Rant Valo silently cursed himself for shooting himself in the foot. He didn't expect that teaching her how to gut a fish will raise her ego.

"Nothing"

Floriana Sabina only stopped looking intensely at him after he said that. She grabbed the other fishes and gutted them.

Slit Slit Slit Slit

One by one the fishes were gutted by Floriana Sabina. She was smiling throughout the process. Her visage from afar looks innocent until you see the guts splattered around her.

"Done!"

Floriana Sabina washed her hands in the river. She looked at Rant Valo proud of her work.

"What's next, Disciple?"

Rant Valo looked at the gutted fishes and nodded in satisfaction.

"We should remove the scales of the fish"

Rant Valo actually forgot to descale the fish earlier. It was a rookie mistake since fishes are much easier to descale when they're not gutted yet.

"Like this"

Rant Valo grabbed the knife from Floriana Sabina and used it to scrape the scales off the fish. The scales went flying through the air as they were removed. Some stuck on Rant Valo's hands, arms, and clothes.

"Disciple, that's so messy"

"That's what I hate about this"

Rant Valo agreed with Floriana Sabina. Compared to removing the guts of the fish, descaling them makes a lot of scales fly everywhere which smells a strong fishy odor.

Rant Valo continued scraping the skin of the fish till all of the scales were gone. He flipped it over and did the same thing all over.

"Done"

Rant Valo gave the fish to Floriana Sabina so she could inspect it. Floriana Sabina looked at the fish and found that there was not a piece of scale left on the skin.

"Disciple, this seems easy"

Floriana Sabina grinned in confidence. She gave the fish back to Rant Valo and grabbed another one.

"Watch"

Floriana Sabina swiped the knife along the skin of the fish and almost all of its scales flew through the air.

"Eughh"

Floriana Sabina looked at her arms and touched her face. There were scales all over her.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Rant Valo couldn't help but laugh seeing her appearance. It looked like she was peppered with fish scales. There were even some on her red hair.

"URGGHHH! Disgusting! Why is descaling a fish so hard!?"

Floriana Sabina shook her arms and tried to remove as many scales stuck on her hair as possible. She desperately tried her best to remove most of it but there were some that she could not remove easily.

Floriana Sabina looked at the laughing Rant Valo and got an idea.

"Disciple, help me!"

Rant Valo's cheeks twitched when he heard what she said. He looked around and pretended that he wasn't the one she was calling for.

"DI, SCI, PLE!"

Rant Valo was startled at her anger. He didn't expect that fish scales disgust her so much that she's basically fuming.

"Alright. Alright"

Rant Valo used his hands to pat the fish scales off her body. He can smell the fishy odor from her body so much.

"Done"

"Really?"

Floriana Sabina touched her body all over and couldn't feel any more scales stuck on her body. Only then was she satisfied.

"You still smell though"

Right when she was about to smile she was reminded by Rant Valo and couldn't help but frown at his lack of sensitivity.

"Hmph! You smell like one too!"

Floriana Sabina wouldn't let Rant Valo ride over her head so she replied back in anger.

"I'm gonna take a bath. Don't you dare peek!"

Floriana Sabina glared at Rant Valo before she left to take a bath. Rant Valo could only stare at the fishes in helplessness.

Floriana Sabina stopped after making sure that she was far away and cannot be seen from Rant Valo's location. She walked near the bank of the river and found a small channel that she could bathe into.

Floriana Sabina removed her articles of clothing one by one. She stopped and didn't remove her underwear. She was worried that Rant Valo would peek since he can even bust one out from a pendant.

"Hahhh~"

Floriana Sabina relaxed her body when she entered the water. She slowly rinsed the slimy fishy odor on her body.

A bottle appeared in her hands. Floriana Sabina tilted it upside down and a white viscous fluid came out. She rubbed it all over her body.

When Floriana Sabina was done rubbing it all over her body she finally rinsed herself.

Another bottle appeared in her hands, this time it was a golden-colored viscous liquid. She rubbed it on her hair and it bubbled.

Floriana Sabina scrubbed her scalp thoroughly before rinsing it with the clear river water.

Floriana Sabina closed her eyes and rested her head against a flat rock. The river water flowed and brushed her body causing her to moan in ecstasy.

"Ahh~ That feels good"

Floriana Sabina felt like she was being massaged by an expert masseur. Her sore body was being refreshed. The fatigue from her travels left her.

"I should do this more often"

Floriana Sabina murmured quietly. She thought about her past and couldn't help but be curious if there was a time when she did this thing with her mother.

She couldn't remember anything no matter how hard she tried to remember. After a bit, she opened her eyes and stretched her arms and legs.

Floriana Sabina closed her eyes for a bit before opening them shortly after. Only then did she remove her underwear.

She washed for a bit more before finally wearing a new set of clothes.

"Fuahh~ That felt good"

Floriana Sabina stretched her arms and walked back towards where Rant Valo was.

Right when she was about to, a shadow ran towards her back. It opened its mouth as its sharp fangs bit her neck.

"Agh!"

Floriana Sabina looked over and saw a girl crouching on the ground in pain. There was blood leaking from her red lips.

"Who are you?"