Popping up on the address, Ranma was surprised to find it a gated and walled compound set into what looked like a forested little mountain.
More surprising, it was a girl that answered the gate, and she was wearing some kind of maid uniform that was unfamiliar with him in its cut and design. Checking the address again, he walked up and introduced himself, presenting his papers as well. "Uhm, hi. I'm Ranma Himura. I'm supposed to be managing some kinda family building here, and I think it's supposed to be a girl's dorm or something?"
Blinking for a moment, the maid cocked her head to one side before opening the gate fully to allow him in. "Alright, follow me then."
Following along quietly, Ranma had to admit that it was a nice place. The natural setting of the various trees called out to him in a pleasant way.
After a bit of a walk, they came up to a building which Ranma noted had a plaque marking it as the 'Maid's Dorm', as odd as that sounded.
True to sign however, the inside of the building had a lot of young girls in pretty maid uniforms. Surprisingly, each uniform was cut and colored in unique ways, meaning the only thing connecting the girl's via their uniform were little touches like the various styles of lace caps in their hair. Even more jarring, all ages of pretty maids were running around, from a trio of eight year olds to a couple of curvy older women.
In the end, he was led to such a curvy older woman who wore a cleavage enhancing outfit, despite the fact that she was amply gifted in that area already.
Bowing once, the maid from the gate introduced him. "This is Ranma Himura-san, he says he's supposed to be here on family business."
Grinning to dispel some of his nervousness at being in what amounted to a girl's dorm, Ranma piped up in the hopes of getting out of the spotlight. "Uhm yeah, it's a matter of family business. I'm supposed to inherit something and manage this dorm I think. I figure if you're in charge you'd know."
Grinning at him in a way similar to several other of the gathering maids, the head maid spoke up eventually, her ease showing this wasn't much of a surprise to her. "I see. Well if you don't mind, I'll call and make sure."
Turning a grin towards the playful girls, the head maid started stepping out of the room. "Alright girls, if you'd take care of our guest, I'll go settle things."
Finding himself surrounded by a growing pack of amused maids of great variety, Ranma tried backing up to gain himself a little room.
...except all he managed to do was bump into a sizable chest attached to a girl with a disturbingly pleased grin.
At her modest but traditional Japanese home in Nerima, Nodoka Himura hustled over to pick up the phone.
Nabiki might have wished Ranma free of Genma's influence, but that only left him squarely in Nodoka's loving cross-hairs.
Hearing the report from the other side, his mother enjoyed a brief but amused laugh. "I see, he thinks he's supposed to be the dorm manager or something like that Love Hina manga. Oh I am glad you called to check with me, this really is a misunderstanding, but a most happy one. Let's make it reality then, instead of him becoming heir to the family and moving into that big lonely mansion right away, let's let him get to know his future maids much better."
Listening to the other end for a moment, Nodoka's good humor only improved. "Oh yes, that sounds simply lovely. I suppose if pictures and video don't suffice, I could always move in under the guise of being a past manager of the dorm to help him."
To the head maid's amusement, she returned to find that the young master was definitely being served. He also just happened to be fairly helpless as he had at least one girl firmly attached to each of his limbs. Of course, the majority of girls present only found his half-hearted struggles to be cute, which of course just encouraged them more.
Unfortunately, she had to break it up a bit for her announcement. "Girls, this is Ranma Himura-sama, he will be staying here with us, under our care. He will be taking over as manager of the dorm, though in truth you can consider him to be the Master of it. Unlike someone that lives in the mansion, he'll be available for personal service 24/7, so you should use this opportunity to practice. I also suggest you girls get along with him, because he'll be with us for quite some time."
Other than a slight pause as they listened, nothing really changed with how the girls were treating him.
Ranma on the other hand found something to focus on besides the fact he had one of the cute little maids in his lap trying to hand feed him. "Uhm, 'kay, but mind explaining all of that to me?"
Pausing for a second to allow Ranma to succumb to having a cookie stuffed in his mouth, the maid-in-command spoke up in amusement. "Oh it's really quite simple. This is the maid's dorm that staffs the mansion on the hill. Unfortunately the main family hasn't lived in the mansion for almost a generation now, so we're currently without a Master to serve. You are essentially going to serve as the interim-Master so the girls can get into their roles."
Trying to squirm free to where he could at least see the woman he was talking to, Ranma had to wait until he wasn't chewing a snack whilst dodging being fed more. "That's nice, but where the heck am I supposed to stay?"
Sighing happily to herself, the head-maid was amused to note that even more girls were gathering and getting interested as even the ones wary of playing maid to a possibly perverted boy found what was going on amusing and fun. "Oh, the same place you'll be bathing, with the girls of course. It's part of the maid service, so please try to enjoy it."
Sadly, she couldn't see him at that point to see his expression, but the choked sound he made was priceless.
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