Chapter 74 – Bath Service Begins
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“Ah, Mr. Rent, welcome ba… Kyaaaah!”
Tina was trying to greet us as usual.
But when she turned to look at me, Tina screamed.
Why?
“Ah… Rent, your head, your head.”
Noah, realizing why Tina was surprised, pointed at my head while looking at me.
“Head?”
I touched my head and felt the soft, fluffy texture of the Rage Fang’s fur.
Ah, come to think of it, I was still wearing the Rage Fang’s hide.
With my neck tucked into the Rage Fang’s jaw area, it looked like my face was inside the Rage Fang’s mouth if you looked at it wrong. It was certainly startling.
“Sorry, Tina, did I scare you?”
“M-Mr. Rent! W-What is that on your head?”
“Ah, this is the Rage Fang’s hide.”
“R-Rage Fang? If it’s a Rage Fang, isn’t that the unique monster of the Wolf Fang that appears on the 13th floor!?”
As someone who works at an inn for adventurers, Tina seemed to know about the Rage Fang.
“Why are you wearing the Rage Fang’s hide, Mr. Rent?”
“I caught this Rage Fang, and a person named Kelban from the Adventurer’s Guild gave it to me as a gift.”
“I-Is that so…?”
Tina tilted her head.
She probably didn’t understand why she would be given the hide as a gift for catching a Rage Fang.
But Tina soon smiled and greeted us again.
“Welcome back, Mr. Rent! Elsie, Noah!”
“I’m back, Tina.”
“We’re back.”
“I’m back~”
“Yes, I was really surprised that you were wearing the Rage Fang’s hide, Mr. Rent. Anyway…”
Tina glared back and forth between Elsie and Noah, who were still clinging to my arms, and said.
“What are you doing?”
“Ah! T-This is…”
Elsie blushed and quickly jumped off my arm.
Noah made a V sign with her right hand, winked, and put the V sign in front of her eye, saying.
“Jealousy~♪”
“Noah…”
Tina’s gaze towards Noah was scary!
“Hehehe, sorry, Tina~”
Noah took her hand off my arm and approached Tina, whispering softly.
“Tonight, Tina gets to monopolize Rent, right? So, I just wanted to tease you a little. Forgive me. Instead~ you can use this feeling as motivation to spend a passionate~ night with Rent, right?”
“P-Passionate~ night…”
Tina’s face turned red.
“C-Cough! B-But please refrain from doing too much of that kind of thing inside the shop…”
“Okay, I understand! Ah, Tina! Please give us three servings of your recommended dinner menu!”
“Okay. Please take a seat at an empty table.”
We sat at an empty table and waited for the food to arrive.
“Noah… You shouldn’t tease Tina too much.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. This much will make Tina even more motivated tonight, right?”
“B-But…”
Tina, who was slightly jealous and actively stepping forward…
I think it’s great!
But I still think it’s not good to provoke her too much.
“Noah, you can’t tease Tina when the food comes either.”
“I know~ If I tease her any more than this, Tina will get really angry, so I won’t go that far.”
“That’s a relief… Ah, I’ll give you 5 gold now.”
I reached into my inventory, trying to recall the money pouch. But taking out that big money pouch here would be too noticeable.
Maybe if I just recall 10 gold, it won’t come out separately?
I tried to take out 10 gold from the pouch, thinking about it as a test.
And thankfully, the 10 gold appeared safely on the table.
It seemed that it was possible to take out this much separately from the inventory.
“Here you go.”
“Thank you, Rent. I’ll take it.”
“Hehehe~ Look forward to how I’ll use this money, Rent.”
She’s going to buy some sexy underwear, right?
I’m very much looking forward to it.
Of course, I want Elsie and Noah to use the rest of the money as they please.
“Okay, Noah.”
Elsie and Noah put 5 gold each into their own pouches.
There was still some time before the food came.
“Elsie, tell me more about the myths and legends you know while we wait for the food.”
Today is the day for a special massage with Tina… and Elsie used up all her divine magic while we were in the dungeon.
We could have done it while walking in the dungeon, but Elsie and Noah liked to cling to my arms and walk without saying anything.
By the way, I liked it too!
But from now on, I think it wouldn’t be bad to listen to them while walking.
So, now is the only time I can hear Elsie’s story.
“Yes, Rent! Then… this time, I’ll tell you a story about the rabbit beastkin hero…”
Elsie started her story with a bright smile.
This time, the story was about a rabbit beastkin hero who was trying to mediate a dispute between the dog beastkin and cat beastkin tribes in his harem, at the request of his wives.
In the middle of the mediation, a strong monster appeared, and the hero, the dog beastkin, and the cat beastkin worked together to defeat the monster, and somehow they reconciled with each other.
Just as the story was ending, Tina brought the food.
After dinner, Noah grabbed Elsie’s hand and said.
“Elsie~ Let’s go shopping!”
“S-Shopping?”
“Yeah. We have money now~ Let’s use it to spruce ourselves up a bit.”
“But this is for Rent…”
“If we make ourselves pretty, Rent will like us even more, right?”
“T-That’s…”
“And~… it would be good to buy some sexy underwear for Rent in advance, right?”
Whoosh!
“…Yes.”
“Then, Rent! Elsie and I will be back~”
Leaving those words behind, Noah led Elsie out of the shop.
…I’m very much looking forward to it!
I went up the stairs and entered my room, and the moment I took off the Rage Fang’s hide and put it in my inventory.
“Ah.”
I realized that today was the day I could use the bath service.
It might be the first night with Tina… no, it’s almost certainly the first night.
Tina might like me better when I’m sweaty, but since it’s a special day, I think it wouldn’t be bad to wash up.
