The Dilemma of the Century

"Hmm, enough to buy two decent items." She counted as she turned to Osakabehime and said, "We don't need to stay up all night playing dungeons tonight."

"Gabriel!!!" Vignette shouted.

"How could you do this? I'm treating everyone to a fun outing this time, and I absolutely won't lend you money to spend on in-game purchases!"

Vignette said angrily, "You've been freeloading here all this time, don't you feel uneasy? Don't you want to give back a little something?"

"No way," Gabriel replied calmly, leaving Vignette speechless with anger.

Vignette wasn't about to let Gabriel; she pulled Gabriel back and pressed her back onto the sofa.

She resumed her cheerful tone and kept saying, "I've already made plans. This time we'll go to the beach together. The budget is enough, so we don't have to go through the trouble of traveling back and forth in one day. We can stay overnight at the beach."

"Oh, ocean, don't you want to go and see it?"

"In no mood."

Despite Vignette's passionate and detailed explanation, Gabriel remained uninterested, offering only a curt reply of two words.

Knowing that persuasion wouldn't work on Gabriel, Vignette said, "This time it's to thank everyone for taking care of you. You have to go, otherwise I'll have Mash stop feeding you from now on."

Without waiting for Gabriel's opinion, she went to Mash and told her about her plan.

Mash naturally had no objections; everyone would have a lot of fun together. Anyway, there wasn't anything going on at home, so going to the beach to relax was a good idea.

After discussing and making their decision, they no longer consulted Osakabehime and Gabriel. The two of them had been excluded and were only entitled to obey, with no right to express their opinions.

Vignette quickly contacted Satania and Raphael, and they agreed on a time to set off together.

Raphael and Satania were also quite bored, so Vignette invited them to go to the beach. The two were delighted and happily agreed.

The next day, Mash woke up Osakabehime and Gabriel, who had just fallen asleep, and the group set off by car to the beach.

The beach is very lively in the summer.

The blue sky, the blue ocean, and the gentle breeze make one feel exceptionally comfortable.

As soon as she arrived, Gabriel found an empty spot, deftly set up a parasol, and half-reclined under it to open her laptop.

"I can't swim, so I'm staying here."

She wasted no time and started playing on her computer as soon as she turned it on.

Seeing this, Osakabehime followed Gabriel's example and lay down next to her under the parasol, and the two played games together.

"Never mind them, let's go have some fun."

Vignette tried to dissuade her, but Mash pulled her along to play in the sea.

Tamamo no Mae was very familiar with this kind of environment; she also put up a parasol and lay down under it to rest.

Gabriel and Osakabehime kept glancing at her. Tamamo no Mae, dressed in a swimsuit, had a voluptuous figure. Compared to their own skinny bodies, Gabriel and Osakabehime felt like they had been hit with a critical strike.

There is no harm without comparison.

Suddenly, the two lost interest in playing games, thinking to themselves, "The beach is definitely not for me."

On the other side, Satania embraced her inflatable dolphin and plunged into the sea.

With the buoyancy of the dolphins, she looked very comfortable.

Seeing this, Little Jack dove deep under her and grabbed the inflatable dolphin's tail tightly.

The dolphin was pulled hard, and Satania began to sway and become unstable.

She panicked and shouted, "Dolphin, don't go! Don't go!"

She clung tightly to the inflatable dolphin and refused to let go, so Little Jack dragged her to a very far place.

On the way there, Satania learned that Gabriel couldn't swim and kept laughing at her, but in reality, she couldn't swim either.

Little Jack achieved his goal and sneaked away, leaving Satania all alone, shivering far away.

Satania was panicking. She clung tightly to the inflatable dolphin as a wave crashed over her, engulfing her completely before she floated back up.

Raphael, who was playing in the sand with Gretel and the others on the shore, saw Satania's miserable state and secretly laughed.

She was the one who urged Little Jack to go.

After a long time, Satania finally returned to the shore. She lay panting heavily on the beach, as if she had just survived a major battle, constantly spitting out seawater, clearly having swallowed quite a bit in her haste.

But Raphael still didn't let her go.

As Satania lay resting on the beach, she told the children to start piling sand on Satania, burying her completely except for her head.

They would also occasionally guide the children to create various shapes, which, when paired with the Satania head, were particularly comical.

Raphael kept taking pictures; these were all excellent documents that absolutely had to be preserved.

Whether you want to share it with everyone or use it to tease Satania, it will come in very handy in the future.

Yuxian isn't with the children right now, but even if he were, he wouldn't stop them from playing; these are just harmless jokes.

What really gave Yuxian a headache was the person in front of him.

Yuxian was entangled and unable to break free.

"Master, hurry up! If you don't apply sunscreen, Little Tamamo will get sunburned," Tamamo no Mae urged Yuxian, leaning on her chair.

Looking at Tamamo no Mae's smooth back, Yuxian felt a pang of guilt and muttered to himself: If you're afraid of the sun, then nobody is.

He closed his eyes and finally placed his hands on them.

Hmm, it feels good.

Section 403, Chapter 32: The Century-Old Problem

Yuxian I was applying sunscreen to Tamamo no Mae, my eyes were closed, my hands were stiff, and the experience was unlike anything I had ever had before.

