episode_0027

“Ah! Put more strength into it and massage properly!”

It was time outside of work.

So, for Christia, it meant relaxation, but for me, it meant a bit more intense work.

At least when Christia is working, she doesn’t ask me to do strange things, but when she’s relaxing, she tends to ask me to do odd tasks from time to time.

So, what I’m doing now is massaging her feet.

“This is the best I can do, Your Highness…”

“I said put more strength into it!”

Massaging her feet… truth be told, as a man, it was a bit of a blow to my pride, but it wasn’t that difficult of a task.

After all, she knew well that I was weak, so rather than the actual meaning of a massage, it was just something she wanted to make me do, and her feet weren’t particularly dirty either.

Naturally, she kept herself clean, and she didn’t sweat much.

At her level, she could control her physical reactions to some extent, and besides, the essential role of sweat in cooling the body was of no use to her.

So, apart from being cold, I was simply acting out a pitiful scene while massaging her feet, which were almost smooth and soft.

“Is it okay for me to be this happy?”

In reality, the world isn’t a place where one can live happily all the time.

Even if we consider past lives, one has to earn money, pretend to be close with people they aren’t close with, and cater to the whims of others; there are too many unhappy things.

However, here, there were no such worries.

Money? Christia was none other than the queen who ruled an entire kingdom.

Whims? As long as I catered to Christia’s whims, there was no one who could say anything to me.

“So, finding a good woman and living life to the fullest, that’s the saying.”

So, massaging her feet was something I could do without any problem.

The reason I could be this happy was because of her.

If I had been an orphan born in a northern city, I wouldn’t have been able to be this happy.

“Sigh, it seems like taking things slowly as you suggested isn’t such a bad idea after all.”

Even during the war, we had our own ways of fooling around, but we never went as far as postponing the war and simply having fun.

For almost a week, doing only the bare minimum of work and spending the rest of the time fooling around made me feel this happy.

“But it feels like we’re falling into the same pattern. How about going on a trip for some new ideas?”

“Sure!”

In truth, the king going on a trip was nothing short of madness.

If he were just taking a break and resting at his own residence, there wouldn’t be much of an issue.

Because he could rejoin the battle at any time during an emergency.

And he might not have to face any danger.

But going on a trip to an entirely different area?

That was a whole different story.

When on a trip, his location wasn’t being reported in real-time, and he could be exposed to danger. Moreover, with the king absent, no one could predict what schemes his subordinates might hatch.

However.

“It’s Christianne.”

Considering Christianne’s overwhelming power, it was nearly impossible for any danger to come her way.

On top of that, her subordinates would never betray Christianne, so there was no reason to worry about her going on a trip.

Of course, proper communication should be maintained in case of emergencies, but where would Christianne usually be?

As a great figure with the power of an 11-star, she could immediately contact her subordinates no matter how far away she was.

For these reasons, our journey began quite swiftly.

*****

“Hurry up.”

“Yes, understood, miss.”

Every time we engaged in something similar to a trip, we always came up with a concept and moved accordingly, and this time was no different.

The concept we chose this time was Miss and Personal Attendant.

It was a relationship closer than that of a queen and a personal attendant, more like childhood friends.

“It feels like playing a role, but since our usual relationship isn’t much different from role-playing, it doesn’t bother me much.”

“Mount up.”

The lady I was going to act as had a concept of having the skills of an average knight, so it was possible for me to ride a horse.

I did wonder if riding together was like how two people shouldn’t ride on a motorcycle, but I couldn’t control the horse, and I was quite small in stature, so I ended up being embraced by Christia and riding together.

“By the way, is it okay to use the name Christia?”

“Of course.”

If this were the world dominated by the original Christia, I wouldn’t have been able to use the alias Christia.

Because the original Christia not only changed the names of women who shared her name but also committed terrible acts of killing them all.

It would be shocking enough if it was just for administrative convenience, making her seem like a crazy ruler, which would have been more interesting.

By the way, most of the cruel aspects of Christia here were settings created by my girlfriend.

However, the Christia here didn’t force anyone with her name to change it, let alone kill them, so I could carry the name Christia.

-Dagdak

As she slowly rode the horse, I felt my body swaying up and down.

Naturally, since I had never learned to ride a horse, I couldn’t easily handle the swaying on the horse, but Christia seemed to know about my situation and pressed my body tightly against hers, reducing the vibration.

Even though she was pressing against my body, it wouldn’t reduce the vibration. Perhaps Christia had her own way of reducing the vibration on my body.

Maybe she’s really Christia? Why does she know this kind of technique? Could it be that she has moved like this for someone else, not just for me? Such thoughts crossed my mind momentarily, but it’s probably right to think that she simply mastered this technique in no time because her martial arts skills are so outstanding.

“I appreciate your consideration, Miss.”

“Speaking so boldly, you’re mine, so it’s only natural that I should take care of you,” came Kristia’s voice from behind, making it impossible for me not to smile.

“It’s not even that cold, so I’m fine,” I thought. She was wearing warm clothes, and with her current strength fixed at around 5 stars, even though she held me tightly from behind, I didn’t feel the bone-chilling cold.

“And when we arrive in the village, you’ll have a lot more to do. That’s something I’ll have to sacrifice for,” she said.

In this scenario, Kristia was a lady with very little besides her strength.

So, from finding lodging to planning our travel route… or rather, what I wrote as a travel course but read as a date course, it was all quite comfortable for me to think of it as my responsibility.

“No need to worry,” I reassured, although in truth, I was quite worried.

I had already spent quite a long time here, almost becoming a resident of this place, unlike Kristia, who had become practically indistinguishable from the locals since arriving in this world. I still felt like a foreigner.

Moreover, since coming to this world, I had been sticking close to Kristia almost constantly, leaving me with less time to adapt to this world itself.

So, I couldn’t help but worry a bit about whether I could handle things properly or if I might cause problems by acting rashly.

“But then again, what’s the worst that could happen? With Kristia by my side, whatever happens will probably just end up being an event.”

“Let’s pick up the pace,” Kristia said.

I wasn’t sure what Kristia did, but the horse began to move at a remarkably fast speed.

Due to the horse’s quite rapid movements, the vibrations became more intense, but it seemed like Kristia was handling it well, as I didn’t feel any direct vibrations myself…

At least, not caused by the horse.

“The horse isn’t shaking, but there’s something massive behind us that’s shaking like crazy,” I thought.

With every movement of the horse, I felt the soft yet firm mass against the back of my head swaying along with it.

It felt oddly pleasant but also a bit embarrassing.

However, that embarrassment was short-lived.

As time passed while riding on horseback, a feeling other than awkwardness began to settle in after more than an hour.

[Do you feel the desire to touch your chest right away?]

“Now my throat is starting to hurt…”

It was only the thought of having a sore throat due to continuously shaking my head for quite a long time because of that massive lump of fat.