Gwen and Victor stood at the door of the room looking inside.
"Why did you agree to this? We should ask again, or wait a little longer..."
Victor glanced at her and continued:
"Remember why you are here."
"You're not here to sleep on vacation."
After hearing what Victor said, Gwen shook her head and calmed down.
But it was obvious that a man and a woman living alone in a room at night was a bit...
And there was only one bed, and it was huge.
Gwen frowned and hesitated for a while, then offered:
"I'll sleep on the floor."
Victor nodded and agreed.
"Can."
Gwen was stunned for a moment.
Although as a knight, it doesn't matter where she sleeps in her armor.
But Victor's reaction...
It made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Gwen didn't understand why. In her impression, there was no such thing as being humble or not.
Victor is a mage, he is more fragile than himself, and he should be allowed to sleep in the bed.
However, after a long day of walking, Gwen felt a sticky sensation inside the armor.
To be honest.
Gwen wanted to take a bath.
There have been times when she had to be on missions for long periods of time before, but she was always able to persevere.
Maybe because there was an extra man in the room this time, she actually started to care about whether she had any smell or not.
She patted her cheeks, trying to clear her mind of all the nonsense.
Gwen wouldn't force her way.
The size of the hotel and the time of day obviously made it impossible to provide her with a hot bath.
But there is so much sweat on my body. What should I do if I really smell?
She was a little confused and even forgot that she was wearing armor, and any movement she made could cause a sound.
While Victor was using magic to examine the surrounding environment, he did not forget to set up a soundproofing circle at the door.
After seeing that there was nothing unusual around him, Victor heard the friction sound of armor colliding, frowned, turned around and saw Gwen who was struggling there.
She bit her fingers, her face full of worry.
"Why haven't you taken off your armor yet?"
When Gwen heard his words, she became a little embarrassed, lowered her head, and her cheeks turned slightly redder.
...
"You mean, you want to take a shower? In a place like this?"
Victor sat in a chair, holding his forehead.
There were no cubicles, let alone ready-made bathrooms.
There was only a big bed, two chairs and a table in the whole room.
Too simple.
Under these conditions, Gwen actually said she wanted to take a bath...
"A willful request."
Gwen felt even more embarrassed after hearing what Victor said, but she was just talking casually. She even planned to sleep in the armor.
It's just uncomfortable to sleep.
She is a knight, so even if there is some smell on her body, she can just endure it and go home.
She missed the warm bathroom and comfortable big bed at home.
A bright green light suddenly lit up in front of him. Gwen looked up and saw Victor's hand hanging in the air, constructing a wonderful magic circle on the ground.
The green halos began to overlap, and the paths gradually came together.
[First-level magic: wood carving]
The moment the magic circle was formed, vines stretched out from the magic circle on the floor and wooden strips popped out.
They automatically tied together and formed the shape of a bathtub.
The magic also polished the surface of the bathtub to make it smooth and shiny with a dark luster.
Gwen blinked as she saw the tub she had been dreaming of suddenly appear on the floor.
Victor hasn't stopped what he's doing yet.
The blue and red magic circles swirled and combined between his left and right hands, lighting up alternately, and the air in the room gradually became hotter.
Victor put his hands together, and the two magic circles unexpectedly overlapped and formed a new formation.
Double magic circle?
It was the first time that Gwen had seen such advanced skills as multiple casting. After all, she was not a magician.
But what did Victor want to do?
It's obvious.
The air became a little humid, water appeared out of thin air in the magic circle, and came into contact with the temperature of the red magic circle.
Almost instantly, the water temperature rose sharply.
The boiling hot water rolled into the bathtub as if it had been squeezed out of an air sponge.
Gwen was completely stunned by the scene in front of her, blinking her eyes, feeling extremely shocked.
"This...is this done by magic?"
She had seen some mages before, but none of them could do it as effortlessly as Victor did.
For the first time, she felt that magic was such a convenient ability.
"If you believe me, go ahead."
Victor said as he snapped his fingers.
A small black formation also appeared on the ring on his hand, and a black mist curtain rushed out from the formation, isolating the space where the two were.
This side can't see that side, and that side can't see this side clearly.
Seeing Victor do all this, Gwen suddenly felt emotional.
