Reluctantly bid farewell to our goddess of ice and snow - Lake Baikal.

We drove to a sanatorium not far from the lake.

The sanatorium is located in an open area surrounded by tall virgin pine forests. There are no walls, and there is a sign at the intersection that points to rows of bungalows that look very ordinary.

I saw that in the parking lot in front of the house, all the cars parked had military license plates, and the white license plate of Sergei's Mercedes Benz was particularly eye-catching.

Yuri and we came to the front desk. The young man on duty seemed to be well aware of the room we had booked, and he handed us the three keys almost immediately, and carefully told us that we could buy the swimwear we needed in the store.

Sergey and Yuri chose to go to the open-air bath. They're going to enjoy the steaming heat while the snow is blowing on their faces. I think it's better not to be too stimulated by my physique. I went to the indoor hot spring pool.

What I didn't expect was that the hot spring pools here were as modest as the exterior of the sanatorium!

Compared to the luxurious onsen hotels I've seen anywhere else, the onsen here looks so primitive that you can see the water bubbling out of the surface as it is!

Maybe only if you are super confident in the quality of your hot springs will you dare to let it show off like this!

There weren't many people in the sanatorium, and almost all of them went to experience the outdoor hot springs like Sergey.

Looking at the hot spring pool where I was alone, the sense of privilege of a private venue made me feel extra comfortable. I slowly immersed myself in the warm and silky water, closed my eyes, and the spring water rippled over me, like a satin breeze on my body. Gradually, my body and mind were completely relaxed. It's like entering a state of selflessness!

I don't know how long it took for me to hear someone call me:

- "Linna! Asleep? Haven't you been soaking for a long time? “

I opened my eyes and looked up to see Yuri sitting on a deck chair by the pool in a white yukata looking at me with a smile.

I obediently stood up and felt unusually relaxed. I put on my yukata and sat down on the chaise longue next to Yuri, and said happily:

- "It's a great feeling, thank you, Yuri! ”

Yuri handed me a bottle of mineral water and said:

- "You need to replenish some water, this mineral water is silvery, which cleanses the body of harmful substances. ”

I tasted it, and it was sweet and a little refreshing.

- "It's delicious!" I said

Yuri smiled and said:

- "When I was younger, my dad brought our family here once. After that, I never had a chance to come back. It's been more than 30 years, and the facilities here have hardly changed. It is an outdoor hot spring pool that has been remodeled. Linna, our family used to soak in this hot pool......"

- "This is a sanatorium for the army, right?" I asked

- "This is a sanatorium for special forces, and almost all of the people who receive them are special operators and their families. Yuri replied.

- "I thought that the sanatorium of the special forces was a hospital for the wounded soldiers, but I didn't expect that even the families would receive it. I said

- "Receiving family members is also a kind of benefit!" Linna, do you imagine that the special operators will only be injured if they bleed? Yuri asked me with a smile.

I looked at him with wide eyes, and Yuri continued:

- "Actually, Linna's skin injuries are really nothing to them. They have to go through the test of physical and mental limits. Take the simplest training, for example, each special combat team member needs to complete the task in ten days and under extremely complex and harsh conditions. All they were given was a dagger and a day's rations. Their training grounds are often hot deserts, icy wastelands, or dangerous jungles...... Therefore, every training session is a test of life and death, and the body and mind will be greatly devastated! And that's just training, if the task is performed. Hehe, Linna, the enemy doesn't want to be a lover with them! ”

- "Haha......" I laughed.

- "The special operators are very superstitious about this place. It is said that the hot springs here have a strong healing effect on their physical and mental health. Yuri said

- "Does your father like to come here too?" I asked

Yuri took off his bathrobe and went into the water, he beckoned to me, and I was back in the hot springs again, and we leaned against the edge of the pool, and the water almost flooded our chins.

Yuri looked around and said with some sadness:

- "Everything here hasn't changed at all from what I saw when I was a child! I don't really know if my dad likes to come here all the time......"