I paid the fee and went back out of my room to the counter to get directions.
“Huh?”
But instead of Miranda, there was a middle-aged woman with a slightly thicker build standing at the counter.
I wanted to ask Tina who this person was, but Tina was busy carrying food right now.
I went to the counter and spoke to the woman.
“Excuse me…”
“Yes? What is it?”
“Where is Miranda…?”
“Miranda is in the kitchen, cooking. Ah, I’m Chelsea, and I’ve started working at the Fox’s Rest today.”
Chelsea was a new employee hired at the Fox’s Rest.
“I’ll be working from the evening, but please take care of me.”
“Ah, okay.”
Certainly, Tina had to serve, and Miranda had to be in charge of the kitchen, so it would be difficult to respond when a new customer came to book a room in the evening.
It was only natural to hire a new employee, even if it was just for the evening.
At that moment, Miranda came out of the kitchen with a plate of food in her hand.
“Tina~ Here’s the last order.”
“Okay, Mom.”
Tina quickly took the food from Miranda and carried it away.
“Phew~ We’ve finished dinner safely today.”
It seemed that the food just now was the last order.
Miranda smiled at Chelsea, who was at the counter, and said.
“Thank you for watching the counter, Chelsea.”
“No, I’m grateful that you hired me. I’ll watch the counter, so please take a rest, Miranda.”
“Hehehe, it’s nice to have time to rest now that we’ve hired someone. Ah, Rent.”
Miranda looked at me with a gentle smile.
“Is there something you need?”
“Yes. Is the bath available from today?”
Clap! Miranda clapped her hands and laughed.
“Of course! It’s available right now. Ah, did you prepare the fee?”
“Yes.”
I took out 1 gold and 30 silver from my money pouch and handed it to Miranda.
“Here you go.”
“Hehehe, thank you so much for using our inn, Rent.”
Miranda put the money in the counter drawer.
“Are you going to take a bath now?”
“Yes.”
“Then, please come this way.”
I followed Miranda and entered a door that was almost hidden inside.
When I entered the room, there were separate dressing rooms for men and women, with the entrances covered by cloth.
First, I entered the men’s dressing room, and inside there was a wardrobe for clothes and a pile of towels on one side.
“You can take off your clothes here and go in.”
And when I came out of the dressing room, I could enter the bathhouse.
In the center of the bathhouse, there was a circular hole, and on one side, there was a fox statue with several buttons on the back of its head.
Seeing that it was completely empty, it seemed that it had not been filled with water yet.
“This is the bathhouse.”
“There’s no water.”
“Hehehe, please wait a moment.”
Miranda turned around and entered a different door from the one we had come through.
Huh? Why are there two doors?
Could it be that only the dressing rooms are separated, and the bathhouse is one?
Miranda came back shortly after with a blue magic stone in her hand.
“Excuse me, Miranda. Is there only one bath?”
“Huh? Ah… that’s right. He could only afford to buy one magic tool, even though he spent a lot of money… Originally, we were planning to operate it by setting separate times for men and women. Well, since you’re the only one using it now, it doesn’t matter, right?”
“Ah, yes.”
“Hehehe, then I’ll show you the true form of the bathhouse that could have been our shop’s specialty.”
Miranda approached the fox statue.
Click!
She pressed one of the buttons on the back of the fox statue’s head, and the statue’s back opened up.
Miranda put the magic stone inside and pressed the button again, and the statue’s back closed again.
And this time, she pressed another button, and hot water gushed out of the fox statue’s mouth with great force.
In less than two minutes, the bath was filled with water, and after that, the fox statue’s force decreased sharply, and it was just trickling water.
The bathhouse was quickly filled with steam.
“How is it? Amazing, right?”
“Yes, it is.”
I didn’t expect the hot water in the bath to fill up so quickly with just one button.
“What we released now is just simple hot water, but if you put other plants or fruits with the magic stone, you can also release scented hot water.
Besides, after you finish bathing, it can quickly absorb the hot water, and then it can automatically clean itself. Isn’t it amazing! That’s why we had to charge 5 silver per person to maintain this magic tool…”
Rapid water replenishment, the ability to change the scent, the ability to drain it quickly, and an automatic cleaning function.
It’s certainly high-performance.
I understand why the usage fee is more expensive than other places.
“Thanks to Rent, I’m happy that we can finally use this magic tool that we ordered but haven’t been able to use much.”
Miranda said with a truly happy smile.
I’m happy that Miranda is happy.
“That’s a relief.”
“Since Rent is getting Tina’s massage and using this bath regularly, we were able to hire Chelsea. Thank you so much, Rent.”
The reason we were able to hire Chelsea was because I used the services, which created enough funds to hire someone.
“Hehehe, well, since I can finally rest… I can give Rent the special secret service I told you about before.”
Special… Secret! Ser! Vice!
Come to think of it, the reason I applied for this bath service was also because I was very curious about the secret service.
I wonder what kind of secret service it will be?
I hope it’s something lewd!
“S-Secret service…”
“Hehehe, then I’ll go prepare for the secret service. Rent, please go into the bath and wash yourself.”
With those words, Miranda went into the women’s dressing room.
I really wanted to ask Miranda what the secret service was, but I would soon find out the identity of that secret service.
With anticipation, I went into the men’s dressing room.
I took off my family armor and put it in my inventory, then I put the spare clothes I had moved from my backpack to the inventory in the dressing room wardrobe.
Come to think of it, I’m almost out of spare clothes.
I could wash my clothes myself in the river in the forest outside the city, but it’s a hassle.
I wonder if the Fox’s Rest also provides a laundry service?
I’ll ask later after I finish bathing.
