Chapter 6

In the dead of night, as the sky had long since darkened, the two members of the investigation team finally returned to the palace. A knight who seemed to be their superior stood waiting for them, his anger evident as he questioned them.

"What were you doing, you two? Don't tell me you were just soaking in the hot springs and slacking off…!?"

Just as he was about to unleash his fury, he was left speechless by what he saw.

Their skin… it was clearly…

Much, much cleaner.

"Yes… we did soak in the hot springs…" one of them admitted.

"But… it was to demonstrate the visible effects," the other explained.

Anyone who knew what their skin usually looked like could see the clear results.

The other female knights gathered around, and as soon as they saw the two, they all gasped in unison.

"…Hey, can you show us your arms and legs too?"

As they examined their undergarments and bodies, a shockwave of excitement rippled through the entire knight corps, and everyone present thought the same thing.

"“““I absolutely have to go in too!!!””””

Even the queen, upon hearing the report, ordered, "Take me there immediately!"

"Please wait, Your Majesty! We must ensure the safety first. We will soak for a few days to confirm that it is truly harmless, so please wait a bit longer!" they pleaded.

While safety checks were certainly necessary, if they brought her too soon and she experienced the effects firsthand, she might declare, "This is for the royal family only! I won't share it with anyone!" That would be a disaster.

Before the nobility could monopolize it, we needed to use it ourselves. After years of harsh knight training, our skin was worn out and our limbs were stiff. We needed to restore our skin to its former softness.

Thus, the female knights rushed in en masse.

"Um… What is this…? Master?"

"Yeah… They all came rushing… There are so many guests."

I had expected some to come, but not this many.

The weak monsters on the first floor of the dungeon were quickly squashed by the bloodshot-eyed, terrifying female knights who shouted, "Get out of the way, you noisy pests!"

The knights hurriedly stripped naked and dove into the hot springs one after another.

"…What a sight, it's like a bunch of housewives swarming over a bargain sale."

I had prepared a bath of considerable size, but I hadn't expected nearly 100 female knights to rush in immediately.

The bath was packed to the brim with naked female knights.

"…This isn't sexy at all."

It happened too quickly!

It's not sexy… The speed at which it became unsexy is too fast!

It's only the fourth day of opening. What's going on?

I wanted to savor the feeling of being a pervert for a bit longer!

"Ah… Look! Look at my rough skin, it's becoming so smooth…"

"Amazing… It really works…"

"Ah~… My skin… My hands… My feet are becoming so moisturized~"

The bath was filled to the brim with naked flesh, and the female knights were crying tears of joy and writhing in ecstasy, saying, "Ah~," "Yay~," and "Wow~." It wasn't a modest, erotic bathing scene for the female knights. It looked more like a creepy religious ritual from a horror movie.

I'm glad I made the bath big enough for everyone. If some couldn't fit, there would have been a big fight over who had to leave.

"This would have been a great way to earn dungeon points if they had fought over who could stay," Peta-chan commented, completely contrary to my thoughts.

"Still, how long are they going to stay in the bath…? Well, the longer they stay, the more points we earn."

"They wouldn't be like this if they were fighting, though."

"Who knows… Human desires are unpredictable."

Today alone, we earned 3,600 points, so I decided to double the size of the bath for the next day.

The next day, even more knights arrived, and even the expanded bath wasn't big enough. Soon, angry shouts and fights broke out.

The naked catfight among the female knights…

It sounds like a very erotic situation, but it was just ugly… Not sexy at all.

"Look! The dungeon points are increasing! Fighting is better, keep it up! Hit them! Draw blood! Kill them! Fight… fight more!"

The points quickly surpassed 20,000 after the fights began.

"Well, I should start building the second floor when we hit 10,000 points… Normally."

"Okay, I'll start it then."

While the female knights were fighting, I pressed the button to create the second floor, which I had already designed.

—15 hours and 44 minutes until the completion of the second floor—

Oh? It's faster than the initial setup. That's great; the second floor will be ready by the time the knights arrive tomorrow.

"Regular, quick updates are very important in the early stages."

In the beginning, it's important to prepare as much as possible and update at the right time. It's similar to web comics or fan fiction.

Building the second floor on the fifth day of the dungeon's opening was the fastest recorded time in dungeon history, surpassing the previous record by over 80 days.