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Published at 11th of February 2021 12:02:42 PM


Chapter 38

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Now that the final exam is over, it’s time for the summer holiday! Well, it happens every year, but it doesn’t stop me from looking forward to it. I spent the closing ceremony thinking what to do this year with Iris, which made me come to the Round Table rather late, but it seems that the senpais are fussing over something. I wonder what they could be talking about.

“Everyone, let’s head for the sea!” said the newly-appointed leader of the Round Table Waltrude Josephine Du Veet-senpai. For some reason, the head of the Round Table has been girls for years now, which means that it’s likely that I’d be the head once I get to the second year of high school…?

Well Friedrich is here too so I probably won’t.

Anyways, so it looks like the senpais want to go to the beach.

“There you go again, Waltrude-senpai, making a plan so suddenly…” said a first-year high schooler senpai, gazing at Waltrude-senpai with a bitter expression, but Waltrude-senpai casually replied back,

“It is fine, is it not? Let us go to the beach and further deepen our relationship with each other!”

That’s right, unlike the other head of the Round Table until now, she tends to create a plan seemingly out of nowhere. The other day she suddenly whipped up a Music Appreciation event and brought us to the theatre, and afterwards regardless of the fact that we were in the middle of a final exam week, she brought us to restaurants in a gourmet appreciation event. She would often suggest these events about 3 days before the decided dates, so they never really stack up.

And now she decided to take us to the sea.

“What do you think, Astrid-san? Doesn’t the sea seem inviting to you?”

“Y-yes, of course it is enticing, but it sure is sudden.”

“It’s a surprise after all.”

Well I know that the Veet family Waltrude-senpai belongs to is a wealthy one, so the expenses could easily be covered by Waltrude-senpai in no time, so I couldn’t really complain, but…

“Fufu, actually I bought a new swimsuit! It’s a cute one to boot! That’s why let us all go to the beach together! We can go buy ourselves a new one before that!”

She’s so free, isn’t she. Who the hell voted for her anyways?

“Going to the beach with the Round Table seemed interesting. The first-year high school students would have a seaside school sooner or later anyways, so this could be a good rehearsal.”

“Riight? I’m sure it would be a good memory for us! I’m glad your Highness understands!”

Of course Friedrich would get along with the free-spirited Waltrude-senpai’s idea…I swear Friedrich is too much of a pampering bastard. That’s why no one could stop these random ideas.

“Still…which beach could we go to?”

“How about the Großer Seevogel¹ beach? It has a small island on its opposite shore, and there is a vacation home belonging to Duke Schleswig’s house, whom Varya-senpai is wedded to. The Schleswig house spend their vacation there, so do you not think it would be a great chance to see them?”

Oh? Do I see a chance to see Varya-senpai? But…is it really fine seeing the duke family without prior appointment? I’m guessing Waltrude-senpai doesn’t really think about it much because it’s Waltrude-senpai…

“Yes, then I shall send Varya-senpai and duke Schleswig a message. It is a rare chance after all, so let us shoot a greeting for our alumnus.”

There goes Friedrich, making this haphazard plan a reality again…I feel like the Round Table is going to fill me with headache this year.

Though I’m interested if Varya-senpai gets along well with Eugen-sama or not, and I would love if I can make alliances with the duke of Schleswig, so I’m not really against it.

“Then let us set the date—”

“Ah, if it’s that date, I won’t be available—”

Thus, the talk continued on smoothly, and the girls decided the date for when we will go to the beach along with the date for when we would go out to buy the swimsuit and the list of things we need to bring. In the end, Waltrude-senpai end up making everything work by force.

“Can you swim, Iris?”

“I cannot…”

There, there, no worries. Onee-chan shall teach you how to.

“We need to buy a new swimsuit, don’t we? The one I bought last year wouldn’t fit anymore.”

“I see you are in the peak of your growing phase, onee-sama. I myself haven’t grown taller at all…”

My growth has only been implemented to my height, already reaching 165 centimeters, while my chest is still the same as ever. Judging by how my mother is, my family lineage passes down moderate sized breasts, so I can’t say I have much hope in that regard.

Well, so be it. A woman’s charm aren’t just their chests!

…but if Iris turned out to have bigger breasts than I do, I’m actually going to cry.

“Onee-sama, let us choose our swimsuit together.”

“Okay. I shall pick a cute swimsuit for you, Iris.”

And so, we headed for the commercial district to browse for available swimsuits together.

