Cyclo sees this and teasingly says something to relieve the tension.
“You don’t have to be so shy, Mist. I don’t have any guilty feelings. And Mist is a child, right? It’s not strange to take a bath with his guardian.”
“……Eh, um…”
Mist asks, puzzled by Cyclo’s words.
“How old …… does Master think I am?”
“Hm? Ten years old or a little older?”
“…… I’m not.”
Mist puffed out her cheeks and looked a little angry.
“I’m 17.”
Cyclo’s eyes go wide at that.
“…… Huh?”
“Like I said, I am 17 …… I have a skill, so I can’t be younger than 16.”
Cyclo finally realizes what’s going on. Since Mist has the job skill of “Wicked Believer”, she should be older than 16 years old.
But — from Cyclo’s point of view, Mist was too small and skinny to be 17 years old.
At best, she was 12 years old. Considering her size, she looks about the same as Cyclo’s little sister, Alice, when she was about 10 years old.
“…… I-Is that so. If you’re only one year older than me …… No, I’m sorry.”
“…… No.”
A strange silence fell between the two of them.
However, there was nothing he could do by remaining silent, so Cyclo started talking.
“……Ah, I’m sorry. I’m sorry about your age. But it’s true that it’s dangerous to take a bath alone. I know it might be embarrassing, but bear with me.”
Cyclo says, facing Mist firmly.
“I have no guilty conscience, and I won’t do anything like that. I promise.”
Mist was surprised to hear Cyclo’s words, and asked.
“…… How about using an order?”
“Oh, I see.”
At these words, Cyclo says as if he finally realizes.
“But I’m not going to use orders for that. I want Mist to be as free as possible.”
Seeing Cyclo smiling like that, Mist’s nerves are a little less tense again.
“–Yes. Thank you.”
With a slightly happy expression on his face, Mist said a few words of thanks.
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Today, I finally reached 9th place in the monthly high fantasy ranking!
We made it into the top 10 for the month, which was our goal!
This is all thanks to all of you who have been supporting us, thank you very much!
Since I made it into the top 10 for the month, I will be posting twice a day on Saturday and Sunday to commemorate this achievement!