After a while, the bathtub was filled with hot water, and steam rose from it.

Leah, holding onto the wall, stretched out one of her fair toes and tested the water temperature with her toes. After confirming that it was safe, she slowly lowered herself into the bathtub.

She used a floating plank as a table, placed the beer on it, curled up, hugged her knees with her hands, and submerged her head halfway below the surface of the water, bubbling away.

I cleared the ninth level of the secret realm, but it didn't feel real, and I didn't want to go to the victory celebration.

Leah didn't understand what was wrong with her either; she just felt upset and confused.

"Time for a bath!"

A moment later, Chrona's noisy voice came from the hall.

The bathroom door opened, and a naked little girl excitedly jumped into the bathtub, splashing water everywhere and almost knocking over the beer on the small table.

"—So, can't you be a little more mature? You're not a child anymore!" Leah gripped her beer firmly, already in a bad mood, and was so angry she wanted to curse.

“There are no men in the villa anymore, I’m happy.” Krona was a little afraid of Lia’s hot-tempered captain. Now that Linda wasn’t protecting her, she shrank back and muttered to herself.

Leah frowned, put one hand on her hip, and prepared to criticize Chrona.

At that moment, another person pushed the door open and entered.

Echo, the mage of the adventure team.

Ai Ke sat in a wheelchair, wearing a loose, pale yellow dress. Her smile was gentle, and her demeanor was mature, like that of a married woman.

It was a little regrettable that the mage's plump, long legs were limp and powerless on the wheelchair footrest.

It is heartbreaking to think that the gods were so cruel to this woman, giving her a broad and generous heart but taking away her ability to walk freely.

Unlike her healthy form in the secret realm, in reality, Eiko suffers from a strange disease in her legs, rendering them devoid of any sensation. Only within the secret realm, with the aid of its exclusive skill, "Health," can she stand independently.

The mage, who had an impressive bust, rested her chin on her right hand, smiled, and said in a tone as if coaxing a child, "Lia, it's better not to be angry, or the panda will shrink."

"Huh? It's better to be smaller! Bulky things only slow down my sword-wielding speed!"

"But who is that person secretly comparing themselves to the mirror? They must care a lot, right?"

"I didn't!"

Lia's face turned bright red, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Take this!" The mage suddenly reached out with her groping hand.

"Ugh, don't pinch me! Aiko, you've angered me!"

"I want to join too!"

Chrona grabbed Eiko from behind.

"Huh?!"

After a period of playful frolicking in the bathtub, the girls' relationship seemed to have eased considerably.

Eko leaned against the edge of the bathtub, holding petite Chrona in her arms, lathering the latter's smooth pink hair with bubbles and gently rubbing it with a brush.

Chrona had a large object on her head and looked completely blissful.

"that--"

Feeling the atmosphere was good, and perhaps it was a good time to bring up something, Eko glanced at Leah and hesitated before saying, "Is it okay not to call Linda back...?"

The air suddenly became still.

The facade of harmony that had been painstakingly maintained with tape was torn apart.

Ai Ke had a different opinion about forcing Linda away.

"Why should I call him back? I haven't done anything wrong."

Leah's voice suddenly rose eight octaves as she looked at Eko with an icy gaze and said, "Linda left on her own, didn't she? What does it have to do with me?"

What's it to you? Are you talking nonsense?

Didn't you drive him away?

Ai Ke wondered to herself.

When she returned, she heard rumors that Isabella, that silver-haired bitch, had invited Linda to join her.

Beside Linda was a blonde bitch whose size was comparable to that of a panda.

If it weren't for Leah's rambling, Linda would already be massaging her feet and preparing post-battle desserts for her!

Ai Ke was seething with hatred. She tilted her head, deliberately feigning a confused expression:

"But don't you like him?"

No matter how Lia answers next, Eiko has already won.

If Leah denies it, she won't be polite.

If you didn't want it yourself, then there shouldn't be any problem if I accept Linda's, right?

As for acknowledging...

That would just make you a complete clown!

Upon hearing this, Chrona, who was being held in Eko's arms, shrank back into a tiny pill bug in fright.

The bathroom seemed to be filled with the strong smell of gunpowder.

"ha?"

"ha?"

"ha?!"

First came three exclamations of surprise, anger, shame, and disbelief, delivered in extremely high tones.

Lia went straight to red temperature.

"Aiko, what are you saying? I like that utterly ordinary idiot? Don't be ridiculous!"

"He's the one who likes me, but I've never liked him!"

Lia jumped up from the bathtub.

The intense fire-type battle aura caused Lia's long hair to shimmer with flames, dancing slightly in the air.

At this moment, Leah resembled an enraged cat with its fur standing on end.

She's panicking! She's panicking!

Ai Ke was laughing so hard she was doubled over inside.

Since Leah said so, she won't hold back from now on.

As long as Leah doesn't regret it when Linda becomes her dog.

As if to prove her point, Leah gave an example with a stern face:

“At the beginning, Linda gave all his earnings to me. Even a brother wouldn’t do that, right? Every month when I paid him my salary, he would buy me new clothes and snacks first. I never talked back when I scolded him. Isn’t that a sign that he likes me?”

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