[Intermission] Washing Her Clothes

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Fucking shit. Damn it. So today's the day huh?

I got up from my bed, my head incredibly fucking heavy— hey Noel, remind me why I need to wake up at 3 am again? Oh right, I'm going to wash Liliath's panties. Fuck.

I brought my phone to my face after shutting the alarm off and looked at the quest list.

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Quests: Commitment:

Say 'yes' to one of Liliath's ridiculous, selfish request. 30P

Wash Liliath's clothing. 20P

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Wow.

These quests never fail to amaze me damn. So what happened was that I discussed with Liliath over how we should go about getting the quests done. And for some fucking reason, the discussion turned into a crazy shame fight.

Well.. I won't go into detail about what exactly happened but the end result of the discussion was that Liliath and I decided to wake up one hour earlier than usual just to complete quest number 4. Wash Liliath's clothing.

I'm damn sure this system is not going to tolerate half-baked actions so Liliath suggested that I should do it 'thoroughly'. Which meant washing every single garment she wore— her panties included.

And for my 'convenience', Liliath wore her one-piece nightgown instead of the normal long sleeved pajamas. So instead of 3 pieces of clothing, it's 2.

Not that it makes it any easier. If anything, I think washing her 'erotic' nightgown would be harder than logic suggests.

And quest number 6, about killing the innocent insects. Oh please— I'm not a sadist. Ant's have their own lives to live, don't they?

Groggily getting out of bed, I went out of my room and headed downstairs. To my surprise, I saw Liliath curled up into a ball on the couch. I think I was fortunate enough that Liliath knew how to turn on the lights because if the lights were off and I saw her in the dark like that, I would unconsciously think that someone broke into the house.

I got a glass of water from the kitchen before waking her up.

"Ngmm.. T-Thank you. Good morning Noel," she said, her fleeting voice echoing in my mind.

Seeing her beautiful hair in such a mess as she drank the cup of water I passed to her like a cute hamster tugged at my heartstring.

SO. DAMN. CUTE.

"I'll take a bath first," those were the words she said after emptying the glass. She headed for the bathroom while— I sat on the couch waiting for her to complete the obvious.

The sound of water seemed to slowly chip away at my sanity— more so when my mind is at its worst in the morning, all defenseless and stuff, prone to indecent thoughts and lewd ideas.

Speaking of which, I wonder if Liliath had actually completed volume 18 of my father's porn, cough, manga. She hasn't returned it to me yet— so I was wondering if her completing the entire series was or was not a bluff.

Browsing through the store section of the gacha app, my eyes shot towards a never before seen item called a 'baby doll'. Which in my eyes, is a super (correction: hyper) erotic looking nightgown where the fabric was semi-translucent. It's like a mix of the opaque nightgown Liliath wore and lingerie.

The most notable point about the item was its price— at only 10 points. The developer must have intended for me to take the roadless— suicidal path to hell.

Liliath got out of the bath wrapped in a towel, one wrapped around her hair like a turban, the other clinging to her body— barely covering the intimate parts— especially her chest area..

I didn't know why but my eyes were glued to her standing there as she stared back at me.

The fuck was going on? I had no idea.

"Umm.."

"I think you should go ahead and change your clothes.." my subconscious mind backed me up— luckily.

"No.. I was thinking.." Liliath's voice trailed off, squeezing her arms together bashfully, making a certain part of her body more pronounced.

Gulp.

The fuck was she thinking? The fuck was I thinking?

No way right? She can't possibly be thinking of THAT at this sort of time? No way, no way.

As such thought ran through my mind, Liliath continued.

"I should've brought my change of clothes down with me.. I'll disturb Novelle's sleep in this case.."

"I-I think there's no problem with that.." yeah.. totally not disappointed— yup. I'm relieved it didn't happen. Yup. Can't fool me there.

"T-Then I'll leave my clothes in your c-care.. Noel.. be careful not to brush the fabric too hard and break them!" she said in a quick flustered tone before rushing upstairs.

And I was left dumbfounded by her words.

She warned me— I better be careful.. I don't know how fragile her clothes are but seriously, what are the chances of me destroying something as precious as her elegant nightgown? I don't get her logic.

