## Chapter 48 – Acer. Spoiled # 2
Number 25 momentarily doubted his ears. He knew that Acer showed a slightly more relaxed side in front of him than usual, but still, she was the Demon Lord. For Acer to blush with a shy expression and ask to be washed, it was natural to think that there was something wrong with his senses. Number 25 immediately pinched his cheek, wondering if everything that had happened so far was a dream.
The stinging pain in his cheek confirmed that it was real. Number 25 hesitated and replied to Acer, who was avoiding his gaze.
“Ah, even so.”
Acer couldn’t back down any further. At this moment when Number 25 was also hesitating, she opened her mouth with a firmer voice than before.
“Why? We’ve washed together quite a bit in the castle. And how can I wash alone with this body?”
As a final blow, Acer cracked her neck, making a popping sound as if to indicate that her body was hurting, and massaged her shoulder. Number 25’s heart softened again at the sight, and he nodded as if he couldn’t help it.
Acer stretched out both hands to Number 25 as if asking him to support her. It was the complete opposite of how she didn’t want to rely on him when walking down the street. Number 25 took Acer’s hands, helped her up, and put her arm around his neck as they left the room.
The wooden floor creaked with every step, a sound unique to old wood. As the old man said, when they opened the back door next to the counter, the changing room was the first thing they saw.
Arriving at the changing room, Acer gave Number 25 her next request, closely adhering to his side.
“Will you take my clothes off too?”
The time for being surprised by her unusual behavior had passed. Number 25 nodded and swallowed hard.
He slowly started to take off Acer’s blood-stained clothes, starting with the top, and neatly arranged them. With each layer of clothing he removed, Number 25’s face gradually hardened.
After taking off all the outer garments, top and bottom, and only her underwear remained, Number 25 stopped. The scars inflicted by Orca were clearly visible on Acer’s white skin. Seeing Acer’s body marked with gruesome, dark red bruises, tears welled up again.
Acer grabbed the back of Number 25’s head and pulled him into her arms, gently patting his trembling back as he sobbed.
“Don’t cry. Your tears will make the wounds worse.”
“But… the Demon Lord, for the sake of protecting a slave like me…”
Number 25 couldn’t see Acer’s face as he was embraced in her arms, but Acer smiled.
“It’s okay, I got hurt trying to protect you, right? Scars from protecting subordinates are nothing to be ashamed of. Rather, they’re like medals. So, lift your head.”
She told him not to cry, but the tears that had already started to flow showed no signs of stopping. He couldn’t even obey the simple request to lift his head. Number 25 buried his face in Acer’s chest and burst into silent tears.
Acer hugged Number 25, who still couldn’t stop crying. She gently stroked his hair and rubbed his back.
After a while, Number 25 finally calmed down and wiped the tear stains from under his eyes with his hand, resolving.
It didn’t matter what Acer thought of him after this. Even if her affection waned in the future and she treated him like an ordinary slave, it didn’t matter. This small life, which had been saved so many times, belonged to her until the moment her last day came. He resolved to live as her slave, only hers.
Acer saw Number 25 pull away from her embrace and slightly raised the corners of her mouth into a smile.
“Are you a little calmer now?”
“Yes, thanks to you, Demon Lord.”
Unlike her dignified appearance just now, Acer blushed again as she pointed to her underwear.
“Then we should do what’s left, right…?”
Acer’s plain white underwear, without any decorations or patterns. Number 25 thought that the moment had finally come.
He didn’t know how to take off a bra yet, so he decided to start with the panties, which were easier to remove. Number 25 slid down her panties without saying anything beforehand, revealing Acer’s smooth vulva, her lips tightly sealed.
Acer didn’t even imagine that Number 25 would do it so quickly, and let out a flustered voice as she hurriedly covered her vulva with both hands.
“A-are you starting there?”
Number 25 was startled by Acer’s unexpected reaction and took his hand away.
“Is there a problem?”
“Ah, it’s nothing. Keep going.”
Hearing Acer’s words to continue, Number 25 fiddled with her underwear again. The problem was with the top. Number 25 tried to take it off somehow, but since he had never taken it off himself, there was no way he could do it properly. In the end, Acer, unable to watch any longer, finished undressing by taking off her last piece of underwear herself.
After finishing Acer’s undressing, Number 25 also took off his clothes and arranged them on one side. Acer, completely naked by Number 25’s touch, combed her hair back and read the old notice hanging on one side of the wall.
“It says to shower before going in?”
He thought there would be an open-air bath right outside the changing room door, but there was a shower room where they could wash their bodies simply.
