Chapter 558 – Purification (3)

Less than half a day had passed since we met, but Lulucia and I, who had hit it off, continued to clean up Area A by splashing water on each other.

In fact, once they fell over in a puddle, they didn’t hesitate to even engage in even more bold skinship with each other.

Now that I’ve confirmed that the unidentified mask is clearly effective even against saints, I feel like there’s no need for me to be embarrassed by showing off as a man.

Even if I got caught in the first place, there was no problem. Even though he is a man, he will just be treated as a man with a special personality who gets along with women without hesitation.

Anyway, if I want to become friends with Lulucia, I’ll have to reveal that I’m a man at some point, so if that’s the case, it would be best to build up a natural impression when I have the chance, like now.

Of course, even if we call it skinship, it only amounts to our bodies rubbing against each other in a puddle while running, or our hands briefly touching each other’s bodies while splashing water.

-Chumble!

“Aye, aye~!”

-Cheolpeeook!

“Bread, bread!”

Lulucia and I overlapped several times in the puddle while playing in the water in a way that anyone would say was childish.

Even though a man and a woman were touching each other, no particularly obscene or lewd thoughts occurred during the process.

Only joyful feelings dominated my mind, as if I had regained my childhood innocence.

In the first place, Lulucia must have really felt like she was enjoying playing in the water with a friend of the same sex, so she was practically the only one who didn’t feel strange feelings.

“Haha, ahaha…”

“Ha, ha, haha…”

After playing in the water one more time, we sat down in the same puddle and looked into each other’s eyes.

We shared each other’s gaze and immediately burst into laughter while looking at each other as if we had made a promise.

It was truly amazing that I could become so close to someone I had met less than a day ago.

“Lulucia is a really good person. “It’s nice to see her having so much fun even though we’ve only been together for a short time.”

“She and Taekyung are also a good person~! “It’s been a long time since I had this much fun with my friends!”

“Do you really meet and hang out in private with the friends you made at the foundation?”

“The friends I met at the foundation are all good people! However, everyone is busy, so we hardly ever meet each other outside of the guild. One of my closest friends suddenly lost touch with me not long ago…”

… Even though she is a saint with this kind of personality, does this mean she cannot withstand the territoriality of the Foundation Hunters?

Of course, most of the foundation’s hunters are children of noble families, so of course there must be many people who are busy in many ways other than hunter activities.

Of course, she was probably no busier than her saint, Lulucia, so in the end, this meant that even her friends from the foundation were spending their holidays elsewhere instead of taking the time to meet her.

If it were me, if I had the opportunity to meet Lulucia in private, I would have actively agreed to the promise without refusing.

Is it possible to leave Lulucia, whose heart is healed just by being like this, and cut off contact without even speaking to her?

I wanted to shout out to those unknown foundation hunters, but of course it was a realistically impossible story.

Instead, a thought suddenly occurred to me that I wanted to fill in the gaps that the ‘Friends of Lulucia’ that came out of her mouth could not fill.

Since the guild itself is different anyway, there will be a limit to meeting while working as a hunter, so if you meet privately through personal contact instead, it means that you can continue your relationship in the future.

… I think it would be a good idea to at least exchange contact information at this point.

“Lucia.”

“Yes, Taekyung~!”

“It’s fate that led us to meet like this, would you like to at least exchange our contact information?”

“Really?”

“Yes, Lulucia. And although we met today for guild work, it would be nice to meet outside of the guild next time. If you don’t mind, I’ll give you some tours about Korea as well.”

“Wow, great~! “I also wanted to become closer to Taekyung~!”

Contrary to my worries that she might be different because of her status as a saint, Lulucia very willingly accepted my proposal.

She and I immediately exchanged smartphones and saved our contact information in each other’s address books.

It’s definitely nice that smartphones these days are waterproof.

“Should we finish the purification work soon? “I’m not tired yet and I’m still in good spirits, but are you sure Lulucia is tired?”

“Hmm~? “Do you think that she is already tired of me, a saint with divine power flowing through her entire body?”

“Besides, it seemed like you were out of breath while running around earlier.”

“Hehe, I thought Taekyung was tired on purpose, so I just pretended to be a little tired too~? “I can do this all day!”

-Wow!

With those cheeky words, Lulucia sprinkles water on me and runs away.

As we chased after her, Lulucia and I competed in purification once more.

As I continued to clean up and run around for several more minutes, Lulucia stopped me at a certain point.

“Lurucia, this time it’s my turn…”

“… Now, just a moment, Taekyung. “Could you please stop there for a moment?”

“… Yes?”

“… I think it will be difficult to go any further from here. “The concentration of poison feels completely different than before.”

