Faced with the butterfly girl's bashfulness...
Kazetoriin waved a hand, utterly unconcerned, and continued, "We're all girls here. What's there to be embarrassed about?"
Kanae did not know whether it was from soaking in the medicinal bath or from embarrassment.
Her entire face had gone red.
She abruptly sank half her body deeper into the water, leaving only her head above the surface. "They'll hear us..."
"Wouldn't that be even better?"
Kazetoriin chuckled and changed the subject.
"Little Kanae, do you have some secret for taking care of your skin?"
"It's as fair and soft as milk. It almost looks like it glows. Are you using some secret method from the Butterfly Mansion?"
As Longyue spoke, she stood and leaned toward the rim of the wooden tub on Kanae's side.
It had to be said that even something Xia Xi had hastily made was far more finely crafted than the work of an ordinary craftsman.
The rim of the wooden tub had been sloped and rounded, making it exceptionally smooth.
Even resting those great mounds of jelly on it...
Caused no discomfort at all.
Like any ordinary big sister, the Feather Hashira asked with a smile, "Share it with me, pretty please?"
Only then did Kanae poke her head a little farther out.
"Th-there's no secret. Just ordinary skin care..."
"Ordinary skin care can give you skin like that?"
"Really..."
Kanae's face flushed slightly.
She could even see the rim of the wooden tub over there pressing Kazetoriin's curves out of shape.
Yet even though the steam from the medicinal bath had left him wet all over, very little of that mist lingered on his skin.
His firm, collagen-rich skin simply could not hold droplets of water.
She said softly, "But your skin is very firm too, senpai."
Kazetoriin looked