The size of the Wakatei rooms can only be described as average, and the open-air hot spring pool underneath is surprisingly large.

At a glance, the water vapor is thick, rising and lingering, like the morning fog in the mountains. The boulders at the edge of the pool hold mottled bamboo pipes, and several sections are connected and converted, sending hot springs into the pool.

Naruse glanced twice at the edge of the pool, not even seeing the boundary on the other side of the pool.

"It's so big......"

Taking off his towel, he tested the temperature of the hot springs and slowly got into the water.

The water temperature was a little high, and he couldn't sit down for a while, so he simply drenched in the hot spring and continued to walk.

The deepest part of the pool is not waist-deep, but it has a turquoise color, and most of the stones around the pool and in the pool have been precipitated with the color of time.

Maybe everyone is planning to come to the hot spring before dinner, but there are a lot of people who come at this time, because it is a men's bath, and there are old men at a glance.

Naruse walked inside, found a place where no one was around, and sat down against the scorching stones.

Not far behind you is a tall hot spring fence. One side of the hotel is backed by a hillside, and there are many trees around it.

It's all about obscuring the view.

He glanced at the wooden wall on the other side, and after that, it was supposed to be the women's bath.

He and Shangzi were separated at the door of the bath, and they only said that they would come out when they were almost soaked, and they didn't deliberately make an appointment.

After getting used to it for a while, Naruse slowly sat down in the hot spring.

"Hiss......"

Leaning against the stones by the pool, restraining the thought of standing up, he adjusted for a while before he really sat still.

"The temperature is definitely a little higher than other hot springs......

When his body gradually relaxed, he looked up at the slightly twilight sky, and slowly closed his eyes.

“……”

When he opened his eyes and looked at the slightly twilight sky overhead, the starfish's head turned, and the back wheel of the fallen bicycle was still spinning.

"Hurt ......"

Sitting up, she lifted her glasses, and then looked at her right elbow, which was the most painful, and sure enough, the skin was broken, and the blood flowed out.

"Whew, whew!"

After blowing hard twice, blowing away a bit of rubble and dust around the wound, Starfish stood up and checked the rest of his body again.

Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of wearing jeans, there is no problem elsewhere, only the elbow fell a little seriously.

He patted the dust off his body, and there was another pain in his arm.

Grinning his teeth as he lifted the fallen bicycle to his feet, Starfish checked the wine crates behind him, and sure enough, one of them had cracked.

It looks like it can still be used, but this is a bargain, and the wine box at home also has it, and she is going to go back and get a new one.

Putting down her foot support and stopping her bicycle, she looked back again, and sure enough, she saw a small stone on the road.

It was this stone that caught her off guard and overturned.

With a kick, the stone flew away, and with a bang, the stone fell into the paddy field by the roadside.

Fortunately, there was no one on the road, otherwise the face would have been lost.

Looking at the wound on his arm again, Starfish got back on his bike and hurried back.

"It's good that I didn't fall when I came over......"

Otherwise, I guess I won't be able to keep those bottles of wine.

Fortunately, she didn't plant it in the paddy field, otherwise she would have been upset for a day.

Although the day is also coming to an end......

Starfish pedaled and looked at the western sky.

It's not that late, but the golden clouds floating in the sky always make people think of dusk and evening at a glance.

…… Ah, distracted again.

She took a breath and looked ahead again.

It was because she was distracted just now that she didn't have time to react, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen so badly.

After riding along the prefectural road for a few minutes, crossing the Shimoaoyanagi Bridge, and continuing forward, she subconsciously glanced inside when she was about to pass the intersection of Naruse's house.

He was still traveling outside, and of course he couldn't suddenly show up.

She suddenly turned the car, kicked twice, and rode in.

In the two adjacent houses to the left and right, there would be no one at this time, so she still looked at it twice, checked it carefully, and then stopped in the courtyard of Naruse's house.

Leaning over to the window, her own face was reflected in the glass.

“……”

Starfish sighed after staring at the empty living room inside for a moment.

What the hell is she doing...... Come ahead of time and be ready to break into the empty door at night when no one is around?

Suddenly I bumped into something under my feet.