“…”

Lulucia blocks me with a stern expression, unlike her soft voice so far.

As the atmosphere had clearly changed, I also observed the saintess’s gaze and focused on what she was saying.

She slightly bent her body and put her hand in and out of the shallow lake in front of her and quietly shook her head.

“… As expected, it cannot be purified right away. “It’s not that it’s not being purified exactly, it’s that it’s being polluted again just as it’s being purified.”

“… Is that so.”

“Probably because we were in the middle of purification when we reached the gate where the monster wave was in progress. Otherwise, there could just be a monster living in this poison puddle that generates deadly poison on its own.”

“Even if me and Lulucia join forces, can’t we purify it?”

“One or two people are not enough to clean up a lake of this size. Perhaps, at best, the divine power of hundreds of people would have to shine down on it at once to purify it even for a moment. “If the monsters living inside are not dealt with immediately, it will only be a matter of time before it becomes contaminated again.”

I couldn’t even figure out how much budget would be needed to mobilize hundreds of recovery hunters who could use purification.

He is a recovery-type hunter who is already famous for his high price, but he has to gather hundreds of recovery-type hunters who specialize in purification abilities.

A budget of trillions of won would probably be needed just to collect all of those hunters. Most of them will probably have to be scraped here and there, not at home but abroad.

There is even a possibility that it will return to its original state if you do not deal with the boss monsters that live right after it has been purified.

There was a reason why the government was unable to clean up this area that had become a dungeon for over 12 or 13 years.

Coincidentally, on the other side of the lake where we were, we could see a few hunters from Area A still fighting to reduce the number of monsters.

I accidentally found a familiar face among the competing hunters and told Lulucia that it would be best to finish quickly.

“I guess I can’t help it, then I guess I’ll have to stop here for today.”

“Yes~! Good job, Taekyung~!”

“Good job, Lulucia.”

Lulucia and I exchanged greetings one by one to thank each other for our hard work.

Before she knew it, an employee from the Guild Association had also come to her cage and was handing her the shoes and socks that she had kept in her care.

“Thank you for your hard work, Hunter Lucia Belmonte and Hunter Taekyung Seong. We will make sure to pass on the blessings of the two of you for working hard on the purification work until the end to the higher-ups of each guild. Of course, including the additional allowances for the two people incurred in the process.”

When I saw the guild staff bowing their heads several times in front of Lulucia and me while saying those words, I felt proud that my actions seemed to have been quite helpful.

After taking back her belongings that she had left with her guild staff, Lulucia began to put her socks and shoes back on while she was still wet.

You can borrow some socks from what I have in my sub-space pocket. I’m a little concerned about wearing them again when they’re still wet.

“Are you two going to get off work right away? If you wish, I will take you by vehicle to the warp gates of the Ariel Foundation and Eun and Jade Co., Ltd., Respectively.”

“I thought about that, but I found someone I knew at the area where area A hunters gathered. “I think we’ll at least say hello and then leave work together, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

“Me too~! Because I found my friend in Area A~! “I’ll just accept it with gratitude~!”

“… “Then, since you both want to go to the hunter gathering place in Area A, I will take you there by car.”

“Oh, it’s okay. If you ride like this, the sheets will all get wet…”

A guild employee who is considerate of Lulucia and I, with a quick attitude, as if he will do his best to serve us until the end.

Her favor itself was a pleasure, but she tried to decline it because it would be difficult to clean it if she got into the car with a wet body like this.

Thanks to Lulucia suddenly shining next to me, my intention to refuse was completely buried.

-Flash!

“… ?”

Lulucia’s entire body glowed with a flash of divine power, and then returned to its original state.

The saintess’s body was completely clean, as if she had just taken a bath, with her entire body covered in light.

Even her body and clothes, which had become wet during the purification process, had completely dried and turned into a soft, fluffy appearance.

“… “How did you do it?”

“It’s an application of purification!”

“… Is something like that possible with purification? Letting her clothes and her body dry completely…”

“This spell is something I developed independently! “I can teach you if you want, but it will take some time to learn right away.”

“… ?”

Lulucia came towards me with those meaningful words and pushed her voluptuous breasts towards me.

Lulucia, who hugged me tightly without any strength to resist, used the “Unique purification spell” She had just used once more.

-Flash!

“This one time, I used it for you~!”

“…”

My clothes and costumes were attached to her saintly woman for a moment, but as soon as they fell off, they completely dried up, just like hers.

Even though I thought I had gotten used to it, I couldn’t help but be surprised once again by Lulucia’s endless abilities.

… Apart from that, she had to endure yet another feeling of embarrassment at the defenselessness that seemed so distant to her.