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(Elayne’s POV)
As the morning came, I found myself sleeping at the side of Elisa… Ah, I guess I really did that. I should really get away from her while- Ah, she woke up! Let’s pretend I am asleep!
I quickly closed my eyes as Elisa looked at me with surprise for a bit.
“Ah… A-Auntie?!” Elisa quickly grew a bit red in embarrassment.
Damn it… I guess I have to pretend I was sleeping for now…
I slowly opened my eyes and greeted her.
“Good morning Ely, are you okay? You had nightmares last night so… I decided to stay here and comfort you a bit… S-Sorry if it was a bit weird…” I quickly apologized. I was honestly genuinely worried about those nightmares.
“Ah… N-No, it is fine. Thanks for being so nice with me… It feels like I owe you even more now…” Elisa giggled a bit. She seemed slightly happy and not angry at me at all!
Phew, I am glad she doesn’t think I am a pervert or something…
“Hahah, but I think I should walk away for now, your butler will get mad at me if he finds me here.” I said.
I was honestly nervous and wanted to fly away as fast as possible. If the butler or the maidservants were to enter here and see me with their young lady, they would probably think I tried to take advantage of her or something even worse! I better run away from here!
“Ah! Don’t worry about that! Sebas will listen to what I tell him. How about we have some breakfast?” Elisa wondered, completely carefreely. She really was going to explain things to them?!
Well… I guess I just have to leave it to her, I suppose.
But she’s surprisingly okay with what I did… Maybe she really needed a little hug. Probably she had been sleeping alone for many years.
I guess I can relate to that feeling of loneliness.
“Sure! I am hungry now… Thought I want to take a bath first…” I said.
“There is a big bath on the first floor with very warm water, a natural hot spring. Let’s go there with Elena and Anna!” Elisa said with a happy smile, quickly jumping off bed and puffing her chest. She was prideful of that hot spring I would guess.
“What?! You even have such a thing in your house? Wow…”
As a country girl myself, I couldn’t help but feel amazed by such things. Perhaps this whole house was built so far from the city so it could reach this hot spring. Although it feels a bit too much, I guess I cannot argue with rich people about these kind of things…
“Of course! Let’s go then!” Elisa quickly held my hand as she led me outside. Compared to my daughter she was really energetic, I guess it is a bit refreshing to have her here.
After finding Anna and Elena, we quickly went to the first floor and found an enormous natural hot spring in an underground room of the house. The entire hot spring was beautifully decorated, resembling the public baths of Ancient Greece.
Elisa prompted us to get naked and jump into the water, which was incredibly warm, although we felt a bit embarrassed, I filled myself with resolve and got myself naked, walking into the water and then… relaxing.
“Ahhh… T-This is heavenly… How nice… It is so warm and nice… I can’t… I just can’t…” I sighed in relief. I felt like all the stress and tension in my body dissipated in a single second, even all my worries, everything.
“It is amazing, isn’t it?” Elisa said pridefully, quickly jumping into the water herself and swimming to my side. “Come on, don’t be chickens, ohohoho!” Elisa laughed devilishly.
“Ugh fine whatever!” Anna said, quickly getting naked herself and jumping into the water.
“Sigh…” Elena sighed but did the same. This was the time where Elisa and Anna especially glanced at her with a rather nasty smirk…
The girls began to play around the water and swimming around while throwing water at one another, while I relaxed for the most part. We ended spending a good thirty minutes here until we finally walked outside. My skin felt so tender now it was like the skin of a baby…
“Phew, that was so good…” I sighed sleepily. Warm water really makes you sleepy.
After that, we enjoyed a big breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon, all sorts of cereal with milk with flavors, fruits of all sorts, jam, toasts of deliciously recently baked bread, and countless sweets such as pastries and shortcakes, and even cheesecakes. I decided to try out a lot of tiny cake slices myself, trying out many flavors. It was like submerging in an endless ocean of sweetness. The amount of flavors I tasted was mesmerizing to be honest. When everything ended, I was so happy I couldn’t even sigh anymore.
The tea was also delicious, there were so many kinds of teas that I was surprised. I ended drinking three different kinds of teas, and there were over twenty more to try out… But if I stay here for too long I’ll only grow up fatter, so I better stop eating more than what I’ve eaten already.
“Will you stay for lunch or dinner?” Wondered Elisa happily.
“Sorry but we are going back home for now. Tomorrow we’ll be going to my parents’ house in the countryside.” I said.
“Eh?!” Elisa seemed to be hoping for us to stay here for a while.
“Sorry…” I said.
“Yeah, sorry.” Elena said.
“I wish we could stay more, this place’s amazing.” Anna said.
“A-Ah, no it is fine! I am happy you came to see me in my house. I am glad you enjoyed your stay as well…” Elisa forced a smile. I could clearly notice the loneliness in her eyes. ｂ𝚍ｎｏｖ𝚕．ｃｏｍ
“How about you come with us? Elena already invited Anna anyways.” I said.
Elisa was suddenly shocked. We had actually not invited her, but I felt like returning the favor now that she made me enjoy yesterday so much. It might had been a single day, but it was perhaps the best day I’ve had in years.
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