Entering the bathroom.
Izumi Sora not only quickly finished showering within a blistering three minutes, but even managed to dry his body, finally walking out wearing the bathrobe.
Angel-sama: "Sora-kun, we're going to take our showers now."
Elf put her hands on her hips: "Idiot Sora is not allowed to peek."
Izumi Sora was expressionless:
"Then can I listen?"
Yanami: "Listening is not allowed either."
"..."
The four girls walked into the bathroom together and began washing up.
Izumi Sora, wiping his hair with a towel, slowly paced around, curiously examining the room's furnishings.
The [Little Nurse's Clinic] was quite a faithful recreation, almost identical to a real hospital clinic. It was fully equipped with a stethoscope, syringes, medical record books, filing cabinets, and more, instantly maxing out the atmosphere.
Izumi Sora did a quick lap and walked up to the two vending machines.
One vending machine contained various beverages and alcoholic drinks. They had just had drinks, so there was no immediate need for anything.
The other vending machine, however, contained all sorts of eye-opening props. Unfortunately, there was absolutely no opportunity to put them to use.
Izumi Sora glanced at them for a couple of seconds, quickly withdrew his gaze, and strode over to the bookshelf.
That's right.
In the corner of the clinic, there was also a small bookshelf.
It's just that the books on it were very improper.
"The Last Princess and the Ultimate Evil Knight"...
"The Blind Saint Captured by Goblins"...
Izumi Sora's gaze swept up and down, unable to resist complaining:
"Seriously, there isn't a single proper manga?"
Come to think of it, it made sense.
Love hotel rooms are super expensive; who would come here to read proper manga!
Meanwhile.
In the bathroom.
"Elf, Ruri, you two take a shower first." Shiina Mahiru was running the bathwater, taking charge of the situation. "After showering, go soak in the bathtub. The bathtub is very large, so two people soaking together is no problem at all."
In a place like a love hotel, bathing together is standard, so the bathtubs are all standard two-person tubs.
"Okay~"
Yamada Elf readily agreed, taking off her clothes without a care in the world.
Kuroneko's small face flushed slightly. She hesitated for two seconds, turned sideways, and began removing her 'armor'.
At home, Kuroneko often bathed with her sisters, so it actually wasn't that embarrassing.
They were all girls, and on top of that, their clothes were soaked from the rain, wet and very uncomfortable. Soaking in the bath together naturally wasn't a problem.
Splash.
The sound of water from the showerhead quickly echoed.
Elf and Kuroneko finished their showers, covered their bodies with towels, and sat in the bathtub to start soaking.
"Yanami, we can take our showers now."
Angel-sama turned her head to look, her pretty face slightly red.
"Showering, showering."
Yanami quickly began taking off her clothes.
"Phew..."
Angel-sama exhaled quietly and began carefully taking off her clothes.
Rustling sounds quickly filled the air.
Yanami swiftly finished taking off her clothes, then couldn't resist sneaking a peek at Angel-sama.
"Eh?"
Yanami Anna's eyes widened stealthily:
"Mahiru actually doesn't have any hair, just like Elf..."
"It's not fair!"
"We're both girls, why is Mahiru's skin so white?"
"Even if she's bathed in milk since childhood, she shouldn't be this white!"
Her gaze moved upwards.
Yanami Anna's battered self-confidence quickly recovered.
"Good thing, good thing, I have an area where I beat Mahiru too..."
"Mahiru is only a D-rank existence. My E-rank vanguard is definitely more impressive, right?"
"..."
Angel-sama's pretty face flushed slightly. She naturally noticed Yanami's gaze, but since they were both girls, she didn't mind too much:
"Yanami, hurry up and shower."
"Elf and Ruri can soak a bit longer, we'll wash our hair first."
"Okay~"
"..."
"Amazing, the bathtub actually has music and an automatic massage function."
Kuroneko sat in the bathtub, feeling the water flow undulate with the rhythm of the music, her voice full of amazement.
Her bathtub at home was very ordinary, without any advanced functions.
"The massage function is just average, it's not as good as going to a specialized therapy shop for a massage." Yamada Elf leaned back in the bathtub. Her snow-white calves, like tender lotus roots, poked out of the water, swaying gently. "The music function is pretty good, though, changing the water flow pattern along with the beat..."
Before she finished speaking, Yamada Elf suddenly widened her beautiful eyes. She only felt a terrifying sensation she had never experienced before shoot through her right leg. It felt as if a black hole had suddenly appeared inside her calf, directly mangling her flesh and blood into a lump.
"Ahhhhh!"
The girl's cry of agony instantly echoed through the bathroom.
"Elf, what's wrong?"
Kuroneko was startled by the sound and hurriedly looked at Elf sitting opposite her.
