After a few casual conversations with Euphemia Walton, Isabel began to sort through the helmet, leather armor, gloves, high leather boots, wide-brimmed belt, and small round shield that she had as a knight's squire. As for the main weapons of knights such as spears, stabbing swords, and short swords, as well as heavy weapons such as battle axes, maces, and maces, which she will use in the future, they will probably be handed over to her after the submission ceremony held for her.

In addition to the military equipment, Mr. Harder, the butler, on Sir orders, gave her some of the usual clothing such as linen shirts, blouses, panties, stockings, ruffled collars, bracers, turbans, and hats.

Euphemia, the second daughter of the Walton family, carried an oil lamp and observed once or twice in this special chamber of attendants. While carefully touching the old, dusty Gothic furniture with his hand, he said with concern: "Isabel, can you adapt here?" I mean, the furniture and furnishings look too old, and it hasn't been inhabited in years. ”

From the small town she was born into to a part-time ranch, from the small town of Dallas in the southern bay of the United States to the Annapolis Military Academy on the East Coast, and from Maryland to the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Western Pacific, Isabel Walton could have survived in either environment.

Isabel folded her clothes leisurely and said slowly, "Effie, do you mean that Sir should find me a room similar to that famous pastoral land of tranquility and bliss in Greece?" ”

Euphemia didn't understand what she meant for a moment, but she understood it in an instant. Grinning and sitting on the bed, he said, "Isabel, how did you know about the legendary 'Arcadia'?" That is, the birthplace of the ancient Greek god Hermes. ”

"Effie, I read a lot when I was at the monastery of Montserrat. By the way, Arcadia is not a legend, it is a real existence in this world in a place of beautiful scenery, like paradise on earth. ”

"How is this possible? Have you ever been to the legendary Arcadia of ancient Greece? ”

"Well, almost."

"Sister, you're amazing. Tell me where else you're going. ”

There is really no nonsense in Isabel's description of Arcadia. In fact, Arcadia does exist in the real world, on the Peloponnese, isolated from the rest of mainland Greece.

How did she know about this place? On the one hand, Acadia is often used as an extension of "paradise" by the United States or other Western countries, and on the other hand, the Peloponnese, where Arcadia is located, is located in the north-central part of the Mediterranean.

When Isabel was a sophomore at the Naval Academy, she spent a summer at sea training on the ships of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Therefore, she has learned a lot about the legends and anecdotes about the land and cities near the Mediterranean.

Isabel smiled and whispered, "Effie, talk to you about the places I've been, it's nothing. But you've got to do me a favor. ”

Yufemia's little head kept clicking like a chicken pecking rice, and her mouth said, "Okay, good, my sister should help my sister as it should be." Say, what do you want me to do? ”

"Well, you go knock on the door of the knight's room three times, and then go in and tell him that I'm not going to the surrender ceremony tomorrow."

"Why? Isabel, your words are so strange. ”

"Because of Sir Jr's youngest daughter, I must be asked to talk to her about my experience this evening. If we keep talking, I think it will definitely take an all-nighter. In that case, where will I have the spirit to attend the ceremony of submission for me by His Royal Highness the Duke? ”

"Isabel, you...?! I knew you didn't want to talk to me about your past. ”

"Effie, do you think I'm just staying at Asker Manor temporarily?"

"Probably not, since you are Dad's knight squire, then it is very likely that you will stay for a long time."

"Okay, got it?! Anyway, we have time, why not find a sunny afternoon, sit on the grass and drink ale, eat barbecue and talk about something fun? ”

"Gurgle... Isabel, I fully agree with your suggestion. Okay, then we're done. Don't use your dad as an excuse when the time comes. ”

"I promise God that I will keep my word."

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Euphemia fell asleep for more than two hours after dinner, and at this time she was not sleepy at all, and just wanted to stay with Isabel and talk excitedly about girls.

However, Isabel is bent on taking a shower, getting a good night's sleep, and recuperating herself for tomorrow's big and small things. For a moment, she forgot about the era she was in and some of the "characteristics" of this era, such as not being able to take a bath.

In the 14th century, between 1345 and 1348, the Black Death spread across Europe, leaving the Kingdom of England under the shadow of plague for centuries. After a catastrophe that even God would cry about, the British people listed "bathing" as one of the important reasons for contracting the plague.

As described in a 17th-century prayer written in 1624 called "In Praise of Clean Linen," illness entered the body through the open pores of the skin, and bathing in hot, soapy water was simply stupid and deadly in this day and age. Only fools and madmen would expose themselves to the miasma of smallpox with plague, sweat fever and cross-infection.

A century ago, Dr. Moulton firmly believed in his book that you should not use a bathtub or a barbecue, and you should not sweat too much, because these actions will open the pores of the human body, allowing toxic gases to enter the body and infect the blood. In the Kingdom of England, there is even a ridiculous statement that a layer of dirt on the body can resist the invasion of disease.

Therefore, a common method of personal hygiene adopted by people in this era without bathing is to wipe the body directly with a coarse linen, first gently and then slowly increasing the pressure until the skin is slightly swollen and rosy. This is done to remove toxins and waste products from the body by the coarse linen, thus ensuring that the body remains clean.

Of course, linen products are best used for outward and close-fitting clothing. Because flax is easily absorbed, it quickly absorbs dirt, oil and sweat from the skin and retains it in the texture of the fabric. The more often you change your underwear, the healthier and cleaner your body will be.