A Different World? Trading Between Worlds - Ch 2, Ep 42 - Miraculous Wind

Miraculous Wind

Likely connecting both the men’s and women’s baths, the wall seemed to be a place designed to facilitate cleaning tasks.

In a corner of the large barrier dividing the two main baths, there was a slightly recessed area, possibly for employees to perform various tasks, with a door slightly out of sight.

While that area should have been within Watari’s field of vision, just moments ago, there had been no one there.

But suddenly, when he noticed, there was a man standing there.

Despite being in a hot spring, the fact that he was fully clothed was quite conspicuous.

At first, Watari thought he might be an employee.

However, his behavior was too suspicious for someone working here.

He seemed to be wary of his surroundings.

Moreover, if Watari’s memory served him right, the employees here were supposed to be wearing uniforms.

Whether the door had originally been locked or whether the lock had been somehow disabled, Watari couldn’t say.

When he saw the man entering through the door, Watari hurriedly approached him and spoke up.

“What are you doing?”

“Huh? W-What are you—!?”

“I just noticed you fiddling around with something, that’s all.”

“N-No, you see… the invisibility wore off.”

The man widened his eyes and stared at Watari.

The blood drained from his face, indicating that this was completely unexpected.

Ah, it’s confirmed now, Watari thought.

He had initially considered the possibility that the man might be affiliated with the hot spring.

In that case, Watari had intended to leave immediately, but that possibility was now gone.

Watari instinctively took a step back from the man.

He became visibly wary, his expression stern.

“What you’re doing is trespassing and property damage.”

“W-What are you talking about? I-I’m an employee here—”

“Why would an employee be breaking locks? It doesn’t make sense.”

The man’s trembling voice made it impossible to trust him.

He seemed to have lost all composure.

But rather than getting angry, he seemed to be afraid of Watari.

Inside the employee passage, cleaning tools were lined up, and there was a door similar to the men’s bath on the other side.

Presumably, it led directly to the women’s bath.

Faint light leaked through the gap in the door.

“Stay still.”

“N-No… I was just about to see paradise… If you had just stayed quiet… Would you like to see the secret paradise with me?”

“I refuse. Listen, if you want to see women naked, either persuade them or pay the appropriate price!”

“Ugh!! T-That’s… I was hoping to see them in their natural, defenseless state… Ugh…”

It seemed the man did not know martial arts.

Watari’s unsteady fist, feeling insecure in just his underwear, struck him directly in the cheek, sending him flying.

There was a twinge of pain in Watari’s fist.

Whether he had managed it well or not, the man fell backward and didn’t move.

He lay there looking up at the ceiling vacantly.

Watari felt he needed to make sure the man didn’t escape rather than calling for help right away.

He realized how dangerous it could have been if the opponent had been stronger or had a weapon.

He was breaking locks, so it wouldn’t have been strange for him to have some means of attack.

Thinking about Mariel and Ea being seen naked, he lost his composure.

He needed to act more calmly.

The man seemed to have lost heart after his plan failed, showing no signs of getting up.

Watari kept his distance, remaining cautious.

He couldn’t risk getting too close and being counterattacked.

Even with potions, instant death wasn’t uncommon, as Ea had repeatedly warned him.

—

Shortly afterward, thanks to Watari’s call, one of the male patrons noticed and approached, leading to the situation quickly being reported to the staff.

The peeping Tom was taken away, head drooping in defeat.

A man in the uniform of the establishment bowed deeply and thanked them sincerely.

They had managed to protect everyone. That was a relief.

“Thank you for your cooperation. It seems the man was using an item enchanted with ‘invisibility,’ so we didn’t notice him. I apologize.”

“Well, I’m glad I noticed. But if that’s the case, why could I see him?”

“To prevent peeping, we’ve applied ‘interference’ spells around this employee passage and the walls. He probably wasn’t aware of it.”

Watari understood the employee’s explanation.

Given that he had such a valuable enchanted item, he must have had a fair amount of money.

“Ah, I see. It’s to prevent misuse.”

“Yes. I believe a reward will be issued by the guards later, so could you please tell me your name?”

