Fu Hua did not think there was anything wrong with it. They were all girls anyway, so no one would be at a disadvantage.
But Minamoto Hikari immediately realized something was off. This might be Master's test for him. If he agreed, Master might very well split him in two with a single sword strike!
Minamoto Hikari, Minamoto Hikari! You have to resist the temptation. You cannot have so little self-control. This was definitely a test Master had given him. Once he made the wrong choice, he would regret it beyond measure. After all, even if they were not strangers, something like this was still rather unlikely, and Fu Hua was not that casual a person.
Thus, Minamoto Hikari fell silent for a moment before reluctantly choosing to refuse.
"Master, you two should go instead! Men and women should not touch freely. I should go to the men's bath." Minamoto Hikari pulled away from Fu Hua's embrace and reluctantly glanced at Kaguya. Though reason had triumphed over desire, he still found it such a pity. Such a wonderful opportunity was gone.
Others would travel thousands of miles just for a chance to see Kaguya. They would willingly die just to soak in the same hot spring as her!
"Is that so... All right, then!"
Fu Hua did not pay much attention to Minamoto Hikari's talk about the difference between men and women. After all... she was not a man at all. But since he had said so, Fu Hua did not force the issue.
"Then see you later."
She picked up the clean towels before them, handed one to each of her two disciples, then took the last one herself and headed toward the women's hot spring entrance with Princess Kaguya.
Watching Fu Hua and Kaguya's retreating backs, Minamoto Hikari