Chapter 182 - 180 Encounter with Kaoz
We managed to avoid becoming a "Kukkoro" case, and after bidding farewell to Squad Leader Meilin, we dashed toward the territory capital.
I cast Body Enhancement on the adventurers, Nadja, Alpha, and Anne.
"Good exercise, right?"
I called out to them, but no one could answer.
Alpha seemed to have trouble running due to an erection, and Anne looked to be in pain because her crotch was squelching and dripping.
We finally caught up with the merchant caravan at the gate of the territory capital.I was fine, but everyone else was drenched in sweat and gasping for breath, "Huff, huff."
I told Wesson what I had heard in the village.
"So, Lord Shivans, do you intend to establish a hospital in this city?"
"That's right. If the disease can be resolved as quickly as possible, it wouldn't be a bad thing for the Cielo Trading Company either, would it?"
He seemed to have calculated it immediately, like a true merchant.
"Then the rest depends on the lord of this territory?"
"If he says anything troublesome, we'll have Lord Klaus scold him!"
I shook hands with a smirking Wesson and passed through the gate of the territory capital.
The place I headed to first.It was the Lord's Manor located in the center of the territory capital.
(As I thought, it's ridiculously huge. As expected.)
Along the way, I asked the residents, "What's the lord of this territory like?"
"Lord Kaoz? He's a good lord."
"I heard he's currently distressed over the epidemic."
It seemed his reputation was good.Though I wondered if he would see me, when I visited, I was immediately shown in.
"Nice to meet you, Shivans-kun! I've heard about you from my father. He kept insisting I should accommodate you if you came to visit. Well, it seems my brother and nephew caused you quite a bit of trouble. Please, have a seat!"
He had a friendly demeanor and seemed like a good person.
"Thank you very much! I'll get straight to the point—I came to ask a favor."
"What is it? Is it something I can do?"
My request was to borrow a large building that was currently unused. Ideally, a location close to the slums would be perfect.
"Hmm. May I ask what you'll use it for?"
"The immediate issue right now is the influenza, isn't it? I will provide treatment. To do that, I want to create a hospital."
For a moment, he looked surprised, but then immediately called for his butler and said, "You heard that? Arrange it at once!" before turning to me.
"Well, well. I thought I'd be helping you out, but it turns out you're my savior. It seems I might be saved by you as well. Is there anything else?"
"Could I ask for relief measures for the poor who can't afford treatment? I think it would be difficult to judge whether someone is truly poor or just being stingy, but..."
The butler was called again, and the night became hectic.Kaoz asked me to stay, but since the time I could spend here was limited, I told him I didn't have much time, and he gave up.
I returned to the inn and gathered the adventurers.I asked the ten members of our group—the five men of the Shinobi and the five women of the Kunoichi—"You're all used to handling medicines, right?"
Alpha and the others looked uncertain, but Quatre let it slip, "If only that damn old man were still alive..." and then panicked, but it was too late.
The other four turned pale, and Quatre looked like she was about to die, so I smiled and played dumb, saying, "So Quatre's grandfather was an excellent pharmacist."
"But you can do it if you have a recipe, right? Can I ask you to handle it?"
I forced the recipe on them and had them start making it from tonight.
"Alpha, you guys help with gathering the materials. Nadja, I think you can do it too, so I'm counting on you."
When I asked the other adventurers to help with herb gathering and nursing, some said, "When's the last time I gathered herbs?" while others who were proud of their strength said, "Leave the heavy work to us! We'll carry people!" and started making stretchers.
"We'll be nurses! Lord Shivans will be the doctor! Do you hate doing naughty things with women who have boyfriends, doctor? If you'll do naughty things, I'd even pay you! I have a boyfriend, but I'm still a virgin!"
I wanted to say I love doing naughty things.She was showing her black underwear from between her hot pants.
