Chapter 16: Class Field Trip to the Haunted Hot Springs Dungeon! Why Am I Always Surrounded by Cute Girls?!
Scene: Academy Courtyard, Morning
A professor clapped excitedly.
“This year’s extracurricular activity: an exploration of the Hot Springs Dungeon! It’s filled with ancient ghosts, puzzles, and lava-heated natural springs!”
Zephyr raised a brow.
“...Is this safe?”
“Of course not,” said the professor proudly. “Now pick your three-person teams!”
Before Zephyr could move—
Arwen, Seraphina, and Drakynia all slammed application scrolls onto the table.
“I’m going with him.”
“No, I am.”
“Your bones are fragile. Step aside.”
Zephyr:
“…I’m gonna die.”
Scene: Dungeon Entrance – Later That Day
They entered a stone cavern glowing with magical blue fire.
Zephyr noticed haunted laundry flapping in the distance.
Ghosts moaned gently in the steam.
“This dungeon… is so weirdly domestic.”
Room 1: “The Trial of Balance”
Floating tiles, boiling water below.
Zephyr:
“Step only where it’s clean. Easy.”
He mopped ahead of the girls, clearing the way with elegance. The girls… couldn’t stop staring.
Arwen: “Why does he look so heroic with a mop…”
Seraphina: “And his back muscles—focus, Seraphina!”
Drakynia: [Internally screaming in Dragon]
Room 2: “The Mirror Room”
They faced illusions of their deepest insecurities.
•Seraphina saw a perfect noble heir outshining her.
•Arwen saw herself, alone again.
•Drakynia faced a future where she failed her clan.
Then each illusion was… cleaned away by Zephyr’s divine broom.
“Don’t believe everything in the mirror,” he said gently.
“Especially if it hasn’t been dusted.”
Cue triple blush.
Final Room: The Cursed Hot Spring
They emerged into a steaming sanctuary with glowing rocks and sakura trees.
“This is the treasure?” Zephyr asked.
A ghostly lady appeared.
“Yes… but it is only usable by a group in pure harmony.”
Instantly, the girls froze.
“H-Harmony…?”
They looked at each other, then at Zephyr, then at the very small changing area.
Cue chaos.
Scene: That Evening – Tent Camp Outside Dungeon
Zephyr sat under a tree, exhausted.
The girls? Each pretended not to stare at him.
Even the ghost lady offered him a towel.
“You have purified the dungeon… and my heart.”
Zephyr:
“That’s the third supernatural confession this week…”
End of Chapter 16
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