“Splash splash splash……”
“Splash splash splash……”
My eyelids were too tired to lift, and the sound of flowing water was drilling into my eardrums just as I regained consciousness……
‘So warm!’
‘My entire body felt like it was relaxing in a warm current. ‘
‘Eh… wait!’
It shouldn’t feel this comfortable!
If I’m not mistaken, converting that black energy into Magic and absorbing it back, the Magic Book being replenished with Magic, that mysterious white Healing Light should spontaneously suppress the Poison inside me……
Could it be that I took too many potions to restore Magic and have gone to heaven?!
I finally understood a little about the use of the Magic Book, and yet I’m facing this kind of death?!
This unacceptable thought struggle gradually cleared my previously foggy consciousness.
Opening my eyes, I found standing directly in front of my vision was a pair of incredibly upright baby-grain warehouses!
My nose even seemed to sense the faint youthful fragrance spread over the stretched fabric of the Priestess’ robe, as well as a subtle body warmth brushing past my nose.
…Damn!
Maybe the Healing Light from the Magic Book healed too much, but from this southern hemisphere perspective, my nostrils felt hot.
“Hmm~? The Noble Young Master is awake.”
A familiar, pleasant female voice reached my ears.
The bright ceiling beyond the southern hemisphere immediately pulled my mind back to the current situation.
I realized I was in my room’s bath pool, fully immersed in warm water, letting the heat relieve all my fatigue.
There must be some kind of soap commonly used by Priestesses and a milky soaking liquid in the water, causing the entire bathroom to be enveloped in a layer of warm, faintly scented steam.
“Xī…?”
I touched myself and realized I wasn’t wearing anything at all.
Internally cursing, I curled up in the bath filled with fine white bubbles floating on the surface.
“Why are you here?”
“How can you even ask? When I came in, your mouth was covered in dirty blood. Carrying a big, living Noble Young Master to bathe really wore me out…”
XÄ« just shook the water off her hands, slender fingers pointing at my mouth.
Her tone carried such tenderness that there wasn’t a hint of complaint.
“Then you could’ve just woken me up…”
The hem of her Priestess robe had already been hiked up and secured at her thigh, letting her fair half-length jade-like legs and bare delicate feet soak in the warm water.
XÄ«’s legs were long and slender, her thighs beautifully curved and smooth, the pale pink knees adorning those legs making them appear even more tender.
Her legs naturally closed like this now, and the delicate, fair skin extending up to her slender waist outlined soft contours……
The sound of her jade-like feet sliding in the water matched perfectly with her appearance, full of the gentle elegance a holy Priestess should have.
To anyone watching, she was an innocent, harmless purity.
“My mouth was bleeding, so why did you strip me and wash me all over?”
“You’re the Noble Young Master…”
XÄ« stopped and looked at me, blinking her eyes: “Are you blaming me?”
“…”
I realized her white legs were just where my head had been resting.
The tender skin was flushed a little red, and there were water stains from where my hair had been resting.
Even the rounded curve of her hip showed faint traces of moisture.
Seeing that it wasn’t easy for her to bring me in here and wash me, and hearing her gentle teasing without even a hint of embarrassment—as if a proper maid was just doing her job helping the Noble Young Master, yet the Noble Young Master was overthinking and blaming her pitifully……
That made me lose my confidence first.
“Well, it’s not like that.”
“Then why are you shy?”
XÄ« wrung out a towel and walked over, resting her rounded hip on the dry edge of the bath, sinking softly a little.
Seeing me shyly turn my gaze away like a pure husband, she playfully forced my head back and wiped my hair with the towel.
“Forgot? When you were little and went to the Chapel to pray, you had to cleanse yourself first, and I helped you bathe.”
“……”
No…
Saying it like this only made me seem more childish and small-minded.
Not wanting to lose my temper and having nothing to say, I got reminded of the unique cleverness XÄ« brought me.
…Could it be that it’s going to be another day of being handled by the adorable Priestess?
“You’ve been washed by me since you were ten. Back then, the Noble Young Master was so small and already shy,” XÄ« persisted, smiling faintly: “Remembering to wash every single part of your body wasn’t easy at all……”
“It’s definitely different now than when I was a kid. At this age, it’s not appropriate for you to wash me anymore,” I tried to push back against her treating me like a child.
“The key point is, if you soak yourself in the pool with me, that’s a bit…”
Her fair legs next to me looked even pinker in the clear water.
And…
A bit too close!
“What’s wrong with together? I’m not even looking at you.”
Who knew XÄ« would cut me off directly. “Also, since we did these things when you were little, shouldn’t you be even more composed now that you’re grown up?”
“…”
“Or are you saying the grown-up Noble Young Master is no longer as pure as before?”
“…”
I moved my arm, stirring the water softly to shift my gaze, choosing not to argue with her.
After all, XÄ« always treated me with that kind of attitude that she served me only because the manor required it, and acted slightly disgusted.
Interrupting her words would just make me look guilty.
“Noble Young Master~ You must remember you have a fiancée. I helped you wash, and you wore very conservative clothes. You wouldn’t lose control just seeing me, so you choose to avoid me, right?”
“Huh??”
“Not to mention how we used to bathe together back then, you seem unable to look me straight in the eye now……”
“……”
You’re wearing conservative clothes…
But at least let me put on clothes before making me look at you!
Don’t you know a naked man is very vulnerable?!
“Wow, two days apart and you already want to ride on the Noble Young Master’s head, huh?”
Feeling like my hair was finally dried by XÄ«, I yanked the towel from her hand, revealing the villainous Noble Young Master’s usual poise: “Anyway, bathing together was when we were kids. From now on…”
“Okay, okay, I get it, little kid.”
XÄ« ruffled my hair, not letting me finish before pulling her jade-like leg out of the clear pool.
Before stepping out, she coyly covered her mouth with one hand, only letting her eyes curve in a smile:
“Your hair’s grown three fingers long, and you’re still pretending to be innocent with me…”
“…??”
Three fingers long?
You… you didn’t even see anything?!
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