Gentle and Considerate Towards You

Night fell, and the surroundings were utterly silent.

After finishing the feast he had cooked himself, Norse found that it was still early, so he took his pet snake, Red Pipi, and headed toward the Sisters' Hot Spring Pool.

The Sisters' Hot Spring Pool was out in the southeastern part of the city, only two avenues and three streets away from the palace.

That old woman Zha Mi owned a house on a nearby street where she could spend her retirement in comfort.

During the day, the Sisters' Bathhouse would be filled with naked girls bathing and playing around. The women would be dazzled by the sight, their faces flushing crimson.

At night, there were only three connected hot spring pools here, steaming with white mist and murmuring with crisp, pleasant sounds of flowing water. There was no one else around.

This was not Norse's first time here.

It was a right he had fought for himself. He had once said, "Since I'm a member of Amazon Lily, you can monopolize this place during the day, but you have to give me some right to use it at night, don't you?"

For the first few days, women would sneak out in the middle of the night to watch him bathe. But not long after, the authorities led by Hancock suddenly issued an absolute order.

At night, no other citizens were allowed to loiter around or peek near the Sisters' Bathhouse.

After arriving, Norse first looked around. Distant and nearby lights twinkled dimly, while above him hung the moon amid a scattering of stars. It was exceptionally beautiful.

"Damn it, that old woman really has no shame. Every night, she has to watch me take a naked bath before she goes back to sleep." Norse was deeply annoyed.

That old woman Zha Mi was in a house several hundred meters away, her window open as she stared straight at the bathhouse.

"Red Pipi, cover me up! Don't let that old woman get her way!"

Norse had never chosen to leave. He had the giant snake block her line of sight, then stripped off all his clothes. It was nothing, really—she was an elder on the level of a super-grandma.

Splash!

Norse jumped in and comfortably floated on his back in the pool. As always, the temperature was just right!

At that moment, before a window several hundred meters away, that old woman Zha Mi shook her head with glee and muttered to herself, "This kid really is blessed with women. Who knows what sparks this jump will create now?"

"Huh? Red Pipi, where are you going? You're not even going to scrub your master's back tonight? Damn it, then don't even think about getting on my bed tonight!" Norse saw that Red Pipi was acting strangely. It actually swam toward another connected bath pool, and he could not stop it no matter how he called.

Norse swam after it. After all, Red Pipi still had some value—at the very least, it was a professional back scrubber. That felt incredibly good, and it would not have been an exaggeration to call it a top assistant beneath a full-body massage.

"Get back here!"

Norse chased it into the other bath pool and reached toward the mist-covered surface, grabbing hold of a snake's tail.

"Meisaluo?"

Yet when Norse forcefully yanked it out of the water, he stared in bewilderment. It was actually a red-and-white Boa snake—and a female one at that.

Wasn't this Hancock's beloved pet snake? It sure was dressed up flamboyantly.

"Aha, so that's why Red Pipi isn't scrubbing my back tonight. You were seducing my Red Pipi!"

But Norse quickly realized that something was wrong.

Meisaluo was supposed to be inseparable from Hancock. Why would it appear at the Sisters' Bathhouse tonight to seduce his Red Pipi?

Could it be... could it be...

At that moment, Meisaluo began winding up Norse's arm, immediately coiling around his body from top to bottom.

"Hey, hey... you can't bite that! That... that's my lifeline!" Norse was startled on the spot, cold sweat breaking out in an instant.

Just thinking about it made his balls ache.

Meisaluo was in a foul snake mood toward Norse. Not only did its massive body tightly coil around his naked body, but its head also emerged from between his legs and opened its bloody maw, seemingly threatening to bite his dick.

"Fine, fine, fine, I won't resist, okay? But if you really dare bite down, I'll eat you on the spot." Norse was utterly depressed. If it were not Hancock's most beloved pet snake, he would have torn it to pieces long ago. It actually dared threaten his dick—it had a death wish.

Splash!