"As for me, I haven't been embraced by my boyfriend, so I'm still a virgin. If I get pregnant, I'll make my boyfriend raise it! Doesn't the thought of getting knocked up irresponsibly excite you? I have money, so embrace me!"
Whispering in my ear, she slid her skirt up, revealing white.
(Black panties and white panties... both are 17 years old, huh. They're good women, what a waste. But paying money to offer me their virginity is strange, isn't it?)
As I was grinning lecherously, the Kunoichi women were looking at me like I was trash. Wasn't that the same look the women gave Aristo?
"W-Well, I'll pay wages, so anyone who can help, please do."
I quickly made my exit and returned to the White Castle.When I entered the room, Maiko, wearing only a sheer baby doll over her naked body, greeted me with a seductive face, "Welcome home!"
"I have a request today!"
"Sure! I'll do anything!"
Thanks to the vibe slime, she clung to me while wiggling her hips. Would she climax just from being touched at this point?
"Can you make Bekkou Ame?"
"Sure, but how do I do it?"
I first taught her how to make it, and told her to look at the recipe if she got confused. She said, "It's easy, so no problem!" so I had her make a large amount.
As I used alchemy and spirit magic to make rice malt from rice, Maiko, humming happily and in high spirits, started talking to me.
"I'm planning to take my child and mother to the pool, but my mother keeps complaining, saying things like, 'Lately my vision is blurry, I have more gray hair, my breasts are sagging, and I'm embarrassed to wear a swimsuit.'"
"How old is she now?"
"Probably around 40."
I see. She must be starting to get presbyopia.I immediately went to the room where her mother was sleeping and cast Revive, High Heal, and Body Fat Transfer on her, making her look like she was in her mid-thirties.
After a while, Maiko had made a large amount of Bekkou Ame, and I was making rice malt and seed malt.
When we finished, our eyes met.It seemed we understood each other without saying a word.
We cast Clean on each other's bodies, took off our clothes, and collapsed onto the bed, embracing and kissing. Then, without missing a beat, she started giving me fellatio.
It was now normal for her to take it in her mouth and swallow my semen.
"Semen doesn't taste good, does it?"
"Ufufu. If you think that, you'll have to let me drink more and get used to the taste! But I know this side tastes good! Look!"
She spread her legs wide open to show me.
"It's twitching like this! See how much drool is coming out?"
"It's already all gooey."
"I know semen tastes good! I've become like a different creature already ♡"
She had also gotten good at begging.
"Creampie a perverted married woman's pussy! Exciting, right? My womb is wide open and waiting! It wants it soon!"
"Get pregnant with my child, Maiko! I love you!"
"Me too! I love you! I'll definitely get pregnant!"
This phrase seemed to excite Maiko the most.She trembled and convulsed, her face showing a look of ecstasy and happiness.
"There might be times when I can't come back."
"You're busy, huh. But when you come back, hold me a lot! I want you to hold me a lot today too."
We ended up cuddling until morning.
The next morning
With a passionate kiss, she saw me off with a smile, "Have a good day!"
When I returned to the inn, the gloomy atmosphere told me the ten of them had been up all night.
"You didn't sleep?"
"I'll be honest with you, Lord Shivans, but our bodies and our... places are aching, and when we sleep, we have lewd dreams and can't stop masturbating..."
Anne came out with that confession in a voice only I and the women could hear. Was she already intending to be embraced by me?
"What is it that you concocted, Lord Shivans? I understand the potion, but the other things are all things I've never seen before."
Was Due interested?
"Well, potions are good for wounds, right? But you know they're not very effective against illnesses, don't you?"
Due nodded, so I continued.
"Based on the symptoms this time, I'm mixing in mandrake seeds, powdered hornfang tiger horn made through alchemy, rock bird liver, and various other things. Sounds effective, doesn't it?"
Upon hearing that, Trois spoke proudly.
"It was definitely effective! I secretly gave it to those guys without saying anything, and they got even harder!"
It seemed she had given it to Alpha and the others.
