The losers in daily youth have all become witches

Gokou Ruri continued calmly.

"Is it necessary to go to this extent?" Li Mo asked with a smile.

"I just..." The girl lowered her eyes, her tone as if she was trying to convince herself: "I just want to repay Senior Zhuoma's kindness!"

“So there’s no need to go to this extent.”

"I'm... not the same as before."

Gokou Ruri whispered, "[Cat]."

The water in the hot spring is pulled by an invisible force and turns into countless kittens made of water, which frolic and play on the water surface, making the entire men's bath scene become dreamy.

"Now I can even do this kind of thing..."

"Liu Li?"

"I don't know what Senior has done, but I always feel like he's been working hard." Wu Geng Liuli stared at Li Mo through the mist that the kittens had exploded into. "So I hope I can help Senior, instead of being like a kitten, always being protected by him."

Li Mo looked at the girl.

It seems that although she didn't know what happened to Yuigahama Yui and Chihaya Asagumo twice, as a witch (and the witch with the strongest magic power at present), she more or less felt something.

"If there's a chance, I'll ask Liuli for your help." There was no point in saying anything more at this time, and being watched by a girl while taking a bath also made Li Mo a little embarrassed, so he smiled casually and said, "Just don't be annoyed when the time comes."

"Absolutely not!"

The girl said with confidence.

"Well, now that we're done talking, can we go out now?"

"I haven't given Senior a bath yet."

"Are you serious? Hey, the bath towel turned into a cat?"

"I've been wanting to try this for a long time."

"Stop it—!"

Chapter 71: Starry Sky in Summer, First Snow in Winter

Li Mo's mind was blank and his eyes were empty.

What can I say about Gokou Ruri's bath scrubbing?

It felt like eating a meal at Gongdelin.

Tasty?

delicious.

Is there any meat?

It looks like so.

Is it meat?

There's no meat taste at all, it's all vegetarian...

Li Mo's idea of ​​a bath: being tenderly served by a beautiful girl, while the hot spring soaks his clothes, revealing his beautiful body. Their bodies move closer and closer in an ambiguous atmosphere that makes their hearts tingle, feeling each other's warmth...

The actual scrubbing: She was pressed on the edge of the hot spring pool for ten minutes with a pile of bath towels and shower gel foam that had turned into cat shapes. The girl who said she would scrub her stood one meter away and gave orders, and did not do anything herself during the whole process.

Although Li Mo had no intention of developing a relationship beyond friendship with Gogen Liuli from the beginning, after all, the girl was still a junior high school student. Before he traveled through time, assaulting a child of that age would have been punishable by a minimum of three years in prison and a maximum of death penalty...

But he is a healthy man after all, so he naturally has the desire to be intimate with beautiful girls. Even if he can't eat the meat, smelling the meat is great.

But come to think of it, Gokou Ruri has always been quite shy in front of him. It is already a big risk for her to sneak into the men's bath alone. No matter how you think about it, it is unlikely that she would come up to help him scrub his back personally. I must have misunderstood her from the beginning.

"Senior, don't you like others to scrub your back?" Wu Geng Liuli looked at Li Mo with a look of despair and asked carefully, fearing that her good intentions might lead to bad consequences.

"Not really. It's more like this is the first time someone has rubbed my back or something. It feels quite strange."

Li Mo shook his head and said with some embarrassment: "Of course it would be better if you could rub me without the force and momentum that seems to want to peel off my skin."

"Sorry, it's a bit difficult to control the power of the magic creation..." the girl said distressedly.

"It's okay. Being able to control the spell to this extent in such a short time is already quite impressive."

Li Mo glanced at her and asked, "Where are those two little tails that have been following you?"

"Hinata and Tamahi are both asleep, and Yuigahama-san is helping me look after them now."

When talking about her sister, a faint and gentle smile appeared on the corner of Gokou Ruri's mouth, and even the teardrop mole at the corner of her eye looked much more charming.

The girl whispered, "They go to bed early at home. They were so excited during the day that they didn't even take a nap, so they've accumulated a lot of fatigue. Hinata was clamoring to have a pillow fight, but he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow."

"Being able to eat and sleep is a good thing for a child of that age." Li Mo said in a mature manner.

