Reincarnation Monarch

1

"Heh heh. So that's what you're gonna do."

Gaius said so, winking at Dove.

Dove nodded with a grin.

"... what do you say? I haven't bathed with you in a long time, do you want to sweat?

Gaius smiled and nodded loudly.

"Nice. I just thought you were sweaty and disgusting."

"... All right, let's go"

Dove said so, leading Gaius toward the Baths.

2.

"Huh, come back to life."

Gaius sank himself down to his shoulder in the tub, scrubbing the hot water just below his face with his hand and rinsing off his face, making a voice that seemed pleasant.

Then, because of his height, or a dove soaked in water all the way around his chest, he said, looking directly at Gaius.

"... apparently you're feeling a little clearer too?

Then Gaius nodded satisfied when he was in the mood for just the right amount of water.

"Oh, thanks to you"

"... well. That's more than anything."

Gaius used to stroke the hot water with his hands many times after that, trying to stroke it on his face to make him feel good.

And when he slapped his cheeks with his pampers and hands several times, his expression was only slightly cloudy.

Then Dove noticed the change in his expression and even asked.

"... what's wrong?

Then Gaius began to talk in a daze as he put his arms together in the water.

"... no, what did I just tell you, I have something to worry about too..."

It was about the doubts about the properties of the peculiarities Gaius had mentioned to Dove earlier.

"I don't know... Illis or Lucifer... and Satan or something, but I don't feel like there's anybody there."

Then the color of Dove's eyes clearly changed.

"... well, that's an interesting story... but that doesn't mean there's any basis for that, does it?

Gaius slowly nodded loudly as he slept what only evoked him.

"... oh, yeah. This is almost all about my skin feeling or just feeling, but sometimes I feel like something big..."