After having a good laugh right there, he wiped the tears from his eyes and back to enjoying the hot bath,

But suddenly...

???: "nee...young master, do you need some back massage?..." a sweet, girly voice is coming out from behind him. And then followed by two pale hands that is slightly redden from heat in his vision.

Yoro: "Cecilia, what in the world are you doing in here?..." Knowing who is that behind him, Yoro asked her as that very two hands is circling itself in Yoro's neck. Which prompt him to feel something soft touching his back.

Feeling they were just separated by a thin sheet of towel, Cecilia is instead become more bold to bim: "as I said before, young master. I've come to serv-" but as she wants to explain her reason once more, Yoro interrupted her mid-way.

Yoro: "That is not what I mean, Cecilia..." sighing at how different this girl acts towards him compared to other people, he turns his head behind to stare at her.

Yoro: "What I want to ask you is...how can you come into the male bathroom, and just covered by that in the first place!?" While he maintaining netral expresion, his voice is gradually raised in the end by how baffling this girl antics is.

From the voice before, It is clear that the person behind him is Cecilia. But what was actually coming to his vision there is Cecilia who was just covered in towel!

How in the world can this be happening!?...

Cecilia: "ah?...am I wasn't attractive enough?" She said in a low voice. When she sees that Yoro's expression didn't change at all by her appearance, she couldn't help but doubting her attractiveness while hanging her head low.

But what she sees next there is really too unexpected for her brain to respond properly.

Yoro: "Cecilia..." hearing her young master tender voice, Cecilia then raised her head and sees Yoro turns his body to her, just to-

Cecilia: "wha-!" She yelps in surprise as Yoro pushed her to the ground. He holds her down with his hand pinning her shoulder. And while he literally didn't wear anything down there, all Cecilia can see right now is just his shoulder and the ceiling upwards.

He placed his head beside her own, making her can't see what kind of expression he is making right now. His breath tickling her neck down there, but Cecilia is too shocked to respond whatever things he did right now.

Yoro: "you know you don't have to do that to get my attention right?" And in the same tender voice, Yoro whispered that word to her ear, making Cecilia face involuntarily redden in embarrassment.

Cecilia: "y-young master-, y-you can't-" it's clear that she wasn't able to proceed what is going on, which is can be heard from her struggling in her words.

Cecilia couldn't help but close her eyes right there, itended to readying herself for the unknown afterwards. But suddenly, the pressure in her shoulders is gone.

Opening her eyes slowly, shs then sees Yoro was already gets off from her, and now is back at sitting in his original position for the first time.

Yoro: "Yes, I can't for now" sighing exasperatedly, he then said to her: "that's why you must be patient and use more normal means instead" and as he said that, he then turns his head to the her and told her with a smile.

Yoro: "enter in, the temperature is very good right now" he suggested to her before closing his eyes and followed by a blissful expression on his face.

Folding her towel, Cecilia then shyly enter the tub beside Yoro, just to see he is not looking at her right now(he is a gentleman of course). And as soon as she gets in, she couldn't help but exhale out a breath filled with comfort right on.

Cecilia: "you're right, this feels nice" and then she leaned her back at the edge with the same blissful expression as Yoro there.

Yoro: "hm?" But as soon as Yoro take a glance at her, he exclaim in surprise when he sees something glinting in her neck. "Oh, you finally wear the necklace I bought for you before?" And he told her "to be honest you look more beautiful with it" and he back to enjoy the bath.

Cecilia: "yes, I just feel like today was the right time to open your gift," she said with some embarassment while she holds the blue-embebed-gem liontin with her hand. The liontin which has a same colour with Yoro's eyes.

Its because there is just no way she would tell him that, she actually didn't want to wear it before in afraid of this thing will lose the smell of Yoro's.

Yep, there is just no way.

Afterwards, a calm silence is fallen into the room. With how calm it is right now, neither of them seems keen on starting a topic at the time. Therefore, the silence continues for a while...until someone decided to breaks it.

Cecilia: "nee, young master..." Turning her head at him, her voice is a bit trailed off at the end.

Yoro: "hmm?..." He said as a signal he is listening.

Cecilia: "now I see that you...seems like to wash your hands more often than ever lately," she said after diverting her head from him.

