Chapter 458: Jashin-chan and the Vampire Princess!
The next day.
At sunset in the evening, in the dining room of the luxurious villa in Meguro Ward—
"Jashin-chan, you've been scratching yourself non-stop since earlier, are you sick?" Yurine, with her cherry lips holding her chopsticks, half-squinted her eyes and leaned her body towards Ryohei's side.
She somewhat suspected if Jashin-chan had gotten some kind of skin disease, otherwise why keep scratching herself? It was scratching to the point that even she felt a bit creeped out.
As her voice fell, the people in the dining room looked at Jashin-chan in unison.
Actually, everyone had noticed it too, they just didn't say anything.
"Mn? Not sick... I haven't been sick since I was little."
Jashin-chan scratched her belly with her left hand, saying enviable words. She tilted her head, finding the reason herself and said: "Probably because it's been too long since I took a bath..."
"Mmm..."
Lucoa opened the eyelid of her left eye and asked the crucial question:
"By the way, how long has it been since you took a bath?"
"Mhm—!"
Seeming to be asked about a point of pride, Jashin-chan snorted softly, lifted her chin slightly, grinned and said: "Today is the seventh day, exactly one week!"
Saying that, she even proudly raised one finger.
"Wuaaah—! What the heck are you doing! Why didn't you take a bath!"
Minos, sitting on the other side of Jashin-chan, widened her eyes, screamed, and leaned towards Second.
Second also let out an "Eek," wrinkled her cute small face, and looked at Jashin-chan with disgust: "Jashin-chan, you are so dirty!"
"You guy..."
The corner of Ryohei's mouth twitched, his fists hardening as he looked at Jashin-chan:
"As a food and beverage worker, how can you be so sloppy! If word gets out, I won't even have the face to run the restaurant!"
"Do you think I'm intentionally not washing?"
Jashin-chan looked at Ryohei with complete seriousness.
"What? Could it be that you have a reason where you have no choice but to do this?"
Ryohei laughed out of anger.
He had a strong premonition—what Jashin-chan was going to say next would leave people very speechless.
Sure enough—
He saw Jashin-chan say with a serious face: "I'm competing with the Princess to see who can endure longer without taking a bath, and incidentally challenging myself to see how dirty I can become."
"Both in body and in soul!"
"You guys are so bored! Of all things to compete in, you compete in this! Also, your soul has long been filthy, hasn't it!" Yurine blew her top: "Hurry up and get lost to take a bath!"
"Eh—!"
Obvious reluctance appeared on Jashin-chan's face:
"I'm in a competition with someone, don't mess around!"
"Who's messing around with you? Believe it or not, I'll whack you!"
"Yurine is so violent! Servant, aren't you going to do something about it!" Jashin-chan muttered, complaining to Ryohei.
Ryohei smiled: "I also want to whack you."
Jashin-chan: "..."
"Then wait until I finish eating; there's only a few bites left."
A snake under the eaves has no choice but to lower its head.
"Hurry up!"
"..."
After Jashin-chan left, the rest of the people were also mostly done eating.
Yurine put down her chopsticks and sighed: "I truly submit to this guy! Day by day, doing nothing but outrageous things!"
"Actually, I think not taking a bath is nothing, as long as you can guarantee you are clean."
Pekola said in a cool voice.
"The key is she can't!" Yurine looked up at the ceiling and sighed deeply.
Meanwhile, at the blood donation center—
Atre walked in front of Ecute, crossed her arms, looked down at her from a commanding height, and said with a tough attitude: "Your Highness the Princess, no matter what, you must take a bath today!"
"I refuse!"
The mesugaki Ecute lifted her small face and said with a smile.
Without waiting for Atre's reaction, she turned and ran, saying mischievously: "Come catch me!"
"Truly can't do anything about you."
Atre, expressionless, pulled a rope hanging down beside her.
With a clang, a refined iron cage descended from the sky, enveloping Ecute inside.
Ecute shuddered from fright, her whole person dumbfounded.
Then she turned around, looked at Atre, grabbed the iron bars with both hands, shook them vigorously, and yelled:
"Where did this cage come from! Do we have such strange things in our blood donation center?"
"Your Highness's habit of hating baths is truly a headache."
Atre walked up to the cage, held one arm across her chest, supported her forehead with the other hand, and revealed a troubled expression.
Ecute puffed out her cheeks and looked at her: "Didn't I wash a week ago?"
"Besides, I'm currently competing with Jashin-chan—seeing who can endure longer without taking a bath."
It was Atre's first time hearing about this competition, and she couldn't help crying out: "Can't you guys compete in something meaningful?"
"Just hearing you say you washed last week makes my whole body itch!" Atre hugged herself, revealing an uncomfortable expression.
"Hahaha—!"
Ecute couldn't help laughing loudly: "Being too much of a clean freak will cause a lack of immunity, you know."
"Being a little sloppy makes immunity stronger!" She put both hands on her hips, lifted her face, and said smugly.
"This isn't something worth showing off, right?"
Atre, speechless, opened the cage and let Ecute out.
Thinking for a moment, she took out her phone from her pocket and dialed Ryohei's number.
On the other side—
Receiving Atre's call, Ryohei was a bit surprised but didn't think much of it and casually answered:
"Moshi moshi—"
"Ryohei-kun, konbanwa."
Atre's steady onee-san voice came from the phone.
"Konbanwa."
Ryohei replied politely and got straight to the point: "Miss Atre, is there something the matter?"
"Mmm, it's like this..."
The other end of the phone paused, then said in a euphemistic tone:
"Her Highness, my Princess, is currently competing with Miss Jashin-chan to see who can endure longer without taking a bath... May I ask, has she taken a bath this past week?"
Ryohei instantly felt a subtle sensation like the children in his family had done something bad and the parents of other children came knocking on his door.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said:
"She's washing right now... She kept scratching herself while eating earlier, and upon our inquiry, we found out she hasn't washed in a week. We've already scolded her."
"Oh, oh, I'm also urging Her Highness to take a bath here."
"..."
At the blood donation center—
"Looks like it's my win."
Ecute crossed her arms and said smugly.
Atre put down the phone, pinched her chin, and said thoughtfully: "Jashin-chan might have gotten sick."
"Mn? What?"
Ecute froze for a moment, looking completely confused.
How did you come to this conclusion? Is this what we were talking about? The topic changed so suddenly!
"Didn't you hear just now? She kept scratching herself while eating."
Atre looked at Ecute with feigned surprise and bluffed:
"Jashin-chan might have gotten a skin disease from not taking a bath for too long. That's why her body is itchy and she keeps scratching herself."
As she spoke, she even somewhat believed it herself. Could it really be like this?
"Eek—! N... No way!?"
Ecute widened her eyes, feeling things were bad. She also hadn't taken a bath in a week; could she also get a skin disease?
Thinking like this, her body seemed to feel a bit itchy too.
"I... I'm going to take a bath! I won anyway." Ecute said, hurriedly walking towards the bathroom.
"I will help Her Highness bathe." Atre took a step to follow.
"No need, I can wash myself!"
"But if you wash yourself, you won't wash clean."
"Atre, you underestimate me too much!"