And the festival began.
I love festivals. Luke and Liz love to have fun. Sitri doesn't mind it, and Ansem is a good brother who puts his sisters first, so we've always been used to making noise.
And Lucia would scold us.

It used to be just a small event, but as the money and power available has increased, it has now turned into a reasonably large one. Many treasure hunters seek momentary pleasures, but I've never seen anyone go as far as our party.

The only entrance that existed was closed off by an earthen wall, and a thick vapor filled the open space. A large amount of food and alcohol on a nearby table and the smell of hot spring water mixed together to form a chaotic space.
The ground beneath us was earth, but it was hardened to a shine like pottery, so water did not seep in, nor did it stain the soles of our feet.

'Oooohhhh, a hot spring! Cry, I've got a dragon too!

Luke roars loud enough to bother the neighbors, and jumps into the hot spring. A big splash almost hit the food, but it was blown away by an invisible wall. It was a nice assist by Lucia.

Seeing this, Liz's lips pouted, and without hesitation, she untied her obi and slipped off her yukata.
...... Apparently, she was not wearing any underwear. She was so unassuming that she didn't even bother to look at you. In the Garest Mountains, he was embarrassed, but now he's not embarrassed.

The treasure trove has been deactivated, and her legs, which are always hidden, have grown slender and slightly s*xy. The heavenly origin of the standby form that hangs around her ankles is a nice accent.

'That's not fair! I was going to be the first to enter!

I'm not sure what to say. I'm not sure what to say, but I'm sure you'll understand.

I'm not sure if you've heard of it, but I have. He raised his eyebrows and shouted at her.

'Shut up, Tee! There's nothing to be embarrassed about now! I'm not the kind of person who likes to have my skin seen! If you don't want to go to the hot springs, you can do what you want!

'Oh no...'

'Lies.'

'! I'm sorry!

Tino smiles as if he's been saved by the heavens.
I smashed a soft sponge at Liz, who had a curious look on her face and was not hiding anything as well as Luke.

'You need to wash up before you go in.

'Yes, sir! I know what you're talking about, Cry-chan!

'Yes?

Tino screamed as his eyes lit up. But Liz is right, unfortunately it's too late for that.

We've been together for a long time and, more importantly, Liz is not shy.
Although we didn't do it this time, she is the kind of girl who doesn't mind going into men's baths, whether they are coed or not. Of course, if she doesn't want to, she won't do it, but if she wants to, she won't hesitate. And she is always quick enough to knock down any other customers who get in her way and throw them out of the bath.

I've always dressed in a reasonably revealing manner, and this isn't the first time we've been in the hot springs together, so to put it simply, I'm a little ...... familiar with her nudity. As long as she doesn't stick to you, you're fine.
And while she is not one to shy away from skin-to-skin contact because of her nudity, it's not a problem at all because when Lucia is around, she uses her magic to fight it off. She even applied a visual filter.

Lucia also sighs deeply, but doesn't do anything more. Tino seemed to be shocked by the culture gap, but he had already factored it in when he prepared the spa.

'Today is a ...... rude day. Let's eat and drink without worrying about it.'

'Tee, of course ............ you don't have to take off your clothes.'

'You can wear a towel or a bathing suit. You can leave your clothes on.'

There are about two of them who don't wear swimsuits, don't wear towels, and aren't afraid to be seen, but there's no need to worry about them at all. They're like wild beasts. There's no need for Tino to worry about them at all.

'Look! Cry! You're not afraid of the maelstrom! It's the result of my training! It's a good workout for my legs and feet!

Luke shouted confidently as he stood and swam in the whirlpool.
Watching him, I started to enjoy myself, and I didn't care about anything else.
For now, I just take off my top half. I took off the treasure rings in turn, leaving only one warding finger. It's good to have a companion so that you can remove most of the treasures that you wear when you're asleep.

You'll be able to get a lot more than that. I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on.

What's more,......, I'm the least of your worries. No one cares if you take your clothes off.
I'm not going to rehash that.

I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but I think it's a good idea. It's a sweet sake with a low alcohol content that even I can drink.
I take it gratefully and raise the glass with narrowed eyes.

'It's not good for your body to take a bath right after drinking alcohol.

'............ Why did you make me prepare it?

'I didn't make them prepare it. Lies and the others brought it on their own. We, the Strange Glyphs, are made up of such random things.
Oh well, no need to be rude today. Don't say anything else.

I sipped my glass and gulped down the chilled drink Lucia had given me.
Tino gulps down his spit and says, as if he's made up his mind.

'Well,............, I ...... am going to go change my clothes.'

'......Yeah, yeah, I guess so.'

Tino scurried to pick up a pile of towels, took off his shoes and went up to the sitting room. I narrowed my eyes and watched my childhood friends frolicking in a peaceful mood.






'Loo-si-ah, the rapids! There's no rapids! We can't train in this!

'Lusia-chan, sauna! Sauna, please!

'Shut up! Oh, God, shut up! You don't even know how many parallel spells I'm using. ......'



