Gurgle gurgle.
Eleanor raised her head from the water, her wet golden hair drawing graceful arcs in the air, exuding a wonderful charm like a mermaid.
Then she looked at Ask, who had the lower part of his head buried in the hot water, gurgling and spitting bubbles, trying not to look at her body, and couldn't help laughing:
"Why are you so reserved?"
"I didn't know you guys had mixed bathing," Ask said depressedly.
"So what if we're in a mixed bath?" Eleanor approached boldly. "As your personal knight, can't I help you clean and bathe your body?"
"I've never heard of a personal knight doing this." Ask slowly stepped back.
"Yes." Eleanor cornered him. "If it's a male lord and a female knight, they will basically have an ambiguous relationship. If the genders are reversed, it depends on whether the female family has strict restrictions in this regard."
"But we...are not in that kind of relationship."
"What do you mean it's not that kind of relationship? We are already engaged, my dear captain."
"It's too early to do this." Ask said stiffly.
"What are you talking about?" Eleanor pretended not to understand, "I just want to give you a massage."
Massage… Ask, who was cornered by the beautiful woman, seemed to have suddenly grasped a life-saving straw and breathed a sigh of relief:
"Then let's have a massage."
So Eleanor stood up from the hot spring nonchalantly, smiled gently at Ask who turned his head away, then sat on the edge of the stone wall of the hot spring, soaking her slender calves in the hot water, and patted her plump and toned thighs without any fat:
"Come on, lie down here."
Eleanor was an expert at this tactic of retreating in order to advance, because Ask was like that: if you told him directly that you wanted a massage, he would most likely refuse; but if you pretended to hint that you wanted to rub your lips with him first, and then after he refused and then "settled for the next best thing" and offered a massage instead, he would eagerly agree.
Having served as Grand Master of the Imperial Knights for so many years and having dealt with countless nobles, her skills and scheming are no longer what they were yesterday.
Ask was a little embarrassed, covering his lower body with his hands, and walked slowly to Eleanor's side without looking sideways. The knight saw through his embarrassment and stared at him with a malicious look until he rested his chest on her thighs.
Then Eleanor began to massage his back muscles.
"Huh~" Ask sighed comfortably.
"How is it?" Eleanor asked with a smile.
With the subtle mist of will, she could easily sense Ask's muscles all over his body, where they were tense, stiff, sore, and over-congested, and use clever massage techniques to activate the muscles in the corresponding parts.
"Excellent technique!" Ask looked up silently and gave a thumbs up.
"After we get married, I can massage you every day." Eleanor immediately extended an olive branch at the right time.
"Hmm." Ask was immediately moved.
"Daily massage" is similar to "ear cleaning on the knees", "good morning kiss", "cooking delicious meals" and "diligent in housework". They are all plus points for being a wife.