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After my additional salary to Noel was well received, I immediately continued my activities of wanting to tidy up my messy residence after being left for quite a long time for a family vacation.

Leaving Hana and Sia who were busy trying out the beauty lotion that I gave them as a test on their skin. I was now busy with strange gazes that were directed at me.

By touching a broom and duster to clean the small dust inside the entrance of the Mansion where Marquess Rommel lived, I got a gaze that seemed to want to stop me.

"Lily-sama, it seems a bit too much for a noble like Lily-sama to help us clean this Mansion," said one of the maids looking at me with anxiety.

After eating a simple breakfast of Hana’s handmade baked bread, I got a supply more energy to participate in the dust cleaning operation and rearranging the damaged furniture inside the Mansion where my family lived.

Of course, I did this on my own initiative not wanting to add to the hassle as one of Marquess Rommel’s Maid who already knew a good and proper cleaning technique.

Unlike Noel’s cleaning technique which was intended to remove traces that could trace back to Marquess Rommel’s family, the cleaning technique I meant was a technique for cleaning dirt and stains like a maid would do in general.

"Don’t worry, I understand what I can do without hindering your workload. Isn’t that right, Aiko?" along with myself who had prepared myself to carry out the dust and dirt cleaning operation at Marquess Rommel’s Mansion residence, I was with the stealth slime herds who had now shed their bodies into slime balls that could eat dirt without a trace.

Booiiinngg...

"We are ready for duty, Supreme Commander!"

Pooiinngg...

"Supreme Commander, please give us the order to immediately clean your residence and exterminate insects and rodents that might make you feel uncomfortable sleeping in this residence!"

Booinngg...

"Supreme Commander’s comfort is our priority! So don’t worry about unwanted things, Supreme Commander!"

Along with the fire of enthusiasm that can spread by burning souls that are excited like this, it seems that I have a hard-line army that is waiting for every order from me to be given to them like carrying out a noble task.

Seeing the attitude of Aiko and the herds of stealth slimes who are enthusiastic about cleaning the Mansion where I live, I can only breathe a sigh of relief and give a soft smile to entrust them with the cleanliness of my residence which is already very dirty and messy.

"Did you hear that? There’s nothing wrong with me joining in cleaning together with my private troops, right?" I said while giving a warm look to the group of maids who looked worried about me joining in cleaning together with them.

Yes, I can say that I understand their concerns about not wanting to involve me in this cleaning operation because of one reason, but I already worn a Victorian maid uniform that I wore before.

Some maids have never seen me wearing this Victorian maid uniform, so its invite their curiosity about my attitude as a professional maid.

Because my role plays as a cold and strict military girl is over. Now I have changed my role to become a professional maid who has a high level of cleanliness and layout standards that are no less than a real professional maid.

"S-Sorry for being rude before, Lily-sama."

"I don’t know if this will be okay for Marchioness Amagi to see?" asked the maid with a worried expression on her face towards me and her fear of my mother who is responsible for managing the maid affairs at Marquess Rommel’s residence.

"You don’t need to worry, it seems like my mother has agreed to what I will do next considering that I still have this," in a soft tone that did not want to add to her panic and did not want to be scolded by my mother. I immediately reached into the pocket of my Victorian maid uniform and took out the command baton that signified that I was the current Matriarch leading the Marquess Rommel family.

When I showed the command baton, all the maids lined up neatly in front of my eyes. Their worried and doubtful gazes had disappeared, replaced by their firm attitudes awaiting further orders from me.

By giving their elegant manner, I heard a small voice coming from one of the maids who had looked at me with worry before.

"We are ready to accept your orders, Matriarch Lily-sama," with her small movements bowing in an elegant manner, I could see her attitude change drastically after I took out the command baton.

"As I said before, I will be watching your cleanup progress together with the remaining stealth slime herd. I want you to be able to work together to carry out the cleanup operation with the hope that my eyes will not find a single speck of dust in front of my own eyes!" I exclaimed while giving a firm attitude like a professional maid.

"Do you understand?" I continued my words by asking a question that would trap them with a reply about their ability to accept the task I gave.

Braakk!!

"We understand, Matriarch Lily-sama!" they replied in one tone at once.

I felt like I got an answer and a sense of respect that overwhelmed me even more when I received it.

Because I didn’t know what else to do with this kind of respect, I decided to share some of the maids on duty with one stealth slime that would be their portable trash can.

