Chapter 135 – Episode 17. Island Village and Murder and the Daughter of the Abyss
“Welcome.”
When I returned to the inn, Konoka Hamahata greeted me and welcomed me. I bowed slightly and opened my mouth.
“Can I use the private open-air bath right away?”
“Yes. “It’s a pipe connected to an underground hot spring, so warm water always comes out.”
Hmm, before I was possessed, there was an article about a Japanese hot spring where the water was changed only twice a year and E. Coli was over 3,000 times more abundant. It seemed like it would have been better to open and close the pipe connected to the hot spring. I did a little more research about hot springs before coming, and I saw information that the same thing happened in this world and quarantine standards had been strengthened. Thank goodness. Because I didn’t want to soak myself in an E. Coli bath.
“Oh and.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll pay more, so please provide about three servings of food. “I’m a big eater.”
“Oh, I understand. Then… Meals for 3 days…”
It was Konoka Hamahata, who folded her fingers and calculated the extra meal allowance for three days, probably for the first time in a situation like mine. It’s kinda cute, isn’t it? It seemed pristine and cute to see people calculating by hand what could have been done with a smart phone. But cute is cute, and I wanted to soak in the warm water as quickly as possible.
“I’ll just pay extra for two people’s lodging.”
“Yes? Oh, no. That can’t be…”
“Then I’ll add a few more specials to your meal for three, sir.”
Konoka Hamahata’s attempt to refuse the extra lodging fee for two people was thwarted when her host, an old lady, showed up and insisted on adding something called a special dish. I smiled slightly and took money out of her wallet. The owner’s grandmother bowed her waist at a right angle and thanked the guest~! She did She was a grandmother who was good at business.
“Of course, if you want to receive additional services, you have to pay. “Can you show me how to use the private open-air bath?”
“Ah! Follow me, sir!”
“Konoka, please teach the customer well. “I can give you a push on your back if you want.”
I went to my room, opened the outer sliding door, and went to the open-air bath. The stone bath had stagnant water from the constant rain. When Konoka Hamahata pressed the button, the water began to drain. When all the accumulated rainwater drained, a floor made of stone and cement was seen.
“We cleaned it thoroughly before the guests arrived. It rained on the day the guests arrived, so there was some puddles, but it will be clean.”
“It’s an open-air bath, so rain is inevitable.”
When I said it was okay, Konoka Hamahata slightly lowered her head and turned the faucet on the right side of the bath, and hot spring water gushed out from a fairly wide pipe.
“If you open it here, water comes out. “If it’s hot, cold water comes out of the faucet on the other side, so you can use that.”
“Thank you. “I’m going to take a shower now, so you can go.”
“Ah… “Then I’ll see you later.”
No matter how much raincoat I wore, the rain kept leaking inside, and the heat and moisture coming from my body got trapped inside the raincoat and made it sticky, so I wanted to wash it quickly. Konoka Hamahata said hello and left the room, and I took off my clothes while soaking in the hot spring water in the open-air bathtub. The underwear was fine, but the short sleeves and bottom hem of the pants were completely wet. It was raining quite heavily, so getting wet was inevitable.
I hung up my clothes, came out, and went into the hot springs. While I was taking off my clothes and hanging them up, there was some hot spring water.
“Uh-huh~!”
The temperature was just right, warm. There was a slight sulfur smell, which seemed to be a hot spring containing sulfur. I heard that sulfur hot springs are good for something, but I can’t remember.
As it rained, the rain soaked my chest above and the warm spring water below prevented my body from cooling down. While I was enjoying a hot spring bath while listening to the sound of rain and looking at the sea, the sliding door in my room opened and someone came in.
“Excuse me.”
When I heard the voice, it was Konoka Hamahata. What’s going on? When I turned around, Konoka Hamahata, wearing what looked like a shower towel, was standing there with her face blushing and squirming. In her hand she was holding something that looked like a washing basket.
“I’ll give you a push on your back.”
“Ah…”
It seemed like what the innkeeper’s grandmother said earlier wasn’t just something she said. Well, I was thinking about leaving now, but it would be nice if you pushed me on the back.
“Then please take care of me.”
“Yes…”
Konoka Hamahata was lathering herself up with body wash on a shower towel soaked in warm spring water and was gently rubbing her back. Hmm… She wasn’t very strong, so she wasn’t that cool, but I could tell she was working hard, so she gently received a back push.
I had definitely been having a fling with the jar shrine maiden, but when I heard Konoka Hamahata’s breathing getting rougher as she pushed her back weakly, almost like a caress, and pushed hard, my big cock started to raise her head without notice. Luckily she was covered with a towel, but it stuck out into the sky, almost like an leadern tent.
“I’m done. Ah… !”
“Oh my… Sorry. “It feels so good to be pushed, so stop.”
“Ah, I’ve pushed everything, so let’s go now!”
Konoka Hamahata runs away with her face turning bright red. She had recently been watching women drool at the sight of my dick, but seeing such an innocent reaction was something new to her. I washed the rest of my body except my back and rinsed it with water before coming into the room.
