Volume 2 Chapter 43
I devotedly washed Higdelytha’s back.
Honestly, Higdelytha’s skin was exceptionally clean. She hadn’t been in the hot spring long, probably not having enough time to wash her back, but I couldn’t help but gently wash it repeatedly, as it seemed almost sinful to leave any rough marks on such beautiful skin.
After hearing Chris’s story, everyone had almost finished bathing, but Lily and Carole Cat were still deeply engrossed in the fate of the second princess, unable to snap out of it.
I hung my head low. While I didn’t expect any particular reaction, I still wanted to avoid directly gazing at the young and beautiful girls, each with their own charming figures.
“Lord Chris, you…”
Sure enough, I couldn’t escape Chris’s attention. She always focused on me.
Suddenly, Chris wrapped her arm around mine from behind as I was about to enter the hot spring, her soft, jade-like body pressing tightly against mine.
“Lovers like to hold arms like this.”
“Lovers and such… please spare me…”
“Does Chris like Anna?”
Higdelytha, who had already settled into the hot spring, asked leisurely.
“Of course I like her. How could anyone dislike such a cute girl like Anna?”
Being praised as cute doesn’t make me happy.
“And, I like Anna in the way that I want to marry her~”
“Eh?!”
Chris’s statement shocked me, and I couldn’t remain calm.
The kind of liking that leads to marriage… Ah? No… I’m flattered… No, that’s not right!
I didn’t know whether I was shocked or shy at the moment, perhaps a bit of both, but the crucial issue was…
“Lord Chris, do you remember the 22:7 passage of Chapter Thirteen of the Abrahamic teachings?”
“Anna, you’re so mean, making me recall the days of memorizing teachings. But I remember, God said, ‘In the beginning, when I created man and woman, it was to make them a perfect match, their marriage made in heaven.’”
I expressed my view subtly. My 【Theology】 skill is at Lv. Max, and I can recite the entire teachings backwards.
Chris clearly understood my point, and she quickly changed the topic.
“But the teachings also say to love the one you love, and not to be inactive. The Father God did not specify that a girl’s love can’t bear fruit. Come on, Anna, let’s be the Eves of Eden~”
Both are Eves? What about considering Mr. Adam’s feelings?
“Our elven race believes in the Nature Goddess, who allows marriages not constrained by love. As long as one prays sincerely under the sacred tree, the Nature Goddess will surely bless the couple’s love.”
Higdelytha proudly emphasized the elves’ advantage. Could the fairytale scenes really come true in elven tales?
Chris’s eyes lit up: “Really? Even for non-elves?”
“That… should be possible? The Nature Goddess is a loving deity.”
“Great! Anna, let’s go to Midgard to get married!”
“… The water temperature is suitable. Please go ahead and bathe, Lord Chris.”
“Listen to me!”
Chris still wouldn’t let go of me, even in the hot spring.
Our status bars showed the message “Enjoying the hot spring,” and our HP and fatigue recovery rates increased. Under the healing of the hot spring, which could make one forget all worries, my skin also took on an enticing pink hue.
I rarely bathed in hot springs before, only a couple of times. I didn’t expect that relaxing and bathing in a hot spring could be so pleasant. I could understand why some people stay too long in hot springs, forgetting the time. The sensation, as if every pore was releasing its fatigue, was irresistibly pleasurable.
But staying too long in a hot spring can have side effects. I’ll remember the time.
Chris became much calmer in the hot spring. I was worried she might fall asleep, as some people do in hot springs, which can be dangerous.
“Lord Chris?”
I turned my head, and Chris was quite spirited, but she was actually staring at my chest.
“Anna, can you move your arm away a bit?”
“Um…”
“There’s no need to be shy; we’re all girls here. I’m just curious to see if Anna will float.”
Float?
I looked down too, wondering… if unrestrained, would my breasts float?
“I’m curious too.”
Higdelytha joined in the commotion.
I was slightly shaken. I had heard that girls with large breasts tend to float in water, but because of the young lady’s whims, if there were maids around, they were always flat-chested, so I never had the chance to confirm this.
Now I could experience it myself. Would they float?
I released my arms from covering my chest, completely freeing the buoyancy
they held.
Regardless of whether they floated, the buoyancy was unmistakable, as if invisible hands were lifting them from below.
“How is it?”
“They really do float…”
“But not as dramatically as I imagined.”
“Maybe it’s because Anna’s are too big… If she dived underwater, it would probably be more turbulent.”
“Could they be used as a lifebuoy?”
No, no, no, that’s too exaggerated…
I never thought I’d gain more knowledge about girls than the young lady herself, from a girl’s perspective. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“Carole Meow? Lily? You missed Anna’s special trick. What a pity.”
Special trick? I wouldn’t perform that in front of others.
“Meow… I’m still saddened by the fate of the second princess…” Carole Cat sighed deeply, “The curse of the 【Child of the Devil】 is so unreasonable. Neither the second princess nor those who died because of her did anything wrong…”
Carole Cat’s unexpected sensitivity… Indeed, being in the second princess’s shoes must be tragic. The curse of the 【Child of the Devil】 appears randomly, with no hereditary traits or patterns, just the powerlessness of being toyed with by fate.
Lily then gathered her courage and blinked.
“Anna sister, is the 【Child of the Devil】… a bad person who shouldn’t exist?”