My Gift Is “Beauty”. I Think It’s Useless, but It Seems to Be an S-Rank Gift With the Strongest Buff Effect for Beautiful Girls

Chapter 78: The Struggles of Kirari Team

“There wasn’t anything like this until yesterday, right!?”

Hiroyo Takanashi spoke loudly while he watched the members of Kirari Team Guild get covered in lotion on the monitor.

His surprise was understandable.

This area was a place Hiroyo and his team had surveyed beforehand, and it was supposed to be a grassy plain at that time.

But when they arrived, they found a sudden slope completely covered with lotion.

“Hehe, sorry, sorry… I asked Ecoa to set this up,” Hibiki Hayashido said with a grin. “I thought that adventurers who want to challenge an unusual dungeon would be super confident and show up first. So, I wanted to shock them enough to humble them a bit.”

“Well, we did come here pretty confidently…” Koharu Kushima agreed with Hibiki’s explanation.

“That’s Kirari Amano from the Amano Group,” Hiroyo said, showing off his adventurer knowledge. “Kirari Team Guild is one of the famous guilds lately, known for their arrogant attitude.”

“Huh, that’s perfect then,” Hibiki replied. “Oh, and by the way, that’s not just regular lotion. Look—”

Hibiki hinted that there was more to come, and everyone turned their eyes back to the monitor.

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“What the hell is this!?” Kirari Amano shouted as she slid to the bottom of the slope.

All six members of her team were drenched in pink lotion, their armor sticky and slimy.

“Kirari-sama! Are you okay!?” one of her subordinates asked with concern.

“I’m not okay at all!” Kirari snapped back. “My beautiful armor is ruined… wait, what!?”

While Kirari was talking to her subordinate, she noticed her armor. The parts covering her stomach and breast were melting, slowly revealing the skin underneath.

“This is special armor!” Kirari yelled. “It’s not supposed to melt so easily… Water! Get water, Hongo!”

“Fujiki! Pour water on Kirari-sama!” another subordinate ordered.

“Got it! ‘Water Blast’!” Fujiki shouted.

Fujiki extended his hands, and a stream of water, about thirty centimeters wide, shot toward Kirari.

“Blub blub blub blub!?” Kirari gasped. “I can’t… breathe… blub!?”

“Fujiki! Stop the water!” Hongo commanded.

“Y-Yes, sir!” Fujiki replied quickly.

The force of Fujiki’s water blast was too strong. Kirari got hit in the face, water flooding her mouth, and she struggled to breathe, feeling like she was drowning.

“*Pant, pant*… Aim for my body properly next time, okay!?” Kirari said weakly.

“Sorry…” Fujiki apologized. “Wait, our armor is melting too!?”

“What!?” another subordinate exclaimed.

“Water! Pour water on everyone!” someone shouted.

Kirari’s subordinates noticed their armor melting too, exposing parts that shouldn’t be seen. They quickly decided to rinse off the lotion with water.

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“Kirari-sama, what should we do?” a subordinate asked. “Our armor is…”

“We keep going!” Kirari declared. “Look over there.”

Without special anti-monster armor, they would take more damage in the dungeon. Their armor was partially melted and no longer fully functional.

But when Kirari pointed ahead, they saw—

“A Horn Rabbit!” one subordinate exclaimed.

“An F-rank monster, huh?” another noted.

“Exactly!” Kirari said confidently. “This floor is F-rank if monsters like that are here!”

“Understood. We’ll follow your orders, Kirari-sama,” a subordinate replied.

“Let’s go!” Kirari commanded.

“Yes, ma’am!” the team responded in unison.

Seeing the low-rank monster, Kirari’s team decided they could proceed despite their damaged gear.

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“What is this place!?” Kirari groaned.

The team was covered in dirt and mud, their armor tattered and worn out. They had defeated monsters easily, but everything else was a disaster.

“I’ve never seen traps this humiliating!” Kirari fumed. “My beautiful hair is a complete mess!”

Kirari stomped her foot on the grassy ground, furious. They had fallen victim to a series of pre-set traps.

Hibiki had come up with amusing ideas, and her team had placed traps like pitfall entrances, mud swamps, sand showers from above, and sideways torrents of water. Though the monsters were weak, these childish traps had drained their stamina significantly.

Still, they pressed on.

“Finally, the third floor…” Kirari said. “That’s the floor boss!”

