Tensei Shitara Yadoya no Musuko deshita: Inakagai de Nonbiri Slow-life o Okurou

Break time is for sleeping.

Natalia came down to the cafeteria after changing into her normal clothes and ate her breakfast with a languid expression on her face.

「It’s delicious, but I’m sleepy enough to die.」

Her hair was done up, but her expression was dark, probably because of sleep.

It was only natural since she had just come back in the morning and had only slept a little.

She was fine because she had been teasing me earlier, but it seemed that drowsiness had overtaken her while she was filling her stomach with delicious food.

Natalia still moved her fork in slow motion.

Even so, it was difficult to get the food into her mouth as her neck twitched from sleepiness.

She was wearing a very revealing one-piece dress, whose string seemed to be slipping off her shoulders and revealing her breasts.

「Oh, Natalia-san! Your dress is slipping!」

When Letty noticed this, she rushed to Natalia’s side.

I was worried about Natalia, but with Letty there, I felt safe.

As Letty was fed Natalia, Helmina and the others were at the door, dressed in their adventurer gear.

Looking at the rugged equipment, they seem to go for a subjugation request.

「Here’s your bento! Take care and have a good day!」 (Bento= LunchBox)
「Thank you, Oyasan!」 (Oyasan= ???)
「Then I’ll go!」 (Sore jā itte kuru ne!)

Helmina and the others received their lunch from Dad and cheerfully went out.

They’re older than me, but I’m definitely older than them in terms of mental age.

Seeing the innocent girl depart makes me feel as if my child is leaving.

…… Well, I’ve never had kids.

「Tori! Letty! Let’s go clean the rooms!」
「Yes!」

As I watched Helmina and the others go, my mother arrived with cleaning supplies in her hand.

Mealtime was over and it was mid-morning. Many of the guests who had been staying in the room had gone to work and were nowhere to be found.

Now would be a good time to clean the room.

「I and Letty will be on the second floor, so Tori, for the third floor.」
「Ugh! Oh no, not the third floor again.」

The third floor has a lot of double rooms and is sometimes used by couples.

We are not an inn that encourages nightly activities, but on rare occasions, some guests come to do so.

Yesterday, there were a couple of guests who looked like a couple. Perhaps there were traces of nightly activities. If so, it would be hard to clean up.

「You don’t want to do it alone? If that’s the case, why don’t I take care of the third floor? I’ve never cleaned the third floor very much.」

I’ve never really cleaned the third floor.

「So, please…」 (I don’t get this line)
「There were a lot of women upstairs today. You’ll have to help me downstairs, Letty.」

Just as I was about to ask Letty to help me, Mom interrupted me and politely added a pretext.

「I see. Then it’s better if I do it myself. Then, good luck cleaning the third floor, Onii-chan.」

Letty, easily convinced by Mom’s offer, grabbed the cleaning supplies and went upstairs.

As soon as Letty was completely out of sight, I turn my gaze to Mom.

「…chotto Kaa-san.」
「I’m not complaining. I can’t have the pure Letty cleaning a couple’s room.」
「So you’re saying I’m already dirty?」
「You’re sure you’re worn out?」

I protest, but she says firmly and pushes the cleaning supplies to me.

「Letty is already ten years old and I think it would be better to teach her some of that knowledge.」
「I know, I know. I’ll teach her soon.」

With that, Mom walked upstairs as if this conversation was over.

Are you really going to teach her? Mom and Dad have a soft spot for Letty, you know. I’m worried that they won’t be able to teach her properly. Especially, my dad, he’s so sweet.

Well, as a man, I can only see a future where things will get complicated if I teach her, so I’ll leave this matter entirely up to Mom.

Letty. I want you to stay pure forever, but I also want you to quickly gain knowledge and climb up the stairs to adulthood. Specifically, up to the third floor in this inn.

And relieve your brother from this dirty work.

「…and done.」

I finished cleaning the room on the third floor and muttered in the courtyard as I languished.

There were two rooms on the third floor that had traces of what had happened to them, to be specific.

First, I opened the door of that room to ventilate the air. In the meantime, open the windows of the other ordinary rooms in the same way to ventilate. Then I swept the room and covered it with a dust cloth. I checked the furnishings for anything out of the ordinary and replaced the sheets.

However, those two rooms were still my strongest enemies, and I had to clean them carefully so that the next guests would not be uncomfortable. As a result, we had to clean every nook and cranny, which was many times more labor-intensive than cleaning a normal room.

As well as being physically exhausting, cleaning such a room was also mentally draining.

It’s as if my pure mind has been defiled. It’s an indescribable feeling of exhaustion.

「I’d better get the rest of the work done and take a break first.」

After we finish the work on the third floor, Mom and Dad will let us take a break out of consideration for their heartache.

If they could be so considerate, I wish they wouldn’t make me clean the third floor on days when there are many couples.

While grumbling in my mind, I put away the cleaning supplies.

Then I gathered up the laundry baskets that were placed in each room.

Our inn has a laundry service where employees can do their laundry for an additional fee.

You put the clothes you want to be washed in the laundry baskets placed in each room. The laundry baskets are placed in each room, and the staff collects the clothes and washes them.

Of course, specialized items such as adventurer’s armor cannot be washed, but ordinary clothes and towels are no problem.

I collected the baskets with the room numbers on them and left them with my mother and Letty, who were washing sheets in the courtyard.

Natalia, by the way, does not hesitate to leave her underwear. However, Helmina, who is shy, seems to be embarrassed to ask even mother and Letty, who are also women, so she washes them herself.

This is a woman of her age, and it makes me smile.

「Good work. I’ll take care of the dishes, so you can take a break.」
「Yes, I understand.」
「Okay, I’ll do that.」

After bringing all the laundry baskets, I was able to get a break from Mom.

My mother is very strict, but she seems to have taken me into consideration.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a break in my previous life at the company I worked for.

Freed from my labor, I stretched my arms upward and gave a big stretch.

Oh, it feels so good to relax my stiff muscles.

「What are you doing, Onii-chan?」
「Taking a nap.」

I told Letty, who came close to me, and she looked blatantly unhappy.

「What? Didn’t you sleep enough in the morning?」
「That’s not enough.」

Letty seemed to think that she could talk and play with me.

Unfortunately, my schedule is full today. I don’t have the time to play with Letty.

「Well, no matter. I’m going to go visit my sister Ayla-Onee-chan.」 (But the raws said Oji-chan!!!)
「Go on, go on, go on.」

As if she realized that I wouldn’t play with her, Letty said that and ran outside.

It seems that she went to play with Ayla, my childhood friend.

Ayla is a good friend of Letty’s, and her house is not far away. I thought to myself, “She’ll be back after she’s had some fun.”

With that in mind, I went back to my room in high spirits and lay down on my bed.

Oh, there’s nothing better than a soft futon.

It’s as if the fatigue of working all morning is being sucked out of my body.

I roll over and over as if to check the elasticity of my bedclothes.

How wonderful it is to have a proper break time.

After all, we’re not made to work long hours.

It’s best to work and live in moderation. Scheduling proper breaks is the most efficient and healthiest way to work.

With this sincere conviction, I dropped my consciousness to the bottom of the darkness.