Chapter 39 – Mashiro Comes for the Big Cleaning
Chapter 39 – Mashiro Comes for the Big Cleaning
“Тhаnks tо my streaming businеss gеtting on traсk, it looks likе I’ll bе аblе tо sрlurge this New Yеar’s.”
Soоn, thе single-sеrving оsесhi I rеservеd will be dеlivered.
I’m rеаllу lоoking forwаrd to it.
I’m nоt going to streаm during Nеw Year’s—I’ll just laze аrоund.
Come to think of it…
Му room’s getting a bit cluttеrеd with streaming еquipmеnt.
Мауbe it’s about time tо considеr mоving.
I’vе been using this оnе-rоom aрartment sinсe my officе wоrker daуs.
Тhe wаlls are thin with thе neighbors, and I’vе beеn сasually turning into Spiсe аnd сhаtting with the Grimоire.
“Hаhаа, Mastеr is thinking abоut mоving, isn’t hе? Lеаve it tо mе! Flоta will find уоu a perfectly good apartment!”
“Nn, I’ll lend a hand tooo~”
Flota and Ignite were floating around while operating the PC.
So convenient.
I was lounging around, reading digital manga I bought on my phone.
Then.
The doorbell rang.
What’s that?
I peeked through the peephole and saw a familiar junior standing there.
It was Mashiro, who’d recently grown out her hair and seemed to have gained a bit more charm.
“Hey there, Senpai! I came to help with the year-end cleaning!”
“Year-end cleaning!?”
I hadn’t heard anything about that.
Mashiro, holding cleaning supplies, was asking to be let in.
I couldn’t just leave my junior waiting out in the cold.
I quickly stashed Flota and Ignite on the shelf. “Aahree~” “Nn, to hide our identities, it can’t be helped~”
I told Floppy to stay quiet. “Yes, understood.”
And so I invited Mashiro in.
“I thought I heard multiple voices… Was I imagining it?”
“Imagination, imagination. Besides, even if it’s year-end cleaning, my place isn’t that messy, is it? And I’m planning to move after New Year’s.”
“Wow! Really! Where are you moving? Is it far…?”
“An apartment in the same city. This town isn’t too noisy and is easy to live in.”
“I seeee.”
“He clearly looked relieved just now.” “Nn, the passionate premonition of love~”
“Someone just spoke!”
“Maybe it came from the next room?”
Grimoire—!
Be quiet—!
In the end, since we’d have to clean anyway if I’m moving, Mashiro started cleaning.
She tossed off her jacket, took off her socks, and headed into the bathroom.
Starting with cleaning the bath!?
“When you clean the bath, moisture spreads in the room, making it harder for dust to fly around!”
“Sounds like something someone who knows cleaning would say.”
“I used to help clean my friends’ houses during university.”
Mashiro efficiently cleaned the bath.
She scrubbed off the water stains, rinsed them with the shower, and even removed the small black mold spots on the walls.
Impressive…
Is it okay that she’s getting a bit wet from the shower spray?
“I’ll dry off at Senpai’s place, so it’s fine.”
“Having a junior like you is a blessing.”
Feeling bad leaving everything to Mashiro, I used a lint roller on the carpet and tidied up.
Then I stored the streaming equipment under the bed.
Cleaning the windows looks cold, so I don’t want to do it…
But I guess I have to…
My place is on the third floor of a four-story rental apartment.
My balcony is about half the size of the window, so to wipe the side windows, I have to lean out from here.
Oh, it’s cold, cold!
At times like this, I wish I could wrap myself in Ignite and use Flame Magic to stay warm while cleaning.
“Nn, shall we do it, Masterrr!?”
“Alright, since the bath cleaning doesn’t seem like it’ll finish soon, let’s do it!! Metamorphose·Ignite!”
I canceled the dramatic transformation and instantly became Ignite Spice.
In the early stages of Flame Magic, there’s something called Warmth.
It keeps the area around your body at a constant temperature.
Combining this with Levitation, I wiped the windows from the outside while staying cozy.
Hahaha, so comfortable, so comfortable.
“If you’re flying in the sky, Spice’s small size isn’t a problem at all, huh?”
“As expected of Master! After all, Magic is like Otherworld science created to solve the little annoyances of daily life!”
“Wow, really! But Magic can do all sorts of incredible things, right?”
“Yes. As we developed and researched it, it became fun, and things got out of hand!”
“So that’s how it was… The Otherworld researchers were mad scientists too, huh?”
Just as I finished cleaning from the outside, Mashiro came out of the bathroom, saying, “Senpaaai.”
Oh no!!
I’m in Spice Mode right now!
And it’s the Ignite Spice form, which hasn’t been publicly revealed.
Well, the first use of my new flame outfit being for year-end cleaning…
At least it kept me warm.
I hurriedly returned to the balcony and undid the transformation.
“Huh!? Senpai turned into the silhouette of a small girl for a moment…”
“Imagination, imagination. I finished the window cleaning. I cleaned the carpet too, so isn’t there not much left to do?”
“Is that sooo…? Like airing out the futon…”
“Ah, that’s right too.”
I hung the futon mattress and comforter on the balcony.
Since the balcony is small, I have to hang them a bit to the front and side.
Inconvenient…
Cold outside air blew in.
It’s the end of the year, after all—it’s cold.
“Somehow, isn’t the room warm? Is the air conditioner that powerful?”
“I wonder why.”
It’s because Ignite’s Warmth Magic is still in effect.
Wait, does that mean I won’t need heating this winter?
Lucky, I’ll save on electricity bills!
With that, the year-end cleaning was mostly done.
Mashiro tilted her head at the streaming equipment piled under the bed, but…
“They’re tools for my new self-employed business, but it’s getting cramped. That’s why I’m moving.”
“I seeee. How much space are you planning to get?”
“Let’s see…”
While thinking, I ordered pizza.
I have to give a reward to this self-invited cleaning contractor.
“For example, Senpai. If you have more children in the future, you’ll probably need more rooms, right?”
“Mhm, I see? Children!? For me!?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“Youthful love, isn’t it~” “Nn, our master is dense~”
The Grimoires are saying something!
After that, while waiting for the pizza to arrive.
For some reason, Mashiro started telling me what kind of apartment would be good, what she’d like, and so on.
W-wait, is she planning to come over to hang out often!?
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Mashiro seems like shed make a good maho shojo as well