Chapter 26

[What a wonderful bath!]

As soon as the public bath opened, Mia arrived in high spirits.

The public bath in the girl’s dormitory of St. Noel Academy is a natural hot spring, with water drawn from deep underground.

Upon seeing the bathtub filled with hot water in the empty bathhouse, Mia’s face lit up with a big smile.

[Isn’t this heaven?]

(Mia-sama, you really like baths, don’t you)

Anne let out a gentle smile, after seeing the joyful Mia

Surprisingly, there aren’t that many people in noble society with the habit of bathing. In fact, there are very few.

To begin with, volcanoes are scarce on the continent, making natural hot springs very rare. In order to take a hot bath, you have to go to the trouble of fetching water and boiling it, which many nobles saw as pointless.

They thought: “Why not just wipe oneself with water?”

In fact, it was the working class that was more interested in baths. Unlike the aristocracy, who had plenty of entertainment, the common people didn’t have much to look forward to.

The public bathhouses scattered throughout the city became a popular option for the common people.

Meanwhile, Mia was known to be the biggest bath lover in the country. It was the only luxury she indulged on.

Since she asked for water to be boiled almost every day, her love for bathing was well known among the maids.

It wasn’t like that from the beginning though. At least, it wasn’t like that in the previous timeline.

But..... two years of prison life changed her.

She was only given a bucket of cold water once a week. .....After two years dealing with that, she began to miss hot water.

However, no matter how much she asked, she couldn’t touch hot water until she was put in the guillotine.

Because of that memory, the reborn Mia wanted to bath every day.

(In any case, I have to take perfect care of her body, so, no gentleman will resist.....)

After washing Mia’s body, she carefully washed her hair. She also checked for split ends on it. There was no problem with color and gloss.

[Hum. I’m done washing you, Mia-sama]

Anne said, after nodding her head satisfied.

[Thank you for your hard work, Anne]

Mia turned around in a good mood, but then she though of something.

[Oh, yes. It is my turn to wash your back now.]

She said with a smile.

[What are....? There is no way I could ask the princess to wash my back.]

[You don’t need to hold back. There is no one else here and you must be tired. It is my way of thanking you for everything you have done for me.]

For Mia, Anne was an important ally and loyal subject.

However, above anything, she had with her a debt of gratitude she could never repay, for she had stood by her side, until the moment of her death.

Mia forcibly made Anne sit down and hastily washed her back.

[I’m done. Let’s go in.]

Just when she was about to enter the bathtub.

[Mmmm, you two sure get along well.]

A soft voice reached Mia’s ears.

Author’s Note:

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