Chapter 7. Ice is just as bad as fire (5)
The rain poured down just like yesterday. Camila lathered herself up by rubbing the soap on the towel. He took one for me and the other for himself.
“Would you like me to rub your back?”
Of course, it didn’t end there. Even though it was awkward, we washed each other’s hair with shampoo. As for our private parts, we each wiped them because we were still embarrassed.
Still, surveillance must be done. With our backs turned to each other, we wash ourselves diligently and get caught in the rain. You never know if a voyeuristic zombie might come running.
It’s a strange feeling. In a world facing the end, I can’t believe I’m showering naked with a pretty, fit woman in the early morning while it’s pouring with heavy rain, while clutching my numb crotch.
“… But now that I think about it, I didn’t enjoy it.”
Camilla’s complaint. But I didn’t really enjoy it either.
“Well, you just have to go with it.”
“Pervert. “It’s weird.”
“Hey, who said who?”
Before she could say anything, Camilla hugged me from behind. It was as if soap had been applied all over her body. A small sound of laughter tickled my ears. Her fumbling hands are slippery.
“So I guess I’ll have to bother you even more. Shh. Shh. Are you nice? “If I make a loud noise, I’ll get attacked by a zombie?”
I think it’s already happened. It seems that the more I struggle, the wider the surface I touch becomes. It was a bonus that it was slippery. As if Camilla doesn’t know what’s going on in other people’s crotches, she whispers in her ear again.
“I am there. “Did you bring ‘that’ from the resort?”
“What is that?”
“The body answers for me.”
“Ah, ahhh…” “
“If you work out hard and become physically better than me, let’s break it down together. Somewhere nicer than here. How is it?”
“I won’t leave you alone. Really. “Just wait and see.”
In reply, Camila extended her hand toward her buttocks. She spread her hands and squeezed them like she had done yesterday. But her finger won’t go in. It feels like I’m touching a rock. Camilla lightly pressed my earlobe with her lips.
“It was a good try. But is this how you catch it?”
* * * * *
Again, a few days later.
I fell into Buffy hell. No, I should say prison. Because I was locked in a ‘room where I couldn’t leave if I couldn’t complete 10 sets of burpees.’
“One, two, three. One. One, two, three. Two.”
“Wow… crane… Hmm… Hmm… “
“One, two, three, three!”
I can’t live like this.
“Now, wait a minute, I’m going to die…” “
This is violence. The floor is so soaked with sweat that my palms keep slipping. How can the floor become so slippery due to human sweat?
“Wait a minute? “What did you say if I said ‘wait a minute’ one more time, what would you say?”
Ah. Ruined. Camilla’s face hardened.
“… “I said I would do one more set.”
“Then let’s do it.”
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And he also takes his stance. This is why I can’t even be angry.
Now Camilla and I are exercising at the same intensity. If one of the two makes a mistake, they do one more set.
“Sorry. Maybe it’s because it’s been a while since I made a lot of mistakes. “Let’s do one more set.”
Camilla made all kinds of strange mistakes. Adding the last command or omitting one movement. I should have recognized the shame beneath that abominable apology.
“Ah. Ahhh… “
In the end, it was me who lost stamina first. And Camilla didn’t overlook my mistakes.
“One more set.”
“You, you, on purpose… “
“The more you exercise, the better you get. Let’s do it.”
No matter how many things we went through on a rainy day, we still felt quite embarrassed when we looked at each other’s bodies. Well, that’s natural. However, when we were exercising, we could look directly at each other without having to peek.
Camilla corrected my posture, and I copied hers. It was definitely not that I didn’t feel strange feelings. However.
“It’s okay. You can do it again. I saw her posture like this earlier, but I point it out every time, but instead, she stretches her legs further… “
I made a mistake. She forgot that this woman had a former ‘athlete’ background. He was so promising that he even aimed for a medal. As far as exercise goes, she is a person with a knack for it.
In addition, water ballet is a movement that involves moving freely in ‘water.’ A sport that requires tremendous strength, endurance, and even breathing.
Camilla received systematic training, and most of the training was easy to follow. A customized PT with no complicated or difficult movements to follow.
He doesn’t even get angry. The theory was, ‘Getting angry while teaching is something only a person without the skills to teach others would do.’
