Chapter 112: Fox, Hero and Delinquent - Recovering from battle
The water splashed as Erika dragged her bruised arms through the strange, green water, feeling a slight tingling sensation before she released a pleasant groan. "Nn, this water is so nice. Mmm Ryuji? I don\'t know. He\'d probably keep fighting until he won by sheer determination." She finished with a small chuckle.
Erika felt much more lively after resting in the medicinal bath, whilst Yumiko, conversely, felt at wit\'s end. Her pride felt damaged, and she wanted to go to sleep immediately after Ryuji came back. "I see, determination... Is that all he has? I am sure it would be something different." A contemplative look crossed her face. Erika sat up straight and turned around.
"Mm, can I ask a question, Yumiko?" She reached forward to drag a splashing hand full of strange medicine across Yumiko\'s bruised body. The pain stung slightly before it mysteriously and completely faded, leaving behind pristine skin and revitalised bones.
Yumiko remained silent while Erika completed another cycle of medicine before she moved around her small circular pond and started floating in the pool. "What do you want to know, Erika?"
Erika asked without hesitation, "What do you... love about him?" The water softly lapped around her stomach and breasts whilst she floated along. Yumiko\'s eyes closed as she leaned back against the wall, thinking to herself.
"I love his dedication, I love how warm and comfortable Ryuji\'s arms can be, I also enjoy when he strokes my head and laughs with me." Yumiko\'s mind quickly drifted through a slew of intimate scenes and tender moments.
At first, it was just an instinctual lust; her body desired him, but because he kept resisting her approach, she started to fall for the person he was. "I enjoy waking up in the morning, finding him beside me." An embarrassed smile crossed her flushed cheeks.
Erika looked on in confusion. Ryuji\'s embrace and laughter brought Erika happiness as well, but when she saw such a feminine and girly side to Yumiko, it made her feel slightly awkward.
Erika gently scratched her cheek while floating before she copied Yumiko and leaned against the side. "Nn, I see. Don\'t you want Ryuji for yourself, though?"
She felt slightly bothered from the first time she enjoyed the pleasure of his oral. It felt strange to her that Yumiko accepted that kind of act. Erika originally thought that Yumiko considered a woman as a tool to seduce Ryuji with lust and to keep him in line.
The current Yumiko she heard now surprised Erika.
The water softly sloshing around her brought the girl calm as she sunk deeper into her feelings, thinking back to the last month, meeting Ryuji and seeing him change.
"No... At least for the moment, I like what we have now. Even if he belongs to us two, or even more, jealousy is just temporary. As long as Ryuji accepts this situation and enjoys himself, I can find happiness. I know I am his number one. No matter how many women come, I am the only one who is bound to him by the calamity star."
Her slender fingers gently pressed into her thighs beneath the water. Yumiko sighed faintly while opening her eyes and seeing Erika drifting closer towards her. "Of course, someday, if I fall so completely for him that I cannot exist without him and cannot resist my monopolistic desires, and Ryuji accepts me, I might become overcome by jealousy."
"Oh? Then you haven\'t fallen for him completely?" Erika looked genuinely interested because she felt the same. Erika liked Ryuji, felt attracted to him from the moment they met, and couldn\'t deny that sex was out of this world. Yet, she knew that there could be more.
She could fall for him deeper, and with each moment they spent together, she discovered she was falling further.
The feeling was addicting, frightening and refreshing; the anticipation and tension before he arrived made her heart jump. It was then that Yumiko\'s strange face made Erika stop.
"... I don\'t understand; when it\'s morning, I think of him; when it\'s afternoon, he remains on my mind... If he isn\'t there, I wish he was, but I don\'t understand what I feel..." Yumiko looked confused; a frustrated pout appeared as she averted her head slightly while closing her eyes to meditate again, trying to determine what these feelings meant.
Erika didn\'t rush to answer because she also struggled with that question, or rather, listening to Yumiko made her realise the two were the same.
They started with a physical and slight mental attraction, but now the affection and mental attraction were growing rapidly each day. Erika wondered if those intangible feelings could ever compare to that physical bliss.
"I understand Yumiko." She closed her eyes after nodding gently, realising Yumiko\'s feelings were far more intense than hers.
If I were a girlfriend, she would be a wife...
After another fifteen minutes, the bath\'s medicine almost evaporated.
"Shall we get out, I am sure that Ryuji is done by now... The loud banging and strange cries stopped a short while ago." Erika commented. Her limbs looked revitalised and filled with vigorous youth, especially her silky fair skin, leaving Erika astonished at the bath\'s healing efficacy. She wondered why Yumiko remained subdued in her spot.
"Yumiko, Ryuji probably misses us," Erika teased while recalling how clingy Ryuji behaved with her after they bathed.
"..." Yumiko nodded faintly, causing the water to slosh around before she stood up. The beauty of Yumiko\'s slightly tanned skin and her glossy hair made Erika feel jealous.
