Chapter 90 - Requested after Guidance (1/2)

Ch. 90: Requested after Guidance

The sane fairy girl that suddenly appeared.

Their situation became better now that the fairy was taking them to safety, but it was only because they had no other option, so they continued to follow behind her.

Above them was the shadow of the swarm of fairies who seemed to have lost their sanity, waiting for them to surface, and along with a mysterious and unreal feeling at the fact he was breathing as he was moving underwater, they reached a small hole on the bottom of the lake.

After a while since they entered the hole, which was barely large enough for a person to crawl through, they hit a wall, and the hole stretched upward.

But that was barely large enough for a single person to go through as well, and although Lapis and Feuille had no problem, Loren, who had a wide build as well as a great sword on his back, couldn’t go through, so he had Lapis pull his sword from above, and he managed to get through after.

Managing to get through, Loren put his hands on the edge of the hole and pulled himself out from the water.

When he looked around, shaking off the water, he saw that they were in some sort of cave, with a soft, white light illuminating the area.

“Ugh…I’m soaking.”

When he turned towards the voice, he saw Lapis, soaking wet, sitting on the floor, squeezing the water out of her clothes.

Loren and Feuille were wearing light clothing, so it wasn’t much of a deal, but although the priest’s clothing that Lapis was wearing was simplified to be easy to move in, it used way more cloth compared to Loren’s clothes, and with all of it completely wet, it was heavy and uncomfortable.

“It’s because Loren suddenly jumped in…”

“I mean, what else should I have done?”

“I only got >. I had other spells that could keep us from getting wet and protecting us from water pressure, you know?”

Although Lapis gave him a reproachful look, Loren doubted that she would’ve been able to get everything done in time.

Although he thought so, he knew that if he said it out loud, it would worsen Lapis’ mood even further, so he decided to stay silent.

“I’m just going to take everything off…I can’t move in this…”

“Seriously?”

Lapis seemed to know that it was pointless to blame Loren, as after she had cursed lightly at him once more, she started squeezing and pounding on her clothes to try to make it feel less uncomfortable, but she eventually gave up, and started taking off her clothes, grimacing at the feeling of wet clothing peeling off her skin.

Loren wondered if it was okay to start taking off her clothes without hesitation in front of a man, but wearing wet clothes was indeed uncomfortable, so it was hard for him to tell her to keep them on.

If possible, Loren wanted to take off his clothes and dry them next to a fire, but while he was wondering if they could find something to burn in the cave and if there was a place they could start a fire, something flew in front of his face.

“Can we talk?”

It was the fairy that had led them there.

As if she had used magic that Lapis had mentioned beforehand, her dress and wings didn’t have a single drop of water on them.

“Can you understand me mister human?”

“Yeah, I can hear and understand you.”

Whatever the case, she was the one who saved them.

As Loren responded, thinking that he should be polite, the fairy smiled and perched on his shoulder.

“So, for introductions, I’m Corne of the fairy race. Nice to meet you.”

“She talks pretty slowly.”

When Lapis commented on the fairy that introduced herself, Loren turned his head towards her, but immediately looked away.

It seemed that Lapis had been steadily taking off her clothes, and when Loren turned towards her, she had taken off everything except for her underwear, and was folding them and stacking them up next to her.

Which meant that her chest and stomach was in plain view, and although Loren didn’t mean to look, the image was burned into his eyes.

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“Hm? Loren, your face is all red.”

“Shut up. Cover yourself up a bit, will you?”

“Even if you say so…Loren’s the only one who’s looking.”

“That’s exactly the problem.”

When Loren curtly, trying to hide his red face, Lapis stared at him, not understanding what he meant, and after a while, a wide grin appeared on her face.

“Loren? Are you embarrassed, by any chance?”

“Lapis, I hate to break it to you like this. But I can’t like a girl with no sense of shame.”

When Loren decided to give her a warning before she started teasing him again, Lapis immediately picked up her clothes and tried to cover her chest.

But she didn’t seem to want to put wet clothes on her skin again, and after pushing and pulling her clothes from herself for a while, she looked up at Loren with a troubled face.

“Umm, Corne, right? As you can see, we’re wet rats here. We’d like to dry ourselves, so is there anything you could do?”