Chapter 16. Being both a father and a mother.

Chapter 16. Being both a father and a mother.

Gwen and Victor stood at the door of the room and looked inside.

"Why did you agree? We should ask again or wait a little longer..."

Victor glanced at her and then said:

"Remember your purpose for coming here."

"You didn't come here to vacation and sleep."

Hearing Victor's words, Gwen shook her head and finally calmed down.

But obviously, it was really a bit... for a man and a woman to stay in one room at night.

And there was only one bed. It was very large.

Gwen frowned and hesitated for a while. She took the initiative to propose:

"I'll sleep on the ground."

Victor nodded and agreed.

"OK."

Gwen was stunned.

Although she was a knight and could sleep anywhere in armor.

But Victor's reaction...

Made her feel a little unhappy.

Gwen didn't understand why. In her impression, there was naturally no such thing as being modest or not.

Victor was a mage. He was more fragile than herself. He should sleep on the bed.

However, after a long day of traveling, Gwen felt sticky inside the armor.

To be honest.

Gwen wanted to take a bath.

There had been times when she went on long missions before, but she could always endure.

Perhaps because there was an extra man in the room this time, she actually started to care about whether she had a smell or something.

She patted her cheek and tried to get rid of those random thoughts in her head.

Gwen wouldn't force others.

The scale of this inn and at this time obviously couldn't provide her with a hot bath.

But with so much sweat on her body, what if she really had a smell? What should she do?

She was a little hesitant and even forgot that she was still wearing a suit of armor. Any slight movement could make a sound.

While Victor was examining the surrounding environment with magic, he didn't forget to set up a soundproof magic array at the door.

After seeing that there was nothing abnormal around, Victor heard the friction sound of armor colliding. He frowned and turned around to see Gwen who was extremely hesitant there.

She was biting her finger, full of worry.

"Why haven't you taken off your armor yet?"

Hearing his words, Gwen became a little coy. She lowered her head and her cheeks unnoticeably reddened a little.

...

"You mean, you want to take a bath? In this kind of place?"

Victor sat on a chair and supported his forehead.

There was no compartment here, let alone a ready-made bathroom.

In the whole room, there was only one large bed, two chairs and one table.

Too simple.

Under such conditions, Gwen actually said she wanted to take a bath...

"A willful request."

Hearing Victor's words, Gwen was even more embarrassed. But she was just saying it casually. She even planned to sleep directly in armor.

But it would be very uncomfortable to sleep like that.

She was a knight. Even if she had some smell, she could endure it and go home.

She missed her warm bathroom and comfortable big bed at home.

A bright emerald light suddenly lit up in front of him. Gwen raised her head and only saw Victor's suspended hand constructing a wonderful magic array on the floor.

The emerald halos began to overlap and the engraved paths gradually combined together.

[First-rank magic: Wood Carving].

At the moment the magic array was formed, vines stretched out one by one from the magic array on the floor. Wooden strips emerged one by one.

They automatically bound together and combined into the shape of a bathtub.

The magic also polished the appearance of the bathtub smoothly and it was still shining with a dark luster.

Gwen looked at a bathtub that she had been longing for suddenly appearing on the floor. She blinked.

Victor hadn't stopped his actions.

The blue and red magic arrays were revolving and combining between his left and right hands respectively. They alternately lit up. The air in the room actually became gradually hotter.

Victor put his hands together. The two magic arrays actually overlapped in opposite directions and formed a new array.

Double magic array?

Gwen had never seen this high-level technique of multiple spellcasting before. After all, she wasn't a mage.

But what was Victor going to do?

Obviously.

The air became a little moist. Water was generated out of thin air in the magic array and came into contact with the temperature of the red magic array.

Almost instantly, the water temperature rose sharply.

The boiling hot water was like being squeezed out of the air sponge and all rolled into the bathtub.

Gwen was completely stunned looking at this scene in front of her. She blinked and felt extremely shocked in her heart.

"This... This is done by magic?"

She had seen some mages before. But no mage could do it as easily as Victor.

For the first time, she felt that magic was such a convenient ability.

"If you trust me, then please."

As Victor spoke, he snapped his fingers.

A small black magic array also appeared on the ring on his hand. A black mist curtain surged out from the magic array and isolated the space where the two were.

One side couldn't see the other side, and the other side couldn't see here clearly either.

Seeing Victor finish all this, Gwen suddenly felt emotional inside.

