Chapter 776: To the Hot Spring Labyrinth 7 [Laurier]
The bathhouse felt just like a pond. It was like a small room in a maze……though it was probably about 30 meters square. The entire room was submerged in water, with excess hot water flowing out through cracks in the walls toward the outside of the maze. The depth was about 70 centimeters. It was just deep enough for the girls walking around to have their buttocks barely submerged. Of course, with bodies like Irina or Laurier’s, their stomachs would sink below the surface.
“It’s cloudy”
Mira said, running her hand through the water.
“That’s right. The interesting thing about this hot spring labyrinth is that the color of the water varies depending on the location, and according to one theory, the healing and beauty effects also differ depending on where you bathe. However, most people who come here tend to bathe in multiple pools, so the exact differences in effects are unclear”
Naris says this and sits down on a random 「Island」. There are several rocks submerged in the bathhouse for resting, though they’re more like debris. The material is the same as the walls, so they must have been dragged here by an ogre from somewhere else in the labyrinth. In a normal labyrinth, one might worry about changes in the flow of 「Qi」, but……well, the purifying power seems to have mostly faded anyway, so it’s probably fine.
“Last time I came, it got dark before I could explore more than half of the path. There were black, red, blue, green, and yellow ones, and what else was there?”
“That’s a bit too colorful to want to go in……”
I muttered involuntarily. Because they just looked like poisonous colors to me.
“When you look at hot springs as a whole, colorless, odorless, and tasteless ones like Polka are actually rare. Most have some kind of component mixed in, giving them a unique color and scent”
Dianne explained this while urging me forward, then sat down nearby.
“Besides, the cloudy water might be more convenient for you, right?”
“Eh?”
“You can touch as much as you want without anyone noticing, right?”
“Oh, I see……!”
That’s true. With this level of cloudiness, I wouldn’t be able to see anything if I submerged myself in the water. ……Wait.
“But with all this attention, I don’t think hiding my hands a little would make much difference……”
I looked around. The impact of the nine beautiful women, except for Naris, appearing naked was still strong, and the other guests who were already there, as well as the lecherous customers who had followed them, were standing several meters away, watching us with dozens of people gathered around. Normally, it would be rude to stare at other people bathing, but there were so many of them. Everyone was staring, so there was no point in being shy and just glancing at them. If I was being watched this closely, even if I just sat a girl within arm’s reach and did something discreetly, it would be obvious what was going on.
“Well, if I stick my dick in, I’ll get chased away, but if I just touch your breasts or ass, no one will say anything”
“Listen, 100-man commander Dianne. I think you’ve been spoiling 10-man Captain Smithson too much lately. Or rather, you’re giving up women’s dignity too easily. Let’s say we overlook the harem orgies in bed. But walking around like this, selling yourself cheaply, is something you should refuse to do if you want to produce your own charm, don’t you think?”
“Huh? No, I don’t remember ever refusing to bathe with Andy anywhere”
“……That’s right……!”
Naris pressed her forehead with her fingers as if to endure a headache.
“It wasn’t Andy’s idea in the first place. It was Mira who suggested walking around naked, and Sharon was the one who went along with it because it’s a different culture, and everyone else just followed suit”
Dianne was well aware of where the responsibility lay. No, I enjoyed it too, so if someone had said, 「This is your doing」, I wouldn’t have tried to deny it. And Mira looked cool as a cucumber.
“In the first place, it’s natural to be naked in a place where you’re supposed to be naked, and in our culture, if you’re confident in your body, you should be proud of it”
“That’s how it is in Talc”
The openness of dark elves is something that other races find hard to get used to. Naris seemed to be looking for a way to comment on it, but eventually gave up and sighed. She then glared at the men gathered around her, shouted something, and kicked the water to scatter them.
“What did Naris just say?”
I asked Sharon, who had quietly approached me, as I naturally reached down and cupped her breasts.
“Something like, 『We’re not a sideshow, you idiots!』”
“……Maybe we are a sideshow”
“Huhuu. As Master’s personal meat toy, I wouldn’t mind being put on display……”
Sharon seems to enjoy the thrill of the abnormal situation of exposure, but she also appears to be fabricating a justification for herself, like, 「If I’m an erotic slave, being watched and despised is normal, so it’s okay」. Though, to be fair, the others do it to some extent as well. It might be a destructive desire that needs to be stopped somewhere, but for now, it’s fun, so let’s just go with it.
“You’re my proud erotic pet. I want to brag about how your slutty body, born for this mating, is obsessed with only my cock”
“……It’s an honor, master……♪”
Sharon leans in without caring about others, and as she kisses me, Anzeros, Irina, and Galatia all cough at the same time.
“Well, I can’t compete with Sharon in that department……”
“We’re your personal meat hole slaves, so we want to be praised equally”
“E, Emm……so, next?”
“……I know”
With a wry smile, I hugged and kissed the three of them in turn in the milky-white water. ……And then, Marone and Laurier, who seemed unable to make up their minds to make a move, and Laila, who was sitting leisurely on the 「Island」 sipping alcohol she had brought out from somewhere, were also pulled into a kiss.
