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Chapter 177 Part 1

Hot Spring Resort of Dreams! (3) ~Sisters~

Following Satsuki, Yuu and the others took the elevator down to the fourth underground floor.

It seemed that this was the floor used for accommodation.

Looking at the floor plan, there were 10 Western-style rooms and 10 Japanese-style rooms split to the left and right, and apparently, at the back of the Western-style room side there was one particularly large room marked as a special room.

「Now, this way.」

Yuu was curious about what kind of room the special room was, but for now, he followed Satsuki down the hallway.

So far, they hadn’t encountered any other users, and the area was deserted and quiet.

It seemed to be a rule that the Western-style rooms were for both men and women, while the Japanese-style rooms were for women only, and room 10, which Yuu and the others entered, was a Western-style room of about 10 tatami mats.

In return for not having any window, hanging on the back wall was a huge painting depicting the scenery of Hakone with Lake Ashi at the center.

What caught his eye was the set of a double-sized bed and a sofa arranged facing each other.

I’d say it’s more like a love hotel.

While Yuu was having these impressions, Satsuki looked meaningfully at the three of them and said with a smile.

「Then, Yuu, Mana, Rina, are you okay with sharing a room with each other~?」

「Yeah, I don’t mind… Or rather, are big sis Mana and bis sis Rina okay with that?」

「I’d be happy to! Right, Rina?」

「Ah, yeah, err… if big sis says so…」

「Alright, it’s decided then! Now then, for now, put your luggage in the corner. Just in case, keep your valuables on you. I’ll keep the room key for you, so I’ll give it to you later. Let’s get going when you’re ready.」

「「Yes!」」

「Y… yes.」

Having their partners for the night decided to their liking, Yuu and Mana were in good spirits, while Rina alone replied with a flustered look on her face.

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Yuu and the others, now lighter, went back to the elevator and went up to the above ground.

The interior, which was white with an image of blue sky and green plants, was refreshing and kind of reminded them of a sports facility.

「Ah, Satsuki-san! Hello!」

「Hello…huh?!」

「Oh my, hello.」

As they were walking down the aisle, they met two women in their mid-twenties.

I wonder if they are also my half-elder sisters; Yuu thought. Both of them were wearing light clothing, tank tops and shorts of different colors, and had towels draped over their shoulders. He could see that the ends of their hair, which were both tied up into a single bundle, were wet.

What was more, both of them were tall and had great figures, so Yuu couldn’t help but stare at them.

That being said, when they noticed Yuu, the two women were also surprised and stared at him with apparent curiosity, though.

「I’ve never seen them before.」

「Introduce them!」

「These two are here for the first time, so I’ve just started showing them around. It would take forever to tell each and every one of you one by one, so I’ll introduce them at dinner.」

「I see. Got it.」

「Yeah. I’m looking forward to it! See you later!」

After waving their hands with radiant smiles on their faces, both of them went in the direction Yuu and the others came from.

After that, they met a few more people and exchanged brief greetings with them, but Yuu noticed that there were differences in their tendencies.

Those who were acquainted not only with Satsuki but also with Mana were probably his half-elder sisters.

All of them were curious about Yuu and Rina, who they were seeing for the first time, but there was a clear sense of camaraderie and intimacy in their expressions.

And then, when Satsuki told them that she would introduce them at dinner, they readily left.

In contrast, the women who were barely acquainted with Satsuki or Mana, who they were meeting for the first time, stared only at Yuu intently with eyes that seemed to be sizing him up.

Even when Satsuki told them that she would introduce them at dinner, they were reluctant to leave.

According to Satsuki and Mana, they were probably guest members who had made it through the steep applicant-to-acceptance ratio.

As they had no idea when they would be able to come there again, they tended to get obsessed with the men they met.

Incidentally, the color of the nameplates of regular members, like Satsuki and Mana, and Yuu and Rina, who had just received theirs, was white.

The ones the women, who appeared to be guest members, that they met just a moment ago had were light blue, so with that, they should be able to easily tell them apart.

「Just in case, we’ll also keep an eye on them, but let us know if you find them too much. Ah, there are plain-clothed security guards with yellow nameplates patrolling the area, so please call out to them if you’re in trouble.」

「Okay. I understand. Thank you.」

They were probably concerned about Yuu, a man who was visiting for the first time.

He gratefully accepted those feelings, and after walking further on, they opened the door in the middle of the floor.

Apparently, they were going to climb the spiral staircase from there.

「Ooh… amazing.」

「Wow… so pretty!」

Setting aside Mana, who had been there before, Yuu and Rina were fascinated by the unusual plants that spread out in 360 degrees outside the window.

Just to name a few whose names they knew, there were tall palm trees, cycads, bananas with still green fruit, and agaves with huge, long, thin, pointed leaves sprouting from the ground.

There were also numerous flowers of various colors, including bougainvillea, cymbidium, and mandevilla.

