Chapter 423: This isnt Going to be Easy (1/2)

Going into the bathroom first, I lightly poured warm water over my body before soaking in the hot spring, waiting for Lillywood-san.

……Why did the ”scenery here become so different from yesterday”? What kind of arrangement did they place here?

The trees were dazzlingly green and lined with leaves, making me feel as if I was taking a bath in an onsen in the middle of a forest. It felt cool and refreshing, so taking a bath here was great.

”I'm sorry to keep you waiting.”

[Ah, no…… Huh?]

As I was thinking about this, I heard Lillywood-san's calm voice call out, making me reflexively turn towards her…… and stiffen.

[W- W- Wha……]

”Is something the matter, Kaito-san?”

When Lillywood-san appeared, her white skin, which was usually hidden by her poncho-like ethnic-style clothing, was unsparingly exposed and even seemed to glow.

And the most eye-catching things were those huge twin hills that looked like melons, boasting their overwhelming presence…… and those well-shaped protrusions at their peaks……

[Why the heck are you ”barenakeeeeeed”!?]

”Eh? Isn't bathing supposed to be done without any clothes?”

[Please wrap a towel or something around your body!!!]

”H- Huh…… But I'm a tree, so……”

[I don't care if you're a tree or not, just wrap a towel around your body!!!]

”Ah, y- yes!?”

Hurriedly turning my gaze away from Lillywood-san, I shouted. I- I was completely caught off guard…… I had an uncomfortable feeling ever since I agreed to take a bath together with her, but Lillywood-san…… Don't you have any shame at all!?

I mean, her stance was that she was a tree, so she probably thought that I wouldn't be lusting over her body if I saw her naked.

I- I never expected that Lillywood-san, who I thought was the safest, was the most unguarded of them all…… I felt like I've been corkscrewed even though we just started bathing together.

Especially her tremendously destructive body. It was completely burned into my brain. T- This is quite dangerous.

”Well then, I'll be entering the bath too…… As I recall, ”it's proper manners to not soak your towel in the bath”, right?]

[No, you can't!]

”Eh?”

[Today's onsen isn't a murky one, so you definitely can't do that!]

”E- Errr……”

[Please enter the bath with the towel still wrapped around you. Please. I'm begging you!]

”I- I understand……”

At this point, I didn't care about the etiquette of entering an onsen anymore. If I kept seeing Lillywood-san's amazing body, I feel that my reasoning would be smashed to pieces.

Even though she was confused why I looked at her menacingly, Lillywood-san nodded and soaked in the onsen with the towel wrapped around her body.

”Haahhh…… This feels great. It's nice to soak in warm water once in a while, isn't it?”

[E- Errr, do you not usually soak in hot water?]

”I usually only take cold baths. That bath would also be my meal……”

It seems that Lillywood-san, a tree spirit, basically doesn't eat solid food and only drinks water.

Being careful not to look at Lillywood-san's direction as much as possible, I tried to distract myself by continuing the conversation.

”Even so, fufufu…… It's been a long time since I've bathed with someone like this. I've only bathed with Isis and the others a few times, you see.”

[Is that so…… I know it's a little late to ask this now, but are you really sure you want to be in a bath together with me?]

”Yes, I'm glad to be able to deepen my friendship with you, Kaito-san.”