Muttering while tolerating his pain. It should have been pain enough to become irritable but perhaps this coolness was part of his talent and Jin was secretly impressed.
Just as he applied the soap suds to his hair and was about to scrub—
“AH, Jin! You guys came in first?!”
Jin tripped over himself. And it was while in his sitting position that he tripped together with the stool to turn a full half circle with the momentum.
“ “——Hah……?!” ”
This was a normal bathhouse that was similar to any other in the world——which means that everyone was naked in there.
“You…You must be lying right?”
Of course it wasn’t a lie, nor was it a metaphor.
Five youths of both guys and girls were all without their clothes—No, to be more precise, with the exception of Rin who wrapped a bath towel around herself, the other four youths of both guys and girls were all naked.
But Sandra paid it no mind as she rushed over with her red hair swaying behind her.
“Jin, it’s been three years since we last bathed together! And I remember that we used to bathe together in the past too!”
“Ara, so Jin also did get help from others. And here I thought that I was the only weird one.”
“Eh? Nno…wawait, that’s not it…!”
Jin frantically tried to explain as he stammered on his words.
Ignoring Jin’s situation, Rin who was wrapped up in a bath towel walked up to His Highness.
“Uwa! His Highness is actually washing his own hair! What mind of emotional change could have caused this?!”
“No, it’s not an emotional influence but a situational one. If there’s no one around to help me, I would just have to do it alone right?”
“Ooh, I see!” Rin replied, impressed. She then started to help His Highness to wash his white hair in a matter-of-factly. ……What sort of relation did those two have?[11] It really seemed to be getting weirder by the moment.
But upon seeing their actions, Sandra had also taken an interest in it as she came to stand behind Jin.
“Then, let me help Jin to wash as well!”
“San…Sandra!”
Sandra happily wriggled her fingers in excitement. To avoid any misunderstanding, she’s still currently in the nude.
Jin covered the part that logically required his covering as he ran around the bathhouse with a red face. And Sandra happily chased after him while Rin looked on at them in a happy mood.
Only Percher was alone in a corner covering her body as she muttered wordlessly to the Heavens:
(……this sort of situation. What do you want me to do?)