Chapter 98: 98
Nia and the Bath-hating Luchila
Grulf approached Nia and started to smell her .
“Sniff-sniff-sniff-sniff…”
Up until now, she had only been a girl who was passing by, so he had not been as interested .
Maybe Grulf had a polite side as well .
But now, since she was Shia’s younger sister, they would practically be family .
And so she would have to be subject to Grulf’s sniffing .
“Don’t smell my butt!”
“Sniff-sniff-sniff…”
“Grulf, that’s quite enough . ”
So saying, I restrained Grulf .
And then I tuned to Nia .
“You have business with Miss Shia then?”
“Yes!”
“Well, you should come and wait inside . ”
“Thank you!”
And so I entered the mansion with Nia and Grulf .
“Mister Locke, welcome back . ”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
“I’m back . ”
Milka and Lord Gerberga came running towards us .
Lord Gerberga did not slow down and jumped into my arms .
“Lord Gerberga, thank you for welcoming us . ”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga stretched his neck over my shoulder .
I petted him gently .
Milka looked at Nia and tilted her head to the side .
“Where did she come from?”
“This is Nia, Shia’s younger sister . She came to meet Shia . ”
“Ohh! Shia’s sister!”
“I’m Nia . Nice to meet you . ”
Nia said with a bow .
Now that I think about it, I hadn’t seen Luchila yet .
“Where is Luchila?”
“He’s taking a bath . ”
“A bath during the day? That’s unusual . ”
Milka then lowered her voice .
“To be honest, Luchila hates taking baths . ”
“Really?”
“Yes . He said that he hadn’t taken a single bath since leaving the village he was born in . ”
“Is that right? I had no idea . ”
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I had seen him washing Lord Gerberga .
However, I had never seen him taking a bath himself .
“And so I said that he needed to take a bath . ”
“It’s important to be clean . ”
“Yes, yes . Well, I used to live in the sewer, so maybe it’s not for me to say!”
Milka said with a laugh .
After that, I led Nia to the drawing room and served her some tea and sweets .
Grulf lay down on the floor next to me . Lord Gerberga sat on my lap .
Nia wanted to hear about her sister, and so I told her .
And then I questioned her .
“Is your father well?”
“Yes . He will survive . ”
That was a strange way of putting it .
Shia and Nia’s father was one of the chiefs of the beastkin tribes .
He was a great warrior that killed many of the Vampire Lord’s subordinates during a fight .
But he had received grave wounds and ultimately allowed the Lord to escape .
Shia had been chasing the Lord when we first met .
After that, Shia’s father had fought on the frontlines during the battle with the High Lord, in spite of being injured .
Because of this, he and Shia had been granted the rank of a knight .
“The last time I met him, he said that he was fine… Did something happen?”
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“No, as I said, he will survive . Still, the doctors say that he must rest and avoid any fighting for a long time . ”
“I see . Yes, it is not good to push yourself too hard . ”
“He is rehabilitating now . The doctors say that it will take a year at least before he is able to fight like he used to . ”
“One year . But maybe that is quite fast, considering he was hurt during that fight . ”
“Yes . I think so too . He could have died . ”
As we talked like this, Gerberga suddenly stood up .
“Lord Gerberga . What is it?”
“Cluck-cluck!”
Gerberga clucked loudly .
Just then, Luchila’s face poked into the room .
“Oh, there you are, Lord Gerberga . ”
“Cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga clucked with satisfaction before sitting down on my lap again .
Luchila petted him .
“You took a bath? You do seem cleaner now . ”
“Yes . Thank you . ”
Luchila’s horns were shinier than usual .
“I won’t say you have to do it every day, but baths should be taken regularly . ”
“…Understood . ”
Luchila said with a troubled expression .
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Did he hate taking baths so much?
Milka laughed and said,
“Luchila . You hate bathing so much . But why? I think it feels great . ”
“I don’t hate it…”
“It’s filthy not to!”
Milka pressed . Luchila looked a little frantic .
He wanted to change the subject as he turned his eyes to Nia .
“Mister Locke . Who is that?”
“Shia’s sister . Nia . ”
“I’m Nia! My sister is greatly in your debt!”
“I’m Luchila . And no, your sister has helped us greatly . ”
After that, the conversation continued pleasantly .
Time passed, and when it was near evening, Milka left to make dinner .
And some time after that, Grulf stood up .
“Grr . ”
“What is it, Grulf?”
Grulf’s tail was wagging .
“Ah . ”
Nia stood up as well . Her tail was wagging also .
Just then, a voice rang from the front door .
“I’m back!”
Shia had returned .