Yoro couldn't help but to opens his mouth in agape for what she said. "You realize it...?" He said in untrusting tone. Yoro couldn't believe she is actually looking at him that close before.

Cecilia: "fufu, you must never underestimate woman's intuition, young master" happy with her young master expression, she covers her mouth in a playful manner.

But what she doesn't know is, he is not washing his hand because he just wants it, but he was doing it for a reason...a mentally reason.

After the very first time he held his new sword to assassinate all people in the gang headquarter, every time Yoro see his own hands there, he can feels an unfamiliar feeling that sticking to his hand. A feeling that his hands is now...

...tainted...

Yoro: "Cecilia..." Hanging his head down, he asked with an indescribable tone in his voice. "Do you know the term of a villain?" As he asked this, his tone is oddly ambiguous, which makes Cecilia raised her eyebrow at him.

Cecilia: "a villain?" Placing her hand at her chin, she thinks for a second before answering him. "Hmm...they were some kind of bad guy in this world aren't they?" She said with a doubtful tone.

Cecilia: "but why do you ask?" She inquiries.

Yoro: "...what do you think about them?" He hasn't raised his head. His bangs in there is covering his eyes, which is making his expression can't be seen from her angle.

Cecilia: "well, that actually depends" relaxed her brow, she added with a smile: "some of them is actually not bad. It is just the world didn't give them the chance to choose any choice"

The silence dominates them once again.

When a while has passed, Yoro finnaly pulled his body up from the water and grab the towel in the ground to cover his lower part.

Yoro: "alright Cecilia, I am off first" he said while smiling at her. A smile with a most honest and dazzling smile he can muster to her...even if his eyes seems a bit odd there.

And Cecilia, who is still sitting in there, couldn't help but stare absent-mindedly at his smile, but missed the looks on his eyes. "A-ah, y-yes..." And she answered him in a dazed state.

Yoro: "I'll see you later then " saying his farewell, he then walks towards the exit.

Cecilia: "w-wait!" But in the mid-way there, Cecilia shouts at him, making his steps promptly stopped. "Tomorrow! Let's us see the moon together tomorrow!" After gathering all her available courage, she asked him out with a serious tone that she is rarely uses before.

Seeing her like this, Yoro couldn't help but to smile helplessly at this beautiful maiden. He then said to her: "alright, I'll see you tomorrow then, in the usual yard place" after that, he turns his body and walk towards the door.

But after he goes out, Cecilia calls him out once again.

"young master!" She calls, when he almost close the door. "Do you remember what I said about someone is following me?! It is actually true! You must be careful if you want to go out!"

Keeping that in mind, Yoro nod at her as a cue. Afterwards, he closed the door behind him and goes to his room

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Chad: "Let's stop in here, today" at the darkness of the dawn, Chad speaks to the boy who is seen standing in front of him there, shakily.

Like a cue, he instantly fell down and panting hard, a typical of someone who is out of breath, which he was. "Pant, pant, I- I hate to say this-, pant, but I think what my father said, pant, about you, is right" between his breath, he said that in some difficulty. "You are, pant, really a freak Chad, pant"

Chad: "Gahahaha" his laugh is really thunderous in the silence of Ehren yard there. "I guess you finally know my awesomeness" and he laughs proudly again after his boasting.

Chad: "ha...well, you can praise me all you want. But sadly for today, I hate to tell you that I actually can't come investigating with you" grabbing the wooden sword on Yoro's hand, he places it on his back, intend to bring it to where it originaly kept.

Yoro: "hmm?...well, I guess I will go there alone, then" he said as he raised his body to sit position. Staring at thT big guy, Yoro ensuring one more time: "but you sure you don't want to go?" He wants to know if Chad is kidding around or not.

Chad: "No, no, I have absent from my duty for seven days because of investigating" shaking his head in helplessness, he told Yoro: "as bad as I want to go, I can't afford to lose my job because of little thing like that" he then turns his body before goes off from that place.

Chad: "with your combat level right now, I am sure there would be nothing bad that can be happening to you" he said while waving his hand without turning his body, leaving Yoro sitting in there alone.

Yoro: "well, let's not be depressed and see on the bright side. In fact, if I go alone there, then I'll have a freedom to do whatever I wanted" cheering up himself, Yoro then dust himself before he too, goes off to continue his voyage.