Chapter 761: Sunbathe
Chapter 761: Sunbathe
After breakfast with everyone, Ai invited Elysia to go to one of the palace tower's roofs. She brought some sunbathing equipment for two. However, the other girls wanted to participate since it was still early, and there was still time before the practice event started.
"Mm, I think this place is suitable. No one will disturb us or peek at us here." Ai checked the flat roof of the palace's tower. She gave an approving nod as she finished checking out their spot.
"Are we going to sunbathe here?" Vanessa asked her master.
"En, Ai wants to sunbathe until noon. We'll be sunbathing for an hour since we still need to practice. Is that okay for you, Ai?" Elysia responded while taking out some beach loungers and a large umbrella.
"Thank you. That's fine with me. I'll join you at noon. Anyway, Ely, where's the sunscreen you were talking about yesterday?" Alisha took a lounge chair, put it in a good spot, and sat there.
Elysia took out a bottle of sunscreen. However, she realized that Ai was still wearing a formal royal dress. "Yes, I brought it. However, you can't sunbathe while wearing that dress. Are you-"
Elysia hadn't finished speaking yet, but Ai immediately took off her dress and lay down on the lounge chair with only her underwear. "Yes, I know that. I just wish my body had a bit of a charming, lively aura like yours, Ely. What do I do now? Do I need to take that sunscreen before sunbathing?"
"E-eh?" Elysia and the girls were stunned to hear that.
"Ahem. You can't take sunscreen. The way to use this is to apply this all over your body before you start sunbathing. I'll help you with this. Just lie down and relax." Elysia cleared her throat and approached Ai.
"Um, okay. Can it change my skin tone?" Ai lay on her stomach and let Elysia do whatever it took.
"Mm, I believe it can." Elysia sat on the edge of Ai's lounge chair. She applied a little manipulation magic to the sunscreen in her hand.
After that, she slowly spilled the sunscreen on her hands before smearing Ai's back with it. She manipulated the spirit particles to stimulate Ai's skin to tan it a bit. Even though Ai was a spirit, she was sure this trick would work.
"Ahn~" Ai felt a cold liquid suddenly be smeared onto her back. She moaned as it was a bit surprising.
However, she immediately covered her mouth and felt a bit embarrassed. She didn't want to show it to anyone and buried her face in her arms.
"Oh my... Ely, so naughty to her twins." Sylvia smiled in amusement and went to one of the lounge chairs. "Mm, take a break before practice. Nee, Ely, do you think I need to make my skin tone slightly tan?"
"You're all good. If you want to join, feel free to bask in the warm sunshine." Elysia looked at the girls and gave an approval hand sign.
"Woah, okay~ Hey, girls, why are you just standing there? Come and join us. I brought a jug of fruit juice for everyone!" Sylvia beckoned the girls to join her.
"Gulp, are we all going to bask in the sun? Even if it's not hot, we'll just be wearing our underwear?" Evelyn gulped her saliva. She felt a little jealous of Ai but also a little embarrassed when she imagined herself in Ai's position. Elysia's hands were frightened in a particular aspect.
"You don't have to worry. We don't need to wear sunscreen to make our skin tan. The sun in this realm is really forgiving." Lynn opened her palm and went to one of the lounge chairs.
With that being said, the girls went to relax. Not everyone wants to lie down and bask in the sun. Therefore, some others just take shelter under a large umbrella.
"Now I'm done applying sunscreen all over your body. By noon, your skin tone will be like mine, Ai. Lovely white is a nice skin tone for you." Elysia wiped her hands with a towel.
"Ah, um, yeah..." Ai nodded, but she didn't dare to look Elysia in the eye. Her entire body was touched by Elysia applying sunscreen. Still, somehow she felt something was wrong with her now, especially her heart.
"You didn't put sunscreen on yourself, Ely?" Ai fell back on her stomach and suddenly asked.
"Hmm, that's not necessary. My master likes my current skin tone. She will be mad if I go sun tan." Elysia shook her head and went to her lounge chair.
"Oh." Ai glanced at Elysia's back with some thoughts in mind. She felt a little displeased that Elysia seemed to have that Golden Goddess always in mind. Still, she couldn't do much because she could never win against that Goddess.
