Ms. Anne was good at dropping bombs

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“There is no need to thank me. …But perhaps we could bathe together next time? I could help wash your back. Well, good night then…”
“What!?”
“Huh!?”
“…Anneliese can be bold when she wants. Though, it often leads to trouble.”

Ms. Anne turned for a moment and uttered those troubling words before leaving the dining hall.
In any case, I ignored the reaction of the others. I had to teach Ms. Lyra how to bathe Leo…

“Why is everyone making such a fuss?”
“I don’t know, sister Tilura. …Do you, mama?”
“Wuff…wuff…”

Yes, those two didn’t need to know.
Leo was looking at me with an exasperated expression.
While Leo would not like it, I would teach Lyra and the others and wash her until she was clean.
And then I’ll brush her coat… Leo liked that…

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Takumi.”

After the chaos in the dining hall, I pushed Ms. Anne’s words out of my mind, and Ms. Claire’s suspicious stares, and went off to teach the others.
Ms. Lyra had been wearing her usual maid uniform. But as she did not want it to get wet, she changed into something else.
It was the ordinary kind of clothes that you would see people wearing in the town of Ractos.
But since I had never seen her wear it before, it seemed quite surprising.

“I am here, Mr. Takumi.”
“Ms. Claire. As Ms. Lyra is finished preparing, let us go inside. Leo is waiting too…not very happily.”
“Lady Liza and Lady Tilura are also excited.”
“Hehe. Yes. I’m looking forward to it.”
“Even if Leo hates it?”
“Oh, I don’t mean it like that! I just want to help wash good Leo.”
“I see.”

For some reason, Ms. Claire wanted to learn as well, and so she was here.
She was also wearing ordinary clothes, but they could not hide her overall air of nobility.
It reminded me of a rich lady who disguises herself as a commoner in order to go out into town.

In any case, Leo was currently awaiting her fate in the washing area.
Ms Lyra had helped Liza and Tilura to change into clothes that could get wet as well.
I could hear their excited voices even before we entered.

“Leo… Are you really going to start like that?”
“…”
“I see…”
“Mama’s stomach is so soft!”
“Fen and Riruru were soft, but so is Leo!”

When I stepped inside, I saw that Leo was lying on her back.
However, she kept her mouth and eyes closed and I could only hear her breathing through her nose.
It was clear that she was resigned to her fate.
However, Tilura and Liza were petting her obliviously, even though it was clear that Leo was in no state to enjoy it.
Well, I suppose I should hurry up and get this over with then…

“First… You pour hot water all over her body to get her wet. This takes off a lot of the dirt.”
“That…is quite hard…”
“Lady Claire, allow me…”
“I can do it. I want to wash Leo.”
“Yes…”
“Here goes!”
“Mama, it’s some hot water!”

As an example, I scooped up some hot water and poured it onto Leo.
The others then took turns doing the same with the bucket.
However, Ms. Lyra seemed uncomfortable with seeing Ms. Claire work.
I suppose it was because she was a servant?
Though, Tilura and Liza seemed to be having fun, splashing water onto Leo.

Leo had been closing her eyes, and so she flinched every time the water came from a different direction.
Still, she did not go wild or try to get away. Good girl.

“So you did this all by yourself before. I didn’t realize it was so much work…”
“Haha… Yes, she is big. But I always thought of it as good exercise.”
“It is very different from bathing Sherry.”

I talked with Ms. Lyra and Ms. Claire as we continued to dump hot water on Leo.
Leo was larger than a horse, so it was similar to manual labor.
It had been easier when she was small, and I washed her with a shower head… Still, I wanted her to be clean, and so it was worth it…

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