章 143: The Message (III)
Eventually, I was finally clean. I thanked them and made my way towards the hot spring, excited in dipping myself in hot water. Cathy was still hanging out in the showers, whistling in glee as she was cleaning herself. A couple of times, she gasped in excitement at how easily the shower was turned on and off and was playing with it the last time I checked.
Stepping through the secondary door, I walked a good couple of steps and stopped, confused. Out in front of me were two different large doors. Neither one of them had a sign in words telling me which way I needed to go. Confused, I tilted my head, unsure which one to go through. Last time I remembered, there weren't two doors but one.
I found some kind of symbol written over each door. One had a regular steaming hot spring and the other…..I think it was a sign of scalding hot? Or was it an outdoor pool? I really don't know; I just chose the one with the one that I thought was scalding hot.
Stepping through the door, I saw quite a different scenery. I'm not sure why, but it felt like I was in a whole different area. It wasn't the same hot spring outlook that I remembered, but it seemed like I came to a snowy region. Confused, I snapped my head around, trying to figure out what was going on, but so far, there was absolutely no answer.
It was a perfect natural scenery with white snow covering the hot spring pool's exterior, even the steam coming out from the waters, telling me that it was going to be very warm. Excited, but weary, I walked through. Hands first, I felt a shiver of cold and hot blast through me. My top half was cold, while my hands were tingling with warmth that shot through my whole body.
I then took another until I was submerged into the water. If anyone was looking from the outside, I looked like a crocodile with its snout and eyes peeking out the waters. My foot touched the ground, where I had to kneel so I wouldn't completely come out of the water. They were certain spots where it was deep and other parts shallow.
Whistling in glee, I closed my eyes, partially swimming and lazily moving around like a snake. The hot spring was big enough to fit my whole body and even allow me to swim a little, not too much, but it was just enough for me.
Opening up my eyes, I noticed some ancient statues on one end of the hot spring—even some shrines like temples right behind it. I had to wonder what it was, and I went towards it. The closer I got, the mistier it became.
Was this usual? I wasn't sure, but it was getting a bit difficult to see. Strange.
Quietly swimming through the mist, I saw a shadow getting clearer and clearer. Curious, I made my way over and saw the shadow shrinking in size.
Huh?
Eventually, the mist cleared, and what I saw made my eyes round.
Alarmed at who I saw made me drop my mouth. "Phil?!" I shouted, making him turn towards me.
"Berry?" He frowned when he saw me looming over him. "What are you doing here?�� He spoke casually as if there was nothing wrong with the situation we were in.
Well, honestly. I'm in my dragon form, so I wasn't embarrassed about myself, but I was having a feast looking at him. His hair was up to his back, giving him the same fantastical elven look that I always read about. Even his body was lean but thickly laced with muscles. Six-packs were lined up on his stomach, making me drool a little. He definitely looked a bit more mature, not the usual teenage look that he had the first time I had met him.
Maybe it was the human side, but he was definitely more masculine than the typical feminine looking elves. The word beautiful still fitted him, but sexy and masculine were the best words to describe him as a whole.
I had difficulties tearing my eyes away, and when he caught me checking him out, he snickered.
"Do you like what you see?"
I quickly looked away, embarrassed that I got caught. With a cough, I turned up my nose as if I wasn't checking him out at all. "What do you mean, do you like what I see?" I clucked my teeth.
"Don't you see, I'm a dragon?" I huffed.
Phil smirked, knowing full well that what I said was just a bluff. "I know." He replied with a smug smile.
"What?" I coughed once, sinking deeper into the water.
"Nothing. Nothing at all." Phil leisurely leaned his back on the rock behind him, closing his eyes to enjoy the warm water.
On the other hand, I could feel myself turning red, and for some strange reason, the water seems to create more mist than usual, making the whole place harder to see.
"Um….." Then suddenly, I felt my body begin to quiver as if I was violently shaken. Looking around, I tried to find the source of what was causing my body to shake so hard, but couldn't find anything. It was as if steam was escaping my body, causing me to shrink in size.
No more was I as large as a seven-story building, but about six feet in height, possibly a couple inches shorter. I could feel the water heating up my delicate skin that was quickly turning back into human hands with claws. Even my hair was long, reaching down my back towards my butt. Looking into the water, I saw two majestic pairs of horns curling upwards from above my ears towards the front. I even felt a little tuft of feathers behind my ears, making me wonder why I suddenly changed back to a more humanoid form.
Looking behind me, I felt the weight of a tail swishing from behind, making a loud splashing sound.
"Eh?!" I cried out, completely confused, wondering why now of all times did I change to a half-dragon and half-human form. There was even a pair of wings tucked tightly to my back when I turned to look over my shoulders. It was actually a nice white wing, and when I opened it fully, it extended outwards two to three times longer than my body. Excited, I half splashed and beat my wings as if I was a child.
This was a whole different experience, and I was completely enjoying the thought of flying in a humanoid form. Not only that, I didn't have to worry about trying to squeeze into a building or watch where I was stepping. No more wagons, stalls, buildings, and carts breaking from under my foot. Honestly, the whole city was redesigned in certain areas so I wouldn't crash into so many.
"Ahem." Phil coughed, catching my attention. The whole time I forgot that he was there that I was floundering around like a fish, half bobbing out the water and half swimming.
When I heard his cough, I snapped towards his direction, confused why he was making a big deal. He raised up his eyebrows and motioned towards me. I followed his gaze and saw what he was looking at.
My wings flashed outwards, covering my whole body. I half sank into the water, blushing scarlet. I just did a full nude show from not paying attention. The thought made me turn even redder, hating myself for not being careful.
"You feel better now?" Phil asked, chuckling.
"Um…."
"Don't worry. I didn't see much."
"Lies!" I hissed, knowing full well that he had a full view. One of my wings flicked open, splashing him in the face with water, completely dousing him.
"Hey!" He cried out, throwing up his arm in front of him. "What was that for?!"
"I know you saw it!"
"Do you want me to see?!"
"N-n-n-no!"
"Then, I didn't." Phil frowned, grunting. He wiped the water off his face. Then he sighed and shook his head at me for being overly dramatic.
Silence followed after as I glared at him for being in the same hot spring as me. Luckily, I had a good footing that I didn't have to swim with the wings wrapping around me like a blanket. It would've been difficult, mainly because I still didn't know entirely how to use it underwater. I didn't want to drown.
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