Elaine had just settled down and it was not time for dinner yet, so Elaine planned to go out.
"Big brother, do you feel itchy?" Bailey saw Elaine scratching her neck involuntarily and asked, "Want to take a bath?"
"Yeah." Elaine replied with a slight blush on her face.
Not only because he took a dip in the not-so-clean water of the Seine, but also because he was itching because he was wrapped in a shroud in several places on his body. The shroud is a special kind of cloth that will neither get soaked by water nor get wet.
It will be stained, and it will remain there like that thin cloth forever. Although it will not be dirty or wet, the hair on Elaine's body will still get wet when she is wrapped in the holy cloth and soaked in water.
.And because Elaine wrapped the holy cloth tightly around the cursed part of her body like a bandage, even the thin holy cloth became airtight due to being wrapped many times. It was soaked by the river water before.
The area has only been barely dried, but there is still a wet feeling, which makes people uncomfortable. If the wet area was clean bath water, then it would be okay. The problem is that it is now a bit dirty river water.
Wet... God knows what dirty microorganisms are in that river, they might give him ringworm in the future.
Elaine planned to take a shower by himself, then reluctantly remove the holy cloth from his body, and clean the cursed area. But he was still worried, as he did not have the power of the holy cloth to suppress the curse and remove the holy cloth.
How painful would those cursed parts of the body (especially the neck) be when the cloth was applied? The curse might kill him in one breath.
"Then, I'm going to take a bath with my big brother!" Bailey said.
"this……"
"What does it matter?" the little fox said with a smile: "And didn't Big Brother say that it's not safe tonight? I don't want to be attacked by bandits while taking a bath, Big Brother will protect me!"
This kid is really eloquent. But he is not annoying like this. What Elaine is afraid of is just exposing his weak side in front of Bailey. But what is the reality? Maybe he fainted from the pain due to the curse.
Sometimes, Bailey would save his life. But no matter what, Elaine originally planned to grit her teeth and endure until the "wound" was cleaned and wrapped in the holy cloth again.
"By the way, what are the red cloth and bandages on the big brother's body for? Why don't you even take them off when you sleep?" Bailey asked again.
"Yes, it's an amulet, probably." Elaine answered ambiguously.
"Is it an amulet...Why do I always feel more like I'm cursed——"
Elaine's whole body trembled.
"Ah, I'm just kidding, don't pay attention, big brother." Bailey gently pulled Elaine's lion's tail: "Anyway, let's go take a shower?"
"Really, there's really nothing I can do about you." Elaine found a change of clothes, and then he looked at Bailey. He had brought a change of clothes, but Bailey, who had escaped from death, didn't bring anything with him. His luggage
It was all left intact on the ship. There was a small subspace storage pocket on Bailey's belt. There seemed to be some travel expenses in it, but it was definitely not much. Naturally, there was no change of clothes in the pocket.
"I'll just wear this suit." The little fox smiled bitterly and said, "I really want to at least change my pants...but there's nothing I can do now."
"Here, let's buy you new clothes when we get to the city." Elaine smiled and said, "What else do you want? A handheld game console? Toys?"
"I don't want big brother to waste money, let's talk about it then." Bailey also smiled and said: "Let's go, let's go."
"Quig?" Elaine turned to look at the leopard again.
"Yes, you go." The cloud-patterned leopard poked its head out of the tent: "I'm looking after the house."
"This, this is not home." Elaine complained, and then went out with Bailey.
"Oh, Mr. Leo!" Because the house is a duplex structure with upper and lower floors, the hall downstairs can see the corridor on the second floor. As soon as Elaine walked out of the room, Sir Gordon, the dark blue rose knight in the hall below, waved to him.
: "Dinner is not ready yet. Do you want to go there and take the child with you?"
"Wash, take a bath." Elaine said.
"The bath is in the backyard, open-air. Life in the countryside is relatively simple, I hope you don't mind." The other party replied.
"No, it's okay." The white lion boy led the little fox downstairs and walked to the backyard.
The group of knights in the hall downstairs are still preparing. After arranging the previous lightsabers and armors, it is now their turn to organize the guns. This group of dark blue rose knights is really fully armed. In addition to their own special melee weapons,
In addition to the weapons, they are also equipped with an additional lightsaber and two small light guns. The sophistication of their armor is also comparable to that of the Knights of Great Britain, which shows that the Kingdom of Mace is still quite wealthy. In addition to maintenance
In addition, they also spread out very detailed maps on the table in the hall and whispered about the plans to be implemented next.
"No one is standing guard in the backyard, will you be okay?" Just when Elaine was about to go out the back door, Sir Gordon asked again.
"No, it's okay. I can protect myself and this child." Elaine replied. Although he went to take a shower, he also brought the equipment with him. As long as he keeps his tactical belt with him, even if he is attacked by thieves while taking a shower, he will still be safe.
He can also immediately take out his weapon and fight.
"Okay, I won't ask any more questions, hahaha." The other party said, and then he continued talking with his subordinates without disturbing Elaine.
"It seems quite professional." Bailey said in a low voice when they reached the backyard.
"After all, they are elites." Elaine returned and he had discovered the so-called bath.
This house is indeed the best house in the village. It was probably requisitioned from the villagers when the Knights came to suppress the bandits. Normally, it would be good for this kind of village house to have a simple wooden shed as a bathhouse, but this
In the backyard of the house, a large shed was built to cover the scenery on all sides and form an open-air bath. Part of the shed even had a roof to protect it from wind and rain, although it was made of thatch.