Yes, I know that using stealth slime as a portable trash can is a bad thing but that’s not wrong because they can easily digest dirt like dust with their slippery slime liquid.

"First of all, you have to form a group with one of the stealth slimes that has returned to being a slimy slime ball... that is a bit... disgusting to look at," with my words like this, I occasionally glanced at Aiko who had turned into a slimy slime ball that made me reluctant to look at her.

"Even though their bodies look disgusting, they can be the main weapon to fight dust and dirt!"

"Be brave for this noble task!"

Like delivering inspiring words before entering the battlefield, I gave a conviction to make some maids view the stealth slime as a comrade in arms in the noble task of cleaning Marquess Rommel’s residence.

"Oooohhh!! Yeeahhh!!" replied all the maids with an enthusiastic tone.

"We must be able to clean this residence in one day before winter ends!" I shouted with an enthusiastic tone and added to their workload secretly in this enthusiastic shout.

I know that this is a cheating way to make them work hard with full pressure but with the help of a herd of stealth slimes. At least it can cut the time needed to clean the entire Mansion where Marquess Rommel lives.

"Yeeaahh!! Ooohhh!!" continued their shouts with full enthusiasm.

I was a little worried about them giving in to the demands of the work given to me.

At least I wanted to see one of them who objected to my orders. But it seemed like no one dared to oppose the orders I gave with such enthusiasm.

"Everyone! Get ready!" I shouted while swinging the duster in my hand.

"Ready!!" like giving a signal to run fast in a race, I swung my duster up a little.

"Start!!" by giving this one small push, I began to see several maids starting to form groups with the stealth slime herd before entering the Mansion of Marquess Rommel.

Their speed in managing the cleaning group looked very fast. Unlike me who was very unfamiliar with the tasks carried out by the maids, I only observed what was happening from a distance while slowly walking into the entrance of the Mansion towards my private room that had been left for a long time on vacation.

"Hmm... Hmm..." with a small mutter, while observing my surroundings, I saw how dirty the Mansion where I lived was that had been left for a long vacation.

My gaze was fixed on the dust and dirt that was difficult to reach with the equipment I was carrying. My main focus right now was cleaning my private room which was located deep inside the Mansion.

While walking through the dusty and dirty corridors, I saw a stealth slime following me from behind. Seeing the large formation of magical energy, I could guess that it was Aiko in her slimeball form. For some reason, I could feel that she was keeping her distance from me.

Booinggg...

Pooinngg...

Every time her slimeball body touched the floor, I could hear the sound of her slimy stomach gurgling which made my ears feel uncomfortable when I heard it.

Ahh... does Aiko already know that I hate a disgusting slime body like that?

If I think about it further, it seems that I look like a cold woman who hates a disgusting slime body.

That’s not wrong...

I once forced myself to accept the existence of a disgusting slime body, it’s just...

Uuhh, it’s too disgusting for my body to easily feel disgusted like this to endure!

"Aiko..." I called Aiko who was following me from behind.

"Do you think this kind of work can be finished before winter ends?" I asked to reduce my boredom while walking through the corridors that were only filled with dust and dirt.

Pooinngg...

Booinngg...

The sound of my footsteps and the reflection of Aiko’s slime body filled the echo of the sound that accompanied our steps.

"With the help of the entire stealth slime herd, it should be able to be finished before winter ends, Supreme Commander," replied Aiko with her voice that sounded far behind me.

I felt a little awkward after Aiko kept her distance so far.

"Aiko, can’t you get closer using your human girl form compared to keeping this distance using your slime body form?" I said while glancing at Aiko who obediently followed me.

"Ooohh..." When I peeked at Aiko who was following my footsteps, I was surprised by what had happened behind me.

While following me from behind, Aiko used her abundant magic energy to clean everything that had passed by her.

Stay connected with Lokepub

The floor filled with dust and dirt seemed to be washed clean by her slime body and the dirty air was sucked into her body until it was replaced with clean air that was fit to breathe.

My eyes witnessed a stealth slime cleaning method that was able to clean every stubborn dirt stain.

"P-Please excuse me for being so slow, Supreme Commander."

"I-I’m having a little trouble following Supreme Commander while cleaning up dirt like this," replied Aiko who seemed to be having trouble as she followed me while cleaning up the dirt around her slime body.

It seems like I underestimated slimes when they could make optimal and perfect cleaning tools like this.

Fufu... in that case, I’ll gladly take advantage of it!