Instead, without saying a word, he pressed me ‘gently and firmly’ and forcibly ‘corrected’ me. Softness overpowers strength? Wrong. Just press it and it’s strong and there’s no need for anything.
“Wrong again. “You’ll get hurt if you do that.”
“I’m sorry… omg. Omg.”
Camilla did not spare encouragement as I was panting like a dog.
“It’s okay. It’s natural that it’s difficult. “The exercise I’m doing now uses muscles that aren’t used very often, so it’s extremely difficult for the athletes.”
“Oh, is that so?”
When I think about it again, it is not comforting. Why on earth is she making me train muscles I don’t normally use?
“Oh, that? Because of balance. Johan, you have a pretty good body, but your posture is awkward. I’ve been sitting at my desk for too long, so I’m acting like a stiff person. Lets think. Since you’re only using about half of your body, the parts you use get overloaded and the parts you don’t use get stretched out. “It’s a matter of habit.”
After hearing it, it somehow seemed plausible.
It is true that my physical strength has improved tremendously since coming to this world. This is what happens when you see muscles growing on a body that didn’t do much exercise.
However, if it was ‘correction’ that corrected the body, it seems that the habits of using the body were not corrected. I still remembered the times when my body was slightly obese, had hunched shoulders, and a turtle neck.
“So let’s do one more set.”
Up until this point, I was quite grateful to Camilla. Doing repetitive exercises with such vigor without any sign of boredom.
… But the ‘continuation’ does not end.
Even if you look at the tank top that is soaked between your breasts, soaked with sweat and spilled water. Even if you look at the Dolphin pants that are completely wet and stick to your skin. Even if I hear you moaning out of breath or even if I just want to lie down and sleep, it ‘continues’.
“Uh, when, until…” I’m doing it… “
“Continue.”
“So, when, when…” ?”
“Hold your posture.”
Of course, my posture collapsed. Arms, legs and backs are causing an uprising. Camilla looked down on me like a dictator queen.
“Look. It’s a mess. You have to do it to the point where your body can automatically assume the position. Until the correct posture is achieved without being conscious of it. Are you okay. “You can do one more set.”
“Please.”
“Hmm.”
Camilla pulled down her tank top and lowered her upper body towards me. Without realizing it, I looked into her cleavage. Well, since she’s working out, I think she might not be wearing any underwear. I gulped without realizing it.
“You know. John. I know that? “If you’re really tired, you can’t even smell.”
“No, I don’t want to know.”
“When I was training, I put cut lemons at the end of the pool. Every time I felt like I was having a hard time, I smelled the scent of lemon. When I couldn’t smell the scent, I took a bite. When you can’t feel the sour taste or the scent of lemon, that’s when you’ve really used all your strength. You’re drooling now. “One more set.”
I finally achieved it through evil and gangsterism. As she stood up, her body shaking, Camilla brought her a towel, a water bottle, and chocolate.
“Chew the chocolate thoroughly and leave half the water?”
“… Why is that again?”
“If you drink all that, will you vomit? Because I have to run PT 300 times. Right now, all the muscles in your body are shocked and atrophied, so you need to relax them well. So let’s run together. What. Are you really giving up here?”
“… No. I will do it. You can do it.”
I couldn’t bear this kind of insult. Somehow do it But instead of taking her position, Camilla hugged me still. Now her muscles are stiff and sore.
“John. “This is just exercise, training is different.”
“… What?”
“Among the programs I received, there was one where I fought while my physical strength was completely depleted. Doesn’t that make sense? But can I do that? What. Is it possible that training to this extent is not done in the western country of Minsk? “Looking at what you’re doing, it looks like you received it at a very high intensity.”
“Well, that’s not it?”
“Oh, you didn’t receive this much? It’s a shame. No wonder.”
No, I really can’t stand those eyes. Those eyes that seem to be looking down at me.
“… Wait. Because I will beat you. I can do it, really.”
“Thank you. “For saying that.”
Camila smiled shyly and then she leaned her body back again.
“I brought ‘that’ from the resort?”
“What is that?”
“It was in the drawer. You know, when lovers play, they ‘rip’. Right? “Actually, I’ve never used it before.”
What are you talking about? I remember. Now this and that are just annoying. Camilla You can’t see her breasts, you can see the stairs to heaven.
“But why is that?”
