260 The Thoughts Of An Half-Elf
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Aquarina was talking things about skin color, so I had to quickly reassure her of things. It seems she found white skin color very beautiful for some reason, but I told her that her skin color was just as beautiful. I don’t know why she got this thought though, but as a little girl, it is the right thing to guide her and tell her that there was nothing wrong in her own skin.
Thinking about it, the thought probably was in her mind for a while, seeing how her father is so white pale but she’s a chocolate-skinned adorable princess, so it is quite hard for her to figure out how that works. I would say she simply inherited her mother’s skin color. The traits that a child inherit from their parents is usually quite random, sometimes they can even resemble their grandparents more than their parents.
“Thank you for washing my back, Aquarina... Now let’s switch so I can wash you too.” I said.
“B-But what about the front?” Asked Aquarina.
“The front...?” I asked.
“Like here...!” Said Aquarina as she began rubbing the sponge over my chest and stomach, it was so sudden that it made me giggle quite a lot.
“Hahah...! S-Stop! Don’t do it so suddenly!” I giggled.
“Hehe, I know that this is a sensitive spot for you, Sylphy! You always giggle...!” Said Aquarina rather devilishly, as she started to wash my armpits, it only made me giggle some more. I was really sensitive all over my body for some reason.
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“Hahaha! Nooo! Stop, not there!” I giggled, while Aquarina began to wash away the foam using warm water.
“Fufu, you’re so cute when you laugh, Sylphy...” She said with a smug smile over her face, she looked a bit more mature than she always looks like, she’s just like her mother, Nepheline, the two love to tease.
“Okay, stop it already, I’ll wash you now!” I said, quickly grabbing Aquarina with my arms and lifting her up, putting her right in front of me.
SPLASH!
“Uwaah! S-Sylphy you’re way too strong...” She cried, feeling surprised that I lifted her with such ease.
“It’s just the natural strength of an elf!” I said quite proudly.
“Maybe it’s because you swing that blade like ten thousand times a day...” Sighed Aquarina.
“It’s not that much! I’ve only managed to do it four thousand times.” I sighed. “It gets very hard after that.”
“W-Wow... You’re really amazing...” Said Aquarina. “Zack at this moment would be saying you’re a monster.”
“I know he would say that...” I sighed. “Anyways, time to wash you up!”
I quickly washed Aquarina, helping her wash the areas she couldn’t reach so easily, her back and armpits too and I attacked her with many tickles to avenge myself, making her laugh aloud quite easily, she was very cute to be honest!
“Hahaha, stop!” Cried Aquarina while laughing.
“No stop!” I said, as I rubbed the sponge over her back and then, surprised her with a splash of cold water using simple tier 1 spells of water magic such as water bubble.
SPLAASH!
“Uuggyaah!” Cried Aquarina in surprise, feeling completely shocked. “Why did you do that?” Aquarina crossed her arms while pouting angrily at me, but I couldn’t help but find her cuter even then.
“It was to surprise you, you were getting too grumpy... Hehe, well we are done here, let’s go eat breakfast.” I said.
“Okaaay...” Sighed Aquarina, jumping out of the bathtub with me, as we quickly dried our bodies using wind magic. We quickly put on new clothes as well, I decided to wear a beautiful green dress, with white stockings up to my thighs, and brown shoes with flower-like paintings as decorations, and I tied my hair into a single and long ponytail using a flower pin.
Aquarina decided to wear some more sophisticated clothes too, choosing a blue-colored dress that made her look like a little princess, short white socks, and black shoes. She looked absolutely adorable.
“You look so cute! Let’s see... Want me to tie up your hair?” I asked.
“I want a ponytail like you!” Said Aquarina.
“Hehe, okay then...” I giggled, I slowly and gently tied Aquarina’s hair into a big ponytail, our hair was very long and almost reached our hips by now.
“And done!”
When I was done, Aquarina gave off a completely new vibe with such an adorable pony tail, I was enchanted by her adorableness to the point I couldn’t help but look at her while containing my tears... It is like looking my tiny sister grow up through all these years into an adorable princess.
I still remember when we were so small and baby-like, but now both of us are soon to reach 8 years of age, and we are so tall now... I never thought so many years would pass so fast and so easily, it is a bit frightening how time goes on so fast. I wonder if my mother, a long-lived race see time in such a manner... Thinking about it, I am also half-elf, and the purity of my bloodline is so strong that I am technically a pure-blooded royal elf even with human blood mixed in, so I will live perhaps just as much as my mother could live.
I wonder... if I will end up outliving everybody here... Will time go on faster and faster without realizing it? Will I... see everybody gone before I realize?
A sudden sense of grief attacked my heart, as I felt the sudden weight and burden that it meant to be a long-lived person. Even at my young age, I’ve realized... that I will go through things that many won’t experience.
I wonder if my mother... if my mother had seen friends pass away like this the same way I imagine it?
Sigh...
“Sylphy! What are you stuck there thinking about? Let’s go eat breakfast!”
“A-Ah! Right!”
I suppose I don’t really have to overthink about such a future, and I just have to embrace the present, and appreciate every little moment.
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