beauty and his beasts

CHAPTER 46: Hot Spring 2

Hao Shen let out a small cough "you can put me down now" his voice was like a whisper that sounded like that of a mosquito's, but this was enough to get Kevin's attention.

Kevin carefully put Hao Shen down on the floor, he wasn't actually day dreaming, he just wanted to hold Hao Shen in his arm for a little longer, but as Hao Shen himself didn't want that, there was nothing he could do but to comply and put him down.

It seem that Hao Shen was yet to see the lake so Kevin directed his gaze to it.

On seeing the lake, Hao Shen felt surprised, not only was it a nice clean lake but it was also a natural hot spring in the middle of a flower field. This was like a high class treatment.

Even if Hao Shen didn't bring any soap or shampoo with him the flower was enough to remove the stench on his body, this was what he truly needed, a nice soak in a hot spring.

But before he could remove his clothes and jump right in, he remembered his clothes which he had forgotten in the cave, he had brought them out but forgot to take them with him when Kevin came to pick him up, he was distracted by Kevin's happy face that he didn't remember his clothes.

Their was no way he would take a bath and still wear the clothes that are on him. It was already very stinky and it would really be uncomfortable, it would be like taking a bath and then diving right back into mud.

Hao Shen thought of how fast it took Kevin to bring them both here so it would be possible to return and get his clothes, but he really didn't want to experience being princess carried again, so he had to think of a way to prevent that.

Hao Shen stood there and was thinking of the best possible way to get out of this situation but his inaction was making Kevin anxious.

'If my thoughts are correct, she wants to go to the sea to find that sea beastman and not be brought to this lake, I would have just taken her to the sea as she requested, but I was afraid that the sea beastman was too deep in the sea that I can't sense him. if I ignorantly took her to the sea, it would make it easy for the sea beastman to take her away. and if that happens, it would be an almost impossible task to get her back. Who knows if he would permanently keep her in the sea but even if he brought her back on land, the sea is incredibly vast and so is the land, how would I know which part of the world he would bring her to.'

'that's why I have to keep her here, where I could watch over her. But if she insists on going to the sea, I can't just reject her, except if I'm willing to risk her getting angry at me'.

Kevin stood behind Hao Shen while hoping and praying that Hao Shen doesn't ask him to take her to the sea, while Hao Shen was wondering how to convince Kevin to go to the cave on his own.

After thinking of a solution for a while, Hao Shen finally found one, he would simply ask Kevin to get his clothes for him alone. But not knowing if Kevin would simply reject him and not wanting to ask twice, Hao Shen thought of a trick, one that he learnt when he was back on earth, but had never used before as it was really embarrassing.

He turned to walk towards Kevin, his movements slow and steady, while trying to maintain eye contact with him. But Kevin who was shocked by his actions, moved a few steps back while evading eye contact with Hao Shen.

This made it hard for Hao Shen to continue with his plan, but he didn't give up so easily. He kept up with his slow movement until he was right in front of Kevin that had stop moving backwards.