Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu - Chapter 8

Chapter 08: Delighted and Shy

Its hot.

Its the height of summer.

This place was a continent so it wasnt as humid as Japan.

But hot weather is hot.

Moreover theres no wind today.

If Im allowed, I want to be in shorts and a camisole.

Of course with bare feet.

Oh well, its impossible.

If I were to dress like that here, the guys will have nosebleeds and pass out.

Even though its summer, Im wearing a long-sleeved shirt and an ankle-length skirt.

Camisoles and shorts have less cloth than general underwear.

Still at this rate, I would probably end up collapsing due to heat stroke. Although my sleeves are rolled up, its still hot.

Im writing a document to submit to the Director but my brush has stopped moving for a while now because its so hot.

Lets give up enduring this heat.

Hey, Jude.

What?

I moved to where Jude was sitting and he was also suffering from the heat. His buttons are undone.

What the, thats unfair,

I want to unbutton my top too.

If its like this then lets make him work.

I want to ask a favour. Could you come with me?

Okay.

I said and brought Jude to the kitchen.

The chef wasnt here when we entered the kitchen since it was already past noon.

While looking around, I found a bucket used for cleaning on the shelf near the wall.

I slowly took out the bucket and placed it on the floor. Then I turned to face Jude, who was standing behind me.

Jude can use water attribute magic.

I have a feeling that he had told me before that he could fill a tub full of water with his magic.

Can you fill this bucket with cold water?

I can, but what on earth are you trying to do?

I thought that itd be refreshing to fill a bucket with water and put my feet in.

Wait, thats

Youre going to say its improper, arent you? Its okay, no one is around at this time.

It wasnt good for woman to show their bare feet to the opposite sex in this world.

When I went to the library recently, it was so hot that I lifted up my skirt and Liz got angry when she saw me doing that.

Despite the fact that she was the same sex as me.

When I said that she replied with, What if someone saw you? She smiled nicely while being angry.

That was scary.

Because there are such values here, Jude hesitated and his face was unusually red.

Jude how about you get a bucket and soak your feet too? It feels good, you know?

I proposed the same thing to the reluctant Jude.

It was the whisper of the devil.

You dont have to worry that much. No one comes to the kitchen at this time and its not like Ill be soaking my feet for that long. Please!

Fine It cant be helped. Be careful not to get caught.

Thanks!

Although Jude is reluctant he filled the bucket with water and left the kitchen.

He cheekily took a different bucket with him when he left so it seemed that he was going to do the same thing in a different place.

The kitchen floor was dirt so it was alright even if the water spilt.

I put the bucket in front of me and sat down on the chair.

I raised my skirt so that it wouldnt get wet.

I took off my shoes and socks and put my feet into the bucket. The cool, cold water covered my feet.

Ah ~, as I thought, it felt good.

Anyway, no one was here so I unbutton two buttons from my shirt, opened it up and fanned myself.

Theres no wind but its cool when I fan myself.

I continued doing so in a daze and when the water in the bucket became lukewarm

There was a knock on the door and I could hear the sound of the doorknob turning. The door behind me opened.

Sei, here you

I turned back because someone called out to me, it was the Captain.

He looked my way, stopped in the middle of his sentence and froze.

Ah ~, yup.

My appearance was a little overstimulating, wasnt it?

Its very awkward.

For the time being, I fasten my buttons, pulled my feet out of the bucket and put my shoes on before standing up.

Hello, Hawk-sama. What can I do for you?

I called out to the Captain as if nothing had happened.

The Captain, who was frozen, covered his mouth with his palm and averted his eyes.

He blushed like usual.

Sorry, he said in a small voice.

Please dont be shy.

Pretend it didnt happen.

I thought and cleared my throat. The Captain started speaking awkwardly.

I heard you have a day off tomorrow.

Ah~, come to think of it, yes I do.

When he said that, I remembered that I have a day off tomorrow.

But, whats wrong with that?

I thought and tilted my head and the Captain turned to face me.

Tomorrows also my day off. I was wondering if youd like to go to town together.

To town!?

Oh! I can finally go to town!!!

I havent been to town yet.

When I replied cheerfully, the Captain recovered and smiled.

I heard from Johan that you were secluding yourself in the research institute even on your days off. Its also important to take a breather once in a while, isnt it?

Is that so?

Johan is the Director.

It seemed that the Director was worried about me.

I didnt have anywhere I particularly wanted to go and because I live in the research institute, Im also here on my days off so I end up working anyway.

But I do spend my mornings leisurely.

Thank you. Please let me join you.

Well then, Ill pick you up tomorrow morning.

Is that alright?

Yeah, no problem.

Yay ~!

What kind of place is it?

Of course, itll be like a European townscape, right?

I wanted to visit Europe at least once, but I didnt end up going because I was summoned to this place.

Like that, there was a time when I was pleased

I was looking forward to going into town that I completely forgot.

The person whos going with me is the Ice Knight-sama, who isnt cold at all.

There was a short distance between the palace and the town centre so we rode a carriage from the front gate.

It wasnt a luxurious carriage from the Margrave, but a normal carriage. It seemed that the Captain made arrangements so that it wouldnt be too noticeable.

The clothes the Captain wore matched mine. They were clothes that commoners wore around town.

Right now, the Margrave carriage is better than this one.

Because you know, the normal carriage isnt spacious at all.

Im in this cramped carriage with the Captain, who has a good physique. Just the two of us.

Hes close! Too close!

A sparkling hunk is right beside me!

Moreover, were sitting relatively close

A trip in a narrow space. Sitting relatively close to a hunk

My levels too low. I cant do this!

Stop it! My life is already at zero!

Look. If you look over there you can see Johans main residence.

Eh ~.

I was screaming inside when the Captain smiled and pointed towards the other side of me.

Wai-, dont get any closer! Youre close, too close!!!

I couldnt look at the Captain so I looked towards where he was pointing. Woah, the Directors residence is big!

Since this was the capital, the land price must be expensive, right? And yet, the Directors residence was very big.

Is his family unexpectedly rich?

Its very big.

Yeah. Johans family is really influential.

I thought that would be the case and turned my head back. I really thought my heart was going to stop because the Captains face was really close.

I was thankful that he moved when he noticed the blood rushing to my face. Even so, the inside of the carriage was really narrow.

Despite it being taxing on my heart, the carriage continued moving and gradually reached town.

Wow ~~~!

Its amazing! What is this? So cute!

The landscape looked exactly like Europe!

The rooftops are red. It looked like something that had popped out of a fairy-tale.

While I was impressed by the landscape, the carriage stopped and the door opened.

The Captain got off first and lent me a hand.

I took his hand and got off. I look around and it looked close to the town centre. There are quite a lot of people.

While I was looking around, impressed, the Captain said, The market place is that way, shall we go? and took my hand.

Eh? Is he not going to let go?!

Wait!

No ~~~~~~~~!