She was lying on the tatami mat and watching the internet on her smartphone, and before she knew it, it was dinner time and Konoka Hamahata, her face still red, brought her food. She said that she would add her special menu to the meal for three people, and as she said, her special dishes included a large steamed snow crab and a dish containing her snow crab. Most of the food was quite large and looked delicious.
Konoka Hamahata sat next to me quietly, as if she was planning to serve the meal like she did at lunch.
“The food looks really delicious.”
“Yes, her grandmother is a good cook.”
When she compliments the food, she finally smiles. I smiled and picked up my chopsticks. Since it’s an island, all the seafood was fresh. I was still hungry, so I had a delicious dinner. The raw fish was fresh and delicious, and the snow crab had a unique sweet and salty taste.
“You’re really enjoying it.”
“I eat a lot. “This body consumes a lot of calories.”
I answered with a smile to Konoka Hamahata, who was looking at me curiously as she was amazed at how well I was eating. As I was eating, I suddenly thought of the people from Kwanto University who were diligently conducting research at the shrine. It’s dinner time. Should you be back by now?
“By the way, have the people from Kwanto University returned to the inn?”
“Yes. “Everyone, come back and have dinner.”
Hmm, I guess I came down to eat anyway. After eating for a while, something curious suddenly occurred to me. It was a story that Professor Koga Honmura told me earlier, and the woman on this island returns to her original last name when her husband dies. It was a little strange that Hamahata Konoka had the same last name as her grandmother.
“Earlier, a professor at Kanto University said that on Cho-ten Island, there is a custom for a woman to change her last name when her husband dies. Why is it that the innkeeper’s grandmother and Mr. Hamahata have the same last name?”
“Oh, that’s… There is another custom on this island. A child whose parents die is supposed to take the last name of the guardian. “My parents died when I was young, so I took on my grandmother’s last name from a young age.”
Ah, I asked for no reason. The atmosphere suddenly became cold. In this case, a quick apology was the solution. I politely apologized to Konoka Hamahata.
“I’m sorry for asking you something unnecessary.”
“No~! “I don’t even remember much because he passed away when I was so young.”
Then it’s a good thing. I didn’t say anything more and ate the little food I had left. Hamahata Konoka smiled kindly and placed a cup of his tea in front of me.
“Thank you. “By the way, I want to take a short walk after dinner. Can I borrow an umbrella?”
“Oh, if you’re having tea, I’ll bring it to you right away!”
As I watched the back of Konoka Hamahata running out of the room, I took a sip of her tea. She was almost empty when Konoka Hamahata came by with her umbrella and she took it. Hers was a cute polka dot umbrella.
“I’m going to take a short walk.”
“Yes, I will prepare the place in the meantime. Please come back.”
I left the room while being seen off by Konoka Hamahata. After putting on my shoes from the shoe rack and leaving the guest room building, I saw Atsuhiro Kimura dragging the wrist of her nun, Saori Hijitani, trying to go somewhere.
After briefly hearing the line before that, Atsuhiro Kimura said, let’s go over there. She seemed to have said that, and Saori Hijitani was, but… She did and seemed to hesitate. What, were these two trying to have a secret relationship? When the two saw me coming out, they paused slightly and looked embarrassed.
“Have you had dinner?”
“Oh, no…”
“Yes…”
I asked about dinner as casually as possible, and then… He said and walked past the two. Atsuhiro Kimura hasn’t eaten dinner yet, and Saori Hijitani has. There was no need to get involved in someone else’s love life. Actually, there was a bigger reason why I wasn’t interested in whatever the two were doing.
I didn’t plan on going anywhere particularly far for the walk. I just wanted to take a look around the inn. When you leave the guest room building, there are two buildings right in front of you: a restaurant building where cooking is done, and a building next to it where the Hamahata family stays.
I went straight to the left. I suddenly became curious about whether it was possible to break into the public bathhouse from the outside. At the place of the murder, there was no way to look around, so I couldn’t take a good look at my surroundings. I don’t remember much because they immediately moved the body to the basement and then gathered together outside the women’s bathhouse to talk.
It definitely felt like a hot spring at some point. It was surrounded by a temporary wall made of high bamboo woven together. The one closest to the entrance is probably the women’s bath. The women’s bathhouse was quiet as if no one was using it. There was a bamboo wall built so tightly that it was clearly inviolable.
“It would be difficult to break in from the outside.”
I walked, looking at the bamboo wall and muttering. Eventually, I passed a place where I could hear the sound of water, and it seemed like it was a men’s bathhouse. It seemed like there was someone in the men’s bath. If I take a bath right after dinner, I get an upset stomach. I don’t know who it is, but I’m sure I’ll have diarrhea later.
I soon reached a bend in the road and turned to the right. Now the sound of water has disappeared and only the sound of rain can be heard. As I walked a little further, I saw someone standing there with a tombstone.
The inn blueprint… I roughly made it with Paint haha.
