Just before he left the royal chambers, he remembered his distinct facial features. His Intuition told him it was best to hide it, lest he draw more unwarranted attention, however maybe in the future he could take advantage of his morphed constitution to build connections. Of course as he was not much of a social acolyte in the past, it could be unwise and contradict his progressive intentions to garner it more regards than his other talents. Another tool he would be adamant about polishing and using for the future.
He drew a rune that meant 'cloak' on his left shoulder to trigger the incognito mode. Just one of the seven distinct features he learned about the suit had from the imperial works: The others being disguise, war, casual wear, terrain, dark mode, and sky mode. The other form that he wore was the 'casual wear', and all he to do to switch to this mode was to draw an 'eclipse' over his sternum area.
After drawing the cloak rune, the suit began changing into that of a full body amorphous black suit that covered even his eyes. He could see perfectly fine as the material substance was somewhat similar to one sided tinted glass. A red diamond was positioned between the eye sockets which had a dull luster to make it less conspicuous. This might seem overkill, but he would rather be safe then sorry.
Two servants were standing at the side of the door waiting for him to finish. One male and one female in a similar style incognito suit. On the brows instead of a red diamond, a pale green emerald took its place. He said to the servants "sehktune" and they led him towards the bath houses. They took him through many open halls with pointed arches and the lancet arches working as the window facets. On the ceilings many murals and circular pained glasses told of the intricacies of the Bhojhir kingdom of the Ohknako civilization.
Through the lancet arches there were the occasional ethereal blue bonsai, black khadphal flowers with luminescent white stamens, yellow osteospermum flowers, fuchsia cherry blossom trees, and pulsing white blood roses. This section of the building was located in the middle of an arboretum. As for the lack of guards he noticed, it was due to all the plants have certain dangerous quarks that made perpetrators think twice about entering.
5 minutes of traveling down the halls and they came upon the 'bath houses', which in essence were not bath houses but a giant tree. No detours, he thought was fine for now. The individual bath houses were simply giant cup leaves with heated nourishing sap water, with an average occupancy size of 7 125 kg adult. The diameter of the tree must have been nearly 11 meters and the age countless eons. Marble stairs were retrofitted to each of the many leaves providing easy access.
Hundreds of residents were bathing, paying ever so slight attention to the new arrivals. Not every day would you see people hiding their appearances but it was also not that scarce. In this society mixed baths were their niche way of bathing between all families as the concept of sex segregation was not an idea they concerned themselves about. All manners of human and demi-humans could be seen. They all had one thing in common: they were galient, elegant, noble, greedy, handsome or beautiful individuals. Fortunately or more unfortunately he thought, his appearance was still out of the ordinary here.
The servants walked him to the highest leaf which happened to be a dark purple leaving him on the last step. Looking at the bath, he was relieved to find it was empty. By tapping on the side of his neck, he beckoned the suit to come off and put it to the side. He walked into the bath and sat down. The water came to about his chest line and felt as it was as it was described, nourishing. Moving around he felt small critters licking his skins. When he looked down he noticed small spore organisms climbing all over his body, diligently cleaning the sweat and grime.
He felt that his fatigue was being washed away, giving forth a pleasant euphoric feel across his entire body. He wondered if he could take some of the water away to identify what drug or enzyme it was. Maybe he could identify it himself with his connection to his body, but he was unsure if it would yield success or whether the tree was sentient and this action would piss it off. It didn't matter all that much, he would research it latter.
Finally relaxing a bit, he floated on top of the water. He figured he would let the spores and the water finish its work and get out. His pupils dilated as he felt bliss. "Enjoying the waters little one, this is the first time in 500 lerpa that such a pure individual is here without greed that corrupts his judgement and with the grace of curiosity that the pioneers whom found me had"(mysterious voice). "Whom is speaking to me right now?" The mc opened his eyes ever so gradually. He was trying so hard to limit new variables and now one just went ahead and found him. He looked around and saw there was no one near his leaf, nor was anyone blatantly starring at him. "So the voice I am talking to, is the tree... that is the first of my many surprises...but I have would never expected of learning about a sapient tree today."
"You surely jest, if you think I am a tree... nice try I guess." (mysterious voice) "Can I ask why you want to strike up a conservation with a defenseless man...are you seeking to give me compensation for lurking and leering at my body... maybe you could give me a couple mansions, a few of your daughters...if my father gets involved maybe your wife or husband will be my slave....surely you still want to make my acquaintance?" The mc just wanted relax so he decided to end the conversation quick by allowing the other party to assume he was just your average lecherous greedy scumbag roach that leaches off his host, and abuses his political background. This was but a mere ploy to make the other person lose interest and not want to associate with him.
"You don't have interest in making an acquaintance with me. Surely I thought we can develop an amicable conservation..."
Before the voice finished, the mc added in" I will terminate your speech right there, you are you... and I am me... I appreciate the fact that you are clearly still interested in my sublime figure since you are continuing this speech....do you really want to be exploited that badly?" The mysterious voice continued, "Do you take me for a fool, you are being a little too crash if you think you to deflect me with such an unsophisticated double speech."
A sigh erupted out of the mc's mouth before he started, "I am humbled to think an old wise hermit wasted their time in making their way across the 5 moons and 7 seas, but I don't think anything will be manifesting between us ...nor will you be receiving alimony, patrimony, or benefits here. May the verdant blessings be with you, may you fly like icarus , and if our paths meet again I will bow and resign myself from your presence". The mysterious voice was perturbed at this point, but her semi joyful voice betrayed her other emotions "If this old wise sage had not come across someone like you, my life would surely be uneventful. Pleasure to meet you, I am Drazel of Erimidem" Mc"....ok, being so adamant, I can only ask that you make your presence known, so we can properly converse". The mc straighten his back and made a serious expression waiting this Drazel to appear.