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Considering their relationship, Emilia didn't really feel like there was any need for the blonde girl to be so shy, but she understood that Crystal was quite innocent at heart and easily got embarrassed.
Although she could only see a blurry figure of the heroine through the steam, Emilia knew she must be blushing furiously.
Crystal remained oddly silent for the next few minutes as she gently treated Emilia's hair with shampoo and conditioner before moving on to spreading the shower gel over the girl's smooth skin.
The heroine couldn't help but lament in her heart. 'I-I dragged her in here with the excuse to shower, but all I've done is molest her, ahh! Won't I become a pervert in her mind?!'
Emilia's thoughts weren't so complicated, however, as most of her focus remained on absorbing the chaos energy that was being continuously filtered by Cynthia. At this point, their energy was already at ten percent, and was continuously rising!
She couldn't help but smile at Cynthia's excited squealing. "A big haul! It's really a big haul, ahh! I'd thought that this thing would only have enough energy to barely tide us through the first level, and we would even have to be stingy, but that's not the case at all!"
Seeing her so happy, Emilia's mood was even better.
The feeling of hot water raining down on her as Crystal rubbed her soapy hands all over her body was also soothing, and Emilia couldn't help but lean her head against the heroine's shoulder.
Feeling the girl carefully rub her back, Emilia couldn't help but smile. "Crystal is good at taking care of people."
The blonde girl turned her face away in embarrassment. "T-Thank you. I-I've never helped anyone else shower… um, sorry if I'm no good."
Emilia just hummed. Although she had given it up later, she had already received the service of many maids, but that was only for bathing, not showers. Such luxury wasn't available in her previous world. Regardless, she felt that Crystal was good. "Mhm, let's go to bed soon. I'm… hot…"
The blonde girl couldn't help but turn stiff as she felt the warm breath brush the side of her face with such a tantalizing message.
With how clear and smooth Emilia's skin already was, had Crystal not had an ulterior motive, she would have already started rinsing her down and dragged her to bed.
The blonde girl pursed her lips with determination. "S-Sorry, we'll be done soon."
Emilia didn't suspect anything, and nodded hazily as the blonde girl pushed her back and knelt down to scrub her lower body. Anyway, she was fine with Crystal playing around.
Rubbing her hands over Emilia's soft thighs, Crystal tried her best to retain her rationality, and slowly moved lower to her goal.
As soon as she reached the girl's right knee, the heroine started furiously scrubbing the redhead's fair skin with scrubber, not even caring that it was already red under the foam. It was as if she wouldn't be satisfied until she completely took a layer of skin off.
Emilia couldn't help but frown in pain. 'W-What is she doing?'
Although she had plenty of energy now and minor skin trauma really wouldn't matter, Emilia didn't like the feeling at all, and had no interest in letting the heroine continue. "Crystal? You're hurting me…"
The heroine jolted in shock as she looked up at the wronged look on Emilia's face. "A-Ah, s-sorry, I'll be gentle now!"
Feeling ashamed, Crystal's movements immediately became gentler as she went back to just using her hands and set the scrubber aside. After she turned on the faucet again and finished rinsing her, the blonde couldn't help but feel distressed.
She didn't know why, whenever she thought of Emilia touching that guy, she felt such a great sense of disgust.
Even if she only beat him up, she felt like whatever part of her body touched him would have to be scrubbed clean carefully, lest his filth stick to her pure darling.
Crystal had never hated someone like that in her life. Even she herself was slightly confused.
Emilia had already made it clear that she didn't like him at all. But there was something about the boy that just made her feel a deep loathing. Maybe it was the fact that he always targeted her lover, or his disgusting behavior in general, but Crystal couldn't tell.
Emilia would normally be able to see such thoughts over her innocent face at a glance, but she wasn't paying too much attention at the moment, and only felt that Crystal had been a bad girl who needed to be punished.
Kissing the fair, wet skin in consolation, Crystal peeked up at Emilia's face, only to realize that the somewhat drunk girl seemed to have already forgotten all about it, and was giving her a 'longing' look.
Although she knew that Emilia wasn't completely in her right mind, how could Crystal still be able to restrain herself?
Of course, Emilia didn't complain at all when the heroine just turned the faucet off and dragged her to the bed, their bodies still dripping with water.
As soon as she pushed the redhead onto the bed and climbed in herself, Crystal's thoughts of domineeringly 'taking care' of the girl were completely flipped over, along with her body, as Emilia held her hands over her head with a smile.
Seeing her mischievous smile, the blonde girl felt her heart thump in both excitement and apprehension. "E-Emilia?"
The redhead leaned down to gently press her wet lips against the heroine's, but before the girl could fully immerse herself in the luxurious sensation, Emilia had already moved back with a smile.
"Crystal is so astute… you must have noticed something strange about me, right?"
Looking at Emilia's twinkling eyes and slightly drunk expression, the heroine felt her heart thump in terror. 'N-No… I wanted her to tell me when she's sober, not like this!'
Of course, she had long since felt this way, but if Emilia divulged whatever her secret was in this state, what happens if she held a grudge for 'probing it out' while she was so vulnerable?
Crystal couldn't bear it at all!
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