Acer naturally sat on the shower room chair and waited for Number 25. Number 25, standing behind Acer, started to lather up with cheap soap that had a moderate fruity scent, not the fancy soap in the castle.
He diligently rubbed Acer’s smooth skin with his palms. He was very careful not to cause pain in the bruised areas, and Acer’s large breasts, which sometimes felt like they would overflow in his hands, were rubbed even more gently than usual.
Thinking of it as simple labor, he didn’t feel any lust like before.
Finally, he lathered up Acer’s soft, beautiful golden hair and asked.
“Does it sting your eyes?”
“No, it’s okay.”
Number 25 scooped water with the dipper next to him and poured it over her head at once.
The blood that had turned dark red and stuck to Acer’s body like scabs was washed away with the foam and flowed down the drain.
After finishing the shower, Acer got up from her seat, took Number 25’s hand, and headed to the door at the end of the shower room.
“Let’s go now.”
It was only after passing through the door that the open-air bath that the old man had boasted about appeared. It was smaller than the grand bath in the castle, of course, but the cozy atmosphere of the compact open-air bath welcomed them.
Above all, the open sky without a roof was attractive. The pouring rain had already stopped. The sky, which had been covered in a dull purple, regained its original light and boasted its appearance adorned with sparkling stars.
Acer looked around and smiled with satisfaction.
“It’s pretty good.”
After finishing her appreciation, she immediately immersed herself in the tub, where steam was gushing out so much that her vision became blurry.
“Number 25, you come in too.”
Even after hearing the invitation, Number 25 first sat on the edge and dipped only his toes in. The temperature of the water, which he thought would be hot, was just right, warmed to a pleasant temperature. Only then did Number 25 relax and completely immerse himself in the tub, heading to Acer’s side.
Acer, confirming that he had come right next to her, removed the towel covering her body. Number 25 looked around with a flustered expression. This wasn’t the Demon Lord’s castle. If someone else saw Acer’s or Number 25’s naked body…
“We’re the only customers anyway, is there a need to cover up?”
“B-but, what if someone sees from outside…”
There wasn’t a wall, but it wasn’t that high either. The wall of the inn that was shielding the open-air bath was built at a height that anyone could see inside if they really wanted to.
In fact, Acer wasn’t a big problem. Who would want to see a woman entering the tub? But Number 25 was different. If another woman saw him entering the inn with the open-air bath, they would flock to him in no time.
Despite Number 25’s anxiety, Acer opened her mouth as if it was okay.
“It’s okay. You take it off too.”
As soon as she finished saying to take it off, Acer snatched the towel that Number 25 was wearing around his waist and threw it out of the tub. Having lost even the towel that was covering his most embarrassing part, Number 25 had no choice but to stick close to Acer’s side and watch over the wall with an anxious gaze.
Acer soaked her body in the water, tilted her upper body back, and looked at the night sky.
Whether it was because of the heat of the tub or because she was enjoying the open-air bath alone with the person she liked, Acer’s face was even more flushed. She turned her head, looked at Number 25’s face, and opened her mouth.
“Being in the water like this, doesn’t it remind you of what happened in the valley?”
At those words, the memories of that day, which he had temporarily forgotten, came flooding back to Number 25’s mind. As he began to recall the secret things he had done with Acer one by one, Number 25’s face began to turn as red as Acer’s.
Acer, seeing Number 25’s gaze, which had turned red, turn away from her, laughed playfully.
“I know it’s not polite to do this in the tub, but…”
Her hand subtly moved towards Number 25’s lower body.
Wait, this flow isn’t good. Wasn’t today the day she decided to act spoiled towards Number 25, using her injury as an excuse, and receive compensation for it? Acer stopped her hand, which was about to touch his manhood, and paused for a moment.
Number 25 tilted his head, seeing Acer suddenly become silent.
“Demon Lord?”
Acer, with eyes trembling more than usual, decided to act spoiled one last time towards Number 25.
“Number 25, you know that my body isn’t in good condition today, right?”
He knew it all too well. Number 25 nodded with a stiff expression.
“S-so, that’s why I’m saying this, but this time, would you like to use my body?”
“Me, use the Demon Lord’s body…?”
Until then, he didn’t know what those words meant, but he was sure after Acer’s next action.
“Yes, as you wish. To your heart’s content…”
After finishing her words, Acer raised her body, sat on the edge of the tub, and gently spread her legs to the sides.
Her pink petals were already wide open, endlessly waiting for Number 25’s touch.
