Adventurer's Guild Café: I Was Wrongfully Exiled by the Saint, So I Will Enjoy My Second Life with My Fluffy Friends - V 2.2 Chapter 4.1

“Hahh…”

I sank into the bathtub, feeling completely relaxed. The water was dotted with lots of floating flowers, and the scent was wonderful.

At the recent thank-you party, Ellen and Kurona had gifted me a set of bath additives. Dissolving the bath salts into the water, and letting the relaxing flowers float in, it was like instant paradise. Why does the bath feel this good? I honestly wanted to stay in forever.

Come to think of it, the Leiria family had bath salts too. Of course, I’d never gotten to soak in them before… but my younger stepsister, Agnes, always bragged about their scent.

She used to scold me for smelling like a beast, but maybe now I’m okay…

Since these bath salts smell so nice, maybe if I stay in long enough the scent will rub off on me too.

“Ruu~♪”

Lulu had been splashing around, dog-paddling in the water since a little while ago.

“Hey, hey! No more splashing!”

“Ruu-ru-ruun!”

Wagging her tail energetically, Lulu kept on swimming.

“Pyuu.”

“Pii.”

“Pyururu.”

The Mokomott spirits were bathing in the bucket floating in the tub. Chirping happily, they soaked in the water looking thoroughly content. Normal birds usually wash their feathers, but these Pipi just lounged in the warm water. It was a little odd, but I guess for spirits, this is normal.

Lulu and the others don’t get dirty even if they don’t bathe regularly, but every now and then they like to stick close and help me wash. Maybe even spirits like baths after all.

“I’ll wash everyone’s bodies!”

“!”

As I made fluffy soap bubbles, the fluffballs immediately swarmed me in excitement.

“Hey! No messing around in the bath!”

“Ruu~!”

“Pichii~!”

Splashing and bubbling, the bath quickly filled with foam.

I giggled and gently pulled Lulu away from me, wrapping her in a soft bubble blanket.

While washing them, a thought suddenly popped into my head.

“By the way, I wonder if that slime from the dungeon is doing okay…”

The crystal slime from the 98th floor of the dungeon— I hope it’s still doing well.

“The sparkles inside it were so pretty…”

I murmured while wrapping Lulu in foamy bubbles.

Wait, come to think of it, what that slime produced was…

“Ruu~!”

“Wah!”

Lulu shook her body vigorously, scattering my thoughts everywhere. Foam splattered, and a bubble stuck right on the tip of my nose.

“Ru?”

“Geez, you’re covered in bubbles now…”

“Roon♪”

Lulu licked the foam off my nose with a little pouty face.

“Don’t lick that!” I scolded softly, rinsing Lulu with warm water.

The Mokomott spirits chirped urgently, “Hurry up!” and hopped onto my head.

“All right, all right, just wait a sec.”

I poured water over Lulu and, covered in bubbles myself, washed the Mokomotts too.

I had this nagging feeling I was forgetting something important… but maybe it was just in my head?

When I got out of the bath, Lulu and the others looked somehow shinier and glossier.

Maybe it was from brushing them afterward?

“Compared to them, I…”

Lately, I’ve been worrying about how I look, even though I never really did before.

I mean, I always felt bad about my ears and tail—not wanting them at all—but that’s not what this is.

Now, I find myself wishing I could get fluffier. Like, softer and fluffier.

“Ingrid-san and Kurona-san… they’re so fluffy and silky…”

How do they get their fur so soft and smooth?

Is it just something you’re born with…?

I sighed in front of the mirror, picking up my tail with my fingertips and letting it drop.

Mine looked kind of skinny and limp.

“How can I get fluffy… I wonder?”

I decided I’d ask Kurona-san next time.

Looking at my sad little tail, I made up my mind.