Chapter 49 (1/2)

Translator(s): DC    Editor(s): Boomer    Proofreader(s): DC    TLC(s): s.h.i.+mizuA

Abnormal people and Normal people

”Haaa… Haaa…”

Ludmilla, who came all the way back to the hideout by running, was gasping from a mixture of fatigue and negative emotions. Although the initial wave of nausea had more or less subsided, her suit jacket was sticky with sweat, in general terms, she felt awful.

As I thought, my attire isn't suited for exercise.

I still can't fathom as to why such a thing was accepted as the uniform for an a.s.sa.s.sin.

”Oh, you've returned, Ludmilla. Were you successful?”

”Move aside!…”

Halfway through Lady's greeting, Ludmilla pushed her aside.

Lady called out to her with a questioning tone.

”What happened?

”… It's nothing. The target has been properly killed… I just want to go take a bath…!”

”Really. Even so, wait for a bit. Right now, my darling and Mary-”

She spoke in an uninterested, transparent voice. But Ludmilla cut her off, and entered the dressing room. She wanted to wash away the horrible feeling as soon as possible.

Setting aside her smoky-smelling rifle, she stripped off her suit and underwear, and violently flung open the bathroom door.

Then- Ludmilla froze.

”…hm?”

The first thing she saw inside the bathroom, already warm and steamy, was black hair being splashed with bubbles.

Next, she saw a chest which was engraved with geometric patterns which aggregated to form a magic square.

When magic users decide to actually use magic (during their first time), a magic system is established, which is then engraved onto the heart.

Ludmilla, who barely had even a tiny bit of knowledge of magic related knowledge didn't understand what was written, but she was aware of what it was.

-And, such a thing was trivial at the moment.

There was only one person in the third squad who had a magic square engraved into her chest.

It appeared that she was in the middle of was.h.i.+ng her hair.

Mary, who had bubbles expanding in size on her head, had her eyes closed, and slowly opened her light-green eyes, and looked at Ludmilla.

Since the bubbles were identical to the color of her hair, it was difficult to differentiate the bubbles apart from her hair.

-And then, there was the most important thing.

”Ludmilla? Ah, you've returned.”

Ludmilla recognized the tone of the voice which called out her name, she was in a situation which made her head spin; it was like the moment when ice melts from coming into contact with fire. Immediately following that, she understood the situation.

Ahead- a man, s.h.i.+zuru, stood bare.

He appeared languid, or possibly sullen.

From the combination of low blood pressure, and having no highlighted color, by opening her purple demon eye, she was basically able to get an impression of the other party.

Up until now, she had been seen a few times before in her undergarments. At that point, Ludmilla felt that it was still within an acceptable range, in which she didn't need to be embarra.s.sed.

However, being naked was a completely different story.

Once again, I'm caught not wearing clothes, but this time, the other party isn't as well!

Within a few moments of her realization, blood began to gather in Ludmilla's cheeks.

Irritatingly and annoyingly her body temperature that shouldn't be rising were rising along with it.

”Did the job go well? I'm currently was.h.i.+ng Mary's head, so you may need to wait for a little bit. I'll also wash your back.”

”Ha…?”

Ludmilla took in his words, and felt that there was a fatal misunderstanding. It had seemed as though he had planned on bathing together from the beginning; after several heartbeats, she began to feel fl.u.s.tered.

”Y-yo-you! Erm, Uh, I-”

”Ca.s.sy sometimes finds it difficult, so I wash it for her sometimes, it's alright. I'm accustomed to this.”

To be treated the same as Casca was, was extremely vexing for various reasons. At any rate, Ludmilla was trying to work out the misunderstanding, but since she was in the embarra.s.sing situation of standing face to face in the nude, she wasn't able to speak properly.

After a while.

”…It's different!…”

Without any specific explanation as to what exactly was different, Ludmilla vigorously slammed the bathroom door shut. s.h.i.+zuru stood with his head tilted to the side, and a question mark floated above his head. Mary began to complain about bubbles getting into her eyes, so he pushed his thoughts away in a corner and began to rinse her with hot water.

”… I wasn't aware that you guys were in there.”

s.h.i.+zuru stepped out of the bathroom, and sat down on the sofa with Mary, and began to dry her hair. Ludmilla had changed her clothes and underwear right away, and then sat across from them, directly facing them, her face still radiating a little bit of red.

”I see. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.”