We arrived at the commercial district for our business, currently looking around almost immediately since the heroine Elza-kun is supposed to be around. I’m honestly confused if I’m supposed to avoid any sort of contact with her or assertively get involved with her if I want to avoid the flag of my own demise. It’s clear that I should definitely avoid her 4 capture targets, but I honestly don’t know what to do with Elza-kun. Even if I don’t bully her directly, our school is filled with nobles—kids that had unnecessarily high pride as Bernhardt-sensei said. Someone is definitely going to be after her in Astrid’s place, and after one thing and another, the responsibility might fall on me. No matter how kind Miine-kun and Lotte-kun is, they’re still nobles, and it’ll be on me to supervise their behavior.

If that’s the case, I should get in touch with her stat and make a good impression of myself, right? But this could also be a double-edged sword; if I get close to Elza-kun, I might be on the nobles’ crosshair as well.

Ugh…what should I do, really…

“Onee-sama? Are you all right?”

“I’m…I’m okay, Iris.”

Noticing my suspicious behavior, Iris asked me with wonder as she looks up to me.

“Come, let’s choose our swimsuits, Iris.”

“Yes, onee-sama!”

The two of us head for a clothing store that Waltrude-senpai—the person well known for making slapdash plans out of nowhere—suggested. She said the place had a lot of variety and sizes or something. It also seems that Waltrude-senpai bought her swimsuit here as well.

“Come, come, get in. I know the owner of this shop!”

It is also important to get along with Waltrude-senpai’s acquaintances. The dukedom of Veet is a rich one, and with money, you can buy soldiers in this world. If I can get along with her, I can rebel against the imperial family if they plan to spearhead an assault against the Oldenburg house with a mercenary corp.

“Welcome to our store, ladies.”

Woah, just in the fashion of someone who knows Waltrude-senpai, the shopkeeper, a young lady donning an elegant dress that looks like it’s made by a well-known fashion designer came and welcomed us.

“Good day, Daniella! These girls are my schoolmates. Can you show them the swimsuit I bought the other day?”

“Of course. We shall prepare it immediately. Please wait for a moment.”

I wonder what sort of swimsuit will come out. This is a fantasy world of swords and magic, so I’m curious what the swimsuit of this world would look like.

I bet Iris would look good in a one-piece swimsuit with a frilly skirt on it though. Those look childish, but I really think it’ll suit such a transient beauty such as Iris.

“This is the swimsuit lady Waltrude purchased,” said the owner Daniella, pulling out the swimsuit that is…

“Uh…a bikini?”

A two-piece swimsuit; undoubtedly what we call a bikini. A triangle bikini.

“Bikini? This is a swimsuit called Les Halles² produced by neighboring Francia kingdom, you know?”

“I-is it, really…”

I really can’t see it as anything but a bikini. One with high exposure to boot.

“Onee-sama…is this not too lewd…?”

“I…I agree. We shall refrain from getting that one…”

Iris and I are totally disappointed with it.

“Really!? I thought it would suit both Astrid-san and Iris-chan though…”

“I shall choose one with less exposure…”

Triangle bikini is too much for me…yeah, it’s a definite no. Face it, it doesn’t suit my body style in the first place. On the other hand, putting that on Iris would be an actual crime.

“We do have a less revealing swimsuit. How about this one?” asked Danielle, procuring a tube top one piece swimsuit. Seems like the rubbery material for tube tops are well liked in this world, perhaps understandably so because of how easy it would be to procure the material using elemental magic.

“Then I shall choose this one!”

“Reallyy? I thought this one would suit you better you know…?”

Come off it, will you!? That kind of bikini won’t suit my slanky body!

“Is there any other one-piece? Like the one with a skirt on it?”

“Of course. We have it in three colors of white, black and red.”

This time, Daniella brought out the ideal skirted one-piece swimsuit I had in mind. That’s what I’m talking about, this should suit Iris way better.

“Iris-chan, I think this one suits you better. If you still feel a little uncomfortable, you can wrap a cloth around your waist, we call it a pareo!”

Meanwhile, Waltrude-senpai is still recommending the triangle bikini to Iris. Any more than this she’s getting closer to being a criminal…or perhaps she’s already being a criminal. Come on, my cute Iris would be better off with this one-piece swimsuit!

“I…I think the swimsuit onee-sama recommended is better…”

“Uu…that’s a shame…”

Either way, our swimsuit selection comes to an end. I went for a navy-blue tube top one piece swimsuit while Iris went for a black one-piece swimsuit with a skirt on.

On the other hand, our senpais are boldly going for the bikinis. I couldn’t help but to be amazed by their courage, to be honest…





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