>>30917588Late Spring 1123
All the tiredness, soreness, stress in her body were melting into the scalding pool, like salt in boiling water. Most anyone born in Rengoku-Shi loved the hot springs. The mountains were close enough for them to be a common day-trip destination. Gaia stretched her arms out and inhaled deeply, filling her lungs with the cleansing steam.
The girls were gossiping about some insipid going-ons, as they were wont to do. Jaggery was inspecting Akira’s upper arm with enthusiasm. “Your bodies really are hairless... Completely? Oh, completely!” This got a chuckle out of the Deadbeat ladies.
Akira whispered, as though speaking of myths and conspiracies. “I’ve heard the priestesses do get a bit of pubic hair...” Lucia nodded sagely. “That’s true, they do. It’s the same color as their hair.” Akira gently elbowed the agent in the rib. “Oh, I bet you’d know all about that. Speaking of your conquests, why didn’t you bring your Lunaito friend here?” Lucia had the decency to blush a little, insofar as Deadbeats can blush.
Citrora answered in her place: “I think those two, naked in a bath, might be too indecent for a friendly gathering.” Even Gaia had to laugh at that jab. Seeing a rare instance of a flustered Lucia was always entertaining.
However, Lucia had a riposte ready, or at least a deflection. “Hey, I’m not the only one getting up to some indecency. Say Nora, you were talking with Gaia’s little brother again the other day, how are things going between you two, any progress?” A flustered Noravera made flustered Lucia look like a stoic statue.
“Pr-progress? We were only discussing the latest shipment of building materials, nothing indecent.” Akira rolled her eyes with an exaggerated motion. “Oh, building materials, how exciting, did you guys have all that fun at the festival talking about building materials?”
Nora simply lowered herself into the water. “I was fulfilling my diplomatic duties, that’s all. Cal is very pleasant, but, I don’t know...”
An evil glint lit up Lucia’s eyes. “You don’t know what to do about *Cal*, huh? Maybe we can help. Gaia, you’d know your little bro best, got any tips for our Nora dearest?” Predator like, the Agent slid closer to the outnumbered Luknight of Diplomacy.
Gaia jumped a bit at being queried thus. “Ah, uh...” Gaia didn’t much enjoy being put in the spotlight, especially in such vapid conversations. “Well, I think you can do better, Nora. He’s not a very serious man, I feel like he cares more about music than his career. And he’s a decent fighter, but he could be much better if he trained rigorously.”
Akira shook her head with a smile. “So you’re saying he’s fun, a musician, and a good soldier without being a combat autist? Sounds like a real catch. Nora’s got a tall order.” Gaia rolled her eyes, half annoyed, half amused, while the rest of the group slapped the water, laughing.
Agent Lucia Asahina moved in for the kill. “Hey hey, Nora’s a catch too, have you caught an eyeful of these?” Her fingers sunk into two handfuls of Nora’s ample bosom.
“Kyaaa!”
“Well said. You know, us Deadbeats top out at like C-cup, max, right? Well, besides priestesses. That’s an advantage you’re gonna have over any girl he’s been with, I bet.” Noravera wriggled out of Lucia’s arms. “I, I like to think this isn’t a significant factor...”
Citrora had been entering a state of complete relaxation in the past few minutes. With her hands behind her head, the others just about heard her talk: “Well, as they say, all is fair in love and war...”
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