Jilcheok-jilcheok

“It tickles, Asha-nim….”

“…You need to apply it before going in, or your skin color won’t change, so just bear with it a little longer.”

Among the items bought at the Shopping District was a cream that prevented skin from tanning in the sun.

Asha meticulously applied the pure white ointment from the ointment container onto Cecil’s body.

If Cecil’s skin were to burn due to her hair color….

‘It might be fine…?’

Even so, if it burns, it’s bad for the skin and I heard it hurts, so I should apply it.

As Asha watched the opaque ointment cover Cecil’s pure white skin, she felt a strange sensation.

She waved her unnecessarily flushed face and circled her hand around Cecil’s elastic abdomen.

After confirming that all the ointment had been applied amidst Cecil’s giggling laughter, Asha let out a sigh.

“I’ll follow you soon, so don’t go in, just wait out front.”

“Understood, Asha-nim!”

After sending Cecil ahead, Asha put her hand into the ointment container to apply the ointment to her own body.

“Are you done?”

“Yeah.”

“Then… me, apply it to me too.”

“Huh?”

When Asha turned her head, Veronica was standing there, holding the ointment container and with her face slightly flushed.

Asha somehow recalled what had happened that morning, but she tried to calm herself down and nodded.

There’s no need to panic over something like this. It’s bad to think strange thoughts.

Since Veronica was wearing a swimsuit that covered her front, she immediately turned her back after hearing Asha’s answer.

Asha’s eyes caught sight of Veronica’s skin, which wasn’t as pure white as Cecil’s but was equally fair.

Because she had gathered her hair to apply the ointment, her slender nape was clearly visible.

‘…I’m suddenly nervous.’

She had already unintentionally done many ‘those kinds of things,’ but she had little experience with this type of skinship.

Asha swallowed nervously.

“I, I’ll apply it.”

“Okay… do it.”

Asha began applying the ointment to Veronica’s skin with slightly trembling hands.

As she touched Veronica’s neck as if massaging it with her ointment-covered hands, she could feel Veronica’s heartbeat at her fingertips.

Veronica also seemed embarrassed, as her ears were dyed bright red.

‘…Let’s hurry.’

Her hands, which had started at the nape of the neck, urgently moved downwards.

Since other areas besides the front were exposed, she focused on applying the ointment to those parts.

Considering that the swimsuit might shift, she had to apply it to some extent even to the covered areas.

Asha had no choice but to touch Veronica’s slightly intimate areas.

“Mmm…”

Veronica’s suggestive moan made Asha’s face flush.

Asha, who had barely managed to apply the ointment while repeating to herself that it was a wholesome act, sighed once again.

“I, I’m done.”

“…Thank you.”

The two exchanged strange glances for a moment.

The moment Veronica, who had been mumbling, seemed to gather courage and opened her mouth.

“Me, apply it to me─”

“Excuse me for a moment.”

Claudia interrupted them.

After talking with her back to Asha, Veronica left with a displeased expression.

“…?”

Before Asha could express her confusion, Claudia turned around.

Then, her figure, which felt almost violent, was clearly visible.

A healthy-looking skin tone and a well-balanced body with clear traces of training.

Her breasts, which swayed as if to capture Asha’s gaze, were barely covered by a small piece of fabric.

Claudia’s laughter reached Asha’s ears as she involuntarily turned her head away.

“Why are you so embarrassed? No… is it better that way….”

Claudia, who had mumbled while looking at Asha’s flushed face, placed the ointment container in her hand. Asha looked back and forth between Claudia and the ointment container, then spoke in a dazed voice.

“W-why is this?”

“Because I want you to apply it to me too.”

At Claudia’s request, Asha began to glance at Claudia’s body.

‘…Isn’t it meaningless?’

That’s because Claudia’s body was already tanned.

‘Her breasts are pure white, though.’

Ah, so that’s why she wants me to apply it so they don’t get more tanned.

Asha realized the reason, but she somehow felt a little reluctant.

Because Claudia always played mischievous pranks.

“Th-there are other people too.”

“That’s disappointing… So you’re saying you can’t apply it to me?”

“No, it’s not like that… Haa… Fine. I’ll apply it, so give it to me.”

“You’re kind, as expected.”

…Who exactly is kind, I wonder.

Asha somehow felt her anger rising.

She scooped out the ointment and touched Claudia’s body with rough hands.

Even so, to Claudia, it was just cute fiddling.

‘…Cute.’

Looking at Asha, who had involuntarily puffed out her cheeks, Claudia savored the soft hands covered in ointment.

When Asha’s hands touched Claudia’s abs, her touch became a little more cautious.

No, Claudia inwardly laughed at the movements that somehow conveyed envy.

“Your touch is a little strange, isn’t it?”

“S-strange? What’s strange? It’s just… I thought it was a bit a-amazing….”

To Claudia’s eyes, it looked like envy.

“Do you want it too, Asha?”

“Huh? W-what?”

“Muscles like these.”

“…Not particularly.”

