In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

"Whoa!"

"Pfft!"

The water surface on the ground that looked walkable did not seem to be the mainstream. Xi was not paying attention and fell into the water with a strange cry!

The warm water enveloped him almost instantly, but it brought not only warmth, but also a suffocating feeling as if his body was being squeezed. This frightened Xi so much that he started waving his hands around wildly.

"Cuckoo..."

Her random swinging of her hands did not give her any upward lift, but instead made her even more embarrassed.

But fortunately, her movements attracted the real owner of this place.

Maria reached out, and her slightly cool arm gently grasped her shoulders, pulling her out from under the water.

"Wow!"

After being lifted up, Xi gasped for breath with a look of discomfort on his face, while Maria looked on curiously.

"Why are you here?"

"I……"

Xi's words stuttered for a moment.

Right in front of her, a slender and beautiful body appeared in front of her so calmly, and the slightly cold and delicate face made her speechless for a long time.

At this moment, she was like a little toy held in Maria's arms...

"Ok?"

Maria looked at Xi and saw the long knife in her hand, and immediately understood the purpose of her coming here.

"Are you... here to deliver weapons?"

"Ah."

Hearing Maria's question again, Xi finally came back to his senses.

She looked at Maria with a little embarrassment and forced herself to turn her head away.

Her pounding heart made it difficult for her to breathe.

"You...why aren't you wearing any clothes?"

"clothing?"

Now it was Maria's turn to be confused.

She tilted her head and looked around.

"Because... this is the bathroom?"

"..."

Xi was stunned.

Her face began to heat up at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a brief silence, she twisted her body subconsciously.

"I...I'm leaving."

"Ok?"

Maria was a little surprised.

But she did not let Xi leave immediately. Instead, after thinking for a few moments, she shook her head slightly.

"Your clothes are already wet..."

"It doesn't matter, it's just a drawing anyway..."

"Let the doll dry you... Before that, why don't you rest here for a while?"

"..."

Xi didn't say anything, just paused for a moment and turned his head slightly.

There is no consent and no rejection.

Of course, Maria was also aware of the other person's awkward personality, so after a simple arrangement, Xi also took off her clothes, and the two of them relaxed quietly in the pool.

Maria leaned aside very relaxedly with a calm expression, but Xi, on the contrary, was very stiff, with her legs together, her hands on her thighs, her head lowered, trying to protect herself as much as possible.

But the two of them were still too close, and Xi could still feel Maria's breath from time to time.

The slightly stagnant air around her made her eager to find a topic to talk about.

"Um...you, do you still like taking a bath?"

“…Yes and no.”

Maria's answer was vague. After a brief pause, she continued, "It's just that this way, I can put aside some unnecessary things for a while."

Maria's life is actually quite monotonous.

Generally speaking, it is divided into only three parts.

Eating, killing, and on the way to killing.

Obviously, this kind of life is no longer suitable for Maria now... The doll also does not want Maria to continue living in this world in that way.

Although the entire Yharnam Bath was created because the puppet was jealous of Maria and Lady Sicily taking a bath together, it must be said that after a few times, Maria actually liked this relaxing activity.

Here, she can completely shut off all her senses, allowing her brain to temporarily empty itself of everything and not worry about other complicated issues.

Of course, such an action would inevitably affect Maria's perception of the outside world. In fact, if Xi hadn't called her just now, she wouldn't even have felt Xi's arrival, which was something that would never happen in the outside world.

As for closing one's senses like this... there is danger of course, but this place is the core area of ​​Yharnam. If it is captured, Maria will not have the opportunity to enjoy such a bathing life.

No need to worry.

"That's right."

Xi lowered his head and was silent for a few moments before saying no more.

Obviously, Xi had no experience in picking up the conversation... In the past, when she was with Nian and the others, Nian was always responsible for this job, and she never let the conversation fall to the ground.

But when Xi needed to face these problems herself, she was a little at a loss.

The atmosphere grew colder once again, and white steam slowly flowed around the two people...

Xi felt that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly awkward... If possible, she even wanted to return directly to her own scroll world!

But at this moment, Maria glanced at the girl next to her and spoke.

"Xu told me something..."

"Crack-!"

When Xi heard Maria's words, he stood up almost instinctively.

It was not until this moment that she realized that she might have been tricked by Sister Shu...

She deliberately asked me to deliver the knife to Maria!

She just wants to communicate with Maria face to face!

This made Xi almost want to die.

But Maria was not in a hurry, she just looked at the girl's back.

"Don't you want to talk?"

"..."

Xi was silent for a while, then turned and looked at Maria.

The water still flows into the pool, and the sound of it quietly hitting the water surface becomes the only melody here.

Xi turned her head away, and after a moment, she returned to her side and sat down quietly...

But she was no longer as reserved as before, and instead spoke with a slightly tired tone.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"You seem to have a different idea about me?"

Maria did not have the same sense of shame as Xi. On the contrary, she could speak her mind openly.

This made Xi's hands even more tangled.

"……Yes."

She didn't deny it, but like a child whose secret crush was exposed, she just wanted to find a hole in the ground to run into.

She didn't expect that her sister saw through her thoughts, and she didn't expect that Shu would actually tell Maria about this directly!

"Is that true?"

Maria blinked and continued, "Our communication is far from enough to support this feeling... This feeling is probably not formed by you... It is something that Years left for you."

Maria's words were very frank, and Xi also heard the long-lost name from Maria's mouth.

"Sure enough, do you know the year-old?"

"...Didn't I tell you?"

Maria turned her head and looked at Xi.

"……No."

Xi lowered his head and responded.

Shu didn't tell these sisters much about Maria, as if this was a secret between Maria and Shu, and they had no right to know...

"That's right."

Although Maria felt a little strange, she did not dwell on it too much. Instead, after a moment's thought, she continued to speak.

"Shu told me about this. She said you've been struggling with these things... She hopes I can enlighten you."

Maria's voice was still as calm as ever, but the words she uttered made Xi feel a little painful.

She spoke somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"My feelings come from me! They have nothing to do with age!"

"...But you did differentiate from Year-old, didn't you?"

Facing Xi who was like a child, Maria did not get angry. Instead, she spoke slowly and truthfully in an absolutely rational tone.

Xi kept saying that her feelings originated entirely from herself, but... they actually grew out of her body.

"If you're just using these words to encourage yourself, then I support you, but I also hope you can understand the truth... You don't have a normal human growth process. From the moment you were born, you've been growing up based on your memories."

Maria spoke slowly, and every word stimulated Xi's already sensitive nerves.

Maria's next words detonated Xi, this powder keg.

"Moreover, compared to your brothers and sisters, you are obviously the most deeply affected by the feelings of age..."

Maria whispered, revealing the facts of what she had seen.

At least, among the 24-year-old family members Maria has seen so far, she feels that Xi is the one closest to 24-year-old.

Although Nian's fiery personality is somewhat similar to Sui's outgoing nature, Xi's inner stubbornness, her stubbornness, and her child-like temper are more real to her.

But... Xi obviously couldn't accept such words.

She couldn't help but stood up and glared at Maria!

"I don't!"

The two people looked at each other, Xi's eyes were full of indignation and unwillingness, and he looked at Maria with annoyance.

But Maria looked at this side very calmly, without excitement or reaction.

then……

Xi's body slowly sank...

"Cuckoo!"

Bubbles appeared on the surface of the water.

"Ugh……"

Maria watched the stubborn girl in front of her slowly sink into the water, and shook her head helplessly. She reached out her hand, pulled the drowning girl who was still trying to maintain her dignity out of the water, and put her aside.