Hot water was not uncommon in this day and age, but maintaining a pool of hot water required a wealthy person to do it.

"This is where we take a shower and rest, this is the hall, and we usually like to lie down here and rest for a while after taking a shower."

Lawrence and Oloda walked into the bathroom hall, which was a little hotter than the outside world, and they could feel a burst of heat as soon as they entered.

"There are some stone pipes next to the walls, and when hot air and hot water pass through them, it warms up the neighborhood as well."

As Lawrence introduced some of the fancy things in the hall, Candace came over and helped him undress and store them.

"I'll go in first." Lawrence said a few words and went into the room inside.

Oroda quickly undresses with the help of the maid and places the small bag she carries with her.

"Don't touch my stuff." Oroda faced the cold menace of the dark elves and human maids.

That cold look and temperament are the normal Oroda.

This is the nature of many noblewomen in Oloda, and the same is true of the countess of Vakiri, these high noblewomen seem noble and inviolable, but in fact they are not so unapproachable.

It's just that ordinary people don't have the ability to let these female nobles bow their heads, or take the initiative to get close.

Whether it is Oroda, who treats the servants coldly and ruthlessly, or Oroda, who is gradually becoming enthusiastic in the face of Lawrence, it is all in Ororda's nature.

With her hair coiled, Oloda entered the bathroom and found that there were many different amenities.

For example, there are iron pipes that can spray water, which seem to be beds used for sleeping, and private rooms that look like houses, with four stone piers on the ground for sitting, and various shamanic characters carved on the floor, such as elemental symbols such as water and fire.

The rest of the witches sat and rested in a large pool larger than where Oroda lived, and could even swim more than ten meters in it.

Oloda quickly walked over to Lawrence's side, stretching her legs into the warm pool as Lawrence watched.

Lawrence smiled: "The temperature of the water in this pool is not the same, some places are closer to the heated place, it is hotter, and I am on the edge here, so it is slightly colder." ”

"I think it's a perfect fit." Oloda quickly sat down in the water, feeling all the fatigue of her mixed body swept away, and smiled at Lawrence and said, "You're so big here. ”

Lawrence accepted the compliment, "This bath was not that big before, but then I thought it was too small to live and expanded the house, and we people here are all interested in enjoyment, so we built this large bath on purpose." ”

Oroda looked envious, "It's very troublesome to boil hot water in the forest, you need at least two people to help, and even then we can only wash our bodies and hair a little with a wooden barrel, and we usually bathe in the stream or river. ”

Lawrence said: "We don't need to take a bath so diligently, we just have nothing to do here, as a pastime." ”

Oroda asked, "How often do you bathe here?" Why is it so hearty today, the food is abundant, and even the bath is specially prepared for such a good place. ”

In response to Aroda's curious inquiry, Lawrence said very modestly: "We are like this every day, and there are a lot of people working for fuel and work, so we don't need to wait until the festival to eat well, use it well." ”

Oloda looked extremely shocked, "Every day? ”

Lawrence nodded, "Yes, every day." ”

Oroda still didn't believe it, "Such a big hot tub every day? How much wood does it take, and how long does it take to burn? ”

Lawrence didn't laugh at Oloda, in fact, it was really tricky.

"It does take a lot of fuel to heat this irregular pool of twenty meters long and five meters wide by normal means, and it takes a long time to burn it under normal circumstances, but we have witches here who can control the flames."

"In addition, whether it is day or night, the big heating stove here is constantly burning, and you can cook at any time and get hot water at any time."

"The hot tub is mainly heated day and night."

"If you like, you can even take a bath here at night." Lawrence added, "But this is only for those who live with me, and you know that I am not a place where anyone can come in and enjoy it. ”

Oroda smiled, "This is the way it should be, I don't understand until now why this is called God-given land, it is indeed God-given land, and it is extremely rich. ”

Lawrence was curious about the life of the elves, and at this time Candace came over with a wine tray.

Candace placed a wooden plate on the edge of the pool, with a large plate of cooked beef suitable for hand-grabbing, and a jug of wine.

Lawrence suggested, "Let's talk while we eat." ”

Oloda didn't happen to be full, smiled gracefully, and implicitly agreed.

Normally, the amount of food is not so large, and Oroda usually eats relatively little.

It's not that I like to eat less, but I don't like to eat a lot of food, and I usually maintain a state that does not affect my normal life, and if I am too hungry, I will eat more.

Tonight was the most eaten meal in many years.

