"Legendary Hidden Hot Spring" Theme Directive 31 #ThreeLineDialogue #HotSpringPajamasCheekbone

▼This Week's Theme

＊It has been a while. I am Mimizuku. Pleased to be working with you!✨

＊In Search of a Hidden Hot Spring

( Former Codename: Mimizuku Edition )

This time's directive... The dialogue is "This is the only one that wins". The three topics are "
Hot Spring ", "Pajamas ", and "Cheekbone ".

Though it is an incomprehensible directive, the moment I refuse the mission, the
implanted "Detonation Capsule" activates and my life is instantly ended.
An unreasonable mission that I have no choice but to carry out regardless of my dissatisfaction...
Now that I have parted ways with the capsule, I even feel a sense of nostalgia for the directive.

But... I still feel as if I am being manipulated by a directive that feels like the guidance of fate.

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I, whose hobby is traveling alone, go on trips every vacation... as a somewhat fetishistic hobby,
in search of "Hot Springs" in unexplored regions.
This time, I was physically drawn to a hot spring deep in the mountains that was mentioned in an old book I found at a used bookstore called "Touring Unexplored Hot Springs".

According to the account of someone who experienced it,
that hot spring inn had an old man as the proprietor known as the "Cheekbone Hermit," and it is said to be a "
Fountain of Youth" hidden hot spring that royalty once visited in secret.

That royal would soak in the water without revealing their name...
and it seems they would say, "This is the only one that wins!" as if it were a catchphrase.
...Does it still exist? When I looked into it... there was no sign of it at all.

It seems that because the road to the inn was blocked by landslides and the like,
it has been a forgotten existence for quite some time.

But, don't underestimate me!
Even if the inn is gone, there is a possibility that the water remains.
Only by taking on the challenge is one worthy of a maiden's "Hidden Hot Spring"...!!

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Visiting the legendary land, I headed toward the mountains in my mountaineering gear.
In my backpack, I have not only "Pajamas", but alsobivouac supplies.

And then... finally, I discovered an open-air bath wrapped in mysterious steam☆
It is a spot where you can see the white, snow-covered mountain peak. There is no toxic gas.
While feeling grateful for the starry sky, ...after checking the temperature of the water,
I shed my clothes without hesitation and submerged my naked body into the bath..........☆

Filled with the supreme happiness of eternal youth and longevity...

In the steam, I was still unaware of the silhouette on the other side of the rock...
I had not yet noticed.

"Welcome, you've arrived!"

"!!??!!"

....Cheekbone Hermit?! You were still alive??

What will become of my fate...??!!!

<<End>>

(And the prompt too!)

*This story is fiction.

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