[center][h2]Esther von Degraff[/h2][/center]
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And thus, the threat of the rocs was taken care of.

Esther would've been pleased with their result, if not for the fact that one of the roc's blood had drenched her dress.

It was easily the grossest thing she had ever experienced in her entire life.

"Captain, permission to go change to a clean clothes! It's an emergency!" she said to Ires before bolting off from the scene, not waiting for her response first. The quicker she got out of this disgusting, slimy, and smelly dress, the better.

At lunch, Esther returned wearing a clean dress. She couldn't find any water source nearby however, so she still had a little smell of a roc's insides, no matter how hard she tried to clean herself. It made her quite grumpy, and she ate her lunch seated away from the others just so they wouldn't smell her.

[i]Ugh, this is the worst![/i]

At least the roc meat they got from them was delicious.

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The next morning, Esther finally got the chance to clean up for real as the grove they were encamped on had a small river near it. She had a hunch that this place used to be a forest, judging by the tree stumps everywhere. So it wouldn't be odd that there would be rivers inside a forest.

The small river, unfortunately, was quite in an exposed place. There were barely any trees for her to get some privacy. And it was situated lower than their encampment, so you could see the river straight from up there.

Oh well, she had no choice. She had to clean up herself or else she wouldn't be able to function properly. She already started to feel itchy and any distraction in battle could spell death.

...Yeah, she knew that was just an excuse. But she couldn't help it. She was a lady after all.

After making sure that no one was around, she took off her clothes before dipping herself in the water.

[i]Aaah, this water is so cold and pleasant...[/i]

She stayed there for a while. Thankfully for her, the Captain decided to send scouts ahead to the ruins so she had extra time to enjoy herself.