"Ping pong~"

"..."

"Oh no, it broke again? You guys are so clumsy..."

A succubus maid sighed helplessly, watching the bewildered orc maid sweep away the broken pottery and ashes. Looking at the new batch of maids, she said, "It might be related to their weakness. They should eat more meat for dinner..."

The children brought back by the fleet were basically only responsible for playing in the Demon King's territory; as for the monsters that returned to the Demon King's territory, they also played.

Well, actually it's about "seeing if there's anything you're good at." Based on that, you can help out as a maid in the Demon King's castle until you find a job that interests you and that you're good at.

These children, whose minds have been ravaged to the point of low self-esteem, need to do something to stop their overthinking.

Currently, they are helping the laundry maids with their work. Although these children are still somewhat weak, the laundry maids' work is not just ordinary laundry, or rather... in this world without laundry detergent, washing clothes requires considerable strength.

You need to add wood ash to water, place the clothes on a wooden board, and beat them very hard with a wooden stick or paddle. This will cause the water in the clothes to be squeezed out along with the water due to the pressure.

This process takes quite a long time, so the maids have a lot of clothes to wash. They are often short-handed and can't finish washing all the clothes in time. Now that these children have joined, the work will definitely become easier.

This proved to be true. While the succubus's strength (referring to physical attack power) wasn't exactly weak—at least possessing the power to forcefully push over and subdue an adult human—compared to an orc...

After these fluffy, thin children have recovered, punching through a wall isn't a particularly big problem.

But not yet. Right now, they're still in a state where they'd even drop a jar of wood ash.

"Feel sorry."

The orc girl knew she had done something wrong. As she spoke, her ears were pressed tightly against her head, and her tail was tucked between her legs, making her look like she was waiting to be scolded...

However, the succubus maid didn't care at all. She waved her hand and said, "It's just breaking things. We're used to it. We used to have a succubus in our team who broke things every day."

The succubus maid spoke as if it were commonplace. The loli succubus counted on her fingers and said, "...Tear down windows, tear down doors, tear down oil lamps...Break jars, break plates, break bottles, break anything that shouldn't be broken except for fighting."

The succubus maid, who was sighing, flew up and patted the orc girl on the shoulder, saying, "With that violent plague god in front of us, as long as you don't tear the room down, we all think it's normal."

(Tikkapu: Achoo!)

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"That's all there is to it. Just build it according to these specifications."

Yinla spread the blueprints on the table and spoke to Xiaogang, who had been listening attentively the whole time. Xiaogang was a very serious leader, even though he didn't have Onix...

No, there is no necessary connection.

"Vera and I went to the lich this afternoon to discuss the moving spell. You'll all be busy after that, and it will be a long time before you know it. Thank you for your hard work..."

Xiao Gang shook his head frankly at Yin La's words and said, "If we don't move, we'll rust... Mr. Yin La, have you been working too hard lately? Are you really alright?"

"..."

That makes sense, but there are still many things I want to do, so I can't help being a little tired.

Yinla thought for a moment, then shook her head and casually lied, saying, "I'm not tired. I've had enough time to rest in the Silvermoon Tree Garden. But... will you really rust?"

As she spoke, Yinla looked at the more than one hundred steel golems waiting behind Xiaogang—in the dim and huge basement, there were many uniform but different materials of the structures.

In the darkness, their eyes... that is, their "organs for consultation - eyes," emitted a reddish light (reflected by glass lenses), which was still quite spectacular.

"Um... I was just kidding."

Xiao Gang spoke in a flat voice... but he must have been somewhat embarrassed.

"I guessed it."

As Yinla spoke, he left the blueprints on the table and said, "I've made a copy of the blueprints. I'll leave this one here with you... Hmm, let me rest here for a bit. The little demons and goblins are so enthusiastic; my back is about to break from all the squeezing."

But you're an invincible ruler, aren't you? Your back can't be that weak... You must be tired.

Although he noticed this, Xiao Gang didn't say anything. He just stood there quietly, and then said, "Mr. Yinla, you are so gentle..."

"???"

Yinla looked puzzled. Although he didn't deny that his basic respect was extremely gentle in this world, he still didn't understand why Xiaogang suddenly said that. He asked, "Why did you suddenly say that?"

"Because I can smell it. Mr. Imra, you're covered in the scent of lesser demons and goblins."

Hearing Xiao Gang's words, Yin La's face turned pale. He said painfully, "Yes, it really stinks. It will probably be better after the new layout... We must build a bathhouse!"

It's not very urgent, because monsters don't get sick even if they're a little dirty.

"Although I don't know the specifics, Mr. Yinla, you certainly didn't say such things or make such an expression in front of the lesser demons and goblins, did you?"

As Xiao Gang spoke, looking at Yin La's expression, he knew he had hit the nail on the head and nodded, saying, "You care about a lot of things that you don't need to care about, and you are concerned about a lot of things that you don't actually need to care about."

“Mr. Yinla, if you can’t stand the smell of the lesser demons and goblins, you could have chosen to stay far away from them, but you chose the most troublesome thing to do... build a bathhouse.”

Seeing that Yinla wanted to say something, Xiaogang shook his head. He gently hugged Yinla and said, "That's why Mr. Yinla is respected by everyone... and not just because everyone [needs] to respect you."

That's true...

Although the monsters are innocent and simple, if someone else were in Yinla's current position, even a governor who is slightly stronger than Yinla, they wouldn't necessarily be as popular.

He is respected not only because of his great strength... but also because he is Inra.

Perhaps, it's simply because he is Inra.

...

"Well, anyway... thanks."