episode_0325

A makeshift drying rack made from the remaining wood during the process of creating a temporary shelter.

It was a simple drying rack made by roughly tying five wooden sticks together to resemble plant stems, but it was sufficient to hang my thoroughly soaked clothes for drying.

“Are you really going to undress…?”

“Should I catch a cold while still wearing them?”

“No, that’s not what I meant but…”

I took off my drenched Academy uniform jacket and hung it up, as well as the shirt and skirt that were dripping with water.

“How far are you planning to undress…?”

“I need to remove all the clothes that cover a large area of my body. If I keep them on, they will take away my body heat faster.”

After taking off my gloves and socks and hanging them up, I leaned my shoes slightly near the bonfire and dried my body next to the fire with my arms wrapped around me.

“Lilith, are you really going to stay like that?”

“Are you disappointed? It seems like you were expecting me to undress even further, as if you were hoping for me to take off my underwear.”

“No, that’s not what I meant but…”

“I apologize, but even if it’s me, I’m not shameless enough to be completely naked in such an open space. Just because I allowed you to call me a ‘lewd maid’ on the bed, it would be awkward if you thought I would engage in lewd acts in my daily life, Master Ethan.”

“…Even Lilith’s current appearance doesn’t seem entirely decent.”

…For once, I agreed with Ethan’s opinion, but it wasn’t appropriate to keep wearing wet clothes.

The only way to keep the clothes from getting wet was to take them off from the beginning and use Mana Blast, so ultimately, it was just a matter of whether to take them off now or later.

As I sat by the bonfire drying myself, I noticed Ethan’s face turning red as he sat across from me.

“Seeing you still embarrassed like this…it’s kind of cute.”

I unintentionally confirmed that Ethan’s feelings were still directed towards me, which wasn’t so bad.

After all, Ethan and I were temporary lovers. There was nothing wrong with lovers feeling excited about each other.

“Being like this, it somehow feels like I’ve truly become ‘Lilith’.”

It didn’t necessarily mean that Lilith had become a physical entity, just that the situation felt that way. In the original work, Lilith was a character who was often depicted as more provocative, with many scenes showing her in various states of undress.

Considering the possibility of facing such a future, drying my body in underwear didn’t seem too embarrassing.

After all, there was no one else to see besides Ethan, and Ethan had already seen not only my underwear but even the inside of my underwear, so there was no need to feel ashamed.

“If it were the original Hyudan instead of Ethan…I would probably have been covered by now.”

He was a guy who had no patience and lived relying on his sexual desires, so he would definitely have acted that way. He wouldn’t have just stood by and watched Lilith undress in front of him.

No, on the contrary. He would have probably ordered her to undress. In a situation like this, alone with his maid in the forest, there was no way he wouldn’t take advantage of it.

Lilith, who had not left a single piece of clothing, could only wear the prepared collar, headband, and the slightly strange tail attachment method.

Wearing only the most embarrassing items on her body, Hyumdane dragged the leash of the collar and made Lily lie down on the floor, satisfying his perverted desires.

“If the current Ethan were to do that to me, I would end up in the same situation…”

“…Huff.”

…What, what is it?

A strange pleasure that seemed to pierce through her body from below, along with a momentary feeling of creepiness.

Caught off guard by the overwhelming emotions that rushed over her, she couldn’t help but let out an unintentional moan.

“…Wait, am I…?”

Just imagining the scenario of being treated like a pet by Ethan, was it possible that she was feeling that way?

…No, that can’t be. No matter how much she thought about it, it just didn’t make sense.

Even if Lily from “Luminor Academy” was Ethan’s maid for sexual relief, she was still a completely different character from the original, apart from her appearance.

Even Lily herself showed signs of disliking Ethan’s lewd behavior, and it was a ridiculous story that I, who had memories of being a man in a past life, would get excited about that.

In a dangerous situation where she could be caught by other students or professors, she was being treated like a pet without thinking about the consequences, moving around naked, and being stimulated by it…

“…Uh, huh?!”

“…Lily?”

“Yes, yes?!”

“…Why are you suddenly like that? Did you step on something hard?”

“…No, it’s nothing.”

…This is dangerous.

It’s best not to imagine about this situation as much as possible. If she kept denying herself and kept thinking about it, her head might go crazy.

“It might be a relief that only my underwear got wet in the river.”

…At least Ethan wouldn’t find out about a specific part of my underwear.

As she adjusted her posture to hide her underwear from view and sat by the fire, Ethan, who was watching her with a strange look, got up silently and walked towards her without hesitation.

“…Could it be?”

Could it be that he’s really going to attack me?

Now? During class?

Moreover, at a timing when I can’t resist because I just used Mana Blast?

-Thump, thump, thump.

No, calm down, calm down.

I shouldn’t have allowed it in the first place. I could ruin my grades, you know?

If she were caught having lewd behavior during class, she would not only fail the course but also receive a warning from the school.

She couldn’t afford to ruin this rare experience event like this. Even though the professor in charge of natural science exploration doesn’t intervene unless his life is in danger, and even if he does, the chances of getting caught are almost nonexistent.

Especially since she just used up all her mana with Mana Blast, and her only weapon, the dagger, is hanging on that drying rack with her clothes.

…So if Ethan were to attack me now, I wouldn’t have any means to resist.

-Swish, swish.

“….”

As her mind became too complicated to think properly, she heard the sound of cloth brushing against cloth from behind.

With her eyes closed, preparing for the future, she suddenly felt the warmth of a piece of clothing being draped over her shoulders.

-Slide.

“For now, wear this at least, Lily. It looks like you’re cold.”

“…Huh?”

“It seems like you’re shivering. It’s still cold to be walking around in just your underwear. It rained last night, after all.”

Just a moment ago, I couldn’t feel the cool breeze brushing against my body due to the heat emanating from it, but after hearing Edan’s words, I finally sensed the sensation of the breeze.

*Sigh.*

“Ugh…”

As the cold wind pierced through my body, a groan escaped naturally.

…Yeah, it must have been just my imagination.

It wasn’t like I was getting excited from having lewd fantasies or anything like that, it was just a groan that slipped out involuntarily when the cold wind brushed against my body at that timing.

It was just a coincidence that the timing of shivering from the cold and having strange fantasies overlapped, causing me to mistakenly associate the odd reaction of my body with the strange thoughts in my head.

It was simply a matter of the timing coinciding when I shivered from the cold and when I had strange fantasies, not that I was getting excited about the idea of being a pet assistant to Edan.

…I was relieved that I didn’t end up becoming some lewd maid.

“Thank you, Lord Edan.”

“If you feel colder, let me know. I can even take off the lower part if necessary.”

“No, it’s okay, I’m fine with that.”

Expressing my gratitude to Edan for waking me up from my delusion, I tightened the coat he had draped over my shoulders a little.

Since I had been wearing the same clothes all day without changing, Edan’s scent lingered a bit strongly.

If there was still mana left, I could have used a Cleanse spell to purify it, but right now, after using Mana Blast, my mana was almost depleted, with over 4,000 mana points almost gone.

‘In this environment, mana would normally replenish slowly anyway…’

I had worked hard to replenish my mana with meals and rest, so I couldn’t afford to waste it on something like a Cleanse spell.

It wasn’t that I wanted to keep wearing Edan’s scented clothes, it was just that the situation didn’t allow for laundry.