After a dozen or so minutes, the bathroom door finally opened.
A wave of warm air mingled with a fresh fragrance swept out.
"I'm alive again..."
"It really feels like I've come back to life!"
Onigawara Rin hurried out while toweling her long, wet hair, which was still dripping.
By then,
she had changed into loose cotton loungewear-these pale pink pajamas printed with cute bears were clearly better suited to a girl her age.
The outfit did not look out of place on her at all. Instead, it suited her surprisingly well.
And with her having just finished her bath,
her slightly childish face, usually always tense, was now flushed, with a plump, enticing glow like a ripe peach.
She looked like nothing more than an ordinary girl in the bloom of youth.
Behind her,
the other girls filed out as well.
They had all changed into their own casual clothes, fully revealing their girlish air.
Hanabishi Warabi was the sole exception.
Her petite frame was clad in a white T-shirt clearly several sizes too large, its hem reaching past the tops of her thighs and leaving her smooth calves exposed, giving her the no-bottoms look.
Oversized, ill-fitting slippers flapped on her feet.
She also had a lollipop in her mouth that she had pulled out from who knew where, and her golden twin tails swayed with each step. She looked exactly like a little kid who had secretly put on an adult's clothes.
"Sorry for the wait, Lord Haimo."
"Lady Hestia still seems to be enjoying herself. She said it's been ages since she last bathed in such a spacious pool, and she's still splashing around in there. She'll probably soak a little longer."
Tsubaki walked out of the corridor with her usual carefree manner while drying her