The meal with Isis-san and her subordinates in the dining room was quite enjoyable. Isis-san’s subordinates have quite the personalities, but they are all nice people, and looking at them like this, you can tell that they get along well with each other.
Isis-san calls them her family, and I can say that they really are a close-knit family. Even though they are both subordinates, I feel that they are quite different from the Ten Demons or the Five Warlords. In terms of atmosphere, I guess they might be closer to the Seven Princesses back at Lillywood-san’s place. Just like how they get along well at Harmonic Symphony’s tea party, going to a festival with good friends……
Well, you could say that the good friendship among the Death King’s subordinates is a result of Isis-san’s personality.
[……Kaito…… The bath preparations are ready…… Should we go in?]
[Eh? Ah, I guess so. We’ve just finished dinner, so I’d like to freshen up.]After eating dinner, I moved to Isis-san’s room to take a break after dinner, and while we were chatting leisurely, she made such a suggestion.
It was indeed a good time to take a bath. Since the bath at Isis-san’s home is an onsen, it would be nice to take a relaxing soak while watching the snowy landscape.
[……Unnn…… Then…… Let’s go.]
[……Eh? Ahh, yeah…… You’re right, let’s go.]
I was perplexed by Isis-san’s remark, but thinking about it again, from her first question, the way she spoke seemed to be under the assumption that we would be getting in the bath together.
Putting aside if it were back then, Isis-san and I are lovers, so there’s no problem bathing together…… No, of course, I still feel some embarrassment from doing that……
[……Ehehe…… All day today…… Always together with Kaito…… I’m so happy.][Hearing you say that also makes me happy.]
Hmmm, Isis-san’s reactions are all cute. Rather, she’s really happy to be with me, and even though it feels somewhat ticklish, it’s a happy feeling.
Finding ourselves holding hands without anyone particularly initiating it, we headed for the bath.
I had thought this when I came to stay overnight before, but the onsen at Isis-san’s house is truly spectacular. Because of the barrier, the onsen can’t be seen from the outside, but the outside can be normally seen from the inside and we were able to enjoy the view.
I have Shiro-san’s blessing, so this really isn’t something I particularly care about, but even in extremely cold weather, the temperature inside the barrier is maintained at a constant level, so it’s not cold.
In fact, even though the castle is in a land of snow and ice, it doesn’t feel chilly inside Isis-san’s castle, and the wind doesn’t blow in, probably because of the barrier.
[……Come to think of it, was this onsen built by Alice?]
[……Unnn…… She said…… it’s a free-flowing onsen.]
Where’s the source of this free-flowing onsen then? Well, I guess they can just use magic to arrange that. In fact, back at the Six Kings Festival, at the top floor of the Central Tower, inside what should be a subspace-like place, they also said that the onsen built there was also a free-flowing onsen…… Moreover, it doesn’t seem like Kuro and the others are using those words without fully understanding their meanings either. Well, with Alice being its creator, there certainly is a possibility that the hot water was being teleported from some source.
[……Kaito…… Let’s wash…… each other’s backs?]
[Eh? Ah, yes. Then, shall I wash you first?]
[……Unnn…… Thanks.]
I nodded to Isis-san’s words, who suggested that with a smile. After watching Isis-san sit down on a small bath chair, I wash her back with a shower-like magic tool.
[Does the water not feel hot?]
[……No…… It’s alright…… It feels good.]
[I’m glad to hear that. Come to think of it, when I first stayed over at Isis-san’s house, we also did the same thing.]
[……Unnn…… At that time…… I washed you first…… and now, the order is reversed…… Next time…… I’ll wash you first.]
[Ahaha, I see, we’re exchanging turns in who comes first.]
[……Unnn.]
I remember quite vividly the first time I stayed at Isis-san’s house. Rather, I can only remember how I was very nervous.
No, of course, I’m still nervous to some extent, but I still feel more relaxed than when I first came to stay over since we are now lovers.
[……Speaking of which…… At that time…… Kaito got dizzy.]
[……H- Hmmm, rather than dizzy, I actually felt embarrassed and blood rushed to my head…… Well, I guess there’s no mistaking that I got dizzy as a result.]
[……Kaito…… you feel embarrassed…… when you went to bathe with me?]
[Of course, even now, I still feel embarrassed…… but right now, I think the joy of being with Isis-san is stronger. That’s when I feel calmer than when I first came to stay overnight.]
[……I see…… I also…… feel happy together with Kaito…… and it’s because we’re fulfilled…… that we’re together.]
[Right.]
[Ehehe.]
I really feel that because she smiles more and more like this that Isis-san’s charm is increasing. The same is true of our conversation, but the tone of her voice conveys this sense of happiness, and just listening to it makes me break out into a smile.
Unnn…… It’s true that there’s still some embarrassment and some tension in me…… but just as I told Isis-san, I truly felt that I wasn’t only happy, but also deeply content.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [Fughhaaa, t- these two, even though they’ve already had quite a few mixed baths together….. they somehow look like a happy couple…… Gununu.]
? ? ? : [……Aren’t they a normal happy couple?]
