140. Mixed bathing (2)
“What is this…?” ?”
The elders looked strangely at the boiled eggs and vegetables I brought.
“It’s bizarre that the color is as red as blood….”
Old women originally only ate alcohol and meat in the bathhouse.
They frowned as they looked at the red cider.
“Are you telling us to eat this now?”
The drivers who carried the snacks after me looked urgently in my direction.
With a look in his eyes as if asking what to do now.
‘As expected, they are picky old people.’
I changed into spa clothes and held my hands together.
And then, he smiled brightly and said.
“This is a fruit enjoyed by the upper class in our empire.”
“Something like this… ?”
As if responding to the suspicious gaze of the elders, he brought a watermelon gourd.
In that empty bowl….
“Yes, I will show it to you.”
Pour in a lot of carbonated water mixed with sugar.
Afterwards, if you add the watermelon that has been dug out and sliced in advance….
“Now, let’s scoop it up with a spoon and eat it.”
The picky old ladies picked up their spoons with suspicious eyes.
Then, pretending not to be able to resist, I scooped up some Hwachae and tasted it.
“….”
The bald elder who tasted it first frowned.
Seeing his expression, the other old ladies also snorted with the same expression.
But.
“Ah….”
A sharp refreshing sensation that has never been experienced in the North.
Sweetness swirling behind that refreshing feeling.
“Now, you are eating a boiled egg in this state.”
The bald elder followed me and picked up the eggs as if possessed.
And then, the moment you taste it.
“… !”
When you bite into a bouncy egg, the savory taste of the yolk pours out.
Afterwards, take a sip of watermelon cider to relieve the harsh taste….
“How are you, Elder? Would you like some more… ?”
Nobu, who was tired thanks to the hot springs, looked up at me blankly.
A young man smiling and holding a watermelon bowl.
It looked sturdy, like a farmer who had just finished harvesting.
“Give me more. It tastes pretty good….”
The old man blushed and nodded his head.
He, who had always had a solemn expression, soon accepted cider from me like a girl.
The eyes of the elders around him sparkled at the sight.
They were drawn to the sight of the disarmed old man.
“Give it to me too.”
“Yes, I’m curious about the taste.”
One by one, the elders begin to take interest.
Then, I gave a quick glance at the drivers delivering the cider….
「Bale’s Farm.」
「We provide the optimal watermelon 365 days a year.」
「Address: Border of the western capital office.」
I provided my farm business card.
“It’s amazing, there is such a fruit in the world…” !”
“It’s sweeter than an apple, but it’s also rich in moisture.”
Elders began to show interest in business cards.
Some of them actually succeeded in signing a contract with me.
This is the moment when Lydia’s second overseas business partner appears, following her relatives.
“It was difficult….”
While the old ladies are filling their stomachs.
I got out of the public bathhouse and met Tau who was waiting in front.
“As expected of you, Master, how did you know to prepare snacks?”
I answered his question calmly.
“Bakal is originally a country famous for its hot springs. “I wonder if people from places like that would be satisfied with our hot springs, which have only just begun.”
I patted my tired shoulder.
“So, it is much better to give up boldly and appease it with other ancillary services.”
“Did you at least run a business before becoming a driver?”
In the past, when Irina was an escort, she even treated her guests alone.
I’m used to this.
“No, it’s just a feeling.”
The Tau in his uniform swallowed deeply.
And then, he looked at me with burdensome eyes.
“Why are you staring at me like that? “I was just trying to break into business with Bakkal.”
The elders must live to keep the Emperor of Bakkal in check.
“From now on, I will have you enter the spa and escort me.”
I took out a spa suit from a nearby closet and handed it to him.
“Wouldn’t it be better for the Master to be there in person?”
I shook my head in response to the dark-haired man’s question.
“How can I protect them? “It’s better with you than with me.”
Then, he patted his shoulder and spoke with serious eyes.
