Chapter 103: Lake Veles (1)
Chapter 103: Lake Veles (1)
If you mix blue and orange there, you\'ll be reminded of the legendary masterpiece game series that recently released its third installment, but the portals in this game were only blue portals.
The entrance is blue, and the exit is also blue.
I have experience using portals several times while playing this game.
However, I could not shake off the feeling of mystery whenever I saw the sight of a hole in space showing the other side.
"Now you can pass by."
The signal was given by the transmission device manager who used the transmission device to open the portal to Lake Veles.
Following the signal, I passed through the portal with the feeling of passing through a round circle.
For a moment, the feeling of losing consciousness.
Just before falling asleep, my consciousness becomes hazy and the feeling of moving away from reality comes and disappears in an instant.
And the next moment, we had already crossed the portal and arrived at Lake Veles.
A total of 6 people, including me, Asil, Flora, and Runon, came through the portal, and the portal closed without a sound behind us.
The sight of the space being restored, like a reverse playback of thin paper burning in a fire, caught my attention as if I could watch it forever, but the manager urged me to come out quickly because other people had to use the transmission device too. I had to hurry and get down from where the portal opened.
As soon as we left the building where the transmission equipment was located, dazzlingly bright sunlight greeted us.
I inadvertently end up squinting my eyes. Only after I put my hand to my forehead and shaded my eyes was I able to see the sight of Lake Veles properly.
The style of the building itself was not much different from the Bresen Castle or the Gersier Castle that I had passed so far, but it was impressive that the buildings that were directly exposed to the sunlight, perhaps because there were no large geographical features such as castle walls, left distinct shadows in proportion to the strong sunlight.〈 Br〉
And the tingling smell of water at the tip of my nose.
The smell of the water was so strong that it wouldn\'t have been strange to say that it wasn\'t salty, but that the sea was next to it.
Perhaps because the humidity was so high, people\'s clothes were quite light.
Even though the lake is not yet visible in the city, I saw quite a few people walking around calmly in swimsuits.
"Is this Lake Veles?"
"I always heard rumors, but I never thought I would come in person."
"You guys look like hillbillies, so can you stop looking around?"
Runon and his party were the first to react to the sight of the city on Lake Veles.
Sophie scolded Runon and Kiven, who were looking around looking for something even though it was their first time.
Seeing that consistency made me chuckle and laugh.
"Let\'s get accommodation first. "I have a lot of luggage, so it\'s hard to carry it around, isn\'t it?"
"Soira. Do you have a place in mind?"
"I did some research, and they say it\'s a good place to stay?"
I pointed to a building roughly in the distance.
The building containing the transmission device managed to be located on high ground, so it was within view of most buildings in the city.
The building I pointed to was particularly large, especially the first floor.
"That\'s accommodation with a hot spring. The first floor looks very spacious, but in reality, the first floor is not that wide. There is a hot spring there, but they only covered the ceiling so that it cannot be seen from above."
"It\'s a hot spring, so it\'s different from just hot water, right?"
"Well, they say it\'s good for skin and things like that."
"Is it good for the skin?"
When we talked about skin, Sophie reacted greatly.
Of course, if you\'re a woman, you can\'t help but be conscious of it.
However, our party members overall were displeased.
Why?
First, me. My body is a special character, so my skin is always in the best condition.
Next thing you know, because you\'re a man at heart, you don\'t realize how important your skin is. Although I can feel it, he is not as good as me, but since he is a special character, I wonder if his skin will be damaged.
And Flora, I know that skin is important, but my skin has never been damaged because I have received great care since birth. So, I don\'t really feel the importance of skin care.
... Looking at the condition it was in when it was rescued from the thieves, I wonder if its skin is damaged as well. Is it a synergy between the "Mana and Beauty" Settings and the "Magic Affinity" Ability?
Although our party members didn\'t think much about the effect of skin care, considering the quality of the accommodation, it was the best accommodation, so the accommodation was decided without any other opinions.
"You know. "What are you doing if you\'re not coming?"
"Ah. Soira. Doesn\'t it smell like something sweet? Is it because of my mood?"
"Because it\'s a tourist destination. "They must be selling desserts somewhere."
"Is it? It\'s a bit dark for something like that... Is it really just my mood?"
Asil kept tilting her head and moving along with us.
"Thank you for choosing our accommodation~"
– Jangle!
Since I was already at a tourist attraction, I chose the best accommodation, but when I calculated it, I ended up spending more than I thought due to the fact that it was the best accommodation in a famous tourist destination, plus many people.
When this vacation is over, I might have to go make money again.
