CH 51

Chapter 51 Footbath Heals Your Mental Fatigue

「First of all, throw water balls into this metal basin!」

「「Water Ball!」」

「Next, I will use the fireball that I learned hastily! Sink it into the metal basin, and… yeah, that’s about it. I’ll adjust the temperature to a little hotter!」

…… And then, here’s the best part!

「I’ll put my original herb bag, a blend of medicinal herbs, in the hot water, and… I’ll throw in three potions as the finishing touches…」

Yeah… this warm steam that fills the air and this soothing smell…

「The herb bath is complete! It’s dangerous to soak your whole body, so it’s just a footbath.」

Seeing the adventurers covered in dust, blood, and mud walking through the streets of <Gamel>, I decided that we would be thorough about hygiene if we’re going to stay in the labyrinth for a long time.

…… From that day on, whenever I had time, I thought a lot about bathing as a hygiene measure.

At first, I was planning to bring a bathtub to make a simple bath and take e relaxing bath, but… as I gathered information at the guild, I noticed a serious flaw and decided to put that idea on hold.

In Gamel’s labyrinth, safety areas exist only in the back of the boss rooms located every 15 floors, and there are almost no places that can be called completely safe zones.

So, while attacking the monster room away from the boss room, I have no choice but to give up soaking in the bathtub.

Even though I can have someone watch the surroundings, I can’t relax at all if a monster can suddenly appears in front of me while I’m bathing naked.

However, I have water magic and an item box with a huge capacity, so it’ll be a waste to simply wipe my body with a wet towel.

After thinking about it a lot, I decided to make a footbath.

I went to the pharmacy to purchase medicinal herbs while researching their effects, and I prepared a footbath with a relaxing effect.

The Japanese obsession with the bath remains even after reincarnation….

It’s frightening….

「It’s like being in a meadow. It’s so relaxing~」

「You’re melting like slime, Nina.」

「It feels too good. The footbath soaks into my tired body. My embarrassing memories are disappearing…」

Right.

…… If you spend more than half a day fighting in the monster room, your whole body will be stiff even if you have body strengthening.

I can use recovery magic to heal the muscle pain, but… there’s nothing I can do about mental fatigue and stiffness.

In the footbath, it feels as if my feet absorb nutrients directly from the hot water and spread them throughout my entire body, healing my body.

「Nina, even though there are not many of them, there is still the possibility of monsters attacking us, so don’t let your guard down.」

「You’re too serious, Ian-kun~. You have a handsome face, but if you act like an honor student all day long, you’ll get wrinkles between your eyebrows~」

「Well, you might wet yourself if a monster attacks you when you’re relaxing your whole body….」

「!? Stupid Ian-kun! You meanie!」

Oof, he counterattacked.

Nina… it’s impossible to win against Ian in a verbal fight.

「Water Ball! I’ve shot it five times, so I’m going to step back!」

「Air Cutter! I will cover the right side!」

「Got it! Water Cutter! Water Arrow!」

Yesterday, Nina’s MP management was no good, so she had to use the box many times, but… she has gradually been able to manage her MP.

Even if she can’t see her status like me, she can manage her MP roughly like Ian by factoring in the MP consumption and recovery speed for each magic she uses.

…… Well, in Nina’s case, it seems that Ian told her only the minimum calculation results.

Since we’ve gotten used to the coordination of three magicians and the kobold knives around our feet, the kobold leveling has turned into easy mode.

We just keep shooting magic, take a break with the water wall, collect the materials, and repeat them over and over again….

An easy leveling… a labyrinth exploration in name only.

To be honest, it’s boring.

Just like the slime room, our status is steadily improving, so we’re barely able to maintain our motivation….

Even though it’s an easy leveling, it’s hard in its own way.

After three days of kobold leveling, we headed to the Adventurer’s Guild to sell the materials as usual.

「Mona-san, it’s been a while. I want to sell the materials!」

「…… Thank you for coming. You really bring a lot of material again today, huh….」

「We spent three days in the kobold room.」

「As expected of Jink-san, you are not an S rank adventurer for nothing…. The guild is very grateful for the large amount of materials you deliver to us each time. Since there are a lot of them, it will take some time to check them this time. I am sorry, but if you have any other business, please finish them first.」

Mona-san said so with a smile, but her complexion is bad and there are tears in the corner of her eyes….

…… That’s really bad, isn’t that?

Bet well, I’m sure the guild will receive a considerable amount of profit from the fees…

「There are 40369 magic stones and 41024 kobold knives. The kobold magic stone is 7 copper coins and the kobold knife is 5 copper coins, so the total is 48 gold coins, 77 silver coins and 3 copper coins.」

It seems that counting more than 80000 materials and putting them into storage were quite tough.

When we returned after shopping and eating, the souls of Mona-san and other counting members almost escaped from their mouths….

However, as expected of the first-class guild staff… they handed over the reward while smiling, desperately trying to hide their exhaustion.

But after that… they were clinging to me in tears, asking if they could have low-ranked adventurers to help with the counting the next time, so I gave the OK.

According to Ian, there were many cases where poor adventurers or orphans who were helping with this kind of work stole the materials, so it’s not a praiseworthy act.

However, Mona-san and the guild staff were looking at me with sincere eyes, so I couldn’t say no.

「Well, even if 20 or 30 materials were stolen, it wouldn’t be that much of a problem for us.」

「Thank you very much! We will monitor them closely to make sure that such things don’t happen, so don’t worry!」

With a big smile on her face, Mona-san declared that she would force the low-ranked adventurers to do the hellish counting work.

I also have a bad personality, so I can’t say much about other people, but… I think she’s pretty devilish too.