“This service is quite a lot of work, Master♪”
“You don’t have to do that just because of us……n, n♪”
I passionately kissed Mira and Dianne as well. It felt like the male audience members were hoping there might be a chance for them too, so to put an end to that, I marked everyone. They’re all my perverted slaves. There’s no chance for you. Well, Dianne isn’t a slave, but…….
“Naris”
“What? You’re not serious, are you? Me too……n, nnn…………ah, that’s it……hmm……♪”
I caught Naris, who was struggling, hugged her tightly, and gave her a deep kiss. On a whim, I tried to take off her thin robe while kissing her. Naris had a collar on, probably because she felt left out. Maybe I could take it off. ……And Naris must have noticed but hesitated for a moment. With her weak hands, she watched me undress her for a while, then suddenly snapped back to reality and grabbed my wrist with a sharp movement just as her robe was about to fall into the water.
“…………What the hell are you doing?!”
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!”
“If you want to show off my naked body, go over there and do it! You’re so careless!”
Saying that with a bit of a straight face, I wiped my lips with my arm, picked up the robe and sash that had completely come off, and put them back on.
“I only went as far as kissing! Repeat!”
“……Eh?”
“Repeat!”
“……Naris, just a kiss. No sex”
“What? That’s not what we agreed on!”
Naris is cute when she’s flustered.
Then, surrounded by onlookers, we visit three baths. As Naris said, each one has a different color and scent, and although I’m reluctant at first, it feels pretty good once I get in. I had always thought that since there was Polka’s sacred spring, other hot springs were just inferior alternatives, but experiencing them firsthand made me realize how narrow-minded I had been. The 「Healing」 provided by hot springs isn’t something tangible like healing wounds or improving health. It’s the act of bathing itself, and the joy of feeling the scent and texture of the water—something you don’t normally experience in daily life—all over your body. The experience it gives you isn’t like the miracle of a sacred spring. It’s more like enjoying a foreign cuisine, something that enriches your spirit. ……Of course, I did get scolded by Naris for getting too friendly with the female slaves in every bathhouse, and I also tried to seduce Naris.
With onlookers following me everywhere, I couldn’t move around to enjoy multiple hot springs, and before I knew it, it was dusk. Since it’s an open-air labyrinth, daytime lighting isn’t necessary, but once night falls, the only light comes from the magic lights floated by the hot spring guides, and those don’t last all night, so we’re told to retreat to the basemaze as soon as possible. For dark-visioned races like ogres, beastmen, and dwarves, there’s no particular increase in danger, but since 70% of Saint Gardo is human, the rules have to be based on the assumption that they can’t see in the dark.
“The guides also withdraw at night, so they said to stay put until morning if we get lost”
“I think the hot springs at night are pretty nice, though”
Mira and Dianne are, of course, dark-vision races. Cat beasts, lion beasts, and dragons can all see in the dark, so the only ones who can’t are me, Anzeros, Sharon, Irina, Naris and Laurier.
“You can just make your own light”
“Making it is fine, but there’s a rule that it can only be placed at a specific location, so you have to turn it off every time”
“That’s so cheap……”
Irina shrugged. Making light isn’t a difficult magic spell, but using it repeatedly causes a loss of concentration, which affects the brightness and duration of the light. ……At least for a human 「Magician」. However, Irina could create them effortlessly, keeping them lit all night with ample brightness. She truly was the most talented member of the clan. Compared to ordinary people who had to make do with limited 「Resources」 like manpower and concentration, I realized once again how expert everyone around me was. Still, now that the onlookers had returned to the town, I could finally relax and enjoy a bath, soaking in the sense of freedom. At worst, we could turn Laila into a dragon on the wall and ride on her back to return to the basemaze in a matter of minutes. The guide, who was equipped with climbing gear, urged us to hurry back, but when we told him that there were many women with night vision, he quickly backed off, probably because they were naked.
“There’s no one around anymore. You can stick your dick in anyone you want……or maybe you already have”
“I’ll go first……I’m sorry……♪”
Before Laila could even laugh at me, I grabbed Laurier’s small waist on the 「Island」 in the bathhouse and inserted myself into her from behind. To be honest, I was so turned on that my dick was dripping with precum, and the female slaves who noticed this were waiting for their chance. I chose Laurier simply because she was nearby. Her body was light enough to be easily lifted onto my knees, and since she was already aroused, it took only four seconds from the moment I touched her to complete penetration.
“You’re completely a meat toy”
“Yes……I, I’m Master’s cock-only creampie toy hole……♪”
Laurier nodded in response to my mocking words, her voice filled with heat.
“Let’s play a lot tonight……okay?”
She begged cutely. I grinned as I shook her small body vertically, beginning my pursuit of pleasure. I made full use of her narrow, tight young vagina, and we both immersed ourselves in the pleasure we had waited half a day for. The other girls, exposed to the mocking and lustful glances of the onlookers, must be thoroughly aroused by now. While being locked in the flying hut for uninterrupted debauchery is nice, adding this kind of stimulation makes the sex even more passionate……I suddenly notice something and count the women in my field of vision, realizing that the wet robe-clad figure that should be there is missing.
“……Hey, Laila”
“Ho?”
“Where’s Naris?”
“……Wait a moment. I’ll look for her”
……Wait, didn’t anyone else notice? Why not?