When Gauss changed into his bathrobe and stepped into the hot spring, he immediately felt its effects.
It was as if countless soft, invisible hands were gently massaging his entire body.
If not for the maid waiting nearby, he might have let out a contented little hum without thinking.
Ahh...
"Phew—"
He let out a long breath.
It was indescribably comfortable.
He carefully sensed the changes in his body.
Every pore seemed to open slightly under the soothing effects of the magical hot spring. Then, beneficial active substances in the water poured generously into his body through his pores, quickly absorbed by his flesh.
The potions and magic stones he had taken before entering the hot spring, which he had asked Plaeos to procure, began to take effect as well.
Along with them, a source of Life Energy inside him, which had never been fully absorbed, slowly released a warm glow.
Gauss knew what it was.
It had to be the life-repair potion Plaeos had told him about, the one Plaeos had obtained from a mysterious Elf.
Plaeos had appraised its effects, but after spending so many years away from the front lines of adventuring, he had never had a chance to use it.
A few days ago, though, he had used it on Gauss.
Under the combined effects of the potion and the hot spring, Gauss's originally fair skin slowly turned a faint red.
Wisps of white mist seeped into his pores, then emerged from his body.
He was like a sponge, constantly exchanging substances with the outside world, expelling impurities and absorbing beneficial substances.
The scene, shrouded in mist, had an unusual beauty to it.
The young maid nearby was transfixed, staring at the hot spring without even blinking.
Only when the slightly older maid beside her tugged