"Yes, Mistress." Ceres replied, leading the way to the bathing room. There was a large iron tub, an servants were quick to fill it with water and start heating it up with a large wood fire.<br/><br/>"What assistance do you wish for in being cleansed, Mistress? Merely washing your hair and back?"<br/><br/>She seemed to be trying to come across as submissive and broken, not wanting to give Illia an excuse to kill her. Besides, she was shamed by her defeat.