Fun Territory Defense Chapter 136 (Patreon)

[Another Viewpoint] Astonishing Development

[Jalpa]

Van led me to a building that I had seen in the distance. There, the advance party commanded by Murcia was already preparing to set up camp. They were quickly setting up their tents around the building as if they were competing, and I wondered why they were moving so well after such an early March.

Perhaps sensing my gaze, Van, walking in front of me, turned around and pointed to the building.

"This building is a rest area for each knight corps that we prepared on short notice. The first floor is a large bathhouse divided 50-50 between men and women, and from the second floor up are private rooms that can accommodate up to 200 people. The heads of the families and their escorts will stay in the Seat Village, but what about you, Lord Jalpa?"

I wrinkle my brow and snicker at Van, who says this as if it were nothing.

"It's a great job you built such a big building, but how can you have a bathhouse on the first floor of such a huge building...? How are they going to prepare such a large amount of hot water? It would be at most a tenth of that amount."

Van pointed to the back of the building with a puzzled look on his face.

"That's right. It was very difficult to prepare hot water. You can't see it in the building, but there is a waterwheel in the back that carries water to a reservoir. A portion of the water flowing from there is constantly heated and poured into the bathhouse. Therefore, once the hot water is full, it is constantly being supplied, so the temperature is constant. If you don't mind if there are civilian soldiers in there, you can go in?"

"The common soldiers are in the bathhouse first? You, even if just for a bath, you should let those with nobility go in first...!"

How can I use a bathhouse where people without noble rank are allowed to enter? I yelled at him, but Van laughed, waved one hand and opened his mouth.

"No, we have prepared separate bathrooms for His Majesty and the heads of each family. There is also a large three-story bathhouse in the town built for adventurers and peddlers that you can see there, and we have also built a large bathhouse in Seat Village. If you could only think of these facilities as being for barons and below, or for ordinary soldiers."

"Nonsense, how can I believe that…?"

As he said this, he recalled that Van had previously made what looked like a giant pitchfork in front of him in Scudetto. I don't know much about production magic, but there is no doubt that Van has some kind of special power.

With that thought, I look down at Van again.

"All right. Show me if that's the case."

"...Please, come this way."

Van blinked his eyes in surprise at my words, then immediately changed course toward the building with a hint of a smile on his face.

The more I looked at the building, the stranger it seemed. Not only did I not know what the materials were made of, but the construction also seemed like something I had never seen before.

"Ah, Father...!"

and Murcia was already inside the building. It seems that he was speaking with the soldier chiefs in a hall-like room lined with chairs and tables. And in the back of the room, Dee was also there.

"Oh! Jalpa-sama! I'm so glad to see you haven't changed!"

Dee noticed me, bowed deeply and greeted me.

"You look well, Dee. I heard you beheaded a dragon, but you don't seem badly hurt."

When I mentioned this, Dee nodded, tapping her chest.

"Hahaha! As you can see, I'm unharmed!"

Seeing Dee laughing in a good mood, I was worried that this guy would remember that he had unilaterally left the Marquise Knights.

However, I cannot speak of it, as it is often the case that capable knights are pulled out by other knightly orders, and I have pulled out a number of highly capable knights from neighboring territories.

As I was thinking about this, Stradale came forward from behind me.

"Sir Dee, it has been a long time."

Stradale bows to Dee, who is older than Dee and now belongs to another knighthood, so Stradale is probably being considerate.

"Oh! Commander Stradale! It's been a long time! Wahahaha! You're looking unfriendly again!"

"I'm glad to see you're as happy as ever, as well."

The two exchanged such comments and rejoiced to see each other again after such a long time. With that by his side, Van pointed to the back of the room.

"We have toilets on both sides of this hall. In the back, on the left is the entrance to the large bathroom for women and on the right is the entrance to the men's bathroom. Inside there is a changing room, and beyond that is already a large bath."

As he said this, Van quickly walked to the back. Van quickly walks to the back of the room. Van walked past them and opened the door that looked like the entrance to the bathhouse.

The door was filled with hot and steamy air, and a large bathhouse was spread out before us. The floor, pillars, and walls were made of stone. The only windows are a row of narrow windows near the ceiling, and what looks like lamps are mounted on the walls to brighten the room.

The size is definitely larger than the bathhouse of the Marquise. Rather, if the men and women were to be combined, it would be a large bathroom that even the royal family would not have.

Stunned, Van pointed to the doorway.

"So, shall we go to the next place?"

"...ummm."

I didn't know what to say, so I just replied. What in the world had happened since we left home? It would take several months just to make something like this.

How could we do that with only Espada and Dee and a desolate village of about a hundred people?

I went upstairs to check out the private rooms with beds and other furnishings, and the bathroom, and thought about it in my mind's eye.

But of course, there is no answer.