She saw the blonde loli's neck thrown back, her body stiff and taut, misty tears rapidly welling up in her eyes.
"H-H-H-Help!"
Yamada Elf's body was tense as she cried out for help in pain.
"What's wrong with Elf?"
Hearing the commotion, Yanami and Mahiru hurriedly came to the side of the bathtub, both frightened by Elf's appearance.
"Could it be food poisoning?"
Yanami Anna thought of one possibility.
"Probably not." Angel-sama gently furrowed her delicate eyebrows, her tone worried. "We all ate the same BBQ for lunch. If it was food poisoning, we should all be feeling unwell... Elf, where does it hurt?"
"R-Right leg... feels like it's going to die..."
Yamada Elf's voice trembled, letting out a helpless cry of pain.
"Elf looks like she's in so much pain."
"Let's hurry up and take her to the hospital, okay?"
The girls in the bathroom were all frightened by Elf, momentarily losing their composure.
Meanwhile.
Izumi Sora, who was reading manga, also heard Elf's cry of agony and quickly walked to outside the bathroom door:
"What's going on? Did Elf fall?"
"Elf didn't fall, it's..."
Yanami Anna replied quickly, but halfway through, she couldn't continue.
She couldn't tell at all what was wrong with Elf, she just suddenly looked to be in immense pain.
Angel-sama took a deep breath, her gaze quickly turning resolute, and she immediately made a decision:
"I'll go open the door and let Sora-kun in... Elf's condition is very bad right now."
No sooner said than done.
There was no time to slowly put on clothes. Angel-sama could only temporarily cover her body with a towel, quickly walking to the door and throwing it open.
"Sora-kun, I don't know what's wrong with Elf, but her condition suddenly became very bad."
Izumi Sora quickly stepped into the bathroom, having no time to appreciate the half-hidden Angel-sama:
"Did she eat something bad?"
"Probably not, none of us are feeling unwell..."
As they spoke, the teary-eyed Elf's neck snapped back violently, and her body slid directly into the bathtub.
Gurgle gurgle~
A string of bubbles rose.
"Eh, eh, Elf is choking on water!"
Yanami Anna and Kuroneko jumped in fright. The two girls hurriedly tried to pull Elf up.
In the chaos, the towel wrapped around Yanami fell off completely.
"Mmm..."
Yanami Anna's pretty face rapidly flushed red, but Elf was more important right now. With both hands firmly gripping Elf's arms, she completely didn't have the time to cover herself.
Izumi Sora glanced over, the alluring scenery catching his eye, but his gaze didn't linger. It quickly fell on Elf, his expression serious:
"Yanami, move aside, let me do it."
"Okay..."
Yanami hurriedly agreed. But just as she was about to let go, the agonizing Elf happened to struggle again. The bathroom floor was already slippery, and yanked by Elf, Yanami instantly lost her balance and fell forward.
Fortunately, Izumi Sora had quick reflexes. He suddenly reached out an arm and caught her, successfully sparing Yanami Anna from the fate of falling.
It was just that in the urgency of the moment, his hand accidentally touched somewhere it shouldn't have.
"Mmm...!"
Yanami Anna instantly let out a soft hum. She only felt a trembling electric current sweep through her entire body, and the ahoge on top of her head stood straight up instantly.
"Sorry."
Izumi Sora apologized in a low voice, applying slight pressure to his hand, quickly helping Yanami stand steady.
"Step back, don't fall again."
(He t-touched it...)
Yanami Anna's pretty face was practically dripping blood. She raised her arms, her face full of bashfulness as she covered her chest, her whole body feeling a bit dizzy and fuzzy.
And then poor Kuroneko suffered.
Although Elf was very light, she struggled with a lot of strength. Now without Yanami's help, Kuroneko completely couldn't hold on by herself.
Originally, she could grab Elf's arm with one hand and cover her chest with the other. But as Elf sank back into the bathtub, in her worry, Kuroneko instinctively used both hands to help.
"Ruri, let me do it."
Izumi Sora finally had a free hand and quickly lifted Elf out of the bathtub.
"Phew..."
Gokou Ruri instantly breathed a sigh of relief, then hurriedly raised her arms to cover her chest. Her small face burning hot, she quickly hid back in the bathtub.
(Just now... I was seen completely naked, right?)
"S-So painful... Servant, save me!"
Yamada Elf bit her lower lip tightly, tears flowing out.
Izumi Sora's expression was serious. His gaze quickly swept over Elf's body, finally landing on the girl's unnaturally tensed legs. He asked in a deep voice:
"Is it your leg that hurts?"
"Mhm, mhm."
Elf nodded hurriedly.
Izumi Sora asked again:
"Does it feel like your muscles and blood vessels are being roughly twisted together like a towel?"
"Y-Yes." Yamada Elf's eyes were brimming with tears, her expression agonized. "That's exactly what it feels like. Servant, am I going to die?"