“You are the vanguard of the Eastern Knights. “There needs to be someone like you so that the elders feel treated well.”
By nature, the older upper class evaluates others based on rank.
So, it would be much better to have Tau than a farmer like me.
“This time, I get a proper stamp of approval.”
I grinned and smiled at him.
Then, Tau looked touched at the sight of me taking care of him.
“Thank you so much….”
Putting his burdened expression behind him, he quietly walked out of the temple.
And then, I looked around the wall of the public bathhouse where the elders were.
‘Now the elders have avoided drinking and dying in private.’
However, a question suddenly arises.
‘No matter how bad alcohol is in hot springs, how did healthy old women die?’
There must have been some other problem.
To check this, I looked closely around the public bathhouse.
‘Fortunately, I don’t feel any black magic.’
Not even a trace of mana is detected.
But….
‘What is this sense of heterogeneity?’
It feels like it’s swelteringly hot around here.
Now that I think about it, the senators said earlier that the bathhouse was too hot.
I quietly looked down at the wall near the public bathhouse.
Then I suddenly felt a fine haze rising from the ground.
“… !”
Thinking it was strange, I slowly placed my palm on the ground.
That moment.
“Ugh… !”
As the ground broke, hot heat rose strongly to the ground.
Let’s follow the heat and dig out….
A huge luminescent sunstone was discovered.
However, unlike the ordinary red sunstone, this one is blue.
‘This is Bakal’s sunstone.’
Bakal’s sunstone has more than three times the firepower of Leon’s.
However, if it is buried in a secret room or in the ground, it emits poisonous gas, so its use is prohibited in the empire.
‘Thanks to you, I stopped trying to purchase a watermelon farm.’
I looked at the sunstone closely.
Then. I soon found out that there was even a strengthening spell cast on me.
‘It is a collaboration between Bakal’s sunstone and Leon’s magic….’
I think I know roughly who did it.
People who want the elders of Bakal to die.
They must be people who wish for the destruction of Leon.
I activated the golden aura on my hand.
And then, I tried to pick up the sunstone by concentrating my arms as much as possible.
But.
“Ugh… !”
A powerful spell that pushes the power of the Sword Master level.
It was on a different level from the black magic that tormented Leah in the past.
“What is this…?” ?”
‘Was there anyone in the empire who practiced magic at this level?’
I frowned and concentrated as much as I could.
There are only two people in my memory who can handle this level of magic.
Margot from the Owl House.
And, the person called a witch….
――――――!!
A sunstone that resists as if it were competing with me.
Thanks to this, smoke rose from my arm as well.
“Okay, let’s try this, right?”
Grand Aura was activated.
As the golden color changed to brilliant white, the spell also began to fluctuate little by little.
―――!!
As I delved into the realm of the Grand Master, the red magic circle surrounding the sunstone cracked.
The guy resisted somehow, but in the end….
Quarrr!!
It was completely destroyed and spilled over.
“Whoa…” .”
Once the magic circle disappeared, the sunstone became cold.
I crushed it with my foot to make sure it was disposed of.
‘As expected, the opponents are elders.’
It was definitely meticulous.
A colorless and odorless sunstone that neither mana nor black magic can be detected.
In addition, there are powerful spells that even the level of a sword master cannot destroy.
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‘I definitely need to look into this.’
The collected pieces of sunstone were tied to a jeonseogu and sent to the owl house.
Afterwards, I breathed a sigh of relief and headed to the VIP bathhouse, the final location in the order.
A cozy and quiet bath surrounded by wood on all sides.
Anyone can see that it is a place that very high-ranking people would use.
‘This is the place Tina plans to use.’
Fortunately, there were no sunstones here.
In fact, even in her past life, Tina helped the first empress and the crown prince.
‘I could be in the same company as the culprits of this skit.’
Mana was lightly wrapped around her legs.
And then, I jumped over the fence and landed in the last open-air bath.
“….”
A steaming open-air hot spring under the cherry blossom trees.
