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Everything was going well, building the temporary housing, making the course for the mini-boat race (not exactly boats), finishing the temple, etc., when I received an unexpected report.

”Hey, big guy! There are more fish in the onsen!

After receiving May's report, I went to the public bath with her pulling my hand. ....

What the hell is this?

Small fish swarming around the feet of children in the women's bath tub. I think there must be about a hundred of them at a rough count.

I'll have to check this one out. .... Hey, Mei, how long have these fish been here?

How long have these fish been here, Mei? Before you went to the house?

......... They've been here forever. So, how many fish were there then?

Umm... ten?

I see... about ten. .... I see.

They were so small then, weren't they?

If May's testimony is correct, they must have been about the size of killifish. Do you think there are twice as many now? Yeah, they're still tiny.

But for some reason, they're not in the men's baths. .... But for some reason, they're not in the men's baths.