Lily's Bathtime

At Master Sal's question, Lin Ke tenses up. He already harbored a little doubt as to whether or not Master Sal had known what the brush he pulled out was, but he was never too sure. However, he didn't think that Master Sal would straight up ask him.

Spinning the gears in his head rapidly, he made up a lie on the spot. "It was passed down to me through my family. I didn't really know what was so special about it at first, because it looked just like a normal brush, but when I touched it, it sunk into my hand and disappeared."

Master Sal appears deep in thought. 'Hm… So is he really not from that place? No. There's no way a random human in this realm would own a semi-divine artifact. He has to be from one of the prominent families in that place. For now, I just have to be nice to him… Even if he isn't from that place, it isn't a bad idea to befriend such a talented young man.'

After thinking for a while, Master Sal finally spoke. "Don't worry. I wouldn't try to steal it away from a junior. That would be quite rude of me. However, do keep in mind that it isn't a good idea to randomly use that artifact. There are many hidden experts beyond your comprehension in this realm… even if... " He cuts off. "Well anyways, let's not talk any further about this unpleasant topic! You're probably feeling very tired. I'll ask someone to lead you to the baths for you to take a nice hot bath before retiring for the night."

Just as he says this, Mildred appears at the doorway again. It was quite mysterious how she always knew when she was needed.

Lin Ke gets up and, brushing aside the conversation they just had, smiles, "Thank you for your hospitality, Master Sal. The food was delicious." He looks at Lily. "Lily, let's go."

Lily, who was still licking her ice cream looks up at him for a moment… before starting to lick the ice cream again. This annoys Lin Ke, and he picks Lily up from the table and carries her away.

"Noooooo! My beautiful tasty ice cream!!" Lily shrieks. She tries to struggle to get free, but is unable to. She looks back at the ice cream with a forlorn expression, and goes limp.

"This way, Sir Lin Ke." Mildred gives Lin Ke a bow and begins to lead him throughout the halls of the mansion. They arrived in front of a sliding door. Upon entering, they arrived in a small closet-like space with racks of towels and boxes for you to put your belongings. There was another sliding door right in front of them. "Well, Sir Lin Ke, please leave your clothes in this basket, we will wash it for you. In the meantime, we have prepared some spare clothes for you to wear that I will leave here on this rack." She points to one of the boxes.

"Thank you very much." Lin Ke says as Mildred backs out of the room leaving him and Lily. Lin Ke begins to take off his clothes.

Then stops, and looks at Lily. "Lily, can you turn away? Stop staring at me, it's kind of weird."

Lily brings a paw to her mouth to cover up her smirk. "Hehe. What are you? Nervous? Don't worry, I already know every part of you. Even how small you are down there... Ehehe"

Lin Ke feels his face heat up. 'This damn cat…' He thought to himself.

"Shut up and turn away!" He shouted.

Lily however, continued to argue with him. "Why are you so embarrassed? I'm just a cat aren't I? You just thought that yourself. There's nothing wrong with that in and of itself right?"

Lin Ke was speechless. What Lily had said was correct too, she was just a cat, but a talking one at that. However, Lily wasn't going to let Lin Ke come back into the argument.

"Unless… You were thinking about…" Lily seemed to be insinuating something. "That's not good, my dear host! That's called bea-"

"AHHH! I get it I get it! Jeez! Do whatever you want!" Lin Ke could only cave at Lily's argument, and uncomfortably get undressed as Lily stared at him intently. Ignoring Lily's side comments, Lin Ke walks through the sliding door with a towel.

The doorway led to an enclosed steamy room with a giant hot tub. To the left of the door was a few mirrors and stools, along with some wooden buckets and soaps. The walls of the hot tub were made of stone, and the entire thing gave off a very japanese vibe to it. It was like one of those onsen that Lin Ke had seen before in anime.

Lin Ke sinks himself into the steamy waters. The temperature was perfect, and he gave out a sigh of contentment. After a moment, he realized that Lily was sitting by the doorway, without any indication of getting closer to the pool. At first, Lin Ke was confused as to why Lily stayed so far away, but then thought of something. A devilish smile appears on his face. He leaped out of the pool quickly and shot towards Lily.

Lily, reading his thoughts, knew exactly what Lin Ke was planning to do, but acted too late. Lin Ke had already grabbed hold of Lily tightly before she could float away.

"NOOO! Please! I'm sorry! Lin Ke! Please don't do this! Anything but that!" Lily was desperately trying to claw her way away from the water.

"Hehehe! This is what you get! Now get in the water! You have to get clean!" Without waiting to hear any more of Lily's arguments, Lin Ke dipped Lily into the water.

"Ahhh! Help! Someone help me please! Animal Abuse! Please! I'm going to die!!!" Lily screams. Thankfully, there was no one else in the room, otherwise they might've gotten the wrong idea.

20 Minutes later, Lin Ke walked out of the bathroom feeling extremely comfortable and refreshed, Lily was in Lin Ke's arms, looking as if she had lost her soul. Her white fur was gleaming and silky smooth, looking as if someone had given it a major scrub. Mildred, however, was nowhere to be seen, so Lin Ke began to try to find his way back to his room by himself. Attempting to retrace his path, he instead found himself at a balcony overlooking a darkened but starry night sky.