Chapter 293: Fuck!?

What Croana showed me finished was a washing machine. She also told me it was a prototype because she had not tested it.

We went out to the rooftop from a door in the principal’s office to try running it.

Croana floated the silver box softly with magic and when we reached the rooftop set it quietly on the floor.

The look was bare metal. Height about Croana’s chest, width about one person.

The inside was made as simple as possible so against the metal look it was unexpectedly light.

At this weight even a woman could lift an end and put it in a Magic Bag.

The top plate split into a lid and an operation part. As in the drawing the lid had more area and the operation part was smaller.

On the right of the operation part two black rods you can put a finger on were set one above the other. Flow magic into these and the inside turns.

Flow magic into the upper black rod and it goes right. Flow magic into the lower rod and the inside of the washing machine moves left.

On the left of the operation part another black rod was set. Flow magic into this and a lid under the washing machine opens and it drains the water.

Explaining it the structure sounds complicated, but thanks to the magic tool the inside is truly empty.

I opened the lid and peeked in. A round basket showed. From that sight alone it is exactly a washing machine.

I turned to Fia peeking in with me and asked if there was anything to wash. She thought a little, then took out a slightly dirty white chemise from somewhere.

"Fah!? Fia-ane, that is mine!"

"Is it not fine. You only wear clean things. And washing is hard, you know? Have it washed as a test."

"No no no no, I do underwear myself~~~~!"

"Words I have heard I do not know how many hundreds of times. No. Have it washed."

"Wait, waiit~~!"

"No. Good."

Lea, face dyed red from embarrassment maybe, clung from behind Fia trying to stop her.

But Fia slipped Lea’s stop and threw the chemise into the washing machine.

Seeing that Lea cried, "Naaaaa~~~!" stretched both arms from behind Fia, and flapped, pata pata.

Fia held that Lea’s body with both arms and pinned her. When I smiled wryly and asked with my eyes, "All right?" she smiled as if fed up and answered with her eyes, "It is fine."

Come to think of it she said Fia takes care of Lea’s clothes and grooming.

As someone who does laundry at the inn I know it is quite a labor, and if you do not wash it only piles up...

Glancing at the two of them I took a water magic tool from my Magic Bag and started putting water into the washing machine.

Looking around the washing machine and the floor there was no sign of leaking. I let out a breath of relief.

He truly does splendid work, Bodok... I can see him saying it is obvious as a smith.

Hiero and Croana peeked from my left and right and started talking while watching the water collect.

"If we attach a water magic tool to the operation part too it would be easy, right?"

"I see... there is room, so after the trial test let us try it."

"I am the one who gave the opinion, but can you do it that fast?"

"It is not that hard. Just attaching a water magic tool."

I had thought that too, but when we sell will the price get too high?

A water magic tool alone is one large silver. It will not break at once, though.

When I told the two of them that Croana put on a hard face and thought. Hiero tilted her head and spoke.

"If it does not break that much being expensive cannot be helped, right? Look, same as investment. Think of it as advance investment?"

"The shape of getting the cost back if you keep using it carefully..."

"Yes yes. Current magic tools are the same, right? You can use them until they break or the effect runs out."

"...True. Then how about this?"

Hearing Hiero’s thought I thought it was true, remembered washing machines and dryers from my previous life being expensive, and nodded as if convinced.

There was a warranty, and if you used them normally they did not break soon, and there were convenient functions too, but on top of that they were expensive. I remembered that.

Then shall we put the strength of magic tools forward and sell?

So Fia and Lea who came close interested in our talk could hear too I started saying what I thought of.

Sell the main body so profit is only a little, and make profit when exchanging the magic tools on the washing machine. I explained that.

If you think of using it every day the magic tool’s life will come that much sooner.

Then it will spread evenly not only to nobles who can buy easily but to commoners, and if it spreads exchange requests for magic tools will increase.

Meaning let us do advance investment like Hiero explained just now.

Only, the concern is if anyone can exchange we will not make profit, so we have to think of a mechanism only Croana can exchange.

By the time I finished explaining that far to the four of them the water had finished collecting. I put away the water magic tool and looked over everyone’s faces.

Then everyone had faces like they were fed up. I found it strange, tilted my head, and asked.

"...? What is it?"

"Not what is it... do you understand? No... you do understand, it being Raide..."

"The shock of being Handful’d in front of me I still cannot get used to."

"Hiero, it is Raide so it cannot be helped. Give up."

"Nyahahaha! This is a big job! Croana alone cannot do it!"

"...Aah. Hands, huh. Hmm. Thinking of the dryer too Croana alone cannot do it."

"Eh’...?"

"Eh’...?"

"Eh’...?"

"Eh’...?"

The instant I brought up the dryer the four of them went blank. I looked at those four faces and laughed.

If we talk about exchanging magic tools it applies to the dryer that is not finished yet too.

If Croana alone does not have enough hands, should we think in the direction of no selling?

For now if Bell House’s maids and we can take it easy that is enough... I will lower my head to Erika myself.

While I muttered that Croana and Hiero each pulled one of my arms and shook their heads hard.

But not having enough hands is bad. There is no point if only Croana suffers, is there?

And Croana is principal of Filim Academy. I am not thinking of selling until she lacks sleep and breaks her health.

"Wait wait wait! We only have to think of a way someone other than me can exchange, do we not!?"

"If you let a talk this amazing flow Erika will go mad ooooo!?"

"No, but... 「No!」 「No!」 ...Understood. Then I will think too. So it does not become only Croana’s burden."

I smiled wryly at the two of them’s force, nodded, and spoke. Croana and Hiero let out big breaths like relief.

Lea laughed out looking amused. Fia put in the laundry detergent I handed her and laughed, kus kusu.

This laundry detergent is what everyone uses. I used it because I wanted to check how much dirt it takes off.

It is not washing by hand so if dirt does not come off much with this I have an idea.

When I told the four of them about the laundry detergent I muttered in my heart they held their heads.

As an idea for swapping magic tools I proposed a socket like putting in a dry cell.

Then taking the magic tool off would be easy, and we only have to make the magic tool’s shape one only Croana can make.

When I told them the surrounding metal is something called Coal Iron that does not rust they went blank.

Well. Coal Iron is also called scrap iron, and the effect is not known so being surprised is natural.

As a result washing and spinning went well.

But we could take off simple dirt. Dark dirt was hard.

So I reported to the four of them that I would get the laundry detergent I am thinking of.

As an aside Erika who was called at lunch had the washing machine’s progress explained by Croana.

Then she looked into the distance, and after that ran into the instructor’s office where I was working.

...Ah~. Um. Could you stop the silent appeal? It is scary...