Chapter 130: Wiping and Chatting
Slowly, Katherine gently lowered Alex back into his seat before taking out a small bucket and towel.
Filling the bucket with water, Katherine quickly soaked the towel before squeezing all the water.
"You want me to take off your clothes, or I help you take off your clothes?"
Alex immediately took off his clothes on his own, unbuttoning his shirt before throwing it aside.
But taking off his pants became much more difficult, as the soreness on his leg was much more severe than that on the rest of his body.
"Let me help you."
Katherine quickly put the towel back aside, helping Alex pull his pants aside before he was now left with his panties.
"You still have period?"
Alex slowly nodded, his face blushing red. This month's period had been lasting a little longer than usual.
"No wonder why you're so sore. You should have told me that. I thought your period was already done yesterday."
As Katherine picked up the towel, Alex remained silent as he didn't want to talk about it at all.
"Hey Alex, what are you going to do in the future when your chest... become too big?"
Katherine asked as she started wiping his chest, noticing a small bump that had clearly been growing on its own.
"I don't know..."
Seeing Alex looking a little lost, Katherine remained silent, and she started wiping his belly.
"Do you want to reduce it? I know a doctor that can probably surgically——"
"I don't want that."
Alex instantly rejected Katherine's proposal, not trusting the doctors in this world a single bit.
He could still remember the number of textbook examples where a basic sugary task, like removing a tooth, went wrong.
Instead of trying to fix it with some basic stitching, doctors in this world always use magic to heal it, which could lead to unintended effects.
From having too many teeth now to having to go through another surgery to remove them, the success rate wasn't high.
It was almost as if this world had become too reliant on magic, with all other skills being pushed aside in favor of magic.
"That's okay. It's your choice, honey... Can you turn around?"
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As Katherine put the towel back into the water and squeezed it again, she began wiping around Alex's back.
"Mom... Do you think I'm a liability?"
Alex's question brought Katherine to a complete stop as she put the towel on the side of the bucket.
"What makes you think that? Is it because of what I said earlier?" Katherine asked as she stared into his eyes with a serious look.
"N-No, I was just wondering."
The serious look quickly disappeared as she grabbed onto Alex before giving him a warm hug.
"I never think of you as a liability a single time, okay? You're forever my cute little baby, and that's the only thing I care about.
I won't say that kind of stuff again. It really makes Mommy scared when you say that."
Hearing Katherine's answer, Alex slowly nodded, realizing that he might have asked the wrong question at the wrong time.
"Sorry, Mom. I shouldn't have asked that."
After almost hugging for a minute, Katherine finally let Alex go as she resumed wiping his upper body.
"Alex, how do you feel about the armor?" Katherine asked, lightening up the mood as she shifted the topic.
"I think it might be a little too heavy for me. But I think I can get used to it."
"That's good... Okay, it's time to wipe your legs. Just relax and let Mommy do the work."
As Katherine gently carried Alex's leg up onto her lap, she began slowly wiping down from his ankle up to his knee.
"Alex, you know how cool you looked when you charged in with your shield?
I couldn't believe you actually pulled that off when I was watching it. And those movements were amazing when you kited that giant skeleton."
"Thank you..."
Alex's face started to blush red again as Katherine's compliment became a little bit too much.
"Even Meiya and Luqing told me they were impressed by how calm you were when the water started flooding the room.
They said that they have never seen a ten-year-old have that much combat experience and skill."
"Really?" Alex asked, his face looking a little surprised.
"Yes, really. I could feel Luqing's eye constantly staring at you, too, complimenting the successful rolls that you pulled off."
Seeing a little smile on Alex's face, Katherine couldn't help but smile a little as well.
"You wouldn't believe how much Meiya wanted you to be her discipline, telling me that she wanted you to become a Qi master.
She even said you got the perfect talent and reaction for it, and how you're wasting talent being a mage."
This time, Alex's mind seemed a little conflicted.
Deep inside, he wasn't even sure if he should continue down the path of being a mage or become a Qi master.
"Alex? You there?"
"Oh, sorry. I was thinking about it."
"Come on, you can't be serious about her suggestion. You got such a good head start now.
You can't give up becoming a mage now... I mean, if you really wanted to take the risk, I won't stop you."
Alex slowly nodded as he quickly realized the help he had gotten from Sarah would all go down the drain if he abandoned being a mage.
"I think I'm going to keep being a mage——"
"That's the Alex I know of."
As Katherine finished wiping Alex's lower leg, she started washing the towel in the water again.
"You can still learn knighthood as a mage. It's not like you can't use a sword as a mage."
Katherine paused for a second, squeezed the water from the towel, and then continued.
"You know, there's actually a field of study that combines magic and swordsmanship?"
"Really? That's a thing?" Alex curiously asked.
"Yep. But you have to get to mage level three first. Then you can join the swordsmen club in the school."
As Katherine began to wipe Alex's foot, it sent a little tingle down his spine.
"Remember, being a mage has a lot of different routes when you become a higher level.
You just have to be patient and grind it out... But you don't have to decide now. You got plenty of time to think about it."
After wiping both of Alex's feet, Katherine gently puts his leg back down before cleaning the towel one last time.
"I can clean it myself——"
"Let Mommy do everything for you today, okay? You deserve a little break."
Alex didn't bother trying to argue back as she already had moved her hand onto his panties.
With the last thing out of the way, Katherine began gently wiping his inner thighs.
"You done yet?"
Alex impatiently asked as his face was fully red from the sheer embarrassment.
"Not yet. I haven't even wiped your crotch yet. Just be patient."
The cold sensation from the towel immediately made Alex shiver a little, as the warm water from the bucket had already cooled down.
"You okay?"
"I-I'm fine... The water is a little cold."
"Oh, oops. Let me change it."
Katherine quickly poured the small bucket of water out, but it vanished before it could hit the floor.
Next, the bucket was once again filled with warm water, with a small puff of steam flying into the air.
"I'm only going to clean the outside... You can clean the inside yourself, okay?"
As Alex nodded, Katherine didn't squeeze the towel completely dry, leaving a much wetter towel this time.
Slowly, she carried Alex over to her lap, flipping him over to wipe his butt first as she paid close attention to the gap.
Before she continued, she drenched the towel in water and took a bottle out of her pocket.
The water quickly started to get a little soapy before the bubbles disappeared.
Once again, Katherine wiped his bottom with the towel before putting the towel inside the bucket.
"Okay, now one side is done... Just one last part."
With the towel cleaned again, Katherine squeezed all the water out before she began wiping his crotch area directly.
"Tell me if I wipe a little too hard."
Alex slowly nodded as his face blushed red again, but he didn't say anything back as she continued wiping his crotch.
After what felt like forever to Alex, Katherine had finally finished cleaning the outside of his two genitals.
However, Katherine didn't seem to let him go.
She quickly threw the dirty towel into the bucket before a completely different towel appeared in her hand.
"I might as well just clean it for you... Let Mommy check if you have been cleaning properly."
"Mom..."
Alex wanted to protest against her order, but he couldn't move his body a single bit, as if she had cast some sort of restraining spell.
"I know you don't want me to do this. But I don't have a husband who can check his son's proper hygiene.
I don't want to do this either, okay? The faster we do this, the faster we can get this over with."