Volume 4 Chapter 19 The Kirari Guild’s Travails: A Dungeon of Humiliation and Unexpected Beauty Treatments
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Hey, that wasn’t here yesterday, was it!?”
Hirose declared that, his gaze locked on the monitor where the members of the Kirari Guild were slowly getting covered in slippery, pink-colored lotion.
His surprise was totally justified. Hirose and the others had personally surveyed that exact area earlier, and back then, it was nothing but an open, grassy field. But what a twist! All of a sudden, they were faced with a steep slope completely covered in a slick layer of lotion.
”Heheh, oopsie, my bad… I asked Ecoa to set that up for me,” Hibiki admitted, a playful smirk dancing on her lips. “I just figured that the first adventurers to try a seriously abnormal dungeon would be the super-confident ones, ya know? I wanted to hit ’em with a surprise big enough to knock them down a peg.”
”Well, they certainly looked pretty cocky when they went in,” Koharu agreed, nodding along with Hibiki’s explanation.
”That’s Kirari Amano from the Amano Group… the Kirari Guild is famous these days, and she’s just as famous for being pretty stuck-up and arrogant,” Hirose noted, displaying his adventurer knowledge.
”Oh, perfect then. But hey, just so you know, that isn’t just lotion,” Hibiki said, hinting that the fun wasn’t over yet. “Look closer—”
Hirose trailed off as Hibiki spoke, and the entire group immediately turned their eyes back to the monitor.
* * *
”Wha—What in the world is this, you rotten thing!”
Kirari and her team had slid all the way to the bottom of the slope, a sticky mess. All six of them were absolutely drenched in the pink lotion, their expensive armor now gooey and disgusting.
”Kirari-sama! Are you alright!?”
”No, I am not alright! My beautiful, clean armor… it’s all ruined! Wait, ahhh—!?”
Mid-conversation with her subordinate, Kirari looked down at her own armor. To her horror, the sections covering her belly and chest were actually dissolving, slowly revealing the skin underneath.
”This is specialized armor! It shouldn’t dissolve this easily! Water! Get me some water, Hongo!”
”Fujiki! Hit Kirari-sama with the water!”
”Y-Yes, sir!” A subordinate named Fujiki extended his hand and unleashed a thick, twelve-inch-wide stream of water. “Hose!”
The torrent slammed straight into Kirari.
”Wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh!? I-I can’t… I can’t breathe! Ohh!?”
”Fujiki! Stop hosing her!”
”R-Right!”
The sheer power of Fujiki’s water blast had been too much. Kirari took a face-full of water that poured into her mouth, nearly drowning her.
”Huff, huff… J-Just… just aim for my body… you idiot!” she gasped, trying to recover.
”S-Sorry! Wait… our armor is dissolving too!?”
”Whoa, what’s this!?”
”Water! Spray everyone with water, now!”
Kirari’s subordinates were facing the same problem: their armor was melting, and highly inappropriate areas were about to be completely exposed. They had no choice but to immediately spray everyone down to wash off the lotion.
* * *
”Kirari-sama, what should we do? Our armor is…”
”We keep going! Look, just look at this,” she insisted.
Without their specialized anti-monster armor, they would take significantly more damage in battle. The gear was partially melted and no longer fully functional.
But Kirari pointed ahead.
”A Horn Rabbit…!”
”An F-Rank monster, is it?”
”Yes! If there’s a monster of that level, then this floor must be F-Rank! It has to be!”
”Understood. We’ll follow your lead, Kirari-sama.”
”Then let’s move out!”
”Yes, ma’am!”
Seeing the low-rank monsters, Kirari’s team decided they could push through, even with their compromised equipment.
* * *
”What… what is this place, seriously!?”
Kirari and her team were now covered in dirt and mud, and their already frayed armor was completely shredded and tattered. They had managed to beat the weak monsters easily, but everything else had been a nightmare.
”I’ve never seen such completely ridiculous traps in my life! This is a joke! My beautiful hair is absolutely ruined!”
Kirari stomped her foot on the grassy field in a fit of pure, unbridled rage. They had been hammered by a relentless barrage of pre-set traps.
Hibiki, the mastermind, had conceived a variety of amusing ideas and had them installed everywhere: pit traps with entrance teleportation, muddy quicksand hells, sand-dumping from the ceiling, sideways torrents of water…. The monsters were weak, but these traps, which seemed like something a bored kid might devise, had drained a massive amount of their stamina.
Still, they had pressed on.
”Finally, the third floor… that must be the Floor Boss!”
Hours later, the Kirari Guild had finally reached the boss of the lower D-Rank third floor: an Ogre.
”Kirari-sama, look at that rock formation.”
”Hmm… a door is set into it?”
It wasn’t the staircase to the fourth floor. They’d never seen a door like that before and found it puzzling.
”I don’t know what it is, but if we beat that Ogre, we’ll figure out the secret, right?”
Despite their utterly ravaged appearance, their fighting spirit hadn’t faded. Kirari gripped the massive scythe-like weapon she carried on her back.
”Let’s go!”
* * *
About ten minutes later.
The Ogre fell, dissolving into a wisp of residual magic that vanished into the air. As B-Rank adventurers, defeating a monster of this level was easy, even exhausted as they were.
With the obstacle gone, the Kirari Guild opened the door embedded in the rock and entered together.
”This… this is completely baffling,” Kirari muttered.
Before them was a large, featureless room with several private booths lined up in the center. Kirari walked ahead alone and found a sign near one of the booths.
”It says you can receive a Skin Quality Improvement treatment here. The benefits are: Skin Regeneration, Hydration, Pore Reduction… For the full effect, you must attempt the dungeon ten times and receive repeated treatments…? Is that what it says!?”