She doesn\'t even have a single blemish or bad part...
They both shared similar characteristics, but maybe because of Yumiko\'s demon heritage, she carried a charm a human could never possess, and her skin almost seemed to shine with a slight radiance.
"I can see why he\'s crazy about you." Erika\'s voice, tinged with a little jealousy, echoed in the bath while Yumiko\'s lips curled into a feral smile, snapping towards Erika.
"He likes your ass more, so don\'t feel so jealous." Erika could only blush heavily at Yumiko\'s unexpected words whilst following the girl\'s sensual back towards their dressing room.
"No way... is that why he always kisses it..." Erika mused to herself while looking at its reflection in the mirror, noticing its size and shape while lifting it and posing.
There was a small shower, to wash off any medicinal liquid before drying themselves to head to Ryuji\'s resting room.
***
Inside his dressing room, Ryuji sat inside a round wooden tub filled with that thick, sweet liquid, but this time, it carried a more spicy and bitter scent, like aniseed or liquorice with mint added.
He could feel his skin burning from the hot sensation of the syrup-like water.
As time passed and the syrup then soaked deep into his body, Ryuji felt his muscles regaining lost strength, the tears healing faster, while his bones ached. His heart pumped rapidly, making his blood feel as though it were a violent stream raging with potential power.
Every part of him felt reinvigorated like a healthy young man or a peerless athlete, and if he trained right away, Ryuji felt confident he could lift more than he usually could.
"Her training is relentless... breaking, tearing, ripping and then repairing and healing my body rapidly..." He looked down at his previously tattered body beneath the hot, spicy syrup to find pristine, tanned skin with a glossy and silk-soft surface.
At first, Ryuji felt thousands of intense itches immediately after the regeneration started. It felt like some nasty little critters swarmed at his body to bite and suck, trying to devour his blood and flesh or something.
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Knock!
The door opened; at first, he thought it might be Alan as he dropped another dose of the medicine in the water. Velvet said that if he could endure three servings of the medication after training with her, he would see the most impressive effects.
However, a beautiful pair of women entered, wearing simple clothing that couldn\'t hide their radiant skin and charming aura.
Ryuji didn\'t rush to dress up while waiting for the two. He closed his eyes to enjoy the peaceful sensation of warm liquid against his exhausted body, wondering what Yumiko and Erika did in today\'s practice. Ryuji felt determined to use all three of the servings. Then, he would leave the water.
"Yumi, Eri, you\'re both done; how was training?" Ryuji called out without opening his eyes.
Both girls immediately looked at Ryuji. The steam swirling above his handsomely sculpted, naked body mesmerised them. Both girls shared the same thought and expression, beautiful, especially with his chiselled back and tight ass, broad, muscular shoulders leaning over the wood.
"Ryuji... you look really good." Erika couldn\'t help but speak her mind as she stepped closer, sitting on a bench that let her peek into the bath.
Yumiko became more taciturn with both her tails swaying, tapping the floor and wall with a thump, her eyes glistening as she didn\'t look away for a second. When she sniffed, the disgusting scent of the bath resembled their medicine but much stronger as she sat closest to Ryuji. "...Ryuji, it hurts, right?
Good boy." Her throat purred gently while stretching her hand into the tub, and she started massaging his shoulders.
Ryuji finally opened his eyes before sitting up straight to find Erika on the bench in front while Yumiko sat beside him. Her talon-like claws didn\'t pierce into him, only gently rubbed and massaged to ease the tension around his upper body.
"I have never been so thoroughly destroyed in my life, and it was like fighting a brick wall with a sausage..." His complaint didn\'t hold a single shred of anger.
Instead, they could feel his pride and the desire to grow stronger, making both women realise just how driven Ryuji felt.
Yumiko asked softly with concern, "Are you feeling okay after doing this alone, Ryuji? Do you not need me to help?" He heard Erika sigh and looked away awkwardly while Ryuji tilted his head back until it rested against Yumiko\'s welcoming chest, finding it soft.
He couldn\'t contain the peaceful sigh, looking into the fascinating fox\'s bright and adoring eyes, making his heart tremble before he gently shook his head. "It\'s enough just to have you waiting for me when I finish. I want to become stronger to protect you, both of you."
The tone of his voice, firm and assured, left both girls fascinated by his determination while reaching his arm out of the bath. Erika immediately placed her fingers against his palm, stroking his smooth skin.
"...Don\'t overwork yourself; we can fight, too. We are strong..." Yumiko assured him while brushing his golden, damp hair backwards before leaning down to place her silky cheek against his while stroking his forehead.
Her body exuded a welcoming scent, reminding Ryuji of a valuable perfume that soothed his nerves.
"This is heaven..." Ryuji whispered, his eyes closing as the pain of the medicine vanished thanks to the affection from his two lovers.
As for Sariel...
She sat on the edge of the bath invisibly, watching the trio with envious eyes.