"...Sometimes I feel like Takuma-senpai talks like an old man."

"Although I'm not a grandfather, my mental age is indeed older than my appearance." Li Mo said seriously, "Please call me a mature senior."

"So, mature senior, do you want to continue soaking in the hot springs?"

"I'm planning to soak for a while longer, otherwise the back rub would be in vain. But Liuli," Li Mo looked at the girl with a sly, goading smile and asked, "You've been busy taking care of those two kids all day, so you surely haven't had a proper soak in the hot springs, right? Do you want to come along? The mixed bathing pool doesn't seem to be crowded right now."

"Sorry, I don't like showing too much skin in front of others." The girl replied conservatively, "If you bring your school swimsuit, it's fine."

"Although scuba diving does have a unique flavor, can it really be considered taking a bath while wearing it?" Li Mo stroked his chin and swept his eyes over the girl, as if he was imagining what she would look like in scuba diving.

"...It seems that the senior is not an old man, but a normal boy." The girl had a stern face, but the faint blush on her cheeks proved that she was just using complaints to cover up her shyness.

"No, no, no, it's always like this no matter how old you are in your heart. A man is always a boy until he dies."

Li Mo said this and jumped into the hot spring pool again, letting the slightly hot water cover his shoulders and letting out a comfortable groan.

"Senior Takumi, do you like hot springs?" Ruri Gokou looked at him curiously and asked.

"Well, not really. I don't really understand the difference between hot springs and regular hot water... but I still enjoy the act of taking a bath." Li Mo folded the towel into a tofu-like shape and covered his head directly, enjoying the hot spring while sighing, "It's a pity that the season is not right."

"what?"

"It would be even better if we came here to soak in the hot springs in autumn or winter," Li Mo said, looking up at the dark night sky. Although the term "men's bath" could literally mean men's bathroom, the hotel's main hot spring pools are actually open-air. There are also indoor pools, but they're not as large as the outdoor ones. "Especially when it snows, the falling snowflakes are not only beautiful, but also cool the brain, making it less likely to faint. The warm spring water dispels the winter chill and flows warmth through every part of the body."

"Winter snow is beautiful, but it can make you cold. Hot springs are comfortable, but soaking in them for too long can make you dizzy. Only soaking in a hot spring while enjoying the snow allows you to experience the beauty of the 'first snow of winter' while enjoying the comfort of the hot springs for a longer period. It's a win-win situation. I win twice! Is there anything better than this?"

"After hearing what you said, Senior, I really want to come and soak in the hot springs even when it snows," Gokou Ruri also looked up at the night sky and said softly, "It's a pity that I'm afraid it will be a long time before I have the chance to experience the beauty that Senior talked about."

The girl's family background is not very good. Although they are not particularly poor, Gogen's parents are just ordinary working class people. Raising three children in a place like Chiba, the pressure of life can be imagined.

Although the Goken sisters would not go hungry on weekdays, and Goken Ruri even had some pocket money to spend on her hobbies, that was all. To spend money on a hot spring trip, she would probably have to save for a long time.

According to the girl's own calculations, even if she controls her expenses on her hobbies to a minimum, the situation is not optimistic - she would be considered successful if she could save enough before graduating from junior high school.

"Then let's come again in winter," Li Mo turned around and glanced at the girl: "I'll pay for it."

But the girl shook her head: "I can't always take advantage of Senior Takumi."

"Then consider it as a loan from me. You can pay it back slowly in the future. As a witch, are you still afraid of not having the opportunity to make money?"

Li Mo didn't really care. He just said happily, "And it's not just 'first snow in winter'. As the saying goes, you can enjoy the night cherry blossoms in spring, the stars in summer, the full moon in autumn, and the first snow in winter. If you keep thinking about the first snow, won't you miss the stars now?"

Chapter 72: Adding Rice

Gogen Ruri accompanied Li Mo in looking at the stars for a long time - because the hot spring hotel is located in a remote area, the starry sky here looks more prosperous than in Chiba city.

It was not until Li Mo was about to faint from soaking that the girl felt something was wrong, so she prepared to say goodbye and go back to her room to rest.

