The Defeated Saintess Is On A Journey To Tame The Evil God Book 01 Chapter 05.07 - Gold

The Sunflower Hot Springs was a rather popular place of leisure in the Southern District. It had a resort-oriented concept, very particular about decorations and layout.

After passing through the door, a hall made of white marble came into view, golden starlight flowing on the ceiling, casting the fountain in the center of the hall in specks of light.

The fountain was in the shape of a staircase. Thanks to string magic, water flowed in the air, creating a vine pattern in the air, surrounding the marble statue in the center of the fountain.

The statue was of a man with broad shoulders, its hands meeting in front of it to form the shape of bird wings. It was wearing a robe and a mask shaped like a bird of prey. Golden light flowed across the white marble, outlining its eyes golden like molten lava.

It was the sculpture of Gold Monarch Ugarn Tukhacanquin, who had ruled the Machiavellian Empire for one hundred years.

Below his majestic sculpture, there was a smaller statue kneeling, also wearing a mask shaped like a bird of prey. But it looked a lot less impressive.

"That's Prince Austin." Xing Mo said in a quiet voice, "He doesn't hide his admiration for his brother."

"He looks like a puppy." Aurora said without thinking.

The imperials in yellow robes nearby cast angry glances. Aurora glared back, undaunted. Xing Mo quickly pulled her master forward.

"Don't mess with imperials. Their worship of the imperial family is almost fanatical. There are many of them in the Southern District, and that is especially true for Tukhacanquin Street. That can be dangerous." Xing Mo advised kindly.

"Oh~" Aurora responded. At the same time, she secretly turned back and stuck out her tongue at the imperials.

The two entered the female section. In a marble dressing room with oil paintings hanging on the walls, they exchanged clothing for bathrobes.

After they were done changing, they walked through the dressing room's door and entered the public bath.

Warm vapor, reminiscent of the summer rainy season, hit them in the face at once.

The public bath was located outdoors. Except for some necessary decorations, the bath's landscape had basically maintained its original appearance. The hot springs were arranged irregularly, some capable of accommodating more than a dozen people, while others only two or three.

At this moment, fair figures were frolicking in the hot springs. Girls laughed happily while splashing water. Women quietly reclined on the edge of the pools, eyes closed.

"Ah... so comfortable... I feel cleansed..."

"Mom, I told you to come more often. The water here has been blessed by the Goddess..."

"Thank the Goddess for her favor..."

The people soaking in the hot springs were clearly enjoying themselves. The entire area was quite harmonious.

Aurora's eyes glimmered. Looking at the beautiful scenery, she swallowed involuntarily: "It fee... feels really soothing..."

She turned and looked at her young Saintess: "Come on! Let's go too... huh?"

When Aurora's eyes fell on Xing Mo's face, she realized the lass was covering her face.

Almost in an instant, Aurora plastered a naughty smile on her face: "Young Saintess, this isn't your first time entering a women's bath, is it?"

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Xing Mo refused to take her hands off her face, "Can't look... can't look... it's rude..."

"Eh~ What's rude? You've looked at me so many times~" Aurora tugged on the hem of Xing Mo's bathrobe, "Let's go. Didn't you say you wanted to get on with it?"

"Lead... lead me along. I won't look..." Xing Mo said in a quiet voice.

"I'm not doing that. You are a girl now, you have to quickly integrate with womankind."

Aurora held on to Xing Mo's clothing, but the lass refused to take her hands off her face no matter what.

She puffed up her cheeks. She was about to use the Tree of Life brand to help Xing Mo grow up, but then just sighed: "Okay, okay, I'll lead you."

Thereupon, a strange scene took place in the bath: a white-haired loli was guiding a girl along the flagstone path between the hot springs, the former puffing up her cheeks, the latter blushing.

Discussions rose among the onlookers: "Such a big girl, yet still so shy."

Xing Mo: "..."

A few minutes later, when they could hardly hear other people talking, Aurora patted Xing Mo: "We've arrived. There is no one here."

Xing Mo opened her eyes and saw a small hot spring that could only accommodate two to three people in front of her.

There were practically no people in this area. After looking around twice, Xing Mo took off her bathrobe and quickly got into the hot spring—

"Woah! It's warm!"

Slightly hot water stimulated the skin, followed by a sense of relaxation.

Surrounded by steam, Xing Mo took a deep breath of warm air, and then exhaled comfortably: "Mmm..."

Before she could enjoy herself for more than a couple of seconds, Aurora jumped and crashed into the hot spring—

Plop—

"Ah! Stop!"

"Pfft ha-ha-ha~"

As the water splashed about, Aurora stuck her head out of the water and started flailing like a puppy, splashing water all over Xing Mo's face.

"Stop it." Xing Mo wiped the water from her face and held down Aurora, "Let's finish with our business here first, then we can play."

"Huh? Oh, yes..."

Aurora settled down. She was suspended in the water, her loose long white hair floating around her.

Seeing that she settled down, Xing Mo activated the Tree of Life brand on the back of her hand and activated her spiritual vision.

Based on previous experience, the hot spring likely hid a curse.

However, when Xing Mo looked at the hot spring, the water was completely gray.

"There's no curse...?"

As Xing Mo was wondering, Aurora pointed below: "Take a closer look. There is indeed no curse. But..."

Looking in the direction of Aurora's finger, Xing Mo couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath.

Through the spiritual vision provided by the Tree of Life, Xing Mo saw the string magic formation carved at the bottom of the hot spring.

The string magic formation, flashing with green light, was composed of a complex circle on the outside and a twisted, tree-like design on the inside.

That was the Tree of Life.

"How... how is this..."

Xing Mo looked at Aurora, and then looked at the string magic formation at the bottom of the hot spring.

Without any explanation from Aurora, Xing Mo understood the function of the string magic formation: absorption.

As Xing Mo soaked in the hot spring, she felt her negative emotions, such as fatigue, anxiety, and even shyness at entering the women's bath, gradually dissipate.

All these emotions were sucked into the string magic formation at her feet. Without the resonance of the Tree of Life brand, no matter how outstanding a Wizard was, it would be impossible to discover the secrets hidden in the hot spring at a glance.

They were absorbing people's negative emotions, and they were using the Tree of Life brand.

At this time, Xing Mo heard scant voices coming from not far away: "Huh... that's it for today. I feel energized, like I can face anything tomorrow throws at me..."

"How about we make an appointment for tomorrow after work?"

"Let's do the day after tomorrow, ha-ha... my funds are running dry. But I really can't do without Sunflower... this place is simply paradise..."

Listening to those ordinary yet soothing words, Xing Mo's expression gradually stiffened.

Despite soaking in warm water, she felt a chill creeping up her spine.

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