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After dinner, we went back to our rooms to put away our luggage and arrange the bedding.

Everyone was taking a breather, feeling full and tired from the trip.

“Hey, guys, we’re going to the hot spring, aren’t we?”

Suddenly, Ryuki stood up and looked around at us with a strangely happy expression on his face.

It was obvious that there was some sinister plan in that gaze.

‘Well, I’m going, but …… you’re thinking something strange, aren’t you?’

When I asked cautiously, he grinned proudly.

“Actually, I heard that the open-air baths have a male and female partition next to each other. I’m sure of it because I heard it from my father who took this place.”

It was such a stupid statement that I wanted to abolish my envy of the sergeant, but with that one word, the air in the room changed completely.

Everyone’s eyes focused on him.

The father who teaches him is also he’s father

“…… you, what are you trying to say?”

As Hayata furrowed his brow, he continued in a more hushed voice.

“So, I’m talking about going for a peek!”

“Idiot!”

The first to react was Muranaka-kun.

He is usually a calm and collected man, but this comment made him raise his voice.

“What will you do if you get caught doing that? Not only will you be kicked out of the inn, but the school will also report you!”

“No, no, it’s fine as long as they don’t find out. The youth is only as good as the way you act in times like these, isn’t it?”

he doesn’t seem to be embarrassed and declares his words confidently.

“You’re insane,…….”

“But …… I’m a bit concerned about it”

When I said this in shock, Egami unexpectedly muttered under his breath.

“Huh?”

Mukai and I raised our voices at the same time, but Egami looked away while scratching his cheeks.

“No, because, you know, it’s not every day you get a chance to do something like that.”

“……, they’re all idiots, aren’t they?”

I held my head in my hands, but Ryuki stood up as if he was proud of his victory and declared

“Okay, it’s decided! First, we’ll attack from the outside! Let’s get ready and meet in the courtyard!”

And we sneaked into the courtyard.

I and Muranaka-kun were both reluctant to come, probably because we were thinking of contingencies, both in a positive and negative sense.

The courtyard was dimly lit in the darkness of the night, steam was rising from the open-air baths and we could faintly hear the laughter of the women.

“Look, here it is. There’s a planted tree, it’s the perfect spot, isn’t it?”

The place where Ryuki points to is indeed a high planted tree, in a perfect position for peeping.

“Are you seriously going to do it, ……?”

When I asked in shock, he nodded confidently.

“There’s no problem as long as it’s not found out. This is the real thrill of youth!”

“No, it’s a gateway to crime, you know?”

Muranaka-kun calmly butted in, but this did not seem to resonate at all with him.

At the moment he tried to hide behind a plant and quietly peek in, I heard Hina’s voice from the open-air bath.

“Wow, the stars are so beautiful ……!”

Everyone stops moving at once.

It’s an unexpected turn of events.

The group of people in the open-air bath seems to be Hina and her group.

“Oh, hey, isn’t this bad?”

When Egami said in a whisper, Ryuki’s eyes lit up in contrast.

‘It’s great, isn’t it? Come on, you guys, come on!”

“No, definitely don’t!”

Muranaka-kun and I desperately try to stop him, but Ryuki is no longer willing to push

“I feel like someone is watching me. ……”

Suddenly, I heard Hina’s voice.

“I knew it, we’ve been found out!”

Our hearts jumped all at once.

“No, maybe it’s just my imagination?’

As Hina mutters this, the other girls burst into laughter.

I think we’ve reached our limit.

I whispered instructions to all of them.

“Pull out! We’re going back now!”

We left the place as fast as we could, our voices muffled.

We returned to our room and all collapsed onto the futon.

“You guys are really stupid …….”

When I let out a disgusted voice, Ryuki laughed goofily.

“No, but it was thrilling, wasn’t it?”

“You, you really need to reflect on that!”

Everyone was somewhat elated in their hearts while reflecting on themselves for going along with something stupid at one time or another.

Nevertheless, he had indeed learnt my lesson to try again with such a ridiculous act of peeping. That’s what I thought …….

“Hey, this time I’m going to attack from the inside.”

“Inside?”

“Inside?”

“Inside?”

“Yeah. We’re going to look into the women’s bath from the men’s bath.”

It was Ryuki again who started it.

I immediately sigh and fall onto the futon.

“Have you learned nothing from your previous mistake?”

“No, no, listen. It’s not like planting trees or something like that, but the partitions over there tend to leak sound. In other words, even if they can’t see you, they can still hear the conversation!”

“…… sound, that’s not peeping, that’s eavesdropping. It’s not much different from that.”

Muranaka-kun says this with an astonished look on his face, but Ryuki smiles despite his intentions.

“Well, well, that was thrilling earlier, but this is a safe way to enjoy the thrill!”

“Your definition of safe is crazy!”

“Besides, it would be a shame if we didn’t get into the hot springs too.”

I was tweaking, but I had a bad feeling about it.

In the end, we were swept away by the suggestions of the whole guys and went to the hot springs again.

This time, we went to the men’s baths with an open mind and carried out the ‘strategy’.

“From here, you might be able to hear through the partition.”

Ryuki pointed to a corner of the open-air bath and led everyone in.

There should definitely be a women’s bath on the other side of that partition.

“You guys are seriously going to do this …….”

I chuckle, but for some reason, my feet turn in that direction. The human curiosity is frightening.

In the steamy air, we gently sat down near the partition. The whole village approaches the partition, listening attentively.

“Whoa, I can hear!”

We gasp at the sound of his voice.

“What did you hear?”

Egami asked in a whisper, to which he replied with a grin.

“They said that hot springs make your skin smooth!”

“…… That’s just normal conversation, isn’t it?”

Hayata said in disgust, but Ryuki seemed satisfied.

“No, no, the real thing is about to begin. I’m sure we’ll hear more interesting stories!”

“Captain! There’s a hole-like thing over there!”

In response to Hayata’s voice, everyone turns their eyes in the direction he points.

Certainly, something that looks like a hole can be seen there.

“Good work, Captain Hayata!”

“How shall we look at it?”

The hole is about two metres high, so it is not easy to see through.

“Sergeant Takimoto! Carry me on your shoulders!”

“Y-Yes!”

Takimoto then carries Ryuki.

It is too unsteady, wobbling to the right, left and back.

Ryuki, above, is instructing Takimoto, but he is frustrated by the horseman not moving in accordance with his instructions.

“Look, more forward!”

“Yes ……Wow”

Takimoto couldn’t stand it any longer and fell towards us, who were watching.

“Woah!”

At that moment, through the partition, the voices of the women rose in unison.

“What, did you hear something just now?”

“Oh no, isn’t there someone in there?”

We all looked at each other at once.

“We’ve been found out!”

“Hey, Ryuki, clear out!”

I shout in a hushed voice, and Ryuki rushes back to the bathtub.

“Oh no, oh no!”

The whole group remained in the bathtub with tense faces, passing through in silence.

It was then. From behind the partition, Hina’s voice was heard.

“Eh? This is the men’s bath, right? Isn’t something suspicious …..?”

My heart froze.

“…… let’s go back already.”

Everyone nodded at Egami’s suggestion, and we quickly washed up and decided to leave the bath.

When we returned to the room, we all collapsed limply onto the futon.

“……Ryuki, you never really learn, do you?”

When I said this with a sigh, he scratched his head with a shy smile on his face.

“No, youth is a challenge, right? Next time I’ll do it even more perfectly!”

“There won’t be a next time!”

Amidst everyone’s angry shouts, only he was smiling somewhat happily.

What is it about him that makes him a young master?

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