An hour passed quietly and pleasantly. Rhea asked everyone to go to the beach because her mother and little sister had already prepared everything. "Relaxing time is over. Now is the time for us to return to training."
"Mkay~ Ely, let's go back." Sylvia lowered her sunglasses and stood up.
"Please wait a moment." Elysia saw Ai was sleeping, but she wasn't worried if this girl would get heat stroke, sunburn, or the like.
Ai's skin tone was already exactly the same as hers. Therefore, sunbathing was no longer necessary, and she put on a big umbrella to provide shade to the sleeping girl.
Elysia then wrote a small note and put it near Ai's head before she left with the girls.
Their training menu that week was more challenging than the week before. Still, no one complained because everyone had the determination to become stronger.
The ones who suffered the most were, once again, Ella and Evelyn because they had too many flaws. There were just too many factors to improve on.
In Elysia's case, as an exclusive instructor, Rhea gave intensive training to several divine laws. However, the focus was still on physical strength training.
"Uh, I can't feel my arms and legs... Can we give my body a little rest? The pressures and burdens are too big for me to handle." Elysia fell onto the sand after saying that. Moving at high speed in a limited dimension of ultra-high gravity truly exhausted her.
"Sure, let me help you." Rhea deactivated the formation and carried Elysia in a princess carry. She then went to the rest area. "It's almost noon now. Do you want to end your physical training after taking the physical strengthening pills?"
"Yeah, I really appreciate it. Intensive training is good, but it's not good to constantly go past the body's strength limit." Elysia was relieved to hear that.
She had to reach the point of exhaustion just to get the pills to work. Even though it sounded terrific, physical exercise before fatigue was still necessary.
Rhea let go of the weights on Elysia's hands and feet, then handed out three physical strengthening pills.
"Gulp." Elysia swallowed it with a glass of water and breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at her slightly trembling hands and immediately used self-healing magic to speed up her body recovery.
After that, she looked at her friends at the nearby practice spot. Amongst everyone, only Ella and Evelyn were struggling so hard to finish this training session.
"Do your best, my comrades... You can do it!" Elysia waved her hand at her friends. She received various replies, and she just smiled in response.
After her body recovered, Elysia checked her arm muscles. She could easily handle a weight of about four to fifty kilograms without using magic. Fortunately, despite the physical training, her body was still as smooth, slender, and supple as ever.
"Hi, Ely~" A pleasant voice greeted Elysia from behind.
Elysia and Rhea looked at the source of the voice reflexively. Ai was approaching with a happy and satisfied smile. This girl is even still wearing underwear to come here.
"You look so happy, Ai. Come, please have a seat and tell me what you think." Elysia patted the carpet next to her.
"Hmm, yes, I'm delighted. Your sunscreen has made my skin tone look more vibrant. Hmm, are we the same color now? Interesting. It's much more vibrant than the previous one. Being in the dark too long doesn't seem so good. Is it possible that it will fade with time, Ely?" Ai showed her hand and pressed it to Elysia's arm to compare their skin colors.
"I'm happy to hear that. I believe the effects will be permanent. You don't have to worry." Elysia replied with a satisfied smile. She was confident with her magic, not that sunscreen.
"Permanent? Perfect. Thank you, Ely." Ai expressed her gratitude and stroked her skin with sparkling eyes.
'Her happiness is so simple and cute.' Rhea commented happily.
'Yes, she is so simple if you know her deeper. Ai just wished for warmth in darkness and companionship in loneliness. She deserves to be happy.' Elysia lay on the carpet, staring far into the clear sky with a gaze full of aspiration.
"..." Rhea was silent and glanced at Ai once more. For the time being, she would only observe as a third party.
She considered this girl Elysia's alter ego or Elysia's twin, but that didn't mean she would accept Ai for granted in her family. Some tests and evaluations needed to be done in her own way, like what Elena did to Ai recently.
"Nee, you're a Goddess too, right? May I know your pseudonym or second name?" Ai suddenly asked.
"Why do you want to know about that?" Rhea was a bit taken aback by the sudden question.
"No particular reason. I can see you're quite close to Ely. Ely's master, the Golden Goddess, told me her second name and pseudonym, but she asked me to call her master. So, I'd like to know yours if you don't mind." Ai speaks frankly, straight to the point.
"You can call me Aria in our private time. That's my second name." Rhea decided to give that name with some consideration in mind.