One man and one dog, wandering in the world of Monster Hunter

After instructing the front desk that two cats might come over in a while and to let them go to their own rooms, Link took his yukata, key, and Matsutake to the guest room on the second floor of the hotel. His room was next to Huoya and Shuiyun.

Link opened the door with the key, and a mixture of woody and moist scent blew in his face.

The guest rooms of the hot spring hotel are decorated in a warm and simple style, equipped with tables, chairs, benches and soft beds. Apart from that, the most eye-catching thing is the independent hot spring.

The hot spring is located on a small terrace, gently surrounded by a low bamboo fence.

The water surface shimmers in the warm sunshine, with a faint green color, like an emerald embedded in the mountains.

A faint medicinal fragrance slowly drifted into Link's nose along with the evaporation of water vapor, which made him feel refreshed.

Unlike the hot spring at the front desk that is specifically for foot washing and relaxation for guests, the hot spring therapy here is obviously more effective.

Link was not in a hurry to enter the hot spring. He first took off his weapons and put them aside, then put down the package that Matsutake was carrying, and then took off his equipment and entered the hot spring naked.

Anyway, there was only him and a dog here, so Link had nothing to hide.

As Link went into the water, Matsutake woofed and jumped in with a splash. The splashing water hit Link's face and wet the ends of his hair.

"Snapped"

After wiping the hot spring water off his face and looking at the dog having fun in the water, Link felt that he had been careless.

The dog should be locked outside.

Fortunately, the hot spring had a very good therapeutic effect. With the nourishment of the spring water, the matsutake soon calmed down. The whole dog dived into the water, leaving only a dark nose tip exposed to breathe.

The temperature of the hot spring was just right, and the warm water surrounded Link, reminding him of his mother's arms when he was a child.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The aroma of the medicine filled his lungs, making him feel as if his whole body and mind were cleansed.

There are some stones placed around, covered with soft towels for guests to rest on.

Link found a rock, sat down, and immersed his body in the hot spring. A warm current slowly flowed up from the soles of his feet and limbs, and his tired body seemed to be reborn.

Looking up at the green maple tree outside the house, Link closed his eyes unconsciously and began to take a nap.

[Ding, soak in the medicinal bath, upper limit of vitality +50, upper limit of energy +50, vitality is restored by 1 point per hour, limited to 72 hours]

I don’t know how long I soaked in the water, but the system sound that I hadn’t seen for a long time rang, waking Link up.

But after just one glance, Link closed his eyes again in silence.

"Alas, this system prompt appears at a really bad time."

Although he said that, Link still had a smile on his face.

"The hot springs in Jieyun Village are indeed as good as their reputation says. They are really effective as medicine."

Don't underestimate the fact that a little vitality is restored every hour, because the hunters in this world are not like those in the game. The speed of vitality recovery after being injured is very slow. Even with the recovery potion G, it can only alleviate the hunter's injuries, prevent the vitality from decreasing, and keep the hunter's life.

It's impossible to become full of energy after taking a bottle of medicine like in the game.

Secret medicines and ancient secret medicines can heal hunters' injuries very quickly, but they have certain side effects and cannot be consumed too much. They can only be used to save lives at critical moments.

Not long after Link closed his eyes, there was a gentle knock on the guest room door.

"Master, it's me, meow."

Judging from the sound, Honey is back.

"Hold on."

Link, who had just been awakened by the system, responded helplessly, stood up from the hot spring, dried his body with a towel, put on a bathrobe, walked to the door, opened it, and standing outside the door was Honey, with Milu beside her.

"come in."

Link nodded to the two cats and led them into the house.

"This is the famous hot spring in Jieyun Village, meow. I've heard of it in Pokai Village, meow."

Following Link, Mi Lu rushed into the guest room. Her figure quickly shuttled around the room, and she looked so excited, even happier than Matsutake.

After walking around the house, Mi Lu ran straight to the hot spring on the terrace. The hot spring on the terrace was emitting a faint hot steam. A few emerald green maple leaves were floating on the water. They were fallen leaves blown by the breeze. In addition, there were also the dog noses of Matsutake.

"What is this, meow?"

Seeing a black spot floating on the emerald green water, Mi Lu, who didn't know it was the matsutake nose, curiously stretched out her little paw to poke it. Then the black spot moved, which aroused Mi Lu's curiosity, and she stretched out her hand to poke it again.

"Wang!"

