Pursuit of the Sun 1.2

Cassius patted the woman on the back.
- Don't be upset. If you had ended up with another of Nebk's perverted characters, you would have already been passed around by a couple of dozen men, and he would have been watching from the sidelines. Wouldn't that have been better? Although, who knows, maybe it would have been. Well, if we survive this expedition and you work diligently on my estate, you will secure a good life for yourself, compared to the rest of the rabble, of course.

The Knight and the slave girl head to the bathhouse, where Cassius rents an elite room, and they wash up.

-- What expedition, Lord Cassius?

A small elite room will cost him two silver coins. Whatever Cassius demands, the slave girl will fulfill – perhaps not too quickly, but as accurately as possible. Amalia shows no embarrassment at all; she knows her way around bathhouses, and she is only slightly indifferent to Cassius's scars.
-- Lord Cassius, may I have a beer? -- she asks casually. -- And I would recommend oil and a juniper whisk. It helps... well, it helps.

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-- Thorstein! -- the northerner calls out loudly. -- Come here, someone is asking about your area of expertise.
The same shaggy man, with whom Sandar drank at the tavern yesterday, crawls out from behind the counter.
-- Ah, my friend! -- He wipes his beard from the beer and extends his hand to Sandar. -- I see you've made it. These five-silver ones are what we use in the north. Some we even take from graves.

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Tifa begins a new day.