At that instant, a naked woman with silky silver hair cascading over her body emerged from the misty water. Under the bright moonlight, her snow-white skin gave off a faint, soft glow, as though every inch of flesh beneath it could be seen.

This woman... she looked unbelievably young. Fortunately, that cascade of silver hair covered the two crucial points on her chest.

The moment their gazes met, Norse took one look and knew he was done for... It really was Boa Hancock.

But what was she doing here?

"You... I..."

Norse's face was tense. Though he had a thousand things to say, he could not get a single sentence out smoothly. And why had his ears turned red?

Norse had never experienced anything like this. He had not even had the slightest mental preparation before seeing Boa Hancock naked. What was he supposed to do?

Before Norse could even finish speaking, Hancock interrupted him, her face bashful as she said, "Actually, I already know. If you're embarrassed, there's no need to say it to me in person."

"Huh?"

Norse was completely baffled.

Know what? Did Sonia and the others say something to Hancock?

But what could they possibly have said that was so powerful? It made the ever-proud Hancock so proactive before him, so brave in baring herself to him—and she was even walking toward him on her own!

"I..."

Norse wanted to say something, but Hancock had already walked over. She gently covered his mouth with her slender hand, then breathed softly before him at close range, her eyes filled with affection as she said:

"From the moment you stepped into this pool, I completely believed what they said and decided to accept your confession. But don't worry, I won't control you because of this. I will be gentle and considerate toward you for the rest of my life. I only hope that we can support each other through it all."

After hearing this, as a hot-blooded man, if he still did not get hard down there, then he would have a serious problem as a man.

However, Mesaro below was scared senseless. As it watched, it grew larger, and it thought Norse was about to fight back. It was ready to bite down when Red Pipi suddenly emerged from below and stopped it, then made a confession of love. Only then did the matter come to an end.

Norse's entire body felt as though it were on fire. This is way too intense. Though he had never thought about such things, no man could withstand this kind of temptation.

Norse swallowed nervously and said helplessly, "Well, since you've gone this far, I understand what I should do from now on. But can you think a little more about me for now and submerge your whole body in the water?"

"Not yet. I actually still have so, so many things I want to tell you. I know you've always minded that I saw all of you when I saved you, right? So I'm baring myself before you now. Would that make you happier?"

"And last night, when I entered your room with a knife, I only acted after I knew you weren't lying under the blanket. I just wanted to draw more of your attention. After you silently erased the marks on us, my heart became more and more unable to restrain itself around you..."

As she spoke, Hancock actually pounced on Norse.

For a moment, Norse was once again at a loss. If he accepted her, he would have to wrap his arms around her; if he did not, then it would simply be her holding him.

But when he thought of how far Hancock had gone for him, even though someone had manipulated him and deceived her in the process, it had merely given Hancock the courage, in another way, to speak the words in her heart to him.

If he rejected her now, Hancock would probably be too ashamed to go on living. It would also be far too unfair to her. After all, she was his lifesaver.

Elsewhere, inside a tall building.

Sonia, Gorud, and old lady Zha Mi stood together before a window, watching everything with complete immersion and anxiously sweating for Hancock.

"Ah!! Why isn't Norse holding her already?"

"Exactly! Granny Zha Mi, didn't you say that only if Norse held Big Sister would her life truly become happy and joyful?"

"Heh heh! You young people are so impatient. What are you panicking for? There isn't a man in this world who can pass the test of a beauty bathing before him. Just give them some time. When feelings run deep, everything will naturally straighten out; even an iron rod can be ground into a needle."

Old lady Zha Mi spoke with utter confidence. She was clearly an antique with a wealth of experience, and worthy of being the old empress who had ruthlessly abandoned her people above and below for love.

PS: Haha, I don't know how to write this, but I had to establish this setting. Please forgive this high-energy, brainless, flirtatious maneuver. Just use your imaginations a little more, and you'll understand the hidden plot I wanted to write but only hinted at.