evening, Milka left to make dinner .

And some time after that, Grulf stood up .

“Grr . ”

“What is it, Grulf?”

Grulf's tail was wagging .

“Ah . ”

Nia stood up as well . Her tail was wagging also .

Just then, a voice rang from the front door .

“I'm back!”

Shia had returned .

Chapter end