Jenkins would not be so stupid as to ask what the man and woman were doing inside, so he smiled awkwardly, then quickly walked around Hathaway and Miss Michel, who were also blushing, and came to the door alone.
It was obviously no longer appropriate to invite them to go to the hot springs together, and Jenkins could only take his cat with him.
Walk a few steps along the snow field, bypass a large rockery piled up by boulders, and behind it is a spring. It is said that the spring was not big at first, but the people of the villa expanded it into the usable shape it is now, and surrounded the hot spring with a circle of pebbles as decoration.
The water temperature is not very high, and there is no steam coming out of it, but if you can soak in it in this season, it will be very comfortable.
Jenkins knew several women who couldn't take a shower because they lived here, and although he didn't complain, he always cared. They should have also thought about the hot springs here, but there are men so close, women will never choose such an opportunity.
"Chocolate, do you want to take a bath?"
Jenkins knelt down and touched the water with his hand, then asked jokingly.
"Meow~"
Chocolate froze immediately, poking his head out of his collar to wrestle Jenkins. As the two fought, it emerged completely from the collar, trying to climb onto Jenkins' shoulders to take advantage of the terrain.
But the clothes he is wearing now are not the ones he was wearing when he came here. The cat's paws did not find a good point of force, and they accidentally fell off Jenkins and fell into the hot spring with a plop.
"Meow~"
The kitten let out a miserable cry, and did not float up after sinking into the water.
"chocolate!"
Jenkins knew long ago that his cat hated water, but he thought Chocolate could swim and just didn't like water on his beautiful fur. Seeing that it didn't come up now, Jenkins panicked. He didn't even have time to take off his clothes, so he stood directly into the hot spring.
The spring was shallower than Jenkins thought, and the chocolate probably sank to the bottom because it was so small.
The spring water was not clear, and Jenkins could only bend down to touch his cat. At this moment, the cry of chocolate came from the center of the hot spring pool again.
"chocolate!"
He yelled again, ignoring why the cat moved so fast, stepped on the water and walked inward, then took a deep breath and submerged his head into the water.
The underwater vision is not very good. It took Jenkins a lot of effort to find that the cat was struggling under the water pitifully, and its small right hind paw seemed to be hooked by something.
"Huh? There are also aquatic plants in the hot spring?"
The center of the hot spring is close to the spring eye, and the water depth is greater than that on the shore. In order to prevent danger, the builders used some wooden planks to surround the spring, but the wooden planks were low and could be stepped over.
Regardless of doubts, he plunged down, followed Chocolate's body to its feet, and then touched something entangled in its claws.
It's not a guessed aquatic plant, it shouldn't even be a plant. It feels sticky and slippery in the hand, and when you rub it with your fingers, you can feel a slender hard rod in the center.
"Chocolate, let's go."
He easily untied the unknown substance wrapped around the cat's paw, and then lifted the cat up, and it really took advantage of this force to quickly swim upwards with the water.
Jenkins also wanted to surface, but he was curious about what he had just grabbed, so he pulled hard, trying to bring that thing back to the surface. But I didn't expect that the thing in my hand was very slippery, and I couldn't push it at all.
"What the hell is it?"
The chocolate had presumably reached shore, and Jenkins had no worries. He let his body dive completely into the water, then grabbed the thing with both hands at the same time, wrapped it around his right wrist to prevent it from falling out, and pulled it hard again.
Although I still haven't pulled the thing out, I can feel a loose feeling. Jenkins guessed that part of it might be in the crevices of the rocks at the bottom of the hot spring, so he exposed his head and took a breath, then tied the unknown strip to his wrist again, and yanked it violently in his heart.
Under the tremendous strength of the man, the thing in his hand completely broke away from the stones at the bottom of the water. It was longer than Jenkins thought, so it took a lot of effort to completely drag it off the bottom of the hot spring.
Just when he was about to surface to observe again, the object in his hand suddenly moved like a snake. Subconsciously let go, but felt a long belt quickly wrapped around the foot, and the other end tied the hand up.
"I came across A-06-02-3339, [Death of the Drowned]?"
He thought in surprise, and suddenly felt that his whole body had no strength, and at the same time, a huge spirit poured into his body from the outside world.
The body fell under the water without moving, and the oxygen stored in the lungs was quickly consumed. All this happened in less than half a minute, but Jenkins was already in a very embarrassing situation.
"Chocolate go to Hathaway!"
He shouted in his heart, hoping that his cat would be smarter, but he couldn't see the cat standing by the hot spring and looking at the sky.
With [Undead Man], of course he wouldn't drown here, but the feeling of water pouring into his lungs is really terrible, and it's so comfortable to have a huge amount of spirits pouring into his body from the outside world.
At this moment, a white hand reached into the water and pulled Jenkins out of the water.
He is like a piglet tied up to be killed, but he is still very grateful to those who saved him.
"Is this really... Miss Bevanna?"
He immediately began to suspect that he was hallucinating because he was hovering on the edge of life and death.
"Long time no see, Jenkins."
The woman's voice and appearance are the same as in memory, and it seems that this is not an illusion.
Probably also thought that the "lifting" gesture was a bit indecent, so she hugged Jenkins instead, and then walked back to the shore. Pulling hard, unexpectedly, the transparent belt wrapped around the man's body would not move at all, and Miss Bevanna showed surprise.
"Why are you here?"
He rubbed against the ground and sat up. Although his hands and feet were bound, his body movements were not restricted. It's just that the whole body is soaked, and when the wind and snow on the shore blow, he immediately shivered.
"According to the plan, you should return to the small town at the foot of the mountain this morning and take the steam train back to Nolan. But the people the church arranged in the town did not see you. The news reached Nolan. I am worried that you will encounter trouble again. , came directly over.”
She frowned as she answered the question, thinking that the straps that bound Jenkins were a puzzling question.