When going on a mission, having a mage by your side...

Perhaps, it's really good?

She was naturally not a sentimental person. Victor had done this to such an extent. And she had always activated the heart of justice.

So Gwen took off her armor and close-fitting clothes and soaked in the bathtub.

Now, she only felt full of happiness.

Veigar raised his eyelids and looked at Victor who was sitting on a chair and reading a book speechlessly. There was a little disdain in his eyes.

"I can't imagine that you wasted your mental power just to do such a small thing."

Victor took out a blue potion and drank it in one gulp.

The little mana value consumed just now had been replenished.

Now that he was out, he had to be vigilant at all times and keep himself in the best condition at all times.

Putting down the empty bottle, he replied to Veigar:

"You don't understand."

"OK, OK. I don't understand."

Veigar imitated him and sarcastically said expressionlessly.

"I really saw for the first time that you are so concerned about a woman."

Victor shook his head and remembered the Valkyrie Gwen in the game.

That look of killing gods and buddhas when they blocked the way. Even now, it was still deeply engraved in his heart.

The hardest boss he had ever encountered was none other than her.

If one could not be hostile to her, who would want to be her opponent?

Thinking like this, the rustling sound from next door reached Victor's ears.

Victor: "..."

To some extent, he was a normal man.

The sound from next door disturbed his thoughts. The content in the book seemed to be completely unrememberable. At this moment, he just felt extremely annoyed in his head.

Would it be too late to set up a soundproof magic now?

It would be noticed by Gwen.

Just... He lowered his head.

[First-rank magic: Self-suggestion].

His eyes lit up slightly and finally the fire went out.

Gwen who had finished washing poked her head out from the other side of the curtain:

"Well, I washed my clothes by the way. Can you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Victor activated the magic array on his hand again.

[First-rank magic, Hot Wind].

A bright red magic array lit up on Gwen's side. She looked back and only felt warm behind her.

"Thank you. I can dry it..."

Gwen embarrassedly withdrew her head.

"Whew."

Victor looked coldly and maintained the last bit of sanity in his mind.

"By the way, don't you need to take a bath?"

Gwen asked Victor on the other side.

He supported his forehead with one hand and showed an annoyed expression on his face.

"...I have a windproof magic on me. I won't be stained by dust."

"And if you want me to use the hot water you soaked in, then I will go to your side now."

Victor said coldly to Gwen. He just wanted Gwen to put on her clothes and come out quickly.

"I'm sorry... I was too carried away."

Calm down, calm down.

This sentence was constantly echoing in Victor's mind.

"I thought about it. Maybe I need a bed. Otherwise, my just-washed clothes will get dirty."

Gwen seemed to suddenly remember something and put forward another request to Victor.

"Gwen! I am not your parents! Listen clearly! I can't take care of you in every way!"

...

Gwen was wearing her clothes and sleeping soundly on that only large bed. As for Victor.

He sat quietly on the chair with an expressionless face.

He still did it...

First, he hypnotized Gwen with magic. Then he moved her to the bed with magic.

"That Gwen should be cold and ruthless."

The Gwen he had seen always carried out the orders issued by the royal family coldly. She was like a ruthless killing machine.

But now she wasn't to that extent yet.

Although she was still as cold to others. But she still had unnecessary emotions like an ordinary person.

She would keep questioning the boss because there was only one room left.

Even after he helped her, she carefully continued to ask him for what she needed without daring to cross his bottom line.

When she made a mistake, she would apologize. And her attitude was not as very tough as in his impression. Of course, she was really strong. But...

"She is not the Gwen I know."

He turned his head and looked at Gwen who was sleeping soundly. He shook his head.

But this thought could never be erased from Victor's mind.

...

Gwen stood in front of the queue and directed the knights on how to act.

"Today we are going to investigate the volcano. If there is any abnormal movement, don't be impulsive and report in time!"

The knights looked at Gwen and always felt that her spirit after waking up was very good.

And, a little cleaner?

The knights didn't know what happened last night. And Gwen had already looked at Victor beside her.

The knights seemed to show an "oh~" expression.

Seeing that Gwen had organized the troops, Victor turned and was about to leave.

"Victor, where are you going?"

"We can escort you to the designated location. Or you can directly follow the knight order."

"No need."

Victor raised his eyebrows and looked at the silent volcano in the distance.

He knew that there was a huge monster dormant here. His mood was mixed with heaviness and excitement.

"I will temporarily act separately from you."