There were several ponds scattered here and there, and the plants with round leaves were probably water lilies.

There were also a variety of cacti, from big to small.

Countless plants were planted throughout the area.

The ceiling was dome-shaped, and strong sunlight poured in through the glass.

「On cooler days, we can go outside and take a stroll there, but…」

「At this time of the year, it’s like a steam bath. I can’t stay there for more than five minutes.」

Hearing the conversation between Satsuki and Mana, Yuu was convinced.

The temperature inside the facility was kept at a comfortable level.

However, as soon as they climbed the spiral staircase and arrived here, he felt the temperature rise.

Furthermore, when he tried to touch the glass in front of him, he could feel the heat coming through it.

「Ah, so that’s the case.」

「Hmm?」

「Look, the plants that are planted here are all tropical ones, right? Moreover, the ceiling is made of glass, so it must be pretty hot and humid. In other words, this place is a tropical botanical garden.」

「I see. You sure know a lot, Yuu!」

「Nah, it’s nothing much. Ah, look. That cactus, it has a big flower in bloom.」

「Wow! You’re right. So it produces such beautiful flowers, huh.」

Mana smiled as she watched Yuu and Rina pointing here and there through the glass and talking naturally at such a close distance that shoulders were almost touching.

Without going out to the botanical garden, this time, they decided to go down the spiral staircase to listen to the explanation about the facilities on the first aboveground floor while actually touring them.

As soon as they opened the door, a smile naturally broke out on Yuu’s face.

After all, awaiting them there was a swimming pool, and he could see women in swimsuits enjoying themselves and making merry in it.

Though, compared to the size of the pool, the number of people using it seemed to be small, but as far as he could see, they were all women, which made him happy.

The high ceiling was made of transparent glass, radiating around the circle where the spiral staircase they had just climbed up and down was located.

There were windows, but not only were they high up, they were outward-facing windows that were only partially opened.

「This is the pool facility, which takes up about 3/4 of the first aboveground floor. There’s the so-called wave pool, where the waves come in like on a beach, a 25m pool like you’d find at a school, and a shallow pool for children and people who aren’t good at swimming.」

Right in front of Yuu and the others seemed to be the wave pool.

It was only about 100m wide and not very long, but the shore was the color of a sandy beach, and the water was shallow and the waves came in from the back.

From a distance, he could see that there were about 7 or 8 women in swimsuits, some were relaxing while holding onto floaties, and some others were having fun splashing water on each other.

As far as Yuu was concerned, he would have loved to watch them some more, but Satsuki and the others had moved on, so he couldn’t help but follow along.

For the 25m pool, unlike the ones that could be found at schools, it only had half the number of lanes, just 4.

This might be because those who used it were few in number.

In fact, there was only one person swimming there at the moment.

The crawl as they rotated their left and right arms alternately.

There was quite the distance between the place from where Yuu and the others were looking and the pool, but he could tell that they were swimming with excellent form.

They were wearing a swim cap and goggles, so he could see their face, but it looked like they also had a very good figure. So much that it made him think that they might be a real competitive swimmer.

Suddenly, when the person lifted their arm, Yuu saw something dark in their armpit, which surprised him inwardly.

At the very least, all the women he had mingled in the body with in this world had shaved their armpits, without exception.

「By any chance, is that person…」

「Oh my… I see he’s working hard today too.」

After reaching the finish line, that person stood, took off the goggles and took a deep breath.

There were four or five women watching from the poolside, and they seemed to be cheering for that person.

「A, a man?」

「Yes. He’s also one of your half-elder brothers. When he comes here, he spends about half the day moving his body around like that.」

The second half-elder brother he saw after coming to this place was a muscular macho man, which was a rarity in this world.

He found that surprising, and at the same time, he wondered if he could swim.

Before his rebirth, when he was young, he could swim as well as anyone else and would go to the pool or the sea to play.

However, at best, the Yuu of this world had only played in the water when he was in elementary school, and he had no memory of swimming in earnest.

Physical education classes were separated by gender from the fourth grade of elementary school, but swimming classes were optional for boys.

Therefore, boys who had entered puberty almost never swam.

They couldn’t go to places where they would be exposed to the eyes of women, such as the pool or the sea, so some of them might never swim throughout their lives.

However, the half-elder brother in front of him seemed to be someone who could be said to be an exception to that rule.

As far as Yuu was concerned, since they happened to be at a pool at this time of the year, the midsummer, he also would like to try swimming.

That being said, even though he knew how to swim in his head, the question was whether he could swim physically.

Exercise was something you learned with your body, after all.

Since one of his half-elder brothers was good at swimming, Yuu thought maybe he should ask him to accompany him later.

However, the problem was that, like the aforementioned half-elder brother, men also had to wear bikini-like swimsuits with separate tops and bottoms that also covered their chests, which he found embarrassing.