Walking around the small hot spring town, Naruse and his party ate and drank and bought a few souvenirs, and finally arrived at three o'clock in the afternoon.

"An afternoon, no, an hour or two can pretty much all of it...... It's no wonder that many sightseeing groups come at noon and go back in the afternoon. Morimi said.

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "There's nothing to see, but there's still a hot spring to soak." ”

"After checking in, you can soak in the hot springs in the hotel." Naruse walked in front and returned to the Ancient Silver Pavilion with a few people.

It's check-in time, and there are several pairs of guests waiting in the lobby of the hotel.

"Wait a minute."

Sitting on a sofa in the lobby, you can see the snow-capped hillside behind the hotel through a full glass wall.

In spring and summer, when the foliage is in full bloom, it may be very beautiful, but in winter, you can only see endless snow and dead trees.

"Good thing our room was on the side of the street."

"So it's a little bit more expensive."

"Don't talk about money now, just focus on enjoying yourself......"

"When will the starfish have to repay the debt this time, and it won't be finished when it is promoted to the second grade, right?"

"Ahhh

Naruse listened to the side, a smile on his face, and soon noticed that the front desk was almost empty, and got up to check in.

After completing the formalities, another hotel staff member standing next to him bowed slightly, "Please follow me." ”

Naruse greeted, and Naoko immediately called a few people to follow.

Their room is located on the street side of the third floor of the inn, and from the window, you can see almost the entire hot spring street.

The interior is not small, and can accommodate up to six people to rest, so when Hikaru Takikawa proposed to increase the number of guests, the hotel also agreed quickly - of course, the increased cost of food and lodging should not be less.

The room is divided into two parts, the entrance door is a small guest room, and then a sliding door is the bedroom, which has all the furnishings and electrical appliances.

And open the closet, there is also a safe inside.

Starfish looked twice, "How do you use this?" ”

"Open the safe, put things in, close the safe."

“…… I mean, how to open it. ”

Naruse leaned over to study it, quickly opened the safe, and looked back at her:

"Do you have anything to put in there?"

Starfish thought for a moment and handed over the seat boy in his hand.

“……”

Naruse glanced at her, but still took it and put it in the safe.

"What about passwords?"

"Hmm...... 1231 bar. ”

Didi Di Di –

Naruse closed the safe and pressed it a few times.

"Is that all there is to it?" Starfish asked.

"Hmm. It's already locked, enter the password to open it, try it yourself. ”

He got up and walked around the room, then went to the window again, and looked at the street scenery outside the window with Naoko for a while.

"From a different angle, the ordinary scenery becomes more beautiful."

"At night, the lights look even better."

"Uh-huh."

After looking out of the window for a while, when he looked back again, Starfish was already proficient in opening and locking the safe, and he had brought the Dharma that Morimi had bought and put it in.

"Hmm-"

Hikaru Takikawa lay on the tatami mat and stretched, with her head on her sister's thigh.

"What's next?"

"Aren't you going to the hot springs?"

"yes, I almost forgot ......"

After a short rest in the room, several people took towels and yukata and went downstairs together to soak in the open-air bath of the inn.

Of course, the men's and women's baths are separated, and Naruse can only soak by herself.

After undressing and cleansing their bodies, they came to the open-air hot spring pool, where several old men were already soaking, all of whom had come by car with them before.

Naruse doesn't talk much, so he hasn't communicated with them much when he came, and he doesn't really want to be accosted.

Fortunately, the old men didn't like to talk either, and soaked quietly, even a little too quietly, their eyes closed and motionless, and Naruse began to worry about whether one or more of them were in a bubble.

"Hmm, it's moving...... There should be no problem. ”

Putting aside his distractions, he sat in the warm spring and sighed in satisfaction as he watched the snowflakes flutter outside.

After a long day of running, I can finally relax and enjoy it for a while......

While Naruse was soaking in the hot springs and peeking at the state of the old men, in the women's bath next door, the girls were chatting happily with the mature women who had arrived early.

"It's nice to be young......"

An old aunt who looked to be fifty or sixty years old looked at the girls sitting together with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Auntie looks still young." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

She also smiled, shook her head again, and changed the topic, hiding the envy and nostalgia she blurted out.

Next to Hikaru Takikawa, Starfish squinted and squinted at Naoko's chest;

And Morimi leaned against the stone, and had already closed his eyes and concentrated on soaking.

"The room on the side of the hill seems to have a private bath." Hikaru Takikawa said.

"Yes." Takigawa looked at her sister, "Then you can soak in the hot spring in the room." ”

"But the bath in the room is closed...... Although I can see the outside through the window, I still prefer the feeling of an open-air bath. ”

Naoko smiled, "Me too." ”

A few people soaked for more than 20 minutes, and when they saw that the old aunts who came in early had almost all gone out, they also came out of the bath.

After changing into a yukata from the inn and returning to the lobby outside, Naruse was sitting on the sofa drinking milk and reading a magazine.

"Ah, is there any milk here?"

"Well, and ice cream."

Looking at the few people who had just come out of the bath, Naruse's gaze lingered on Naoko for a while, and then pointed to the service desk next to the hall, "It's over there." ”

Several of them went to buy bottles of milk, and Hikaru Takikawa and Starfish asked for an ice cream.

"Good Ice ......"

Starfish shrunk his neck and dug into another scoop of ice cream and put it in his mouth, "Good ice-"

Naoko sat down next to Naruse.

"How does it feel?"

"It's very comfortable."

"Is there a lot of people over there?"

"Not much, just the people I met on the way here."

She leaned down relaxedly, glass bottle of milk in her hand, and drank it in small sips.

The yukata on his chest was propped up high, and the neckline was not tightly covered, slightly revealing a little milk-white skin under his neck.

The body was relaxed by the hot spring, and so was the spirit, following instinct, Naruse unconsciously looked at it a few more times.

“……”

There were companions beside her, and Naoko changed her hand to hold the milk, and her face was a little hot.

"Ahem."

Morimi suddenly coughed lightly, "Can I bring milk back to my room?" ”

“…… Yes. ”

Naruse came back to his senses, "Just remember to bring the milk bottle down." ”

"Let's go back to our room, then." She stood up, and the rest of the group had no opinion.

As she passed by, she glanced at him, and as she spoke, her voice could only be heard by each other, "Pervert." ”

“……”

Naruse was speechless and took a sip of milk.

Before going upstairs, he remembered one more thing, "What time are you going to have dinner?" ”

Several people had already reached the corner of the stairs, looked at him below, and looked at each other again.

Starfish spoke, "Now? ”

Naruse ignored her.

"They need to make a reservation for dinner here, and it's between six and eight o'clock."

"Seven o'clock, then." Naoko said, "It's not early, it's not too late, you can go out for a walk before eating." What do you think? ”

"No problem." Morimi and several others agreed.

"Well, that's seven."

Naruse went to the front desk to make an appointment for dinner and followed upstairs.

(End of chapter)