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Chapter 118 Part 2

Yuu arrived at the entrance to the public bath on the third floor, but this time he was stopped by another waitress.

「I am terribly sorry. We are still getting ready. Could you please wait another 15 minutes?」

Perhaps they were cleaning the bath because no one would come so early in the morning.

It looked like you could use the women’s bath next door, but the men’s bath had a sign that said 『Not yet open for business』.

「All right. I’ll be waiting over there, so please call me when you’re done.」

Without losing his temper, Yuu pointed toward the rest room next to the public bath, so the waitress lowered her head with a relieved expression.

Touko, who realized that she would be able to stay with him for a while longer, was also delighted.

As soon as they entered the large rest room, he found a row of three familiar massage machines, and also a number of sofas arranged in the center where they could relax.

Along the walls, starting from the side closest to the window, there was a large-screen TV, a shelf with tourist information pamphlets, a drink vending machine, and even a nostalgic game machine.

As expected, there didn’t seem to be a table tennis table.

When they went to take a bath yesterday evening, he was thinking about going in there, but the place was already crowded with a lot of female guests, so as expected, even Yuu had to refrain himself and simply waited in the aisle.

As such, Yuu was curious about the things arranged in the empty rest room, and after walking around and looking at everything, he sat down on the sofa with Touko.

During that time, Touko was silent.

Speaking of their resident security personnel, for Yuu, Kanako was like a dependable older sister, but as expected, based on her appearances, Touko was more like a younger sister.

When he looked at Touko, who was quietly sitting on a sofa that had plenty of room for one person, which would allow their guests to relax after taking a bath, he couldn’t help but find her adorable.

「Touko-san, once I go into a bath, will you temporarily go back to your room?」

When Yuu asked her as such, Touko shook her head.

「No, I’ll be waiting here.」

「Ah, well, I don’t think it will take that long, but… I’m sorry for troubling you all the time.」

「Don’t be. This, too, is my job… I mean, if it’s for you, Yuu-sama, it doesn’t trouble me at all.」

「Ahaha… Thank you. I appreciate it.」

「It, it makes me so happy. It’ll give me more strength to do my job.」

The moment she heard Yuu’s words, Touko’s cheeks turned red and she smiled shyly.

When she was first assigned as their resident security personnel, he thought she was a silent character, but as he got to talk with her like this, she showed a lot of expressions, and although a little blunt, she would respond normally.

Though, according to Kanako, it appeared to be an exception since the other party was him.

As there was no one else around, Yuu took a bold action.

He moved around from next to Touko to the front and reached out his hand to her head.

He just wanted to fix Touko’s bobbed hair, which was a little messy since she had just woken up.

Touko froze for a moment, but then squinted in comfort as Yuu’s hand moved to comb her hair.

While fixing her hair, Yuu looked at Touko’s face, which had no makeup on.

Touko also took a glance at Yuu with her large, almond eyes that reminded him of a cat, before then shyly looking away.

Even though she looked young, perhaps because she had a well-featured face, she was plenty cute even without makeup.

Her small lips, which sported a faint red luster, were as adorable as a poppy flower.

He couldn’t help but get seized by the desire to suck it.

When he gently stroked her head while combing her hair, she let out a small 「Wafuu」 cry.

Having her hair touched by Yuu, Touko surrendered herself to him, but after a while she opened her eyelids and looked up at him.

「Y, Yuu-sama…」

「Hmm?」

「Err, um… Yuu-sama… N, no, it’s nothing.」

Perhaps surprised by the fact that she had subconsciously called Yuu’s name out loud, Touko was vague with her words.

「Sorry to have kept you waiting! Go head, please come in.」

Just when he was about to urge Touko to continue and hear out what she had to say, the waitress called out to him from the entrance, so Yuu and Touko jumped and moved away from each other.

「I’ll get going then. Let’s continue our talk when I’m done bathing.」

「Uh… H, have a nice bath.」

With a somewhat hesitant look on her face, Touko saw Yuu off.

And then, after making sure that Yuu had passed through the noren curtain that had the word 『Men’s Bath』 written on it, the waitress put the 『Not yet open for business』 sign, which had been taken off, back on, and went to do her original work.

