Book 19: Chapter 33
The air was clear after the rain even in a foreign nation. Dinner was perfect for their palates, as well. The experience was pure bliss for the young girls after living off dry meat and bread. The warm fire and huge bathroom were heaven. The palace wasn’t as large as back home, but the bathroom was equally large. The huge bathroom was the equivalent of a huge swimming pool with burbling hot water. It was short of some things, though. There were only two pools. It was apparent the bathing practice at Galaluocia wasn’t as intricate as it was in the Imperial Palace in the North.
The four sisters took a dip in the warm pools. Nona floated on the water as if she was limp, allowing the water to take her wherever. Vera leaned on a wall on one side and was falling asleep. Daisy swam laps non-stop. Done with her bath ages ago, Liu Yue groomed her tail.
Liu Yue was particularly happy with Miss Vera considerate attitude. Liu Yue didn’t bring her luggage with her. The most complex part of Liu Yue’s baths wasn’t the bathing process itself but grooming her hair and tail. Like her mother, or rather, everyone in the Moon Fox Tribe, her tail was important to her. Liu Yue needed a specific type of oil for grooming her tail to ensure that fur wouldn’t stand up. She didn’t bring said oil, thereby diminishing her tail’s beauty.
Vera had the youngster provide Liu Yue with a type of oil specifically used to take care of fur before she entered the bath. Liu Yue smothered her tail with the oil after washing her tail clean then neatly groomed it. In the past, she felt as though her tail would snap after washing it in just water.
“By the looks of it, the omperial palace here is decent,” lazily commented Nona. Her voice echo sounded ethereal.
Vera nodded in agreement: “You’re right. This place doesn’t look to be too dangerous. In addition, it doesn’t appear to be a poor nation. The living conditions in this palace are pretty close to our own in the North. The food is also tasty.”
“Miss Vera also looks to be gentle and kind. I think she’s a good person. She doesn’t appear to be the type who specialises in schemes and tricks. I feel as though we’ve continued to meet nice people during this adventure of ours,” commented Ling Yue, adding a nod.
Daisy then swam over: “I agree. It seems that Miss Vera truly is a nice Queen. I think the young man was right, in that she is a good ruler, except that she can’t ascend the throne due to her female identity. She has my vote.”
Once Daisy finished speaking, she shifted her gaze to Vera, who was falling asleep. She smiled and teased, “Say, they’re both Vera, so will our Vera become an equally gentle and graceful woman? I doubt she could be as gentle and graceful as Miss Vera, let alone Grandma Vyvyan.”