Three days passed, Free was in a empty land waiting for the materials to arrive, Sylvia stand beside him, her hair in a ponytail, the sun was bright and the breeze was gentle, birds chirped in trees and insects sing on trees and under a tree was a sack ful of the metal balls and some spells needed for the hot spring to be made.
"They're late" he yawn, waiting since morning. He looks around only to see some birds and herbs around.
"They should be here anytime" Sylvia said, she sat down under a tree, Free sat too, the wind brushed his dark shiny hair gently.
23 more minutes passed and 10 carriage arrived, peoples came out from two of the carriage, and the other 8 were filled with polished flat wood and other things, they put down the materials and rest there.
"You're are late" Free said, standing infront of them.
"Sorry had some trouble on the way" one of them said, the other nodded.
"Yeah yeah, also you can start working after rest. Also the salary is one silver per person" the mens cheered hearing their salary, Free gave them the blueprints and the metal balls and left, Sylvia followed him behind.
"Isn't one silver too much" Sylvia asked, Free stop walking and turn to her, she flinch by the sudden act.
"If they work hard" he said, shrugging. He continued walking, Sylvia smiled shyly and walks beside him, slowly their hand reached and hold onto eachother, both cheeks flushed but they kept walking on the path with silence yet happiness never fading.
They walk quietly enjoying the scenery, he smiled walking slowly wanting it to be longer, Sylvia noticed and she slower her pace. Free smiled faintly and keeps on walking their relationship was growing each day.
Free face was slightly red and so was Sylvia's 'It's peaceful...' she thought. Suddenly Free's stomach growl, Sylvia turned to him, he turn away from embarassment, a chuckle escape her lips. "let's go eat somewhere" she happily said and Free nodded slightly.
They went to his ramen stall, but as always Hina and Hinata were feasting in the private room of the stall, his vein popped, he quietly creeped behind them with his face scary.
"You two..." his voice was low, but that was enough to make both both of them turn behind in terror. "GO HOME!!" he yelled, Sylvia covered her ears, the customers in the other sections almost jumped in shock and one of the chef accidentally drop a bowl ramen.
"Sorry!!!" Hina and Hinata yelled before sprinting out of the stall like their life depends on it leaving their bowls half finished.
Free sighed sat down, Sylvia sat beside him. the elder chef came while sweating, still in shock from the loud yelling earlier. "C-chief what would you like to o-or-order?" he asked hesitantly, drying his hand with a towel.
"The same i always ordered" Free answered, Sylvia ordered her's too. "I should just set limits fir them" he whispered, but his mind still didn't have peace, his mind flashed of them hating him because of it, he quickly shrug the thought off.
"You should" Sylvia whispered back, Free turn to her and she gave a reassuring smile, he thought for a moment, he crossed his hand.
"Yeah you're right" he finally answered, the elder chef came with two bowl of ramen and place it in the table. "Hey, can you give Mom and Hinata only two bowls from now on" he said, helding up two finger, the chef nodded and write it in a note book he specially write records for the stall.
Free and Sylvia ate the ramen, meanwhile at home Hinata and Hina were eating ramen again made by Lina, she was in the kitchen eating her own with Elina.
"Don't tell this to brother" Hinata said, laughing mischeviously, she slurped and finish another bowl.
Days passed into weeks, weeks into months and finally the construction for the hot spring completed, Hinata, Hina, Elina, Lina, Sylvia, Sylphia, Rai and Free stand outside the hot spring apartment, the massive shadow of the hot spring swallowed them.
"Its.....BEAUTIFUL!!" Hina yelled, running in, inside it was more beautiful and the space was huge, floors were polished and the scent of hot water was refreshing, Elina and Hinata ran around the apartment, the reception desk was colored in blue while the uniform was a yukata.
There were many rooms some were for adventurers , they had words in the doors, it had 'male' in it and on the other door that was carved elegantly it wrote 'female', Rai's eyebrow twictched seeing at the two different carvings.
"Why are these words carve differently?" he asked to Free, Free's tilt his head to the words carved on the door.
"Because they were carved by men and women" Free replied, Rai agressively turn his head toward Free and everyone too. " men for men, women for women, equally and fairly".
"Pfft-! Gahahaha!" Sylphia laughed, she poked Rai's head with a moocking face, and slap his back. "Look like womens are superior in handwriting!!" she laughed loudly others laughed too even Sylvia was giggling except Lina whose expression deadpanned amd Free? Well he doesn't laugh much.
"Okay enough laughing, let's bath" he interrupted, everyone went inside the changing room, Rai was dragged to the men changing room by Free(he tried entering female changing room), Free had a unsure and serious smile on his face and his eye brow twitched as he dragged Rai to the Male's changing room. 'Not today Rai' Free thought.
He and Rai enter in the hot spring, while Hinata on the other room jump in it on the other side, water splash everywhere and everyone shielded their eyes. "Hinata don't jump!" Free warned from the other side, but again. Splash!. Hina jumped in, she laughed taking her head out of the water and splashing water toward Sylphia.
"Papa it's fun!" she shouted, swimming around, Free sighed and shift his attention back to his hot spring, too tired to scold.
"Lady Hina please don't swim around like that" Lina scolded, she gently got into the water, Sylphia, Sylvia and Elina went in too, they sat down as the relaxing hot water felt like a massage.
"It's so relaxing~" Sylphia mutter in a relaxed voice, she sat down, enjoying the hot bath her head on her hand.
Rai and Free on the other side, it was an awkward atmosphere, Free stared at Rai and Rai stared back at him. "Why do i feel, i'm gay all of a sudden?" Rai mutters, but he still sat there because of the realxing feeling of the bath.
"I can't argue with that" Free agreed, covering the private part of his body with his towel, Rai chuckled.
"Anyway, when are you gonna propose to my sweety pie?" Rai asked, Free choked, caught off guard by the sudden question, he covered his mouth and nose.
"W-well i'm thinking of doing it soon" Free's finger curled, his face beet red, Rai laughed his heart out at him, he slap Free by his back.
"Well i can't wait to travel!" Rai laughed louder, Free's head tilted in confusion curious by his word.
"Travel?" Free repeated, Rai gave a nod.
"It's an elf tradition where elfs after their childrens get married will leave them, they will let their daughter be independent" Rai replied, Free nodded in understanding but he turn to Rai again.
"But what will happen to your house and lands?" he asked, Rai pointed a finger at him and he poke Free's forehead gently "Ouch".
"It will go down to the couple, so don't mistreat her okay" his voice was suddenly serious, way serious than it should be, Free nodded vigorously in fear.
On the other room, Sylphia's face was red, she came out of the bath. "I'm out" she said and left the bath room. After she dressed up, she wanders around the apartment, that's when she came across a unusually beautiful door, it wasn't a noble section nor private section, it has "Mix bath" carved in the door.
She move her head closer to it and spelled each word carefully, and it was a mix bath. She grinned knowing what was in Free's head. She quickly ran back to the Female bathing room and opens the door of the bath room slamming the door to the walls.
"Sylvia, why don't you take a bath with Free~" she said in a sultry voice, Sylvia's face turned bright red, her lips trembled wirds stuck in her throat.
"W-what?!?!" her scream echoed across half the village, Free and Rai on the other room jumped in shock.
To be continued.....
Author's note:
Vol.2 i near ending. Don't forget to write a review, Dear Reader!.