I proceeded into the bathroom— and made sure to lock the door with a click.

I saw her clothes neatly folded, placed on top of the sink.

Taking a deep breath— or rather, I held my breath.

I got the brush and detergent ready, spreading the clothes on the floor of the tub.

Her alluring white panties were really eating at my soul— I fought against my not-so-appropriate instincts while I did my best to gently scrub away at the clothes, white bubbles foamed on the surface.

I did the work— now knowing the drudgery of cleaning a woman's clothes— since most of the time, our clothes would be cleaned by Mr. washing machine, the ultimate cleaning service.

If anything, I would say I did a pretty okay-ish job— I was genuinely clueless on traditional cleaning methods.

In any case, the last thing I need to do would be to forget Liliath's scent that clung to the clothes before my mind destroys itself inside out. Was it just me or do demon lords smell like rose and iron? By iron, I mean: blood. It's pretty odd.

Finishing my shower, I got out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my waist, I saw Liliath sprawled on top of the couch, her hands in the air while she browsed through my phone.

She wore a black dress— and in that position— let's just ignore that..

Liliath tilted her head and looked at me— and continued looking without looking away.

Conscious of that, I quickly rushed upstairs to put on my clothes.

Really now— I should remember that Liliath's is a woman that ISN'T blood related to me in any way. Seeing her stare at me like that is— quite embarrassing. Gosh, what the fuck is wrong with me..

Now then—

I went back downstairs to see Liliath sitting on her knees, almost like kneeling, staring at me with blank eyes and a pout.

"W-what?" I asked.

She didn't reply to my words, merely turning the screen of my phone towards me— the baby doll.

Owh crap. Did I forget to close that tab? Hahahahahaha— my mistake Liliath— sorry, it was just a 'little' accident— I didn't mean that.. seriously.. uah.. don't stare at me like that..

Feeling the chill crawl up my spine, Liliath who turned her head away as if she was angry placed my phone on the table and walked to the bathroom.

Yeah..

Wait.

The quests—

I checked my phone just to learn that the quest completion rate was set at 50 percent? Huh? So there's more we need to do?

What the hell.. can't the quests be more specific about what it wants? It's so annoying to guess the nuance details ughh..

I tapped on the 'further details' of the quests and learnt that I needed to do one extra thing...

Surprised at the discovery, I followed Liliath to the bathroom where I saw her deliberately checking her nightgown.

Heaving a relieved sigh, she turned to me and said, "Thankfully you were careful with it."

I looked at her with a funny face.

Uh.. alright?

"The second half of the task— based on what had been described, was to hang the clothing so to speak," Liliath held out the clothing to me, "I don't understand why it was necessary to kill my clothes when it's an inanimate object in the first place."

'Hang' as in hanging people, was she saying that on purpose? Or did she genuinely not understand the difference between hanging clothes and hanging people?

Seeing my still dumbfounded look, Liliath laughed.

"That was a joke."

"Yeah right."

"Take it already."

"Fine.."

I'm sure we're both aware that the quest would only be counted as complete when I do it.

Hanging the nightgown with a hanger nearby, I realized something.

"Our initial plan was— after I clean the clothes, we dump it back into the dirty clothes bin, correct?"

Like well.. because we have to spin it in the washing machine so my mom doesn't suspect anything.

"Right.. though.." Liliath looked towards her right hand— the hand she was holding onto her white panties— she handed me that piece of clothing, turning the opposite direction she said "Do it quickly and have it be over.."

"Y-yeah."

Having a girl pass you her panties is not something you see— or in my case experience every day. Damn you quests. Damn you developer..

"Hoh, good morning, what chya' doin t.."

I heard my father's voice the exact moment I pulled the panty over the hanger.

Ding.

It was a quest completed.

But I felt a chill down my back.

"You two are.." my father said, happy that he had discovered something he shouldn't have.

I turned my head around much like a creaking doll, there I saw Liliath, with her moist eyes, glaring at me. It was a few seconds later that she slowly fell to the floor— initiating her infamous head-into-knee posture..

With her panties in hand, and my father's shit-eating grin..

All I can say is...

Fuck.