Akene-san was trying to get back in shape while eating a large amount of doughnuts.
“N, no, y-you see…I’m eating this to motivate myself to get in shape! In other words! It’s absolutely essential!”
When I asked her about it, she gave that poor excuse.
“If you had lost some weight because of it, I would not argue against you…”
I then pointed to her belly and told it to her straight.
“But rather than slim down, you have now clearly gained more weight since we last met! Your belly’s like a whole size larger!”
“G-gaaaaaa!”
She held her head as though in shock.
“That can’t…but I ran so much…”
“It’s because you’re eating more than you sweat out, isn’t it? Wait, did you not notice? I guess it’s hard to notice it by yourself when you don’t have a scale.”
Measuring one’s weight was not common practice in this world. Measuring devices—such as balancing scales and spring scales—did exist here, but they were primarily used on on cargo and such. And so, I made a mental note to have our manufacturing factories make weighing machines that were exclusively for measuring human weight.
While I thought that though, I heard a shout from behind me.
“…the, the one over there…is that, is that really you, sister?”
When I turned around, I saw a young Edo samurai boy.
Did he just say…
“!? Gon…!?”
“That voice! It really is you!”
The boy she called Gon was apparently her younger brother.
More and more people were coming to the village in hopes of improving their skills, and he was surely one of them as well.
Meanwhile, Akane-san, probably not expecting to see her brother especially while she was like this, immediately grew pale.
“W-w-w-why are you here!?”
“I’ve heard the rumors about this village and came here to train my blade as well. But the fact that you’re here must mean that you really did traverse that mountain range on foot! Amazing as always, sister!”
Gon-kun, gravely misunderstanding things, praised her with his eyes sparkling.
I wondered how she would react, so I looked at her. She averted her gaze from his and began to speak.
“M, m, Mhm! It was a struggle for survival, but I managed to accomplish it!”
You know that’s a complete lie!
“Ooh! Sister, please tell me of your heroic tale!”
“I-i-is that so!? I’d like to tell you too, but unfortunately, I am in the middle of training right now! Perhaps later!”
“Of course! …but sister, in the short while we haven’t seen each other, haven’t…haven’t you put on a lot of weight…? I didn’t even recognize you at first, and thought you were some kind of sumo wrestler…”
“A sumo wrestler…”
Akane-san then staggered in shock.
“I-I can explain! You see, I’m like this because, because I exhausted a lot of my strength traversing the mountain range…And! And to recuperate, I was advised to eat plenty…!”
Even if you try to spin it like that, I don’t think it’s enough of an excuse for all the weight you’ve gained.
“I, I see…! To think you’ve been pushed that much…that monster-infested mountain range truly must be a horrifying place…”
Gon-kun seemed to have accepted her excuse. Hmm, is he the gullible type?
“W-well then, I’ve got training to do! Gon, you do your best too…!”
Maybe it was because she just lied to him, but Akane-san had a stiff smile as she tried to leave. Unfortunately, her overweight body proved yet again how uncooperative it could be.
“Gya!?”
She twisted her foot and fell down.
“Are you alright, sister!?”
“I-I-I’m fine! …!”
She tried to rise right away, but due to her weight, she wasn’t able to.
“S-sister! I feared it would be the case, but the after-effects of traversing that mountain range truly are beyond harsh!”
Once more, Gon-kun was under the wrong impression.
“*(No matter what, I must lose weight soooooooooooooooooonnn!!)*”
Thanks to that though, Akane-san seemed to be more serious than ever about getting back into shape.
Akene-san was trying to get back in shape while eating a large amount of doughnuts.
“N, no, y-you see…I’m eating this to motivate myself to get in shape! In other words! It’s absolutely essential!”
When I asked her about it, she gave that poor excuse.
“If you had lost some weight because of it, I would not argue against you…”
I then pointed to her belly and told it to her straight.
“But rather than slim down, you have now clearly gained more weight since we last met! Your belly’s like a whole size larger!”
“G-gaaaaaa!”
She held her head as though in shock.
“That can’t…but I ran so much…”
“It’s because you’re eating more than you sweat out, isn’t it? Wait, did you not notice? I guess it’s hard to notice it by yourself when you don’t have a scale.”
Measuring one’s weight was not common practice in this world. Measuring devices—such as balancing scales and spring scales—did exist here, but they were primarily used on on cargo and such. And so, I made a mental note to have our manufacturing factories make weighing machines that were exclusively for measuring human weight.
While I thought that though, I heard a shout from behind me.
“…the, the one over there…is that, is that really you, sister?”
When I turned around, I saw a young Edo samurai boy.
Did he just say…
“!? Gon…!?”
“That voice! It really is you!”
The boy she called Gon was apparently her younger brother.
More and more people were coming to the village in hopes of improving their skills, and he was surely one of them as well.
Meanwhile, Akane-san, probably not expecting to see her brother especially while she was like this, immediately grew pale.
“W-w-w-why are you here!?”
“I’ve heard the rumors about this village and came here to train my blade as well. But the fact that you’re here must mean that you really did traverse that mountain range on foot! Amazing as always, sister!”
Gon-kun, gravely misunderstanding things, praised her with his eyes sparkling.
I wondered how she would react, so I looked at her. She averted her gaze from his and began to speak.
“M, m, Mhm! It was a struggle for survival, but I managed to accomplish it!”
You know that’s a complete lie!
“Ooh! Sister, please tell me of your heroic tale!”
“I-i-is that so!? I’d like to tell you too, but unfortunately, I am in the middle of training right now! Perhaps later!”
“Of course! …but sister, in the short while we haven’t seen each other, haven’t…haven’t you put on a lot of weight…? I didn’t even recognize you at first, and thought you were some kind of sumo wrestler…”
“A sumo wrestler…”
Akane-san then staggered in shock.
“I-I can explain! You see, I’m like this because, because I exhausted a lot of my strength traversing the mountain range…And! And to recuperate, I was advised to eat plenty…!”
Even if you try to spin it like that, I don’t think it’s enough of an excuse for all the weight you’ve gained.
“I, I see…! To think you’ve been pushed that much…that monster-infested mountain range truly must be a horrifying place…”
Gon-kun seemed to have accepted her excuse. Hmm, is he the gullible type?
“W-well then, I’ve got training to do! Gon, you do your best too…!”
Maybe it was because she just lied to him, but Akane-san had a stiff smile as she tried to leave. Unfortunately, her overweight body proved yet again how uncooperative it could be.
“Gya!?”
She twisted her foot and fell down.
“Are you alright, sister!?”
“I-I-I’m fine! …!”
She tried to rise right away, but due to her weight, she wasn’t able to.
“S-sister! I feared it would be the case, but the after-effects of traversing that mountain range truly are beyond harsh!”
Once more, Gon-kun was under the wrong impression.
“*(No matter what, I must lose weight soooooooooooooooooonnn!!)*”
Thanks to that though, Akane-san seemed to be more serious than ever about getting back into shape.
