A Bath for the Exhausted Grand Duke
While supporting the completely exhausted Kyle, I immediately left the training ground.
The training ground was extremely humid because it didn't have proper ventilation.
Even without that, staying in a humid and hot place would have made it even more uncomfortable.
"Young Master, are you feeling a bit better now?"
"No..."
Today Elin had overdone it a bit more than I expected.
It wasn't just a normal lesson; since it involved physical movement, I had thought he might get tired, but I hadn't expected this level of exhaustion.
If it were Kyle as usual, he would have been able to walk on his own even if he was tired.
But today, he couldn't stand without my support like this.
In fact, it was more like I was carrying him.
And the strong smell of Kyle's sweat was coming from beside me.
But it wasn't as strong as I thought.
Instead, while smelling it, it didn't seem that bad.
Usually, when you smell sweat, it's unpleasant, but Kyle's sweat smell wasn't bad at all.
Maybe because he washes with good water usually?
That would explain it to some extent.
Or maybe not.
"I'll postpone the lesson with Louise. It would be better to bathe right away."
It would be impossible to continue the lesson like this, even if it was a normal one.
If it were usual, he would just wipe the sweat and enter the lesson roughly, but things were different now.
"Let's go bathe right away."
While supporting Kyle, I moved to the bath.
Usually, I would call a servant to handle it, but now it was better to quickly bathe and rest.
"I'm fine on my own, though..."
"Young Master, your arms are trembling."
After seeing Kyle for several years, was there anything I didn't know about him?
His arms and legs were visibly shaking when I tried to put strength into them, so did he think I would leave him alone to bathe?
That was a bit of a waste.
Well, I didn't have a memory of bathing him before.
Since the servants did it, I didn't have a reason to.
"Take off your clothes. Ah, I should help you."
"Wai..."
There was no way someone whose body couldn't move properly could take off their own clothes.
I removed Kyle's clothes.
Starting from the top that was completely soaked with sweat.
"Wait! The underwear... I'll do it..."
"Okay."
Was it embarrassment?
Well, he was at an age where he could be embarrassed.
Kyle was now around middle school age.
Of course, I had no thoughts about Kyle's naked body.
Just a thought like 'he's still a kid'?
Kyle covered his body with a towel and entered the bathroom.
"Hmm..."
I should change too.
Even so, it wasn't right to enter wearing the same clothes.
There was a thin cloth nearby, so I changed into that.
Not bad.
It was enough to cover the important parts.
"Young Master, sit on the chair."
Bathing the young master was simple.
Just bathe him and that's it.
Kyle sitting on the chair, covering his body with a towel, perhaps out of embarrassment.
In fact, Kyle was familiar with bathing, so there was no problem.
Instead, it was me who was doing the bathing service for the first time, so there might be a slight issue.
"Young Master, I'll bathe you. First, the arms."
Before starting, I wiped Kyle's body.
It was part of the bathing service to first wipe the sweat with a towel, then start.
Arms, shoulders, back, chest, abdomen, in order.
Then, I took out another towel and started wiping the lower body again.
And when I tried to touch the important parts, Kyle was startled and said he would do it himself, so I just went along with it.
Since he was that age.
And I vigorously rubbed soap on my hands to make foam.
Good-smelling soap.
The scent that usually came from Kyle was this one.
It was a much better thing than what I was using.
-Swoosh
"Huuu..."
I started rubbing soap gently from Kyle's back.
What I was doing now was really just applying soap.
"Young Master, is this strength enough?"
I asked because it might be too strong and hurt, or too weak and not to his liking.
From my perspective, it was just right, but it could be different.
"..It seems okay."
"Is that so?"
If it was okay, I could continue.
Again, when trying to touch the important parts, he would react like a seizure, so I didn't get close.
"Sophia... But why are you suddenly doing the bathing service?"
"I just felt like doing it."
Instead of waiting like a puppy in front, it was better to finish quickly today.
While bathing Kyle, I could also talk about the remaining things for today with Kyle.
"..."
Even after that, I washed the armpits and abdomen of Kyle with soap.
For parts where Kyle refused, I just gave him soap and told him to do it himself.
If he didn't like me doing it, he should do it himself.
"Now, let's move on to the next."
Kyle sitting on the chair had white foam from the soap all over his body.
I wiped off those foams one by one with water, cleanly.
"Sniff... sniff..."
Thanks to that, from the body that had smelled of sweat before entering, only the fragrant scent remained.
With that, the bathing service was over.
"Young Master, it's finished."
