"It's a hot spring town, but there's no hot water..."
"Er!? A bath for two, I was looking forward to it!
When I saw the announcement poster on the wall, me and Lentomia looked at each other.
Nothing. I'm not going to dip in the hot tub with this adorable half elf, but I still feel the same regret.
Hot springs are interpreted as a kind of "miracle" that God is blessing the dragon (...) of the fire (...) that sleeps underground in order to heal man, turning the river that dragons flow underground into hot water...
The fact that it may not last forever or cease to come out at the whim of a dragon, beyond the fact that hot water gushes out of the ground by the power of a "miracle", seems to be conveyed as a prophetic legacy.
In the end, I'm no match for natural management with dynamic changes, but still remorse.
"Uhm...... By the way, when we get here, we don't have to stop..."
It doesn't have to be the day we visit to rest our tired bodies and hearts. I don't know if God and I hate each other, but I just want to relax and dip in the water.
"Grey, you can't swim in a big bath -?
Twin-tailed plum with scarlet paper makes a sad face.
"Mm-hmm. Looks like the big bath's closed. And plum... baths are not places to swim."
"I can't -?
"It's obvious."
"Sage, do something with magic! If you can get the slime out of your hand, you can get it out of hot water, right?
Hemperoza says impotently with an anticipating look. Spread your hands wide in front of me, but I can't magically handle all this on a boulder.
"Don't push it, you know magic isn't omnipotent..."
"Sometimes it's good for a wise man!
"Ugh, shut up!?
"Heh."
Catch Hemperoza trying to escape and unnip her cheeks from behind. The cold fingertips warmed up a little.
"... Something's wrong with the source. I'm sure."
Sensitive and familiar with nature in general, Lentomia moves her elf ears around to see what's going on in town.
- Notice of restrictions on the use of hot water. Due to a sharp reduction in outpouring from the underground…
Our current location is on Main Street on the South Side, also known as the Boulevard of Verslin, Hot Springs.
Not as busy as the Metanostadt city, but a lot of people go and go.
The city's buildings are a black-like brick that easily absorbs solar heat, with a spilled impression as the bumpy beams are painted with white lacquer.
The grounds are huge, so it's interesting to see cute conifers planted between the buildings and resorts in the North.
The people on the road also stopped by the merchants on the journey, the groups that would have come for hot spring purposes, the likely rich aristocrats - -.
A little different from other cities and villages is that everyone is visiting to enjoy the city's atmosphere and relax on their vacation.
But the key water doesn't come out.
It seemed like no heart or less hot air that had risen from all over the city.
"Um, do you want to do a little research"
"Yes, sage Grecas"
Me and Metius began to quickly gather information by inspiring search magic (Gogol).
Only one source supplies hot water to more than a hundred large and small spa inns in Verse Clin. The cave that opens its mouth to the north side of the city, the 'Cave of Fire Dragons', seems to be it.
It's a cave that opens its mouth in the midst of a small, high mountain of active volcanoes, where the groundwater veins are warmed by an underground magma - well, typically a fire-spitting dragon is supposedly warmed - and it runs out as abundant hot water.
They provide it to inns all over the city with pump-like karaki, using the pressure of another steam vent nearby.
Is it "Hot Smoke Guild Verstave" that you manage?
A peek at the Alliance's water management books showed that water did seem to be decreasing rapidly here these days. Just... a few weeks ago, around the front of the Metanostadt Cultural Festival.
"Did you find anything?
Lentomia puts her hand on my shoulder and puts her little neck on it.
"Hmm, hot water started to decrease a few weeks ago. Something... I think it might have a lot to do with it, but nature is a whim, so it could be a coincidence."
"Then let's go to the guild!
Rarely aggressive Lentomia pulls my arm. He wants to go into the hot springs for the rest of his life. But there, Lulu called from the side.
"Lord Grey, I hope you find a place to stay."
Lu sued softly beside me.
Ahead of the amethyst colored eyes was the precious Spiano. I immediately realized that I was worried about my body.
Spiano, of weight, is now interested in bickering, overlooking Manuferno and the streets of the city.
It would also be cruel to let a dog ear girl from a warm desert walk under such a cold sky.
"Uhm. Right...... All right, let's find the inn first. Alliance after that."
It looked like Lentomia had no objection to this, so I started searching for good accommodation using search magic (Gogol) and map search.
- - Clean, comfortable sleeping area (bed), good food, room for two. Baths per room, popular with women… and related keywords side-by-side, searching by search magic (google) brought up some of the names of the lodgings found from the traveler's diary.
The magical power that confronted the Demon King is now a use like a travel agent, but, well, I can't help it.
We have a very high percentage of girls. The room is dirty since I decided to stay, but the mess is bad, but the floors are small, so it's better than being complained about.
"Okay, here's the decision"
It's a few minutes walk from here, the big inn looks good.
The main street of Hot Springs Street is a well maintained gravel road about 10 Merte wide. On the left and right side of the street, there are shops selling the tools (items) needed for the journey, selling weapons and protective equipment, and selling hot springs.
When I was invited by the fragrant aroma to turn my gaze, it was an open-air selling "seasoned skewered BBQ" of various wildlife specialties in the region.
It is an easy food to stab the so-called jivieh meat on a skewer and cook it fragrant, covered with herb salt and savoured with 1 silver coin per skewer.
And in front of the stall was Faria. This is a rare plain dress with a long, thick embroidered piece. I have long silver hair down and can hear the relaxed atmosphere.
He's not a pochette on his hips, though, and he's laying on his side with a dagger that doesn't resemble plain clothes. Again, I guess a complete round hips doesn't keep your mind calm for Faria.
Didn't you take off your armor and die before? It was "Female Warrior Faria," who wore so much armor that it seemed to have disappeared lately.
Next to it was Iola, his disciple, who likewise lowered his sword to his waist.
The boulder is the Meat Union (Meatier), if you don't think you can see him, were you here quickly?
"Master, I'll take five."
"Yes! I'll eat it for you, Mr. Beppin!
"Ha ha, beauty and health starts with meat!
Does the manuferno nourishment medication work, I seem to have an appetite?
When Faria paid five pieces of silver, she received a skewer with a large grip of meat with both hands.
Pass three bottles to Iola. Sounds like two sticks are for me.
"Thank you, Mr. Faria! Are you sure?"
"It's for my two sisters (...)"
"Yeah!"
Iola thanked him for nodding honestly and offered meat to her sisters (...), Riola and Larna, who were looking at the trinkets in the next stall.
"Iola, Riola, Faria, we're moving because we've decided to stay."
I spoke up.
and then. There was a scream on the other side of the street.
"Shah!?
"Wah! What!?
Everyone's gaze gathered in unison when the people blurted and screamed.
"Greg!"
"What noise!?
Faria reacts quickly and Lentomia also stares in the direction in which her voice spoke. The fairy Metius quickly rose to the sky and looked ahead to the people's gaze.
Then two bloody warriors appeared on the boulevard and fell.
"What the hell... what?
Continued