Then, Matsutake's dog nose twitched violently and it sneezed, and the whole dog suddenly jumped out of the hot spring. The splashing water instantly soaked Mi Lu's head and face, making her hair stick to her body, making her look like she had just been pulled out of the water.

"Meow!!"

However, compared to the wet hair, the dog jumping out from the bottom of the water is more terrifying. His wet hair stuck to his body, his eyes were wide open, and he looked like a water ghost.

The little kitten Milu was so scared that she screamed.

When Link heard the sound, he hurried over to check the situation and found that it was Matsutake again.

"Woof."

As if realizing that he had scared the cat, Matsutake hummed softly, lowered his head and wagged his tail, as if apologizing to Milu.

Then it stuck out its tongue and licked Milu's face, as if to express its apology.

"Stop licking meow, it's a bit itchy meow."

Mi Lu waved her cat paw, pushed away the dog that was licking her fur with disgust, and shook her body hard to shake off the spring water.

Seeing this, Matsutake followed suit and shook his body, then all the water droplets on his body were thrown onto Milu who was closest to him.

"Stay away from me meow."

Once again becoming the cat in the water, Mi Lu glared at Matsutake, her small nose slightly curled up, and she pushed Matsutake's paw in disgust, telling it to go away.

Then, without even moving his body, he took off his white rabbit suit, bent down slightly, and jumped directly into the hot spring pool.

"Phew—so comfortable, meow."

Mi Lu let out a long sigh and lay on her back on the water, like a salted fish that had lost its dreams.

The water temperature in the hot spring pool was just right. Milu swam leisurely in the water, her tail paddling the waves like a paddle, making a gentle "splashing" sound.

She closed her eyes and enjoyed the comfort and tranquility brought by the hot spring water.

The healing power contained in the hot spring nourished every inch of her skin, making her feel as if the whole world had become warmer.

The cats in this world are different from those in Link's previous life. The cats in his previous life were afraid of water and usually cleaned their bodies by licking their fur with their pink tongues.

However, as an intelligent race, the Elmeres are not so casual about cleaning their bodies. Although many cats maintain the habit of licking their fur, more cats are accustomed to cleaning their bodies with hot water like humans, and after washing, they run to the warm stove to dry their fur with the fire.

This will make their hair smoother.

Link sat back in the chair and looked quietly at Honey beside him.

"Honey, don't you want to take a dip?"

Honey was holding a piece of paper and a pen in her hands, writing something down quickly. Link took a quick glance but didn't understand what she was writing because Honey was writing in the language of the Werebeast.

"Wait a minute, meow. I went to a store to help out. They were preparing new dishes. I secretly went to the kitchen to take a look. Now I'm back to take note of it and see if I have a chance to try it."

"Oh, tell me."

Upon hearing that there was a new recipe, Link immediately became interested, his eyes sparkled, and he didn't even ask about Honey stealing the recipe.

"They prepared a lot of peach fur in the kitchen and put it on the ground tofu. I wonder what they are going to cook with it."

Honey scratched her head. Although she secretly took a look at the back of the kitchen, she still didn't understand what the store was going to do.

"Haha, the fur and tofu of the little peach-haired beast, interesting."

Link raised his hand and pinched his chin, revealing an interested smile, and roughly guessed what the store was going to do.

'They probably want to make stinky tofu.'

With nothing to do, Link took out the monster encyclopedia he bought from the Hunter's Guild from his bag and started looking for information about the Little Peach-haired Beast and the Peach-haired Beast King.

Soon, Link turned to a page with a drawing of a pink gorilla.

[Monster Name: Peach-haired Beast King]

[Type: Toothbeast]

[Danger level: ★★★★]

[Main features: The king of the social creatures, the peach-haired beast, is huge in size, has a violent temper, likes to eat mushrooms, and only lives in areas where mushrooms are lush. Because it has many dangerous abilities such as spraying poison, breathing fire, farting, and spraying paralyzing gas, this monster is specially listed as a four-star monster]

[Special note: Taomao loves to fart, so its hair is extremely smelly. You must use a lot of Falling Sun Grass to remove the odor before you can use it to make equipment]

[Habitat: Ancient forest, swamp, native forest, La Rose forest, relic ridge]

"Snapped."

Link closed the illustrated book, confirming his guess.

"It seems that there are many chefs in this world who like to develop new recipes."

With a sigh, Link laughed and shook his head.

"To be able to think of using the hair of the peach-haired beast to marinate tofu, this chef must really like dark cuisine."

Thinking about this, Link decided to visit the store next time he came to Jieyun Village and try the local specialty stinky tofu.