svetikya Chapter 247 Keep going
Chapter 247 Keep going
The girl walked out of the hot spring and went to the kitchen to get the sake and food we wanted. Not long after, someone came over with two wooden plates, but it was not the girl from before, but a young woman in her thirties.
"My two guests, I'm the proprietress of this hot spring hotel. Welcome to our place. These sake and snacks are gifts from our inn. Please enjoy them." The young woman who claimed to be the proprietress placed a wooden tray into the hot spring and floated it in front of Odagiri and me.
I observed this when I entered the hot spring hotel. It is impossible for such a big store to have only two girls. In addition to the two of them, there is a proprietress in front of us, and there is also a cook and a washerwoman working in other rooms.
This is quite strange. There is not a single man in such a big hotel. It seems that the proprietress of this hot spring hotel also has some stories and background, but it has nothing to do with me.
While enjoying the warmth of the hot spring, I looked at the food on the wooden plate. It was the Tenrafu, a common snack in the ninja world. Of course, this is just a general term for foods that are fried after wrapping ingredients in batter. I picked up one of them and put it in my mouth. I could taste that it was made with small whitebait. It was crispy and fragrant and tasted pretty good.
The lady boss saw me tasting the snacks on the wooden plate and asked with a smile: "How do you like it? The seasoning of this snack is a secret of my family."
"Well, it tastes really good and the hot spring is comfortable. It deserves to be the most famous hotel in Corner City." I exclaimed.
"As long as the guests are satisfied, I'll take my leave now. We'll always be on standby if the guests have any needs." The proprietress might have heard the two girls at the front desk talking about my ninja costume and came to make friends with them. When she saw that I had no interest in talking, she took her leave.
I nodded, poured a glass of sake and drank it all, then closed my eyes and lay back in the hot spring to enjoy it again.
After drinking a pot of sake and eating some snacks, we probably relaxed in the hot spring for quite some time. Odagiri and I dried our bodies with bath towels, changed into our previous clothes, and ended our time in the hot spring.
The place to rest at night is also unique. It is a small tent-like room built next to the hot spring, where you can feel the night breeze and the bright moon up close.
Odagiri and I each chose a room to rest.
Nothing happened during the night. When I opened my eyes again, the sun was just at the horizon. The mountain breeze and morning mist were refreshing. However, the fleet had to set off before noon today, so there was no time to explore and enjoy the morning in the mountains. Odagiri and I left under the gaze of the two girls at the front desk.
Just like the journey we took before, the return journey took us more than half an hour. We entered the Horn City, and then went from the north gate of the Horn City all the way through the west gate to reach the Horn Port.
When Odagiri and I returned to the fleet, most of the goods had been traded. Only some grain was left on the dock and seemed to have not been sold. The Chamber of Commerce's followers moved it back onto the ship, so we had to go to the Water Kingdom to trade.
However, the cargo of the large ship and three small boats to be traded in the Kingdom of Hot Springs has basically been completed, with only one small boat still transporting goods at the dock. The other ships have loaded the goods after the transaction and are already anchored at the port, ready to depart at any time.
I returned to the deck of the flagship and greeted the captain: "Captain, Odagiri and I are back. When will we set sail?"
The captain smiled and replied: "There are still some goods that have not been loaded on board. We will definitely be able to leave before noon."
After answering, the captain continued to ask: "Hyuga-sama, how do you feel about going out for a trip?"
"It is indeed quite different from my previous life. I really need to experience different scenery." This is my first time to go to a coastal city to experience a different lifestyle, which is indeed very different from the inland.
Seeing me standing on the deck and practicing hand seals, the captain did not continue to disturb me. Instead, he ordered the ships that had already been loaded with cargo to start sailing out of the port one after another, preparing for departure.
Finally, the last box of cargo was loaded onto the ship. After counting the number of people on each ship, they were ready to set off. Under the command of the captain, the fleet slowly sailed out of the Horn Port and headed towards the Water Kingdom along the route.
"The nearest port of Water Country to us is located in the northwest of Water Country. It is called Water Port and is the largest port in Water Country. It takes about three to five days to travel from Kakuno Port to Water Port, depending on the wind direction and ocean currents." Director Ito of the Sakura Chamber of Commerce instructed the captain to take me to Water Country, and he had nothing to do after that.
"Well, Captain, do you have a map of the Water Country? I guess I need to go to the Hidden Mist Village." The fleet usually only stays at the Water Port and returns after trading with the local Chamber of Commerce. It will not go deep into the Water Country to sell goods, so I need to go on the rest of the way by myself.
"No, the policies of the Water Country are quite xenophobic. We usually leave after trading at the Water Port and never set foot on the land of the Water Country," the captain replied.