Then Asuna and Usagisawa Misumi returned to Dwarf Stone's cave and sealed off the only entrance while they were at it.
Asuna planned to bathe there, taking off her clothes and chatting with Usagisawa Misumi as they washed up.
Usagisawa Misumi did not sit idle either, helping Asuna wipe down her body with a white towel.
Asuna sighed. "As long as you don't regret it, there's nothing I can say... I just hope the two of you will be happy in the future."
Usagisawa Misumi stopped wiping Asuna's body. "What about you? What do you think? Don't you have a bit of that kind of interest in him too?"
Asuna waved her hand. "Are you kidding? I'd never accept that womanizing jerk."
Usagisawa Misumi wrung the water out of the towel and resumed wiping Asuna's body. "I wouldn't be so sure. You're no better than me—you'll get eaten by that guy sooner or later too."
Usagisawa Misumi saw things quite clearly and understood Asuna's personality well enough. She was bound to fall for him eventually. Neither of these sisters had any right to criticize the other.
Asuna chose to remain silent and did not answer the question directly.
After they finished bathing, Usagisawa Misumi reopened the mud-sealed entrance and poured the hot bathwater outside.
Asuna was now clean from head to toe, carrying the scent of body wash instead of looking like the filthy mess she had been before.
Her whole body practically sparkled.
As if possessed, Akasaka poked his little head out from a corner.
He had just teleported over with Flying Thunder God, but he did not dare show himself, so he had been waiting there all along.
Asuna shot him an annoyed glare, snorted, crossed her arms over her chest, and walked over to him.
But Akasaka