After dinner, Kaito comfortably soaked in the large bathroom attached to the master bedroom, planning to also try a sauna to calm his nerves.
Although this house was a Suzhou-style garden, some of the internal facilities weren't completely ancient in style.
At least in this bathroom, Kaito could see advanced built-in wooden bathtubs and such.
Including the large bed in the master bedroom, it was a new Chinese-style wooden bed, not the popular mahogany beds of the past.
Maybe...
That card updated the furniture for him?
"Baal, you worked hard today. Tomorrow I'll go to an agency and hire a few maids. They can do the cleaning, and you can rest."
"Okay."
Baal nodded, her face flushed, tightening the towel wrapped around her.
"What, still shy?"
"...Master, please stop teasing me."
"Hahaha, isn't it only a matter of time~"
Kaito picked up the towel beside him, stood up, dried off, and headed to the sauna room.
He had never experienced a sauna before and was determined to try it this time.
Naturally, due to his enhanced strength, his heat resistance would be ridiculously high. So Kaito asked Baal for help.
He wanted to know how to return to an ordinary person's state, or become a normal person again.
After learning some methods, Kaito figured out how to hide his abilities.
Now, like an ordinary person, he would sweat profusely under high temperatures.
"Whew... it's really hot, so hot I don't want to move."
After lying in the sauna for a while, feeling somewhat tired and weak, he finally came out and accepted a glass of warm water from Baal, drinking it all in big gulps.
"Ha, I'm alive!"
After thanking Baal, Kaito, now in his bathrobe, picked up his phone and checked the chat group again.
Everyone was now very excited about the upcoming parent-child activities. Misuzu had even gone to the place where her daughter Misaka Mikoto attended school, waiting for the activity to start so they could participate together as mother and daughter.
Her daughter had obtained Electro powers, and now she had electromagnetism – definitely a super-strong mother-daughter combo.
This made Shodai very envious.
She was just an illustrator, hadn't drawn any superpowers, and her daughter, Izumi Sagiri was still very young. If the world was somewhat dangerous, they simply couldn't participate.
Well, it was more like she didn't dare to participate herself. It's too scary.
[Kaito]: Actually, everyone doesn't need to worry too much about danger.
[Kaito]: I just carefully read the detailed rules for the parent-child activities.
[Kaito]: After participating, if anyone dies during the activity, it won't have any effect on them. It's like a game – if your character dies, you automatically revive. But here, you just lose eligibility and can't obtain points.
Kaito had indeed checked this. There were many types of parent-child activities.
For example, the most normal ones: going on a picnic together, climbing a mountain together, exploring a very cold place together.
Slightly more difficult ones: surviving in the wilderness for a period, completing specific tasks in post-apocalyptic ruins, etc.
The most dangerous ones involved going to worlds with monsters, requiring you to kill monsters and so on.
But regardless, if you died, you would just return to your own world, fail the mission, and be unable to earn points.
[Shodai]: That's what you say, but... I really want those points! I'm already so unlucky. If I'm also this poor, I won't be able to keep up with everyone?
[Misuzu]: Ahem, you can rely on me~
[Akina]: I think compared to relying on you, Kaito-san is more reliable.
[Tearju]: Huh? Really? Is Kaito-san very strong?
[Kaito]: Uh... Mrs. Hinatsuru is actually right. If we encounter combat problems, as long as there are no restrictions, I can protect everyone from start to finish, and we can smoothly earn points.
Yeah, what's the most commonly used ability of the Geo Archon Rex Lapis?
Is it "Planet Befall"?
No!
It's "Rejecting Sick Sons-in-Law"!
Oh no, it's "Omnia praesumantur" and "Fortis Fortitudo"!
It's shielding!
In the game, as long as his HP is high enough, his shield is thicker! He can also heal.
In the real world, it becomes: the stronger his own ability, the vaster his elemental power, the stronger the Jade Shields he manifests.
Currently, a high-speed train at top speed could collide with him and he'd be unharmed, let alone ordinary attacks.
If injured, the shield would also heal his physical wounds.
What's there to fear?
If such shields were ineffective and got broken, then probably not many people in the entire chat group could complete the missions.
[Shodai]: It's a big shot! Big shot, do you need a sidekick?
[Tearju]: Oh! You can protect us until we complete the missions? I guess I don't need to worry anymore~
[Kie]: Same here. It's really great that Kaito-san is in our chat group.
[Mika]: Indeed, many of us simply aren't suited for combat...
[Irisviel]: Don't forget, I also have the Shining Grail. I can heal everyone too~
[Shodai]: Damn it, stop showing off QAQ!!
[Kaito]: Alright, alright. The activity hasn't started yet, right? When the time comes, I'll make arrangements based on the situation.
—Ding
Chat Group Announcement:
[Considering everyone's high expectations for the parent-child activity, the chat group is initiating the first parent-child activity.]
[After the activity begins, everyone will have 12 hours to consider whether to register and prepare.]
[Once the activity officially starts, time in all members' worlds will be frozen. Members who fail will automatically return, but will have to wait until the activity ends for normal time flow to resume.]
—Ding
[Parent-child activity content randomized!]
[Story Background: You are in a plane crash and fall into the sea. Fortunately, you escape and, holding onto floating suitcases, drift to a nearby island together.
All you can do is use the resources at hand to survive on the island for 10 days and complete corresponding tasks.
But be careful, the island has dangerous wild animals! And poisonous plants that can be fatal!]
[Restrictions: (Except for the clothes on your body) No items allowed to be brought to the activity, including Guardian Spirits, Shikigami, etc.]
...
'Wait, I just said the activity hasn't started yet, and now it starts!?'
'Am I the chat group's favorite son or something?'