Despite the sudden change in plans, the other women didn't complain and went along with my plan.
"I know that inn! It's really popular right now!"
"Hot water springs up from the ground, right?! Apparently it makes your skin smooth when you soak in it!"
"What?! I absolutely have to go in!!"
In every era and in every world, women have always been sensitive to beauty and fashion.
The decision to change course was immediately and unanimously approved.
We decided to cleanse and dredge all our pores in the hot springs before cleaning and dredging the dungeon.
Which is the hot spring?
Is it over there?
Woohooooooooooo!!
There's no point in walking quickly while still on the Magic Bus.
"We're going pretty far into the mountains now, aren't we?
"I can only see trees on both sides."
Hmm.
It is said that hot springs originate from underground water heated by magma in volcanic zones.
Since hot springs are closely related to volcanoes, it is self-evident that they tend to spring up in large numbers in mountainous regions.
Therefore, continuing on into the mountains like this... is sure proof that we are getting closer to the hot springs!!
"Oh, I see something now."
"See that!!"
Thank goodness, I was worried about getting lost in the middle of the mountains!
And so, we arrived at a mansion resembling a mountain lodge, built deep in the mountains.
"Western style, huh?"
Was I naive to imagine a Japanese-style inn just because it was a hot spring?
After all, there's no way Japanese-style architecture would appear in a fantasy otherworldly world...
No!
Maybe there is a country in the Far East that has a culture very similar to Japan's?
It may be called Wano Country or Hizuru Country!
We'll leave it to another time to head east in search of the golden country of Zipangu...
Now the hot spring is right in front of me.
"Yay!"
"Your skin is so smooth!"
Some of the more impatient people in our circle will want to run off the bus, but wait a minute.
At least wipe the semen off and put on pants!!
"But is it okay...?"
"Eh? What is it?"
I'm intrigued by the melancholy looking Miss Staaf.
"No, but aren't we a large group of more than ten people? Wouldn't it be a nuisance for the inn if we all showed up without a reservation?"
Hahahaha.
What are you saying, Charlotte?
We are the customers, you know? Is there any store that doesn't welcome customers? No, there isn't.
Especially if there are a lot of people, it means the store is doing great business, so there's no way they wouldn't welcome it!!
....
...There's no way that's true.
The people who run the stores have schedules too, so they can't respond immediately if you suddenly ask them to do something unreasonable.
It's bound to be chaotic.
Even though a business cannot operate without customers, there are limits to how much they can handle.
Isn't it already a much talked about inn with rumors reaching all the way to the royal capital?
If that's the case, then wouldn't it be normal for there to be a huge turnout and for customers to feel like they've already had enough?
Won't they tell you things like, "We're fully booked until next year"?
We showed up in large numbers without foreseeing this, and we can only say that we were stupid!
What should we do? If the hotel is really fully booked and we can't stay, all our efforts will be for nothing!?
I don't want to be left out in the mountains and forced to sleep in my car!!
... I cursed my own carelessness...
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"...Huh?"
This turned out to be a completely unfounded fear.
Not expecting much, I walked through the front door and into the inn...
...The house was deserted, with not the slightest sign of life.
"Excuse me, is anyone there?"
I tried to raise my voice but only received a hollow response.
It's not just deserted...there's not a single person there?
ruins?
"...You're not in the wrong place, are you?"
"From the rumors I've heard, this must be the place..."
Is that true?
That's what the rumours say. Are you okay?
However, when you look inside from the entrance, you can see that the house is well-maintained and still has a strong sense of life.
This alone shows that this is no longer an abandoned ruin.
However, I was confused by how deserted the place was...
"Well well well, come in...!"
As if sensing the presence at the front door, there was the sound of something running towards them from the back.
The person who came out was a slightly older woman.
She has a calm demeanor and has her hair tied up so that she can move briskly.
Judging from her appearance, I would have called her "landlady" even without her introducing herself.
"I'm Soaps, the hostess of this hot spring inn. Thank you for coming all the way to this remote place...!"
"Um... we have 16 people without a reservation. Do you have any rooms available?"
I even think to myself, "What an outrage."
No matter how you look at it, the request was that of a nuisance customer.
However, I also understand that this is unreasonable, so if I find that it is impossible, I am prepared to gracefully back down!!
"Oh my, a large group of guests...!? If you're talking about rooms, then as you can see... there are currently no guests staying at our inn."
"Really?! Yessssss!"
"But I can't let you stay the night."
"Huh!?"
why!?
There are plenty of rooms available! There are no other guests there!
So why not let these dozen people who showed up to stay overnight?!
...no.
In this case, you should think about the reason why there are "no customers at all."
So, after hearing more details, I found out...
"...Goblin?"
"Oh, they've been appearing recently. This area is deep in the mountains, with complex terrain and deep forests, making it the perfect hideout for monsters."
Goblins love to pick on the weak, so they will attack any unarmed human they come across.
This is what makes them fundamentally different and more dangerous than animals.
"Guests from the city have to travel through mountain paths to get to this inn, and we've heard some stories of sightings here and there along the way."
"We didn't see it though..."
"That was a stroke of luck."
Well, most importantly, while speeding around on the Magic Bus, they were having harem sex all day long.
