Chapter 121: Hot Springs and a Hint for the Future

「Wow, it’s a palace bath facility huh. It’s as spacious as a hot spring. 」

It was a palace bath facility provided by Shin, and it was a vast bath room like those in Rome.

「I can finally take my time in a hot spring if I want to heal the fatigue of an arduous day. 」

After I said that, I soaked in the water up to my mouth, enjoying the bath by myself.

In reality, Rock, Dora-chan, Fitis and others would like to cling to me here, but I had experienced that on the first day, and honestly, I didn’t have time to take a leisurely bath, so now I sneaked in alone in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep.

Today’s work was something I’d never done before, and it involved physical activity, so I wanted to heal my fatigue slowly.

Then, after showing Shin my new monsters, I followed Shin’s guidance and went to hunt monsters that existed in the desert to further cultivate monsters.

When I said hunting, there were few direct hunts, but most of them were just collecting seeds and eggs from monsters that lived in the desert, and if there was a small battle in the process, I asked Shin and others to help me.

A monster with arms and legs that I saw while traveling in Kobuda before, a Cactus Ball, was walking around.

Originally, cacti were considered a valuable food in the desert on Earth.

It was a versatile plant that contained a lot of water and was used not only as food but also for medicinal purposes.

In this world, the Cactus Ball, a cacti-shaped monster, was also a valuable food, and it was said to be packed with moist flesh when cut open.

It tasted surprisingly good, similar to Okra.

There was also a Killer Scorpion. What surprised me was that it also tasted good.

It was like a lobster if I had to compare it to a flavor that I knew. It was packed with meat and was quite delicious even though it was just grilled.

There was also a Basilisk, a higher-level species of Cockatrice.

It had a similar feel to the Cockatrice, but as a higher-level species, the Basilisk tasted better.

There were apparently several other monsters, but for now, that was all I was able to secure today.

Next, I planned to use the seeds and eggs of the monsters I had already obtained to improve their breeding.

However, as Shin said before, the number of monsters in the desert seemed to have been decreasing recently, so if I were to find other monsters, it would be even more difficult than today.

For the time being, I was thinking about crossbreeding the Cactus Balls I had with Killer Scorpions.

I was planning to feed the lobster-like flesh of Killer Scorpions to the flesh of Cactus Balls and cultivate them as Scorpion Balls.

The plan was for several cacti to bear fruit on the tree, and when you cut open the fruit, it would be packed with lobster-like flesh.

Cacti naturally had the property of easily retaining moisture, so if this worked it would be absolutely delicious.

I also had plans to crossbreed and improve other monsters, but I’d go through them one by one first.

Really, this was fun.

Thanks to my newly awakened breeding skills, I had so much to do, like which monsters I’d combine with the other monsters to create a new one, and it was making me excited.

I really needed to thank my dad.

And as I was thinking about that, I heard someone open the bathroom door and enter.

I thought I was the only one enjoying a bath in the middle of the night, but there was someone else there.

It was hard to see through the steam, but I could see a small build, brown skin, and blonde hair.

Could that be…?

「Is that you Shin? 」

「Huh?! Ky…Kyou?! …Kyou-san?! 」

I could see Shin trembling from the other side of the steam.

There was nothing to be so surprised about.

「Oh, that’s right. I mean, you were taking a bath at this time too, weren’t you? 」

「Ye…Yes, that’s right. The bath in this palace is spacious, so it’s definitely the best way to relieve fatigue…」

He started to panic, obvious to anyone who saw him. What on earth was happening?

「…Well, then I’ll excuse myself. I…I didn’t know Kyou-san was in here, so please…please take your time soaking by yourself…」

Shin said that, and hurriedly headed for the door.

Wait, hey.

「No, no, I don’t care if you come in as well. I mean, why are you in such a hurry? We’re both men. 」

As soon as I stood up from the bath to stop him, Shin glanced back at me, as if in response, and slipped on the soap that was rolling around at my feet.

「Ah! 」

What happened? The next moment I noticed, Shin had fallen flat on his backside and was trembling in agony.

「Hey! Shin…are you okay?! 」

I instinctively jumped out of the bath and approached Shin, who was supporting his backside with his hands, but at that moment…

「…?! No…No! Kyou-san! Do…Don’t look at me!! 」

Shin let out a louder, more scream-like voice than I’d ever heard him say, and I instinctively raised my head and looked at his upper body…

「Huh? 」

Shin had short blonde hair, brown cheeks that were now flushed red, and was hiding his chest with his arms.

However, there was a slight bulge in his chest, which seemed to be spilling out from his arms, and with his narrow waist and buttocks, he was more like a girl than a boy, or rather, could this really be…

「Wha…What! Yo…You’re a girl?!!!! 」

Shin’s face turned red again at my scream, and he tried desperately to hide the places he should have hidden.

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