Bathing in swimsuits has a somewhat casual feel to it, and it’s easy to switch between different types of baths. In an onsen, I would have preferred soaking in one bath for a long time, but in a super bathhouse like this, I feel like I want to experience the variety of baths.
[Waterfall shower…… This is also very impressive. Is this also made with magic tools?]
[That would definitely be the caaaaaase. With the size of this magic tool thooooough, it must have been imbued with quite the effeeeeeect.]
Well, I gave Alice a considerable amount of money to build this house. If she had built this house by herself, the labor costs would be reduced, and if the other parts of the budget were allocated towards the equipment, comparably increasing the costs for that, I can somewhat understand.
This place seemed to have a lot of strange mechanisms, and I even felt like magic tools had been installed here and there.[Howeveeeeer, the baths in Kaito-sama’s world sure are quite unusual, aren’t theeeeey? Is this like taking a bath under a waterfaaaaaall?]
[I wonder about that myself. There was indeed a practice of going underneath a waterfall and bathing underneath it, so it’s possible that that is where this bath is inspired from. There were also many people in my country who liked bathing.]
[I seeeeee. By the waaaaay~~ It seems like the momentum of the water can be adjusteeeeed, but should we keep the pressure as iiiiiis?]
[Ah, I suppose so. This level is just right.]
Is the support for the waterfall shower the adjustment of the momentum of the water? No, even so, the waterfall shower sure is nice. It’s a type of bath that you don’t get a lot of chances to get in, but it feels good to have hot water coming down on my body. This seems like it would be effective for stiff shoulders.
After enjoying the waterfall shower to some extent, I decided to take the aromatic bath to relax a bit.
[……This feels really stylish. The scent is also quite aromatic…… but well, even though it had this strong scent, I didn’t realize it until I got in here.][A special magic tool prevents the scent from spreading, so it won’t affect the other baths.]
The aromatic bath with colorful petals floating on the waters looked gorgeous, seemingly something women would love to bathe in, and the elegant aroma was wonderful.
The scent was strong, but not unpleasant and was instead relaxing. As for the scent not spreading to the other baths, I think it has the same principle as the Wind Magic used for smoking.
When I took the aromatic bath with Illness-san, the nice smell tickled my nostrils and I naturally felt my shoulders relaxing.
[This is nice. I thought it was a little too stylish and something I won’t like bathing in that much, but I like this kind of fragrant bath.]
[Many nobles also like this kind of baaaaaath. Milady doesn’t like it that much thouuuugh.]
[Speaking of which, she also doesn’t seem to be fond of herb tea?]
[The thing Milady doesn’t liiiiiike is the minty sceeeeeents, but when she was in the royal castleeeee, she once took a bath with such a sceeeeent, and ever since then, she began to feel averse aromatic baaaaaaaths.]
I heard a little while ago that Lilia-san doesn’t really like black tea or herb tea with a refreshing aftertaste, but with her not liking mint aromatic baths too…… Rather than the taste, I guess what she dislikes is simply the mint scent.
I’ll keep this in mind when I give her presents.
[By the way, what about you, Illness-san? I have the impression that you personally like roses, so I think you might like herbs as well……]
[I suppose soooooo. I don’t particularly like theeeeeem, but compared to the others, I guess I do like theeeeem.]
[Do you take rose baths?]
[As expecteeeeed, I have never had the chaaaaance to prepare myself a private rose baaaaaath.]
Now that she mentioned it, rose baths may look very nice, but it seems to be very difficult to prepare and clean, so it may be troublesome to prepare them for individual use.
[I also like roses, so I’m a little interested.]
[If you’d liiiiiike, I can prepare it for you next tiiiiime. I can prepare it here or in the main bathrooooom.]
[I see…… Hmmm. If there’s an opportunity, I would like it prepared in the main bathroom. In that case, Illness-san can also use it……]
[Thank you for your consideratioooooon.]
Seeing Illness-san smiling happily at my words, I got a little embarrassed, so I decided to leave the aromatic bath and head to the next bath.
[How about we go to the lie-down bath next?]
[Understooooood. Which one would you prefeeeeer, the indoor oooooone or the open-air ooooooone?]
[……Why an open-air bath here underground? Or rather, how is that even possible?]
[It’s just more like an open-air styled baaaaath. It makes use of Spatial Magic to reproduce the sceneryyyyyyy.]
[Ahh, I see, so it isn’t actually outdoors…… Then, since we’re at it, let’s go with the open-air bath.]
If you carefully think about it, this being the case is just natural, but considering that this place was made by someone of Alice’s level, I feel like she can realize something full of contradictions, such as an outdoor space down underground.
[……Speaking of which, are you also going to provide any support in the lie-down bath?]
[Yeeees. I will be providing your pillooooow.]
[Ahh, that certainly is important.]
In order to enjoy myself while lying down, having a pillow is important. A soft and comfortable pillow would be the best, but since it’s a lie-down bath, I guess stone or wooden pillows are the standard?
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [Wait, stop right there…… Illness just said “she’s providing” the pillow! In other words, it’s not something equipped in the lie-down bath from the start…… Stop it, don’t do that while you’re wearing a swimsuit……]
