After that we looked around the other shops for a while and we purchased an armor to replace Claudeâs broken gear. Similar to the last time she went shopping, she bought a plate armor that covered her entire chest.
The Knight Card I previously bought and kept in reserve was a.s.signed to her new armor and Lydia was the one who helped attached the card to the armor.
Claudeâs b.r.e.a.s.t.s were being pushed down by the armor and when I was looking at how the shape was being tightly compressed in that tight s.p.a.ce, Milly stood behind me and pinched my back.
Ouch, ouch that hurtsâŠ
ăBut you know~ Clau-chan if youâre wearing that kind of boorish armor again, wonât you be mistaken for a boy again?ă
ăUmmâŠâŠ But if I wore equipment that made it harder for me to fight in, I would slow everyone down and I donât want thatâŠâŠ Even at the best of times, Iâm already the weakest out of us soâŠă
Ahaha, Claude laughs to herself and Milly flares up with emotion.
ăThatâs totally not true! Claude! Everyone here always relies on you!ă
ăMilly-sanâŠ.. Thank you very much.ă
ăThatâs true, besides, Donât you guys think that Millyâs actually weaker than Claude?ă
ăZephhâŠâŠă
Millyâs eyebrows frowned and she was glaring at me. When I tried to avoid meeting her eyes, I could see that Shirushu was looking at our group with a gentle gaze.
ăEveryone gets along so well with each other, donât they?ă
ăWell, I would say itâs not too bad.ă
ăFufufu.ă
Muu, she laughs as if sheâs seen through usâŠ. By the time we exited the shopping district and headed towards our inn, the sun had already begun to set.
After escorting Shirushu back to her own church, we headed off to the inn.
It wasnât possible for us to go hunting today either, so right before dinner, I found a vacant area behind the inn and had we had a sparring session with Lydia.
With Lydia as our instructor: Me, Claude and Milly took turns to partic.i.p.ate.
First we started by throwing light punches towards her, and finally she would always end by avoiding the blow and approaching us from behind to hug us tightly, then she would move to the next person.
Why did she need to do such a thing? Only Lydia knew the answer to that question.
For Lydia, it didnât really matter who her opponent was, she easily bested us and it didnât seem like it was hard for her to do so.
Repeating this many times, we started to become really sweaty, but Lydia didnât even seem tired.
Hmm, even though I wasnât using any reinforcement magic, for there to be this much difference between usâŠâŠ
ăAlright, then Zeph-chi will be partnered up with Clau-chan, I will be Milly-chanâs partner, okay?ă
ăEh~?! But why am I paired with Lydia~?ă
ăMnn~ Well thatâs because I thought that Milly might find it hard if she was paired with the other two and besides I can go easy on youâŠ. and also do plenty of other thingsâȘă
ăHiiiâŠâŠă 1
Lydia was grinning as she smiled and in response Milly trembled upon hearing her words.
Unlike before she completely changed her stance and was taking a really serious posture. Donât tell me, Lydia was aiming for this momentâŠ.? That canât be true can it?
While I was watching Lydia who had the really eerie smile on her face, Claude approaches me from behind and tugs at my sleeves.
ăShall we also get started?ă
ăI guess so, but just wait a moment.ă
Claude was waiting for me whilst a little confused, I picked up two wooden sticks from the ground and I threw one over to Claude.
ăThe truth is that I kind of want to learn how to wield a sword. Would you mind teaching me?ă
ăOhh! Yes! Of course I donât mind it!ă
Normally she doesnât have a chance to teach anyone else, so it seems like she became really excited.
Claude proudly beats the armor that we just bought for her.
She comes running towards me and stands next to my side, she then holds up her wooden stick to her own eye level.
Claudeâs posture seemed to be very poised like an expert and it seemed like sheâs trained for a long time so I couldnât spot any weaknesses in her stance.
ăTeyaah!ă
The sword was swung down at the same time she released her breath.
A sharp slashing sound of the wooden sword cutting the wind resounded and it was enough to make my hair shake.
I looked at her repeating this several more times, but then it seemed that she got a little tired as she took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
ăăŒFuuuăAlright then Zeph-kun, please try to do it as well.ă
ăI understand.ă
Although I tried to mimic Claudeâs movements repeating the slash several times, even I could tell that my movements were sloppy. The sound of the wind being cut is completely different from when she does it.
As expected, this is quite difficult.
ăWellâŠâŠ Itâs a little offâŠ.ă
ăIâve never trained with a sword before soâŠă
Holding her hand against her own chin, Claude scrutinized my form by watching from several different angles.
âŠâŠ.Somehow this feels embarra.s.sing.
ăFrom what I can see, your grip is loose. If you hold it like that it will slip out too easily. I think thatâs why the strength of the swing feels awkward.ă
ăShould I hold it like this?ă
ăNoâŠ. Separate the hands from each other a little moreâŠ. No not like thatâŠ.ă
She was trying to explain it in her own words, but seeing as she wasnât getting her message across, she became impatient and so she stood behind me and grabbed the wooden stick from behind me, placing her hands on top of mine.
Her thins fingers were wrapped around mine, and she was guiding me slowly.
ăâŠâŠ Like this.ă
Claude lets her face lean on my shoulders and I could feel her breath against my ear. Milly who was distracted by us, showed an opening to Lydia and she was immediately embraced by Lydia from behind.
