After about a week's worth of working diligently in different establishnts here in Sklavryet, Lark and I have reached our target amount of money that we previously agreed that we needed to save so that we could transfer out of the inn and finally get a house of our own. We want to stay sowhere private and comfortable for at least the next two months or so of our stay here. We also planned to at least furnish the house a bit to make it hoy.
In a week's ti, I was also able to get more work days at the port and a few special requests here and there for alchemy materials from the shopkeeper that I was working for as well. The sa thing happened for Lark as the number of days he was requested to perform in the three establishnts where he was hired earlier has increased by a lot. He has also started to gain so loyal followers that drop by at the pubs whenever he is scheduled to perform.
Lark also seed like he was enjoying being taken cared of by lately. He smiles a lot recently and blushes whenever I pick him up from work since his boss and workmates must have been teasing him quite a lot due to the special treatnt I am giving him. It's not that I care about what others think but as long as he looks extrely happy then everything I am doing should be right.
I feel a bit better too since I can at least make up for the ti I left him alone for quite a long ti and did not even check on him afterwards. I still try to live in the mont though while I continue making up to him since dwelling in the past won't change his previous circumstances anyways.
What I want to do right now is just to make sure to keep my promise on keeping him safe by coming ho so I can pick him up and then send him over to his workplaces, both during the morning and the evening. I also made sure to fetch him from work and bring him ho afterwards. I did it no matter how busy I was in my own workplace.
My bosses seem to be quite easy to talk to regarding these things since they imdiately understood my situation and let fulfill my promise to the guy with no complaints or conditions. This territory being quite biased to treating the n really well may have had a hand on not being reprimanded even when I leave work just to bring my little princess to where he needs to be every single day. (Author's Note: "Princess" was definitely a sarcastic term but also a term of endearnt at the sa ti.)
After we put together our money and confird that we had the right amount, we went to the real estate office to rent a place for ourselves. The attendants in the office were quite helpful and they assisted us well in choosing our new ho. Once everything has been finalized, we moved to the new place over the weekend since we do not have work on those days.
We settled in the house and placed so basic furnishings. We then checked out of the inn and took our things from there and hurriedly went back to our new place.
To celebrate our new ho, we decided to do so luxurious things that we did not do during the last week that we were here. The first place I pulled Lark in to get a luxury service was the public bath house that I have always wanted to try since the first ti I saw it.
The service was a bath (we can't get more specific than that) where you can either have an attendant to help you bathe. You can also just have it on your own or you can share it with your chosen companion(s). Lark looked unhappy and uncomfortable about it but eventually, he still accompanied . I never saw him as soone too conservative though.
Though the little princess was pouty and looking like he didn't want to be here at all, he still helped bathe by washing my hair and scrubbing my back though he kept complaining about why we had to bathe in a public area when we have a working bath at ho. He called the bath a public area but there are private rooms and each room can only cater to a limited number of people.
So rooms are small so a group would just not fit in it. You can even reserve a room in advance for your own use alone if you wanted to. I am technically paying for the service and the ambience. I know that we have a bath at ho but that's sothing we will be using everyday from now on. There's nothing special about it at all.
I teased him that if he doesn't want to stay in the bath house, I can always just hire an attendant from the bath house for a few extra copper to help bathe but his eyes widened and he imdiately pulled to the private bath room I reserved. I swear I saw him shivering while he was removing his clothes to join in the bath.
He must have taken my joke as so form of threat to replace him and look for sobody else maybe. I think it was like this because besides the surprise and a bit of jealousy, there seems to be a mix of so fear and worry in his eyes as well. I haven't seen even a single attendant in this place and this is the first ti I visited too so where is this panicky reaction from?
After our luxurious bath, we went to one of the famous restaurants that should have an above average pricing in terms of the nu. This should be more than 50 copper for a al per person. We ate all the food that we haven't tried yet from their nu.
When we first ca here, we had a lot of financial constraints and can only buy simple food to fill our stomachs. I am not able to buy him better stuff since I am pretending to be a worker who is starting from scratch in this territory. I did give him better food from my storage once we are in the security of our room at the inn.
We enjoyed the al but as for the taste, it was the usual. It can still get better and the nu can still be further expanded to make it more interesting. I think, I have to discuss it with the elders. If I can't improve the food culture in the current city I was living in (Hoffen City) since it was not mine to ddle with, I can at least start here in Sklavryet since it seems that I can consider this place as part of my inheritance too.
Besides food, maybe I can also dabble in fashion, agriculture and other things to improve the life of the people here. Anything that can earn money for and this territory would be very welcod.
Once we are full and all squeaky clean from the bath, we walked leisurely back ho to enjoy our new cozy place. I am quite excited to lay on my custom, soft and wide-sized bed. We honestly had to clean a lot in the morning since the house hasn't been rented out for at least a few months before we got it. The dust was thick and the cobwebs are nurous.
Cleaning was quite tiring but sohow fulfilling at the sa ti. It was also giving an illusion that we were newlyweds that just bought our first house which I found really funny. Since we were both tired and dusty, going to the bath suddenly ca to my mind. It was really one of the reasons why I thought about getting the bath service because I feel like Lark and I were as filthy as the house before we started cleaning it.
I am fine using cleaning magic on our clothes but I never liked shortcuts on cleaning my body. It must be the hygeine habits that I had on earth which is sothing I can't do anything about. As for the food, who even has the energy to cook after that much cleaning?
Once we are back ho, for so reason, Lark hasn't said anything and simply tidied up the stuff that we have not placed in the shelves. He looks nervous for so reason.
Did he make a mistake or sothing and he did not want to discuss it with ? Why does he suddenly beco weird once we are back ho? Well, he must be tired or sleepy.
I suddenly spoke and told him, "Lark, that's enough cleaning for the day. We don't have to work tomorrow anyways so we can be a bit lazy today and just sleep in. You can go to our room and prepare to sleep. I just have to put so security asures in our house and I would go to the room as well." I smiled at him and he seed to be surprised and he blushed fiercely as he walked to the direction of our room.
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Lark's POV
This day has been amazing with all the things we did like so newlywed couple. The bath was indeed a surprise since I never thought that she will be fine with showing her naked body to . I know she's seen naked a couple of tis but I can't help but still feel shy about it so I wasn't sure about going to the bath with her. The other thing I was worrying about is that I won't be able to hide when my thing down there get's too excited.
Now that we are back ho, she asked to go to the room imdiately. Is this the night that I have been waiting for? Is it finally happening?
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