Chapter 490: Chapter 476 Baths are the Best

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Clink clank boom bang, clink clank bang bang.

The sound of walls being taken down, tiles pried up and holes dug for piping was heard banging and clanking merrily away in one corner of the house.

That’s right, the bathroom expansion work has started.

In fact, it had started two days ago.

My familiars, Fer, Grandpa Gon, Dora-chan and Sui have already escaped to the garden when they saw the workers coming in with their various tools. Instead of enduring the banging sounds of construction work, they prefer to nap somewhere far away from the noise in this nice warm weather.

As for me, I remained in the living room, just in case Bruno-san wanted to consult with me about something.

I must say, my [Net Super] earplugs were very useful during the construction period. I had already found a nice bath from Illario’s that matches the bathroom décor well and had just handed it to Bruno-san this morning. The bath is meant to go in last it seems.

Right now, I am currently seated in the remains of a dressing room. [1] Honestly, I’m not sure why people would want such a large dressing room for? Does it double as a massage parlour or spa location or something? Anyway, I’d rather have a larger bathroom, so it made sense to take the space from the dressing room.

Speaking of which, the original bathtub was already some kind of gaudy, heavily gold-plated monstrosity with an ivory base and colourful flowers painted on the top and outside.

The new one from Ilario looked sort of similar?

Anyway, what’s most important matter is the size. I want Grandpa Gon to be able to sit comfortably in the tub. So long as the base colour is sort of cream-ish, it should match the rest of the room nicely.

That was my consideration going into Ilario’s, but who would have thought that they would have an extra-large bath in cream with red and pink flower patterns?

I bought the tub on the spot for 540 gold.

I’ll admit it, I was sold by the price more than anything else. Apparently, this particular tub had been sitting around for a long time, gathering dust until I came along. The clerk was very happy to sell it to me, and I was happy to purchase this giant tub for a reasonable price.

In short, it was a win-win purchase.

Ah, now that I really look at it, the flowery bathtub seems a little too cute for a dignified dragon like Grandpa Gon…

At sunset on the same day, Bruno-san called me over.

“We’ve kept you waiting, the construction of the bathroom is now complete,” said Bruno-san with a proud smile as he opened the bathroom door.

“Oohh~~ it’s definitely wider than before~~”

In fact, it was about twice as large as the original.

[1a] Instead of replacing the original bathtub, Bruno-san’s team had dug a deep hole, laid down the pipes and set the extra-large tub into the floor like a half-sunken hot tub. I must say, it certainly looks more balance than having a totally sunken tub or one that stood on its legs. The half-sunken design meant that half of the cutesy flowers were hidden away. However, that was a plus for me since it looked less tacky that way. To match the other bathtub, Bruno-san even had one of his better painters put some gold accents on the flowers to give them a bit more class.

“… and as you can see, water discharges well with no problem.”

“Excellent, perfect, wonderful,” I said dutifully as I was given the tour. I’m really impressed by their work, it really did only take them two days after all! “As expected of a Dwarf.”

“Gahahaha! But of course!”

“As promised, please take this,” I led him to [1a] what’s left of the dressing room, much smaller and neater looking now with its new walls and a neat shelving unit lined with whisky. There were 20 large whiskies all in a line, looking very fancy and expensive in their cut glass bottles.

Bruno-san and his team beamed.

Of the 10 people who came in to work the majority of them were Dwarves. There were also a couple of Beastmen and a human mixed in, but all of them were unrivalled heavy drinkers.

I gave each worker two bottles of whisky per day for their labour. Yesterday’s portion had already been collected [2] by the original five workers…

[2] Today, the number of workers doubled somehow…

“Ou, we’ll be having a drinking party tonight, come with us, Mukouda-sama!”

“Ah, um, I’m fine. I can’t drink very much, so you’ll have to drink on my behalf,” I said with a shaky smile. I can drink, but not to the extent that these beings could. Besides, I wanted to enjoy the new bathroom~~

“Eh, well, more for us! Gahaha! Anyway, let me know when the land’s been cleared, eh?”

“Yes-”

“Ou! Boys! Let’s drink the night away!”

“Ah, excuse me, Bruno-san? Your pay…”

“Gah, I almost forgot about that,” Bruno-sans slapped his forehead. “The missus will have my head if I had really forgotten.”

But you have… Anyway, I paid him a total of 2 platinum coins and 7 large gold coins for the 270 gold renovation fee.

“Goodness, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a platinum coin,” said Bruno-san.

“Ahaha…” I’m sure he must be joking, as someone working in the renovation and construction business, he must see this kind of money often. He must be joking with me.

After that, Bruno-san’s party of 10 construction workers noisily left the building.

I sighed gustily to myself. Wow, the silence felt really soothing after they left.

Just then, the door opened and my familiars trooped in.

“It’s done?” Grandpa Gon asked with polite interest.

“”Sui wants to see it~~””

“”Ou! It’s super huge!! Woah, that one must be Grandpa Gon’s!”” Dora-chan had already zipped in for a look.

“Shall we try it out?” I asked, itching to submerge myself in the huge tub. I’m sure Grandpa Gon won’t mind sharing…

“Hold it!” Fer barked. “Feed us first!”

“Ah,”

“Oh yes, I’d prefer to eat first.”

“”Food~~””

“”Meat!!””

“Fine, I guess you guys are all food over baths, eh?”

It can’t be helped, they are gluttons for food after all.

After a dinner of Gigantic Minotaur meat in pickled miso on rice (a travel meal that I had already prepared in advance), Grandpa Gon, Sui, Dora-chan and I made our way to the bathroom.

By the way, I served the nicely browned meat on sliced lettuce leaves over rice, with a sprinkle of white sesame seeds. I must say, the visual effect was quite stunning. It really made me gulp when I looked at it.

Grandpa Gon seemed to really like it too and kept asking for seconds.

Right, back to the baths.

Naturally, I invited Fer, but…

“You may go if you like, I’m going to sleep.”

And that was that.

Eh, no loss for us.

“”Hyahooo!!!””

“”Yay~~!!””

“Fumu~~”

Looks like everyone was enjoying the newly renovated bathroom.

Naturally, everyone showered first, including Grandpa Gon. [3] I busted out the deck brush while Sui helped me hose him down.

It still felt rather surreal to be washing a dragon with a floor brush in a towel… [3]

“Aahhhh…”

“Fuuuhhhh…”

Nothing like stretching in a hot bath after a vigorous workout. I really outdid myself polishing Grandpa Gon’s scales with the deck brush.

The air was saturated with the scent of yuzu and my toes tingled from the carbonated bath salts.

“Zzzzzz… ZZZzzz…”

““Aruji~ Grandpa is asleep~~””

“Well, baths are comfortable after all~”

“”Ain’t it right~~””

[Gumihou: There’s really no need to rehash the entire washing scene. Gumi reduced it to a short montage.]

[1] Added details

[1a] Add miscellaneous construction details

[2] Something wrong with the number of workers, put in some details to clarify it.

[3] Reduced extraneous showering details (about 200 words worth)

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