Starfish glanced down at the flower pot placed by the door, which had been touched by her.

She flicked her foot again, but it seemed to be in the wrong direction, revealing something from under the removed pot.

“……”

The starfish crouched down, shrunk his head again, and looked left and right.

At this moment, she suddenly had the feeling that she was really a thief.

Under the pot is a key.

The keys to his house.

She reached out and found her hand shaking.

Picking up the keys, she quickly got on her bike and rode back home in one go.

Plop, plop –

Her chest was jumping, and it was only a few hundred meters from his house to her hotel, and she couldn't calm down as if she had ridden ten thousand meters.

"The starfish is back...... What's the matter with the arm, falling? ”

Seiichiro Maki quickly noticed the wound on his daughter's body, and quickly asked, but without waiting for her to answer, he went in to find the medicine box.

Starfish looked down at his arm, and then remembered that he had fallen on the road before.

Seiichiro quickly came out with the medicine box at home, "Let's go wash it first." ”

"Good ......"

Starfish took a few steps inside and turned back.

"The wine crate is broken."

Seiichiro was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "It's okay if you're fine." ”

After rinsing the wound and treating it briefly, Starfish sat down and stared out in amazement.

Seiichiro looked at his daughter for a while, "You didn't hit your head, did you?" ”

"Huh? …… Oh, no. ”

Starfish came back to his senses, took off his apron, and went to replace the wine crate in the back seat of his bike.

After finding a good wine crate and putting it on, she went back to the house and sat down for a while, and then suddenly asked, "There are no other orders, right?" ”

"Nope."

Seiichiro looked at his stunned daughter, and couldn't help but ask again: "Didn't you really fall on your head just now?" ”

Starfish gave him a strange look, "No?" ”

"Elsewhere on the body."

"No problem...... It's scratched here. ”

Starfish looked down at the wound on his arm that had been treated, and suddenly said, "I'll go out for a while." ”

"Where to go?"

"Ichiha there."

"Oh, go ahead."

When I came to the Morimi Kohonstore, Kazuha was really here, with a book spread out in front of him and a mobile phone in his hand.

Starfish came to the counter, and she looked up as well.

"I'm done."

"Hmm."

Morimi nodded, his eyes quickly fell on her arm, and his brows furrowed, "What's wrong?" ”

"Huh? …… Oh, and I fell while riding. ”

"Are you alright?"

"It's okay, it's been dealt with."

Still not quite at ease, she stood up and leaned over to take a closer look.

"You didn't get hurt anywhere else, did you?"

"Nope." The starfish remembered that her father also kept asking, so she said again, "I'm really fine." ”

"Okay."

Morimi sat down again, "Be careful when riding. ”

"Hmmm......"

Starfish answered.

She was also a little absent-minded, staring at her phone for a while, and when she raised her eyes, she saw the starfish standing outside and wanting to speak.

"What's wrong?"

"Ah......h

Starfish paused for a moment, lowering her eyes to avoid her gaze, "It's okay. ”

“……”

It's not like it's okay at all.

Morimi thought about it for a moment, and it was probably only his business that could make her so unrelenting.

"Harumi sent you a message?"

"Oh, no."

"That's Miss Song?"

"There is no ...... either"

Morimi stared at her for a while, but the starfish didn't look at her at all, and there was nothing she could do.

She sighed, and then asked, "Then have you taken the initiative to contact him in the past two days?" ”

"No...... It's just a few words in the group. ”

"I called him last night. At the mention of starfish, he gets excited. ”

"Huh?"

Starfish raised her eyes, "Really? ”

"yes. Although it was the excitement of wanting to come back and strangle me immediately. ”

“……”

Starfish rolled her eyes and glanced to the side.

"It's better than being cold."

"That's what I said......"

She stayed here for only a moment, came preoccupied and left the bookstore preoccupied.

A little time in the evening passed quickly.

After dinner, seeing that the starfish was stunned again, Seiichiro just wanted to say something, she seemed to have made up her mind, and suddenly got up.

"I made an appointment with Yiye to go to her house tonight to sleep ......"

"yes, I see."

(End of chapter)