TRHSOS 75

At twenty-three years old, for the first time in my life, I had a dragon dream. I thought I should run straight to the convenience store to buy a lottery ticket when I woke up. “If you want to become the owner, take this key!” The dragon even pulled out a golden key. ‘A golden key! I can’t resist this!’ The moment I eagerly grabbed the golden key. [𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐲’ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 ‘𝐘𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐠𝐲𝐞’.] [𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠’ 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐲’.] [𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠’ 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 ‘𝐘𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐠𝐲𝐞’ 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐩.] [𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 ‘𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐅)’.] Wait… wasn’t this supposed to be a lucky dream?!What I operate is an EX-rank hot spring, and the only guests who can come here are Constellations and the Tower Master I personally approve. The problem? All four of those Constellations are crazy bastards. [𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 ‘𝐘𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐠𝐲𝐞’ 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬.”] After tirelessly running the hot spring with no breaks because of these crazy guests, I finally reached my limit. I had had enough. I declared a strike! With all the money I saved, I planned to relax, eat well, and enjoy my well-earned vacation. But then— [‘𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫’ 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, “𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞?”] [𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐘𝐞𝐨𝐦𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’ 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, “𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”] [𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫’ 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬.”] [𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞?’ 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬, “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰.”] [𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠’ 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬, “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.”] Now, my customers are obsessively clinging to me.