Chapter 43: A Trip to the Bathhouse (1/2)

Merlin wandered through town, eh it was early in thethere were still plenty of people around, and no matter where he went, he always seehtened, others disgusted, some just looked with morbid curiosity and very few seenored theured that if he went to a store for clothing first that they would be frightened or even kick hiet clean first

The southern side of town mostly consisted of residential areas for commoners It also served as the area of business for h the town seemed well off, it was typical thatthere was a cheap bathhouse nearby that served commoners, especially those who became dirty fro around he found the local bathhouse It didn't seem like they had any customers at the moment, which was understandable due to the ti his equip, and as he pushed open the door, a little bell chi at the counter began reciting her welcouard by Merlin's appearance

Merlin walked towards the counter, fortunately the filth latched onto his body had dried out before entering the town, so he wasn't dropping trails of blood and mud behind him The receptionist took a step back as he approached, it seemed she realised that a lot of the filth attached to hi you" He aardly s looking hair away fro "I just started working as a et this filthy on ise, how unprofessional ofher script once e two copper pieces for entry into the main bath or six copper pieces for a private bath"

"Custo our private bath may pay an additional two copper pieces for the bath to be filled with our fa in our rosewater will heal your weary and wounded body and help prevent your body fro from sickness" She continued her sales pitch, Merlin was curious if the healing bath would help his current affliction "As for other services, for four copper we can cast cleanse on both you and your clothing"

"I'll have the rosewater bath and the cleanse spell, please" Merlin opened his inventory and accessed hisa special menu to appear beside it, one of the options on thatconversion, a selection screen opened asking what he would like to convert his coin to

There were a few options however reyed out, ords such as "requires 10 silver coins" or "requires 100 silver coins" hovering over the icon However two options were available, one being for a single silver coin,this would cancel the conversion, and the other was for ten copper coins

Merlin selected the copper coin trade,the contents of his wallet thirty silver and ten copper He pulled one silver and two copper pieces from his inventory and placed theht, the bath will be prepared shortly, would you like to receive the cleanse spell now?" The woet the bath prepared

"Ah yes, please" Merlin nodded, noaiting for the filth on his body to finally be re, and a few seconds later Merlin was engulfed in a ware flakes of filth peeled away fro, he felt his hair finally loosen up, no longer glued and cluether with dried blood The unco blood and one, and the horrible scratching sensation he received every tiainst his filthy clothes had vanished too

Eventually the spell ended, leaving Merlin finally looking and sh he still didn't feel clean, but at least he didn't feel disgusting either His appearance now apparently not terrifying, as the receptionist started staring at him more intently, where previously she was startled

"White hair, pale skin and purple eyes You don't see that every day" She muttered out loud, only to realise after the fact that she was audible

Merlin gave her a smile in response, and shortly after he was directed into his private room and left alone to bathe