"Aish, you're right, Chestnut. I can't leave her alone. Let's just save her first and wait until she wakes up to decide what to do."
Yang Zhang decided to help this girl to ensure that he didn't accidentally kill someone because of a misunderstanding between them. He walked by the lakeside to approach the girl floating on the surface and then asked Little Ivy, "Ivy, can you help me?"
"Vii!"
Little Ivy stretched two vines and grabbed the blue-haired girl from the lake, but the moment the girl reached the edge of the lake, the towel wrapped around her body accidentally slipped off.
"AHHH!" Yang Zhang quickly covered his eyes in panic and ordered. "I—Ivy, grab the towel too!"
"Vii?" Little Ivy grabbed the towel from the lake, but she was confused. "Vii, Vii?"
"Well, that's different! I peeked on her before when she was fully conscious and about to take a bath. But she is unconscious right now. It's not right to look at a girl's naked body while she's unconscious!" Yang Zhang tried to defend himself, though he felt that he was a bit of a hypocrite.
Little Ivy still didn't understand, but she followed her master's order. She put the blue-haired girl under the tree and leaned her on the trunk. Little Ivy then covered the girl's body with the wet towel.
"Vii!"
"Oh, you're done?" Yang Zhang opened his eyes and saw the girl was leaning on a tree. She was still unconscious, and a wet white towel covered her body.
Yang Zhang looked away for the second time because the wet towel was pretty thin. It showed the two buds from the girl's big boobs and the shape of her body.
"I—Ivy, tie her on the tree with two vines, so she won't attack us after she wakes up," Yang Zhang ordered.
"Vii!"
Yang Zhang was waiting for the girl to wake up, but since he didn't know how long it would be until she regained consciousness, he decided to collect a few dry branches and set up a bonfire to dry his jacket and jeans.
He fished out Lt. Spicy Wing, who was tucked inside his jacket and shook it a bit to remove some of the water.
"Hey, you naughty chicken, wake up!" Yang Zhang said.
Water continued drizzling from the tiny chick's body until it slowly opened its eyes, "Ch... chirp?"
Yang Zhang squinted at the little chick who almost got him killed because of its hastiness.
"Did you know what you just caused?"
"C—Chirp…" Lt. Spicy Wing looked nervous and regretful and apologized. "Chirp… chirp…"
Yang Zhang took a deep breath. Honestly, he really wanted to punish this little chick in some way, but at the same time, he knew that Lt. Spicy Wing didn't mean to put them all in danger.
"Okay, First Lieutenant Spicy Wing, since you have committed a terrible offense of putting your General and your comrades in danger, then I shall demote your rank into Second Lieutenant!"
"CHIRP!?" Lt. Spicy Wing was petrified by its demotion.
"Yes, you have been demoted for misconduct. If you want to regain your original rank, you must work hard to show your worth to me, your General!"
"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!" Lt. Spicy Wing's body regulated heat once more, and Yang Zhang finally released the little chick on the ground.
Lt. Spicy Wing was determined to take its original rank back!
"Okay, Second Lieutenant, my first order for you is to set those branches on fire. I need to dry my jacket first!"
"Chirp!"
Lt. Spicy Wing jumped on the branches stacked by Yang Zhang to make a bonfire. It rolled around, creating flames with its movements that lit the fire.
"Alright then—" Yang Zhang took off his apparel, wearing only his underwear while he put the jacket and jeans near the bonfire to dry.
He sat near the bonfire with Chestnut and Spicy Wing as well, trying to warm himself up while glancing at the blue-haired girl, "Please don't wake up too soon. I need to dry myself first!"
But the moment he said that the girl slowly opened her eyes and looked around in a daze. The first thing her eyes focused on was a young man, probably around her age, naked except for a pair of boxer shorts.
"P—PERVERT!"
"Ah, screw this…."
Yang Zhang sighed deeply, but he didn't react much when the girl started struggling. Luckily, Little Ivy wrapped her body tightly on the tree so that she couldn't do her water bender wumbo jumbo.
"What is this?! Let me go! You pervert, I will kill you if you dare to do something to me!" The blue-haired girl yelled out loud, trying her best to threaten Yang Zhang.
"Miss, if I wanted to do something bad to you, I'd have done it when you were unconscious," Yang Zhang said.
"But you're naked right now! I know you want to do something, right?!"
"Bro, who the fuck soaked me wet like this? Yeah, that's right, it's you who literally summoned a huge wave and tentacles out of nowhere!" Yang Zhang finally fought back once he found that the blue-haired girl wasn't up for a civil discussion.
"That's because you peeked at me! You pervert! Wait until I break free from this… thing, and I will drown your ass!" The blue-haired girl continued struggling. "Urgh, what are these vines!?"
Yang Zhang rolled his eyes. Since this girl didn't want to be civil with him, then he would just ignore her.
"Keep binding her, Ivy," Yang Zhang commanded.
"Vii!"
"You—what are these weird mutated things binding me? Are you an ability user?" The blue-haired girl asked.
"I am. That's why you shouldn't try to fight me," Yang Zhang said. "Anyway, if you're able to have a proper discussion and promised not to do your water bender magic stuff on me, then I will release you."
"HAH! As if I will lower my guard on you! You pervert!"
"Then you can just sit there while I dry myself near this bonfire!" Yang Zhang said. "You'll probably catch a cold soon."
"Hah!" the blue-haired girl scoffed. "The cold never bothers me anyway!"