Even if we were to pass each other, would there be any way we could notice?
"The lord who governs this area recently issued a notice prohibiting business, stating that it is "dangerous to be attacked". As a result, we are now unable to provide lodging to anyone."
"What?"
The landlady looked visibly haggard as she explained this.
That's understandable. The inn was so popular that it was the subject of rumors in the royal capital, but it was forced to close due to the sudden disaster.
If reality were true, even at this very moment this inn would be bustling with guests visiting the hot springs.
"Has the lord not taken any measures?"
"But there's been no notice of business closure...? There's also no talk of the lord's knights being dispatched."
"You just notified them and that's it? This is a typical example of just throwing things away!"
Lady Starf is outraged as the future ruler.
"Adventurers rarely come to this deep in the mountains. I've given up on the idea of eradicating the goblins. I sent all my employees back to the village. It's dangerous for them to stay in a house in the middle of the mountains."
"Where's the landlady?"
"I am the owner of this inn. This is the only place I can return to, and I must protect the inn until the end."
That being said, it would be extremely dangerous for a frail woman to be alone in a house deep in the mountains like this.
It won't be long before this inn catches the eye of goblins.
Or perhaps they had already been discovered and were just waiting for the right timing to attack.
Because that's what goblins are.
"As a result, we are no longer able to accommodate guests at this inn. I am truly sorry to say this. I would recommend that everyone return home as soon as possible. If we hurry now, we can make it to the village at the foot of the mountain before nightfall."
"That won't work...!"
The ones laughing fearlessly are me and my sexy and reliable older sister, Caliba.
Do you know what we're called in the country?
The main job my siblings and I did in our hometown was exterminating goblins.
Goblins were nothing but a nuisance, regularly appearing in the mountains and fields, attacking livestock, ravaging fields and kidnapping people.
From time to time, volunteers from the village would gather together as a self-defense group and do their best to exterminate goblins.
My sister and I were at the forefront.
Around the countryside, we were all known as the "Goblin Slaughter Siblings."
"I'll be the first to take the lead and crush the goblin horde, then Nee-san will lead the others and surround and kill all the fleeing goblins."
"The cries of goblins pleading for their lives echoed throughout the forest, and then their death throes... Those were fun times too...!"
Hearing a report of their damage for the first time in a while has got the goblin massacre blood boiling.
The deceased said, "He who sees what is right and does not do it should die."
Following that proverb, let us show our bravery!
"P-please don't be so hasty... It's been a while since the goblins were discovered, and we have no idea how big the group has gotten...!"
"That's why we need to act quickly."
Basically, the more goblin hordes are left alone, the more their numbers will increase and the larger they will get.
A fully grown goblin horde could become a catastrophe large enough to destroy not only towns and villages, but even countries.
Therefore, the golden rule is to hunt down every single goblin as soon as you find them.
In reality, the lord who governs this area should be the one doing the hard work, but sadly, he seems to lack both the ability and the sense of responsibility.
I'll tell the Queen when we get back to the royal capital.
"If no one else will do it, I will."
"We are, right Sao?"
My sister is also very motivated.
The one thing that the knight Caliba is as passionate about as sex is goblin slaughter!!
"So, let's get rid of the goblins in this area. Then can we stay at the inn?"
"Um, no?"
The landlady of the hot spring inn is perplexed when confronted.
"If goblins are the reason we're closed, then we can reopen the business as long as we eradicate them. Don't worry, by today or tomorrow, every single goblin will have disappeared from this mountain."
Fortunately, the club members he brought along to explore the dungeon were all fierce warriors.
If these elite soldiers moved in this number, they would be able to slaughter around 200 goblins with ease.
Throw away your naive expectations of a female adventurer being captured by goblins and having a rape fest.
Such expectations are meant to be disappointed.
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And so the goblin subjugation operation was immediately carried out.
The experienced Nee-san will take the lead and lead the elite students of the Royal Academy.
They were accompanied by the professional adventurer Gurkha-san, and with her sister's [Elite Knight] skill "Oath of Debauchery" the abilities of the pole sisters were all more than doubled, so it was safe to say.
Seeing my sisters off like that...
I stayed behind at the hot spring inn.
"Um, is your brother not going?"
The innkeeper looked at me as if I was something pointless.
"All the ladies have gone off to fight, and yet you're the only one left behind..."
I understand what the landlady is trying to say.
He's like a male lion, sending off the females to hunt while he lounges around in his base.
Certainly, the way I am now, I can't help being called a worthless man who makes women go to work.
However, please don't give up on us.
There is meaning behind this lineup as well.
"I know this from my experience hunting goblins."
"Huh...?"
"I once had a bitter experience with this. Goblins are low-intelligence and are supposed to act only instinctively. But sometimes these goblins behave in a way that is 'uncharacteristic' of them."
They are able to read the human's strategies and outwit them.
We were once defeated by those goblins. We somehow managed to get out of the pinch, but we nearly suffered heavy losses.
That bitter experience has served as a lesson.
Even when fighting goblins, you should never let your guard down. Even if you use all your strength to defeat them, you should place an impregnable defense in their weakest points.
That lesson will be put to good use tonight.