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Chapter 4 by Middaywisher Middaywisher

What happens next?

In the bath house

Ingrid let out a sigh as the hot water melted away her troubles. She needed this. The water felt so good against her tired muscles that she found herself fighting the urge to fall asleep right there in the bath. It didn't keep from shutting her eyes, however. Her head kept drifting forward, and she would catch herself not-quite nodding off. That is, until she finally did lose the battle against sleep's embrace.

She awoke with a start, her heart racing. She looked around her quickly, the bath house was still empty. How long had she fallen asleep for this time? It was growing to be too common of an occurrence for her liking, but for some reason, after her morning training sessions lately, whenever she relaxed in the bath she found herself falling asleep for periods of time. It was completely unbecoming of a knight. She sent a cursory glance down at her body and saw her towel still in place. Then she cast a glance at her hands. They were wrinkled but not too badly. It couldn't have been too long. That put her heart at ease some.

She lifted herself up, stepping out of the bath carefully. She knew she needed to get out, lest she risk sleeping the day away in the bath. Her stomach growled, seemingly in agreement. It was time to get some food in her belly. She headed over to baskets where all her stuff was stowed and... she found nothing. "What?" She said, frantically checking again. The basket was empty. She kneeled down, one hand holding her wet towel close to her body, hoping a closer look would prove her wrong. It didn't. She went so far as to even flip the basket over, hoping that by some miracle a magical portal would open and dump out her clothes. One didn't. "No, no, no," Ingrid said, looking around frantically. Was this some kind of sick joke? She always put her clothes in the same spot, so there was no chance she accidentally misplaced them... That must have meant that someone came in while she was asleep... They came in, saw she was asleep, and took her clothes. "Who would do such a thing?" Did they expect her to run across the Monastery back to her room in just her wet towel or something? She shuddered at the thought.

What happens next?

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