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We have it! We have a hot spring scene! But it's quite small in the big scheme of things, considering the total chapters of the novel.

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Chapter 156 - Inspection

"Well, well, well. Looks like it's growing nicely."

"Yeah, they're taking good care of you, General. But are you sure? You used to grow food here in the winter."

"That's all right, Vargas. We had a good harvest in Barca this year. We've got enough food to last the winter. I would have preferred to make better use of the glasshouse."

"Well, I don't have a problem with it if the general wants to. What's the point of growing medicinal herbs in this greenhouse?"

"Well, you know, a greenhouse is a herb garden. Besides, we're going to need the ingredients for medicine. We have to be ready to make the proper medicines now."

　After I left the research building, Vargas and I went to the neighboring village of Linda.

　This village has a glasshouse that I built using the hot spring water I drew from the river.

　I decided to grow medicinal plants in this greenhouse.

　Last year, I built the greenhouse almost on a whim, just to use the hot water from the hot spring, and during the winter, I grew honeysuckle to sell in Fontana City.

　However, that was not my intention.

　I was only growing them for the time being.

　After that, while I was away at war, I asked the people of Linda village to take care of the greenhouse.

　However, since the village is located in a remote area, the villagers couldn't think of anything that would require the use of a greenhouse.

　Therefore, it was thought that we would only be able to grow crops that were easy to grow in the greenhouse even in winter this year.

　However, they changed their mind and decided to turn the glasshouse into a herb garden.

　This was due in large part to the presence of Mimu, a doctor who came to Barca.

　He is not an ordinary doctor, but a wandering doctor who has traveled all over the world.

　As such, he knew a lot about the medicinal herbs and other materials used to make medicines in various places.

　In addition, it seems that he traveled with his own seeds and other valuable materials that he often used or were hard to find.

　In other words, thanks to Mimu, medicinal herbs that were rarely seen in the neighborhood had been brought to Barca.

　The moment I learned of the herbs, I jumped at the chance.

　I didn't want to go to the trouble of building a greenhouse to grow honeysuckle, but I didn't have an alternative, so the herb was brought to me.

　I thought it would be perfect for the greenhouse.

　By the way, I can't really answer the question why I need to grow medicinal plants in a greenhouse.

　Is it good to have a stable temperature and humidity?

　I hope that there are many medicinal herbs that will fit the conditions of the glass greenhouse that I made rather randomly.

"Well, I guess I'll have to start with the know-how of growing medicinal plants stably for a while. I've written down the points of caution that the Mad Doctor told me about here, so Vargas, please pay attention to those points as well."

"Okay. Well, if the general is going to use the medicinal herbs we grew, it's a big responsibility, so I'll make sure we do it right."

"Thank you, Vargas."

　While inspecting the glass greenhouse where the new medicinal herbs were being grown, I gave Vargas some instructions.

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"So this is the hot spring! I've never been to a place where you can cleanse yourself with hot water."

"I guess so. There isn't really a reason for me to go to a hot spring, since I can just cleanse myself with Life Magic, but it is enjoyable. I hope you like it too, Lilina."

"I understand. I'll try my best to get in, Ars-sama!"

"Ahaha... you don't need to be that determined. It's best to go in relaxed, Lilina."

"Okay. I will relax, Ars-sama."

　When I thought of going to the neighboring village to inspect the glass greenhouse, I thought of taking a bath in the hot spring as well.

　They had even built a hot spring inn.

　How could I not take advantage of it?

　Then, I suddenly thought of inviting someone else to the hot spring as well.

　There is such a thing as "naked socializing".

　Wouldn't it be fun to invite others to take a bath to deepen our friendship? (TLN: Yeah... friendship... totally... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)...)

　That's what I thought, so I asked some random people to join me.

　But Kyle, the first person I approached, told me that I should invite Lilina.

　If you ask me, I've been so busy with work and warfare since we got married that I don't remember doing much with her.

　Since this is a great opportunity, why don't we do some family service?

　That's what I thought, and when I invited Lilina to join us, she agreed with a big smile on her face.

　It was probably the right decision to invite her.

"What is the meaning of this, Ars-sama? It's not right to invite Lady Lilina and then bring her to a commoner's building like this."

"I'm sorry, Clarisse. Uh, I forgot that I only built this spa inn for the common people, not for the nobility."

"I hope you'll be careful, Ars-sama. Both Ars-sama and Lilina-sama are indispensable people in this Barca Knight territory. What if something happens to you when you come to stay in a building like this?"

"That's right... It's not very secure either. It would be better to rebuild this hot spring inn. Maybe we should rebuild the inn, make it more like a luxury inn for rich merchants."

"Will you be the only customer, General? I'm sorry to say, but this hot spring is only occasionally visited by people like you. I wonder if the merchants will bother to come."

"If we can brand it, we might have a chance. Well, I'd like to keep coming back, so we'd better do a little more work."

Lilina, who had come to the neighboring village with me, was pleased as usual, but Clarisse, who was accompanying her, was angry.

　Well, I guess it can't be helped.

　The building of the hot spring inn that I built was just a reproduction of an ordinary inn.

　It was, after all, poorly designed.

　The size of each room itself is small, so I had no words to reply if I was told that this was not the place to bring Lilina.

　However, since I have brought Vargas and the others with me as guards, it is unlikely that anything will happen in this village.

　The hot spring I had built last year was the same as the one in the inn, but it seemed to have been slightly modified by the villagers.

　A simple building was built near the hot spring tub, which looked like a pool dug out of the ground.

　It seemed that they had built a simple building next to the pool-like hot spring tub that looked like it had been dug out of the ground so that people could leave their clothes there.

　I quickly took off my clothes at that spot and headed for the tub.

　This is a hot spring that I built, but it's not gender-segregated.

　I don't know what will happen in the future, but at the moment there is only one mixed bath.

　And that bath is an open-air bath.

　I decided to place Vargas and the guards I had brought with me out of sight while I was bathing.

　After me, Lilina, who had taken off her clothes in the hut, came out and went to the bath.

　Moreover, there's Clarisse, who's with her, at the side.

　When she was in Fontana City, Lilina used to read as a hobby, and she had a slender body with clear skin that was almost untanned, giving her a kind of beauty like a work of art.

　Clarisse, on the other hand, had a body that showed off more than Lilina's and had a sexy figure.

　Both of them were incredibly beautiful, so it was more than just a feast for the eyes.

　Both of them had never been to a hot spring before, so as I said, they came to the tub completely naked, and even Clarisse, who was accompanying them, had nothing on her hands.

　Seeing this scene, I was thankful that I had been reincarnated into another world.