"By the way, the curse on Yukinoshita," Li Mo suddenly remembered this before the girl left and said to her, "Don't forget to remove the curse for her tomorrow."

"It's an advantage for her."

Even after spending a day with her in the hotel, Gokou Ruri still seemed to dislike Yukinoshita Yukino.

Li Mo felt that it was probably because Gokou Ruri noticed Yukinoshita's loneliness and a bit of superiority during their time together, and Gokou Ruri hated this kind of superior feeling the most.

No matter whether the other person is truly noble or just has an arrogant personality, Gogen Ruri will never like him.

Li Mo looked at Gogen Ruri and said with interest, "Come to think of it, Yuigahama said that when you're with her, your tone of voice is very pretentious. Is that true?"

"There is no such thing."

The girl flatly denied it, with a look that said, "Yuigahama-senpai deserves death." "Besides, I think it's not nice to talk bad about others behind their backs."

"Will I see a pair of cat ears growing on Yuigahama's head tomorrow?" Li Mo joked.

"...I've only been learning spells for a short time, so it's understandable that I occasionally go berserk." The girl was silent for a moment, then said nonchalantly.

"You were just showing off to me your progress in mastering the spell." Li Mo complained.

“Theory and practice are two different things.”

Li Mo: "..."

Weren’t the previous water cat, towel cat and bath cat practices?

It seems that she has decided to set a time for her spell to run wild.

"Don't bully Yuigahama too much, she really likes you."

"Takuma-senpai, don't you want to see Yuigahama-senpai with cat ears and a cat tail?"

“……………………I really want to.”

Li Mo chose to compromise with his inner desires.

——Two hours later——

Tormented by guilt and unable to sleep, Li Mo came to the hotel lobby and planned to buy a drink from the vending machine.

Although the proprietress swore that the tap water in the hotel was drinkable, after doing a quick check on the hotel's history and discovering that the water pipes had never been renovated since its establishment, Li Mo decisively treated her words as meaningless background music.

As a result, when passing through the corridor, he ran into the sneaky Yanami.

"What are you doing?" Li Mo asked.

"Ah——" The frightened girl almost screamed, but fortunately she came to her senses immediately, covered her mouth tightly, and swallowed the second half of the scream.

She turned around and glared at Li Mo fiercely, then lowered her voice and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm just going to the front hall to buy a bottle of water." Li Mo answered in a normal tone.

Noticing that there was no trace of guilt on Li Mo's face, Yanaijian could only puff up his cheeks and look at him angrily.

Li Mo reached out and poked the girl's cheek without hesitation, and the girl couldn't hold back her breath and let out a whoosh.

"you……"

Before the girl could get angry, Li Mo asked first, "So what are you doing out here?"

"Of course, it's to absorb the energy needed to get through the long night!"

"You didn't eat enough for dinner?" Li Mo asked in surprise. "I remember the dinner portion was quite filling, and didn't they say you could have more?"

"Minister, you don't understand."

Yanami sighed, "For a girl, when I add my sixth bowl of rice, the question has changed from whether I can eat enough to how my image will be perceived by others."

"I think whether it's a man or a woman, being able to eat six bowls of rice is already very impressive," Li Mo complained.

You know, although the bowls in the hotel are not big and are much smaller than the bowls used for lunch, they are still larger than the teacups in the south. Six bowls are enough to make Li Mo vomit.

"No, I added six bowls of rice." The girl added a little embarrassedly.

"..."

Does that mean he ate seven bowls and still wasn’t full?

"Don't look at me with such rude eyes. I might have been full at that time, but I was just hungry again after the intense and exciting sleep exercise!"

"That's really exciting. You're going to sleep right after eating. Aren't you afraid of getting fat?" Li Mo subconsciously looked at the other person's belly.

The soft touch of the previous pinch resurfaced in my mind.

Damn it, why does it feel so good? I always have the urge to keep pinching it...

"What do you want to do?" After noticing his gaze, Yanami immediately moved back.

"It's nothing, you're just worrying too much."

Li Mo looked away as if nothing had happened. "Compared to this, why did you come to the front hall? If you want to eat, it would be easier to find ingredients in the kitchen, right?"

"Of course it's because there are hot spring buns in the front hall!"