Talk about anything

After cleaning the cooking utensil that we use to make the tortilla, I said to Silvie about what I want to do next.

"Silvie, I'm going to pond to take a bath, are you coming?"

"I'm coming with you, don't leave me behind"

She enters the house and comes out again carrying a basket filled with blanket and curtains.

"Actually I still have to wash this but I can do that in the pond"

Silvie's explaining why she carrying that basket.

"Oh, it's okay. Let's go then"

We walk together to the pond. Along the way to the pond, I ask Silvie about any other food ingredient that I may find in here besides rice that I accidentally found this morning.

"Silvie, that chicken feed that you give me this morning, in my country, it's called rice. Do you say it grows wild on the grassland?"

"Yes, sometimes people go there and harvest some for chicken feed"

"Is there something else that grows there beside rice?"

"Um, I don't know. I rarely go out of the house except for bath and collecting herbs or visiting sick people"

"But you know the place right?"

"I know the place, you want to go there Ikki?"

"Yes, but not now, maybe later. I have so many things I still have to take care of now"

"Okay, if you want to go there, just ask me, I'll take you there"

"Is that far from here?"

"No, it's only half hour walking from the village"

"I also want to visit that herb valley again, should we ask mister Matius to go along or is it enough for two of us going there together?"

"Ikki….if possible…I want only two of us to go there together"

Silvie looking at my shyly when saying that. I'm smiling hearing what she said. It seems she really like being with me together without anyone else around us.

"Okay, we go there just by two of us. If possible I want to plant some of jeru' tree there in your backyard so we don't have to go far to get the fruit"

"Oh, Is that fruit you're used to cleaning my hair? That's great, I like the smell too"

"Actually I also can make something that clean body, but I don't have the ingredient right now"

"What's the ingredient Ikki?"

"Ashes and lard, a barrel and some molding item"

"We have many ashes. Father collecting that ashes to use it as fertilizer in the field, for lard you can ask mister Matius for that"

"I already ask mister Matius to keep it for me. Just the barrel and molding item I need to get. I plan to ask a carpenter to make it for me when I go with your father today"

"I can't wait until Ikki made that thing. You always make something incredible Ikki"

"Besides cleaning body, it can also use to wash clothes Silvie"

"Really? That's incredible. I don't have to beat the clothes when washing them again"

"Yes, it also can make you wash faster and can use your time for other things"

"Um, Can't wait until Ikki finally made it"

"That thing in my world called soap"

"Soap, Ikki's world looks interesting. There are many things that I never heard here"

Actually, soap is not hard to make, just people in this world don't have time to create things because occupied with a never-ending war that started a thousand years ago. If I'm not mistaken, the basic making of soap is a mixture between amino acid that contains within fat or lard with some alkali base like lye. In the modern world, lye can be bought easily in a chemical store, but here I must make it myself. The process itself also will take times and produce a bad smell, that's why I can only do that at outside house and if have a lot of spare times.

"Don't worry, I will make it soon. By the way, do you understand the recipe I show you this morning?"

"Um. It's simple and easy to remember and to make it"

"Good. If you can make it, then in the morning you can eat something and have the energy to do activities at noon"

"Can I ask Ikki how to make another topping for that tortilla?"

"No problem, if I get the ingredient, I'll show you how to make it. By the way, your father ever mentions about merchant coming in the village. When will the come usually?"

"They're not coming in regular time. Besides, the road leads to our village is almost not exist, they can come anytime"

"I really want to see what they brought here when they coming"

"The last time they come here is already two weeks ago. Maybe in two or three weeks, they will come again"

"When they're coming let me know, okay?"

"Okay, they're usually looking for my father first before doing the trade. You'll see them when they coming"

"Oh, that's great"

While we talking about anything, we already walk near the pond. I stop my conversation to enjoy the bathing time this morning