"Good morning. Did you sleep well?"
She was called out to by the maid of this mansion. She looked young, probably around 20, Rose thought. Her hair is black and neatly tied up in a ponytail. A beautiful crimson ribbon stuck to her eye.
"Yeah. Good morning. Oh, it's a beautiful red ribbon."
Rose said as she got up.
"Ribbon? Ah, this is called a hairstring. Madam Frey gave me this. It's beautiful and my proudest treasure, Miss Bara."
She said with a big smile.
"Please call me Rose. Father permitted me to use that name."
"Ah, is that so? I understand, Miss Rose. My name is Moi, and I will care of Miss Rose from now on."
Moi said with a smile.
"Thank you very much, Miss Moi."
"Just Moi is fine, Miss Rose."
"Then I would like you to call me just Rose."
"No, I won't. Miss Rose is the Lord's daughter and the princess of this village. If someone like me were to call you without adding 'Miss', I would definitely be scolded by the head maid."
Moi shook her head and refused.
"Hmm. I guess I can't help it. But I'm not used to it. What do I say? I feel itchy."
"You'll get used to the timing. After all, Miss Rose just woke up. You have been asleep for a year and only woke up yesterday."
One year!
Rose couldn't hide her surprise. She can't believe how long she's been sleeping for so long. But now that she thinks about it, she is curious about what her "father" said yesterday. She said that her body was created by her mother. Even if she was told that Rose thought, she didn't understand. However, she feels somewhat uncomfortable about that. Because in her memories of Rose, she was a normal-sized high school girl.
However, Rose's memory of her is fragmented and she is unsure.
She is looking at her hand and notices she is small after all. It's almost as small as a kindergartener's hand or might be smaller. Rose realized she was small compared to the size of this bed. She ended up wondering how tall she was.
From what she saw, it was about 40 or 50 centimeters tall.
So small, indeed.
She was so confused yesterday that she didn't notice her body. After she came face to face with Dalgodas, she fell asleep again. And the next thing she knew, it was this morning. She sighed again.
Come to think of it, Rose remembered that Yanagi had told her yesterday that the thorns on her body were prickly.
"Moi, does my body tingle? Does it have thorns?"
Rose asked Moi as she was horrified.
"Huh? Miss Rose is the Lady of the Rose Tree, so it wouldn't be strange for you to have thorns. However, they usually don't appear. I have cared for you for a year, so I know you well."
Moi said with a smile.
"You seemed quite nervous yesterday, so I think the thorns came out. Here, take a look. No thorns are coming out now, right?"
Moi answered simply with a smile. She was the Lady of the Rose Tree... Rose blinked, unsure if this was normal.
"Okay, I'm going to get up. Moi, I want you to show me the shower room. I want to wash my body. I also want to change my clothes."
Rose tried to get off her bed.
"I'm not sure what a shower is, but I've prepared a bathtub in the next room. I will bathe you, so let's take off your nightgown now."
While saying that, Moi tried to touch the button of Rose's nightgown. But, Rose hurriedly got up from the bed and moved away from her.
"What... what are you going to do?!"
Moi looked at Rose with a troubled face when she heard Rose scream.
"So, I'm getting you ready for the bath..."
"No, no, I can do it myself. This much..."
Rose panicked and ran into the room next to her. The bathroom next to her bedroom is a beautiful room. There are two golden faucets on the wall and choose between hot or cold water. It's a simple system that allows hot water to flow when open the lid. The bathtub is made of beautiful white and yellow stone. There are red decorations on the white walls, and it looks gorgeous. There was also something like a lamp attached to the wall, illuminating the room with just the right amount of brightness. Rose thought it was fire, but it wasn't. Something like a glowing ball was floating in the glass, and shining. Rose doesn't know how it lights up and thinks it is weird.
"Miss Rose, I have prepared cleaning oil for you to wash your body. Please feel free to use it."
Behind Rose, who had seen such a bath for the first time, Moi placed several small bottles nearby. Wondering if it was liquid soap or shampoo, Rose took one and sniffed it. It had a very nice floral scent.
"Yes, thank you. Well, I'll bathe now, so please wait for me in the next room."
"Are you sure, it would be okay?"
"It's okay! I think it'll work out somehow..."
"Really? I'm in the next room, so if you need anything, please call me."
While saying that, Moi left the room with a worried look.
It's time to take a bath, Rose said happily as she touched the hot water again. Then she took off her clothes and started wetting her body. She wet her body with just warm water and wet her hair. After wetting it with hot water, she tried applying liquid soap called cleaning oil to her head.
Oh?!
My hands are too short...they can't reach my head, Rose thought in tears.
"Mo, Moi?"
"Yes, Miss Rose?"
"Can I ask you a favor?"
"Yes, gladly!"
Moi's voice sounded very happy. In the end, that day, she had Moi wash her body and get ready.