"That's right, why didn't I think of that? It's all the Captain's fault for making it sound so serious, it made me overthink it!" Noelle complained, kicking her feet.
"Hahaha, you really are cute, I just want to pinch those cheeks!" As Asta said this, he did it involuntarily. He quickly stepped forward, using both hands to pinch Noelle's delicate little cheeks. Instantly, the soft sensation made Asta's heart race.
"Ahhh, Asta, what are you doing!" After a brief moment of shock, Noelle violently broke free from Asta's clutches and immediately said, blushing and stammering, "Idiot Asta, as a Commoner, how dare you pinch This Princess's face? Did I give you permission to do that!"
Noelle hoped to hide her recent loss of composure through stern scolding, because although it was a very offensive action, she felt even more shy when Asta did it to her. There was even a hint of joy in her shyness, hoping that Asta would continue, because it gave her a feeling of being cared for by an elder, something she hadn't felt in a long time.
In her understanding, only elders would perform such an action out of love for a younger generation. In her memory, no one had ever touched her like that since she could remember, because she had hardly received any care from anyone.
Her siblings shunned her, the servants were respectful on the surface but mocked her behind her back. She even felt that if she were to encounter a life-or-death crisis one day, her family would not only ignore it but might even stand by and laugh at her!
"Still acting like This Princess here?" Asta had long known that Noelle was just a toothless little tiger—she looked fierce and scary, but inside she was as fragile as a little rabbit.
"You two are really intimate!" Vanessa suddenly appeared and teased. She had drunk too much in the evening and needed to use the bathroom.
"Ahhh, sister Vanessa, it's not what you think!" Noelle suddenly jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and defended herself.
"And what is it that I think?" Vanessa laughed playfully.
"Anyway, it's just not like that!" Noelle stomped her little feet in a hurry.
"I think I saw Magna go to the bathroom too!" Seeing Noelle so shy, Asta quickly stepped in to defend her.
"That bad delinquent!" Vanessa hurriedly rushed towards the bathroom. This villa was great in every way, but there was only one bathroom, and it wasn't separated by gender. In fact, what she didn't know was that Magna had no intention of using the villa's bathroom at all; he planned to let loose outside the villa, braving the night wind.
Vanessa left in a hurry. Although Noelle knew that Asta had ultimately defended her, she still protested and complained, "You're annoying, Asta. Next time, don't do things that will make people misunderstand us as being intimate!"
"Oh? Is this very intimate? Doesn't seem like it!" Asta said, pushing his Luck and wrapping his arms around Noelle again.
"Water Ball!" Noelle launched a sneak attack and sent Asta flying, saying triumphantly, "Do you really think This Princess is a pushover? Repent, Commoner!"
After Noelle finished speaking, she fired another Water Ball at Asta. Who knew that Asta actually started scrubbing himself, "Not enough, Noelle, don't be stingy. Give me some more Water Balls, I can save myself a bath!"
"Shameless, I'm ignoring you!" Noelle stomped off angrily. However, when she returned to her room, she couldn't fall asleep for a long time, and everything that happened with Asta today kept echoing in her mind.
Suddenly, she felt like she missed Asta a little...
"Ahhh, I can't go on like this. We just separated, how can I miss this idiot already!" Noelle rolled around on her bed in embarrassment.
Asta, on the other hand, didn't think so much because he had started his devilish training again. Asta quickly ran to a coastline, shouldered a huge rock that was a full ten meters high, and rushed into the turbulent sea to begin his night training!
"Youth is truly meant to burn with passion! Even at night, I must swim fifteen laps with weights!" Asta's eyes showed a resolute gaze, because after so many battles, big and small, he had fully realized that his current physical fitness was still far from enough. Even if he opened the Gate of View, he could not absolutely dominate the battlefield.
However, as his physical fitness improved, opening the Gate of View would have completely different results!
Soon, Asta finished his weighted training and returned to his bedroom to rest.
In the following days, everyone was the same as usual. Kahono would often come over in the evening to play with Asta and Noelle. However, on the night of the full moon, Yami led everyone to take action!
"Now is the best opportunity to enter the Underwater Temple. Are you ready!" Yami said, looking at the full moon on the horizon.
"We are fully prepared!" The Black Bulls all said passionately.
"Then let's begin!" Yami glanced at Noelle, his eyes filled with a trace of inquiry.
"Creation Water Magic: Sea Dragons Cradle!" Noelle looked back at Yami confidently. After these few days of arduous training, she had gradually overcome her fear and could now stand on her own two feet!
As soon as Noelle finished speaking, a massive water ball rose from the ground and quickly covered everyone. Because of its huge size, it was filled with plenty of air when formed, and this air was enough to support everyone's breathing for a period of time!
"Not bad!" It was almost everyone's first time entering the Sea Dragons Cradle, and they couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as they stood inside.
"It seems there were results from the training these past few days!" Yami took a puff of his cigarette with satisfaction.
"Captain, don't you know that smoking consumes oxygen? The air here is already scarce. If we fail in the end just because of this little bit of oxygen, you'll have to take the main responsibility!" Asta complained.
"Brat, are you lecturing me now?" Yami rolled his eyes but still threw the cigarette in his hand into the water at his feet.
"Everyone, stand steady. We're moving!" After reminding everyone, Noelle began to control the Sea Dragons Cradle to dive into the sea. When the Sea Dragons Cradle rushed into the seawater, everyone could clearly see the underwater situation through the walls of the water ball. They saw many schools of fish they had never seen before gliding past them, as well as colorful coral reefs. It was truly beautiful.
"The seabed is really beautiful. I want to transmit this scene to Marie!!" Gauche took out his mirror and started a real-time call with Marie.
Chapter 194: Underwater Barrier!
"Brother, it's so beautiful!" Marie was also having her eyes opened in the church dormitory, and she didn't forget to share it with her roommates.
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