Silly handed the sewing needle in her hand to Catherine with some anticipation, but it seemed that she was also expecting Catherine to look good. Catherine took the sewing needle and pressed her hand heavily.

"Cold Star Mine?!" Catherine was taken aback, "Could it be that the rare Cold Star Mine is no longer worth so much? ”

However, Catherine didn't have much time to think about it right now, as the nature of the Coldstar Mine made it harder to accept the elements of magic than normal metal. Catherine could clearly feel that no matter what intensity she used, the fire elemental that she had forcibly injected into the sewing needle was dissipating from the tip of the needle at the same speed. Originally, Catherine only needed to let the speed of elemental input exceed the speed of natural escape, and she could manage to burn the tip of the red sewing needle, but the Cold Star Mine was a special existence, at least not with Catherine's current ability.

"Sure enough, it's a problem to do magic with metal. At the moment, it seems that there is something else to do. This woman is really not simple. Catherine began to admire Sri a little, but when she saw the nasty smile on Sri's lips, she immediately forgot the little admiration she had.

Catherine suddenly grabbed As's left hand and stabbed him his little finger. A bead of blood, not much bigger than the tip of a needle, immediately popped out.

As's hand trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand. But he saw Catherine glaring at him, and the words that came to his lips retracted. Catherine reversed the sewing needle and wrote her name on the white silk with the thicker tail dipped in blood. Then she put As's finger in her mouth and sucked a few times for him. As for the sewing needle, Catherine just wiped it casually on the edge of her sleeve and returned it to Silly with a smile.

Silly opened her mouth to take the sewing needle, picked up the white silk and looked at it, and opened her mouth for a moment.

"It looks like it's back to the barbaric era out there. It took a long time for Silly to say, "I'll get the clothes ready and send them as soon as possible." ”

After saying that, she turned to leave, and Catherine immediately closed the door, but heard Sri muttering to herself outside the door, "Finally I can breathe fresh air, it seems that civilization has ended." A bunch of barbarians who don't know how to take a bath, smoke me to death. ”

In order to complete the task, it is not uncommon to sometimes not be able to take a shower for a month, but Sally's merciless complaints are really harsh. Catherine walked into the room with a calm face. Ace and Ferry noticed that Catherine's face had turned from red to white and then to blue, and that they had neither spoken, one looking at the ceiling and the other counting his fingers.

"Give me a bath. Catherine cocked her face and gave the order with the authority of the regimental commander. Ace and Ferry had no opinion, and raised their hands in agreement.

The three of them went out together, and when they came to the small wooden barrel bathhouse, the brown carved sliding door looked a little barrage, and it looked very old. Carved above the door was a fire-breathing dragon in flight, with two outstretched wings covering the middle of the door. The protruding dragon horn is on the right side of the door and acts as a handle. Ace stepped forward and pulled to the right, but the door didn't move.

"Hey, etiquette, etiquette. Fei used his hand to pat his forehead helplessly, and shouted at As, "Look at the tail, look at the tail." ”

Ace followed Ferry and saw that the dragon's tail was on the left side of the door, with an inconspicuous bell on it. If you look closely, it looks like a very small wooden barrel. Ferry stepped forward and shook the little bell. After a while, the dragon's wings "creaked" open, revealing a small window the size of a palm, in which there were large eyes staring at three people.

The big eyes looked at it for a long time before asking in a voice like beating a drum, "Alien adventurers, come to take a bath, right?"

Catherine was about to answer, but she said, "Needless to say. Gray clouds have all explained, one woman and two men, top bathroom. You wait. ”

After the man finished speaking, he heard a "click", and the door panel of the carved sliding door automatically protruded half an inch forward. "Bang-", the door opened to the right, and a large amount of white water vapor was spewed out from it with a "bang". It took almost half a minute for the fog to clear. Not only did the air on all sides get moister, but the temperature also rose a few points.

The three of them waved the mist with their hands, and saw a strong man two meters tall standing at the door. He was shirtless, muscular, dark-skinned, and had a large towel around his lower body. His eyes were round like two walnuts on his face, his eyebrows were as thin as hair, and his bald head looked particularly funny.