"What the hell did you do! What if something happened?"
"Are you doubting the medicine Lord Shivans made, Alpha?"
When Trois made a triumphant face, Beta complained.
"No way I'd doubt it! Ugly bitch! I'm saying don't do something like a sneak attack!"
"Who are you calling ugly, you Moho dick cheese bastard!"
Huh? Beta was definitely Maiko's husband. I had read Maiko's thoughts.
"Beta, you're married and have a child, right?"
"It's about that. There's a bit of a story."
When Gamma said that, he explained the situation.He was told by the Elder to get married. But there was a childhood friend who liked Maiko. Beta liked that childhood friend. After getting Maiko drunk and making her lose her memory, the childhood friend slept with Maiko. In exchange, Beta slept with the childhood friend. Beta had no feelings for Maiko.
But unfortunately, that childhood friend died during a mission. So she got a new boyfriend, and that boyfriend was the man who had been hiding in the ceiling space during the previous honey trap incident.
(What a complicated love triangle. So that means Maiko's child was the dead childhood friend's child. Then the one worried about the honey trap attack wasn't Maiko, but the boyfriend?)
I finally understood this ridiculous story.
"By the way, besides the new boyfriend, Beta is also involved with Sigma. This guy is a cheater! Ahaha!"
Delta's blunt talk didn't make the mood any better.
"This morning, the grossness has doubled! Think about how we feel having to listen to stories about a gross guy and an ugly guy hooking up!"
Quatre's anger was completely justified.I didn't want to hear it either...
"That's rude, Quatre! I'm not a pure Moho! I can do women too!"
"Don't talk with that dirty mouth, Sigma! You'll defile us!"
Cinq got angry, and the ten of them were on the verge of a fight.
Just then, Nadja entered.
"Are you sisters fighting again?"
"There's a saying, 'The more they fight, the closer they are,' right? Besides, they say, 'Even dogs won't eat a married couple's quarrel,' so it's fine to leave them be!"
Nadja seemed convinced by my words and said energetically, "Lord Shivans! Let's go for breakfast," so I took her hand and headed to the dining hall.
The flustered ten chased after us.
"We're not close at all! That's not true, Lord Shivans!"
"There's no way we'd deal with these shitty bitches!"
As Anne and Alpha chased after us while arguing, the remaining eight also shouted things like "Die, you dick cheese scumbags!" and "You die first, ugly bitch!"—full of energy only in the morning.
(As usual, they're like cats and dogs, but when they're with me, they seem to cooperate.)
As soon as Nadja sat down, she demanded bread from me and started gobbling it down. When I looked with clairvoyance, she was properly wearing shapewear and a bust-enhancing bra. It seemed she was sleeping in a night bra. She was listening to Harrier and the maids and following their advice.
I patted Nadja's head and ordered more bread.
"Watch me! I'll listen well to Lord Shivans, eat a lot, exercise, and become a good woman!"
Hearing that, the adventurers smiled and fed Nadja.
"Oh! Do your best, Nadja! I'll give you my bread too."
"I'll give you some too! Let's do our best together!"
Nadja was the one who made everyone smile.
After finishing breakfast, the adventurers seemed to head to the territory capital's Adventurer Guild to register.
When I arrived at the Adventurer Guild, Alpha and the others were in a huddle.
"Listen up! We've finally escaped the curse of assassination! We're going to show those ugly bitches that we were chosen by Lord Shivans! This is where the real fight begins!"
"Oooh!"
Anne sneered at the eager Shinobi men.
"No matter how hard you guys try, you can't beat us! We have the weapon of women!"
Then this time, Beta laughed.
"Are you stupid? How long do you think that'll work? Don't you get it at your age? You're already turning into old hags! We're competing with skill! Got it!"
Due laughed loudly, "Ahahaha."
"Skill? Which one of us is the fool? The fools who couldn't make even one medicine yesterday! We're superior in skill too! You rotten Moho bastards!"