"..Yes. You can go, Sophia."
"Eh.. Is that so?"
Originally, I had planned to stay and chat a bit, but if I said that, I had no choice.
Since conversation could wait a bit, I left the bathroom.
"Uuu..."
It was a thin and short cloth, so I thought there wouldn't be a problem bathing, but I seemed to have been wrong.
While bathing Kyle, my clothes got almost soaked.
Extremely wet.
Thanks to that, instead of the light clothes, it became clothes soaked with water, heavier.
"Well, I should take it off."
Even so, the size wasn't particularly large, and the chest was especially uncomfortable, but with the clothes getting wet, it became even more uncomfortable.
"Sigh..."
I threw the thin clothes I was wearing and wiped my body with a towel.
Since the clothes were wet, the skin underneath was naturally wet, so I had to wipe it.
Then, I changed back into the clothes I was wearing and prepared the clothes Kyle would wear when he came out.
Kyle came out about 20 minutes later.
I wiped Kyle's body with a towel after he came out and helped him dress.
"What will you do about the lesson with Louise?"
Although I had rested a bit while bathing, Kyle's body wasn't in very good condition today.
From my perspective, I wished Kyle had just rested...
"It's okay."
"Eh.. Is that so..?"
I didn't expect him to say it honestly.
"Then, I'll call Louise. Young Master, rest here for a while."
I said that and went to get Louise.
By now, she was probably doing some unnecessary thing again.
When I entered, she would definitely get angry from me too.
-Knock knock
"Louise, I'm coming in."
I said that and entered Louise's room.
Unlike me, she didn't lock the door, so I could just enter.
"Shit."
As soon as I entered, I had no choice but to swear.
Kyle's room was usually cleaned by servants.
My room was also cleaned by a few maids.
Kyle's room was cleaned by me to some extent and occasionally properly.
But Louise's room right now was a bit rough, to put it mildly, it was a mess.
On the floor, a bottle of half-drunk alcohol with the cap open was lying, and the carpet on the floor was stained with alcohol.
On the bed, cookie crumbs were scattered, and because ventilation wasn't done, there was an odd smell.
Was it something like that?
"Hey, open the window right now."
"...Yes."
My expression right now was definitely not very good.
So, Louise, for some reason, didn't say anything and immediately listened to my words.
While watching Louise open the door, I first picked up the alcohol bottle on the floor and closed the cap.
"Ha.... You go to the lesson with Kyle. I have to clean this up."
"Sophia, I didn't do this on purpose... B.. When I was eating..."
"I know, so hurry up and do the lesson. Kyle is waiting."
I was angry, but there was nothing I could do.
It was time to do the lesson with Kyle, and Kyle was waiting for her in the lesson room.
It would be enough to beat her a bit more later.
After dinner, it would be fine.
"J.. I'll go clean it up after I come back! Huh? So, just calm down a little..?"
Saying that, Louise ran out of the room like fleeing.
Even though I didn't get angry that much, why did she speak so straight?
If it were usual, she would have said 'Sorry~ I'll clean it up later~' but.
Well, whatever.
I had to clean this up.
I didn't know how to clean, and I didn't need to call other servants.
But how could it become this dirty in just a few days?
It was even dirtier than when I was an adventurer and only drinking alcohol all the time.
"......"
More than that, the bed was the biggest problem.
Because I ate cookies on the bed, it was completely dirty.
This... I had to call the other servants.
"Young Master, I came to get you... Huh."
I entered the lesson room at the right time when the lesson was about to end.
"Louise, why is Young Master sleeping?"
"Eh... After the lesson, when I was cleaning up, suddenly he fell asleep?"
"Sigh..."
Clearly, he was extremely tired, but perhaps because of the pride of a teenager, or the pride of a man, he said he would do it.
Even without that, it was cool enough.
Well, all men are like that.
In my adventurer days, I also had a time when I only cared about my pride without thinking, so I can understand to some extent.
"Louise, let's postpone the scolding until tomorrow. Eat and sleep by yourself?"
"Y..Yes!"
Louise making a face as if relieved that the scolding was postponed.
Anyway, I would scold her tomorrow, so what was there to be relieved about.
"I'm taking Young Master and me."
I picked up Kyle who was sleeping sitting on the chair...
"Ucha.."
I carried him on my back.
He was bigger than before, but still within reach for me.
Kyle needed to grow more here.
If a man, he should grow about 30cm more here, right?
If he grew 40cm more, it might feel too big, so 180cm would be perfect.