"I'm the owner of a small barrel bathhouse, and everyone calls me 'Joinki'. With a slight wave of his hand, three pairs of straw slippers fell in front of the door, "Change your shoes and come in again." ”

He pointed to the three and a half height dark red cabinets on the side and said, "One for each of you, put your shoes on the bottom layer, put the clothes you will change into the second layer later, and have dry towels in the third layer." Don't forget to take out your wooden signs. ”

Catherine took off her shoes and opened the cabinet door, and there were three compartments inside. She placed her shoes on the bottom layer and saw a small wooden sign in the second layer. Catherine picked up a wooden plaque that read "Lilac" in Old Elven language. Catherine went back to look at the wooden signs of Ace and Ferley, which read "Olive" and "Laurel" respectively.

"We have a total of 50 different low cabinets for our guests, each named after a plant. "The cabinet can only be extracted by matching wooden cards, and any personal belongings can be placed in it." When you get to the top, I'll teach you how to take the cupboard. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the cabinets and put them one by one into the secret door on the wall. Catherine remembered that she still had the secret letter on her, and wondered if she should put it in together. Suddenly, it darkened, and the original wood closed the door again.

Catherine then took a closer look at the inside of the bathhouse, but the foyer had nothing but a spiral stone staircase leading to the top. No, it should be said that along the sides of the brick wall, the lantern flowers inlaid on the wall tiles to illuminate the spiral stone staircase are still very eye-catching. The fist-sized flowers, one by one, droop downward, their wicks emit a soft, dim glow.

"You know? The bedroom in 'Happy Rose' is also lit with this lantern flower. Ferry tilted his head and whispered in As's ear.

"Have you been?" asked Ascension.

"Huh. Ferry was about to speak properly, when he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

He turned his head and caught a glimpse of Catherine's gaze shooting from front like two sharp swords, "How can I go to such a place in the wind and moon? I don't have any money, you know. Ferry uttered a string of words that made Ace pout.

"Please follow me. Hosagi interrupted Catherine, who was about to have a seizure, and showed the three of them the way in a serious manner.

You could see that Thin Wood was deliberately walking very slowly, as he had to step up three steps. But even then, Catherine needed to pick up a little bit to keep up.

The stone staircase rises in a spiral, seemingly never-ending, making people a little dizzy. Every ten steps a wooden door appears on the wall, but the joiner never lets three people in. The further up you go, the thicker the fog becomes. Gradually, Ace, who was walking at the end, could barely see Catherine in front of her.

"Hey, have you arrived?" Ace shouted, with a hint of displeasure and vigilance in his tone.

"Arrived, our top bathroom. Hosagi's voice came from the mist. At the end of the stairs, four people stood on a platform, and three wooden doors could be faintly seen in front of them.

The thin wood waved its palm, and a cool breeze blew, and the mist here surged downward like a bag. This hand is light and seemingly casual, but it shows great skill. Catherine and Ace glanced at each other, this slap was going to slap them, so how to deal with it?

Joini didn't seem to know that his actions had put a lot of psychological pressure on the guests. Expressionless, he stepped forward to open a door.

The room behind the door wasn't huge, and it looked like there were only six or seven people standing in it. But the room was very bright, with sunlight shining in, and there was a window above. In addition, there is a small conspicuous door at the other end of the room, which is probably bent down to enter.

"Put the wooden sign in this slot. Joinwood said, pointing to the short groove in the wall.

Ferry stepped forward and inserted his laurel wood card into it, only to hear a "pop" sound, and the wall began to change. A secret door appeared in the corner of the wall on the right, and the secret door opened automatically, and a low cabinet appeared. Two more stone boxes protruded above the low cabinet, and I don't know what was inside. There is a small handle on the side of the stone box, and there are many small holes in the walls on all sides.

"The low cabinet matches the wooden sign in your hand, the stone box contains rock salt and sweetfish fruit, and the small handle puts water. After taking a shower, enter the small door in front. After speaking, Hosaki left on his own.

"Rock salt and ayu fruit? This is something that the average aristocracy cannot enjoy, and we will see you later. Ferry was the first to close the bathroom door.

