A magician may have to sleep in the open air in the wild, but a group of magicians in the wild is just traveling for leisure.
The Starry Kingdom has always attached great importance to environmental protection, because the quality of the air is directly related to the intensity of the starry sky. If the air pollution is so serious that even the starlight cannot penetrate, the Starry Supreme will let them know what cruelty is. Not only do factories and cities have strict sewage discharge mechanisms, but the development of uninhabited areas and deforestation are also subject to multiple approvals. Therefore, there are still vast ancient jungles on the outskirts of the city. Except for the rumbling trains that occasionally startle a flock of flying birds, this forest is still as quiet and peaceful as in prehistoric times.
The earth magician dug a pit, the water magician guided the groundwater, and even if they were fleeing, the Four Pillars Magicians could easily create a hot spring bath. First, touch the hot water with your toes, then float your calves over the water, lie down lazily until the hot water soaks your collarbone, and soak your tired body in the surging hot spring, and it seems that all the hard work of the day has been rewarded.
The superiors would not bathe with their subordinates. The Four Pillars Cult was never a great organization of equality and freedom. Deda Rose had originally prepared only one bath for Ash and his friends, but after some hesitation, Sonia and her friends decided to divide the bath into two parts, with Ash using one side and Sonia and her friends using the other, separated by bamboo in the middle.
To be honest, this kind of barrier might not be useful for a one-winged magician, let alone a quasi-demigod. But then again, who would dare to peek at three quasi-demigods + a god bathing?
So this is not a difficulty that blocks Ash, it is just a test, a question.
"...When I woke up, there were only spectators in the hall. At that time, his soul should have entered Ruby Mountain and was locked in the Star Cage."
With her golden hair tied up and draped over her shoulders like a waterfall, Felix soaked in the corner of the bath farthest from the bamboo. Because she had hidden her gender for more than ten years, she had never tried to interact with people of the same sex, let alone take a bath, and subconsciously felt a little shy about her body.
Now it was her turn to speak, and everyone's eyes were focused on her. She was inevitably a little embarrassed, and subconsciously crossed her arms in front of her chest, trying to use her arms to block the overflowing fullness. But Felix was obviously overthinking, because there were many people here who were not inferior to her.
"You also know what happened next, Jianzuo. You came here that night."
"Yeah." Sonia tied her red hair up, leaving only a few strands hanging down, wet and sticking to her neck: "I always remember that scene - you hid Ash in the **, and then you slept on him in your lace pajamas."
"It was my idea." Deda Rose was washing Diya's hair. Diya had returned to her little girl form and sat on a small stool with her eyes closed. "Only by revealing Felix's secret can we prevent them from finding the viewing seat."
"I know. I never blamed Felix." Sonia turned her head and looked at the rippling water. "I'm just a little angry."
"So, Felix, you haven't seen 'Igula' and 'Xavi' either?" Weisser sat on the edge of the bathtub, with only her legs soaking in the water, shaking the wine glass with her left hand, "He said that he fell asleep in your house with Igula and Xavi, and entered Ruby Mountain together."
"No." Felix shook his head, "I met Ash on the train, and he was alone at the time. From the beginning, only Guan Zuo lived in my house, no one else."
"So it's not someone we met after the Starry Kingdom...?" Weisser drank the champagne in one gulp and pondered, "But I haven't seen those two people in the Senluo Wasteland. He first hunted me with Black Crow, and after the Dead City incident, his team joined Chikara and Gwen. There were only four people at most, and there was no psychic or necromancer at all."
Puff!
Deda Rose picked up a wooden tray filled with water and poured it over Diya. The hot water poured from head to toe, washing away the foam on the witch's hair. Then she wiped the water off Diya's face with a towel. Diya wanted to rush into the bathtub immediately, but Deda Rose stopped her. She tied up Diya's long hair that had just been washed with a hairband to prevent it from getting heavy. As soon as she let go, Diya jumped in hastily, splashing everyone with water.
"I haven't seen those two people in Gospel either." Diya said crisply, "There are only four people in the funeral office: Annan, Panji, me and Ash. But Ash said that Liz is very familiar with those two people and calls them 'Aunt Borgin' and 'Uncle Harvey'... Actually, this is very strange. According to Ash, those two people are men, but why does Liz call them Aunt Borgin?"
"Not only that, he said those two men had accompanied him on all his adventures."
Vichy lifted his feet out of the water. His calves were well-proportioned and his ankles were plump. Warm water drops slid down the perfect curve of his arches, creating shallow ripples on the water surface. "When he first became a magician, I started to help him plan his escape in Broken Lake Prison."
"I knew him before he escaped from prison, and he often told me about what happened in prison." Sonia said, "But he never told me about those two people. He planned the escape plan on his own, and at most he found two helpers... But those two helpers didn't escape from the Blood Moon Kingdom in the end, and he was the only one who escaped successfully through the virtual realm channel."
"What about you, Weishi?" Weisser asked, "You should be the one among us who has been in contact with those two people for the longest time, because you have been locked up in the Star Cage for nearly half a year."
"It's similar to you. After Ash used chains to control me, I served him together with Rose. He was the only man in the whole house." Vichy said lazily, "Later, Fili and Nia joined us, and it became just one man and four beautiful girls."
The bathtub became quiet, with only the sound of splashing water and mist rising up into the night sky.
"That is to say," Felix concluded, "Guanzuo suddenly imagined that there were two special men in his life who accompanied him through all his journeys and adventures. This really sounds..."
"I don't mind how weird he is." Weisser said, "But the main question now is - why did he become like this? We are obviously taking the Demigod promotion trial together, why is he the only one who suddenly has delusions?"
"If it's just a delusion, it will be smoothed out over time. What I'm worried about now is whether this is just the beginning, and whether there will be more severe sequelae later."
"We were souls when we were promoted, and he has a memory problem." Sonia guessed, "Maybe his soul is contaminated?"
"Don't you think there's something strange?" Weishi said, "Why does he fantasize about men? From his experience, we can see that he comes into contact with women most often. Whether in the virtual world or in reality, it is women who have always accompanied him in adventures. But why does he fantasize that his closest companion is a man?"
"Is he..." Wei Xi looked around and said faintly, "Afraid of women?"
Sonia and the others subconsciously refused to believe it. After all, Ash only looked for female operators, which was enough to show how trashy he was. More importantly, why would he be afraid of women? He had never been hurt by a woman.
"Could it be..." Diya murmured.
"Do you have any idea, witch?" Weisser asked.
The witch's face turned pale. After a moment's silence, she said cautiously, "Could it be because of the dream in the promotion ceremony that Ash had a breakdown and he became very disappointed, so he started to be afraid of women?"
"Impossible!" Sonia said firmly.
"I don't think it's possible either." Weisser shook her head.
However, Vichy did not refute immediately, and Diya also lowered her head as if reflecting. Sonia and Weisser looked at each other and vaguely guessed that the dreams of the four of them were not of the same style. At least Vichy and Diya were more chaotic and evil, while the two of them were more lawful and good.