Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

“What is it?”

According to my understanding, a servant’s most crucial trait is outstanding ability, but the virtual world may have other criteria.

Hohenheim pushed his glasses up again. I should keep count the next time I see him; it might be interesting.

“Anna, you may not know about the inner workings of bathhouse services.”

“Bathhouse? I’m not very familiar with bathhouses. What’s the matter?”

Rothschild is a small village and doesn’t have a bathhouse. Generally, only towns with a baron’s castle are prosperous enough to sustain one. There are women responsible for scrubbing and massaging in the bathhouse. Personally, I’m not very comfortable with the atmosphere there, and even after becoming a girl, I have no intention of going to a women’s bathhouse.

“Bathhouse services include more than what’s apparent. As a girl, it’s normal for you not to know. Paying the matron extra allows access to age-restricted services with the bathhouse women.”

“What?!”

Could it be… there’s such a setting in the game?

“That’s not public, right?”

“There are many restrictions. There has never been global consensus on the legality of age-restricted services. Before we came to the Limoria continent, higher-ups debated for a long time about the human rights of virtual characters.”

I understand what you’re saying about the virtual world.

“The final decision was to allow it under controllable conditions.”

“Controllable conditions… you mean frequency limitations?”

“It’s more complicated than mere frequency, but we adventurers are not restricted from seeking such services. Problems that are hard to eradicate in society, like the spread of drugs and STDs, are controllable factors in Limoria. So, age-restricted bathhouse services have always existed and are open to adventurers.”

That’s unexpected.

I haven’t been paying much attention to virtual MMOs or their changes.

What Hohenheim said makes sense. Since ancient times, there has never been global consensus. The freedoms in virtual MMOs are based on the premise that problems like STDs and drugs can be directly eradicated, along with other limitations like age and frequency, evolving with the times.

“There are skills related to age restrictions in the game. Adventurers often discuss which bathhouse girl is popular.”

I should have realized that Limoria is a continent that jumps back and forth between wholesome and age-restricted when the [Concubinage] skill and age restrictions appeared.

“—However, the so-called restrictions only apply to bathhouse women.”

Hohenheim changes his tone.

“There are no frequency restrictions if both parties consent and agree to disable the age restrictions. Between adventurers, villagers, and noblewomen… there are no limitations. One guy even became a baron by seducing a noblewoman. Successful people are successful everywhere.”

I couldn’t help but twitch my mouth; the higher the game’s freedom, the more outrageous things players like to do.

But I think I understand what Hohenheim is getting at.

“Most adventurers will probably make whimsical requests like ‘I want milk tea, hold the tea.’ What they value in you is…”

“… ”

I reflexively cover my chest.

So that’s it. I lack the self-awareness to protect myself as a girl.

I once served my mistress as a man, but now the gender roles might be reversed. Just by flipping the gender roles, the considerations have become much more complicated.

Is projecting unrealistic fantasies onto Anastasia, who exists in a virtual world, the real intention of many players?

I realized only now that Chris’s warning was not an exaggeration.

“Cough cough, not all adventurers have such motives.”

Seeing me become alert, Hohenheim quickly defended the adventurers, probably not wanting me to generalize.

“At least Texas and Enrique definitely don’t; they have other schemes for sure. Don’t be afraid, Anna. Whoever bullies you, we’ll never let them get away with it. When we transitioned from [Golden Dawn] to Anna’s Support Group, our leader made a declaration. There are only two requirements for joining: one, like Anna; two, forever protect Anna’s happiness. Anytime, anywhere, the doors of Anna’s Support Group will always be open for you.”

I never thought that the leader who was jailed for lewd conduct would say something so cool.

It’s precisely because of these two principles that they stood up for me when I was surrounded by adventurers yesterday.

However, most players probably see me as just an NPC. Perhaps in their eyes, Anastasia is merely a bunch of data. Happiness is too far away from me, more unreachable than the stars in the sky.

I am once again sure that although Anna’s Support Group has a mixed reputation and the players inside are strange, I really can’t dislike them.

“Yes. Thank you all.”

I sincerely appreciate their support.

“Anastasia’s favorability towards the entire ‘Anna’s Support Group’ +5”

… But the name of the organization is so embarrassing! Can’t we change it back to [Golden Dawn], please!