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“… This is a good hot spring.”
A mysterious hot spring near Shiki.
There I was soaking in hot water alone.
It’s a natural hot spring in the truest sense of this word, without any roof or walls and could be called open in a sense. In a way, it reminds me of Japanese hot springs from my previous life. I didn’t frequent them much, though.
The hot spring water quality is unknown, but the research showed that it wasn’t harmful, so I’m considering whether to draw hot water or open it up for the Shiki citizens who don’t have a bathtub.
“I wonder if Cyan will properly bring me a change of clothes.”
As for the reason why I’m soaking in the hot spring, it’s because my clothes are dirty.
We heard that a monster we’d never seen before was spotted so a few of us checked the surrounding area. As I was patrolling the area with Cyan,
‘Oopsie, my foot slipped! Hiyaaa!’
She had a bad fall while taking me down with her. As a result, I ended up being caught under, dove into the muddy soil and got mud all over me. By the way, Cyan was relatively unscathed.
I thought I heard a strange yell, but the person herself said that she hadn’t done it on purpose and suggested that if I wanted to wash the mud off, I should do it at the nearby hot spring since we were already close. She said that she would bring me the change of clothes herself.
I did tell her that I didn’t mind returning to my mansion like this, but,
‘God’s envoy is telling you that she will bring you a change of clothes, so just wait obediently. — if you won’t, I’ll strip off your clothes here and now.’
Cyan threatened me with a look of compassion that she only showed during a prayer or a confession.
Usually she would sweep things under the rug with a simple ‘sorry!’, so what is she plotting? She even dutifully prepared a towel too.
“Fuu… it’s been a while since I’ve been able to take it easy.”
I soaked a towel in hot water, wrung it lightly and placed it over my face. It’s something an old man would do, but no one is watching, so it’s fine.
But still, what is Cyan up to?
My birthday is still a long way off, and it’s not like it’s an anniversary of any kind. I doubt she’s preparing a surprise party at home.
Then, she really just slipped…
“Did you enter first, Gray?”
A voice called out to me from behind.
It was a woman’s voice. A pleasant and dignified voice that I’ve become familiar with over this past month and often heard it at my mansion.
I only know one person with a voice like this.
“Sorry. I came with Ms. Cyan, but she had a bad fall. I came here to wash off the mud, but… the familiar person who entered before me she mentioned must’ve been you after all, Gray.”
Perhaps because the steam is a bit dense, she can’t see who’s inside. For some reason the woman seemed to think that I was Gray.
I heard the sound of clothes rubbing. It sounded like she was coming towards me.
Once I removed the towel that was covering my face, there was—
“Now that we’re both here, we can fulfil the promise we made earlier—”
“… Greetings, Lady Violet. The water temperature is very nice.”
“…Lord Clo?”
Lady Violet, with just a towel wrapped around her body.
… Cyan, you better remember this.
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Before I knew it, I found myself soaking in the hot spring together with Lady Violet.
Adhering strictly to the rule that it’s bad manners to soak the towel in hot water, we were soaking in the hot spring together while wearing nothing at all, keeping a distance of one person between us.
What’s more, our clothes had disappeared before we knew it, so we were both stuck in an awkward atmosphere, unable to leave…
“… It’s a nice hot spring.”
“… Yeah, it’s a little too hot, but this much is just right.”
“… if this place was made public, it would be a nice location.”
“… Yeah, you’re right.”
“…”
“…”
What do you want me to do?!
No, calm down. Calm down, Clo Heartfield.
In your previous life, you lived in a studio with your sister, and you had many opportunities to touch and see women’s bodies because of your work, didn’t you?
It’s not like you’re not accustomed to women, you just have to deal with it without panic–
“… Lord Clo.”
—Lady Violet touched my body from behind and drew closer to me.
Ah, what should I do? Now that I think about it, I lived with my younger sister so I never looked at her as the opposite sex, I’ve only ever touched women at work because it was more convenient and I never saw them in a perverse light.
