Chapter 155: Daily Matters

As the saying goes, doctors see no gender; likewise, Bathing Masters see no gender.

At least, for Bathing Master Bu, that is indeed the case.

Darkness sighed as she looked at the unchanged Mascot; talking romance with a child is simply a chicken-and-duck conversation.

However, Broly's scrubbing technique is indeed powerful; her whole body limp, she was kneaded all over by a pair of small hands, the sore and numb sensation truly comfortable to the extreme; if she hadn't bitten a towel in her mouth in time, she would definitely have been unable to hold back strange sounds.

After the Happiness Value increase on Darkness stagnated, Broly threw this guy into the bath.

"That's it?"

Darkness was a bit disappointed; she still wanted to enjoy it a while longer, but unexpectedly was just thrown into the water.

However, the situation is still acceptable; she feels refreshed all over now.

"Didn't expect him to be small, but his technique is actually this good!"

The Female Knight lying at the edge of the bath sincerely exclaimed, more or less conquered by the boy's scrubbing technique.

"Of course, you should see who taught him this technique!"

Aqua lifted her head beside her, as if scrubbing were some amazing skill.

"You taught him?"

Darkness looked at Aqua with some surprise, as if she couldn't believe this High Priest still had this kind of ability.

"You don't believe me?"

"Somewhat don't believe."

Hearing this, Aqua stood up from the bath, walked to the side, and reached out to grab the tail of the boy who was scrubbing her, lifting Broly onto the specially customized Scrubbing Bed.

"Lie down, let Master show this Golden-Haired Knight a thing or two!"

Broly: "..."

Just like that, used as demonstration material, he was scrubbed down by his own Master again after over a month.

"It really was you who taught him!"

After watching, Darkness exclaimed in amazement.

"I, Aqua, never deceive people; but now it's all him helping me scrub, hmm, Broly, scrub the right shoulder a couple more times."

It's also fortunate the Isekai has no child labor laws; otherwise, this kind of thing where she lies down enjoying a boy's scrubbing service would definitely be criticized.

"Is this how you bathe every day?"

"What about it?"

"So envious."

Darkness envied the days of being served while bathing; although she could call maids to help at home, those maids at most just scrubbed her back, where was there this kind of full-body massage comfort?

"Darkness, if you like being scrubbed like this, you can come find me to scrub for you anytime in the future."

Broly issued a scrubbing invitation to Darkness; although the Happiness Value earned from scrubbing isn't much, little by little it adds up.

Anyway, normally scrubbing for Aqua Master is scrubbing, adding one more Darkness to scrub doesn't take too much effort.

If possible, Broly even wants to scrub for Wiz too.

However, Lich's shop doesn't even have a bathroom; as an Undead, she has no normal physiological needs, usually never seen sweating, probably has no such need.

"In that case, I'll respectfully accept rather than decline."

Darkness was a bit reluctant, but still chose to accept; Happiness Value rose another two points, showing her joy.

"Speaking of which, besides scrubbing for your Master like this daily, do you also scrub for Miss Marianne like this?"

Both soaking in the bath, the space seemed a bit cramped; Darkness thought of something and suddenly asked.

The boy perhaps still doesn't have that male-female awareness, but Darkness wants to clarify in advance: besides Aqua and Wiz, just how many future opponents does she have?

"No, I haven't scrubbed for Bathing Master Marianne like this, because Bathing Master Marianne is not my wife."

Broly shook his head, answering honestly.

"Eh, Miss Marianne isn't your wife? I think she's quite pretty." Wine-red long hair, pale green pupils, plus somewhat angular features, she counts as a Female Fighter with quite heroic bearing; although not everyone may like this type of woman, calling her a beauty is no problem.

【Pretty?】

Broly thought for a bit, felt it might indeed be so, and nodded: "Bathing Master Marianne is quite pretty, but indeed not my wife; for women who are not my wife, I feel it's not good to bathe together, although I can't say why..."

"Ahaha, what else could it be? Marianne is twenty-seven; by age she could be your mother, an old woman; Broly you're growing up fast, not wanting to bathe with an old aunt of mother's age, that's perfectly normal."

