episode_0537

As far as I know, in the original, when you took the Lyria route, I don’t remember the hero becoming a barbarian or anything like that.

Karaham has a completely different personality from the warrior, and his appearance is more suited to being a barbarian than anyone else, so it may be because of those differences. He also has a cheerful personality and a loud voice, which is exactly the kind of person that the tribe of Lyria likes.

It was strange that something was happening because of what I did in a part that I didn’t know about. Well, Karaham is a character who should have left the story by now, so there’s no way that the story would be different from the original just because he became an honorary barbarian… .

“And our new sister always takes care of our tribe in many ways!”

“Yes?”

“I heard that you and my husband are working together to make our village illiterate…? But since my husband said it was good, our tribe is slowly accepting it too!

When I visited my hometown last summer, I almost thought I had come to the wrong place because I saw so many houses built for the first time in my life! It was the first time I saw water flowing inside a house like in the Academy! ”

“… … .”

I get the general idea of how it works. Karaham becoming an honorary Barbaracus is just bait, and behind the scenes, it looks like Lizzie is ‘civilizing’ the northeastern steppes.

In the first place, Lyria was the daughter of Chief Barbaracus. As her husband, Karaham would naturally have a say.

And when Karaham told her older sister, Lizzie, to make this and that because she couldn’t move, she would have agreed to it all. Of course, I think we’ll have to go there and see for ourselves to see how it turned out.

‘If it was successful, it would mean that even the original hero could not do it.’

The main reason for the conflict between the nobles and the barbarians in the northeastern steppe towards the end of Part 2 was the failure to civilize the barbarians.

Perhaps, rather than forcibly civilizing them as in the original story, it is more likely that the Geumgangjosaegi led the negotiations in the direction of preserving their culture.

But if Lizzie really did use Karaham to bring civilization to the northeastern prairies, how would the snowball roll…?

‘I don’t get it. It feels like it’s getting further and further away from what happened in the original.’

I hope things turn out well for the best, but it’s already out of my hands. All I can do is hope that it just works out on its own.

And if it’s civilized, there’s nothing wrong with that. If it were normal, I’d even consider sleeping in a sleeping bag next to the campfire, hugging Ethan and Eris.

Maybe it will be a lot easier than you think.

“Oh, by the way, Senior Release.”

“Yes?”

“If you’re interested in the relationship between me and my husband that I mentioned earlier, I can take this opportunity to show it to you, Lilith!

I can’t do it because I’m embarrassed to show it to other people, but I’ll overcome my embarrassment and do it for Senior Lilith, who connected me and my husband… !”

“Please don’t show me, I don’t need it.”

I’m not curious about or want to see any other man’s naked body, not Ethan’s.

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The schedule for the graduation trip was set, and now all that was left was to prepare for the graduation party.

As is usually the case with academy graduation ceremonies, it usually ends with a graduation party.

This tradition was born because most of the students were nobles, but it still persists even today when the proportion of commoners is around half.

Last year, I was so busy that I only got to see the graduation ceremony and couldn’t attend the graduation party. At that time, I was very focused on raising Iris, who hadn’t even been weaned yet.

“Have you decided what you’re going to wear to the prom, Ethan?”

“I’m going to wear the navy suit I wear at the mansion. I don’t think it’s necessary to dress up in something fancy just because it’s graduation.”

“But isn’t it too ordinary for a once-in-a-lifetime graduation party? I remember you always wearing the same outfit at external events.”

“It’s okay. Release will buy you new clothes. It’s a party, so don’t worry. ”

“… I didn’t mean to ask you to buy me new clothes, did I?”

Even if Ethan didn’t buy it for me in the first place, I don’t feel burdened anymore to buy one or two dresses to wear to graduation.

The 300 gold coins that I had intended to use as my independent funds were still intact. In fact, they had increased since I had earned some during my time in Ermia.

But since it would be a bit strange to turn down Ethan’s offer to buy it for me, I think it would be better to use the money I’ve saved for something more meaningful.

“Then, let’s buy it for each other.”

“Huh?”

“I’ll buy Ethan’s graduation outfit, so Ethan buys mine. Okay?”

“You don’t have to buy it for me. I’ll give you the money, Lilith.”

“I said I wanted to buy it for you as a gift, but if Ethan gives me money, it won’t be a gift, it’ll just be an errand.”

