“Spoof!” Reysha shouted out nowhere. In a split second, Spoof appeared right in front of Reysha, kneeling down. She began thinking whether where Spoof loyalty lies to…

“You already know why I am going around and asking questions, right?” Reysha said with a raised eyebrow. Spoof nods twice upon acknowledging her accusation and stood up before her.

“Then, my question should be obvious…but I guess even you won’t be answering my question.” Reysha said with a sad but calm voice.

“……” Spoof sadly shook his head left and right.

“Why am I making a big deal out it anyway? There’s a lot more to figure out than a petty trouble such as your wealth. Also, this peace is making me quite anxious…” is what all Reysha could say at this point.

“…!......!” Spoof’s hand gesture flew around that caught Reysha’s attention. Her face brights up a little upon his gesture.

“Well, at the very least, I don’t need to bath in the lake again.” Taking Spoof’s suggestion, Reysha turns around and strides towards the large indoor bath.

As Reysha keeps her stride, Spoof nonchalantly follows from behind. Reysha doesn’t mind Spoof but inside Spoof’s head is something else playing in his mind.

What is his plan? Only Spoof knows.

Not so long after, Reysha and Spoof arrived at the front of the bath door. Reysha reached out for the knob, opened it, and enters. Spoof without any stop also entered the bath together with Reysha.

Inside, there’s a locker room where one can put their clothes separately from others. Reysha walks towards one spot followed by Spoof.

Right there, Reysha begins unfastening the buttons of her dress, not minding the male companion beside her. Then she removes her shoes, then her socks that seemingly has no foul odor or to be more precise, tinged with a youthfulness that her body showcases.

After that, she began stripping down the layers of her clothes, from the shawl the she keeps unfurled, to the seasoned velvet shirt that she took off along with some garments and accessories until the sight of her, wearing undergarments meant for a girl in prepubescent age together with the skirt that she hasn’t undressed yet.

Her porcelain skin beholds itself within the covers of her black, dazzling hair. Her body was not thin but slim to the very thighs and legs, even an eggshell would be ashamed of how smooth and unblemished her skin is.

Her fragile frame looks soft on the most parts, an exquisite fluffiness that one could immediately discern with just looking alone. Save for the completely flat chest, her body is like a sculpture of an obsessed god that molded such perfection in a small body.

Of course, Reysha herself is unaware, or rather, uncaring of such. Being a man previously, she knows that value of her own body but is a little upset of all the inconvenience it brought to her.

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On the contrary of the nonchalantly undressing Reysha, Spoof, the observer, on the other hand…

THUD…

He fell on his knees with his hands covering his whole face. Reysha couldn’t make out of what expression he is making right now but she noticed that his ears that weren’t hidden are completely red. She can almost hear something sizzling.

“…!!!” Spoof immediately stood up and ran away without even taking a bath.

Reysha who saw this was a little bit dumbfounded. She was definitely sure that Spoof will join her in the bath, though she won’t let him do anything further than that.

“Not that I really give a damn about it.” She muttered as she proceeded to remove the remaining clothes she has.

Meanwhile, Spoof ran away and at some point, arrive at the house near the Mousseux.

At the full bloom of the flowers around and dancing leaves of that tree that create a rustling harmony, the particular house sends out an enticing aroma, one that is pleasant to the nose and doesn’t inflict and irritation.

Spoof entered the small house and what behold him is Mika mixing concoctions and weird stuff.

“Oh, it’s rare for you to come here.” Mika noticed Spoof and wave a greeting towards him.

“…” Spoof didn’t do anything but find a vacant chair and sits on it.

“Or are you here to calm your nerves from the dose of my perfume? Because I don’t think you are here for a tailoring order from a seamstress.” Mika asked as he continues to work on his job as he measures some volume of liquid to one flask to another.

“…!...,…,……!” Spoof gestured something weakly but Mika was able to pick up what he said.

“Oh?! You tried getting into a bath with Miss Reysha? Were you expecting her to become embarrassed but instead, you got embarrassed yourself? Ahahaha! Isn’t being young so happy and jolly yet complicated!” Mika exclaimed with a little chuckle to rub some salt on Spoof’s wound.

“!!” Spoof exclaimed again through gestures.

“Hey…my age doesn’t have anything to do with this! I may be physically a man but my heart is of a maiden! I’m forever twenty-one!” Mika shouted with veins slightly popping out.

“…!” Spoof lets out a snort accompanied by a smug.

“I’ll chase you out you know. Still, for you to become that flustered, I guess your resistance to woman’s naked figure was still too much for you, huh?” Mika continued the flow of the conversation as he returned to his job.

“But that’s actually a good thing. It’s something new for you, right? Unlike what you have previously, a life where you were raised for the sole purpose of being a spy, a scout, and by that line of job, an assassin.” Mika said with eyes tinged with a little melancholy.

“It was a thing that they wanted to etched to your brain to the point where they destroyed your vocal chords…” Mika added with his hands stopping momentarily to take a glance at Spoof.

“…” On the contrary, Spoof was just making an irritated face, possibly don’t want to dig up some bad memories.

“Ahahaha! Sorry, sorry! It’s not my intention to anger you! Anyway, I am just glad that you fit well. You were such a lone wolf when you first came here. But to think that you’d actually stick with Miss Reysha, makes me think that you are somewhat a dog.” Mika teasingly said.

“…” Spoof showed a visibly annoyed face yet again.

“You ought to stick well with her. She may be vital to our plan. Sheesh, Falikh is a real lunatic thinking that he could actually found a new kingdom in the middle of the forest.” Mika sighs as he smiled at those words. “A kingdom of misfits.” He added.

Perhaps feeling a little aligned with Mika’s opinion of Falikh, Spoof sprouted a smile on his lips, albeit hidden by the scarf around his neck.

Perhaps a little awkward, perhaps a little weird, for Spoof, Reysha reminds him of someone dear to him in the past, someone who kept him a sane human being before he left the place where he was trained before he was fully transformed into a deranged person.

For Spoof, that special someone who died has her image reflected on Reysha.