My Room Has Become a Dungeon's Rest Area (LN)

Book 1: Chapter 2 (4)

U-m so, umafter quitting the former imperialand then

Do you mean the royal court?

Ah, yes yes. I became a Royal Court Magician at the age of 6!

In reality, I did enter the Former Imperial University in the region I lived in. [1. TL Note: Former Imperial Universities is the name of the 7 national universities in Japan that existed before the war, including Tokyo University and Kyoto University. They are considered the best few universities in Japan. ]. But because of a certain incident, I was forced to drop out. Thinking that I could somehow get by if I went to Tokyo, I moved to Tachikawa city.

And that was how I moved into this apartment, with its cheap rent even though its located within the city.

But I dropped outI mean I quit. Then I devoted myself to my hobbies, I mean my magic

I see, so thats what happened.

So yeah, Im still 21 years old.

Youre so young! Then wed only have a 3 year age gap!

Hm? Is Ria 24 years old?

Wait, no. Seeing how beautiful and elegant she was, I thought that shed be older than me, but her smile was adorable. There was still some childishness left in that smile of hers.

Are you 18 years old, Ria?

Yes!

Heh, heh. 18 I see.Thats nice.

Im glad I saved her with all my might. Talking about that.

Are you feeling alright?

Yes. Its paralysis poison so I think it should heal by itself with time.

I see, so paralysis poison heals by itself with time.

That was important information for me, since I lived in an apartment connected to a dungeon. Ill remember this.

It might work in my favour to learn more information from Ria.

In a situation where I could have gotten attacked by monsters at any time, I was still conscious, but all I could see was darknessand my body couldnt moveI was so scared

Ria shuddered.

Of course thatd be terrifying. Maybe that was why she wet herself.

Oh yes, thats right.

She probably felt really uncomfortable while her body still wasnt able to move.

Ill go prepare a bath

What? A bath? In a dungeon? But Id feel bad for doing something like that.

Its fine, its fine

I never imagined that the first person to use the bathroom in my new home would be a lady, no, a girl.

I had thought that I would let the girlfriend I got someday to use it, but I never thought that I would have a girl use it on the first day of me moving in.

Thank you, dungeon.

Lets see here. The bath can be reheated but its the type where I can only fill up the bath with the tap, so I guess its not automatic. So Ill just fill it with water

Now lets go back to the Japanese-style room where Ria is.

Maybe the paralysis poison wore off enough for her to start walking around again.

Wait what!? Why are you kneeling down!?

When I returned to the japanese-style room, Ria was there, kneeling down at me.

Moreover, she was still trembling. Why was she trying so hard to kneel down to me when the paralysis still hadnt worn off!?

I, I-I-I-I-Im so sorry. When you talked about the bath I finally realised butwhat a disgraceful thing I have

It seemed that my urging for her to take a bath caused her to realise that she had wet herself.

Nobut you couldnt have been able to go to the toilet because you were paralysed right? And it couldnt have been helped because I scared you right?

As I said those words, she vigorously lifted her face up in my direction. Her face was completely red. She then reached her hand out to grab me near my waist area.

W-w-what!? What are you doing?

I-Its wet

I was surprised. It seemed that her strange action was to check whether my clothes were wet.

AhIts because I carried you, Ria

H-how could I have made.a wise sage do something. like that

T-there, there, its not that uncommon

Thats not true at all!

Well, shes right.

It probably isnt everyday that one wets a wise sage with pee. I think.

Ria suddenly started to cry out loud.

I-Im sorry. I shouldnt have raised my voice all of a sudden

No, its alright.

Even if you forgive meI cant get married anymore at this rate

Ah, ahII see. So that was the reason she raised her voice, and why she started to cry.

I guess that is something that happens in a strict family of knights.

If you cant then I would gladly take you

What?

Oh, o-o-o-o-oh no.

I just let that slip out because I wanted to cheer Ria up, after seeing how dejected she was..

She probably hates me now. In the worst possible situation, this might even cause the magician of darkness to be resurrected.

Right now, she was wearing an expression much more blank than just now. And when she finally internalised the meaning of what I said,

W-w-w-w-what are you saying!? Wise sage

She said, as her face turned bright red and she looked away.

Oh no. She might avoid me now.

No, I-I mean. Its a joke.maybe..hey.

She suddenly turned around to look at me.

Her face was beautiful, but she looked at me with the fierceness of a carnivorous animal.

Are these the true colors of a female knight?

Is it. a joke?

I guess there are jokes that can be said and those that shouldnt

She laughed.But it was a somewhat intimidating smile.

Thats right. Boys cannot go back on their word, you know?

T-thats right. Boys cannot go back on their word.

At any rate, Ria ws laughing.

My brain couldnt really catch up in understanding the situation, but the rational choice here was to agree with her.

Her face turned red again as she looked away.

I will go take a bath now. Where is it?

Ah, wait a while. Theres a lot I need to teach you.

I grabbed her arm and helped her to stand up.

Even as she looked away, she didnt push my hand away.

T-thank you very much

I brought her to the bathroom.

By the way, I was only explaining how to use everything, so of course, she was still fully clothed.

W-wow. Just how amazing is this room in the dungeon that you live in, Sir Thor?

I mean, if she was impressed by the tatami, this was only to be expected.

Ria looked around the bathroom curiously and was surprised.

At this point, I didnt even know what she was surprised at.

Its supposed to be a mansion rather than a dungeon though. But I guess it does sound very similar[2. TL Note: Apartments are called in Japanese which is pronounced man-shon and can be directly, albeit less accurately, translated as mansion]

Hm?

Ahno. Its nothing. This is the bathtub. Youre supposed to go into this, understood?

Got it! They have this in the houses of nobles and the royal palace anyway.

Hmm, I see. So rich people have bathtubs in the dungeon world too.

But is it really alright? Letting someone like me use your bathing quarters, wise sage?

Dont sweat the small stuff. Rather than that, do you know how to use the shower?

Bathing quarters. Is that the old word for bathroom?

I mean, in the first place, I was kind of understanding Rias words through some sort of telepathy.

Ria was making an apologetic face.

Ahits all right. Its only natural that you dont know

I-Im sorry.

Ria shrank inwards and her face looked terrified.

No, no, no! Its really alright if you dont know. I just wanted to show off to you the amazing artifacts I made as a wise sage.

Is that so?

Yeah, especially because I never get visitors when I live so deep in the dungeon.

I see. But I wont know if its amazing or not if I dont know how to use it.

It seemed that she was a very straightforward person. She seemed to be the type of person who didnt try to flatter others. But its better that way.

Then Ill teach you how to use it. When you twist this faucet, the hot water will come out. Its set to the perfect temperature already, so its convenient for washing your body right? Its separate from the bathtub so its hygienic too

I turned the shower on and let the water flow to show Ria.

She didnt react. She was completely expressionless. She was frozen.

H-hm?

Was it nothing special to her?

Shall I spray her with a little water for fun?

Ria suddenly flinched.

Oh no

It, i-i-it really is hot water. How does this work? There isnt even a fire.

I mean even if she asked me how it works, I guess it was just the heat energy from the pressure of the water and gas?