“… Is that so?”

“Anyway, let’s buy each other graduation outfits. And the other person can wear whatever clothes they want to the graduation ceremony without complaint.”

“… Any clothes?”

“Yes. Any clothes.”

Well, Ethan probably wouldn’t have chosen anything particularly weird, and in the first place, they weren’t wearing clothes to show off to each other, they were wearing them to the graduation ceremony.

My guess was that he would pick out clothes with a bit of selfishness while showing off his lover to other people. Of course, I would choose clothes for Ethan based on that standard.

‘Come to think of it, if I’m going to buy Ethan clothes, I’ll need to measure his body measurements again.’

I have a good idea of the size, but it would be a shame to buy the wrong size and get a bad fit.

I’m a little taller now, but I think I’ve grown taller than before, and I’ve gained a lot of muscle, so I’ll have to measure my chest and waist size accurately.

Other things like hip circumference, thigh thickness, etc…

“… Ahem, Ethan. Would you mind standing there for a minute?”

“Huh?”

“In that position, spread your arms… Yes, stand in that position.”

“What are you going to do?”

“Now that I think about it, I’m going to check Ethan’s body measurements. I need to check them so I can buy clothes that fit him.”

As he said that, he spread his hands as flat as possible and hugged Ethan’s body tightly.

When you hug tightly, is it just enough for your fingertips to slightly touch? If you use this as a reference when buying clothes later on… .

“… Over there, release.”

“Yes?”

“Surely you’re not going to buy clothes by hugging each mannequin like that?”

“Oh, no. This is just a rough estimate, and in reality, I’m going to unfold the clothes and use them to see if they fit my arm… .”

“… If the release is measured like that in the first place, it is impossible to measure it accurately.”

“Yes?”

“… I mean, breasts. I don’t know about other people, but wouldn’t it be a little impossible to measure the size by holding Lilith’s body type?”

“Ah… .”

… Now that I think about it, that makes sense. I just haven’t been paying attention to it lately.

As a result, I ended up hugging Ethan under the pretext of measuring his body size.

-Thump, thump.

“Mom… . I’m sleepy… .”

“Ah, ah, Eris! Do you want to sleep now? Do you want to snore next to Mom and Dad~?”

“Ugh… I’m going to cut off Eris’ nose… .”

What could have been an awkward atmosphere ended naturally thanks to Iris’s perfect appearance.

… I should go to the shopping district tomorrow and buy a tape measure or something.

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And then, the next day.

“I’m going to measure you properly today, Ethan. I don’t plan on just letting it slide like yesterday, so just give me your body.”

“… I didn’t really plan on letting it slide. I just stopped doing it because I was embarrassed about the release.”

“Anyway. It would be a shame if it didn’t fit after all the effort I put into buying it, so I’ll write it down thoroughly today.”

I even went to the shopping mall outside the academy to buy a tape measure.

With that thought in mind, I stood in place, spread my arms, and started counting the lengths of Ethan’s arms one by one.

-Ji-ik.

“The arm is… centimeters.”

-Square, square.

“… … .”

-Ji-ik.

“Chest circumference is… centimeters.”

-Square, square.

“… … .”

-Ji-ik.

“Waist….”

Actually, I wonder if it’s really necessary to measure it this much. But it can’t hurt to know as much as possible.

The claim that too much information causes side effects is limited to useless information and does not apply to Ethan’s body size.

Ethan’s body size is something you should know because it will be useful for the rest of your life.

“I don’t think it’s necessary to be that thorough. As long as it doesn’t completely mismatch, it shouldn’t matter.”

“There’s nothing wrong with knowing that. Just stay still, Ethan.”

“And now that I think about it, if you measure while wearing a uniform, the error will be too large. It’s a winter uniform, so the fabric is a bit thick.”

“… … Ah.”

Yeah. Come to think of it, it’s not accurate to measure your size while you’re wearing clothes.

It was only after I measured the circumference of my ankle that I realized that if I wanted to measure the size perfectly in the first place, I shouldn’t have measured it with clothes on.

“Since you are measuring while wearing clothes, there is bound to be some error, so just measure roughly… .”

“Ethan’s right, definitely. Take off your clothes.”

“… … Huh?”

“As Ethan said, we need to start over and measure it accurately. Take off your clothes quickly.”

“… … .”