“Ahhh…”

“My-my lord, are you okay?”

“You’re doing it wrong!” One of the maid girls scoffed, you shouldn’t use your claws to clean his back.

I nodded. Perhaps it wasn’t so bad. The maid girls could help train the lioness girl. Maybe, she’d end up growing up sweeter and more gentle than the other lionesses. Although they were bodyguards, they got pretty forceful at times and didn’t like to be told no. As much as King Roth talked crap about my harem, his girls could also be willful.

Lydia had given me some insight into that too. They were testing me out and learning their limits. I had to give them a firm hand, or they might start walking all over me. I felt like I was a new pet owner who just brought a cat home from the pound. The problem was that there were twenty of them, and they wouldn’t hesitate to use any means to get what they wanted. Despite all that, Lydia could get them to behave instantly. They never acted up around her. I wished she wasn’t busy.

Her God soul had only just been put together before she raced to me. It wasn’t stabilized yet, and her Master had seemingly taken off after she chose to leave on her own. Our Soul Merging had helped stabilize it for a time, but she still had a lot of work and healing. Other than rest and drinking fairy water, Miki was also helping her two halves become truly united again. This meant that they were out.

All of the girls had found things to spend their time doing. They all had found hobbies. Most of the things needed doing so I couldn’t complain, but I seemed to be the only one who didn’t have anything to do. It had been nearly a week since King Roth was defeated and I was starting to feel antsy just sitting around. That’s why I decided I was going to go to the capital today. I could find out where Carmine was, and see if they had any information about Raissa or Salicia. I could also find out how Eliana was doing.

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“I’m sorry! How are you supposed to do it?” the lionkin girl asked.

“Naturally, you use your chest.” I felt skin press against my back, and I straightened slightly.

“Eh? Really, like this?” I felt more skin press against my back.

“You have to use a lot of soap, and then you go up and down like this.” My expression started to whither.

“Are you sure it's working?”

“This is Mistress Faeyna’s top-level technique! She naturally taught it to me. She says I’m promising!” The maid girl behind me declared.

Faeyna’s top-level technique was one I was also familiar with. However, these girls were lacking the assets that made it work so well. Faeyna could even scrub both of my shoulders at once. That wasn’t the problem here! What was the head maid teaching her students?

“Th-then… I’ll defeat you!”

“Hoho… it’s on!”

Even the youth seemed to have some healthy rivalry. I just wished the competition didn’t involve cleaning me.