How long has it been since he last took a bath? When I counted mentally, I realized it had been around three weeks ago.
âYour Highness, would you like to take a bath before my brother comes?â
âIâd love to, but are you sure you can do it?â
âOf course.â
I was confident I could because it was me who took complete care of Shasha before. Â Sihael nodded at my confident answer.
âThatâs great, though itâs still awkward.â
However, Sihael, who allowed me to bathe him, immediately regretted it.
âThe rumors werenât false.â
Sihael trembled, feeling betrayed.
âI thought you were a kind person, but I didnât expect you to be so vicious.â
This kid. Was this something you should say while Iâm washing you to the best of my ability even though Iâm having a hard time?
âYes, yes, come here. Your fur is as dirty as a rag. Ugh, just look at all this dirty water.â
âI have lost my innocence.â
Someone might misunderstand if they heard it. I just touched it by accident while bathing him!
Sihael, who crouched down to avoid my touch, had a playful look in his eyes.
âIs this how youâre going to play?â
Sihael often teased me in this way to make sure I was comfortable, but it was clear that he enjoyed seeing me in trouble.
But who I am, I am the one who tamed the finicky Shasha! I wonât get embarrassed by this kind of prank!
âOh my, Your Highness! Â Havenât you mated not even once before? To think youâll lose your innocence just with a light touch like that. You are so innocent, unlike someone who has rolled in the battlefield.â
Because of my exaggerated gestures, Sihaelâs eyes widened as he hurriedly took my hands off his body.
He could not hide his embarrassment because he didnât know I would react like this.
âYou, you! Thatâs not something that a kid should say!â
âBut Iâm all grown up.â
âYouâre still a child if you havenât had your coming-of-age ceremony.â
What is it, you boomer? I just didnât have my coming of age ceremony, but Iâm 18 this year.
âDonât go around saying stuff like mate or anything like that.â
âHuh? What did you say? Did you say you want to mate? Donât worry, Iâll find you a nice female!â
âRosetta, are you not ashamed?â
âAww, baby Shasha is very shy.â
âShut up.â
Was it because I was not all scared of staring at his soaking body? Whatâs with the alarmed look on your face? I was just smiling because I found his sagging fur funny. When I giggled out loud, Sihael revealed his fangs, showing that he was really very angry.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
It was the first time Sihael had shown me his fangs since he regained his consciousness, and funnily enough, I was happy to see his sharp fangs.
âBefore, whenever he had a chance, he would show his fangs to intimidate me⦠My Shasha, where did you go, leaving your older sister?!â
Missing my Shasha, I poured water on the growling Sihael to wash away the foam.
The way he growled and showed his fangs was just like my Shasha, so I wanted to touch him more. However, maybe I provoked him too much. Sihael looked grumpy until he finished taking a bath.
âThere, itâs done.â
Sihaelâs eyes instantly flashed as I approached with a towel.
âUh, waitâ¦!â
Sihael shook his fur without stopping.
Tatatatatat!
Drops of water splashed all over my face, clothes, and everywhere.
âAh! You should have told me before doing that.â
âItâs revenge for harassing me.â
Sihaelâs face softened, perhaps because he was feeling a little better.
Okay fine, as long as you like it. I roughly wiped the water that splashed on my face and walked over to Sihael and covered him with a towel.
I wiped his fur with a towel.
From his head to waist, even his hips, and tail. Lastly, as I was wiping his feet dry, Sihaelâs gaze became strange.
âWhatâs wrong? Is there something on the ceiling?â
âNo. Itâs just that there are a lot of water droplets.â
What are you talking about?
I dismissed Sihaelâs words as nonsense, and took out a new towel, and wiped the remaining moisture.
âDone. Now itâs clean.â
I took him outside to dry up the remaining water on him.
âNow go.â
Sihaelâs steps were light as if he was happy to finish his bath.
Just when I stepped out of the bathroom, I shivered for a while feeling a chilling gaze.
As I turned around, wiping my dripping head with a towel, a strange man called me.
âRosetta.â
âBrother?â
It was Leonard, Rosettaâs eldest brother. I opened my mouth foolishly when I saw my brotherâs face for the first time.
âHe really looks like me!â
A man who looked like Rosettaâs carbon copy approached me.
I thought I looked like Lanoa, but it turns out my real resemblance was with this guy. Â Leonardâs beautiful face looked at me and then moved towards Sihael.
While the two exchanged glances, Lanoa, who had followed Leonard, cried out.
âDid you play something in the water?â
When I came back to my senses, Lanoa looked at me and frowned.
âI can see your undergarments. Donât torment my eyes. Just go and change your clothes.â
âIs that what you should be saying to your sister?â
Leonard smacked Lanoaâs back.
âOuch! Brother, why are you hitting me when I said something true?!â
As they fought, I lowered my head and looked at my chest, and as Lanoa said, my undergarments were visible. The dress I wore today was white, so they came out to be more clearly visible. Now I understood why earlier Sihael avoided my eyes when I asked him why he was looking at the ceiling.
âDid you see it?â (Rosetta)
âI didnât see it.â (Sihael)
âYou saw it. You definitely saw it. Pervert.â (Rosetta)
âHo, whoâs really the pervert here?â(Sihael)
The conversation naturally led to an argument.
Lanoa, who was watching this sequence of events, slapped himself on the cheek.
âAm I dreaming⦠the dog is talking.â
âRosetta, heâs behaving the exact same way as you did.â (Sihael)
Because of Lanoaâs response, Sihael smiled remembering that day when Sihael regained his consciousness.
I smiled at the dumbfounded Lanoa.
Yes, how can our reaction be so similar?