"Shall we wash together?" Ace saw that there was no one around, and stepped forward to hug Catherine.

"You dream. Why don't you find your golden scissors to wash it?" Catherine slapped the back of As's hand lightly, pushed open the second wooden door, and stepped inside.

Catherine stuck a wooden sign on the wall like Ferry did, and the room changed in the same way. She took off her clothes and put them in a low cupboard, holding in her hand the leather bag containing the secret letter of the tree. After thinking about it, Catherine tightened the mouth of the pouch and tied it to her left wrist.

Catherine pulled off the small handle on the side of the stone box, and the water squirted briskly through the holes in the four walls, neither cold nor hot. Catherine drenched herself and opened the two stone boxes. Sure enough, there was a box of thumb-sized ayu fruits, and the pink fruits were very cute and shaped like a small fish.

"This is the legendary super luxury of asking for a gold coin. Catherine sighed as she lifted the ayu fruit and crushed it above her head, the white juice flowing from it had a fruity aroma. Catherine rubbed her hair as she closed her eyes and relaxed in the fruity scent. "It is said that this ayu fruit is only grown on the island of Eland in the southeast. However, the island was the site of a branch of the religious church a few years ago, but it was somehow turned into a naval base, and now it is designated as the Ninth Province, which is under the jurisdiction of the son of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gu Lie. The son of Gure, the idiot, had only married the daughter of the Minister of War two years earlier. Catherine's head unconsciously jumped out of the relevant information, it seems that all kinds of power struggles and transactions are really everywhere.

The fruity aroma of the ayu fruit will slowly dissipate. Catherine rinsed off the white juice with water, took out the second squid fruit, and washed her hair a second time, and then she was satisfied. Then she took out a small oval ball from the stone box.

"Bathing in rock salt is probably only thought of by those nobles. The ball in Catherine's hand was polished from a whole piece of rock salt, and it felt like a "rustle" when rubbed on her body. When the skin is scrubbed with rock salt, it becomes particularly smooth and delicate.

"No wonder those ladies love this. Catherine touched her arm and sighed vigorously, "I'm afraid this piece will cost ordinary people the amount of salt used in a year." ”

Although rock salt is not expensive, it is not cheap either, and only residents of large cities such as the royal city of Dast have the opportunity to buy it. In this way, a small piece of rock salt is boiled in water, and you can get brine water, which tastes much better than sea salt. Originally, rock salt was a munitions and was not circulated in the market, and it seems that the Minister of War released some of it for the sake of the 20 percent of the financial expenditure to be bought and sold on the black market. However, this is just a rumor, and the rock salt mine has always been under the control of the Barr family. The Grand Duke of Barr, because his son failed to marry the daughter of the Minister of War, seems to have sided with the Pope. It is estimated that the military ration on hand of the Minister of War is not enough now.

"Why didn't you think of it? The Grand Duke of Barr and the Minister of War were originally married. Originally, the kingdom had eight provinces, four of which were controlled by the king and three of the pope, and the province of Sivania of the House of Bar had always been neutral. Catherine washed and washed, and a flash of inspiration seemed to make sense of some change in the political map of the kingdom, "The Church gave up the island of Elland, and the Minister of War used it to marry the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but to make a bad deal with the Barr family. On the surface, the Gulie family now controls two provinces, and can be regarded as the first family of the kingdom. ”

The more Catherine thought about it, the more she felt that her analysis made sense. It's just that even if Earland Island becomes a province, it can't be compared with the other eight old provinces. Moreover, the Minister of Political Science and Law, Marcus, who approved this decision, has always been a person of the Pope. Giving up an island of Ellan only to get a Sivanya, four to three becomes five to four.

"His Majesty the Eighty Percent King himself doesn't take the Ninth Province seriously. The Pope is really an old slippery head. Catherine let herself drench herself for another ten minutes before she reluctantly turned off the water.

Catherine dried herself, wrapped herself comfortably in a large towel, and decided to go to the bath. Unexpectedly, the female mage pushed open the small door and looked in, and the scene on the other end of the door couldn't help but startle her.