Chapter 293 : Invitation
After we got to the hill a little away from the carriage where Lumon and Garrett were, I selected the 〈Container House〉from the list that popped into my head and took out my container house from my Item Box.
ーーBoom…
The container house appeared in front of us and made a deep bass sound.
I remember I scared Kazuul-san’s horses the first time I took out this container house, so I tried to do it as quietly as possible this time so as not to be noticed by Lumon and Garrett.
「Wha… Eh…? What is this? A house…?」(Tio)
As expected, Tio was surprised. She looked up at the container house with her mouth wide open.
「This is my container house. I made myself. I just took it out from my Item Box, so it looked like it appeared out of nowhere.」(Mark)
「Eh? You can store a house in an Item Box? That’s awesome!」(Tio)
「Umm… I don’t know about other people’s Item Boxes, but mine has quite a lot of space. Anyway, let’s get inside, shall we?」(Mark)
「Let’s go, Tio onee-chan!」(Nicola)
「Un!」(Tio)
As I opened the door, Nicola grabbed Tio’s hand and pulled her inside the house.
「Whoa… It’s really a house… Incredible!」(Tio)
Tio looked around the house with her sparkling eyes.
「Nicola and I lived in this house for about three months while we were staying at the Schultria Village.」(Mark)
「So you actually lived here. Can I take a look around?」(Tio)
Tio was about to step on the floor, but I immediately stopped her.
「Wait, you need to take off your shoes first.」(Mark)
「Eh? You’re not allowed to wear shoes here?」(Tio)
「Yup. In exchange, you can wear these slippers.」(Mark)
I took out the slippers made of stone lizard skin from the shoe cabinet and put them in front of Tio’s feet.
By the way, the slippers were made to order. I asked a leather craftsman in Schultria to make them out of the stone lizard skin I had in my Item Box.
They’re waterproof, so they can be used in the bathroom as well.
「Hee~ I see. I heard that in the eastern countries, nobles usually take off their shoes and wear slippers in their mansions. Mark, are you…」(Tio)
「No, no. I’m not an Eastern noble or something like that. I’m just the son of an innkeeper couple. Look, everyone’s already inside. Let’s go.」(Mark)
While Tio was still talking with me at the entrance, Celine, Nicola, and Ester had already put on the slippers and went inside.
「Mark, can I use the open-air bath?」(Celine)
After she put her luggage down, Celine asked me as she turned on the room heater magic item.
「Of course.」(Mark)
「Thank you~ Nicola-chan, you want to join me?」(Celine)
「Umm… I think I’ll pass for today.」(Nicola)
「Ara, are you sure?」(Celine)
「Un.」(Nicola)
While sitting flat on the carpet, Nicola thought for a moment and declined.
It’s rare for her to refuse to take a bath with Celine.
「If Nicola doesn’t want to, then, Celine, can I join you?」(Ester)
「Alright then. Let’s go~」(Celine)
「Un!」(Ester)
Ester answered with a big smile. She was so happy.
She hadn’t had a chance to take a bath with Celine because she wanted to avoid Nicola.
However, Nicola rarely refused to take a bath with Celine this time. There’s no way Ester would miss this chance.
It will be her first bath with Celine in a while.
She quickly grabbed her change of clothes and her towel and headed outside again with Celine through the front door.
I didn’t make stairs inside the house, so you can only access the open-air bath on the second floor by climbing the stairs attached to the outside wall.
After seeing the two go outside through the door, Tio asked me.
「Did Celine-san say ‘open-air bath’?」(Tio)
「Yeah. I made an open-air bath on the second floor. You put hot water in the bathtub and soak your body in it while enjoying the beautiful view of the night sky.」(Mark)
「Wow, that sounds awesome!」(Tio)
「Tio onee-chan, let’s take a bath together!」(Nicola)
「Eh? Can I use the open-air bath?」(Tio)
「Of course! Right, Onii-chan?」(Nicola)
Ah, I see now. So this is the reason why Nicola refused to bathe with Celine this time.
「Yeah. Since I invited you here, you can enjoy the open-air bath as well.」(Mark)
「Thank you! But, I’ve never bathed in a hot water bathtub before, so Nicola-chan, can you teach me how?」(Tio)
「Un! While waiting for Celine onee-chan and Ester-chan to finish bathing, I will show you around this house!」(Nicola)
「Fufu. Alright then.」(Tio)
Tio took off her shoes, put on the slippers, and got inside.
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「Aaahhh~~ Mark, thank you! The bath felt sooooo good! I’m glad to have you as my travel companion! Look at how smooth my skin and hair are!」(Tio)
After taking a bath for a while, Tio returned with her pajamas and slightly wet hair.
「I’m glad you enjoyed the bath.」(Mark)
「Nicola-chan too, thank you for the massage! It felt really, really good! I couldn’t help but groan when your hands ran all over my body. You have a talent for massaging people!」(Tio)
「Hehe~ You’re welcome!」(Nicola)
Massage, huh…?
『Oi, what did exactly you do to her?』(Mark)
『It’s a secret~ Buhihi!』(Nicola)
Khh…! This perverted angel!
I didn’t know what kind of ‘massage’ she did to Tio, but Tio looks happy, so I don’t think there’s a problem.
…There isn’t, right…?
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Ahh yeah I saw this coming when she refused to bath with Celine
Isn’t it time for the author to give a reason for the MC to be so unwilling towards the opposite sex? As I have already mentioned in previous chapters, I understand this lack of interest in children, but this does not apply to Celine. Even more so when she’s a half-elf and will probably outlive him. I believe that a possible explanation would be that when the God mixed his and Nicola’s souls they created this link that allows them to talk mentally and with that, somehow his desires are being discharged into her, this explains her excessive desire and also her complete lack of desire for the opposite sex. So I hope for an explanation for this characteristic of theirs, which would add much more content to the story and also a cure or even a development in which he perhaps gains angelic characteristics, it would be very crazy if he and she awaken angel wings and even a halo or he would be the pure angel and she is a fallen angel, that would be Ilário
I did mention in other comment that horny/lust prob went to sis who consider share soul with Mark, so i think that prob very highly likely…
Have you remembered what your body craved when your body was 9 years old? You had total immunity against porn related issues, your culinary tastes were the sweeter the better, and going to sleep after nine in the evening was a real challenge. That’s all natural, nothing demanding a special explanation.
For normal children, yes, but he has memories of his past life and even if the lust hadn’t awakened he would still have feelings of affection and love too, and as I mentioned, although I understand that he doesn’t create this type of feeling for the children of same age that doesn’t explain the complete lack of anything towards Celine. After all, even a 100-year-old man who doesn’t raise a flagpole or climb a miracle will still be fascinated by a beautiful woman, we are conditioned to do so. Our insistence, even as children, is to admire and desire what is beautiful, and a beautiful and perfect woman like Celine is an absolute certainty that a man will fall in love with her. Well, apart from the fact that she gets drunk all the time, personally in this regard she loses a lot of points.
Late answer, but you are confusing memories with instincts. Memories are passive, without certain instincts installed they have no sway over your actions.