Onsen, or hot spring baths, are a great way to soak away the fatigue of your body in a variety of effective baths while enjoying the wide, open view. You could say it's exactly the spirit of the Japanese people.
　However, why am I so tired after coming to an onsen?　I hadn't even gotten into the hot water yet....

　The act of sponging and washing the body of the strongest ambush soldier, Mr. Ain, which can only be thought of as an attempt to kill reason, had left me severely fatigued.
　But ... but... but. I overcame it. There is no doubt that it was one of the strongest trials ever, but I still fought through it.

　I might get beaten up by the Buddhists for saying this, but I think I can achieve enlightenment now. I think I started to see the other side of my consciousness in the second half of the book.
　Well, now that it's over, I'm still in agony over the feeling of Mr. Ayn's body.

　Anyway, my body was finished washing, and I was finally able to soak in the hot water. The dark, muddy water is a little hot, and it soaks into my tired body.

"Huh~

　Hot springs are good after all. As a college student living alone, I didn't have a chance to go, but I seem to like hot springs a lot.
　Thanks to the extraordinary ordeal I just went through, I'm mentally relaxed now. Maybe it's just that my mind is so worn out that I don't have time to think about the details, but.......

''........Yes!　That's for you, Kite!
...Yeah?
A toy duck!
Oh, thank you.

　What Kuro gave me was a child's toy to play with that floats in the bath. Oh, come to think of it, did Black and Isis-san play with it while waiting for me?
　Upon closer inspection, Black had a yellow duck and Isis-san had a white duck floating in front of her.

''My duck ... is ... the strongest.''
Mmm, I'm on top of that!

　I don't think it's a toy for competing for strength or anything like that, but... well, it's okay because it's kind of comforting.
　As I watch Kuro and Aisis-san having a good time, I look at the toy Kuro gave me earlier.
　Mine is brown and a bit slimmer than Black and his friends'....isn't this a 'goose' and not a duck?

Would you like a drink, Master Kite?
'What?　Oh, thank you. I'll take it.

　As I was lazily watching Kuro and the others, Ein-san approached me with a bowl of hot water. As expected of Ayn-san, she knows what she's doing.
　After thanking me, I took the boar in my hand, and Ayn-san poured out the sake with a flowing motion.

　While being careful not to overflow, I took a sip of the wine, and while it was dry and strong, it had a refreshing texture, and it seemed to soak through my mouth and down my throat and into my stomach, and was very delicious.

'.........It's delicious. Is it sake?
''Yes, it was made at Noin's request, but I thought it might suit the palate of Master Kite of the same world, so I prepared it.

　I see, Noin-san prefers sake as well.......it seems to suit her.

''I've prepared some for Chrome-sama, Isis and Chartier as well.
Thanks, Ein.
Thank you.

　When Ain-san took out a new bowl from nowhere, Kuro and Isis-san moved over here.
　What was placed on the bowl for Kuro and Isis-san was a wine glass and an ordinary glass.

''Black is a wine?''
Yeah. I'm not really a big fan of spicy drinks. I prefer wine.
Where is Mr. Isis?
I'm not a big fan of ... alcohol ... so ... juice.

　Hmmm, I guess we each have our own preferences. What about me?　I'm rather fond of any kind of liquor, but I'm probably not a fan of the ones that smell too harsh.
　I mean, well, that's okay.........

"...Alice, how long are you going to be diving?
....

　

I'm sorry that I wasn't careful enough either. I'll buy you a dinner again to make up for it.
....
All right. Just get out of here.

　When he remarks that he's going to buy me a meal, only a hand with three upright fingers comes out of the hot water. I recognize it as a request to buy three meals, and reply that I don't mind.
　Then Alice, with her 'nose up' out of the tub, slowly approached us.

　Alice moves closer to us, and her face appears with her chin completely submerged in the hot water. Her face was easily recognizable and bright red, and her blue eyes were loose................I absentmindedly thought she was a little cute.

''......Ugh, I've been turned into a scratchy thing. Kite, please take responsibility.
"...there's a lot of things I'd like to say about that statement, but before you do, you've got a 'duck in the water', dude.
....

　By some coincidence, the yellow duck that Black had floated earlier was there where Alice had looked up, and now it was perched a bit above Alice's head.
　When I pointed this out to her, Alice silently removed the duck from her head and dunked it from her nose down again into the hot water. Apparently, she was embarrassed.

　I couldn't help but smile at Alice's reaction, which could be said to be fresh in a way among the members present now.......

''Good.''
What?

　I was stretched out in the tub and Kuro climbed onto my legs as if it were natural.
　What are you doing, Black?　No, it's true that he's been riding on my lap more and more lately... but how many times have I told him that the destructive power of riding with clothes on is different than riding naked... oh, ya, soft... ...not!

"Heh, heh, I'm with my kite.
Black, black, oh, I'm out...

Mr. Isis?

　I was about to move my hand, which was not holding the boar, toward Black to get him off my lap anyway, but before I could do so, that hand was grabbed by Mr. Isis.
　As it was, Isis-san held me in her arms, and her soft, slippery body was snug against my arm.

　Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!　I was just about to calm down a little bit, but now this is happening again.......and with Ayn-san on the other side, there's no space at all to move.
　With my head about to boil, I moved my body a little as if I were struggling.....but it caused more of itself.

''Hiyah!''
'What?　Oh, I'm sorry!
Kite, Mr. Kite!　What the hell.....wow, how far do you want to humiliate me?
No, no, I didn't mean to...

　The foot that I moved touched something soft and pnickety, and right after that Alice jerked her body.
　The position of the foot, Alice's reaction and words, in other words, my foot just touched...........I, no, no!　Don't think about it!
　Nothing!　Mindless.....

'Yeah?　Oh, maybe you want to ride Chartier too?
Huh?　Mr. Black?　What are you doing...?
It's okay. Kite's legs are long and there's plenty of room for you.....
'Myaah!　Mr. Black!　Please let go. No, no....

　With Black's words, the soft touch on my foot increases. Oh no, oh no.........

"..........mmmm, Chartia.......could it be that your breasts are bigger than mine......
'Huh!　Wh-Where do you want to go, Black?　No, no, hmmm.........

　The lasciviousness that unfolds on his feet. The mind is being whittled away........someone help me.......

　Dear mom, dad--what can I say, for once in a while, my reason may really be at its limit. Or rather, it's either my reason will reach its limit or my boiling head will let go of consciousness first......either way - I'm stuck on all sides.