Chapter 173

"♪La la-la-la-la~" A gentle melody of hers filled their surroundings, accompanying them in silence as her hands rubbed against the skin of his injured bare chest, kneading the tight muscles beneath the fabric lightly while singing softly.

His breath hitched as the sensation of her warm palms drew close to his healing wounds.

That angelic sound washed away all traces of paranoia in Yomite's heart, returning his mind back to the present.

The scratches and small wounds on his body from the fight against Childe healed immediately, as if it was nothing more than a mild scrape of his skin. Luckily, the wounds weren't deep or serious, or else Barbara wouldn't be able to heal them.

For broken bones and deep wounds, the only healer in the city of Mondstadt that could help was Jean, Barbara didn't have that kind of ability.

"Ah...thanks for the healing. I am all better now. Ehm...Do you want to come with me to our inn? You may stay with us for the time being." Is what he decided to do for now.

As soon as Barbara realized that he was offering shelter, she smiled cheerfully at him, which made Yomite even more apprehensive.

"Of course! I would love to~"

(This is probably not going to end well...She accepted too easily...But then again...is it not better to keep an eye on her from up close?)

With her free hand she reached up to cover her smile with her palm, curling her fingers around the edges of her lips, happy that her plan worked flawlessly.

"So, Barbs, what made you come to...Liyue?"

She completely ignored his question and instead, focused on what he mentioned in the beginning.

"Aw...You gave me a nickname, how nice of you...thank you, but it's so embarassing!" She gave him a small pout as she bit down on her lower lip innocently, then licked her upper lip once before looking up at him. "In that case, let me give you one as well, Yomite-sama! How about...Yum-Yum!"

Barbara couldn't help but giggle a little at her nickname, looking up at Yomite in the broad daylight with sparkling eyes.

"..."

He gazed back blankly at her.

"...Yum-Yum...Sounds like some sort of yoghurt..." He remarked with a weak grin, rubbing the pad of his thumb along the bridge of his nose. "...It's...It's great..."

He truly hoped she didn't mean Yum-Yum as in she would be eating him up alive by tearing his flesh apart, but at the same time, he thought he'd definitely see himself getting turned into meat loaf by the end of this month in one way or another...so it fit perfectly after all...

"Ah, I am so glad you liked it! But if you ever feel like changing it, then don't worry! I stil have about ten thousand nicknames prepared. A-Ah don't take it the wrong way! I-It's not like I was preparing them for the future or anything!" Barbara placed her hands over her cheeks, suddenly very embarrassed as she hung her head low, shaking it softly.

(What sort of creature even is this girl...combination of Yandere and Tsundere? What else?)

They set off for the Inn together, walking silently side by side, with both of her hands around his arm and holding onto him tightly, like a lion crushing its prey...

Yomite seemed content with the prospect of taking her along; perhaps he felt safer knowing that Barbara was walking alongside of him where he could monitor her, instead of sneaking in nearby bushes, thus gaining the advantage of moving unsupervised...

Although, escorting a pretty young nun had its perks as well...one couldn't deny that the others' attention was fully directed at him throughout the trip. It was a bit hard to walk when she was hugging him like that...the scent of flowery soap permeating through her clothing was driving him insane...

The seductive fragrance of a flower similar to lavender, seemed to linger around the base of her pigtailed hair, making it impossible to breathe normally.

Not to mention, Liyue was a hot country, the temperature was high at all times.

The heat that rose from the ground and rolled upwards until it hit their faces, feeling uncomfortably warm to the touch, and sometimes itchy as well didn't help one bit...

Both of them were under the sun in the middle of the day, which was usually the highest peak point of temperature in this region...

Therefore, both of them were sweating buckets and panting, creating large patches of perspiration under her light layers of white clothes that covered her chest, leaving visible outlines of her nipples underneath the frock, especially during the hot summer sunbeams that shone brightly on the two mountain peaks...

(God, she has killer body, Yandere no doubt...Barbaric...but so damn sexy...)

Barbara occasionally pulled on the huge ribbon that was adorning her chest, but the fabric of the ribbon wasn't thick enough to prevent her sweaty breasts from exposing themselves under it. And also, they would constantly squish and get soaked in the dampness between the ribbon, making the top half of her breasts extremely noticeable...

He wasn't even looking at them directly but he could still see the see-through thin material hugging the curves of her bosom, showing off her smooth lines of her ribcage and the valley that existed between her peachy pink full breasts...

Barbara must have noticed his gaze at them as well, causing the top half of her face to flush bright red, giving him a small smile that made his jaw slack in surprise.

"No...wait...I didn't mean to..."

He wanted to explain that when he was talking to someone, he would almost always look at the person, directly into their eyes as a sign of politeness, as if he wasn't looking at that particular person, it showed he wasn't interested in the person or the topic itself.

But due to their height difference, when he looked down at her, his gaze met with her sweaty breasts instead of her eyes...

Before he could explain himself, however, she quickly stuck her index finger in front of her mouth, continuing to smile whilst she grabbed onto him tighter.