NOVEL NEXT Episode 11: Elf Bathing
It feels like morning.
“good morning”
I heard Mystia’s voice.
I felt something very soft and warm weighing on my body. At the same time, I felt a damp sensation around my mouth. Being licked.
“Okay, I’ll get up. Good morning.”
Matsukaze who jumped onto my body, made a loud chirping sound and answered.
When a dog wakes you up, it doesn’t allow you a long amount of time to wake up from a nap.
Even though I was yawning, I quickly got up and went outside.
“Ah, Soujirou good morning.”
Mystia, who was right outside, was waving cheerfully since the morning. Looks like she was stretching.
The voice I heard earlier must have been tangled up in Matsukaze. Like me now.
“Matsukaze attacked.”
“Thanks to you, I woke up in an instant.”
Mystia burst out laughing when she saw the furball wandering around at my feet.
When I drank the water I had kept in a bark container, the coldness permeated my body. Because I left it outside. My head is finally working properly.
I followed Mystia’s words and put a griffin’s claw in it, and the water is indeed clean.
“I want to wash my body with this water…”
“Ah, me too.”
Mystia, who was listening nearby, said those words as I suddenly muttered those words.
“Well then, would you like to take a bath together?”
“……joke?”
I couldn’t believe my ears.
However, even in the morning, the beautiful elf looks back at me with a strange look on her face.
“Eh, why? Ah, maybe you’re the type of person who boils water and takes a bath once a week? I’m a daily person, right?”
“No, I take a bath every day too.”
I just said that back. Then, Mystia smiled and nodded.
“Then that’s perfect. Let’s go together. Matsukaze, let’s go to the river.”
…Yeah?
“Huh? Soujirou, aren’t you going? Don’t you want to come in?”
If you ask me that, well, I worked hard yesterday. I painted the walls covered in dirt.
“No, yeah, well…I’ll come in.”
It was a natural progression for me to answer.
If you are going to bathe in the field, both men and women should go together, and one person should stand guard. It seems that there are many regions in this world that use it, not just adventurers.
“Countermeasures against monsters…”
Mystia said to me while taking off her clothes in front of me.
“It’s okay. I trust Soujirou.”
Wow.
Mystia bathes in a bathing suit so thin it’s transparent. I’m watching it from a distance.
…Now that I think about it, saunas are used instead of baths in Finland, and saunas are mixed-gender baths.
It might be a similar feeling. I’m sure it’s OK to go with friends or lovers, but not with strangers of the opposite sex.
If you care, you’ll probably look like a crazy person.
“Even a thin bathing suit like that looks like a swimsuit from a distance…I’m grateful.”
I couldn’t help but mutter something like that.
When I fought Griffin, I didn’t think there was much point in wearing a wet, see-through bathing suit that stuck to my body, but once I got a little further away, even something like that became much less dangerous.
But, well, I’ve become healthier and stronger after reincarnating, but I never thought I’d have any problems with improved eyesight.
It also serves as a warning against monsters, so you can’t take your eyes off it.
Eventually, Mystia, who had finished cleaning herself and changed her clothes, came over before she could even tie up her still damp hair.
“Hmm, thank you. I feel refreshed. I was really excited yesterday, haha.”
“That’s right.”
Then, Mystia said while holding out her bathing suit.
“Okay, then let’s take turns.”
“Eh, ah”
After accepting it without thinking, I tilted my head and wondered why I was holding Mystia’s used bathing suit in my hands.
“Eh, why is this?”
“I’ll lend it to you. Use it to wipe your body. It’s the only cloth I have right now.”
That’s what you say.
I thought there was some kind of magic applied to the bathing suit earlier, but it was dry and felt nice to the touch.
But will I use this?
“…Are you okay? Wow, that seems convenient!”
Mystia sits down and spreads out a magic circle towards herself, ignoring me who is deep in thought. Her hair is fluttering. Apparently, it was dried by the wind blowing from the magic circle.
“Ahaha, Soujirou is definitely surprised when he sees magic.”
Mystia was laughing.
“I’ll dry your clothes right away. Oh, do you want me to take them off and wash them?”
“No, I’ll wash it over there and bring it back…”
I hesitate to take it off on the spot.
I quickly left Mystia and headed towards the river.
After much struggle, I decided to use the bathing suit.
Wrap it around your waist to cover only your crotch, wipe your body with your own shirt, then let me dry your clothes.
This is the procedure.
I’ll repay this debt someday…
I was very grateful for the coldness of the river this time.