Bathe at last.

You and the others--your own returning as well as the new arrivals--make your way through the streets of Castle Phoenix, away from the landing sit and towards the main castle. A hefty pair of double doors lead into a hall, and then another open to the Throne Room, also known as the Great Hall. There's a door to the right of the throne, which leads into the War Room, and then the Treasure Room after that where your vault of loot is safely housed. Though it's the left door you near, as that one proceeds into the Royal Bath--a large pool of natural, hot spring water, beautifully decorated and made pristine by the talent of Yin's skilful hands and dutiful will.

Though you do see some people split and head towards the Servant's Quarters where the other bathing room is located, many of the people stop when you do, right in front of the door. You turn to see Vyzia so close behind you that your halt causes her massive pair of tits to crush into your face, threatening to suffocate if not retreated. She doesn't flinch, but you take a step back (eventually) to look over the others behind her--Meti, Ariusia, Anastasia, Peony, Niki, Luna, Amara, Fang, Eva, Alice, Gwynevere, the harpy, the slime girl, two catfolk twins, and Anyana in a barrel heaved over the back of Nelli.

"There is more than one bath here, if--"

Vyzia cuts your sentence short. "Please continue. I've been aching for a proper bath since we left the island."

Amara peeks her head over with a smile. "It will be fine. Yes there are many of us, but the Royal Bath is quite large."

You can't help but laugh, and of course you accept it with a shrug. There's not much to complain about there. You turn the knob and open the room to the refreshing scent of lavender. Though it's only from a few candles at the far end of the room, the steam strengthens the aroma, and the sensation of the hot air to your skin immediately relaxes your body and mind. Folded up near the door is your suit of armour. So that's why Peony was able to come this far. I see. Smart move, Yin.

Nelli tips the barrel over, pouring Anyana straight into the bath. The anglermaid's mouth opens into a wide smile with eyes fluttering back as the intense temperature change overwhelms her in an outstanding way. She floats on her back slowly across the pool, still garbed in her leather breastplate, as she holds her bow loosely in her hand. "Mmmmm," she purrs gleefully until her weapon leaves her grasp and drifts away.

"Hey! You shouldn't just dump a bunch of ocean water in there," Niki says. "And you're gonna lose your weapon."

"Oh relax," Gwynevere mutters back with half-closed eyes. "Water from the sea is most beautiful of all anyhow. If you do not like it, look around you. The bath here is large... Ah. Not as large as my own of course."

"You have a bath in an underwater fortress?"

Eva snorts as she laughs at her own joke before it's even spoken. "So I guess she was right then. The whole thing's a bath."

"Does that mean everyone in your lair is naked all the time?" asks Fang.

"No! Of course not. You are all ridiculous," Gwynevere retorts.

But just then, you hear the clatter of wood, and look to see the aforementioned bow thrown to the surface. Next comes a louder slap as a piece of leather lands nearby. Anyana then throws her arms freely in the air, allowing her naked body to by fully embraced by the bath's burning touch. The stunning symbols down her obsidian skin glow, though the bulb from her forehead does especially. There's an allure to it, though you're not sure if it has a magic pull, or you're simply memorized by the girl's exotic beauty. Though thanks to her, the ice has been broken. She doesn't seem to care at all that she's naked.

Not that Vyzia ever did either, though the others have almost already gotten used to it. She doesn't spare another moment. After dropping her spear, she steps straight into the steaming waters. Despite the temperature, she doesn't even flinch upon her leg slipping down through the surface. Next sinks her ass, her tail, her stomach, until only her breasts float partly to view through the thick steam wafting up throughout the room. She lets out a deep, grumbling sigh. She finally speaks, though quietly, and perhaps to herself. "It's nice... though it could be much hotter."

Anastasia's knees shake. Clearly she wants to speak, but her nerves are making it difficult. Finally she manages to look to you and mumble out, "W-Well, Kyle. You can go now."

"Go?" you ask. "This is my bath. You all followed me in."

"What?! I thought this was the girl's bath. Isn't that why no other guys came this way? You weren't just showing us in?" The door squeaks closed behind her, and it causes her to jump.