Anyway, I decided to think about that headache later and unpacked my luggage in the room I was assigned.
"It\'s wider than I thought."
"How big is the room? Of course, it is. Did you think it would be narrow?"
"No, I wasn\'t thinking narrow. I knew it was big, but I meant it to be bigger than that."
Asil\'s impressions were not strange; the room was quite large.
There is a living room, and each person has their own room.
They only gave Runon and his group two rooms. The two of them will have to sleep in the same room. Since I provide the water, I don\'t receive any complaints.
Moreover, when I knocked, I found that the rooms were fairly well insulated. If the accommodation is this good, it\'s not a waste of money.
"Have you unpacked everything? I don\'t have any plans from now on, so what do you guys want to do?"
"I want to go to the lake first!"
"I\'m going to take a look around the city."
These were the words of Sophie and Runon, respectively.
And coincidentally, these two opinions were also opinions that divided the opinions of the women and men.
Our party and the female group, including Sophie, decided to enjoy the lake first, while Runon and Kiven decided to tour the city first.
There was no particular reason. If I were to be specific, I wanted to enjoy the most famous ones first.
After the group was divided and Runon and Kiven left.
"What should we do?"
"What do you do? "Can\'t I just go?"
"That\'s not it. You saw it on the way there, right? How people dress."
"Getup... ? Ah. "It wasn\'t even near the lake yet, but there were already a lot of people in swimsuits."
"Yeah, that one. Should we wear swimsuits too?"
Asil said with an expression of disapproval at my suggestion.
"From here already? You\'ll have to walk quite a bit to get to the lake. "Aren\'t you a little embarrassed?"
"Hey, what do you think? It\'s not just us, everyone wears swimsuits, right?"
"Well, it was like that, but... "
Asildo Flora and Sophie, who were a bit reluctant, agreed to my opinion, and they couldn\'t help but nod their heads.
A little while later, four women, each wearing a swimsuit, gathered in the living room.
"What? "You know, what is that?"
Asil, she was wearing something that wasn\'t there until she picked the design at the swimsuit store.
It was a thin garment worn over the upper body.
"Ah. This? "When I thought about it, I thought it was too revealing, so I happened to find some suitable clothes at that store, so I bought one."
I bought it at a swimsuit store, so it\'s a swimsuit, right? The sight of him smiling while doing so couldn\'t have been more disgusting.
Why did you do that... !
Covering your upper body is so maniacal!
That\'s what I thought, but I kept looking at it like this...
Seeing how the bikini swimsuit underneath feels like underwear when you wear it without fastening the front, it\'s not that bad, isn\'t it? I also thought about it.
Okay. There\'s nothing we can do about what we\'ve already bought, so let\'s explore a new path of charm.
For some reason, they didn\'t even think about locking the front, so it would be better to take this opportunity to drag them outside.
"You got everything you needed, right? "First of all, I\'m just going to see what the area around the lake is like today, so there\'s no need to take care of anything."
"Soira. "You don\'t even need oil?"
"Sophie. Since there is no Runon, wouldn\'t there be a need for that?"
"W-I don\'t know what you\'re talking about? "What does Runon have to do with it?"
After spending a little more time thanks to Sophie, who showed through her dark heart, the four of us set off for the lake.
I didn\'t have any trouble not knowing where the lake was. It was easy to find signs pointing to the direction of the lake anywhere in the city.
However.
"... Soira."
"Why? "You know."
"Isn\'t something really showing?"
"Under. "This guy\'s beauty did something else."
"Stop talking nonsense. It really caught a lot of attention, but wasn\'t it strange that we started off in a swimsuit?"
Because of his unique hair color, he was attracting so much attention that even Asil, who often experienced being stared at when he didn\'t wear a hood, felt strange.
Asil thinks it might be the swimsuit\'s fault, but I don\'t think so.
Yes, we only wear bikinis at most, but if you look around, you can see many women wearing only slingshot swimsuits.
Compared to that, we were rather cautious.
Perhaps the reason all eyes are focused is because, as I said, our group is so pretty.
As I\'ve said several times, our party is full of amazingly beautiful girls.
Sophie is not as good as us, but she has a naive charm.
"It\'s not strange. It\'s not strange. You know it when you see it, right? Are swimsuits common for us? "It\'s just because it\'s pretty."
"Is it real...? ?"
Asil was quiet and tried not to pay attention to the stares.
By the way, why are you so worried about exposure that you don\'t try to close the door? Actually, aren\'t you enjoying it too?
How long did we walk while making a lot of noise?
We finally came face to face with the lake that stretched out across our eyes.