Four or five catties of salty cooked beef quickly went down, and the two drank some more wine.

At this time, Oroda noticed that the witches not far away began to leave one after another, and went to a room.

"What's that room?" Orota was a little curious about every strange place here.

Lawrence explains: "It's a hot room, the stove is burning inside, the temperature is higher than the outside, the moisture is very high, and you can sweat quickly when you go inside, which is very suitable for people who don't usually like to exercise." ”

Oloda was about to try it later, but looked at Lawrence and said, "You have all kinds of things here that fascinate me with curiosity, can I get closer to you?" ”

Lawrence quickly said, "Of course, what are you waiting for?" ”

Oloda quickly smiled and got up and sat down beside Lawrence.

"Great Ravenfeather Prophet, you are now the king of the Ice Sea, with a hundred thousand people." Oloda complimented Lawrence's greatness.

Lawrence quickly reached out and put his arm around Oroda's waist, "No, I have a million people now!" ”

Ignoring Lawrence's closeness, Oloda was shocked, "Million? ”

Lawrence affirmed, "That's right, it's a million!" Originally, there were more than 100,000 people in the Kingdom of Luofen, and after I ruled here, many people from the outside world gathered, and now I have conquered the Kingdom of Gran, which has more than 900,000 people. ”

"The Land of Stars is a powerful nation with a population of one million!"

"As you can see, I can enjoy all of this because I am the ruler of this country of a million people! King! ”

Oloda quickly said, "Yes, great king. ”

Lawrence doesn't need to hide anything, he can do whatever he wants, and the female elf next to him is willing to cooperate.

Two days later, Lawrence let Oroda's elven team leave.

Not long after Oloda left the castle, Sariel, who knew the news, became curious about Lawrence's purpose.

"It's only been two days, and I thought you were going to keep her for the New Year, wait until next year to let her go back, or let her stay like this."

Sariel's witches were betting on whether Lawrence would let the elf live as he did with the rest of the witches.

Lawrence was also aware of the gambling contracts of Sariel and others, but did not interfere with this pastime.

"I tried my best to win her over, but I didn't want her to live with me for the rest of my life."

Lawrence was still thinking about things, and his tone wasn't so good.

Sariel also didn't care about Lawrence's tone, and after sitting down, she wondered, "Why is that?" ”

Lawrence explained: "It's to let the elves know the riches of the outside world, to know what our life is like here, and then let them think for themselves what kind of life they live!" ”

Sariel thought for a second, "Does this work?" ”

Lawrence gave Sariel a blank look, "Would you like to let you live your old life now?" ”

Sariel said without thinking, "Of course I do! Although I didn't have so much food and didn't take a bath every day, I lived a very peaceful and stable life, and I also had you and Sophia with me. ”

Sariel didn't go back to Andrew's life at that time, and added the conditions.

Lawrence originally said it casually, but when he saw Sariel's hard mouth, he said directly: "Then try it!" I eat the same food as you, I wear the same clothes as before, and I've been with you for the past few days, I want to see if you can really persevere! ”

"Of course I can hold on!" Sariel's mouth was stiff, and she didn't feel that her previous life was so hard, and when she saw that Lawrence had to try, she smiled and said, "When I saw it, you must not be used to it!" Say no more! ”

In the big winter, being idle is also idle, anyway, there is nothing to deal with in winter, and after a while, it will be eternal night.

Lawrence affirmed, "Okay, let's start now!" It just so happened that we had a fireplace in our room, so we could just get some flour and make bread for dinner! ”

Saliel looked at Lawrence with a frown, as if he was playing for real.

But who's afraid of whom!

When Sariel saw that Lawrence was willing to play with her, she also stood up happily, "Okay, I'll make bread!" And lamb soup! ”

"Nope! No lamb soup! Lawrence said coldly: "In addition to bacon, the most is boiled eggs, what kind of life you used to live are not clear?" Sheep soup is something we only eat after we go up the mountain! ”

"Boiled eggs, boiled eggs, give Sophia to eat, not for you!" Sariel thought of a way to deal with Lawrence, "It's not like I won't give you food, it's like this before!" ”

"Okay! Let's move on! I'm looking at you! Lawrence added: "Sophia and I are with you, this is not surveillance, it is companionship!" ”

Sariel thinks it doesn't matter and quickly goes to the kitchen to prepare the bread.

Lawrence followed.

The elven thing is not a big deal, Lawrence doesn't care about the attitude of those elves at all, and the current country of stars is not afraid of war at all.

