Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Chapter 376 Fujimaru Ritsuka: Alas, I should have known...

After walking through the door and arriving at the front desk of the hotel, the waiter responsible for receiving them was a young, beautiful and calm-looking elder sister named Haru Inamori.

"It's Miss Fujimaru, and, um, Gilead...Wright? Miss..."

Inamori Haru reluctantly finished reading Mashu's name, and then apologized sheepishly:

"Sorry, there are very few foreign customers in the store, so..."

"It doesn't matter."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and waved her hands:

"Just call us by our names."

Seeing their kind attitude, Haru Inamori breathed a sigh of relief, and his attitude became a little more friendly. He smiled and said:

"Okay, then please call me by my name too."

"Miss Ritsuka, Miss Mashu, you have booked a high-end Japanese room for one night in advance, right?"

"um, yes."

In addition to the more spacious, comfortable and luxurious rooms in the Superior Japanese Room, the most important thing is that there is a separate small hot spring that belongs only to their room for the two of them to enjoy exclusively.

"Then, let me take you to your room first."

After confirming the identity and room information, Haru Inamori took them to confirm the room.

Following Inamori Haru's footsteps and walking into the interior of the hotel, the first thing that catches the eye is the Japanese-style corridor landscape full of summer charm, which is very pleasing to the eye.

On the way, Haru Inamori led the way and chatted with them with a smile.

"Speaking of which, you guys also read the novel and came here to meet Zashiki Warashi?"

"novel?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were a little confused. Zashiki Warashi and the others knew about it, but they didn’t know what it had to do with the novel.

"It seems I misunderstood."

Seeing their expressions, Haru Inamori explained with a smile:

"Actually, the reason why our hotel has recently become famous is because a guest who frequents our hotel wrote a novel about our hotel and Zashiki Warashi, so the news spread all at once."

"Is that so?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly understood, and Mashu beside him asked:

"In other words, Zashiki Warashi is just a fictional character in the novel?"

Although this kind of truth is a bit disappointing, it is also reasonable, but unexpectedly Haru Inamori shook his head and smiled:

"Of course not, there is indeed a Zashiki Warashi in our hotel."

The other party's tone was natural and determined. She smiled and explained:

"The guest who wrote the novel often came to the hotel because he could see Zashiki Warashi in kimono."

"Hey, is that so?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was a little surprised, then thought about it and asked again:

"Has Ms. Haru seen Zashiki Warashi too?"

"Hmm, I haven't seen it."

Mentioning this issue, Haru Inamori sighed regretfully and couldn't help but mutter:

"Speaking of which, Zashiki Warashi is obviously where I work every day, but I don't have any psychic abilities at all. I have never seen him once... Really, I really want to see him!"

However, the other party's mood quickly recovered, and then he actively suggested:

"If possible, after you confirm the room, how about we take you to see [Between the Dolls]?"

"[Between the Dolls]?"

"It's a Japanese-style room filled with dolls. Zashiki Warashi seems to hang out there often. If you're lucky, you might be able to meet him!"

Hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu looked at each other, then smiled and nodded in agreement.

"That'll be troublesome!"

Soon, under the guidance of the other party, they found the room where they would stay tonight. Although it was said to be a high-end Japanese-style room, the layout and decoration were similar to a normal Japanese-style room.

The only thing worthy of praise is that the room comes with a small landscape and private hot spring.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were empty-handed and didn't seem to have any luggage to pack, so after confirming the accommodation room, Inamori Haru took them to the so-called "Doll Room".

"This is it."

As Inamori Haru spoke, he opened the door and revealed the appearance of the room——

As expected, it was a room full of dolls. Countless dolls were closely packed together and lined up in several rows, occupying half of the room.

At this time, noticing that the expressions of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu seemed a little subtle, Inamori Haru asked with concern:

"It didn't scare you, did it?"

"Because some guests feel creepy when they see such a scene, saying that a room full of dolls looks scary."

Hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka came back to his senses, shook his head and said with a smile:

"It's okay, we're fine."

"That's good."

Saying that, Haru Inamori smiled again:

"Actually, I was a little scared at first, but after working here for a long time, I seemed to subconsciously regard these dolls as part of the hotel, and I am no longer scared."

After finishing speaking, she seemed to have remembered something, bowed slightly to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, and said with a smile:

"In that case, please allow me to excuse you. If you have any other questions, you can call me at any time."

"So,"

Watching Inamori Haru's figure disappear at the end of the corridor, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu's expressions changed again, they looked at each other, and then looked back at [Between the Dolls] in front of them.

Fujimaru Ritsuka said:

"It looks like there really is a Zashiki Warashi."

Masiu said:

"But I didn't sense something like a youki. It's not necessarily Zashiki Warashi. It could be some other existence."

No matter what, they all noticed traces of some mysterious power in this room, which showed that this hot spring hotel was indeed not as simple as imagined.

"Anyway, let's investigate first."

However, after making such a decision, he seemed to have thought of something. The originally energetic Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly became discouraged and could not help but let out a deep sigh.

"well--"

Although he didn't say anything, it seemed that he had said everything. Masu understood and comforted him:

"It's okay, senior, I should be able to help write it this time too."

"……All right."

Now that Mashu has said this, Fujimaru Ritsuka can only cheer up again and prepare to investigate.

The first target of investigation is naturally the hotel itself. First, explore the entire hotel to see if you can find any useful clues.

So the two took action.

As Azi's hotel gradually became famous, besides them, there were many other guests in the hotel. Due to their outstanding appearance, people stared at them along the way, which made it impossible to investigate in many places.

Even so, they still found some traces similar to [Between the Dolls] in other parts of the hotel, but they did not find the true form.

"not here?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka held his chin and thought.

This may be because the other party is hiding in a place that they cannot investigate temporarily, such as other guests' rooms; or maybe the other party's scope of activities is not limited to the hotel.

"In that case..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the time. It was just past noon, and there was still a long time before night.

"Then let's eat first, and then go to the village outside to investigate."

"Um."

Mashu smiled and followed Fujimaru Ritsuka to the front desk to order food.

"A high-end Japanese room, thank you."

The two came to the front desk of the hotel. At this time, there happened to be a person checking in. When they saw each other's figure, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were slightly stunned.

At the same time, the other party looked at the two of them unintentionally, and suddenly said in surprise:

"Ritsuka, Mashu?"

"Miss Hizuru?"