"Bath, Bathing, you know what that is, right?"
Sato was momentarily taken aback by Kanna's puzzled expression. Then he figured the wording might differ between their worlds, so after a moment of thought, he said, "For example, washing off the dirt and grime on your body in a river, using water to clean yourself, things like that…"
Unexpectedly, Kanna shook her head.
"You don't bathe?"
Sato opened his mouth, feeling quite astonished.
He leaned closer to Kanna and sniffed, then said with some confusion, "I don't smell anything strange. So how do you clean yourselves?"
It couldn't be that dragons never cleaned themselves since birth, right? Otherwise, after so many years, there should at least be some odor.
Kanna looked at Sato blankly and said, "We use cleaning magic…"
"I see, is that all?"
"There's also licking. Tohru-sama and I often clean each other that way."
"Lick… licking?!"
Sato was completely stunned.
An image immediately surfaced in his mind, two giant dragons lying in a nest, licking each other's bodies.
If it were in dragon form, it would be fine. But if it were in human form…
Damn!
Sato actually blushed a little, cursing inwardly.
He never imagined such a method existed. Was licking really reliable?
Hoo…
Sato let out a long breath, then looked down at Kanna and said, "Anyway, you can't use magic right now, but you still need to maintain personal hygiene. From now on, use human methods to clean yourself."
"Mm!"
Kanna nodded.
The blue-eyed young dragon in front of him was very obedient. Sato suddenly felt a bit curious about why she liked to play pranks so often in that world.
But now wasn't the time to think about that. It was getting late, and finishing washing up and resting was more important.
He didn't know whether dragons had something like a biological clock, but he certainly did.
Sato brought Kanna to the bathroom and pointed at the bathtub in the corner. "You'll just soak in there later."
"There's no water…"
Kanna stared at the bathtub blankly.
"You just turn on that faucet and water will come out!"
Whoosh!
Kanna suddenly hid behind Sato, wrapping her arms tightly around his leg, peeking out with half her head while staring intently at the bathtub.
Sato froze. What… was going on?
He was about to ask, but a flash of realization suddenly crossed his mind, and his gaze landed on the faucet.
Pfft!
Sato couldn't help but laugh. He crouched down and patted Kanna's head. "That's just a tool. It's not an actual dragon's head. When you turn it on, it just sprays water like one."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hands clutching his leg loosened.
Sato looked down at Kanna thoughtfully. Explaining like this wasn't as effective as demonstrating directly. The same applied to other things as well…
It would be better to find someone to guide Kanna through it.
…
"Huh? You want me to take a young dragon to bathe?!"
Gabriel scratched her messy blonde hair, looking at Sato with a strange expression, as if asking whether his brain had malfunctioned.
She looked at the blue-eyed young dragon beside him, who was staring at her intently, and felt a headache coming on.
I'm an angel, and she's a dragon!
Our two races are mortal enemies, you know, bro!
"Besides, isn't this kid a junior of that Tohru? Go find Tohru!"
Sato rolled his eyes and said, "If I could, I would have already gone. At this hour, Kobayashi-san is probably asleep. Going now would most likely wake her…"
"So it's fine to disturb me?"
Gabriel looked at Sato with a face full of black lines. Humans really should just be destroyed.
"Because you're most likely still staying up late anyway!"
"My time is very valuable."
"Five thousand!"
"What?"
Gabriel suddenly stared blankly at Sato.
"Teach her how to bathe, and I'll give you five thousand yen. If I'm not mistaken, your life's pretty tight right now."
"H-how do you know that?!"
"Hmph!"
Sato pushed up imaginary glasses on the bridge of his nose and calmly analyzed, "The number of times you order takeout and how often you freeload meals."
Gabriel froze.
How did this guy figure that out from just that? It's not like I only freeload meals here.
Coming back to her senses, Gabriel tried to stay stubborn. Even though she had fallen, she still had the pride of an angel.
"Even so, I…"
"Ten thousand! Final price! Take it or leave it!"
"I'll do it!"
Bah!
What angel's pride? What racial hostility?
Can any of that fill your stomach?
I've already fallen anyway. It's just giving a dragon a bath. No big deal!
Watching Gabriel instantly change her attitude, Sato couldn't help but sigh.
Where had that angel he first met gone…
"Speaking of which, Gabriel, you haven't bathed in a long time yourself, right? There's even a weird smell coming off you."
"Huh? Is there?"
Gabriel raised her sleeve, sniffed it, and looked at Sato in confusion.
"You just can't smell it yourself. And this hair…"
Sato pinched a few strands of the angel girl's blonde hair, rubbing them between his fingers, and couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.
"Why is it so dry, like a bunch of weeds? I remember your hair used to be smooth. Now it's practically sticking up to the sky!"
"Urusai! ! !"
Gabriel glared at Sato in embarrassment.
What do you mean sticking up to the sky? It's just a little messy.
"Since you know shame, then pay attention to your hygiene! And look at your room. I remember Vignette-san just cleaned it for you a few days ago, right?!"
"Don't bring that up!"
Gabriel stared at him with eyes that seemed ready to kill if he said another word.
Sato paused, then shut his mouth with a slightly awkward expression.
"Forget it. Hurry up and take her in and teach her how to bathe."
"Hmph!"
Gabriel snorted, then looked at Kanna beside Sato. "This little one won't cause any trouble, right?"
"No, she's very well-behaved. Unlike certain someo…"
Noticing Gabriel's eyes narrowing, Sato decisively shut up. Did this angel reincarnate into the wrong race or something?