Ahhhh, I can hear my heart pounding.
If this was Cyan, I’d have dealt with her differently, but because it’s Lady Violet, I can’t help feeling nervous.
I don’t know why Lady Violet suddenly became so proactive, but I just hope she doesn’t realize how nervous I am.
“F-fufufufufufu, it’s like that. Now that we’re like this, rather than thinking that we might as well skip the kissing stage and do what I wanted to do on my first day here, I keep getting embarrassed when I think of what I tried to do on the first day, and now, ahhhhh!”
“…Please calm down.”
However, Lady Violet was clearly more panicked.
How is she more nervous than me after bringing it up herself?… I wonder if somebody gave her the idea.
“Fufu, w-what are you talking about? It’s not s-strange for a married couple to show their naked bodies to each other and be in close contact with one another.”
“Your voice is trembling like hell.”
“It. Is. Not.”
“Please don’t push yourself.”
Lady Violet’s voice was obviously shaking.
I feel like it was written in some book that when you see people who are more nervous than you are, you calm down. Now I know that it refers to the exact situation I’m in.
Well then, now that I’ve calmed down a little, let’s sort out the situation –yeah, I shouldn’t worry about the sensation I’m feeling from my back. All I have to do is fully focus on memorizing it to remember it later.
“Did you consult Cyan about something?”
“… Fuu, what might you be talking about?”
Was that an imitation of Ms. Schwarz?
Knowing Cyan, she must’ve gotten the wrong idea… even so, hiding our clothes and getting us covered in mud is too much, so I’ll snitch to the Priest later.
However, the fact that she consulted Cyan means that…
“Did I do something wrong?”
Huh, what was that? My own words just now irritated me.
It felt weird coming from me, who has memories from my previous life, as if I shouldn’t have said that…
“… No, you haven’t done… anything wrong, Lord Clo.”
“Huh?”
Lady Violet muttered in a voice that seemed like it would disappear at any moment, as she put her face against my back, most likely in embarrassment.
“I only consulted with her about our relationship… I wanted to get closer to you, Lord Clo.”
… Yeah, that’s adorable.
Very adorable. It’s an adorableness different from her usual dignified self, she’s just so adorable and I’m happy that she’s going to such lengths for me and she’s so adorable and cute and sweet – alright, I can do it now. I don’t know what exactly that means, but I feel like I can do it now and Lady Violet will also allow me to. I’ll turn to her right this instant and—
“Ah, so you went ahead, Milady. I came to the hot spring after hearing about it from lady Apricot… oh, you were here too, Lord Clo?”
“”?!””
However, the moment we heard that voice, Lady Violet and I hurriedly separated.
As we turned towards the direction of the voice, it turned out to be Gray. When he confirmed our presence, Gray also started taking off his clothes, and was about to join us.
… I can’t decide if I was saved or if I missed out.
“O-oh, it was you, Gray? Come to think of it, we’d promised to go in together before. Great timing. Let’s have quality family time toge… ther…?”
Huh? Ms. Violet looked at Gray and froze.
By the way, Gray dutifully followed the hot spring etiquette I taught him before and wrapped a towel around his waist after taking off his clothes.
“…Gray.”
“Yes, what’s wrong?”
“About your chest…”
“Yes… ah, do you mean this scar? I’m sorry, but it’s a scar that won’t go away even after being healed.”
Gray’s scar is a small scar on his chest inflicted on him by the previous lord. It’s not painful to look at, but it’s not inconspicuous either. Is that what’s bothering her?
“No, umm, I mean… your chest.”
“Yes.”
“So you were… a boy, Gray.”
“… Pardon?”
“I’m sorry, all this time… I was convinced you were a girl.”
Gray and I thought for a few seconds.
“”….Whaaaaat?!””
And let out a shocked voice at the same time.
Author’s note:
The woman with good voice
She has the same voice as the same actress who voiced her in the otome game, so her voice is naturally good
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