Chapter 1079: A Relaxing Day
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Elizabeth rejoined our dinner; this time she was able to eat. That talk might have helped her more than I thought. She ate a lot too, two whole plates of fried rice with and fish, and the she ate a cheesecake slice for dessert with some tea. I couldn't believe just how happy I was to just see her eat.
"Phew, thanks for the meal~" Erika yawned. "I think I'll go take a bath… Eli! Wanna join? Alberta too if she wants!"
"M-Me too?!" Alberta panicked. "N-No thanks… I'll take a bath on my own, Hahahah… O-Or maybe with Eric?"
"With me?!" muttered Eric. "I-I mean… I-I wouldn't mind, yeah… Do you want to?"
"Let's… help wash each other then?" she cutely smiled back at him. Chapter Stay:
"S-Sure!" Eric was nervous, but rather happy to do just that.
Hmm, I see that they're growing progressively closer too…
"Then! Let's go take a bath, Blake~" Erika dragged me away.
"Hm?! Wait…!"
"No wait here, you're coming with us," said Elizabeth, also helping her.
"Hahh… Well, fine," I shrugged. "Eleanora, join us as well."
"Okay~" she was still a bit drunk after drinking so much blood, but happily joined us anyways.
Like that, I had to take a bath together with them, the baths were already cleansed thanks to the golems I had left behind to clean. Specifically designed for cleaning duties, these special, small golems can get things done as long as a lot of them are spread everywhere.
There were a lot of baths in the fortress, four of them, so we took one for ourselves and took a nice bath. The area was huge, with a huge pool in the middle constantly releasing warm water once fully activated.
We dipped inside once undressed and we washed ourselves with a lot of soap. Some bruises left behind were quickly healed by Elizabeth's magic, and I Erika… well, Erika was swimming around and jumping in and out of the pool all the time.
"Here I go again!"
SPLASH!
This was already the tenth time she jumped into the bath, making the warm water jump everywhere, Eleanora was having a hard time washing her long hair with Erika doing this all the time…
"Erika, that's enough for now," I said. "A bath is supposed to be peaceful, please don't jump anymore…"
"Eeh? But it doesn't hurt anybody!" she said, insisting on it.
"Please just let me wash my hair in peace…" Eleanora groaned.
"A-Ah! Right, sorry, sorry!" Erika giggled nervously.
After that, I helped her and Elizabeth wash their hair and used special shampoo to keep their hair beautiful, silky, and shiny.
Erika's beautiful natural, pink-colored hair had become slightly clearer as she grew older, I remember when she was young, it was very bright, but it had become of a clearer pink.
Still, it was silky, smooth, and long.
And Elizabeth's glistening golden blonde hair was as beautiful as ever, of a pure blonde color, usually most blondes' hair would still look brownish.
However, Elizabeth was different, of a clearer gold color, it was very beautiful, especially when it shone beneath the sunlight.
"And done, sorry if it was rough, I am not used to this," I said. "Did I do a good job?"
I ended by drying their hair by gently letting out some windy gusts by conjuring the Gust Spell, it worked well.
"Yes! It was left so silky and smooth! Blake, thank you so much!" Elizabeth was fascinated. "Smells so nice, what was that shampoo you used?"
"A special blend of floral scents and herbal oils," I said. "It is a shampoo I created through Alchemy; I mostly sell it to high nobility for high prices. But I always have a lot for myself and to share."
"Thanks Blake, you're the only one that can help me wash my wild hair!" giggled Erika. "Have you noticed the pink color becoming clearer though?"
"Yeah, your mother has a very clear pink color of hair, so it'll probably become like that," I said.
"Aren't you quite the attentive boyfriend?" giggled Eleanora behind me. "A man washing the hair of a female, now that's cute~ I bet other guys would laugh if they knew you do that with so much attention too!"
"Quite funny today, aren't you?" I sighed. "Jealous of them?" I smirked.
She blushed a bit.
"T-That's not it!" she was definitely a bit jealous.
"Don't worry, I'll wash your hair tomorrow if you want," I said. "Let's go to bed now."
After taking a bath and dressing up again, we moved to a large room with a big bed. Probably once belonging to a noble that lived here as some knight or general, which the golems had already left completely clean, bed included.
While I cuddled in the bed, all three of them quickly wrapped themselves around me tightly… Without letting go of me at all.
"Blake?" Erika wondered.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Tomorrow… you're going to that trial, right? What is it about?" she asked.
"It is a Trial Tower designed by ancient gods," I explained. "I don't know the specifics, but doing the trials there helps you break through a level cap and Rank Up. Your mother had done quite a few of them."
"Oh right, she has!" Erika nodded. "Dammit, I should have asked her about it!"
"We might have already reached five stars, but our levels are still quite low," said Elizabeth. "We need exorbitant amounts of EXP to progress, the foes we've fought have given a fine amount, although little on their own… the large armies give more."
"Yeah, once you can get to max level, we'll return and help you Rank Up too," I nodded. "Don't feel rushed though, everything takes its time…"
"Hmm, right…" Elizabeth cuddled with me, rubbing her face on my shoulder, and then falling asleep.
"I want… to Rank up too…" Erika yawned. "Let's save the elves…"
And as the two fell asleep, and I noticed Eleanora already sleeping too, I quickly decided to relax myself, even for a few hours, closing my eyes.
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