After reading the reply, Reiner already knew that instead of bothering the girls sitting around the couch in the dining room talking about late-night weird stories, he found Sophinet.

"You and I go to the hot springs."

Reiner said, overwhelming Sophinet.

"Wait, wait, Mr. Ian Gray, I—I'm not ready yet......"

He took half a step back and subconsciously protected his chest, looking pitiful, like a frightened fawn.

But this is a man.

"Where do you want to go, I'm here to solve the problem of that dark shadow that is bothering you, and I need your help."

Reiner twitched the corners of his mouth, not knowing if Sofinette was teasing herself or if she was really cranky.

Hearing Reiner's explanation, Sofinette didn't have that panicked gesture, but nodded and called Joe.

Reiner didn't look for too many servants, because the more people there were, the more chaotic the scene became, and he, Sophinet, and Joe came to the hot springs, which had not yet had time to be repaired, and still looked like an open-air bath with open walls, with the insects and the breeze of the summer night, and the bright starry sky by the sea, it was very interesting.

Reiner didn't change his clothes, he fiddled around the hot springs for a while, and then said to Sophinet.

"Take off your clothes and wait in the hot springs."

"W-This isn't good......"

Sofinette didn't bring a swimsuit, and at this time she squirmed and didn't want to.

"It's okay, I'll make sure you're safe."

Reiner smiled and didn't back down.

After hesitating for a moment, Sofinette slowly took off her clothes, wrapped herself in a bath towel, and descended into the hot spring pool.

"Am I the bait?"

He turned his head and asked, but he didn't expect that Reiner was long gone, and Joe was also guarding outside the bath, and Sofinette was the only one in the huge pool.

The chirping of the summer insects was extremely loud, Sofinette was a little weak, he had naturally heard of the teleportation of the black shadow, and now, although Reiner told him that he was ready for everything, he was still a little apprehensive.

Except for the shrill and continuous sound of insects, only the sound of the hot spring water flowing, Sophinet did not dare to speak, and sat quietly on the edge of the pool, paying attention to the wind and grass around her.

The water of the hot spring was clear and warm, nourishing Sophinet's body and mind, but he didn't know when, the insect chirping in his ears had disappeared.

In the silence, Sofinette suddenly smelled a fishy smell of seawater.

“！！！”

Suddenly feeling creepy, Sophinet's body froze, and he didn't see anything unusual in his field of vision.

Gradually, the chirping of insects began again, just when Sofinette thought it was just an illusion—

Flutter.

Behind him, he was immobilized by the sound of water not caused by Sophinet.

Back?

Among the countless rumors I had heard as a child, turning back in the face of the unknown behind him was the stupidest move, but at this time, a strong curiosity took over Sophinet's heart, and he did not dare to scream to alarm the thing, so he could only turn his body slowly, with an imperceptible amplitude.

The sound of the water behind him did not subside, but came regularly, and Sofinette broke out in a cold sweat in the hot pool, and at last, he was able to see a black object in the corner behind him, in the bath!

The thing was not big, it was dark, it was in the hot spring water, I didn't know what to do, Sofinette held her breath, suppressed the screams that were already in her throat, and looked at each other carefully.

As Reiner said, it wasn't a ghost, of course, but some kind of creature that could see the black mass rise and fall as it breathed, and it would flip over every once in a while, as if to give its body better access to the hot spring water.

Don't...... Is this creature soaking in a hot spring?

Sofinette shook his head at the crazy thought, dispelling it from his mind, but who knew it was this subtle gesture that made the shadow change.

The black shadow suddenly stopped moving, and Sophinet immediately felt himself being targeted by a sharp gaze, and only then did he finally make a sound.

"Mr. Ian Gray, it has ......"

Sofinite shouted, and the shadow sprang out of the water, first jumping to one side of the wall, and then quickly escaping through the hole in the bath.

"Hurry up, it's going to ......"

Hurriedly standing up, Sofinette didn't have time to wrap the towel around her, and chased after the shadow.

However, the extremely fast black shadow suddenly stopped as if it had hit an invisible wall as it fled.

Smack-

The shadow fell to the ground, bounced up quickly, and tried again, but still hit a wall.

After repeating it several times, the dark shadow seemed to realize the problem, looked for a breakthrough on the ground, and somehow, set his sights on Sophinet.

"You—Don't come here......"

Sofinite knew that the reason why the black shadow couldn't run out of this bath must be because of Reiner's previous arrangement, Sofinite probably knew a few magic circles used for defense, and the hot spring bath at this time was completely closed, and not even a single mosquito could fly out.

So, naturally, the black shadow noticed the other existence in the bath, Sophinet, and it could be seen that the black shadow was originally not interested in humans, but at this time, in a state of tension, it could only use all means to get out of trouble.

Woo –

With a high-pitched low cry from the shadows, it leapt quickly and rushed towards where Sophinet was.

Sofinit lunged to the right, barely avoiding the shadow, but who knew it swept past Sophinite, bounced off the wall, and struck from the other direction.

"Don't come here!"

Sofinette couldn't dodge and protect her body with both hands, and subconsciously closed her eyes.

The expected shock did not come, and he slowly opened his eyes, only to see a pair of swarthy eyes, staring at him.

In front of the eyes, there is a pale yellow beak, at this time, Sophinet found that the black shadow is not completely black, in fact, it is only black on the back, and pure white on the abdomen, it has a slightly bloated body for birds, two wings are extremely short, and the fat belly is down, is a pair of wide soles.

"Finally caught."

Reiner's voice came from behind the bird, and he imprisoned the shadow with the mage's hand, levitating it in mid-air, unable to move.

"What kind of creature is this?"

Sofinette said tremblingly, only then did he notice that he was meticulous and quickly found a bath towel to cover the important parts.

This wonderful creature Sofinette had never seen before, and it was like a fish, and it was like a bird, and it was a bird, but it was of such a size, I am afraid that it could not fly at all.

"Well, based on the reply I received, it's supposed to be a stellanian creature called a penguin."

Reiner shrugged and explained.