Fang snickers. "You gotta relax. Just take it off and enjoy the water already. Boys, girls, who cares? I mean... I care, because I get to share a bath with a whole room of hotties! Yippee!" Then with exceptional speed, she undresses herself down to nothing in a manner of moments. By the time she's slipping off her panties, the rest of her clothing hasn't even hit the floor, and before her underwear falls last, she's in the water with a splash.

She gasps to the surface, though not for a lack of air. "Hot, hot!" she calls out, but slowly adjusts. "Phew. I feel like a boiled lobster already."

Vyzia, who isn't far behind her, stares over with a face now wet by the catfolk's landing.

Fang looks back. "... Sorry."

"Nothing to apologize for. We're here to get wet."

"Now that's my kinda gal!"

You look over to see that Nelli is also already nude. She sinks down into the water, and swims over to meet with her companion. Though she takes her place opposite of the others, sitting upon the bench beneath the surface of the water, Anyana continues to float on her back nearby.

The harpy looks around nervously. "Ah. Vyzia? I don't know about this. Even on the island, I only bathed around a few people at once, and I don't really know these people. Plus, Kyle is a boy, so--"

"Kyle," speaks the dragoness. She turns the piercing red gaze of her remaining eye to you a moment after. "Can you help Peep undress? Harpies can't do so on their own."

"Th-That's not what I was saying. Please, I--"

"Sure." You turn to the tea-haired harpy, and she looks back with a face suddenly flushed with colour.

The look she gives you is alluringly adorable. She's shorter than you are, and her glasses fit her cute face perfectly. Her hair is cut to her neck in a bob, and her chest is quite plump despite her stature otherwise, which are always held behind the curtain of a long, white t-shirt that she seems to prefer to wear in place of an actual dress. "I mean, I guess we gotta bathe," she speaks softly. "Don't wanna get smelly."

You take hold of her shirt. Slowly, as you raise it up, she hesitantly brings her wings up as well. She's unable to do much to help or to stop you given her lack of proper hands, so all she can do is allow your eyes to wander up her gradually exposing stomach, and then the bottom of her bountiful bust. Once the top is removed, her breasts fall bare, though she immediately brings her teal-feathered weapons up to try and conceal them as best she can. She shrinks to an even smaller size than she already was, but she smiles at you gratefully before stepping down into the water.

The moment her talon touches the surface, she reels back. "Oh. Toasty." Then she carefully sinks down near where Vyzia sits.

A dark puddle, like the most viscous oil, begins to spread from the far corner. Though from it, you can hear a sigh of relaxation. It seems to be the black slime who also came from the island with Vyzia. As for the catfolk twins, one stands to your right, and the other your left, and they're taking a great interest in you despite not yet saying a word. You look between them, though she finally speak up as soon as they see your lips open.

"We'd like to help," says one. She has neck-length magenta hair, and the other's is blue. They otherwise look identical, even their crude clothing that seem to be made from supplies found on the island--tattered cloth woven by firm, stretchy strings of a familiar vine.

The other places a hand upon you. "May we?"

Vyzia sighs. "I had a feeling this would happen eventually."

"What is it?" you ask.

"Melodie and Bass spoke tirelessly of boys, but the only two on the island weren't interested."

"Interesting names."

The blue-haired cat gently squeezes your arm as she smiles wide. "They're nicknames. We played music together before we were captured. See, my sister and I... We do everything together."

Melodie nods. She walks two fingers up your arm to your shoulder as she speaks. "Eat together. Bathe together."

"It's fun to share, don't you agree?" asks Bass.

"So let us help you undress."

You look over to see the lovely Gwynevere slip from her jet-black dress. In contrast, her pale body glows by the light of the magical lanterns and candles with illuminate the room in a soft glow. She steps out to the pool, though when her bare foot touches the surface, it ripples like water but holds like glass. She stands there upon it, and looks back to you as if to boast in her own strange way. Then with arms out, she gracefully begins to sink on her own accord into the bath by full control of it around her. It's entirely unnecessary, but it is quite the show, and you're not going to complain about seeing such an attractive woman naked before you.

Meti is next. She keeps to herself, and mostly hopes others don't stare as she undresses. There's a faint colour in her cheeks. What's truly a sight to behold isn't just her slender naked body touched by the soft embrace of glistening steam, but her hair finally being let down. The pale red, nearly white locks flow all the way down her back, and she slips her fingers back through it with a sigh of relief. She then tests the water first with her toes. Then after a moment, she makes her way down to sit near the corner.

