Giant Leaf Woods / Sites of Memorial:
Morning / Raining
Elisa screwed up. Even though she committed to not doing anything striking during her adventures. But now, she just woke up in a man's bed.
'What have I done?!', she shouted to herself.
She remembered that last night she was told to massage Ars for a long time. Then she forgot what else happened. Suddenly, when she woke up, she was already in Ars's bed.
The bed is for two. Since there was no other bed, Ars must have slept there too.
Luckily at that time Ars already gone. It was also raining outside, so still no one was looking for her.
The morning temperature was chilly due to rain. Elisa still in bed, in the blanket to warm herself. While regretting her negligence.
"Aaangnnnnng! Why can I be that reckless?! Even though Sylvia big sis already told me to be careful!"
Even though an Abyssal Hunter Silver Priest rank, Elisa is still a girl who has just started writing her adventure stories.
If she slept with a man, it was tantamount to smearing the first page of her book.
"Aaaaaa! How stupid of me!"
Ars is indeed an interesting man. Apart from his cold attitude, he quite attentive, except when he is with Randi and his men.
Even so, it was not that Elisa wanted this kind of thing.
"Sleeping in the same bed… doesn't that mean… a partner? Aaaaaaaaaaa!"
Elisa pranced on the bed. Couldn't hold back the dirty film that was running in her mind.
Elisa remained in Ars's tent until the rain stopped.
When the rain stopped, Elisa immediately came out and sneaked into the group.
"Elisa?"
"!?"
"This is me. Why did you seem like you just met a ghost? "
Latifa surprised Elisa.
By then the group was ready to go to work. Since the rain that morning marked the change of the seasons, they wanted to prepare their work faster.
In the same cart, Latifa keeps looking at Elisa, making Elisa uncomfortable.
"Is there something wrong, Ms. Latifa?" Elisa asked shyly.
"Elisa, say it honestly." Latifa made the atmosphere tense. "Did Ars force you to do it last night?"
Elisa got shocked. Her face immediately flushed red as if she was about to explode. Then she fell silent, unable to answer.
"As expected," continued Latifa. "This morning I saw him go towards the West Station with a fresh expression. It turns out that he forced you to relieve his stress. "
Elisa couldn't answer. Indeed, Ars forced Elisa to massage his body.
While massaging, Elisa could feel Ars's body was very stiff. Some parts of his body, like the shoulders, were hard as rock. After Elisa massaged the stiff parts, everything felt softer.
Ars even belched several times, releasing the wind in his body. The body is stiff and the wind in the body is like the stress that is intended.
Massage is indeed a method of healing. However, because Elisa, a girl, did that to a man she didn't know very well, it sounded indecent.
"OK." Latifa decided something. "Do I have to finish him to free you?"
"Wait, why?!"
"Well, because I want to help you so he won't force you to do something you didn't want to."
They have all arrived at Father Tree's location. The workers started their work again. For Elisa and Latifa, they spent time in the tent, chatting.
"Look, Elisa, I think it's still too early for you."
Latifa started advising Elisa.
As a senior, and the only other female in the group, Latifa cares deeply for Elisa.
Elisa understands that feeling, it's just, "I can't refuse him. As Priest, I thought I should do it. It is also a healing ministry for him. So..."
Even though it's only a massage, but because of the context of women and men, especially since their ages gap is far different, Elisa can't help but feel ashamed.
'It's her responsibility as Priest', so Elisa couldn't refuse. In several cases, Latifa know that there was one Priest in the group who carried all the desire of the group.
Since the ratio of the number of Abyssal Citizens between men and women is about 7:3, it became mandatory.
It's just that Latifa couldn't let that happen before her eyes. Moreover, the victim is a schoolgirl, whom she already thinks of as her own sister.
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Giant Leaf Woods / Sites of Memorial:
Evening /
"Woy, Ars! Where have you been?! Why don't you help the work?!"
Ars returned to the tent at dinner.
As a project boss, he could not participate in the work, because he was the one paying the workers.
However, Randi's men took issue with this. Take it easy, it's normal because they are close. Although Ars ended up silencing the four of them just by looking at them.
Ars has finished eating. He got up, then walked to the tent. Before that, he stopped to call someone.
"Elisa."
Ars called her. Elisa got a little surprised.
Bringing courage, Elisa got up and took a step. But suddenly, Latifa stood in front of her with an intention.
"How dare you force my little sister to do something she doesn't want, Ars," said Latifa loudly.
Elisa stunned. She did not expect to receive direct protection from a woman she admired.
However, Latifa's opponent seemed confused by her statement.
"How dare you talk to someone older than you?"
"Wh - what?"
Latifa got shocked. She did not think that the man of the same height as her would be older than her.
Ars read Latifa's surprise. "There seems to be a misunderstanding here."
"Wh - what's the misunderstanding? And you lied about being older than me!"
Latifa's attitude changed because of Ars's previous statement. That surprised Elisa a little.
"I'm 10 years younger than your husband. Also, my body hurts. I just want to order her to massage me."
After giving an answer, Ars went to his tent.
Latifa goes silent for a moment. Several points from Ars's answer shocked her.
"Is that true, he only asked you to massage him?"
Even though she got caught, Elisa was still embarrassed to be honest. "Y - yes."
Latifa suddenly covered her face. Turned around, then ran behind screaming: "Wahaaaaa!"
Latifa's husband got surprised. "What happen!?"
Elisa confused by Latifa's sudden change.
Entering the tent, Elisa got presented with a view of a shirtless Ars once again. Even after seeing it once, Elisa still felt that it was not the right thing to do: two people who did not know each other close were in the same room alone, and one of them is shirtless.
"Don't just standing there."
Elisa went straight in. Ars for some reason was lying on his stomach on the bed.
"Use that coin, and curry - wait, what's the right word to use?"
On the table, there is one iron coin that Ars mentioned. Elisa couldn't think how she should massage Ars with that coin.
"Shovel? Dredge? What's the right word to use?"
Ars is still looking for the right words to order Elisa.
Shovel? Dredge?
"Scrape?"
"Yes, that's it!"
Elisa did not think that the knowledge that she thought was useless answered Ars's question.
"Do you know how to do it?"
"I only know the name of the healing technique, so I don't know how to do it."
"That is easy. You just have to scrape my back with that coin. "
Elisa tries to do as Ars said. "Like this?"
"If you can, rub in the direction of the ribs up to the lower abdomen."
Elisa did again as instructed. After that, Ars let out a pleasant voice. Which means Elisa was right in doing it.
"By the way, how do you know the word scraping? Did you learn it at school?"
"No, I only know the name. Sister Maria told me about that knowledge. It is said that an Asian man like you likes this healing technique."
It happened when Elisa was still attending Saint Arcane Church. Every now and then the church disciples were gathered, and Sister Maria told some stories she had experienced while she still being a Hunter.
"Who is this, Sister Maria? Is she some kind of important person?"
"Sister Maria is the Chief Executive of the Saint Arcane Church. She is also listed as a Grand Hunter, and the mother of all Priests."
Ars didn't answer again after that. It was as if he had entered into deep contemplation.
Next morning, Elisa did it again. Unconsciously fell asleep on Ars' bed.
"So stupid of me!"