One of the huge barrels of alcohol floats up and pops right above the screaming Luke and Liz. The golden ale hits them hard, and a stronger-than-ever alcohol spirit spreads around. It's a good thing that it doesn't get into the food or the hot spring.

Liz shakes out her hair, which is soaked with alcohol, and screams.

'What are you doing?

'Is this a ...... drunken sword? You're training for the Drunken Sword, aren't you?

His skin was wet and glistening with alcohol. In the event that you have any questions regarding where and the best way to get in touch with us, you can contact us at our own web site.

'Mastaa ......, isn't this what you call a drinking frenzy?

I wonder what he means by that.

'Well, why don't you have some food?

'I'm not comfortable in this outfit, sir.

Tino looked down at his outfit and shook his shoulders. Tino had a long towel covering her entire body. It was wrapped tightly around her and secured so that it would not fall off. She always wears an outfit that shows off her shoulders, so the degree of exposure is not much different, but her white skin is tinged red from the steam. Her shoulders look quite hunched.


'Good work, big brother. Did you take that thing home with you?'

'............ Mm. I left it in the Imperial City.

A little farther away, a Tino-like citrine wrapped in a towel was washing Ansem's back with a soapy mop. It looked as if he was cleaning a large wall, but it was a back wash.
Sitri was smiling and seemed to be enjoying himself. He loves his brother. His back is too big, so he even uses a step stool to rub it all over.

Anthem's back was as huge as a rock, with muscles bulging out of it. The countless old scars on its surface were proof that it had always been in the forefront and had been subjected to countless attacks.
Anthem was the key to the party's defense, and also the healer of the Ghost of Sorrows. His healing spells are so powerful that the country's top officials come to request them, but the only thing about healing spells is that they have a tendency to be ineffective only on the magician himself.

It seems that they don't hurt you, but when I look at their backs, I can't help but think that I've never been hurt thanks to them.

I sit up, grab a float and walk over to Ansem.

'Anthem, thank you for your hard work. It's been a while since I've had a good back bath.

'Mm.'

'Is that okay? Oh, then I'll wash Cry-san's back for you! Is that okay, big brother?''

'...... Mm'

What's the alternative? I don't know, but I borrow a mop from Sitri and scrub Ansem's back.
I'm useless at exploring, but I'm proud to say I'm about as skilled as anyone at cleaning walls. It was very difficult to scrub the developed and raised back, but I scrubbed with all my might. It was hard work, but when I got tired, I could just take a bath in the hot spring.
Since I don't usually work, I enjoy this kind of work a little.

As I was mopping, Tino, who was following me like a mallard duck, said to me in a casual manner.

I'm not sure what to do, but I'm sure you can do it. Brother Anthem, may I?'

'...... Mm.'

We've known each other for a long time now, but he's still a quiet man. However, his voice sounded somewhat happy to be adored by so many friends.
As I passed the baton to Tino, Luke and Liz noticed me and came running up to me side by side with their eyes wide open, and we started fighting over the mop.

'Oh, that's not fair! Is this training? You're training? Let me do it too!

'Huh? It's Tee's turn next, which means it's my turn! Why don't you just drink your drink, Luke? Here, you can have it! It's part of my training!

Liz tries to push the mug of alcohol to Luke, but Luke yells at her annoyingly.

'Oh! There's no such thing as training to drink! Are you mocking me?

'Huh? You can listen to Krai-chan's words, but not mine?

'That's the thing, Lizzie! Your words have no conviction!

My words don't have conviction either. ...... I think they're probably lower in conviction than Lizzie's words.
It was the usual scene. The more they fought, the better they got along.

The two of them are cursing each other with their eyes peeled behind Ansem who is sitting still.
Citly smiles at them. But he seems to be a little more excited than usual.

'Mr. Cry, let's leave it alone. More importantly, ...... I'll flush your back. I've never been able to flush before.

'! Sister Sitri, you're too close...'

And just as she was about to press her breasts against my back, her body flew off.
She plunged headfirst into the hot spring while rubbing her cones, causing a violent splash.

If you're not sure what you're looking for, you can always ask for help. Lucia, with a mug of wine in her hand, said with fixed eyes.

'Sitri, you're out. That's what happens when you're not careful.

'Lucia sister, ...... now ............ attack magic.'

'Thanks to you guys, my magic skills have never stopped improving! Do you know how much trouble I'm in when people ask me how to train my magic?

By the way, Lucia is stronger than me, but she's a little weak in alcohol, so if she consumes the same amount of alcohol as Liz and the others, she'll get drunk and lose consciousness immediately. It seems that she gets especially drunk when she drinks mana potions.
And yet, my sister can use magic normally even when she is drunk. Amazing. Strong.

Tino is frightened by Lucia's eyes as she munches on the meat on the bone with her mouth full.

'Masutaa! Mastaa! If I take that, I'll ...... die.'

'Hahaha, don't worry, I'm taking it easy on you.