When I was on a mission, there was a mage beside me...
Maybe, it's really good?
She is naturally not a pretentious person. Victor has already done this, and she has always had a heart for justice.
So Gwen took off her armor and underwear and soaked in the bathtub.
Now she just feels full of happiness.
Vega raised his eyelids and looked silently at Victor who was sitting in a chair reading a book, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.
"It's hard for me to imagine you wasting your mental energy just to do something as trivial as this."
Victor took out a bottle of blue potion and drank it in one gulp.
The mana that was just consumed has been replenished.
Now that he is out and about, he must remain alert and keep himself in the best condition at all times.
Putting down the empty bottle, he replied to Vega:
"You don't understand."
"Okay, I don't understand."
Vega imitated him and complained expressionlessly.
"This is the first time I've seen you care so much about a woman."
Victor shook his head and thought of the Valkyrie Gwen in the game.
That look of killing gods and Buddhas who stood in his way was still deeply imprinted in his mind even now.
She was undoubtedly the most difficult boss he had ever encountered.
If it is possible to avoid being hostile to her, who would want to become her opponent?
As Victor was thinking this, the rustling sound from next door reached his ears.
Victor: "…."
In a way, he is a normal man.
The noise from next door disturbed his thoughts, and he seemed to have no memory of the contents of the book at all. At the moment, he just felt very irritated.
Is it too late to set up a soundproofing magic now?
Gwen will notice.
But...he lowered his head.
[First-level magic: self-suggestion]
His eyes lit up slightly, and he finally put out the fire.
Gwen, who had just finished washing, poked her head out from the other side of the curtain:
"Well, I also washed the clothes, can you..."
Before she could finish, Victor activated the magic circle in his hand again.
[First-level magic, hot wind]
A bright red magic circle lit up on Gwen's side. She looked back and felt a warm sensation behind her.
"Thank you, I can dry it now..."
Gwen pulled her head back, a little embarrassed.
"Hu."
Victor kept his eyes cold, maintaining the last bit of rationality in his mind.
"By the way, don't you need to take a shower?"
Gwen asked Victor on the other side.
He held his forehead with one hand, an irritated look on his face.
"...I have wind-proof magic on me, so I won't be contaminated by the wind."
"And if you want me to use the hot water you used to soak in, I'll be at your place right now."
Victor said to Gwen coldly that he just wanted Gwen to put on her clothes and come out quickly.
"I'm sorry...I got too carried away."
Calm down, calm down.
These words kept echoing in Victor's mind.
"I thought about it, maybe I need a bed, otherwise the clothes I just washed will get dirty."
Gwen seemed to suddenly remember something and made another request to Victor.
"Gwen! I'm not your parent! You got it! I can't take care of you in every way!"
...
Gwen was dressed and sleeping soundly in the only big bed. As for Victor.
He sat quietly in the chair, expressionless.
He still took action...
First he used magic to hypnotize Gwen, then he used magic to move her to the bed.
"That Gwen is supposed to be cold and heartless."
The Gwen he had seen always carried out the orders given by the royal family indifferently, like a ruthless killing machine.
But now she hasn't reached that level yet.
Although she is just as cold to others, she still has unnecessary emotions like an ordinary person.
She would constantly question her boss because there was only one room left.
Even after he helped her, she continued to ask him for what she needed carefully, but did not dare to cross his bottom line.
If she made a mistake, she would apologize, and her attitude was not as tough as I thought. Of course, she was indeed strong, but...
"She's not the Gwen I know."
He turned to look at the sleeping Gwen and shook his head.
But this thought has always been in Victor's mind and can never be erased.
...
Gwen stood at the front of the line, directing the knights on how to act.
"We are going to investigate the volcano today. If you find any unusual movement, don't be impulsive and report it immediately!"
The knights looked at Gwen and felt that she looked very energetic after waking up.
And, it's 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 have an "Oh~" expression on their faces.
Victor saw that Gwen had organized his troops and turned around to leave.
"Victor, where are you going?"
"We can escort you to your destination, or you can just follow the Knights."
"Need not."
Victor raised his eyebrows and looked at the dormant volcano in the distance.
He knew that there was a huge monster lurking here, and his mood was mixed with heaviness and excitement.
"I will be acting separately from you for now."
.....