12 Storm 1

When we arrived at my dorm room we were all basically soaking wet. I gotta say, this was a nice thing to see. Noticing my staring, Mona gave me a powerful slap. Ah, that was worth it. Wait, what am I saying?! Urgh, that headache was that bad huh?

"We'll take a bath first. No peeking, alright?" said Barbara. They entrusted me to Paimon and Bob. What am I, a child?

I sighed and took a seat at the kitchen table. Right now, we were really full. I just want to think for a bit. Today has been an unusual day for me. I've never had a headache this bad before. I was also so busy enduring it that it felt like the day went by just like that without me even noticing. I couldn't even remember clearly what we learned today.

"I just wonder if I can survive long enough to see my sister…"

After about half an hour, they finally finished. The bath was big and it had a big tub, so I guess they soaked themselves. They were wearing PJ's. I stood up from my seat and readied some clothes from my drawer. The rain was getting worse.

"It might be a storm…"

I went into the bathroom once they were all done and undressed myself. After that, I soaked myself in the bath and started to think about some things.

If this storm goes on until tomorrow, then does that mean that they'll sleep here? If so, where should the others sleep? My bed and Mona's bed are big enough to fit two people, but that still leaves two more people. I'm okay with not sleeping at all really, but how about the other one who'll be left? Will they sleep on the couch?

My bathing time went on just like that.

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"Ah, finally." I went outside the bathroom and went to the bedroom. However, as soon as I went in, the girls stared at me. Um, what is it?

"Wow, this is the first time I've seen you without your hair braided…" said Mona. I should say the same to you. His is the first time I've seen you in PJ's.

I didn't tie my hair because I thought that it would be nice to let it flow for today.

"Wah, it's so silky and smooth~" said Barbara as she held my hair.

"Indeed, this softness is so comfortable. Would you mind me tying it up for you later?" said Noelle. Not just her, every single one of them wanted to tie my hair up. I agreed to that. What harm will it bring anyways?

"By the way Aether, news said that this is a storm, so that means they'll stay here." said Mona.

"That's fine, I already knew this was the case. Now, only four people can sleep on the bed. Plus one on the couch. Who'll sleep on the couch?" As soon as I said that, Noelle raised her hand.

"As a maid, I must make sure that my master's are comfortable. Although, the other one isn't quite lucky. I should always bring a sleeping bag from now on…"

"That settles it then. I'll just stay awake since I need to do something."

With that, I went to the kitchen and cooked dinner. We still had a lot of ingredients since I bought a lot last time, but I think I need to go shopping again. I sighed and just continued on cooking. When I was finished, I put the food on the table and we all ate together. It was pretty nice seeing the smiles on their faces like this. I hope I can keep seeing those smiles...but I know I can't. Once I find my sister, we'll both go back and leave this place. Sure, I'm happy that I get to be with my sibling again, but it's also heartbreaking now that I've fallen for someone. I don't know what to do now…

"Aether, is something wrong?" asked Fischl. She's been keeping an eye on me for quite a while now. Since we started eating to be exact.

"No, it's nothing…" I couldn't hide all of my emotions so I was afraid that she'd see right through me.

"I see…" based on her reactions just now, I was right. She saw right through me. I just decided to smile at her as if I'm trying to say "Please don't press on this matter anymore."

She nodded and got back to eating. Good, she perfectly understood me. I continued on eating with no more worries.

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After eating, the girls started to chat amongst themselves and I was just all alone sitting on the kitchen table while looking at the Festering Desire. A sword that curses this world and its inhabitants. Such power should not be used for evil. Luckily, I'm immune to the curse and of course I won't use this sword for evil. It absorbed the Pyro slime to ignite its blade and now I could use that very same technique whenever I want to. It even recognizes Bob's Hydro element so I could use that as well without even letting Bob get absorbed.

I stood up from my chair and went to check on the girls. Once I made sure they were just there chatting, I went back to the kitchen. I needed to make sure that they won't come in here. I took my sword back and made it disappear. Right now, I was going to make myself a long ranged weapon. A bow to be exact. I needed to have a way to attack Dvalin's nape without getting too close. Just by looking at it, I could clearly say that his claws could cleave me in half with ease.

"Phew…"

After about an hour of trial and error, I finally made a bow. It was a complete replica of Venti's bow. Except this is made of Anemo of course. Making the arrows was much easier for me to do since it was really just simple to do. I sighed and made the bow disappear and walked out of the kitchen. They were still chatting. It's already this late. I already finished what I needed to do so now I'm all free. The problem is, I don't have anywhere to sleep at. I guess I'll just try and do more things.