Yarikonda Otome Game no Akuyaku Mob desu ga, Danzai wa Iya nanode Mattou ni Ikimasu - Vol. 2 Ch. 6

[MangaDex]

 

[Kaarme]

What kind of screwed up country is that? Dude lives in a fancy palace, surrounded by lush nature, not sand desert, yet wouldn't take baths because they are "expensive". Instead he would wipe himself with wet clothes. Is that for a religous reason or what, huh?

 

[ScryedParadox]

Huh. So did he imagine the voice as part of his spell or did the world just add a voice for him? Well, it is a game based world, might've been the in game narrator or UI voice. Wonder if he'll create a spell to open a menu and the menu will consume some stupid amount of MP too.

 

[lol126]

What kind of screwed up country is that? Dude lives in a fancy palace, surrounded by lush nature, not sand desert, yet wouldn't take baths because they are "expensive". Instead he would wipe himself with wet clothes. Is that for a religous reason or what, huh?

No real close source of water I guess. Europeans back then washed a lot but rarely had a full scale bath due to not living close to a large water source.

 

[essensue]

I thought for sure li'l homie was gonna invent a mana calorimeter. Not sure if relieved or disappointed.

 

[MegaBlues]

Thank you for the chapter! On page 17, perhaps you meant the word "administer" in place of the word "oversee"?

 

[ScryedParadox]

No real close source of water I guess. Europeans back then washed a lot but rarely had a full scale bath due to not living close to a large water source.

I had felt the urge to make a long rambling about water in the medieval age and water in the renaissance era. But I opted to abstain, I figured someone would at least touch on some very basic element that should be clear enough for everyone universally.

The only thing I would note is that while we also know this is a high fantasy world where matter can be created out of thin air, the first question would be whether they utilize a water mage, a limited functionality indoor plumbing system which should only be accessible to the rich at this recreation of this time period or if they simply used a local well or personal well.

For that latter issue regarding access to magically created water. We simply lack information. We can assume that mages are a limited resource, that affinity and ability to use/create water is also limited as per the MC being a rare case of all affinity, which just goes back to water mages being a limited resource and therefore rare to have under personal employment, though not impossible. Whether as a noble's mage aide as a position similar to a court mage for the king and queen. Or as an amateur mage from among the staff... Or the typical trope of this maid or butler was actually a highly skilled individual who retired.

Either way, all in all, it remains that a bath would still be considered a luxury with all the relevant items considered here. Even if water was abundant, due to the amount of labor required to move water into a personal room. And we're still talking about cold/lukewarm water. Nevermind heating it. Call the fire mage, the water mage just filled the bath tub but now we need to warm the water for the young lord.

 

[SunSun]

What kind of screwed up country is that? Dude lives in a fancy palace, surrounded by lush nature, not sand desert, yet wouldn't take baths because they are "expensive". Instead he would wipe himself with wet clothes. Is that for a religous reason or what, huh?

No plumbing, water is drawn by hand from wells or rivers. Magic is uncommon so no convenient replacement.

Now think about how much firewood is needed to heat up enough water for a bath. Someone has to chop, split and dry that wood for use.

Edit: it can take 6months to 2 years to dry out wood to be used for firewood depending on the wood.

Ofc a bath is a luxury when you put that all together.

 

[SunSun]

I had felt the urge to make a long rambling about water in the medieval age and water in the renaissance era. But I opted to abstain, I figured someone would at least touch on some very basic element that should be clear enough for everyone universally.

The only thing I would note is that while we also know this is a high fantasy world where matter can be created out of thin air, the first question would be whether they utilize a water mage, a limited functionality indoor plumbing system which should only be accessible to the rich at this recreation of this time period or if they simply used a local well or personal well.

For that latter issue regarding access to magically created water. We simply lack information. We can assume that mages are a limited resource, that affinity and ability to use/create water is also limited as per the MC being a rare case of all affinity, which just goes back to water mages being a limited resource and therefore rare to have under personal employment, though not impossible. Whether as a noble's mage aide as a position similar to a court mage for the king and queen. Or as an amateur mage from among the staff... Or the typical trope of this maid or butler was actually a highly skilled individual who retired.

Either way, all in all, it remains that a bath would still be considered a luxury with all the relevant items considered here. Even if water was abundant, due to the amount of labor required to move water into a personal room. And we're still talking about cold/lukewarm water. Nevermind heating it. Call the fire mage, the water mage just filled the bath tub but now we need to warm the water for the young lord.

