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"Is it because of me?"
Letting her Master help her escape the dragon's attack range, Medusa teased back.
Kisaragi Rin also retorted, "Otherwise?"
Medusa didn't reply, lying motionless in her Master's arms, letting the warm water envelop her body, as if her purpose for being there was just to simply take a bath with her Master.
However, Medusa's behavior made Kisaragi Rin a bit restless. If she kept lying there motionless, what was he supposed to wash? Besides, who knew when Medea and Esdeath would show up.
"Medusa, are you alright?"
Kisaragi Rin whispered in her ear, making Medusa's ear tremble slightly.
Seeing that she didn't intend to answer, Kisaragi Rin lightly touched her lower back and asked again, "Medusa?"
Her body tensed up instantly, feeling a warmth different from the hot water. Medusa then pretended to come back to her senses and asked, "What does Master want to do?"
"I want to leave quickly."
Thinking this to himself, Kisaragi Rin rubbed his brows helplessly. Looking at Medusa's body, he had no idea where to put his hands, finally resting them on top of Medusa's head.
Rubbing Medusa's damp purple hair, Kisaragi Rin said seriously, "Whatever you want to say, you can confide in me. As your Master, I will be seriously responsible for my cutest Medusa."
Aside from Lily, these Servants all had some psychological issues. Kisaragi Rin was quite helpless, preparing to give Medusa some psychological counseling as her Master first.
Well... there was no theoretical basis, it was all based on treating the symptoms and having enough favorability.
Medusa was silent for a long time. At first, she snuck into Kisaragi Rin's bathroom simply because the thought came to her, but after removing her Mystic Code and being enveloped by the water, with her Master quietly bathing, Medusa felt a bit lost, not knowing what to do.
"Sure enough, I'm not likable at all..."
Listening to her Master call her the cutest Medusa, Medusa asked emotionlessly, "Under normal circumstances, shouldn't Master pounce on me and something happen?"
"...You're really not afraid of Esdeath and Medea's mixed doubles."
Muttering to himself, Kisaragi Rin ruffled Medusa's hair, leaned close to Medusa's ear, and explained to her, "This morning I already answered seriously that I like Medusa very much, and in my eyes, Medusa is very cute. The reason I can restrain myself now is because I don't think Medusa would want to entrust herself to me in a bathroom."
Medusa leaned against Kisaragi Rin, with an inexplicable emotion, and retorted in a low voice, "Does saying 'I like you' to five women in a row even count?"
Then, without waiting for Kisaragi Rin to reply, Medusa continued self-deprecatingly, "Master is clearly just humoring me. How could someone as unlikable as me be truly liked…"
"Hmm…"
Kisaragi Rin flicked Medusa's back of the head. Medusa, struck hard, let out a soft hum, unable to continue her self-deprecating words.
Then, feeling her ear being distorted and the warmth of Kisaragi Rin's palm, Medusa's cheeks flushed crimson as she raised her voice, "Master!"
"I said, Medusa, can you please listen carefully to what your Master says?"
Saying that, Kisaragi Rin released her ear and moved his hands forward to the sides of Medusa's blindfold, attempting to remove this last Noble Phantasm.
"No! Master! I can't fully control the power of my Mystic Eyes… Don't!"
Medusa grabbed Kisaragi Rin's fingers in a panic, trying to stop him from taking off the blindfold.
"At worst, I'll just have Lily help me recover later."
Kisaragi Rin forcefully removed this restraint, turning Medusa's face towards him.
"If you don't believe the 'I like you' I said with others this morning, then what about now? In this place where only the two of us are, I explicitly tell you that I like Medusa very much, because whether it's her personality, appearance, or abilities, Medusa is a very cute Servant."
Perhaps due to her interaction with Kisaragi Rin, with a higher favorability, Medusa, who liked to suppress her inner thoughts, also became a bit more cheerful, but one thing remained unchanged, or rather, intensified.
That was, inferiority.
Indeed, Medusa, with her stunningly beautiful appearance, was actually insecure deep down. In Medusa's perception, only a 'small and cute' appearance like Lily's was beautiful, while her own tall and mature style was a sign of being unlikable.
With her Mystic Eyes being touched like this, Medusa was incredibly shy, and with Kisaragi Rin's constant blunt compliments, her heart pounded even more intensely.
"Impossible." Even so, Medusa, panting, still refused to accept it.
She would not resist her Master's opinion, but she was quite stubborn about the standard of cuteness.
"As a Servant, are you not even listening to your Master anymore? Quickly recognize your own cuteness."
For a moment, water splashed everywhere in the bathtub, hitting the floor with a sound.
Forehead to forehead, Kisaragi Rin rubbed the snake-shaped mark on Medusa's forehead, and through this 'attack', he made her open her eyes with a gasp.
"Don't."
Medusa wanted to close them again, but Kisaragi Rin was already looking. Their eyes met, and Medusa no longer wanted to close these Mystic Eyes that had been so difficult to open.
Looking at Medusa's beautiful purple eyes, Kisaragi Rin said seriously once again, "Medusa is very cute, I like Medusa very much."
"But I," Medusa wanted to say something more, but under her Master's gaze, and with the repeated words, she ultimately said no more, but instead offered up her feelings.
"...I understand."
The water surface returned to calm. Medusa squinted her eyes, only her nose and above protruding from the water, letting her Master rub soap on her and complete the bathing process.
After a long silence, Medusa finally spoke, "Why did you insist on looking into my eyes? It's very dangerous. Lily's Noble Phantasm can't revive the dead."
"I just thought that by looking into your eyes, you should be able to understand my feelings," Kisaragi Rin replied, lifting Medusa's arm.
To this, Medusa smiled apologetically.
"I did understand, but it wasn't about whether I'm cute or not, but that no matter if I'm cute or not, I can no longer leave Master."
"...Perhaps the result is pretty much the same?"
After a moment of silence, Kisaragi Rin didn't know how to express his feelings.
"A stubborn Medusa is also quite cute."
"Thank you, Master, but I still think small and cute is the most beautiful appearance."
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