Besides, you won't get shot if you don't do anything rash. I'm very careful and I've never been shot before.


Sitri, who has plunged into the hot spring, shakily puts his hands on the bathtub and raises his body. The towel has blown away somewhere, exposing a great deal of faintly tinted skin.

'...... d*mn it! I've worked so hard!

Lucia stood in front of the complaining Citrine, arms crossed. The voltage has risen considerably.

'If you want to stick together so badly, why don't you try becoming a towel? I don't know if I can go back, though.

'What?

'Yes! 'Sitri, become a towel!

'Aaah!

'Get in the towel! Be a towel! Oh, I don't need that kind of magic anymore!

Citri turns bloodthirsty and swims away from the hot spring. Lucia turns the bones she's eaten into charcoal, takes off her yukata, and jumps into the hot spring. The clouds that had been sending out waterfalls are now dropping thunderbolts.

Tino's eyes were black and white as he watched the frenzy of his sisters.

'I've never heard ...... sister Citly scream before. And also Lucia's sister .......'

Lucia and Sitri, you're very close.

'Anthem, are you done?

'...... Mm.'

Ansem, unfazed by anything, washes his body, ignores Luke and Liz who are still fighting over the mop, and slowly sinks into the hot spring. The water overflowing from the huge tub passes by my feet.

I held on to my floatation ring and jumped into the hot spring after them.







I used the floatation ring to float in the water. Tino tied a string to the float and tied the end of the string to a pillar in the tatami room. I don't know if it has any meaning.
It felt good to look up at the moon in the sky and sway while listening to the buzz of my friends.

Next to me, Tino, who was relaxing, murmured to me as he dipped his mouth into the hot water.

'I ...... have never seen such a lively atmosphere before.

Luke and Liz are having a swim race in the hot springs. Sitri and Lucia seem to be having a drinking contest while soaking in the hot springs.
Anthem is soaking in the deepest part of the hot spring with her eyes closed. I don't know what he's thinking about, but he seems content.

Even though it was a vacation, there were many things that happened.
I had a lot of trouble, but when I think back on it afterwards, I feel like it was a ...... good memory.

I hope you enjoyed this vacation at least a little bit, even though I gave Tino a lot of trouble.
Being a hunter is a dangerous job. But it can also be a lot of fun. My talents were so empty that I gave up on following along, but with a child as talented as Tino, I'm sure you'll have more fun than I did.

'Tino, I hope you enjoyed your vacation at .......'

'What?

Tino rolled his eyes at the sudden question and fell silent for a moment.
A variety of colors flashed in his innocent eyes. Perhaps she was remembering the events of this vacation.

After a while, Tino's cheeks reddened a little and he nodded his head as he dipped his nose into the hot water.

Apparently, he had some good memories.
Good, good, good. All's well that ends well. Now I'll buy Eva and the others some souvenirs and show them off.

It was their fault for not coming along on the vacation even though we invited them. How about a hot spring dragon bun as a souvenir?

After bathing in the hot spring, we went outside to drink again. Then we'll have fireworks and go back to the hot spring. By that time, Liz and the others will have calmed down.

While I was thinking about all these fun things, Tino suddenly hit me.
My body shook, and Tino's smooth legs wrapped around my legs.

I was speechless. I wouldn't have been surprised if it had been Liz, but Tino is the type of person who is rather modest and knows what to do.
But there is no shame in Tino's expression. If anything, he looks as if he can't believe what he's seeing.

'............ what?

'......What? No, no, no! My body just started to flow on its own.

That's when I realized that there was a big flow in the hot spring.
A large whirlpool had formed in the center of the spacious bathtub, and the hot water was being sucked into it. The water was being sucked into the vortex.

Luke, who noticed the abnormality, shone his eyes and tried to swim against the flow of water, but he was swallowed in no time. As Luke is swept away, Liz grabs him by the arm and disappears with her eyes wide open.
Lucia and Sitri are almost swept away by the vortex, but Lucia's magic somehow keeps them there.


'Ah ......'.


The legs that had been entangled in the vortex parted. Tino makes a small noise, and is sucked into the vortex and disappears.

The bulk of the water quickly diminished, revealing the bottom of the bathtub.

At the center of the whirlpool was a large hole about a meter across. It was definitely not there before the water was poured.

The only ones left were me, Lucia and Citri, who had survived the floats, and Ansem, who had not been swept away because of his size.
With a hard thud, the edge of the hole is covered with a series of black clawed fingertips that I recognize.

I was stunned, and Lucia said to me with a shiver.

'Oh, not again, Leader.

'Mr. Cry, weren't you supposed to have fireworks with everyone?

Even Sitri looked at me with accusing eyes, was this my fault?

'd*mn it! d*mn it! I can't!

Lucia destroys the edge of the hole with magic, peels off her claws, and jumps into the hole herself.
Anthem stands up and goes for the full-body armor of the treasure with loud footsteps.

Sitri blinked at him as if troubled.

'Why don't we bury this? If Lucia is here, she'll be back anyway. ......'