Dense, boiling steam obscured her vision.
Rin, who had been testing the stinging hot water with her fingertips, took a cautious step forward. Soon, her body was completely submerged in the heat.
"Haa..."
A bathhouse tucked away in a corner of the street.
Deeply immersed in the tub of a place where she had now become a regular, Rin let out a weary breath.
Expensive inns supposedly had private bathing facilities, but she couldn't expect such things from the ordinary inn where she stayed. No matter how bothersome, she always had to stop by here.
The inn she stayed in was quite nice in many ways, but its distance from the bathhouse was a significant inconvenience, as it required a long walk after every mission.
'A lodging with its own bath... I've certainly started having some luxurious worries.'
Rin smiled slightly as she looked up at the ceiling, blurred by the rising steam.
As she sat quietly lost in thought in the hot water, someone approached and spoke to her.