ăMilly-chan, even if youâre jealous you shouldnât lose focus you know~?ă
ăWhaâŠâŠ. I-Iâm not really jealousâŠ.. Eh, please donât nibble on my ears!ă
ăMnn⊠PuhaâŠâŠ Then can you do this seriously?ă
ăI will! I will, so please stop blowing into my ears!ă
Pa.s.sing our time in this manner, both Claude and I, and Milly and Lydia continued with training until it got dark.
The way that Claude taught me was both thorough and logical, it was extremely easy to understand.
When I asked her about it, she told me that she used to train in the sword since she was a child.
I guess itâs something you would expect, considering she was brought up in a Knightâs family.
Eating dinner at the inn, and at the moment I got out of the bath and entered my room, a soft feeling wraps around both my arms.
When I look to the left and the right, both Claude and Lydia were clinging to my arms.
Both of them carried me to the bed and pushed me head first, down on to the bed.
When I looked up, both Claude and Lydia were smiling.
ăâŠâŠWhat on earth is going on?ă
ăWell~ Normally Zeph-chi is the one doing whatever he wants to us, therefore, sometimes us girls also want to be in control~ă
ăMilly-san seems to want to return the favor for yesterday.ă
ăWhat do you mean by return the favor, uwah!?ă
I couldnât finish my sentence as I got the feeling of something landing on top of my back. The one squirming around on my back isâŠ. probably Milly?
ăMillyâŠâŠ. What are you trying to do?ă
ăNihihiâȘ Even if I look like this, Iâm actually really good at giving ma.s.sages.ă
ăWhaâŠ.Ah!?ă
Saying that Milly takes off my garments, and she started to touch me across my back with her small hands.
Her cool hands were pushing against my back and it felt like she was caressing me, so I let out this strange voice.
T-That really tickles! Oi?!
Perhaps she found my reaction interesting for having being tickled? But her body that was on my back was swaying enthusiastically.
Millyâs b.u.t.t was moving across my back and it became even more ticklish.
Darn itt, Iâll make sure to repay you tenfold for this laterrâŠ..
Feeling Milly getting off my back, I got up slowly and pushed Milly down on to the bed from behind her.
ăOkay, thatâs enough for today~ Eh!?ă
ăâŠ..Wait a second Milly. Now itâs my turn isnât it?ă
ăNooâŠ. I donât really needâŠ.ă
She was twisting her body and trying to run away from me, but I wasnât going to let her get away. leaning on her back slightly I held her firmly in place with my feet.
Millyâs face seemed to be afraid as my hands got closer to her back, and then I opened up her Magical Power Line.
ăIâm telling you Iâm fine, Eh, bahahahaahaha Ahhyiii~!?ă
ăKuku, you donât need to hold yourself back. Hey come on, stop trying to escape, Milly.ă
I opened her Magical Power line and tickled her, so Milly soon becomes unable to breathe and she goes into convulsions and faints.
Confirming that she was pa.s.sed out, I turned my gaze towards both Claude and Lydia.
ăâŠâŠNow then, who wants to go next for today?ă
ăN-No~ Iâve got something to doâŠ.. Clau-chan you can go first?ă
ăLydia-san was the one who said we should go with this plan, wasnât she! Please take responsibility~ă
ăI donât really mind doing both of you at the same time you know?ă
Saying that I pushed both the girls down on to the bed, and chanted out Time Square.
In the time suspension, I cast Green Wall twice and after releasing the time stop I was smiling.
ăGreen Wall Double.ă
The bed that the two girls got on were being wrapped around by a large amount of vines, entangling both of their bodies to the bed.
ăWaitâŠâŠ I-Itâs cheating if you use magiccâŠ..!?ă
ăMnn~! Uhnn~!?ă
The two of them desperately tried to break free but the more they struggled, the tighter the ivy vines would wrap around their bodies. Soon enough the two girls were unable to even more a muscle.
They tried to speak but soon the vines enter their mouths and even started to twine around their tongues, it seems they could no longer speakâŠ
Their soft bodies wearing night gowns were being wrapped by the magical vines very tightly.
ă~Uu! Mmph~!ă
When a wall type magic is casted twice simultaneously, it increases the durability of the magic but reduces the effective time and range of the spell. It was normally a spell that already consumed a large amount of magical energy so the spell had limited usage.
However, the effect rises to quite a big extent and normally this spell was only enough to slightly hinder a monsters movements, but right now this Green Wall Double was completely restricting the movement of the girls.
ăThe effective time of this spell will be quite short, so although itâs bad of me to do this, allow me to get a little rough.ă
ă~~~~Uhn!?ă
The voice of two people crying, resounds within the inn. I started to release all of their Magical Power Lines to open it up to the fullest.
Normally I would slowly open their Magical lines and go easy on them, but today I went full power.
The Green Wall spell exceeded its time limit very quickly, but by that time, the two girls were already so exhausted they couldnât let out their voices, the best they could do was breathe out wildly.
ăIâŠI canât take anymoreâŠ.ă
ăP-Please forgive meâŠ.Zeph-chiâŠă
The two girls were pet.i.tioning me with watery eyes, and instead of replying, I gave them a grin.
Perhaps they understood my intentions, but the two girls let out a small scream and they both looked like small cute animals who were frightened.
In the end, I continued to fiddle and strengthen their Magical Power Line until they fainted. When it all finished, they were pretty much almost completely naked as the three lay face down on the bed sleeping as if they were dead.