Chapter 1026: Cold bath training (4)

Chapter 1026: Chapter 1026: Cold bath training (4)

"Damn that’s cold!" Daki squealed in a high pitched voice, quickly pulling back the foot she’d partially submerged in the frigid waters.

"Calm down it’s not that bad. I know you don’t have ice resistance, but you grew up in Kranor and have at least C-rank strength so stop exaggerating." Instead of feeling pity or rushing to her defence Frost bluntly told her to get her act together.

With the water’s current temperature and its ice element density someone with Daki’s capabilities would merely find it chilly, ill-favoured when compared to a warmer option but nothing to scream about.

"Tsk!" In response to Frost’s uncaring chastising Daki sharply clicked her tongue and loudly hmphed before slowly lowering her body into the water, allowing the chilling waters to reach all the way up to her neck before she glared at him with the fierceness of a jilted lover.

Her body could certainly handle something of this level but that didn’t mean she would enjoy it. And as if to make her irritation more obvious she chose to sit as far away from Frost as possible.

"Haaaaa I’ll give you a minute or so to get settled before infusing additional tendrils." Experiencing the sharpness in her glare Frost merely shook his head and sighed before brushing it off. It didn’t matter where she chose to sit as he was the one in control of the bath’s dividing mechanisms. Sitting further away would only make it more difficult for him and Maya to lend her support, something Daki gradually came to understand as the temperature decreased and the amount of ice element present rose.

Ten minutes after they all took their seats and got comfortable and after Frost pried off several thin strips from the earth rank cold flame oddity and infused them into the bath’s water, Nanna and Loki released low level moans, finding the level of increased ice element incredibly soothing almost pleasurable.

Daki however was already starting to really struggle. Her hatred for the cold only made her experience that much worse, she wanted nothing more than to leap form the silvery waters and rush straight into one of the nearby showers, dousing her skin in water that was close to boiling but her stubbornness, pride as well as the occasional glances from Frost and Maya kept her still.

Her body seething beneath the water, the frustration in heart being her only sensation of warmth. Her vivid green skin losing some of its colour, turning blue as she shivered and trembled.

Her teeth rattled in the cold and thick dense fog escaped her lips with every breath she took. She was no different from a vulnerable lamb bracing against an icy storm.

Her strength failed her, unable to endure the torment through stubbornness alone. The cold pierced through her skin, attacking her bones and organs, cooling her blood and making everything move slower and with much greater strain.

She was at her limit, any further would be no different from torture, inflicting nothing but pain upon her flesh. A C-rank without prior training and without any form of ice resistance or prep would struggle to go any further.

With ice accruing upon her lashes Daki turned her gaze upon Nanna and Loki, children with but a fraction of her strength yet unlike her they were relishing in the environment, feeling at peace and experiencing pleasure.

’Haaaaa really fifteen minutes, he couldn’t have dragged it out a little longer.’ Although cutting this torture short was akin to a blessing it did make her feel quite useless, pathetic even....probably a little similar to how Frost felt when they fished. Seeing not just her pull up fish after fish but Nanna and Loki as well.

Her eyes then with difficulty rotated back to her man, her handsome, dastardly man who gazed back at her with a mixture of affection and mischievous delight.

It brought him satisfaction to see her struggle, to have her understand his plight but at the same time his gaze never left her side, watching and observing her situation, ready to make a move when necessary.

Maya was the same, monitoring her as if she was a child to be protected, occasionally whispering to Frost, warning him to not push her too far.

"Daki." Eventually after seeing Daki choose to remain submerged despite him adding another tendril of cold flames Frost called on her, his voice tinged with love and affection.

"Um." Daki loosed a strained grunt or moan in reply, finding giving even a voice to her words difficult.

"You’ve reached your limit, any more and you’ll start suffering actual damage." He wasn’t mocking or making fun of her for her difficulty rather stating a fact. It wasn’t her fault she couldn’t keep up with Nanna and Loki let alone Maya and himself, their bodies were different after all.

