The Sand Witch who had wreaked havoc in the supermarket was taken away by Association staff.
Mi Xue and I returned to the apartment with the ingredients we had bought at the supermarket. After our experience in the desert, we were both not only soaking wet but filthy, and every so often, fine sand shook loose from our hair...
And so we came to everyone's favorite part: bath time.
[Ding! Side quest accepted~] [Give Mi Xue a bath and strengthen your mother-daughter bond!]
I didn't think this sort of thing counted as a quest, did it?
It was just part of everyday life.
After all, I couldn't exactly let a three-year-old girl bathe on her own, could I?
"Mommy~ I want to soak in the bath!"
"All right, all right..."
Our home in Skyreach City didn't have a bathtub, since having one was a waste of water in itself. But our home in this Virtual Reality came equipped with an enormous tub...
This apartment had been created from my memories and the Proxy's, so familiar things were everywhere, and even the layout was exactly the same. But this bathtub definitely wasn't something I wanted, which left only the Proxy.
The Proxy loved soaking in the bath. The bathroom attached to her bedroom at her base had a tub, too, and she even bathed twice a day. She was practically Shizuka.
"You have to get clean before you get in the tub! Wash your hair, too!"
At my reminder, the little girl raised her hand and called out.
"Okay!"
Her skin tone was very close to mine, though slightly lighter.
Judging by appearances alone, we were unmistakably mother and daughter. She took after me in height, too. Although she was supposed to be only three, she was already almost