"What did you say, you nympho old hag!"
They were on the verge of another fight, and the surrounding adventurers were dumbfounded.
"Is it okay to leave them alone, Nadja?"
"I came here to do what I need to do. First, I have to find the panacea herbs and antidote herbs Lord Shivans told me about!"
"Oh, right," everyone panicked, and the local adventurers mocked them.
"They came all the way from the imperial capital just to fight. And now they're going to gather herbs? Are the adventurers in the imperial capital that low-level? That Baron guy is just an adventurer after all, right?"
"Yeah, yeah! What can one person do? It's ridiculous!"
Nadja stopped everyone from getting riled up.
"Let's leave them be. If Lord Shivans were here, he'd surely say this: 'A frog in a well knows nothing of the great ocean.' Complaining in a place like this countryside suits them."
Everyone sneered, "Their faces really do look like country bumpkins."
Then the two men said, "You think you can get away with that... you little brat!" and attacked, but both of them had their crotches cleanly hit by Nadja's swift kicks. They writhed in agony.
"Oh no! I wasted time on something pointless! I was told not to get involved with idiots."
Saying that, Nadja went around asking about the locations of herbs and antidote herbs.
Meanwhile, I went to Kaoz's mansion, where Kaoz and Captain Meilin were waiting.
"Good morning, Shivans-kun! I heard you saved a village yesterday! Why didn't you tell me?"
"I haven't done anything worthy of your thanks, Lord Kaoz. I just happened to pass by and there were orcs there."
Captain Meilin stepped forward and said, "There's something I'd like to ask."
"You said you were passing by, but that village isn't visible from the main road. Moreover, there were over a hundred of them. How did you discover them?"
I smiled and gave her a warning.
"If you think you can get such information so easily, you're too naive. Captain Meilin, you're beautiful, so everyone is probably kind to you. Can you easily reveal your secrets?"
She looked happy to be called beautiful, but it seemed she couldn't reveal her secrets.
(I have secrets I can't even tell my parents...)
She had a serious look on her face, so I dropped the subject.
Since I was younger, she didn't seem to want to speak politely, so when I said she could speak casually, she looked relieved.
"It might be surprising, but I'm a married woman. It might be etiquette for nobles to call any woman they see beautiful and try to seduce them, but I am faithful!"
When I read her thoughts, her husband seemed to be a great captain of the First Knights. He seemed much older, and I couldn't help but have unnecessary thoughts about whether they had a sex life.
"I apologize if I offended you. I didn't say that as a noble. It's just my nature to blurt out whatever comes to mind."
Hearing that, she didn't seem to feel bad.
Then Kaoz interjected, "I've prepared a carriage. I've instructed my butler to guide you," so I bowed and took my leave.
After I left, Kaoz covered for me.
"I think it concerns his honor, so let me say this: he is not one of those frivolous nobles. Rather..."
Meilin stopped Kaoz mid-sentence.
"I know! I hate myself for being like this. Yesterday, the six of us saw the orc horde and our feet froze. Yet that young man jumped into the horde without hesitation. There was even a chance he could have been hit by stray arrows from the village. Even so, I even felt admiration for the young man who fought. At that time, I felt something akin to jealousy towards him. That's why I acted that way, and I'm sorry!"
Kaoz spoke to Meilin with gentle eyes.
"I've heard that from a young age, he was strictly raised by Butler-dono, known as the 'Crimson Death,' and Leen-dono, known as the 'Ice Doll.' So I know it's rude to say it's only natural for him to be strong, but he's a young man whom even my father Klaus respects. Besides, it's only natural for a man to be lecherous, right? Don't worry about it! Ahahaha!"
"Your Excellency. Thank you..."
Meilin bowed deeply and looked relieved.
I got into the carriage, and the butler showed me various lands and buildings, but none of them felt right.
"There's nothing else that comes to mind..."
He said with a worn-out face.Just then, we passed by a grove of trees.