Very neat and cozy.
But.
‘As expected, except for the area where Tina would go, there were sunstones in it.’
I can feel a slight heat coming from behind the plum tree.
I heard that in the past, Lydia also fainted briefly in a hot spring.
This is probably the cause of the incident.
Now, I have skillfully surrounded the Grand Aura.
And then, the moment I approach under the cherry blossom tree and hit the ground.
―――.
The last sunstone was also beautifully broken.
“Okay.”
I took a deep breath.
And then, I sat down behind a tree for a while and took a break.
“It’s over now-.”
No matter how much you use the Grand Master’s power, you can’t get used to it.
It looks like there is some time left for the body to fully adapt.
‘I’m tired…’ .’
A back was attached to a tree.
I already feel tired because I used a lot of energy yesterday.
‘Yes, once this incident is over, there will be no accidents that occurred in my previous life for a while.’
So, now I want to rest a little.
Should I take annual leave?
After three days, I will rest near the orphanage.
While I was thinking about it….
――――――.
My eyes sparkled when I heard the sound of small feet coming from the entrance of the open-air bath.
Reacting to this, I carefully looked at the entrance from behind the cherry blossom tree.
Soon.
I found Lydia Andalusia coming inside.
“….”
She was pale and had only a white towel wrapped around her small body.
A woman accompanied her from beginning to end.
“So, what was the reaction of the elders?”
She asked, knowing well the strict nature of her elders.
“The response was very explosive.”
However, the woman smiled brightly and answered confidently.
“Explosive?”
“Yes, it was pointed out that the hot tub was too hot, but somehow it soon returned to normal.”
Lydia nodded her head when told that the temperature had stabilized as if by her magic.
However, he soon sighed with a cool-headed expression.
“The elders must have been dissatisfied until the temperature returned.”
The servant answered this again with confidence.
“While she was waiting, I helped her calm down with snacks.”
“Snack… ? “I never ordered that.”
The princess asked alone, crossing her arms.
“At first, the elders asked for wine and cheese. However, Lord Bale served us flowers and eggs prepared in advance.”
Veil.
When the name was mentioned out of nowhere, the cool-headed monarch took on the expression of a girl.
“What… ?”
“He used watermelons and eggs harvested at his own farm.”
The servant took out the remaining business cards from his pocket.
My name was written on the business card.
“Afterwards, he even handed out business cards.”
Lydia received the business card with a nervous expression.
And then, looking at the trivial design, I chuckled.
“It’s like Veil, after all. “It’s really cute.”
“Thanks to this, I was very satisfied with the reaction of the elders.”
The Eastern monarch nodded his head.
Her black straight hair also danced.
“Yes, since ancient times, boiled eggs are better than alcohol at hot springs.”
Lydia put her business card into her basket.
Then, with a much better expression on her face, she asked the attendant.
“So where is he? “It wasn’t in the bathhouse I gave you?”
“They say she was out patrolling the area.”
When she heard that she was working until the end, the princess raised the corners of her mouth.
“It’s patrol…” . Okay, I understand. “I’ll just take a break, so you can go out.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. “I will wait at the entrance.”
The servant bowed politely and left.
Thanks to this, Lydia was finally able to be left alone.
“Ha….”
The princess let out a deep sigh of relief.
And then, I carefully soaked my feet in the hot springs.
“Huh… !”
Is it because I thought there was no one?
She flinched like a girl when her toes touched the water.
“Hmm….”
Thinking she had lost her senses, she glanced around.
Then, she slowly entered her bath again, wiggling her beautiful toes.
――――――.
The princess soaked her entire body and looked into space in silence.
The branches of the cherry blossom trees surrounding the hot springs were blooming in the sky.
Compared to the eastern part, the Empire is colder, so flowers bloom even in summer.
She gazed at the falling cherry blossom petals.
Soon….
“How long does she plan to hide?”
She turned her head briefly and asked me.
“Did you know?”