"Isn't there hot water?" Bailey said, looking at the bathtub full of cold water. The pool has a water discharge and filling structure, and the water filling port is connected to the tap water pipe in the house. But it does not have a device to heat the pool water. It is rural.
It's weird to have that kind of device in the house, it's too luxurious.
Elaine originally wanted to complain about Bailey being spoiled. But he suddenly remembered that Bailey had asthma and was really not suitable for soaking in cold water. He fell into the river and soaked in the river water for a few minutes before, which made the little fox cough non-stop. Cold fruit is indeed right
Harmful to the body.
"No, it's okay," Elaine immediately thought of a way, which was to use the supplies he brought to heat the pool water. There is a lot of flame rosin, and you can ignite the flame by smearing it on the weapon and tapping it lightly. That's magic power
The flames will not be extinguished easily by the pool water. Even if they are extinguished, they will still emit high heat. The Baa pool water is heated to a point suitable for bathing. The actual situation is basically the same as Elaine imagined. When he put the flame rosin on
When the Luna Steel Dagger was put into the water, the water began to be heated and sizzling. After a few minutes, the magic power of the rosin faded, but the water became warm enough for bathing.
Bailey couldn't wait to jump into the water.
"No, why don't you wash your body and take a bath?" Elaine said depressedly. At this time, she had just taken off her clothes and tried to wash her body with the pool water.
"We just took a dip in the river." The little fox complained: "No matter how dirty it is, it should be cleaned, right?"
No, that river is the source of pollution, and that river water is the dirtiest. Elaine thought. But he did not find any shampoo that could be used to wash his body, not even soap. Forget it, there was nothing he could do, he just
I scooped some water from the pool and washed it over my body a few times, then climbed into the pool.
"Hehe." The little fox came over and rubbed Elaine's back: "I'll help big brother rub his back."
"Exactly, shouldn't it be normal to wipe it when washing the body..." Elaine complained: "You have already soaked it in and wiped your back..."
"Don't worry about the details~ Brother, what are you doing?"
"Well..." Elaine replied vaguely, while carefully untying the bandage (holy cloth) on his shoulder. He could already predict the heartbreaking burning pain as soon as the holy cloth on his shoulder was untied.
But he didn't expect that the burning pain was beyond his imagination, and it made his scalp numb.
"Big brother?"
"No, it's okay." Elaine held back the pain, pretending that nothing happened, and leaned against the edge of the bathtub.
"Sure enough...my shoulder hurts? Although I didn't see any wounds." Bailey asked in a low voice.
"No, it's okay, it's just an old problem." The white lion boy replied, deliberately describing the curse as an injury.
"The big brother also has an old problem on his neck?" the little fox asked again.
Elaine then stopped talking.
"I know, brother, there's no need to hide it. When Guerlain attacked me, I remember something seemed to have choked my throat and I couldn't breathe. Then I fainted for several seconds. But then the uncomfortable feeling disappeared. Then
It was the elder brother's turn to fall. The elder brother wrapped the bandage-like cloth around his neck, as if he wanted to strangle himself to death. But the elder brother strangled himself, but he could breathe instead. I...I
I felt terrible, so I pretended not to understand and didn’t ask."
The little fox came close to Elaine and leaned his head on Elaine's right shoulder: "But sure enough... that was a curse, right? My eldest brother helped me bear that curse, right? Why do you do this, for people like me?"
?"
"No, it's nothing. You really don't need to worry about it." Elaine could only say. Bailey is a very sharp kid. It's because he is so sharp that he can easily detect things that he shouldn't notice. He shouldn't feel guilty for this kind of thing.
of.
"I understand... Big Brother is really an idiot." Bailey hummed: "But it's just right to be an idiot. I like idiots like Big Brother the most."
"Stupid, stupid..." When a child pointed at her nose and said she was stupid, Elaine had mixed feelings.
The little fox sighed: "
Smart people know that what they are trying to do is bound to fail, so they give up from the beginning;
Smart people know that what they are trying to do is meaningless and give up from the beginning.
Smart people do nothing but calculate.
Calculate, calculate, and in the end you will gain nothing, have nothing, and accomplish nothing.
On the contrary, they are fools, regardless of gains and losses, regardless of success or failure, they move forward courageously and do whatever comes to mind.
Then they muddleheadedly accomplished things that were originally impossible;
Saved things that could not be saved.
So in the end, who is the smart person and who is the fool? I gradually don’t understand..."
Elaine continued to be silent.
"Compared to those smart people who only play tricks, big brother must be a wiser existence. He keeps pretending to be stupid... but that stupidity is the real wisdom." Bailey hugged Elaine's
Arm: "It must be like this, right? Because of that, I was saved. Before, it was clear that no matter how much I calculated, there was no way to be saved. But my elder brother gave a different answer, making the impossible possible."
"
"No..." the white lion boy said, "I'm not as smart as you think. In the end, I'm just lucky."
At this time, the sound of footsteps interrupted the conversation between the two, and Sir Gordon, the captain of the seventh squadron of the Knights of the Dark Blue Rose, walked over.
...and he was wearing only a pair of underpants.
"I'm sorry, I heard from my subordinates that you were taking a hot bath, so I wanted to come over and take a hot bath." Gordon smiled and said, "You don't mind?"