”K-Kirari-sama?” her subordinate worried, seeing her body tremble slightly.
But that worry was quickly proven to be groundless.
”This is a HUGE jackpot! My silk-like skin is going to get even more beautiful!”
Kirari was a woman, too, and she cared about Beauty more than anyone. That’s why the sign made her so ecstatic.
”It’s strange that they’d bother putting up a sign to explain it… but then again, what we’ve been through with the traps was just as strange. I suppose we should treat this Skin Quality Improvement thing as genuine.”
”I think so, too. In that case, let’s start ri—”
But Hongo, a subordinate, stopped her.
”Kirari-sama, it looks like there are other rooms as well. Wouldn’t it be better to check everything first?”
”Hmm… that’s right. We should do that.”
Though she was eager to start, Kirari prioritized checking the rest of the area.
* * *
”…So basically, this is a Spa!”
A spa—a facility dedicated to hot springs and beauty for relaxation—was what Kirari declared after seeing what lay beyond the doors.
It was a full shower room and separate hot springs for men and women. Even better, the hot spring had an added effect: Lymphatic Massage. For the Kirari Guild, who were filthy and exhausted, this was an irresistible service.
”Kirari-sama, what’s your call? Honestly, we men aren’t really interested in those private booths, and we’d love to just soak in the hot spring.”
”Hmm… Fine. Very well! You boys have served me devotedly this past year, after all… I’ll just take a quick shower, and then I’m going to get the Skin Quality Improvement treatment alone!”
Kirari was desperate to start the Skin Quality Improvement immediately. They split into groups—men for the hot spring, and Kirari walked into a private booth alone.
* * *
”Undress and lie down on the treatment table… Then, state aloud the area you want the Skin Quality Improvement on,” Kirari read from the sign inside.
She began to take off her armor. Towels and bathrobes, like those in a high-end salon, were provided in the corner.
”Oh, I’m truly so tired… I just have to lie here, right?”
Kirari, now naked, climbed onto the table and completely relaxed.
”I want a Skin Quality Improvement for my entire body! Make me even more beautiful!” she declared from the table. “Wait, it said ‘treatment,’ didn’t it? I wonder what exactly is going to happen?”
Immediately after her declaration, something stirred and slowly emerged from behind the table. She remained blissfully unaware, completely surrendered to the treatment table.
* * *
”Aargh! Hirose, don’t look!”
”Wha—Woah!?”
Kirari undressing had been broadcast crystal-clear on the Master Room monitor.
Her slender body featured a small, delicate rear and a modest bust. Kirari’s build was somewhat like a more mature Asami’s, almost a child-like shape.
Since Hirose had clearly caught sight of Kirari’s naked body, Hibiki and the others quickly covered his eyes.
”We have to! Even she wouldn’t expect a guy to be secretly watching, right?”
”They can’t see us from their side, but this is still a woman’s privacy,” Koharu observed.
”Y-Yeah, I got it…”
Hirose looked away from that monitor and stared at a different one.
”Ecoa, you don’t need to show the guys in the hot spring…”
”Understood, Master.”
Hirose wasn’t interested in seeing a bunch of muscular guys naked, so he had Ecoa turn that monitor off.
Then, Hibiki stared intently at the screen and murmured, “Heheheh… We waited for hours, so you better entertain us, Kirari-chan.”
And so began the Skin Quality Improvement treatment that was about to descend upon Kirari.
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Summary:
The arrogant Kirari Guild is subjected to a wicked series of dungeon traps, from a dissolving lotion slide to relentless mud pits, orchestrated by the playful sadism of Master Hirose and Hibiki. After enduring the physical and psychological torment, the adventurers defeat a Floor Boss and discover an unexpected reward: a secret Beauty Spa with Skin Quality Improvement treatments. Kirari-sama, desperate to restore her ravaged looks, eagerly enters a private booth, completely unaware that her vulnerability is now being broadcast to the Master Room observers who gleefully prepare to initiate the next, and potentially more embarrassing, phase of her ‘treatment.’
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Character Insight:
Kirari Amano’s overwhelming arrogance and focus on her beauty are her defining traits, making her the perfect target for the dungeon’s unconventional traps. Her intense desire for Skin Quality Improvement immediately overrides her adventuring caution, leading her to willingly enter the vulnerable state the observers, especially the wickedly amused Hibiki, had planned for. She is a woman of high standards who, when her pride and appearance are threatened, will abandon all logic for the promise of restoration.
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Behind the Scene:
The Kirari Guild’s progression from the initial lotion trap to the Beauty Spa was meticulously planned by Hirose and Hibiki. The traps were specifically designed to strip the adventurers of their gear and composure, making the final Skin Quality Improvement a highly desirable, and therefore exploitable, reward. The final scene confirms that the ‘treatment’ is less about healing and more about the observers’ final, humiliating show, with Ecoa controlling the monitor feeds to exclude the men and focus entirely on Kirari’s private moment.
Notes:
• Ecoa – The Guardian of the Dungeon Core, a beautiful entity with long blonde hair, slit eyes, and distinctive pointed ears reminiscent of an elf. She initially appears in black ceremonial robes, which instantly transform into a revealing, classic black maid uniform. Her existence was previously undetectable by ‘Appraisal’ Gifts. Her sole purpose is to serve and support the Dungeon Master, Hirose.
• Hongo – A loyal subordinate of Kirari Amano, a mature, muscular man with short black hair and a beard, wearing heavy, functional armor. He prioritizes his leader’s safety and well-being.
• Fujiki – Another subordinate of Kirari, a young man with spiky brown hair and an average build, wearing light armor. He is prone to mistakes under pressure, such as nearly drowning Kirari with an over-powered blast of water.
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