Chapter 52: Hot spring once again
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“Fuwwaaaa~”
I released a satisfying sound as I dipped myself in the perfectly warm water of a hot spring.
I’m back in Crimonia city to take a break from all the stress I’ve been suffering these past days. The best way to relax is to indulge myself on a hot spring trip.
Shaymi has never been in one before. A hot spring trip would be a great experience for her.
Currently shaking in fear. Shaymi looked at me with eyes about to cry.
“Is this okay, Hanayuki? Am I going to be boiled?”
“Don’t worry, it's not that hot… Dip your toe little by little and before you know it you’re gonna feel your body in heaven.”
Her eyes were telling that she trusted me. She dipped her toe first. Followed by her body little by little.
“See? It's not that hot, right?”
“The temperature is just perfect… My body feels like melting… Waaa…”
Shaymi is beginning to understand how great the hot spring was.
From my recollected memories, I remember that I often visited a hot spring before. Looking at my reflection. I’m always seeing a girl with black hair and huge eyebags. Who is that girl exactly? Why are some of my memories viewed from her perspective?
“Hana... Uki… I…mmm… Blurrppp… Blurppp…”
“?!”
Shaymi felt so happy, that she let herself go down underwater without having a single thought.
I immediately pulled her hand back to the surface.
“Are you okay?”
“Yup… Thank you.”
“...”
Sometimes she is very smart, but there are times that she is very stupid. I can’t understand her fully as well as I thought. There is still lots of time traveling with her. I’ll know her better. Her being smart and stupid could be a great balance for her well-being. Everyone has their own flaws.
We indulged ourselves in a hot spring bath and eventually regretted it. Our bodies become red because we dip too long.
I never learned my lesson.
With our skin in a red hue. We go back to our room with dinner already served on the table.
Served in front of my eyes was a golden crispy freshly made fried chicken. The aroma from the different spices used in breeding enveloped my nose in perfect harmony.
Smells so good.
“Fried chicken again.”
Shaymi said with a little disappointed tone.
“What’s wrong with fried chicken every day?! Fried chicken is really good, you know. Don’t look at food with those eyes. Apologize to the kids who are unable to eat three times a day.”
“... But we've been eating fried chicken for one week already.”
Shaymi walked behind my back and pinched my belly. The excess fat from my belly was exposed
“... Hanayuki is getting fatter because of these oily chickens.”
Shocked at her announcement. I felt defeated and fell to my knees.
She is right, I’m getting fatter and fatter. I didn’t notice it. That means I have to restrain myself from eating fried chicken for a long time again.
(Hanayuki has a slender body and she is just overthinking it. Like an actress or model who gains little cholesterol and they are already thinking that they are the fattest girl in the universe.)
“Added… This one…”
Shaymi grabbed my arms. She pulled the fat on my arms.
“Their thick…”
Shaymi, please have mercy… My flaws are being exposed and I can’t accept them easily.
(Because appearance is important to girls. Her speech earlier was rendered useless. Please take your own medicine, Hanayuki.)
From knees to floor.
I had critical mental damage.
Because of few realizations. It's even hard for me. I stopped my urge to have one single bite of my fried chicken. The caretaker of the Inn took the chicken and served freshly made a seasoned salad instead.
Too much green.
Shaymi and I look very disappointed at what’s serving us.
“I’m sorry, but that’s the only thing that’s available in the kitchen right now.”
The caretaker apologized by bowing her head.
“Don’t worry, it's good… I’m on a diet right now.”
I said.
The salad wasn’t enough to fill our stomach's needs. We end up sleeping with our stomachs growling.
I want my fried chicken. I cried while biting my pillow.
…
Next morning.
We get up early in the morning to do some for the adventuring guild. We indeed got lots of money selling the jewelry I found.
I can’t be complacent.
In addition, I have to test my new magic and burn fat by defeating monsters. I have a second reason for visiting Crimonia city. This city is also called the Holy City. High-ranked priests and masters of holy magic are found here.
After my battle with Belle… I got interested in learning holy magic. Holy magic is magic that can be fused into any magic. The only exception was dark magic. In order to have access to holy magic, I have to be blessed by the angel.
The blessing process was simple. I have to make a promise and not break it. When the promise was broken, I was unable to use holy magic anymore.
The promise I made is…
“I won’t kill anyone anymore… Despite how evil one person is... I have to give it a second chance.”
The priest helped me communicate with their angel. I didn’t see it, but I felt the hand touching my head gently. Thus, I learned holy magic.
Back in the current time, Shaymi and I go to the abandoned dungeon full of evil spirits near Crimonia. I practice fusing holy magic with my lightning magic. I used my newly obtained magic to purify the spirits.
Of course, there are times I fail. After having a battle with countless evil spirits from dawn to sunset. I eventually learned how to control holy magic.
Holy magic took lots of magic that I expected. I guess I’ll only use this magic when I’m purifying spirits like Belle.
This means Shaymi is amazing for using pure holy magic on her own. How did she obtain such magic in the first place? I can’t remember anyone priest looking in the monster amusement park.
I’ll ask her later.
While we were walking back to the hot spring city,
“Where are we going next, Hanayuki?”
“We’ll go back to the demon continent… I wanted to visit the beast man tribe. This time we’ll not walk on feet. Because we have money now, we can afford to ride an airship going to the demon capital city.”
“Demon capital city. That is the place where the demon lord lives.”
“Yup, I’m also excited about seeing the demon castle up close.”
The previous divided world of demon territory and the human empire was reunited a long time ago. After the evil dark lord was defeated, a new dark lord was crowned. This time, a treaty was made so that a war between demon territory and the human empire wouldn't break out again.
Despite everyone’s efforts from efforts ago. Peace wasn’t achieved.
Evil demons and evil humans still exist. No matter how many heroes sacrifice their lives for the sake of humanity. The cycle of hate continues.
Reaching the hot spring Inn. Shaymi and I dip our bodies into the hot spring water again.
“Ahhhh~ Fuaaaaa~”
My body is melting… The exhaustion is leaving my body.
We smiled blissfully while we took a bath.
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