I asked, peeking her head out from behind the tree.
Then, the youngest princess rested her chin in the hot spring and smiled.
“The flower petals are falling like this because of your strong energy. How could you not know?”
“I didn’t mean to steal it. Just patrolling….”
Fortunately, Lydia did not dare to question the princess for entering the bathhouse.
Rather, he smiled as if he were looking at a wild animal under the cherry blossom tree.
“It’s okay. “Because I know you’re not that lecherous.”
The princess asked, narrowing her red eyes.
“So, have you acquired a lot of business partners in preparation for your retirement?”
“hahahaha…. “Please close your eyes just once.”
When I smiled sheepishly, she generously let me go.
Afterwards, she played with her towel wrapped around her body and said,
“I heard the news, that you treated the elders well at the public bathhouse.”
“It was just my self-interest.”
When I shook her head, Lydia waved her hand.
“To be humble.”
The princess smiled brightly.
And then, she tilted her head in the bath of falling cherry blossom leaves.
“It’s such an amazing thing.”
Her flower petals fall gently on the princess’s black hair.
She smiled at me without even realizing it.
“Because I get help from you whenever it’s important.”
I stared blankly at the princess’s wet and neat eyes.
Then, she raised the corners of her mouth and answered.
“I was simply doing my duty as a subject.”
She bowed her head politely.
And then, the moment she raised her head again.
“… !”
The princess, who had come out of the bath and sat on a stone, caught her eye.
A towel wrapped around pale and s*xy skin.
It covered the pelvis of the beautiful woman who had just become an adult.
“There has been a myth like this in our East since ancient times.”
Lydia’s face turned strangely red, perhaps because she was warmed by the heat of the hot spring.
“It’s a story about a thousand-year-old fox called a monster.”
The princess opened her eyes thinly like a fox.
The appearance was as strange as the monster she was talking about.
“It is said that whenever a village had a problem, it always received help from that monster.”
Lydia raised the corners of her mouth as if she was looking at me like the fox.
“However, even though the village people made a living thanks to the fox, they always called him a monster and feared him.”
The princess crossed her sensual legs.
Thanks to this, her voluptuous thighs swelled obscenely.
“So when the newspapers came in, I forgot about the fox’s kindness and started to reject it. “Thanks to you, he left too.”
Sweat gathered on the skin of my thighs that were pressed together.
Every time she moved her legs, they became sticky and gave off the scent of a newly grown woman.
“Do you know what happened to the village after that?”
I could barely take my eyes off her thighs, where my eyes kept falling.
Then, I swallowed deeply and asked.
“What happened?”
“It became a colony of those who provided newspapers, and everyone became slaves.”
The princess gently pinched the towel covering her breasts.
Strong heat came out between the towel and her body.
“However, among them, there was an escaped girl who was the only one who escaped without becoming a slave.”
“You were lucky.”
I asked, shaking off my hot spa clothes.
Then….
“That child is the only one who remembers the fox’s kindness, and when he injured her foot, he treated her with great care.”
Lydia stared at my feet.
Her bare feet, her parts dirty with dirt from patrolling.
“So the fox escaped from the village that had become hell, taking only the child with him.”
Lydia looked at me with her mature eyes.
Is it because she covered herself with just a towel?
Her expression felt more feminine than usual.
“And then, that girl became the mate of a fox who transformed into a human and built her new village….”
The princess slowly got up from the hot bath.
Her small body.
Even though she was wrapped in a towel, her strange and sensual curves were clearly visible to her eyes.
“I want to repay you in that way, Mikhail.”
A woman who had just become an adult approaches me.
Like the girl who became a fox’s mate.
“Sit down, I will wash your feet.”
Lydia approached me, pointing to my dirt-covered feet.
And then, I tapped my thighs as if I was playing a piano.
“So, pull up your pants.”
The princess smiled brightly.
She seemed like she was just going to give me a foot bath.
………
i thought she would be aggressive on the start like Irina here