Chapter 107 : On Buoyancy and Chests
I focused intently on washing Sigrdrífa's back.
To be honest, Sigrdrífa's body was extremely clean. She had only just entered the hot spring and shouldn't have had time to wash her back, but I couldn't help repeatedly lightening my touch, feeling that leaving any rough marks on such beautiful skin would be a sin.
After listening to Christiana's story, everyone had finished washing up, but both Lily and Carol Cat were absorbed in the Second Princess's fate, unable to extricate themselves for a long time.
I kept my head lowered. While I wouldn't have any particular reaction, I still wanted to avoid directly looking at the youthful, beautiful girls' bodies with their various charms.
"Lady Christiana, you..."
I truly couldn't escape Chris after all. Her attention was always focused on me.
At that moment, Christiana suddenly embraced my arm from behind as I prepared to enter the hot spring, her soft, jade-like body pressing tightly against mine.
"Lovers like to link arms like this."
"Lovers and such... please spare me..."
"Does Chris really like Anna?"
While I was troubled about how to handle Christiana, Sigrdrífa sat down in the hot spring first and asked leisurely.
"Of course I like her! Anna is such a cute girl, how could anyone dislike her?"
Being praised as cute doesn't make me happy.
"And you know, the way I like Anna is the kind where I want to marry her~"
"Eh?!"
Christiana's shocking statement made it impossible for me to remain calm.
The kind of liking where you want to marry... Huh? No... I'm honored by your feelings... That's not right either!
I didn't know whether my current mood was shock or embarrassment, or perhaps both, but the key problem was...
"Lady Christiana... do you remember verse 22:7 of section thirteen of the Abrahamic scriptures?" (TN: I don’t think it relates to the actual Bible.)
"Anna is so mean, making me remember the days of memorizing scripture. But I remember, God said, 'I created male and female from the beginning, so they could become a match made in heaven. Their marriage is a pair ordained by heaven.'"
I tactfully expressed my perspective. My [Theology] is Lv. Max, so I can recite the entire scripture backwards asleep.
Christiana clearly understood my meaning and quickly changed her approach.
"But the scripture also says, 'Love whom you love, and do not be idle.' Our Father God didn't specify that girls' love can't bear fruit! Come on Anna, let's become the Eden's Eve and Eve together~"
Both being Eve is asking for trouble... Please consider Adam's feelings!
"We elves worship the nature goddess who allows marriages that don't adhere to conventional love. As long as you pray sincerely under the sacred tree, the nature goddess will surely bless the newlyweds' love."
Sigrdrífa proudly emphasized the advantages of the elven race. So the scenarios in elven fairy tales can actually come true?
Christiana's eyes immediately lit up: "Really? Can non-elves do it too?"
"Well... it should work? The nature goddess is a loving deity."
"Wonderful! Anna, let's get married in Midgard!"
"...The water temperature is suitable. Please enter the bath first, Lady Christiana."
"Listen to me!"
In the end, Christiana still wouldn't let go of me, refusing to release her grip even while soaking in the hot spring.
Our status bars all displayed "Enjoying Hot Spring," and the recovery speed for both health and fatigue increased. Under the healing effects of the hot spring that could make one forget all troubles, my skin took on an alluring pink tint.
I had rarely bathed in hot springs before, with only one or two occasions in my memory. I hadn't expected that relaxing in a hot spring would be such a pleasant experience. I could somewhat understand why some people soak so long they forget the time, because this enjoyment that seemed to liberate fatigue from every pore was truly irresistible.
But soaking in hot springs too long can have side effects, so I'll keep track of time.
Once in the hot spring, Chris became much more well-behaved. I worried whether she might fall asleep, as some people do doze off in hot springs, which is quite dangerous.
"Lady Christiana?"
Turning my head, Chris was quite alert, but she was actually staring at my chest.
"Anna, could you move your arms away for a bit?"
"Mm..."
"We're all girls here, no need to be shy. I'm a bit curious whether Anna’s would float up."
Float up?
I also looked down. She was asking whether... my unrestrained chest would float to the surface?
"I'm quite curious about that too."
Sigrdrífa actually joined in the fun.
I was somewhat wavering. I had heard that girls with large chests would float in water, but because of the Young Miss's preferences, she specifically chose flat-chested maids when there were female servants around, so I had no opportunity to confirm such things.
Now I could test it myself. Would they actually float up?
I released my arms that had been covering my chest, completely liberating them to the buoyancy.
Whether they floated up aside, the buoyancy was remarkably obvious, like invisible hands pushing upward.
"H-how is it?"
"They really do float up..."
"But not as dramatically as imagined."
"Maybe it's because Anna's are excessively large... If she dove underwater, it would definitely be more turbulent."
"Maybe they could work as a life preserver?"
No no no, that's too exaggerated...
To think I would one day gain more knowledge from a girl's perspective than the Young Miss herself. I don't know whether to cry or laugh.
"Carol? Lily? It's too bad you missed Anna's special skill just now."
What kind of special skill is that... I would never perform this in front of others.
"Meow... I'm still feeling sad about the Second Princess's fate..." Carol Cat sighed wistfully. "The curse makes no sense at all. Clearly neither the Second Princess nor those who died because of it did anything wrong meow..."
Carol Cat was unexpectedly sensitive. From the Second Princess's perspective, it would indeed be very sad. The curse of Child of Demons appears randomly, with no hereditary traits or patterns, only the helplessness of being toyed with by fate.
Lily gathered her courage and asked with blinking eyes.
"Sister Anna, are Children of Demons... bad people who shouldn't exist?"
