The animals by the side of the lake raised their head vigilantly and looked at Caesar and Ahri warily, the animals studied them for a few seconds before going back to drinking the water.Caesar led Ahri to the lake slowly, he didn"t want to spook the wild animals any more than they already had.
The lake was extremely clear and almost looked like it was sparkling, Confusion was reflected in Caesar"s eyes.
"How could a lake be so clean?" he silently thought to himself.
Caesar didn"t dwell on the topic too much and started to strip his clothes, after his last b.l.o.o.d.y battle with Joe and the bandits he was considered far from clean.
Ahri slightly blushed and also started to strip her clothes, she stripped down to her underwear and put her graceful toes in the water to test the temperature.
"C-cold…" she swiftly pulled her foot away
Caesar was currently shirtless and only had a pair of tight underwear on, his abdominal muscles and large bulge were on full display.
He walked towards the lake and gently put his slender fingers inside, he frowned at the abnormally cold temperature.
He turned towards Ahri with a playful smile, "you could always heat the water with your fire" he said teasingly.
Ahri rolled her eyes and ignited a flame on her palms, instead of her normal blue flames, a normal looking orange flame danced on her hands.
"You can use normal flames as well?" Caesar asked curiously.
"Of course, my element is fire… but, my demon fire is unique only to my race" Ahri calmly explained.
Caesar nodded his head in understanding and walked towards the lake… he extended his hand in the water and almost spontaneously the water froze and a three-inch thick wall of ice was created.
Caesar repeated the process three more times and closed in a much smaller s.p.a.ce of water, he highly doubted that Ahri was capable of warming the entire lake, thus, he thought of this idea.
Ahri walked towards the enclosed area Caesar had created and inserted her hand inside, bubbles started forming where her hand was and the water inside heated.
Steam rose from the water and they essentially created a temporary hot tub.
Once the water was hot enough, Caesar stepped inside and couldn"t help but sigh deeply…
"Haah, I haven"t had a bath in a long time," he said with a relaxed voice and dipped his long hair in the pool.
Ahri followed after him and immediately started to scrub her body, hygiene was important for a woman after all.
Caesar walked behind Ahri and pulled out a brush and some soap from his storage ring… he put some of the soap on her hair and softly brushed it.
Ahri let him do as he pleased and practically purred from his gentle touch, Caesar continued to rub her hair like this for a few minutes, however, the water started cooling and interrupted their relaxing moment.
Caesar stroked his hair one last time and reluctantly exited the water, the ice he had created was slowly melting and the animals were slowly congregating towards him and Ahri.
Droplets of water fell from Caesar"s long hair and trailed down his pecs and perfect abdominal muscles… His underwear was damp and further escalated his allure.
Ahri found it hard to take her eyes off him but her situation wasn"t much better, droplets of water trailed down her b.r.e.a.s.t.s and hair making Caesar sneak glances at her every now and then.
They both walked towards where the sun shone the brightest and slowly dried off, unfortunately, they didn"t pack any towels…
While they were drying, one of the deer like creatures hesitantly treaded towards Ahri, it put its nose next to her face and sniffed tenderly, suddenly it licked her cheek with its pink tongue.
"Hehe" Ahri giggled playfully and pet the deer-like animal.
"What is the name of this creature?" Caesar asked curiously.
Ahri shrugged her shoulders "I have no idea" she replied.
The animals all steered clear from Caesar but hovered around Ahri, Caesar didn"t expect the animals to like him so he didn"t mind much.
After he dried off a decent amount he walked back to the carriage and untied the horses, he brought them to the lake so they could rehydrate themselves.
The deer left Ahri and welcomed the horses, while they played around, Caesar took a few empty canisters from his storage ring and filled them up with the lake water.
While he was filling the canisters, from the corner of his eyes a blue light suddenly caught his attention, Caesar looked south-west and in the distance spotted sky full of dark clouds and blueish lightning striking every now and then.
"We should probably quickly pack up and get a move on, we need to find a place with decent cover if we don"t want our horses to get sick" Caesar said towards Ahri while pointing his finger to the rainclouds he had spotted.
Ahir examined where Caesar pointed and nodded solemnly, "I agree" she replied.
"Alright, we"ll let the horses rest for a bit longer and then start moving… thankfully we found this lake, now we should have enough supplies to make it to your clan"s residence" Caesar contemplated for a moment and then replied.
Ahri nodded her head in agreement and they laid on the soft gra.s.s while gazing up at the sky, they stayed like this in silence for another 30 minutes or so.
Once enough time pa.s.sed, Caesar stood up and patted the gra.s.s off his b.u.t.tocks. He walked towards the currently playing horses and brought them back to the carriage… After binding them, he brought out a new outfit from his storage ring.
It was a fancy looking burgundy suit, it sported a black b.u.t.ton-up shirt under and a crimson tie… he also brought out fancy black shoes with deep crimson laces… He completed the outfit with a pair of silk black gloves that further escalated his elegance.
"Hey, can you bring out my basket?" Ahri asked pleadingly, the breeze was quite chilly.
Caesar did as she asked and brought out the basket she had given him prior, she pulled out a simple violet summer dress that exposed her shoulders and everything below the knee.
After she took out the dress, she went behind the carriage away from Caesar"s eyes and put on some s.e.xy black lace panties and bra… She slightly blushed when she remembered what that shop owner had told her when she bought them.
"If you wear these, it doesn"t matter how hard-headed your man is… his thing will immediately rise up to the heavens!" the chunky store woman told her with a wide smile.
Ahri placed her wet underwear at the bottom of the basket and brought it back to Caesar, he put the basket back in his storage right and hopped on the carriage.
"Are you ready?" he asked gently and put his hand out to help her up.
Ahri nodded her head and took his hand, she sat next to him and played with her thumbs shyly… Although she was embarra.s.sed, she still wanted Caesar to notice the sleepwear she had bought just for him.
Unfortunately for her, Caesar was busy playing with his ice magic while driving the carriage which caused Ahri to pout.
"Hmph" Ahri huffed and looked in the opposite direction, effectively ignoring Caesar.
Caesar looked at her confused and tilted his head, "did I do something wrong?" he mused to himself quietly.
This ride carried on in a similar fashion for the rest of the day until it reached night time, in which the storm was probably only about an hour away.