Chapter 288: Returning Home

Letting the scalding clear water fall, Li En, enjoying his bath, felt a deep sense of comfort from within his heart.

The benefit of having an outstanding alchemist friend is that when you truly have a need, she can hand-craft some cross-era good things for you.

"Truly excellent, truly excellent."

The new showerhead worked very well; after bathing for five minutes, Li En prepared to put on his bathrobe and return to his room.

And before that, he had detoured to the back of the bathroom.

"Snap!"

With a snap of his fingers, flames ignited beneath the alchemy furnace; he pulled the switch, changed a bucket of water, and began heating another pool of water.

"Lana, it will be your turn in five minutes. Lana?!" The little one who should have been outside had disappeared again.

The little one absolutely refused to go in; to prove it was "safe," Li En was forced to try it himself first, but the person himself ended up running away.

"Every bath feels like a battle."

Li En sighed; the little one did not like bathing and could not understand why one had to bathe every day. In this era, except for young ladies of the nobility, bathing once a month was too normal, and it was mostly cold water.

"The snacks are gone." He shouted loudly toward the living room.

"Bad friend!"

The little one suddenly bounced out, glared at Li En, and hurriedly went to get a towel and change of clothes; but before leaving, she was still indignant, so she ran back with a stomp-stomp-stomp, kicked Li En with her small leg, made a funny face, and quickly ran away.

Li En himself just smiled and shook his head; the little one was becoming more "mature," at least her emotions had become much richer.

"Just let me watch the furnace; Young Master, in this regard, you are more like an old noble than the Young Lady."

Head Maid Martha smiled subtly; although "Young Master" was born a Count, in some ways he had less common sense than commoners, yet in other ways he was more persistent than great nobles.

"It's just a personal habit; if I don't wash clean, I can't sleep soundly."

"Truly an enviable habit; the daily bathing of the Desert Kingdom, the wealth of the main family is truly enviable."

Li En revealed a subtle smile, then shook his head.

"Besides, the main reason I can bathe every day now is that the cost is low, nearly zero cost."

Outside the manor, boiling water and lighting fires used wood and coal slag; anyone who has used them knows it is not just troublesome, and in this world, these are relatively expensive limited resources, especially since steam engines have also begun to use coal in large quantities, making coal mine prices change daily.

On Li En's side, spending a bit of mana to summon flames to let this modified alchemy furnace stably heat hot water was a model of nearly zero cost.

However, other families with these conditions might not have this habit; it is more a change in concept.

"Martha, if we mass-produce these furnaces and sell them... never mind, pretend I didn't say it."

Glancing at little Lana, who still had a face full of grievance and was forced to come over holding a towel and small underwear, Li En sighed.

Just because I have this need does not mean others have this need; for them, wiping down is enough, and many even think bathing too much will cause illness.

To avoid body odor, one can just sprinkle perfume and spices on oneself.

To change the habits of a person or even a region, making everyone use three household hot water furnaces is equivalent to selling shoes to those who like to go barefoot; Li En felt he did not have this ability.

"Young Lady, she has started daily bathing recently."

Suddenly, Martha's out-of-the-blue remark while staring at the furnace made Li En pause.

The girl silently changed her own living habits for your preference.

Li En knew that actually, snakes generally dislike water, and their scales do not need much moisture.

"I understand."

Li En also knew that after he was promised the title of Baron, the one who smiled the happiest on the spot was Miss Shaliman.

Because in a marriage between a knight and a Viscount, in the end, the knight always becomes the vassal; even if Miss Shaliman gave up the head of the house (the title), Li En would just be a matrilocal son-in-law. A marriage between two Viscounts is another matter entirely; nominally, Li En could naturally be the head.

Although the Sudar family was long ago no longer an ordinary Viscount, the rules in the noble circle are like this: the strong swallow the weak, and the weak swallowed by strong families must behave properly and not cause trouble.

"A Viscount? That's a bit difficult." The girl's expectation made Li En sigh.

But after considering the Heroine's Trial that lies ahead, it doesn't seem that difficult; just kill your way through.

"Little Lana, wipe yourself clean and wait; you only bathed for one minute? Go back quickly, Sister will help you wash your hair."

Watching Viscount Shaliman pick up the lifeless little one and carry her back into the bathroom, Li En also smiled.

It seems lions are not afraid of water. But now, the little one seems to have lost all racial characteristics.

After cleaning off the bloodstains, lying on the sofa, the exhausted Li En accidentally fell asleep. When he woke up again, he smelled the fragrance of dishes on the table and saw the girl dozing off with her head on the table.