「Ooh, I have the whole bath for myself.」

He passed through the noren curtain, opened the frosted glass sliding door, and stepped inside.

The changing room was about as large as a school classroom.

Along the walls and in the middle, there were shelves as high as Yuu’s chest, each containing a net basket.

On the opposite side of the shelf, facing a horizontal mirror, there were four washing areas. A hair dryer was hung on the wall.

This was a scene that was often seen at public bathhouses as well.

Taking into account the size of the bath, it seemed that about 20 people could use it simultaneously.

However, when it came to men’s baths, perhaps not even half of it would be used even during peak hours.

Considering how small male population was, it was highly unlikely that the rooms at an inn like Johokaku, which was generally only available to guests that were accompanied by a man, would be fully occupied.

Generally speaking, compared to facilities that were only used by women, facilities that could be used by men required more expenses such as security.

Even so, based on his experience as an office worker, Yuu imagined that the reason the business was able to survive was because, as one of the few entertainment facilities for men, it received subsidies from the government.

Even when he went there yesterday, the changing room was neat and tidy, but right now, it was so clean that you could tell that it had just opened for business.

The floor was dry, and neither dirt nor even a single strand of hair could be seen on it.

In the wash basin, the assortment of supplies for men were neatly arranged, and it was shiny without even a single dirt.

It was a rare chance to be able to not only have the whole bath for himself, but also take a bath before anyone else at an inn like this, so it put Yuu in a very good mood.

Since he was alone, Yuu casually took a look around and then picked a net basket from a shelf near the wall.

It occurred when he untied the obi of his yukata.

He heard a knocking sound.

When he turned around, he noticed that the sound seemed to come from a door with a sign saying, 『Employee Entrance – No Entry Except for Authorized Persons』.

「Huh… yes?」

Although feeling a little confused, Yuu gave them a reply.

As the door slowly opened, the one who showed up with a nervous look on her face was the proprietress.

A complete change from the kimono he saw yesterday, she was wearing a pure white halter neck dress.

The skirt part only reached about 10cm above her knees, exposing her long legs.

Yesterday, her hair was tied up neatly to match her kimono, but now she appeared to just wear it in a bun and secure it with barrettes.

「Um, Hirose-sama… If, it is alright with you… W, would you like me to wash your back…?」

The words of the proprietress, who looked down after taking a glance at Yuu only once, gradually became quieter and quieter.

She must be aware of the graveness of her action of stepping into the men’s bath.

It was a big difference from the dignified appearance she showed yesterday.

It reminded him of the new employee, from back when he was an office worker, who made a fatal mistake, but said nothing about it out of fear, and only went to report it to the section manager after his colleague pointed it out.

Be that as it might be, Yuu guessed that her dress, which exposed her shoulders, was probably a bathing suit that women wore for mixed bathing

She must have gone to the trouble of changing into it after getting informed that he was going to take a bath in the morning.

Unlike yesterday, she seemed to be only wearing minimal makeup, but if a Japanese-style beauty in her 30s came at him after getting ready for him, he had no reason to refuse.

「Fine by me.」

「I, I know, right? As expected, you must dislike the idea of taking baths with women.」

「No, no, no, if it’s you, Proprietress-san, you’re more than welcome. Likewise, please take care of me.」

「R… really!? Ahhh… thank you very much!」

Seeing the proprietress show a radiant smile made Yuu feel happy too.

「Ah, but wouldn’t it be bad if other male guests came?」

「No need to worry, we have made it so that we can have the whole bath for ourselves for now.」

「Ahaha, you’re very well prepared, aren’t you?」

「Ugh…」

As if getting touched on her sore spot, the proprietress’s eyes swam around.

However, when she saw Yuu boldly taking off not only his yukata but also his underpants and getting naked, despite the fact that he was in front of a woman, she was so surprised that she ended up dropping her mouth open.

Without even trying to hide his private parts, Yuu headed towards the bathing area, dangling the magnificent thing on his nether region.

「Now, let’s go.」

「Y, yes!」

Nine times out of ten, the proprietress was prepared to be rejected, but not only did he accept her offer with a smile, he was completely unperturbed as he showed his naked body in front of a woman, and as she stared at his back, she followed Yuu while holding a certain conviction in her heart.