Cooking with Wild Game: Volume 22 [Complete] by EDA

Author:EDA
Language: eng
Format: epub

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A little over half an hour later, we arrived at the Saturas manor.

It was a large building that stretched out horizontally in front of us, though still somewhat smaller than the former Turan manor. There was a sprawling garden in front of the manor, and a path paved with gray stone stretching from the gate to the entrance. Maybe that was just standard for the manors of nobles in Genos.

“We’ve been waiting for you. Please, come this way.”

A young page and a middle-aged officer in an unfamiliar uniform welcomed us into the manor. The hallway inside was lined with thick carpeting, and there were framed paintings here and there along the walls. It seemed they had put more effort into the decorations here than the Turans had at their manor, giving the place an elegant feel.

As expected, we found ourselves invited to use their bathhouse first. The antechamber was impressively spacious, and there were a surprising number of servants awaiting us there. Eight in total, both young and old, men and women. They were all clad in milky-white flowing robes, and held their hands together in front of their stomachs as they stood in a line.

“You may enjoy the bath in groups of up to ten. Please feel free to select whichever attendants you wish to assist you.”

“You mean to help wash us? In that case, we won’t be needing any,” I replied in Jiza Ruu’s place, as he had only used a noble bathhouse once before.

The page who led us here looked a bit troubled. “It is customary here at this house to demonstrate our hospitality in this way. Please don’t hesitate in picking out a servant to assist you, dear guests.”

I had a feeling that if we refused to take any of them along, they would be scolded by their master. Figuring there was no helping it, the men in our group simply picked the youngest boy among the pages and then we headed in to bathe. So, it was me, Jiza Ruu, Shin Ruu, and Ludo Ruu going in together. We started removing our clothes, with the page silently accepting them from us with his eyes staring down at the ground.

“Hey, I can’t imagine this would be the case, but can male guests ask to have a woman assist them?” Ludo Ruu asked while throwing off his clothing.

“Yes,” the boy succinctly replied.

“Then what about female guests choosing to have a man help them? There’s no way that would be allowed, right?”

“No.”

“Which part are you saying no to? Are you saying women can expose themselves to men?”

“Yes.”

Ludo Ruu rustled his yellowish-brown hair while Jiza Ruu and I shared a look.

“Hey, are we really going to be okay here?” The young hunter asked.

“No matter what customs the nobles may have, we simply need to follow our own,” Jiza Ruu said.

“That’s for sure. There’s no way our women would ever expose themselves to a man who isn’t family, right, Asuta?”

“Y-Yeah, that’s right.”

Once, a long time ago, Ludo Ruu had tricked me into going to their bathing area while the women had been using it.

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