The elves and the church dare to provoke, and there are no worries about the soldiers who are eager to join the army.

Instead of thinking about all the mess and annoyance, Lawrence stared at Sariel right now.

The two entered the kitchen, where Kassandra was tasting fried chicken thighs, and when she saw Lawrence and Saliel come in, she gracefully put down the chicken thighs in her hands.

"Would you like a piece?" Kassandra picked up the plate and handed it over.

Sariel was about to pick it up, when Lawrence said behind her, "Sariel, you haven't eaten fried chicken thighs before. ”

Saliel said stiffly, "I don't eat it, Kassandra, you eat it yourself, and Lawrence doesn't eat it either!" ”

Lawrence was quick to remind: "Just take a pot of flour, no other spices, no fruit, oh, no sugar water to drink!" ”

Sariel looked angry, took a wooden basin and a bowl of flour and walked away in a huff.

Lawrence quickly followed, not giving Sariel a chance to steal food.

Back in the bedroom, Lawrence put away all the wine and snacks in the bedroom, so as not to give Salyl a chance to make mistakes, and also opened the window to let the wind out.

Sariel looked at the flour in the basin, she hadn't made bread in years, and felt a little rusty.

Fortunately, these skills were not forgotten, and Salil soon began to make bread.

"Lawrence, close the window, aren't you cold?"

Sariel, who was cooking, urged Lawrence, who was sitting on the edge of the bed making a handmade windmill.

Lawrence replied as he worked, "My memories of many years of sleep tell me that it was not so hot when I first slept in your house. ”

Sariel's fists came hard, and she lowered her head and cooked angrily.

At dinner, Sophia, who had returned from the next room, had eaten her fill, looking at the hard-boiled eggs, a few slices of foul-smelling smoked pork, and a few pieces of burnt bread on the table.

Sophia's face was full of joy, but fortunately, she got the news in advance and ate a full meal.

"I'm going to do my homework!" Sophia symbolically picked up two eggs and went to play in the next room.

Sariel didn't care about Sophia's question, but looked at Lawrence, who had to get along with her, and said with a frown: "Lawrence, aren't you going to take a bath?" ”

"No, we used to wash once a month in the winter, right?" Lawrence ate bread and smoked pork, and the bread made by Sariel was not sweet at all, but ordinary people outside could not eat this kind of bread, and this kind of bread was still a bit of a luxury.

Saliel glared at Lawrence in exasperation, picked up the bread and took a bite of it herself, then clenched it.

"Is this the bread I used to make?" Saril felt a little incredulous and very skeptical.

Lawrence nodded quietly, "Your cooking is actually not delicious. ”

Sincerely, it didn't make Saril care, and Saril remembered something else, "The toilet should also be used before?" ”

"Forget it." Lawrence was very considerate, "I think it's too cruel to have no toilet paper, let's not be so retro about this." ”

Salil nodded, and quickly ate the unpleasant bread and bacon, not remembering how she used to go to the toilet.

Sophia went to her room at night and slept without huddle with Lawrence and Salyl.

Today, Sariel and Lawrence slept in an unheated warehouse room.

The temperature here was a little warmer than the previous temperature in the cabin, but Sariel still felt cold on her hands and feet.

In fact, her legs and feet were indeed cold, and Sariel curled up in the bed and quickly shouted, "Lawrence! I used to have a brazier at home! It's definitely never so cold in winter! ”

Lawrence, who was lying at the head of the bed thinking, heard it and got up and looked at it, and quickly said, "It's not cold, you see the water meter in the room is still dripping!" In the past, your house would be frozen, but it is much warmer here than your house, hurry up and sleep, and tomorrow you will get up to feed the sheep and pigs and do farm work! ”

Sariel had enough of it, and stood up from the bed, grabbed the pillow with one hand and threw it on the floor.

"I'm not playing with you anymore! I'm going back to my bedroom to sleep! ”

Lawrence followed suit and stood up and walked behind Sariel.

Sariel turned around and looked at Lawrence angrily, "What else are you going to do?" Can't I finish? ”

Lawrence shrugged, "I'm going back to sleep too, since you've thrown in the towel, then whatever I say tonight is what I say." ”

"Hmm." Sariel turned and walked briskly towards the warm, large bedroom.

Lawrence smiled and followed, then commanded the maid standing at the edge of the hallway, "Let Catherine, Oraua, and Hela come to my room." ”

After proving that the abundance of material life is hard to abandon, Lawrence can feel more at ease and enjoy his body and mind. (End of chapter)