Night. Cloudless skies. A waning moon hung overhead, and the stars glittered.
Nine Serpent Island, royal palace.
Inside a spacious bathroom filled with rising white steam, Sephiroth stepped into the large bath full of hot water and sat down.
The hot water came just up to his chest. He leaned his back against the edge of the bath, his face wearing a languid, relaxed expression.
Once a Devil Fruit user had most of their body submerged in water, whether seawater or fresh water, their stamina would be weakened, leaving them physically fatigued.
Since Sephiroth had just gone through an exhausting battle, and had deliberately kept his stamina at a low level, he did not even want to move a finger right now.
Thus, Marigold could only hold a towel and gently wipe him down, cleaning every part of his body.
With her hands resting on the edge of the bath, Hancock was having her back wiped with a towel by Sandersonia. She spoke weakly:
"Hey~! Sephiroth, shouldn't you tell us where exactly you went during the past half month now...?"
Among the three sisters, Hancock had endured the most torment from Sephiroth.
So much so that quite a few marks had been left on her fair body, and they would probably take several days to fade.
Sephiroth slowly closed his eyes and recalled lazily:
"Well! I went to a peculiar place called the Rainbow Mist and experienced a very bizarre journey through time and space, traveling back and forth across different points in the world...
"And... I happened to drink a new medicine I developed myself... By a strange twist of fate, I even took a trip to the underworld's Yellow Springs and saw my past and present lives before the Stone of Three Lifetimes...
"If that guy who guided