Aqua teased Marianne without restraint; Broly didn't know whether to tell his Master that Bathing Master Marianne was right outside the bathroom door.

"Eh, where's my change of clothes?"

After finishing the bath and coming out, Aqua discovered her clothes were gone; the laundry basket only had a patched set of clothing left.

"Oh my, what a coincidence; just now a certain thief cat badmouthing someone behind their back entered the house, I saw it carry off your clothes!"

Marianne said this as she passed by the door.

Aqua: "..."

Knowing her words in the bathroom were heard by the other party, she felt a bit embarrassed and wanted to explain.

But unfortunately, Marianne wouldn't listen to Aqua's quibbling, nor was she prepared to hand over Aqua's clothes.

In the end, this Goddess could only put on the patched old clothes.

"Broly, we need to buy our own house!"

Aqua said somewhat angrily; living under someone else's roof, having to watch Marianne's expression, this gave her the idea of wanting a home of her own to be master of.

"Aqua Master, we temporarily don't have money to buy a house."

Broly reminded her; ever since the Swimsuit Tournament ended, their money was spent almost entirely; although they did a few commissions afterward, the amount wasn't large, barely satisfying daily expenses.

And recently they were researching Vitality Potion, and hadn't gone out for many days, so suddenly wanting to buy a house is indeed a problem.

Although Axel is remote, because it's far from the Demon King Army's main battlefield, it's very suitable as a settlement; therefore, housing prices in the city aren't very cheap.

Of course, if we work hard doing commissions for a while, we could buy a house; but because Master badmouthed someone behind their back, got counterattacked after being overheard, and produced the idea of leaving, Broly feels it's not too good.

At the very least, he had to wait until Aqua Master properly apologized to Bathing Master Marianne, and until Marianne, who had taken them in when they first arrived in this world, was no longer angry.

Aqua is a forgetful person, and Marianne doesn't have the habit of holding grudges; after a night's sleep, Aqua's clothes returned, and Aqua also seemed to have forgotten about the matter of buying a house.

In the days that followed, Broly's life passed without incident; every morning he helped Wiz sell goods, and at noon he took Darkness, who had been infused with life energy, out to wear down her physical strength and energy.

And while Darkness was being beaten, they would also use the Flower Bird Wind Moon Skill beside her to conduct the bottling of vitality potions together.

Of course, occasionally they would really go camping, bring food and eat a picnic, and only when evening came and Darkness's energy was exhausted would they return to Axel with the finished vitality potions and the completely powerless Darkness.

They would part ways at the Newbie Street fork; when Wiz took the potions back to the Magic Tool Shop, Broly would also take Darkness back to Marianne's home, and in the bathroom help this knight girl scrub to earn happiness value.

Darkness also went from being shy at the start to gradually getting used to this meticulous scrubbing service, even able to make requests of Broly this scrubbing master like a regular customer — for example, asking him to use a bit more force.

However, when he really used a bit more force, this guy Darkness would let out all sorts of strange cries, revealing an expression of suffering yet enjoying it.

It made Broly strongly suspect that in some future day, this bathroom might see an extreme tragedy of someone being scrubbed to death.

But with Aqua around, even if he really scrubbed Darkness into trouble, she could recover her; so Broly boldly satisfied Darkness's various demands.

Until one day, while scrubbing the other's arm, Broly used a bit too much force and caused Darkness's arm to emit a snap.

"Ah, my arm's broken, my arm's broken, Aqua, heal, heal~"

"Hah, why should I heal a dissolute woman like you, wasn't your arm scrubbed broken because you asked for it yourself, anyway you can feel pleasure from pain, so let's leave it at that."

Aqua put on an unapproachable look and gave Darkness a proper lesson; although she ultimately still healed Darkness, after this incident Darkness's masochist symptoms also restrained somewhat.

At least, in the aspect of scrubbing, she no longer dared to let Broly treat her body too vigorously.

In the second month of arriving in this world, in the third week of the vitality potions being put on sale at Bathing Master Viz, the vitality potions which had originally sold somewhat lukewarmly after launch suddenly experienced a buying frenzy.

(Chapter End)