Chapter 71

The curtain was not sewn with protective stitching.

When I touched the red fabric, it felt strange.

No matter how I looked at it or touched it, it was cloth, but it didn’t feel like cloth.

Beyond this point is the women's bath. Men and those with impure intentions are forbidden to proceed.

I understood its 'function.'

No, function?

Isn't this the creator's consciousness?

It seems the creator's consciousness has materialized with its own power.

At that moment, the world shook.

An earthquake?

No, it's different? Just me?

My sense of balance is off? Like when I was denied food for three days for the first time at the Nuier family?

"Yui? What's wrong?"

Gently supported by Arjitt-sama, I realized I was about to have a dizzy spell.

There were stone partitions around the water column where one could sit, so I was seated there.

It was probably a circular stone bench. When I sat down, I could feel how heavy my body was.

I shouldn't think about this cloth.

"Are you okay?"

"Yui-sama, I'm sorry to bother you."

Ruuruu-san took my pulse and placed her hand on my forehead, and I felt relieved for some reason.

"You don't have a fever."

"Yui-sama, did you learn anything from touching that red cloth?"

Endelia-san looked back at the curtain and asked.

What did I understand?

"It's not sewn with protective stitching. It's cloth, but it's not cloth."

Ah, I shouldn't think about it anymore, but my head is spinning.

Looking at the curtain, I noticed a sign between the women's and men's baths that I hadn't seen before because the water column was in the way.

I was so focused on the curtain's fabric.

The sign was written in Japanese.

[This place is to be a free public bath.

Admission fees for the bath are prohibited.

Taking or reselling the facilities inside is prohibited.

Bringing in light snacks and drinks is allowed.

Combat on the bath floor is generally prohibited.

Harming others and those with malicious intent are forbidden from entering the hot spring labyrinth square.

The entrance fee for the labyrinth is left to the guide's discretion.

On the first day of each month,

Half of the fees are to be used for replenishing the magic stones in the equipment,

The remainder is to be used for personnel costs.

Shimokawa Michinaga and Risa]

Ah, this was created by divine power.

"Phantom treasure?"

Something clicked in my mind.

No matter what, I understood that this was something I couldn't comprehend.

Before that, the characters on the curtain, kanji! Japanese!

If I weren't a reincarnated person, I would have immediately realized it was related to a deity!

Then, my physical discomfort cleared up.

The dizziness, maybe I was about to have a capacity overload?

I was convinced, but it seems the others weren't.

Fortunately, my voice was low, so only Arjitt-sama and the others heard me.

Arjitt-sama and the others held their breath and looked at the curtain.

"That cloth?"

Huh? Oh, right!

I was asked about the cloth, wasn't I?

"No, it's—"

Strictly speaking, it's not wrong.

"This floor? Everything, probably, is a phantom treasure?"