19 Chapter 19 (1/2)
Three walked up to the gate, Lem's eyes widened slightly upon his return. Three looked down at his clothes and saw he was covered in blood, most of it dried.
”Good fight?” The guard asked.
Three grinned and nodded ”Good fight.”
Lem gave him a small smile and opened the gate, ”Might want to wash up a bit before heading back to the house, there is a public bathouse not too far from here, you know where to find it?”
”Yea Emmi told me about it before, it would be impolite to show up in this state, thank you for the advice.”
”No problem, ya have a nice night!”
”You too.” Three answered.
He made his way to bathhouse, wondering if he could wash his clothes there as well. He entered the wooden building, it was a good deal larger than most other buildings in the village, the entire complex was based on the ground floor however. He entered the bathouse to be greeted by an elderly lady, she eyed him up and down. ”Eight coppers for the bath.”
Three blinked, scratching his chin. He checked his pockets for money and frowned. ”Its fine if you don't have any on ya, just pay double next time.” The elderly woman told him, waving him through the door.
He entered the room, another woman had just finished taking off her clothes and was heading for the bath. She spotted him entering and her eyes widened when she noticed his clothes, Three nodded to her politely and took his clothes off. He put them into a device Emmi had called a MagiPress, It heated up both the cloth and the water, evaporiting it, the steam created soaked into the cloth, which after a few seconds the magic would reassorb, releasing heat and drying the clothes. An extremely convenient invention.
He turned around to see the other woman had already entered the bath, he followed her, pulling aside the curtains to enter the steam room. The woman stood there, wiping off her body, his gaze lingered on her form. Her black hair matted, clinging to her body. A drop of water ran down from her hair, over her side, down a curve, then over her leg. He watched it flow, the woman turned around to look at him. Her sharp icy blue eyes sending a shock through his body. She was beautiful he realized. His body was reacting to it, he had never felt anything like this before, he rolled his shoulders uncomfortably.
Trying to shake the feelings, he entered the bath, he felt the womans gaze linger on his back. He heard footsteps approaching him from, he tightened his muscles, trying to control his breathing.
”There is a lot of blood in your hair, its awfully caked.” Her silky voice split through the air sending a shiver down his spine. He tried to hold still, breathing in deeply.