The soft touch of Tamamo no Mae's body stirred his heart, his thoughts drifting away to who-knows-where.

"Master, don't keep applying it to the same spot, make sure it's spread evenly."

Tamamo no Mae reminded Yuxian to move to another spot and make sure to wipe the entire area.

Yuxian was startled and immediately composed himself; he had actually been daydreaming.

This time, when he opened his eyes, the sight of her bare back made him hesitant to look at it for too long, yet he couldn't help but glance at it again and again; it was simply too tempting.

He carefully applied sunscreen to Tamamo no Mae.

To distract himself, he grumbled as he wiped, "You're getting me into trouble. If Mash sees this, I'll go hungry."

"Is Master so afraid of Mash?" Tamamo no Mae teased. "But it's Little Tamamo who's cooking."

Indeed, Tamamo no Mae Mash only helps out.

"Sigh..." Yuxian sighed, "Who told me to be in the lowest position? If I say there's nothing to eat, then there really isn't anything to eat."

Tamamo no Mae leaned on the chair and chuckled softly.

"Master, rest assured, Mash will handle Little Tamamo."

Yuxian couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking to himself, "What are you going to do to fix this? You'll be lucky if you don't make things worse."

"Down a little, Master, down a little, that's enough up there."

Tamamo no Mae directed Yuxian to apply the sunscreen further down his body.

"Now that's your butt, do you have to wipe it too?" Yuxian said irritably.

"Of course! We should apply sunscreen to everything that gets exposed to the sun." Tamamo no Mae said matter-of-factly. "Master has never applied sunscreen to anyone before, has he? Little Tamamo is so lucky! She got Master's first time."

Snap!

Yuxian slapped Tamamo no Mae -Mae hard on the butt, "What did you gain? Don't talk so dirty!"

"Waaaaah... Is Master finally going to make a move on Little Tamamo?" Tamamo no Mae whimpered softly, speaking in a pitiful tone.

Yuxian didn't want to pay attention to her, but the more she talked, the more excited she became. He quickly applied sunscreen for her to prevent her from teasing him again.

"Alright, I have to go. Mash is coming back."

Yuxian clapped his hands to finish and prepared to escape this place of trouble.

"Is Master going to give up halfway?" Tamamo no Mae turned over and blinked at Yuxian.

Yuxian asked in confusion, "Wasn't it all done? Why did you give up halfway through?"

"The front, the front needs to be wiped too!" Tamamo no Mae pointed to her chest, indicating that it needed to be wiped as well.

"Can't you wipe it yourself?"

Yuxian wasn't fooled. His back was alright, but his front was a real problem, especially with Tamamo no Mae's watery eyes staring at him. Yuxian's heart almost stopped beating.

"Come on, come on, Little Tamamo is already lying down, Master can do whatever you want."

Tamamo no Mae really did just lie there, looking completely at ease.

Yuxian said irritably, "Don't say things that could be misunderstood. If people overhear, they might think we're doing something inappropriate for children."

"If Master wishes, that's fine too!" Tamamo no Mae -Mae winked at Yuxian and chuckled.

Yuxian felt his mouth was very dry. Could this guy have used a curse on him?

He rubbed his hands together, feeling unsure where to begin.

The sight of Tamamo no Mae's body was so beautiful that he no longer felt afraid. Instead, he was reluctant to close his eyes and greedily gazed at the beautiful scenery before him.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

Yuxian nodded subconsciously, honestly admitting that Tamamo no Mae's figure was indeed a rare and beautiful sight.

But Yuxian quickly realized something was wrong; the voice was coming from behind him, not from Tamamo no Mae.

He saw Tamamo no Mae still smiling at him, and slowly turned his head with a stiff expression.

"Ma... Mash ..." Yuxian stammered, "When...when did you...get here?"

Mash stood there expressionless, making no other move.

She said calmly, "Go on, I'd like to learn from the seniors how to apply sunscreen to people."

Yuxian shook his head vigorously, "It's already finished wiping."

"Oh, so you've already finished wiping it." Mash nodded casually and turned to leave.

"Mash! Mash!"

No matter how much Ren Yuxian called out, Mash didn't turn her head.

Tamamo no Mae was secretly laughing to herself.

Yuxian glared at her and couldn't help but complain to Tamamo no Mae, "You've really got me killed this time!"

Tamamo no Mae's smile widened. She got up and half-leaned on Yuxian, whispering in his ear, "Little Tamamo will secretly save something for you for dinner."

I didn't believe your nonsense!

Yuxian quickly chased after Mash in the direction she had left, thinking to himself, "I really can't be careless."

I fell into Tamamo no Mae's trap without even realizing it. She must have used a spell on me, that's for sure.

Yuxian refused to admit that it was his fault.

He didn't even consider that with his meager skills, if Tamamo no Mae really used a spell on him, he would have been eaten by Tamamo no Mae long ago, leaving not even bone fragments. How could he possibly run away?

Watching Yuxian's anxious figure run away, Tamamo no Mae stroked her chin, a smile blooming on her face.

"Migu! This Master is so cute, Little Tamamo is really charming."

Yuxian chased after her and found Mash, who was with the children.

Seeing Yuxian arrive, the children wanted to go up to him, but Mash grabbed Little Jack who was leading the way and said to the children:

"Ignore him! I'll take you to do something fun."