"So there are places like this in the territory capital too."
"This place has been like this since I was a child."
When I had him stop, there was a vast expanse of untouched land. The vegetation was so overgrown it was reminiscent of a dense jungle.
When I tried to go in, he stopped me, saying, "It's dangerous!"
"No one has entered here for at least 50 years."
"If I wanted to clear this vast land, it would take an enormous amount of time, labor, and money."
When I looked with Hawk Eye, I could see a large building in the center. Beyond it were two ponds, one with clean spring water. The adjacent pond seemed to be a lotus pond.
"This is good!"
"B-But didn't you yourself say that? Clearing this place..."
I didn't give in and said I was set on this place, so he gave up.
"Could you do me one favor?"
"W-What is it?"
When we go on a journey, we'll be gone.I wanted to hire locally as much as possible. Preferably people who didn't have steady jobs.
"Understood. This is great news for Lord Kaoz as well, so I'll go inform him immediately. Also, shall I prepare carpenters and artisans?"
"Yes, please!"
"Understood!"
A butler with good sense, that was helpful.
Immediately, I used wind magic to remove the weeds and small trees, and turned them into compost using earth magic, spirit magic, and alchemy. I chopped up the larger trees with Wind Cutter, dried them with wind magic, and turned them into firewood.
Trees had grown even inside the building, so it was no wonder no one noticed this building from the outside. I chopped up the trees, turned the roots into compost, and leveled the ground with earth magic.
As the entire building gradually revealed itself, it was clear it had once been a very large structure. There were several detached buildings and warehouses, so many people must have lived here.
I removed the weeds and trees so as not to spoil the scenery. I also cleaned up around the pond and built walking paths and bridges. It was after sunset when all the weeds and trees were gone.
There seemed to be snakes and rats, but Hawk was eating them well. Hawk also seemed happy not to be short on food.
(I feel like the number of sick people is gradually increasing. I need to hurry.)
When I observed the city with Hawk Eye, there were more people coughing.
Even at night, I didn't stop the construction.The building had collapsed and lost its original form, but I cast Revive and Clean to repair and clean it. Since it was a stone building, I reinforced it with earth magic, made the walls almost entirely glass, and bestowed Insulation and Cold Resistance on them.
The main building was four stories tall and had a basement. I installed a water tank on the roof. I connected the spring water with a magic circle and put a purification slime in the tank.
(I'll make it a hospital even better than the East Empire's!)
I also repaired the other buildings with Revive and remodeled the interiors with earth magic.
A nursing home, a combined nursery and daycare, a shop, a cafeteria, a hot spring facility with a pool and sauna, and if there was space left, an orphanage would be nice too. I also created a research lab and planned to cultivate medicinal herbs and antidote herbs.
I also worked on the exterior.I created parking spaces for carriages, outer walls, gates, and earthen floors using earth magic.
Near the combined nursery and daycare, I made swings, a slide, a sandbox, a horizontal bar, and monkey bars for the children to enjoy. I left the thick, large trees standing, and set up a place to enjoy camping around the pond, along with field athletics and hammocks.
For the hot spring facility, I used earth magic to create indoor and outdoor baths, but I connected them via a magic circle to a village where hot springs used to flow, to receive the hot water. I created men's baths, women's baths, mixed baths, and a heated pool using earth magic.
The first floor of the main building was a large lobby.I created a reception desk, waiting room, examination rooms, treatment rooms, a pharmacy, a nurse station, and a break room and restrooms for the staff. For severely ill patients who couldn't climb stairs, I created a large ward on the first floor. The second floor was also a ward, but with rooms for smaller groups. The third floor had private rooms, and the fourth floor was set aside for my room and a conference room. In the future, they could be turned into VIP rooms.
All the buildings were connected to the main building by corridors, so it was fine even if it rained.
(I finally got this far...)
I couldn't help but laugh, thinking about how surprised people passing by on the street would be.