After hours of struggle, Kirari’s team reached the third floor, a D-rank lower level, and faced the floor boss, an Ogre.

“Kirari-sama, look at that rock wall,” a subordinate pointed out.

“There’s a door embedded in it…?” Kirari said, puzzled.

It wasn’t a staircase to the fourth floor. They had never seen a door like this before, which made it intriguing.

“I don’t know what’s up, but if we defeat that Ogre, we’ll find out!” Kirari declared.

Despite their ragged appearance, their fighting spirit remained strong. Kirari readied her large scythe-shaped weapon.

“Let’s do this!” she shouted.

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About ten minutes later, the Ogre fell, dissolving into magical residue in the air. For B-rank adventurers like Kirari’s team, defeating a monster of this rank was easy, even when exhausted.

With the obstacle gone, Kirari’s team opened the door in the rock wall and entered together.

“This is… weird,” Kirari said.

Before them was a large, sterile room with several private rooms lined up in the center. Kirari walked ahead and noticed a sign in front of one of the rooms.

“It says here you can receive a ‘Skin Quality Improvement’ treatment,” Kirari read aloud. “Effects include skin regeneration, hydration, and pore tightening… You need to undergo the treatment ten times for full results!?”

“Kirari-sama?” a subordinate asked, concerned.

Kirari’s body trembled with excitement, not fear. Her subordinate’s worry quickly faded.

“This is a jackpot!” Kirari exclaimed. “My silk-like skin will become even more beautiful!”

As a woman, Kirari cared deeply about beauty, so the sign thrilled her.

“It’s odd that they’d explain this on a sign,” a subordinate named Hongo said cautiously. “But given the bizarre traps we’ve faced, this ‘Skin Quality Improvement’ is probably real.”

“I think so too,” Kirari agreed. “Let’s start—”

“Wait, Kirari-sama,” Hongo interrupted. “There are other rooms. Shouldn’t we check them first?”

“Hmm… You’re right,” Kirari said. “Let’s do that.”

Though eager, Kirari prioritized investigating first.

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“So, this is basically a spa!?” Kirari exclaimed.

A spa was a relaxation facility with hot springs and beauty treatments. Kirari said this after seeing what lay beyond the door.

There were shower rooms and gender-separated hot springs, with effects like ‘Lymphatic Massage’ attached to the springs. For Kirari’s team, battered and dirty, this was an irresistible service.

“Kirari-sama, what should we do?” a male subordinate asked. “Honestly, we guys aren’t that interested in the private rooms. We’d rather soak in the hot springs.”

“Fine, that’s okay!” Kirari said generously. “You’ve all served me well this past year. While you relax, I’ll take a quick shower and try the ‘Skin Quality Improvement’ treatment alone!”

Kirari was eager to experience the treatment. The team split by gender, and Kirari entered a private room alone.

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“Get naked and lie on the treatment table… then say the area you want for ‘Skin Quality Improvement’ out loud,” Kirari read from a sign inside the room.

Towels and bathrobes were provided at the room’s edge, making it feel like a real spa.

“I’m so tired…” Kirari sighed. “I just lie here, right?”

Kirari was now naked. she climbed onto the treatment table and relaxed.

“I want ‘Skin Quality Improvement’ for my entire body!” Kirari declared loudly. “Make my body even more beautiful!”

After her declaration, something began to move slowly behind the treatment table. Kirari, unaware, remained relaxed on the table.

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“No way! Hiroyo, don’t look!” Hibiki shouted.

“Whoa!?” Hiroyo yelped.

Kirari’s undressing was clearly displayed on the Master Room’s monitor. Her slender body had a small butt and modest curves, vaguely reminiscent of Asami’s childish figure.

Hiroyo caught a glimpse of Kirari’s naked body, but Hibiki and the others quickly covered his eyes.

“Just in case!” Hibiki said. “She probably doesn’t think she’s being watched by guys.”

“They can’t see us from their side, but this is about a woman’s privacy,” Koharu added.

“Okay, I get it…” Hiroyo said, turning to look at another monitor.

“Ecoa, you don’t need to show the men’s hot spring,” Hiroyo instructed.

“Understood, Master,” Ecoa replied.

Hiroyo had no interest in seeing burly men naked and had Ecoa turn off that monitor.

Then, Hibiki muttered while staring at the screen.

“Guhehe! We waited hours for this, so entertain us, Kirari-chan!”

And so it began—the ‘Skin Quality Improvement’ treatment descended upon Kirari.