C70 After a year of bathing

The rising steam gave me the illusion that I was a man from another world.

Completing the simple act of undressing quickly, I jumped into a hot bath I hadn't enjoyed in a whole year.

They were all immersed in the water from the neck down, sparkling and translucent as the water splashed past the edge of the wooden bucket.

A wave of warmth spread through my body, and I shivered with pleasure