I retrieved a mass of mithril from inside [Storage], made the usual statue of lion face with open mouth, and installed it on one side of the waterway. If I bestow [Gate] on it right now the hot water will flow out immediately……
I use [Program], and make it so it opens and closes [Gate] with [Open • Close] keywords. I leave it temporarily at [Close], and bury a mithril pipe above the waterway on other side. The pipe here is the mechanism to return the hot water back to the secluded hot spring again.
[With this I believe everything should be fine. ]
While Doran-san and Mika-san are looking, I touch the head of the lion statue, and the instant I recite [Open], the hot water poured out from inside the mouth.
[Ooh!?]
[Hot water came out!]
Eventually the hot water coming out from the lion mouth filled out the waterway, and halted when it reached the height of the pipe in the opposite side. The hot water flows into the drainage pipe, returning to the secluded hot spring, I think.
I went barefoot, and poke my feet in the hot water. Yup, it feels a little hot but it should be fine.
[Wah… This is amazing… ]
[But even if the hot spring appears, does our house have enough grounds to make an outdoor bath?]
While Doran-san was looking at the flowing hot water with utter amazement, Mira-san frowns on the real issue. I had already thought about it.
[If I am not mistaken the big house in the back is empty, right?]
[That’s correct… What will you do?]
[Let’s buy it]
[[Eh!?]]
Yes, this is the quickest way. At once I went to the real estate agent, and when I confirmed how much the house in the back costs, I immediately paid when I was told the price was 8 white gold coins. When I sold the broken pieces of the Mithril Golem, it was unexpectedly a huge sum by itself, so I am not troubled with money at present, and the house has its own uses.
I signed a contract, and returned to [The Silver Moon] after officially purchasing it.
[Did you really go and buy it!?]
[Now, should I do it quickly in one go~?]
While Mika-san was leering and expressing an amazed voice, I invoke [Gate] on the ground, and then transfer the [Whole house] in the back to [Sky Garden]. Suto~n, the house sinks into the ground, and instantly vanish.
[[Eeh!?]]
Aloof from the two surprised people, I made the fence around [The Silver Moon] disappear one by one in the same way.
I roughly changed the shape of the bathhouse with earth magic. I could make it spread quite widely. After that I modified the minute details with [Modeling].
/* Need someone to check the 2nd sentence. Sounds like there should be a negative in there but there wasn’t before I edited it. */
[Ah, how should I make the men’s and ladies’ bath? Should I completely separate them?]
[Eh? Oh, right, can you separate them?]
[E~as~ily!]
I separate the baths completely, making two. I surrounded it with rock walls, a stone pavement for the washing place, made the roof and pillars with Hinoki, and the wall dividing both men’s and ladies’ bath are made with Hinoki. In addition, I apply [Paralysis] to the wall. A divine punishment for peeping guys.
[TL: Hinoki = Japanese cypress]
I create a small dressing room for both sides, and hang the curtains, the external appearance is done for now.
Finally with [Program] I applied [Mirage] on the outdoor bath roof, to completely block the sight from the top.
It has completely become a Japanese style open air bath, and it was done considerably well, too.
I feel a sense of satisfaction towards my own work, nodding by myself, while out of the corner of my eye Mika-san and Doran-san are reflected.
[Ugh… I already got tired of getting surprised… ]
[You made it in a blink of an eye…]
Hmm, did I overdo it? Because it was really interesting I made it really quickly. I even ended up making the bucket and stool as well.
[Wait, can we use this open air bath for business? The land and the bath itself is yours right?]
[I will lend it to you indefinitely. When you make profits using it, you may buy it eventually. It’s 8 white gold pieces though. ]
I showed them the land certificate, with the purchase amount indicated. The house disappeared, but a hot spring was built instead, how about considering the difference zero?
[Fumu… My bad. Not only do I get sale from the inn, I also earn from the bath. In that case, I will use it gratefully. ]
[This hot spring is not effective against diseases, but it is considerably effective against physical ailments. Like having poor eyesight, or waist pain, or even the effects of poison if you soak in it for a while]
[Does it really have that kind of effect? ]