I talked about giving Leo a bath

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“Tilura, while asking Rahle is fine, you also have to get used to it too, you know?”
“Yes!”

Merely preparing a saddle was not enough, and so it was decided that Tilura would train a little before the journey.
Of course, that just meant she would ride Rahle for short amounts of time.

“Alright, that is settled then. And so from tomorrow, we will prepare to go to Range village. Mr. Takumi, Tilura. Don’t forget to train before going to bed.”
“Father, you just want to move, don’t you?”
“…That’s not true.”

We had finished talking, and so everyone was ready to leave.
Ms. Anne had been quiet the whole time, and appeared to be deep in thought. I suppose she was thinking about what she would say in Range village.
In any case…training…

“I’m sorry, Mr. Ekenhart. Could I return to training tomorrow?”
“Hmm? …Well, I suppose it is fine for one night. But why?”
“Well, I wanted to give Leo a bath. She is quite dirty after going to the forest. And I want to clean her before we leave.”
“Wuff!?”
“Hmm… Leo has beautiful, silver fur… But now that you mention it, it does look a little dull…”

Since Leo would be seen by the villagers, I wanted her to look good.
Well, she would get a little dirty on the journey, but it was better than nothing.
Leo, there is no point in being surprised now. I already told you about it.

“As she mostly played in the river, it is not too bad. But there is still some sand and dust in her fur.”
“Indeed. It is best for good Leo to have a beautiful coat. Very well, you do not have to do your training tonight.”
“Thank you.”
“Besides, I’m sure it is a very difficult job. If anything, it might be more tiring than training.”

While I was used to it, it did take some strength when bathing Leo.
Mr. Ekenhart looked a little interested, but not enough to join us.
However, someone else’s hand was then raised.

“I would like to help wash Leo!”
“Tilura!?”

Now that I thought about it, she had wanted to bathe with Leo before.

“If Tilura is there, then I’ll wash mama too!”
“Liza… Hmm. I don’t know…”
“Mr. Takumi, we could help wash Leo then.”
“Ms. Lyra?”
“You refused my help before, since Leo was not used to being here. But I think it should be fine now…”
“I suppose…”
“Wuff…”
“Kyau?”
“Grau! Wou…”

While Leo was still disappointed in the whole thing, she did not resist it as much. So it would probably be fine.
However, that was also because I was careful after talking to Leo about why she didn’t like baths.
As for Sherry, she could not understand what the problem was for Leo. I suppose Ms. Claire was much better at washing her?
Ah, that’s right.

“Uhh, well, I think it would be best if I showed you how to do it first.”
“Together?”
“Well…if you insist, Mr. Takumi.”
“No, no! I don’t mean it like that. Um… We would be wearing clothes that can get wet. And then I can show you how to wash Leo. I didn’t mean it the other way!”

I explained frantically.
It had almost sounded like I was using Leo as an excuse to take a bath with Ms. Lyra.

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