I heave a sigh of relief after Valeria disappeared into thin air, then get into the hut. I don't know why I am relieved of that fact, but today's happenings have made realize how mad I am at everyone I have t in this world.
They seem to be pushing my buttons for so kind of reason, and getting angry seems to be their life's objective.
Now that I think about it, Valeria is the one who has brought those infuriating tragedies to . Maybe, this is why I am relieved the mont she left .
Recalling what happened in the stable—the way she pressured instead of giving an explanation—I can't say I don't hate her for that. Of course, hate is a rather strong word to describe how I feel about it; I am just mad of her treatnt over .
"Demon King's Candidate? Pfft! What a joke!" Ti seems to move faster whenever you are preoccupied, by the ti I realized it, I am already outside with my bathing utensils in my hand. "I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up as a sacrifice in the future."
As I grumpily walk to the river I will bathe myself in, I pour everything inside my heart out passionately—complaining. Again, ti passes so fast, by the ti I realized it, I have arrived at the river.
Putting my bathing utensils on the stone that is close to my soon to be bathing spot, I undress myself and put the clothes away from the water. After wearing my birth suit (naked), I check the temperature of the water with my foot before entering the river.
I wet my entire existence, before grabbing the bathing utensils I have put on the stone near . I take the sponge first, so I can scrub any gris, which surprisingly is not much, off my body, before pouring the shampoo on my hair.
Brush. Brush.
"I don't know what this shampoo like liquid is made off, but it gives my hair a good treatnt. My hair looks more shiny, and softer than usual because of it."
I don't really take pride in my effeminate look, but I like my shoulder length hair. My mother and I have the sa hair color, so whenever I look at the mirror, coupled with my look, it is as if I am looking at the younger self of my mother.
"Wow... That thought should belong to a daughter, not a son." I sigh as I massage my scalp. "Well, at least, aside from so pain and an existential crisis, I got to also learn that accepting oneself is important today."
My mind instantly thinks about the manic grin that didn't suit on Millonia's beautiful face she showed in the Training Field.
On Earth, even in many fictional stories, beauties of her caliber try their best to hide their true self. That lunatic however, embrace herself the way she is, and, from what I can see, take pride in herself, no matter how flawed she is.
I have always been in a constant denial with myself, and seeing her bravely accepting herself made realize it is not the way the people see that is wrong, but the way I see and value myself.
"Hah! I have accepted myself long ago, but I am not satisfied with the way I am." That being said though, I still want to look like a proper man. "I have determined myself to change, and I will make it dramatic."
I stop massaging my scalp, dip my hair in the water, and wash it until all of the foam falls off my hair. I am doing it carefully, so none of the foam enters my eyes, and sting them like a whimsical bee.
When my hair is cleaned off any foam, I raise my head, comb my hair to the back with my fingers, and et soone's intense gaze. I am not even surprised there is soone standing just 4 feet in front of , but I am surprised I am not even surprised.
It seems confusing, but simply speaking, I am just surprised at the fact that I could detect her presence a few monts prior. I believe she was already there the mont I arrived at the river, but she has only showed herself now just to ss with .
Yes, I am talking about Valeria.
"You have a firm determination, it seems."
"Thanks for stating the obvious, so can you give my share of privacy now?"
Valeria quirks her eyebrow and shrugs. "You are talking as if being naked needs a privacy."
"Doesn't it?"
"Technically, every Magic Practitioner in this world can see what is behind your clothes. Do you think soone of my caliber can't do the sa?" I keep my silence at Valeria's disdainful question. "Why do you think Millonia was giggling the entire ti?"
I click my tongue bitterly, before shaking my head helplessly. As I expected, everyone really likes to push my buttons; Valeria has the choice to not tell that infuriating tidbit of information, but she still told .
"Well, I guess you need to teach how to do the sa AND protect my body from perverts' eyes when I learn how to use Magic."
"You take it better than I thought—I am proud of you." Valeria nods her head in appreciation. "We will start learning Magic the mont your Mana Reservoir is full. Before that, you shall focus on your physical training."
I nod my head silently, and leave Valeria to her own devices. I then rember about sothing, and imdiately look up at Valeria to ask about it, but imdiately find she is undressing herself instead.
"What are you doing?"
"We once ever summoned a female human from your world to be a Demon King. She said that she ca from a country nad Japan, and she told that in her country, being naked with soone is one of the best ways to strengthen the bond."
"Okay...?" I look at Valeria in slight surprise and bewildernt as she nonchalantly shows her birth suit to . "So, where is this Japanese lady now?"
Splash!
Valeria sits herself right beside before answering. "She failed as a Demon King Candidate, and she can never be a Demon King."
"Oh, I see..." Hearing about that makes imdiately think about my fate. 'Failing, huh? I might face the sa fate soday.' I am about to be preoccupied by that thought, when I realized about sothing. "You have been doing this for a long ti?"
Valeria simply nods her head as if it is not sothing amazing. 'That bastard Ilschevar ... Just how eager is he in retiring?!' Of course, I imdiately clean my head off any thought, the mont Valeria looks sharply at .
"Kuhum! Anyway, what is Mana Reservoir?" I ask as I apply the liquid soap to my body. "I know it has sothing to do with sothing to store Mana, but I want to properly know about it."
"Great question." Valeria nods her. "Mana Reservoir is, to simply say, a spiritual vessel that is located sowhere inside your body. It has no definite form, and everyone has a different way in interpreting how it looks."
"Wait, what do you an with 'sowhere inside my body' and 'it has no definite form'?"
"Before that, why don't you let wash your back? You are irking with the way you scrub your skin. I wonder whether you can really clean your body that way."
'Yes, I can clean my body this way—it's what I have been doing for 17 years,' is what I want to say to Valeria, but I decided to be smart and give her my sponge. She takes it in her hand, turns my body around, and starts scrubbing my back ... Roughly.
"Ma'am, there are many ways to peel soone's skin off, and this is what you use? Ouch! Be gentle, please. It's my first ti of having soone wash my back!"
"The existence of Mana Reservoir is unclear, because it needs to be realized first. You have to access your Mindscape to make your Mana Reservoir real. That is the reason why it has no definite form."
"Hoh?" I quirk my eyebrow in interest, disregarding the fact that Valeria has just disregarded my pain. "From the way you say it, may I conclude that Mana Reservoir can not be found even if we dissect soone's body?"
"Yes."
I hum to myself, and think about sothing. "Say, can you provide the way to access my Mindscape?"
"Do you want to realize your Mana Reservoir?"
I nod my head and open my mouth, but Valeria speaks again before I manage to utter a single thing.
"I know exactly what you are thinking, but your Mana Reservoir's size is relevant to your level of Magic Mastery, not your way of interpreting it."
"Well, that's unfortunate." I sigh in disappointnt, and imdiately widen my eyes the mont Valeria turns my body around. "Holy shit! Don't show your mounds easily, Miss. Valeria! I might not be able to—actually, I can. I am not that lustful of a person."
It is faint, but I can hear Valeria clicks her tongue the mont I shrug nonchalantly after looking at her heavenly mounds. I don't know what that ans, and she quickly turns her body around after she gave the sponge.
"Be a good ntee, and wash your ntor's back."
"Okay."
I shrug simply, and wash her back until she deems it is enough. We get out of the river a few minutes after, and only after we dressed ourselves did I realize how absurd our relationship has beco.
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