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Chapter 101 - Healing Potions Are Amazing

I lay on the sofa, watching Kaede-chan, who was sitting on the floor. The reason she was on the floor was that she was doing yoga.

"What is it?"

My eyes met Kaede-chan's as she held a pose with her legs bent in a strange direction, her hands behind her head, and her chest pushed out. She asked me what was up.

"You're really flexible."

I'd been watching her for a while now, and I was impressed by how far she could bend. I'm pretty flexible myself, but Kaede-chan is on another level.

"I've been doing it for a long time."

"Huh..."

I stared.

"You can look, but my best features are the line of my legs and my butt, so please look at those."

Apparently, her best features are her legs and butt. I think it's her pushed-out chest, though. And I can't see her butt since she's sitting.

"Kaede-chan, you're not that tall, but you have a great figure."

Kaede-chan was wearing thin, easy-to-move-in workout clothes, so the lines of her body were clearly visible. She's about 155 centimeters tall and petite overall, but her legs are slender and she's reasonably well-endowed. Very sexy and cute.

"Right? This is the fruit of twenty-four years of effort. Why don't you try it too, Senpai, or rather, Eleanor-san?"

"I get my exercise adventuring in Frontier."

Besides, I don't care about Eleanor-san's figure.

"You can't let your guard down. You might get a potbelly when you hit your thirties."

"Maybe I should start jogging when I have free time..."

I don't want to get fat. According to a senior from my old company, it hits you all at once after a certain point. I should be careful.

"I think that's a good idea. Your eating habits are a mess, after all."

Prepared foods, eating out, and alcohol...

"I've been doing this thing I call the 'potion health method.' Do you want to try it, Kaede-chan?"

"There you go with your weird ideas again. What is it?"

Kaede-chan asked while continuing her yoga.

"It's where you drink a Healing Potion before bed."

"How luxurious."

"Yesterday, I drank a Healing Potion Lv3."

"At this point, you're just being an idiot."

Well, I think so too.

"Doesn't it seem like it would boost your metabolism?"

"Well, maybe. Does it have any effect?"

"I feel great when I wake up in the morning. Though I still can't get out of bed because it's cold."

Can't be helped.

"Hmm, then I'll try it too."

"Let's do that. Oh, right. I need to make the potion soap."

Come to think of it, Yoshino-san showed up right when I was about to make that. And I forgot to give the Auto-Map to Satsuki-san. I guess I'll have to entrust it to Kaede-chan.

"Did you come up with another stupid idea?"

"The one who came up with it was that idiot Nanapon. She said since a Potion Bath is cold, why not just mix a Healing Potion into body soap?"

"Hmm, then maybe if you put it in shampoo and conditioner, it could improve your hair quality."

I see. As expected of a girl.

"I'll give it a try... At the very least, washing dishes and things with potions made them come clean easier, so it might have an effect."

"Let me know if it works out."

"Got it."

I guess I'll do my best for Kaede-chan's sake...

I brought my bag from my room and placed a Healing Potion, body soap, and a bottle I bought at the hundred-yen store on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"Are you making it here?"

Kaede-chan, still doing yoga, asked.

"Yeah, since I'm at it."

"Well, I don't mind..."

While occasionally glancing at Kaede-chan, I poured the Healing Potion and body soap into the bottle and mixed them.

"It's done. This is Alchemy!"

"Alchemy... Even an elementary school kid's craft project is more complex than that."

Kaede-chan said with a half-smile.

"You hush, Kaede-chan! All right! I think I'll try it out."

"Are you going to take a bath?"

"Yep. I'm just going to wash up."

"In that case, you should try the potion shampoo and potion conditioner at the same time."

True, since I'm getting in the bath anyway, it's all the same effort...

"Can I use yours, Kaede-chan?"

"Sure."

With Kaede-chan's permission, I went to the bathroom, grabbed the shampoo and conditioner she uses, and returned to the living room. Then, I took out a Healing Potion and a bottle from my bag.

"Let's do some Alchemy!"

"You're like a child playing with paints."

"Kaede-chan, hush!"

I silenced the smiling Kaede-chan and proceeded to mix the potions with the shampoo and conditioner in their containers.

"Done in a flash!"

"Of course."

Well, I am just mixing them.

"Now then, time to try it out..."

"Senpai, if you're going to do it, do it as Eleanor-san. It'll be easier to see the effect that way."

"Eleanor-san? Her skin is already soft and supple either way."

Just to be clear, I don't mean fat. Thanks to the Potion Bath, it's smooth and supple.

"So is mine. That's why we'd be able to tell the difference, wouldn't we?"

I see. It would be easier for Kaede-chan to gauge the effect on herself if she compared it to another woman rather than a man.

"All right, I'm heading in."

I stored the body soap, shampoo, and conditioner in my bag.

"Have a good bath."

I took my bag to the changing room, undressed, and drank a TS Potion. In an instant, I changed into Eleanor-san. Then, I rubbed my own arm once.

"Hmm, hmm. So this is the 'before' texture."

After feeling my arm, I entered the bathroom and decided to take a shower.

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After finishing my shower, I dried myself off and somehow managed to dry my long hair with a hairdryer. Then, I wrapped a bath towel around my body and returned to the living room.

When I got back, Kaede-chan had already finished her yoga and was resting on the sofa, so I sat down next to her.

"Look, look. It's pretty good, isn't it?"

I grabbed my long hair and showed it to Kaede-chan.

"Oh, wow, it's so silky... Wait, where are your clothes?"

Kaede-chan pointed out, looking at me wearing only a bath towel.

"I'm changing back soon anyway."

"Aren't you going to call Claire-san?"

Come to think of it, that's right.

"I'll get dressed later. More importantly, my skin feels pretty good too."

I let go of my hair and stroked my exposed arm, showing it off to Kaede-chan.

"Let me see... Ooh! This is nice!"

Kaede-chan stroked my arms and thighs, a smile on her face. It felt a little like sexual harassment, but since it was Kaede-chan, I didn't mind.

"Right? You should try it too, Kaede-chan. I'll stroke you too."

She probably worked up a sweat from yoga, so I figured it was perfect timing.

"...Um, Senpai, could it be that the reason you came out in just a bath towel is because you want me to come out dressed like this too?"

Well, yeah. That was the idea...

"No, you should probably get dressed. It's actually cold."

It's not something you do in November, even if it's daytime.

"Senpai, please get dressed quickly."

"I will..."

It's cold...

"Well then, I'm going to take a bath too."

"Okay. I'll call Claire in the meantime."

"Please do."

I stood up and headed to my room to get dressed. Kaede-chan also headed to her room to get ready for her bath.

As expected, I skipped my daily routine of waiting in the hallway.