17 My Aunt's Husband

"Well, let me do this first."

I see my aunt sprinkling something in the clear crystal water of the spring, and I know what it is. It is Sparking Powder. The Sparking Powder is used to sparkle in water and fill it with magic power. Now, you drink the water or bathe in it, and it will be great nourishment for the body.

I see clear water turning into white, completely white, making it impossible to see anything. This is the effect of Sparkling Powder. In the novel, Elmer also uses this Sparkling Powder when he and Ava find the Spring Water.

There are two reasons to use this Sparkling Powder. One is to provide extra benefits, and another reason...

"Well, let's get in the bath."

My aunt speaks, her manner of speaking is casual, but the red shade of her cheeks and ears makes it clear that she is embarrassed.

I don't understand why women feel embarrassed when seen naked by men. I don't understand, but it doesn't matter, because I'm not going to see my aunt naked.

"Listen, first get into the bath... t-then take off your clothes."

She speaks in a calm manner but averts her eyes to meet mine, and her ears get redder, which is funny.

Another reason for using Sparking Powder is to make the water completely white so my aunt can take off her clothes underwater, and the white water makes it impossible to see any skin.

I also get into the bath and take off my clothes and underwear. The water is not deep, and I can sit there with my head reaching outside.

I sit in the water and stretch my legs to touch the end of the spring water.

This spring wtaer's size is not that big; just beside me is my aunt, and our bodies and legs are touching. We are tightly against each other, and I can feel the warm feeling of her skin and her rapid breath.

Well, is bathing naked with her considered as she is cheating on her husband? I wonder.

My aunt's husband is a man with a very high status in the kingdom. I hope he won't learn about this; otherwise, he might kill me.

I don't think so; he is a good guy, he won't kill you.

How do you know? If your woman bathes naked with a man, how do you feel? Huh?

I will kill that man brutally.

See, even you want to kill brutally, then what about aunt's husband? He is a high-status person, he must have high pride, and now think, how will he react when he learns this? Answer me.

Let's keep this thing a secret even when we get to the tombstone.

Yeah.

I blink and shake my hand; again, I start talking with myself. I developed this type of talk when I was in the past world. Lonely with no one to talk to, I talk with myself and discuss Elmer and his companion's journey.

Huh? Wait a minute... I forgot about my aunt's husband. He is one of the high-status persons in the kingdom, holding the title of duke. In the novel, Ava doesn't know her father until her mother's death.

Yeah, in the novel, Ava's mother died, and in her mother's funeral, she met her father for the first time. Before that, there was no mention of it.

Yes, you're right... And in the novel, her father spoke that because he had a lot of enemies, he sent her and her mother away from him to not let them be in danger.

Now I understand.

What?

I understand how aunt got killed.

Tell me, hurry up and tell me fast.

As you know, aunt is powerful. A normal person would get killed by a car, but she won't. So definitely, she was killed by her husband's enemies.

Yes, this must be what happened, because the novel never mentioned Ava's mother died in a car accident.

Right, in the novel, Ava saw in the news that her mother died in a car accident, so the people who killed aunt made it look like a car accident. But even if we know it's her husband's enemies who are the killers, we don't know who her husband's enemies are.

Well, then we just have to meet her husband, but how? Her husband is the Duke of the kingdom, the highest status in the kingdom after the king. How do we meet him?

Well, let's focus on getting stronger for now. The enemies will come after a year. We have a year for that, so let's focus on that.

Yeah, you're right.

As I end the conversation with my imaginary self, I think some more but feel sleepy as I lean against my aunt's shoulder and fall asleep.