The Water Magician

Five days after the group departed from Mifasoshi, they entered the city of Lusra, known as a satellite town of Capital Johnjohn.

"Usually, it takes just one day to reach the capital from here."

"That's what they said. However, since this is the entry of a daimyo of the country's second largest scale, we need to prepare various things in this town right before the capital, enter the capital the next morning, and meet the king."

Abel answered Ryo's inquiry politely.

Although he was once an adventurer, Abel had been on the throne for three years and understood the significance of this kind of 'ceremonial entrance.'

"By the way, this country is called Bosunta, not Bosunta Kingdom, right? If the king rules it, it should be Bosunta Kingdom..."

"I don’t know much about that either, but it seems that due to the relationship with Darwei, that changed? You see, the emperor is the same, and in this country, the daughter’s title is princess, right? It seems that there was a time when the son’s title was king in Darwei. Because of such relationships, neighboring countries removed 'king' from their country names…”

"I see... So each country has its own circumstances."

Ryo shook his head slightly at Abel's explanation.

It seemed there were various differences from the Central Nations and Western Nations.

When Ryo was on Earth, he had learned about the tributary system in world history classes.

With that knowledge in mind, he could understand the relationship between Bosunta and Darwei quite well.

It was not a simple vassal state, but a tributary system.

Among scholars of Eastern history, there had actually been quite a significant difference in recognition regarding this...

"I wonder how things are going here."

Ryo murmured out of pure curiosity.

He smiled just a little, a faint smile.

Abel, who caught a glimpse of that, did not hear his murmurs.

"Ryo is thinking about something bad again."

A pitiful man, Ryo.

In Lusra, they had rented an entire inn.

"This inn has a guest room with a private open-air bath, so Lord Abel and Lord Ryo, please take your time to rest."

"Ah, I appreciate it."

"That's amazing! Thank you very much!"

Ryo and Abel expressed their gratitude to Daimyo Sue Koo, the head of the group.

During dinner as well.

"Abel, did you see the bath in the room? It was so spacious!"

"Yeah, I saw it. It's comparable to the inn we stayed at in Acre when we went to Twilight Land. A bath that size in a room is impressive."

"It’s an inn operated by the house of Heinlein! That one was indeed spacious too."

Both Abel and Ryo were comparing it with the inns they had stayed at in their minds.

While the refinement was higher at the Acre inn, the bathtub's size was greater here... Ryo thought, but then another question popped into his head.

"Is it normal for high-end inns here, and in the Central Nations... Oh, and in the Western Nations too, to have guest rooms with open-air baths?"

"Hmm? Isn’t that obvious?"

"Obvious? It feels strange that something so common exists across different cultural spheres..."

"There are swords everywhere in the world, and there are books too, right? It’s natural for high-end inns to have guest rooms with open-air baths."

Abel did not agree with Ryo's question.

For Abel, who was born and raised in Fai, it seemed that having guest rooms with open-air baths was a standard across all cultural spheres.

Just like how swords and books existed around the world.

"Hah. Could it be that this was also something spread by the restorer of the kingdom, King Richard...?"

"That’s unlikely. There were descriptions of guest rooms with open-air baths in King Richard's stories, so they must have existed in various places since long ago. Good things spread. That’s only natural, right?"

"Terrifying, the guest rooms with open-air baths..."

Ryo shuddered.

However, at the same time, he decided that the spread of guest rooms with open-air baths across the world must have contributed to the further development of the world.

There is research showing that people tend to have good ideas when theta waves appear in their brainwaves.