Feeling like she was about to break, Elf involuntarily cried out her exclusive nickname for him, 'Servant'.
"Don't scare yourself." Izumi Sora had already guessed the truth. "You just have a leg cramp."
"So it's just a cramp..."
Hearing this, the girls all breathed a sigh of relief.
None of them had ever experienced a leg cramp, but they knew a cramp wasn't life-threatening.
"The bathroom is too small. I'll carry Elf out first."
As Izumi Sora spoke, he quickly carried Elf outwards.
"I'll go help."
Angel-sama quickly stepped forward to follow.
Bang.
After exiting the bathroom, Izumi Sora quickly placed Elf on the single bed, then half-crouched down, grabbing the girl's toes, which were white and round like lotus seeds, and forcefully pulled downwards.
Although she didn't know what Izumi Sora was doing, Angel-sama didn't ask any questions. Instead, she quickly grabbed a pink nurse's uniform hanging on the wall and draped it over Elf.
Even though she had already been seen naked just now, what needed to be covered still had to be covered.
"Don't pull your leg back, stretch it out straight as hard as you can."
As Izumi Sora pulled back on Elf's right foot, he instructed:
"Hold on, it'll be fine very soon."
"I-I know..."
Yamada Elf, teary-eyed, gripped the bedsheets with both hands, cooperating by pushing back.
"I got a calf cramp once before while playing basketball." While bending her foot back, Izumi Sora explained, "After strenuous exercise, if you're too fatigued, leg muscles are prone to cramping... Elf participated in the Sports Festival yesterday, rode a bike today, and even went surfing in between. The amount of exercise was clearly far beyond her limit, which is why she cramped."
Angel-sama looked over with concern:
"Do you want me to help massage her leg?"
"Massaging her leg won't help." Izumi Sora shook his head. "The best way is to bend the ball of the foot back so the 'knotted' muscle stretches out on its own."
As they were talking, Yanami and Kuroneko, wrapped in bath towels, came out of the bathroom one after another and nervously stood guard nearby.
Fortunately, it wasn't long before the pained expression on Elf's face finally vanished.
"Are you feeling better?"
Izumi Sora held Elf's small foot, continuing to bend it back.
"I-I survived..."
Yamada Elf breathed a sigh of relief, still having lingering fears:
"I really felt like I was going to die just now."
As she spoke, the teary-eyed Elf sat up, and the pink nurse's uniform draped over her slipped down, revealing a flash of snow-white holy light.
"Elf, you exposed yourself!"
Yanami Anna hurriedly reminded her.
"What does it matter." Yamada Elf raised her hand to cover her chest, her tone completely unbothered. "Everyone was just seen completely naked by Sora anyway, right?"
Yanami: "..."
Kuroneko: "..."
Mahiru: "..."
It's all because of you that everyone got seen completely naked!
Izumi Sora's expression remained unchanged: "I was only focused on worrying about Elf just now, I didn't see anything."
The girls: "..."
Liar!
With eyesight that good, how could you possibly not see!
Although everyone knew Izumi Sora was lying, no one would step forward to refute him at a time like this.
Seeing Elf return to normal, the girls all relaxed, and immediately, their sense of shame rapidly surged forth.
Angel-sama held her chest with one hand and her lower abdomen with the other, her pretty face flushing crimson as she said:
"Umm... let's all go back and finish our showers, okay?"
"Shower, shower." Yanami Anna nodded hurriedly. "We only washed halfway just now, my body feels so uncomfortable, let's hurry back and shower."
"..."
Gokou Ruri's small face was burning hot, so ashamed she couldn't even speak, and she quickly turned back to the bathroom.
"Sora, I'm going back to shower."
Yamada Elf's sense of shame was weak. She didn't feel ashamed about exposing herself just now. Before leaving, she even waved to Izumi Sora, lowering her voice:
"Seeing as how hard Servant worked to save me, I'll give Servant a special reward later. Servant, look forward to it."
No thanks, I completely lack the fortune to enjoy your reward!
Ten minutes later.
The bathroom door was pushed open, and Elf and Kuroneko walked out first.
"Sora, we're out." Yamada Elf, wearing a loose white bathrobe, had already regained her crisp, proud voice. "Yanami and Mahiru are soaking in the bath inside, we came out first to dry our clothes."
Izumi Sora nodded, his gaze falling on Kuroneko.
Their eyes met.
Kuroneko's small face flushed slightly, and she quickly averted her gaze, clearly still feeling ashamed about being exposed just now.
Although both were chunibyo girls, Kuroneko and Elf's personalities were completely different. Elf had a weak sense of shame, while Kuroneko had a personality that was super easily embarrassed. It was estimated they wouldn't be able to communicate properly for the next few days.