“I told you, right? I didn’t enjoy it back then. Let’s work hard in physical training, and when you become better than me, let’s eat it together as a souvenir. But it’s my first time too, and I want to do it in a better place than here, and with you who will be even better.”
“… You… really… “
“And, you’re doing really well, right? “Let’s try a little harder.”
It shouldn’t be like this. I burst out laughing without realizing it. No. “This is gaslighting,” The opposite s*x shouts, her body overflowing with joy and energy. Camilla opened my arms, pressing her breasts together.
“Now, hold your posture like this…” PT 400.”
“Wasn’t it 300 earlier?”
Camilla put her hand on my lower abdomen as if it were not true. She whispers, gently running her palm around her belly button.
“Sorry. “There were 500.”
* * * * *
A few days later. The rain is still coming and going.
The radio was talking about a ‘rainy season front’ and a ‘congestion front,’ which ultimately meant that it would rain all week.
But we can’t just sit around and play. Although I couldn’t go out very far while it was pouring rain, I still went out in the truck and looked around.
– John.
Camilla whispered into the walkie-talkie. She was at her clothing store, and I was at the grocery store scooping up soda cans.
“Yes.”
– What color do you like?
“Suddenly? Hmm… “I don’t really have a favorite.”
– Then, choose anything.
“Red? “Because it’s the first color of the rainbow.”
– … Uh. I like red too. Hmm… huh. If you say so.
I don’t know the reason, but he looked nervous. Thinking that I had developed a strange habit again, I brushed it off and picked up the phone, rubbing it with a sanitary cotton pad. This time too, I can’t hear anything.
The reason for checking the phone is to contact the broker. To do that, you need to make a phone call. The problem is that the contact network that Camilla remembers has almost been cut off.
The 8th National Military Police attacked the headquarters and hideout of the Central Liberation Corps, but Commander Hans destroyed all information and disappeared somewhere.
Of course, not all brokers belong to the Liberation Corps. In the end, those people also follow money. However, some people had the belief that they were working for Erza’s liberation, and they simply helped more people who followed the same belief.
Next, I stopped by the store next door. A zombie dressed as a hamburger franchise was still standing behind the counter.
I was standing still as if I was going to take an order, but I guess I remembered that I wasn’t home from work, so I leaned over the counter.
I was trying to strangle him, but when he saw the phone on the counter, I took him out the door and sent him home from work. He didn’t even groan, as if he was trying to sleep soundly after a long day at work.
I also rubbed the phone with a sanitary pad and lifted it. The beeping sound was clear.
“Camilla. I found it. “It’s a hamburger franchise.”
Camilla came into her store carrying a waterproof sports bag and an ax soaked in blood. She pushed the buttons around and waved her hand to see if she was connected to someone. It was going to be a long time, so it was her hand signal to ask for vigilance.
“This Friday, I want you to come out on the highway. “They say they’ll give you more information on Thursday, but just in case, I’ll look into two more people.”
They said it was impossible to penetrate the human protection zone, especially around the city. The fence surrounding the city is also a problem, but it is said that soldiers are stationed there and shoot all approaching zombies.
It is common sense that more zombies gather at the smell of corpses and the sound of gunshots. That is why even the boldest people would not think of penetrating the outskirts of the city.
However, as is the case with everything people do, there is always a gap to squeeze in. There are many ways to enter the city, and each broker has his or her own area of expertise.
Luckily, I was able to contact two places. One was next week and the other was the week after that.
“For now, let’s focus on this week. “If it rains, the guard becomes a little more relaxed, and if there are any problems, we can go to next week.”
“Okay. “Then, I guess I should exercise hard?”
She took a step backwards out of unknown fear. Camilla smiled and opened her bag. She rummaged around and she pulled out something red.
It was underwear. Therefore… Anyway, it says underwear, but that’s not clothes. If that were clothes, the necklace would be a raincoat. No, why on earth does something like that exist in this rural town?
“… “Am I going to sleep wearing this today?”
“You asked about the color….”
“I knew they would be disappointed, so I brought them all in different colors. I want to wear this today. “Choose another color tomorrow.”
I’m afraid. I know what will come next.
“… So, let’s do 10 more burpees. If you keep going at this pace, you’ll be in perfect shape on Friday. Working out with you is so much fun. “I feel like I’m going crazy.”
I woke up the beast.