A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss

her hair.

Her sensitive hair was soft to the touch, my finger gently roamed towards the horns that grew from her head.

“…mmm.”

Audible sighs would occasionally escape Lefy's lips.

It was oddly alluring and distracting for me.

…do- don't think, don't think.
Calm down, why are you getting so bothered.
This is Lefy.

“….We- well, we're done here, Lefy.

After I washed the bubbles from her hair, I said with a sigh of relief.
I don't know what she was thinking, but she just fell back into me, leaning her weight into mine.

Her body heat was directly transferred to my skin, my heart leaped into my throat.

“Wait, what are you…”

“Ahh, that felt good, Yuki.
But for some reason your breathing is getting hard, are you alright? Were you perhaps taken in by my naked body?”

She looked up at my face from below, a mischievous grin appeared on her face.

What, she, she had noticed all along…!!

“Do- don't be stupid.
You think too much of yourself.
As if anyone would get excited over your kid body?”

“Ah? Kid body you say!? How dare you, you were breathing quite hard just a moment ago!”

“No, no I wasn't.
My nose was clogged and my breathing just got a little heavy.'

“What kind of an excuse is that!?”

“Hey, older brother and sister.
The water will get cold if you just stay over there, you know?”

“'….'”

After being admonished by a child, I and Lefy both wordlessly went to the bath tube and sank into the hot water.

“…Ahhh…it feels good… I had no idea that hot springs were this good…”

“Yes, it feels so good.
Right, Shii?”

Shii bounced in the water as if to show her agreement.

“So, you like it then? I'm glad.”

For a while, the time passed in peaceful silence.

This really…did not feel bad at all.

I'm not the right age to be a father…but perhaps this was what it felt like to be a father with children.

“…but really, why did you suddenly think to make a place like this? Though the scenery is pretty great.”

Questioned Lefy as she gazed at the view of the grasslands that was visible from the bathing area.

“Well, I was actually thinking about making a castle.”

“What?”

“A castle.
And as a first step, I created this grassland.”

“…Assuming that's all true and you're going to make a castle, why did that lead to making a hot spring and an inn?”

“It just kind of happened before I noticed.”

“…I, I see.”

Lefy did not seem to understand but nodded anyway.

After that, we stayed and warmed ourselves in the water for a while, when suddenly something started to move in the corner of my vision.

“…Iluna?”

I turned my gaze in that direction, perhaps she had gotten sleepy from being warm.
At some point in time Iluna had apparently fallen asleep, she was rocking back and forth in the water.

“Ahh, I guess she got sleepy.
Come on, Iluna, stay awake just a little longer.
We'll take you to your bed.”

“…mmm?”

I took her hand as she sleepily rubbed her eyes.

“Sorry, Lefy, but would you help Iluna get into her clothes?”

“Uh, fine.”

“Shii…hey, Shii.
Are you okay? What happened?”

As I looked, Shii's body had stretched out and was no longer in its original shape.

It was very worrying to see her melt like that, but Shii did not seem to care at all.
“I'll get out in a few minutes!” she said as her body shook like jelly.

“Ah…don't stay in for too long.”

I said with a somewhat awkward smile and left the bathing room along with Lefy and Iluna.

The three of us walked on, side by side, the pale moonlight gently illuminated our way.

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