Asha replied indifferently and moved her ointment-applying hands again.

As Asha lowered her body to apply it to the lower half, Claudia’s groin came into her sight.

Asha, who was trying to avert her gaze from Claudia’s groin, which seemed to bulge slightly.

‘…What is this smell?’

She unconsciously sniffed and rubbed her ointment-covered hand on Claudia’s thigh.

Claudia, watching Asha kneeling in front of her and dawdling… felt a little troubled.

‘This is dangerous.’

Because seeing Asha clinging to her legs and fiddling with her lower body, along with the faint peach scent rising, made it feel like blood would rush to her lower body.

No, it had already rushed there slightly.

Claudia tried hard to suppress the blood rushing by thinking of other things.

‘…If it were just the two of us.’

Umjjeul.

…Let’s think of something else.

Because Asha was unconsciously letting out rough breaths, it was difficult for Claudia to hold back… but she managed to endure it somehow.

When she lowered her head, she saw Asha, whose eyes had become a little hazy.

‘…This is hard.’

Still, Claudia was happy that things seemed to be going according to her plan.

A moment later, Asha, who thought she had applied it meticulously, stood up.

“…Are you done now?”

“My breasts are still left, but I can do that myself, so I’ll do it.”

Asha’s face, as she faintly nodded, was somehow a little flushed.

Asha’s eyes narrowed.

‘Why am I like this?’

Did I get too much sun?

Asha preemptively guessed her condition and looked around.

She saw Cecil waiting for her on the beach, Veronica standing next to her stretching… and Ariel, who had settled under the parasol that the servants had set up.

“Dia.”

“Hm?”

“I’d like you to go ahead with Cecil and… enter the sea.”

“What about you?”

Asha replied, calming her heart that had started beating a little faster.

“I’m going to rest for a bit and then go in.”

“Is that so? Alright. By the way… shouldn’t Asha apply it to her body too?”

At Claudia’s somehow lewd gaze, Asha waved her hand and said in a hurried voice.

“I, I can just ask Master to apply it.”

“Well… alright.”

Claudia, who let out a pshik of laughter while looking at Asha, walked teobuk-teobuk towards where Cecil and her companions were.

As Asha walked teobuk-teobuk and sat next to Ariel, she saw Cecil.

She seemed shocked by Claudia’s words and was looking at Asha with a worried expression.

Asha smiled and waved her hand as if to say she was fine and to go in first.

At that smile, Cecil finally seemed relieved and nodded, then began warming up according to Claudia’s guidance.

Ariel’s voice reached Asha’s ears as she let out a sigh of relief.

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Hmm….”

Ariel’s cool hand stroked Asha’s forehead.

“It seems you have a slight fever.”

“I-it’ll go down soon.”

Even so, Ariel smiled bitterly at her disciple’s face, which seemed worried she might tell her not to go into the sea, and continued speaking.

“It might be because you were suddenly exposed to strong sunlight. Have you applied the ointment?”

“…Not yet.”

Ariel took the container from Asha’s hand and said.

“Then I will apply it for you.”

“…I’ll leave it to you.”

Asha, who had felt a strange sensation while applying the ointment, thought it was fortunate that Ariel was there.

‘Otherwise… to Claudia….’

The massage she had received from Claudia in the past came to Asha’s mind.

That day, when she had felt a strange sensation, even though it should have been a simple massage.

If Claudia had applied it, she might have felt that strange sensation again.

If she were to judge whether the feeling was good or bad, it belonged to the good side… but she didn’t want to experience that feeling again, which was like discovering sensations she shouldn’t know, as the organs that had appeared with her body change thumped, thumped.

‘…It should be fine if it’s Master.’

Asha asked Ariel and then stretched out her legs and sat down.

She took a deep breath to calm her slightly ragged breathing and closed her eyes.

Then, she heard the sound of the container opening, and the distinct sound of the squelching ointment stretching.

‘Is it because my eyes are closed?’

“I’m about to start, so don’t be surprised.”

“Yes.”

Jilcheok.

She felt the ointment, which she had applied with her own hands just a moment ago, touch her body through someone else’s hands.

Ariel’s slightly cool fingers roamed every corner of Asha’s body, applying the sticky ointment.

The ointment applied to her skin soon lost its stickiness and became a protective film for her skin.

Ariel’s touch, which should have been emotionless, began to lightly touch a slightly intimate area.

“I-I’m just trying to apply it thoroughly, so don’t misunderstand.”

“…I know.”

Was it because Ariel was so close?

Ariel’s body scent, which felt like a fruit fragrance, entered Asha’s nostrils.

Somehow, she kept recalling what had happened in the forest.

That incident was clearly… like an accident.

A natural disaster-like accident that happened to Master, who was researching for her.

‘Could it be that I’m the problem?’

No, that can’t be.

Asha felt as if her lower abdomen was trembling for some reason, but.

She tried to ignore it, closed her eyes, and thought of other things.

However, the more she did so, the more clearly she felt Ariel’s touch.

Asha’s body was trembling slightly, regardless of her will.