After putting on a hotel yukata with a white background and a pattern of waves, Soya opened the door again, and Akane Kirino looked behind him in surprise.
"Why didn't Yuezi change clothes?"
"He won't go."
"Huh?"
Soya looked back at Tsukuyomi and said, "He doesn't like hot springs."
"Yeah."
Kirino Akane expressed great regret for this, after all, Shirōkan is famous for its hot springs.
The actual situation was that Tsukuyomi didn't care whether he went to the hot springs or not, but his first sexual characteristics were too unique. No matter whether he went to the men's or women's baths, he would probably scare others, so Soya let him stay in the room.
"But there is also a black sand bath here, why don't you try it?" she asked again.
The so-called black sand bath means burying the body in the hot and hot sand. There is no need to go into the hot spring, and there is no need to take off your clothes.
Zongya thought for a while and looked at Tsukuyomi, "How is it?"
"I'm free to do whatever I want."
"Then you change clothes."
He closed the door and waited outside.
The corridor is covered with thick carpets, and a bright lantern is placed at the door of each room to facilitate guests to open the door. Bailang Hotel has a long history, and the door still uses old-fashioned door locks instead of the electronic doors that have long been popular in ordinary hotels.
Lock.
"Have you brought the keys?"
Kirino Akane shook the towel bag in her hand and said, "Bring it with you."
"I don't have any pockets. I'll lock the door later and put the key in for me."
"Okay~"
After a while, Tsukuyomi put on a yukata and came out.
High-end hot spring hotels such as Shirasuikan also provide yukatas for men and women, but they only differ in pattern and belt color.
Seeing that he was wearing a women's yukata, Soya asked casually: "Why are you wearing this?"
"Um?"
Tsukuyomi looked at his clothes.
"nice."
After locking the door and going downstairs, several people followed the various signs along the way and arrived at the hot spring pool.
In order not to affect subsequent actions, you need to change into a special yukata before taking a black sand bath.
After changing clothes in the men's locker room, Soya and Tsukuyomi came to the black sand bathing area. After a while, Kyoko came over alone.
Her black hair was tied up casually, and a few strands of black hair hung down by her ears, which she then raised her hand to tuck behind her ears.
The long sleeves slid down, revealing a section of her beautiful wrist.
When his eyes met hers again, Sogu was slightly startled, "Kyoko seems to have no energy."
"Um……"
Along the way, Kyoko has been as taciturn as Asagiri Suzu. She only responds when asked, and rarely takes the initiative to speak.
Although it looks almost the same as usual, it is obvious that something is wrong now.
"What's wrong?"
Jingzi moved her lips and looked at him helplessly.
"Yoshikawa-san has been paying attention to me."
"..."
Normally, she wouldn't care at all about this kind of gaze;
But now, the other person is a temporary companion traveling together. They get along day and night, and the seemingly absent gazes continue.
Being stared at by Hongzi, Kyoko's attention also fell on her involuntarily. Just looking over, Hongzi would stare elsewhere as if nothing had happened.
So back and forth.
This happened most of the time when they were together, and it was especially true after noon today. She unconsciously concentrated her energy, and only when she relaxed did she show a slightly tired look.
Zonggu was silent for a while.
"Maybe it's out of curiosity. After all, Hongzi doesn't have much contact with Kyoko."
There are many types of curiosity and many causes.
Falling on each other, the answer is already obvious.
"Yoshikawa-san is curious about me, probably more because of Yoshiaki-san."
"……Um."
Kyoko sighed slightly.
"What should I do so that Yoshikawa-san doesn't pay attention to me so often?"
Soya crossed his arms and couldn't think of an answer for a moment, but the other client had already changed into a yukata and came over.
"Hongzi."
"What?"
Hongzi looked at him and Jingzi and walked over.
After shouting out, Zonggu realized that he hadn't thought of how to explain it to her. Speaking rashly might have the opposite effect.
"It's okay...no, does the yukata fit?"
"what."
Hongzi glanced at him inexplicably, then lowered his head to look at his clothes.
Jingzi looked at her from the side and looked away before she raised her eyes.
Kirino Akane and Asagiri Suzu also came over quickly.
There is an additional charge for black sand bathing. You gave your ticket to the staff next to the sand, and a group of six people lay down in the shallow sand pit dug in advance.
There was a towel under his head. As soon as he lay down, Zonggu felt the moisture and heat coming from the countless grains of sand beneath him.
"Guest, can we start?" the staff member holding the shovel asked.
"let's start."
Zong Gu nodded, and he began to shovel the sand, "burying" him alive with a gentle and steady rhythm.
The accumulated black sand, with its white steam rising from it, was fished out of the hot natural spring water. According to the staff, the temperature at this time was above fifty-five degrees.