Just wanted to remind that in the story, magic is converted from life force and there is no artificial means of replenishment. Meaning no mana potions, only natural recovery. This was pointed out in like chp2 or 3.

So having a water mage just for water systems instead of security would prohibitive for most nobles in this setting, nevermind a fire mage.

 

[Kaarme]

No plumbing, water is drawn by hand from wells or rivers. Magic is uncommon so no convenient replacement.

Now think about how much firewood is needed to heat up enough water for a bath. Someone has to chop, split and dry that wood for use.

Edit: it can take 6months to 2 years to dry out wood to be used for firewood depending on the wood.

Ofc a bath is a luxury when you put that all together.

Look at that palace, full of maids and other staff, and then say all that again. I'm not talking about commoners here, I'm talking about that noble family that rules over their own domain, has a luxurious mansion, and all in all probably every luxury they deem necessary. Yet they can't have a bath aside from emergencies.

There are no concrete reason for it. They have plenty of water. The first chapter shows one of those high nobility gardens with a water fountain in the middle of it. They have people to handle carrying water (if necessary) and firewood (or coal). The fairy tale palace could obviously have a dedicated bathroom; it wouldn't have moved the budget one way or another. This only leaves one option: culture. Even those who could easily afford it, don't arrange regular baths for themselves. That's why I called it a screwed up country. I suppose the author made it so just to have it very different from Japan (and many other places), which loves its baths.

 

[MementoLuna]

Wouldn't the amount of mana consumed be dependent on how good you are with water magic? So someone with a good aptitude for it would consume less mana (and therefore be given a higher mana measurement) than someone with a poor aptitude even though they might have the same raw mana pool?

 

[Phantommemorial]

Mans had an "EUREKA!" moment

 

[al_pacino]

bath is a luxury? BIG DOUBT. WARM WATER BATH is a luxury? now this I agree. as long as you got a river or a lake, bath is never a luxury! personal bath anyone could manage with a bucket and a well (somewhat labor intensive, but could be done rather reasonably). WARM WATER personal bath, like in this manga? yep, that's a luxury.

 

[Pandacyborg]

Everyone’s arguing about the bath whereas I’m just happy an mc in a Isekai realises his actions will affect the course of the game and also that he had to essentially invent a status screen. This story executes its tropes pretty well so far

 

[RyuuStarLight]

Oh god, MC introduces numbers to MP now.
My old enemy, MATHS.

 

[Rainmoarr]

What kind of screwed up country is that? Dude lives in a fancy palace, surrounded by lush nature, not sand desert, yet wouldn't take baths because they are "expensive". Instead he would wipe himself with wet clothes. Is that for a religous reason or what, huh?

That's how people used to wash themselves before modern plumbing was invented

 

[Fushiginiku]

What kind of screwed up country is that? Dude lives in a fancy palace, surrounded by lush nature, not sand desert, yet wouldn't take baths because they are "expensive". Instead he would wipe himself with wet clothes. Is that for a religous reason or what, huh?

Misunderstanding of the European medieval world. The idea is that nobody could ever bathe back then is a popular myth. In reality, even the typical Norseman (viking) took baths about once per week. They were one of the cleaner societies in Europe, but there were no people other than members of ascetic religious orders (the sort who denied themselves all luxuries) who didn't bathe at least once per season, and more likely once per month.

Of course, bathing daily didn't happen until modern plumbing because of the sheer effort of moving the water somewhere private. So daily cleansing was by simple towel baths and such. Somebody like a King or Duke might have bathed more often, but only a society that actually viewed cleanliness as a social requirement (again, the Norse) would actually go to the effort of even a weekly bath.

 

[Ironclad]

He's awful relaxed considering if he repeats that another 3 times he's supposed to pass out or die.

 

[ARealCoolGuy]

He can't make a spell that gives some of his mana to someone else? That'd at least temporarily help his mother.
And why isn't he checking his mother now, she could literally be in her deathbed this time, because he's being lackadaisical.

 

[Prince-Z]

Thank you very much for the TL!

Honestly smart, I figured out what he was trying the second he kept recasting it. Measurable Mana. This series is quite intriguing.

Maybe I'll read more isekai- Haha nah.