“My name is Watari. I plan to stay in this town until tomorrow morning.”

When Watari mentioned the name of the inn Masques had recommended, the man seemed to know it well.

He nodded lightly and quickly began writing something down.

“I understand. I’ll call for someone from another department immediately, so could you please watch over here until the security is in place? We can’t entrust it to someone we don’t trust.”

“Well, if that’s the reason.”

“Thanks to your courageous actions, many women were saved. I sincerely thank you once again.”

Even though they had managed to catch the peeping Tom, if the entrance remained wide open, it would become a serious problem.

There were some points in the officer’s explanation that Watari could understand, so he reluctantly agreed.

He had thought he could relax and unwind by soaking in the hot spring.

While the man was being subdued and taken away, Watari stood waiting on the spot.

There was no choice but to guard the door until a replacement arrived.

He briefly wondered if he would catch a cold from cooling down too much, but the inside was warm, and his body was thoroughly warmed up.

As Watari idled away, hoping for the replacement to arrive soon, the entrance with the broken lock began to rattle in the wind.

Could it possibly open?

Preparing for the worst, Watari frowned.

“Hey, is your master really ahead?”

“He is, without a doubt. And it seems like he’s causing some trouble.”

“I see. If Ea says so, it must be true. Is he injured?”

“I don’t smell blood…but with the scent of the hot spring, I can’t be sure.”

Even though it was through the door, it was immediately clear who was speaking from the voice and the content.

It sounded like Ea had noticed Watari’s situation.

While he thought it might be thanks to their remarkable sense of smell or hearing, Watari realized that he couldn’t keep secrets under these circumstances.

Well, there was hardly ever anything to hide from Mariel and Ea anyway.

Watari called out to them through the door.

“Is that you, Mariel and Ea?”

“Is it our master? Ea, it seems you were right.”

“Yeah, master, are you okay?”

“Yeah, everything’s fine. Just had to deal with a peeping Tom.”

“Master, please don’t do anything dangerous.”

“My bad. Well, since everything’s fine, forgive me. I’ll be more careful next time.”

Hearing Ea’s serious voice, Watari apologized.

For Ea, who served diligently as a bodyguard every day, if Watari had gotten injured in a hot spring where she couldn’t reach, she would have worried.

“Yeah. I’m glad you’re okay, master. So, what happened now?”

“It seems the door’s lock was broken, so now an employee is standing guard, and they asked me to watch over until a replacement comes…”

Watari couldn’t continue his words.

The wind that suddenly blew in from the skylight of the hot spring pushed open the door of the entrance all at once.

“Oh…”

“Mas… ter…?”

Naked Mariel and Ea, who had been completely defenseless, came into view.

Both had large breasts with slender waists, plump buttocks, and shapely thighs.

And everything, including their private parts, was visible to Watari.

Their skin, already white to begin with, was even more radiant, perhaps from absorbing plenty of moisture from the hot spring.

Their well-moisturized eyes sparkled like jewels.

“W-We’re sorry!”

“Eek! I-I’m disillusioned to see our master doing something like this.”

“Nishi-nishi, I knew master was lewd, but peeping is a no-no.”

“N-No! I was—”

Mariel, who would normally be embarrassed to be seen, tried to cover her body with her arms.

Her breasts, squeezed by her arms, spilled out, and her cherry-colored nipples were not completely hidden.

Rather, that reaction excited Watari even more.

Ea, on the other hand, proudly lifted her breasts with both hands and flaunted them.

Her massive breasts, supported by the sturdy Cooper’s ligaments of the beastfolk, shook and jiggled.

Watari was flustered but couldn’t take his eyes off them. Then, the next moment, he froze.

“Is something wrong? You seem noisy.”

“N-No, everything’s fine.”

“Yeah, no problem at all. We were just fooling around a bit.”

A young female guest had come to check on them after hearing Mariel’s voice.

But just before that, Ea quickly closed the door, so the female guest didn’t catch sight of Watari.

‘Nice save, Ea!’

Watari had no desire to peep.

Thanks to a hair’s breadth difference, Watari’s honor was preserved.