Shovel after shovel, through the yukata, the falling black sand covered the body, completely wrapping the limbs and torso, leaving only the head exposed;
Along with the increasingly obvious sultry feeling, Zongya felt that the black sand buried in his body was gradually becoming heavier.
"alright."
Feeling that it was almost done, the staff stopped shoveling sand, then opened a red oil-paper umbrella and placed it next to his head.
"If you feel unwell, please tell the staff on the sidelines immediately."
Looking up at the red umbrella above his head, Zonggu asked again: "How long will it take to get out?"
"It's up to the customer to decide. But if you insist on it for ten to fifteen minutes, it will have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Many customers have also been relieved of rheumatism that they have struggled with for many years after enjoying the black sand bath..."
The more I talk about it, the more nonsense it becomes.
Zong Gu nodded and asked no more questions.
After all, you can leave on your own as soon as you lift your arm. The staff here are only responsible for burying it and will soon dig a hole.
He turned and looked to the side again.
Lying next to him were Anko and Asagiri Suzu. Perhaps in order to avoid the former, Kyoko lay in the outermost pit, with Tsukuyomi and Kirino Akane in between.
Noticing his gaze, Hongzi also looked over.
"The sand is pressing on my chest and I feel a little stuffy..."
"I feel the same way."
Her voice was slightly lowered, "What did Zonggu just want to say?"
"..."
He didn't speak.
Hongzi turned her head and looked to the other side, then raised her head slightly and glanced at Jingzi with her eyes closed in the corner.
"What were Soya talking to senior sister just now."
"nothing."
She frowned and said, "I'm being perfunctory again."
Zonggu closed his eyes.
"It's so comfortable...I feel like all the fatigue on my body has melted into the sand."
"..."
There was nothing else to do while buried in the sand. Hongzi looked at Akane Kirino with her eyes closed on the other side, then looked back at him for a while.
"Girls are very sensitive to other people's eyes..."
Zonggu suddenly said, "This is what Hongzi told me."
Hongzi was startled, "Really? What's wrong?"
He opened his eyes and looked over, "Boys too."
"……Eh?"
"Actually, regardless of gender, if someone is staring at you all the time, they will always notice it."
Hongzi frowned, "What exactly do Sogu want to say?"
Zong Gu took a deep breath, now was really not the time to talk to her in detail.
"I'll talk to you alone later."
"oh……"
She responded, with some confusion, and slowly closed her eyes.
The hot sand wrapped around his body, and Zonggu soon broke into a sweat.
The heat of the sand comes from the hot springs underground. When it covers the human body, the heat will continue to be lost without being replenished, and the surface temperature will slowly drop.
But it's still hot and stuffy inside, and it's getting worse.
After lying down for a while, feeling almost stuffy, Zonggu raised his arms and legs and sat up with support.
Freed from the shackles of the sweltering heat, for a moment he felt as light as a swallow and relaxed.
I shook the sand off my arms and chest and looked at the time. It was only about eleven or twelve minutes.
Asagiri Suzu also sat up, and Sogu touched her hand, but there was still only a cool feeling.
"What does it feel like?"
"stuffy."
She looked at the hot sand that still buried her lower body, "But it's quite comfortable."
"It will be more comfortable to soak in a real hot spring next."
"Um."
Sogu climbed up and raised his arms towards Kirin, waiting for him to dig himself out.
The yukata was soaked. He patted the sand on her body, and Akane Kirino behind him also sat up.
"I'm sweating a lot..."
"Me too."
On the other side, Jingzi stroked her chest, still feeling a little stuffy.
"Hongzi?"
She looked over and saw Akane Kirino pulling Anko in the sand. The latter was helped up and responded with a confused sound.
"Are you dizzy from the heat?"
Soya supported her, and a bathhouse staff member immediately came over.
After finding out that there was nothing wrong with Hongzi, he said that she would have to rest for a while and that it was not suitable for her to take a hot spring bath.
"Then let's rest." Akane Kirino said.
Hongzi grabbed the yukata on Zonggu's chest and looked at him: "I want to go back to the room and lie down for a while..."
Akane Kirino also looked over, "Then Anko will leave it to Soya."
"...You guys go clubbing first, I'll be down later."
After changing back into her yukata, Soya helped Anko leave the bathhouse.
"You're not just pretending."
"No... my heart was pounding just now. I thought I was going to die."
"Your body is too weak."
"This is the time to say something like this...ah!"
Her legs suddenly went weak. Hongzi pulled Sogu tightly and held her in time with one hand from behind.
"..."
Looking at her briefly, Kyoko looked at Soya again.
"My chest feels a little tight. I want to go back to my room and rest for a while."