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"Natsuki, why did it take you so long to open the door?"
As expected, the girl outside the door was Kitagawa Marin.
"I was bathing." Amamiya Natsuki moved aside, letting her in, and calmly said, "Why did you come over if you're not bathing?"
Kitagawa Marin stepped inside. "Miss Nakajima is bathing, and Sayu-chan went out to buy something. I came to ask how your shoulder is doing?"
Buying something was just an excuse; Sayu was hiding in the bathroom!
"It's fine now." Amamiya Natsuki shook his head. "No need to worry."
Kitagawa Marin put her right hand on her hip, raised her chin, and said:
"Show me your shoulder; let me take a look."
Breaking into a boy's room late at night and immediately telling him to take off his clothes and examine his body—she was clearly a female pervert!
"You've changed." Amamiya Natsuki said faintly, "You used to just blush and cover your eyes."
"Tch." Kitagawa Marin pouted slightly, completely unashamed. "What part of your body haven't I seen? Hurry up and take it off."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki silently lowered his bathrobe a bit, exposing his shoulder.
Looking at the still-healing wound on Amamiya Natsuki's shoulder, Kitagawa Marin frowned slightly and snorted softly:
"You said it was fine, but the wound hasn't even healed yet."
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head to look at his shoulder. "It should be almost healed in another day or two."
Slap.
Kitagawa Marin raised her right hand and slapped Amamiya Natsuki's arm, making a crisp sound. "Come on, let's go to the bathroom."
Amamiya Natsuki hesitated:
"What are we going to do in the bathroom?"
"To help you scrub your back, of course." Kitagawa Marin put her hands on her hips, raised her chin, and said, "It must be inconvenient for you to bathe like this, right?"
To be fair, it was indeed a bit inconvenient; the wound on his shoulder hadn't fully healed, and it would ache slightly if it got wet.
However... your timing is off.
Normally, he would have agreed without a second thought; it was just scrubbing his back, and they had done it before.
The problem was that Sayu was hiding in the bathroom right now.
Girls, this kind of creature, cannot possibly not be jealous or envious.
Kitagawa Marin could usually pretend not to know and turn a blind eye to Amamiya Natsuki's harem activities, but if she caught him red-handed in the bathroom, there was no way she could pretend not to see, and she would definitely get angry.
"You came too late." Amamiya Natsuki's mind raced. "I already bathed just now."
Kitagawa Marin's voice was clear as she said:
"Then bathe again; you definitely didn't get clean by yourself."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki had no choice but to agree.
If he refused again, it would definitely arouse Marin's suspicion.
The only option now was to take a risky move...
"Alright." Amamiya Natsuki agreed. "I'm thirsty; grab a bottle of drink."
Kitagawa Marin suspected nothing, turned, and walked to the room's vending machine, ready to buy a drink.
Amamiya Natsuki took this opportunity to quietly go to the bathroom door and push it open.
He had expected Sayu to be like an ant on a hot pan, not knowing what to do, but upon entering, he found that a shower curtain had been drawn in front of the bathtub at some point.
Not bad.
At least she knew to hide, though her hiding technique was a bit pathetic.
Amamiya Natsuki looked down and whispered, "Sayu-chan, you're exposed."
"Huh?"
Sayu poked half of her pretty face out from behind the curtain, her beautiful eyes looking over nervously.
"Your feet." Amamiya Natsuki reminded her, "Your feet are showing."
To maintain cleanliness, the bathtub curtain naturally wouldn't hang to the floor; Sayu-chan could hide herself, but not her feet.
"I, I'll hide in the bathtub..."
Sayu quickly whispered.
Amamiya Natsuki had originally intended to use Sheep Transformation Technique to turn Sayu into a little white sheep, but hiding in the bathtub was also a viable option now.
"Natsuki, come drink your beverage." Kitagawa Marin's voice sounded from behind him.
"Coming."
Amamiya Natsuki closed the door casually and drank the beverage with Marin, creating time for Sayu.
After finishing the beverage.
The two walked into the bathroom. Amamiya Natsuki glanced towards the bathtub; the curtain was down, and Sayu's feet were no longer visible below, so from the outside, nothing seemed amiss.
"Hurry up and sit down." Kitagawa Marin urged, "After I scrub your back, I still need to go back and bathe."
Amamiya Natsuki sat down on the bamboo stool, facing the wall. "To conserve water, I think we can bathe together."
Slap.
Kitagawa Marin lightly slapped Amamiya Natsuki's back. "I don't want to bathe together."
"..."
There was no need to elaborate on the back-scrubbing; Succubus Girl had come dressed, and to avoid getting her clothes wet, there was naturally no intimate contact, just a normal back-scrubbing in the bathroom.
A moment later.
"Alright." Kitagawa Marin put down the towel and gently exhaled. "Go soak in the bathtub."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded:
"You go back and bathe."
"No rush." Who knew Kitagawa Marin would shake her head. "I'll wash your clothes for you; they'll be ready to wear tomorrow."
Amamiya Natsuki coughed twice. "It's not too late to wash them when I get back tomorrow; hand washing is too much trouble."
"The jacket can be washed tomorrow, but underwear must be washed once a day, otherwise it's too unhygienic." Kitagawa Marin put her hands on her hips. "...You go soak in the bath; I'll wash your underwear and then go back."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki had no choice; to avoid provoking Succubus Girl, he could only get up and walk towards the bathtub.
He reached out and gently pulled open the curtain, revealing Sayu sitting in the bathtub, hugging her knees, her pretty face flushed, looking up nervously.
In the clear water, one could clearly see the girl's fair, slender shoulders, while her clothes were neatly folded and placed nearby.
You said you'd just hide for a bit?
You should at least put your clothes on!
Sayu's eyes were filled with grievance. "The bathtub is full of water... if my clothes get wet, I can't go back..."
"Natsuki, why are you just standing there?" Kitagawa Marin's puzzled voice came from outside. "Why aren't you bathing yet?"
The arrow was on the string; it had to be shot.
Amamiya Natsuki took a light breath and stepped into the bathtub.
There was nothing he could do; he couldn't just stand in front of the bathtub in a daze...
The good news was that the bathtub was very large, designed for two people, so two people bathing together was perfectly fine; it wouldn't be so crowded that they couldn't breathe.
Unfortunately, there was also bad news.
When he filled the water earlier, he hadn't added any bubble bath liquid, the kind of stuff that makes the tub foamy, which girls love but boys usually aren't interested in... In short, the hot water in the bathtub was quite clear.
Amamiya Natsuki and the flushed Sayu sat facing each other.
The water temperature was just right.
It was just that the water was too clear and clean, making his heart rate subtly accelerate uncontrollably, his whole body heating up, and blood rushing downwards.
Sayu hugged her knees, only her delicate chin visible above the water.
Upon noticing Amamiya Natsuki's change, her teeth quickly bit her lips, a faint wisp of steam rising from her head, her eyelashes trembling as she quietly leaned closer...
Hey, hey, your face is already super red, don't force yourself!
This fake daughter's filial piety had indeed changed!
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