"Well, there's no sense just standing around," you say.

With a frantic giggle, the two catfolk begin to tug on your clothing. Any and all skill and subtlety is discarded as they take far too long to remove anything at all. They let their own desires spill over, and it clouds their minds. Though eventually, they do work off your shirt, though they're instantly distracted by what they see. Their hands caress all over your tight, bare chest, and you watch as the twins greatly enjoy themselves. Next goes your belt. As Melodie pushes her face against the side of your stomach, Bass slips even lower, and works down your trousers. A rising bulge remains restrained behind a pair of undergarments below, and they both stare in nervous excitement.

Suddenly, Eva steps forward. She pushes both of them aside, and knees before you. "This is embarrassing to watch!" she says in a huff. Her voice is confident, at least for now, though her face is already flushed. "You're trying to take off his pants and he's still wearing boots. What are you even doing?"

You look down silently as she freezes.

Eva stares at the bulge as well. Her lips twitch. She shivers. Just then, she grabs your waistband and yoinks them down, causing your partly erect cock to spring out and smack down upon the bridge of her nose. Her eyes widen, but she doesn't move. Instead, she goes cross-eyed as she stares at the head.

The others just watch.

Niki eventually speaks up. "Uh. The boots?"

"Ahahaha!" Eva bursts into a fit of ****, embarrassed laughter. "T-Time to bathe," she says, crawling straight into the water despite her clothes still being on. She tumbles in, and then gasps as she raises back up her head. Her hair clings to her forehead, and her clothes weigh her heavily down as they stick to her skin.

Luna rests her hand upon her palm and sighs. "The water shouldn't ruin your outfit, but still..."

You slip from your footwear and the rest of your clothing until all you have is your signet ring. That, you twist from your finger, and rub your bare hands at least. Then you sink down into the bath, not far from where Vyzia and Peep are resting, and it's an incredible feeling. The touch of the pool's steaming waters after all that's transpired is transcendent. You let out a loud sigh of relief as you sink back, surrendering yourself to the pleasures you've earned. Speaking of which, your eyes squint open, and you take in the view of the beautiful naked hotties all around you, as well as those who have yet to enter.

Eva steps over, looking rather foolish in her clothing still. She looks around herself, as if nobody is going to notice her there, and then peels the top from her skin. It's a humorous yet tantalizing sight. It's difficult for her to pull her busty body from the waterlogged fabric, but when she does, her soaked tits pop out, and you watch the droplets roll down her smooth skin, down past her small perky nipples, to the surface of the bath at her stomach. Next come her shorts, which aren't quite as difficult, though she does hobble awkwardly as she does so.

You stare her down as she's naked at last. The more your eyes linger, the redder she becomes.

"Too hot in here for you?"

She whimpers. "What? No... It's fine."

"There's one garment I couldn't help but notice wasn't removed."

"N-No. I totally took off my panties already. You just didn't see."

"I never actually said what it was."

"Ahaha. We don't need to start pointing fingers, talking about what someone did or didn't wear all day. Let's just enjoy the bath."

Amara, without you even noticing, has undressed. You glance to the left to see her slender body standing overhead. It's an incredible view, and she seems to know that, as she remains there for a moment, smiling down at you. Though she soon lowers herself down into the bath, slowly as the heat is quite intense for her at first, but she soon joins in sitting beside you. "You know, Eva. I considered doing the same. It actually sounds quite liberating."

Niki shrugs as she tugs off her shoes and socks. "I don't know. I like panties. They're soft and feels good against my skin."

"That is true as well."

"Can we not talk about this?!" Eva cries.

"I am so glad I can be here as well," says Peony, sitting on the pool's edge for now with legs swaying joyfully in the water. "Let me know when you want me to wash your back, m'lord."

"Mmm. I almost forgot we were here to clean, not to soak," says Vyzia. "Sorry."

"We're here for both," you say. "That was a long adventure. Rest as long as you'd like."

Behind you is the rustling of fabric as most of the others begin to undress. You only briefly cast an eye back, taking in the view, but you won't have to wait long anyhow. Soon they'll all be joining you in the Royal Bath. Still back there are Ariusia, Anastasia, Niki, Luna, Alice, and the catfolk twins Melodie and Bass.