Following Roxana, Reaya circled to the back of the bathhouse.

Here, a stove is blazing. Depending on the location, it's probably under the "narrow bath". Hot water is produced by this constant heating.

The air here is a little scorching, with a burning stove in front and a cold wind and a pyre behind it. Although there are wooden baffles and ceiling covers, this is mainly to protect the pyre, not at all to make the person boiling the water more comfortable.

Roxana picked up a few pieces of wood from the pyre and shouted with a smile, "Come, Rayaya, sit down." ”

Leia was silent for a moment, then looked bitterly at Roxana, who was beckoning her to sit on an old wooden stool.

"Granny Roxana, this ......"

Although she didn't really want to sit down, Reaya couldn't resist Roxana's enthusiasm and had to sit down obediently.

"Here, here's the tongs, use this to put the wood into the stove. ”

Roxana demonstrated it, and Reaya quickly mastered the use of the tool she had seen for the first time.

"It's a quick learner~" Roxana smiled, "Come, cross and stack the firewood so that the fire can burn stronger." ”

"Good ......," Reaya did.

All at once the flames went up.

Whoop -

"Wow!"

The sudden sound of pouring water startled Reaya.

"Haha, good girl, don't be afraid, it's Wei pouring water inside. Roxana smiled, "I didn't expect you to use the bath room for the first time, and you are not familiar with it." ”

"This ......," Reaya's face flushed slightly.

Perhaps it was the light of the fire in the furnace?, the snow lotus in this iceberg, with a seductive hint of crimson on her petals at this time.

"What a beautiful girl. Roxana exclaimed.

"Huh?" Reaya was a little unaccustomed to such a straightforward compliment, and was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Rayaya, the water isn't hot enough. In the bathhouse, Weken shouted.

"Immediately!"

Leia hurriedly added wood to the furnace to make the flames shine again.

I thought it would be cold when there would be a fire outside, but it wasn't. The blazing flames seemed to keep the chill at bay and warm all who were around it.

Roxana stared at Reaya's back, a hint of nostalgia flashing in her eyes.

"Reaya......" she called Reaya softly.

Different from the previous loud voice and bold laughter, at this time, she seemed to have a little more gentle aura......

Reaya was stunned, and looked at Roxana standing beside her with some confusion: "Mother-in-law Roxana?"

"Reyaya, you, in fact, are nobles. A complicated look flashed in Roxana's eyes, but in the end it returned to blandness.

“！”

Leia froze.

She didn't know what to do with this inquiry. Or rather, this is not "inquiry", but "debunking".

"It'......," Leia muttered.

If it was in the past, she would definitely stand up, hold her head high, proudly explain her identity, show her demeanor as a princess of a country to the commoners, and gain the praise and reverence that the world deserves.

But now, she hesitated, she doubted.

Since the day she met Wei, she has gradually become disconnected from her "past self". The aristocratic status that was once regarded as glory by himself seems to have undergone subtle changes as he continues to meet him.

She didn't dare to think about what it was, she was afraid that she would lose herself.

But......

What she saw didn't make her suspicious.

Since when?

Is it from the day I met Wai?

No...... Earlier, sooner......

Earlier than when he got out of the collapsed carriage and threw away the cloak with "barrier magic" attached to it, he saw the endgame of the battlefield with a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood......

Earlier than when I met Xia Xue when I was a child and regarded her as my sister and my "mother......

Perhaps, when he realized that he and the maids in the palace had a very different identity, he suspected it, right?

Is this correct?

Father, the iron-blooded emperor who ruled this land of ice and snow, said that nobility is glory......

But, are these all glories?

A bloody battlefield, a soldier who was driven to the brink of madness by the war, a defender who broke free from the shackles of the nobility in order to rebel against the nobility, a village that was ransacked, a mass grave where the body was hastily buried, but turned into a mass grave in a dino restaurant, a family member who was killed by the war?

Are these all honors to be proud of?

"Sure enough...... Roxana shook her head as she looked at Reaya, whose face changed.

"I-" Reaya tried to say something to justify.

Anyway, at least for now, don't make any more trouble because of your status as a nobleman.

"Shhhhhhhh

Reaya panicked.

"Reyaya, don't worry, there are no pursuers here, no one will report you, I will keep it a good secret for you. Roxana smiled and let go of the hand that was covering Rayaya's mouth.

"This ......," Reaya looked at Roxana in confusion.

"Pay attention to add firewood, otherwise the fire will come down~" Roxana pointed to the stove and smiled slightly.

"Ahh

"Actually, Rayaya. As for my mother-in-law, I used to be a girl from an aristocratic family. Roxana crouched beside Reaya with some nostalgia, staring at the fire.

Leiaya exclaimed, "Alas——?"

"Shhhh

"What's the strange name?" shouted Wei Ken in the bathhouse.

"It's nothing! everything is safe!" Reaya hurriedly replied, then looked at Roxana, "Mother-in-law is also a nobleman?"

"Of course!" Roxana laughed, "but my mother-in-law and I 'used to be a nobleman'. ”

"This, this ......"

"Haha, in fact, my mother-in-law and I, I am a 'nobleman' who disgraces the aristocracy. Roxana seemed to be showing off, and said with a smile, "When I was young, I eloped with a poor boy, and I almost didn't get my father sick!"

"This, this ......," Reaya muttered.

As the daughter of a noble family, she eloped with someone...... If it is with a famous knight or a prince of a certain country, it can be passed on as a good story, as a conversation between nobles and dinner.

But if it's eloping with civilians who have nothing......

Unless it is to provoke the glory of the other party's family, it is better not to mention it.

"It's been 40 years. When I eloped, my mother-in-law and I were only a little older than you. Roxana looked at Reaya kindly, "It's still a little strange to think of that bad old man in my family now. At that time, I actually let the eldest son of another aristocratic family not choose, but chose him, a poor boy!"

"This ......," Leiaya stumbled, "love?"

"Yes, it's love!" Roxana laughed, "In retrospect, if I had to choose again, I would have eloped." ”

"Then, mother-in-law, your lover ......" Reaya was a little curious about Roxana's lover.

"Passed away. Roxana shook her head lightly, "Twenty years ago, he died in battle......"

"I'm sorry......" Reaya bowed her head in silence.

Again, war? Isn't it......