"I...I...I can s-still h-handle i...it." Hearing the love and worry in his voice Daki was suddenly filled with energy as well as a desire to push herself further. She could still feel her limbs and move her body, a far cry from what Frost experienced practically on a daily basis.

She may have reached ’a’ limit, but it was not something absolute. She could still remain submerged, allowing her body to continue fighting against even colder waters but as a result she would feel intense pain, her bones would crack and her organs would begin to fail but death would not be on the near horizon...at least not initially.

Hearing her refusal and fierce determination Frost couldn’t help but smile, a glint flashing in his eyes before he turned to Maya. "What do you think? Should we let her continue or force her to stop?" He asked, relying on her expert opinion to make a decision. While he would personally brave any challenge Daki was not him and her body couldn’t be compared to his.

"....." Maya silently observed Daki, her eyes narrowing as he used her aura to sense not just every tremble atop her skin but also the reduced blood flow travelling through her veins and the beating of her heart.

She was determining whether continuing such training would offer Daki any benefit of whether she’d simply suffer for no reason.

Eventually after roaming her body for a good few seconds she gave her answer "She can handle a little more but after that even if she’s stubborn it won’t help her develop any sort of resistance only inflict injury." Maya could sense that Daki was no stranger to a bit of pain, so she supported her stubbornness....to a degree.

"Alright I’ll keep the water at the current temperature for a little while before advancing it but Daki come here, the moment I feel you struggling I’ll absorb the excess ice mana around you." With Maya giving the go ahead Frost was happy to let Daki continue the training but only when she was within arm’s reach.

"O-ok" Given her current situation Daki no longer found Frost quite so detestable therefore with some difficulty she manoeuvred through the water and plonked herself on his awaiting lap and straddled him like a koala hugging a tree.

Her once soft and warm to the touch body was now cold and incredibly firm even her...

The moment Daki leaned forward and pressed her natural life preservers against Frost’s broad chest they both noticed something.

"....M-My...My...My BOOBS!!! Frost you stupid bastard what have you done to my boobs!!" She suddenly bellowed with an intense almost monstrous hatred so loud and pure that Nanna and Loki were drawn out of their serene comfort, their eyes quickly locking onto their Master and Mistress.

"Pfft." A muffled feminine snicker was heard not a moment later from behind.

"It’s not funny Maya!" Daki briefly turned her head to roar at her sister before turning back to face Frost, the main cause for her current predicament.

Thanks to the frigid temperature of the water it wasn’t just a change in skin colour and reduced blood flow that she experienced but an all around firming of her body. What was once bouncy, elastic and soft to the touch was now hard, heavy and far less pliable.

Her beautiful breasts were akin to rocks or better yet spheres of ice, the moment she pressed them against Frost’s chest as a way to get comfy they remained prominent and unmoving, as if she was wearing a metal breastplate thus her screams and fury.

Out of her many assets she was most proud of her breasts, their size, their shape, their weight and last but not least their softness. Everything she loved about them vanishing because of the damn cold. She knew there was a true and proper reason she hated the cold.

Frost who’s mind literally blanked the moment Daki’s prominent assets touched his chest was speechless in the face of her screaming and growing fury but as an experienced man he quickly thought of a solution. He didn’t argue with her, nor did he try to calm her down instead he started massaging the affected area with his hands, gradually warming her skin and absorbing fragments of ice mana from her body. Soon Daki regained feeling in the area and that which was once hard eventually became soft again. Though it would likely take some time to return to normal levels it was proof the situation was but a temporary one.

"There problem solved." He said confidently and with a smile on his lips as though he didn’t just have his way with her figure.

"Hmph." Daki merely hmphed in response before pressing her now deformable chest against his and wrapping her arms tightly around him, locking him in place. Unlike the water surrounding them Frost’s body continued to give off a comfortable heat thus making her feel the urge to hug him.

"Nanna, Loki regain your focus, I’m going to add another tendril." Once Daki was comfortable and he was prepared to absorb any excess cold that entered her body Frost spoke to the children who had been distracted by Daki’s antics.

"Haaaa so unbecoming of an adult." Maya quietly chided causing Daki’s whole body to shiver, a blush quickly marring her cheeks.