"Let me add a little shampoo to this... You two don't mind, right?"
After Luqing and Meiya agreed to it, Katherine took out some sort of bottle and squeezed a few drops of water into it.
Within seconds, the water in the bathtub turned completely white, almost as if they were washing in milk.
"What kind of shampoo is this?" Meiya curiously asked.
"It's the newest product from Aurum Veil... It's supposed to cleanse the in and out of your body using ancient formula."
"Does it cost a lot...?" Luqing suddenly asked as her face got a little worried.
"It doesn't cost that much... I have a whole bunch of it stocked up back at home if you guys want some."
The two didn't say anything else as they leaned back on the bathtub until they suddenly felt a little tingle down their spine.
"Why does it feel like something is touching my body?" Meiya curiously asked as the water started to heat up again.
"It's just doing its job. Just relax and enjoy it."
As all five of them fell into silence, the only sound was the nearby leaves crackling across the grass field.
"This is so nice. I'm going to fall in love with this shampoo," Mary commented as she looked up at the sky.
All four of them agreed as they could all feel the same thing, with what almost felt like someone gently massaging them.
Sophia commented again, "If only Alex were here to experience this... He would be so jealous."
After enjoying the gentle water massage for almost a whole minute, the silence oce was again broken.
"Mom... Can we have Alex take a bath with us?" Mary suddenly suggested.
"What makes you say that?" Katherine curiously asked, not outright rejecting Mary's suggestion.
"It just feels a little empty without him. It's like we're excluding him from the family——"
"Alex is a boy. He can't take a bath with us anymore. And Mom can give him the same shampoo when he's taking the shower himself."
Sophia interrupted as her face showed zero signs of wanting to take a baht together with Alex.
"That doesn't answer my point... Wouldn't he get lonely taking a shower in a giant bathtub all by himself?"
Mary's argument made Sophia fall into silence, but her face still showed rejection towards it.
With both sides seemingly locked in their opinions, Katherine was a little torn about the idea, as she wanted to bring Alex in as well.
However, she understood Sophia's point, as Alex was now getting old enough to understand the separation of sexes.
"I wouldn't mind having Alex here. Also, Sophia, your brother is only ten. There's nothing to worry over such a small little thing."
Meiya's answer immediately swayed Katherine towards Mary's side, but her mind was still holding her back.
"Luqing, what do you think?" Katherine curiously asked.
"I wouldn't mind having him here... It's not like we can see each other's body in this shampoo water."
"You're right... Okay, then I'm going to bring him over."
Katherine quickly got out of the bathtub and headed over to the tent, covering herself with a towel.
"Sophia, why are you so nervous about your little brother taking a bath with you?"
But he's only ten... Am I really going to separate him from the family over something out of his control?
He's even trying his best not to look at us directly, and he doesn't even ask to take a bath with us if it wasn't for me bringing him over."
After Katherine grabbed all the dirty clothes from the rack, her mind was still a little conflicted.
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"But why would he look away? It has to be because he's turned on by looking at our bodies."
As Katherine looked down to herself, she quickly dismissed the blame away from Alex.
"Is it really his fault? Which man wouldn't be turned on just by the thought of seeing our naked body?
No, no, no. Alex is your son, you idiot... I need to stop thinking about this. He's way too young for this."
After putting everything away and cleaning up the puddles of water on the ground, she finally returned to the tent.
Entering inside, Katherine was a little surprised to find everyone was already asleep.
Slowly, she zipped the tent back up before a light suddenly appeared outside the tent and vanished.
With the magic zone set in place, she gently walked all the way next to the little space between Alex and Sophia.
"Goodnight, Mom."
Alex whispered as he felt someone lifting the blanket before something warm touched his skin.
"Goodnight, Alex."
As all six of them peacefully slept on the two mattresses, soon, the mother and son faced a completely different story.
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"Why am I in Katherine's dream again?" Alex thought to himself as he looked around his surroundings.
He was back all the way at home, in the same bed as the one where he slept off last time.
With his mana completely suppressed, it was the only way for him to tell it wasn't reality.
"Good morning, Alex!" Katherine excitedly said out loud, lying down right next to him on the bed.
"Good morning, Mom."
"Let Mommy give you a good morning kiss first!"
As Katherine grabbed onto Alex and kissed him on the forehead multiple times, his face didn't flinch a single bit as he had grown resistant to it.
"What do you want to do today?" Katherine curiously asked as she finally let him go.
"I don't know."
"Hmm... We went to the amusement park together last time. Where can we go...?"
As Katherine tried her best to think of an answer, Alex's mind was filled with trying to get out of the dream.
Even though the last time he had wanted to go over the boundary with her, the last two months had changed him.
His rational mind has once again taken over, and he knows if he lets Katherine take this any further, it will only hurt the two's relationship.
"Alex, what are you thinking about?" Katherine suddenly asked, noticing his face looking a little zoned out.