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Chapter 24 - The Falling Bath Towel?!

Yukino, as the Ice Queen, appearing so cautious and annoyed, actually piqued Ren's interest. He mischievously curled the corner of his lips.

"But didn't you invite me? Why? To let me admire your beautiful post-bath appearance? I must admit, it's very alluring."

"You... don't talk nonsense anymore!" Her ears and cheeks were already burning red. Yukino had lost her composure.

Seeing that she was getting agitated, Ren stopped teasing her. He got straight to the point. "Tell me, what happened?"

Seeing Ren retract his heated gaze and get down to business, Yukino gradually calmed down. After letting out a long sigh, she held her bath towel with her left hand and pulled Ren with her right hand. Disregarding the issue of changing shoes, she pulled him into the room.

Having good habits, Ren casually closed the door behind him. Yukino led Ren all the way to the bathroom. The bathroom door was currently closed. There were still water stains on the floor outside the door. It was clear that Yukino had rushed out while taking a bath.

Yukino pointed to the bathroom and whispered, "Inside... there's a monster."

"What kind of monster? Is it scarier than zombies?" Ren was surprised; Yukino, who had personally slain many zombies, would be afraid of some monster?

"It... is very different."

At Yukino's signal, Ren pulled open the door. A black, hideous, disgusting, worm-like monster was plastered right in front of them. Its body had dozens of intertwining arms. Hundreds of eyes on its body were moving. All of them were scrutinizing Ren and Yukino. From its mouth, it hoarsely mumbled:

"Can you see? Can't you see?"

"Can you see? Can you see me?"

"No, you can't see! You can't see!"

...

It repeated this phrase over and over. Being so close to this disgusting monster, Yukino's body trembled. Her left hand unconsciously gripped Ren's hand.

Unexpectedly, Ren showed no fear. Instead, he said with great disappointment, "Sigh, I thought it was something, but it's just the weakest kind of evil spirit, how boring."

"Can you see?"

Ignoring the evil spirit's question, Ren squeezed Yukino's soft, smooth little hand to calm her. Then he suggested, "Yukino, do you want to try if your ability can deal with evil spirits?"

Evil spirit? She was doubtful about this name. But since Ren said so, it meant he was confident in dealing with this monster. So she relaxed. As for Ren's suggestion, she thought it was worth a try. If her ability could deal with this kind of monster, then she wouldn't be afraid anymore!

Under Ren's gaze, she lightly raised her right hand. This action also caught the evil spirit's attention. Its hundreds of large eyeballs glared, and it roared from its mouth: "You can see! You must be able to see! I'm going to eat you!"

Its disgusting, twisted body lunged towards Yukino. Feeling an inexplicable warmth and sense of security in her hand, Yukino wasn't afraid at all. Her eyes sharpened!

"Ice!" she softly uttered.

Seven or eight ice cones, each thirty to forty centimeters long, suddenly condensed in the air. As the evil spirit's twisted hand reached out, the ice cones shot forth in unison! Perhaps it was due to the special material composition of the evil spirit's body. When the ice cones pierced its body, there was no sound whatsoever. However, the ice cones' attack was effective! The evil spirit's form suddenly froze. Then, its body began to freeze from where the ice cones had pierced it. The ice spread until it was completely frozen. Then the evil spirit's body shattered. Black matter and ice slowly dissipated together.

"It worked!" Yukino clenched her fist, her expression excited.

She had just forgotten one thing. Her left hand was holding Ren's hand. Her right hand was active. At this moment, her bath towel was no longer secured. It was only tied in a knot. But Yukino's figure was rather unremarkable. It simply couldn't hold up the bath towel! Coupled with Yukino's movements...

Unsurprisingly, the bath towel slipped! Her snow-white, delicate body was completely exposed before Ren's eyes.

"..." Ren was stunned, completely dumbfounded.

Yukino was stunned, scared stiff. Even Yukino's brain had short-circuited! She didn't react immediately. After Ren had admired and observed every inch of her, only then did Yukino react. Just like Exusiai, there was no startled scream, nor any panic. The difference was that Exusiai had merely cheerfully asked him to leave. Yukino, on the other hand, calmly covered her chest with both hands. She didn't pay attention to below, or rather, she didn't dare to move. Her cheeks were flushed, yet she said coolly, "Could you please turn around?"

"Ah? Oh! Okay!" Ren quickly turned around. He had already heard the suppressed tremor in Yukino's voice.

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