Chapter 12
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 12
Chapter Title: The Precious Thing is Breasts (1)
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After the day I made Blanc climax with her nipples and even learned what Hilde's common sense alteration was all about...
At first, I wondered what would happen, but...
My life remained peaceful.
More precisely, it was excessively peaceful.
"Rookie... ugh, yeah! Keep it up!"
"Would you like a snack? I've been saving these, but I'll share them especially with you."
"...?"
This peculiar atmosphere.
Everyone was doting on me like they couldn't get enough.
If I compared it to a webnovel, it felt like I'd become the protagonist who gets mindless adoration after turning into a girl via TS.
'No way they'd do that to a dark-skinned guy like me... Ah! They must think I'm the object of everyone's concern!'
"Hey, did you tell the others about that?"
I scurried over to Hilde and asked.
In case something had happened or if I'd been marked as a concern case or whatever.
Even back in my active days, people treated me as "a bit slow but sweet," so at least like a full person—that was just normal for me.
"...Hic!? N-no, Yi Hyun!?"
Hilde jumped in shock the moment she heard me.
Her tail and ears perked up straight—she was that startled.
"Did you really tell them? About my hometown?"
"W-well... uh?"
"Everyone's been doting on me like crazy. I thought maybe I'd been labeled pitiful or something."
"Oh, is that it... I don't know who told you about 'pitiful,' but it's not like that."
"Then what is it?"
"That's..."
Her tail only drooped after hearing my follow-up.
No, more like it drooped hard.
-Sluuump.
"Y-you don't need to know yet."
Unlike the way she stroked my head.
Those silver wolf ears stuck to her hair looked utterly wilted to anyone watching.
I even felt awkward for her.
"I see."
'She won't tell me more if I push. I've seen something nice anyway—time to head back.'
I returned to my quarters empty-handed.
Munching on snacks the other knights had given me, I sank into thought.
'This is a problem involving me, first off.'
Everyone's going crazy doting on me.
The cause had to be me, obviously.
If not the pitiful label, then the only option left was that I seemed incredibly pitiable.
'No way they'd suddenly pity me over amnesia.'
Why were they acting like this all of a sudden?
That was clear too.
'It started after I vaguely named that village and said some memories came back, right? Something must've happened there!'
To others, that village was my hometown.
Something awful must've gone down there for sure.
So they'd assume I'd lost my home to return to.
Pfft—a dry chuckle escaped me.
"Doesn't really matter to me, but..."
'Still, not bad at all.'
I couldn't tell the truth anyway.
If I straight-up said, "I'm a possessor—no hometown or anything"?
They'd nail me to a cross for sure.
So I'd just make good use of this situation.
For getting stronger—which meant sex.
'They'll overlook me crossing the line a little! I've got the pity pass!'
As long as I didn't worry the knights too much.
I'd exploit this opportunity to the fullest.
After that, Yi Hyun began diligently wandering the knight order.
His eyes gleaming, hoping to uncover some clue for sex.
'Blanc route's blocked, private "matches" with Hilde are banned... so aim for the extras!'
Find knights hit with common sense alteration besides those two.
Use it well and see if he could score once.
Fancy words, but really just him dying for sex.
Intelligence 1 deemed this a solid plan.
"Lady Layla, Lady Silpi!"
"Rookie... no, Yi Hyun now, right?"
"What's up?"
"If you're free, could you help with my training?"
He earnestly begged off-duty knights.
Plain talk wouldn't reveal common sense hints, so he asked for training help.
The lady knights' reactions?
"...Kuhk!!"
'Look at him trying to get strong without even knowing what happened to his hometown.'
'So pitiful, what do we do...'
Tears welled up.
Everyone's eyes reddened.
No one was unaware of what had become of his hometown, Zaksen.
'If it was just people dying, maybe... but that place was...'
'Hell itself.'
A high-ranking demon had appeared in Zaksen.
She slaughtered everyone and used them as sacrifices.
To summon her "undead" minions.
The 2nd Knight Order had been dispatched to subjugate her.
Naturally, its knights had witnessed Zaksen's horrors firsthand.
Pity for Yi Hyun was inevitable.
"......"
'I get what you're thinking, but that's not it.'
The man himself was oblivious, but anyway.
"What do you want to learn?"
"Uh, um... How about a mock battle between you two? My physical stats make it hard to learn specifics right now, so I thought it'd broaden my perspective."
"Very admirable. Silpi, what do you say?"
"Refusing this wouldn't make one human~."
"Right. Follow us, rookie... ahem. Sorry, Yi Hyun. Still not used to it."
"It's fine!"
Thus began the field trip lessons.
Days of exciting audiovisual education flowed by.
The results?
"Haa..."
'Why do they hide it so damn well!!!'
Main goal: sex.
Sex via finding common sense-altered lady knights.
Both failed.
What he'd intended went completely off-track.
[Skill - Observation Lv.1 (Common)]
An ancient incantation that discerns the unseen.
Focus your gaze to witness another's true form.
Yet some truths are better left unknown.
'At least I snagged a skill.'
The sole gain: a new skill besides Caress.
Thanks to staring so hard his eyes turned bloodshot.
"Hmm, Observation."
[Opponent's level vastly exceeds the player's. Skill activation failed.]
"...Observation."
[Young human male: Looks pathetic.]
"......"
'I can tell just by looking, duh? Man, Lv.1 is rough.'
Not a skill urgently needed for powering up right away.
But Yi Hyun's face was bright.
It was free, after all,
'Skills can be acquired this way too?'
He believed he'd gain many more in the future.
Of course, it was the fruit of his bloodshot-eyed efforts.
Just him maxing out concentration for sex that moved even the status window to toss one his way.
Yi Hyun had no clue.
"......"
'Look at his eyes all red from focusing.'
'It's driving me crazy how heartbreaking it is.'
And that sparked another misunderstanding.
The reason lady knights swarmed the captain's office.
"Lady Blanc, this can't go on."
"No talent, no reason to get strong anymore, and making him keep at it is too much."
The lady knights later explained.
Frankly, the kid's got no talent—further training's pointless.
Whatever the blessing is, Yi Hyun's strength caps here.
"Why not just keep him on as a squire?"
"Yi Hyun's a bit dumb but good-natured, so I'll even pay his salary to take him with me."
Ditch training, live as a squire.
They spared no sincere advice for his sake.
"Sigh."
'I was exactly like that before seeing his sword ki.'
Hilde furrowed her brow in déjà vu, but anyway.
Before the clamoring lady knights.
What did their leader Blanc do?
"Take Yi Hyun with you, eh..."
'Is some bad girl targeting my innocent boy?'
She was busy suspecting ill intent.
Women in love were like that.
"......"
"Uh, um."
"Lady Blanc?"
Blanc narrowed her eyes in silence.
The lady knights fidgeted in the suddenly chilly air.
Sorting this mess fell to Vice Captain Hilde, naturally.
"The captain has it all figured out, so don't worry."
"Lady Hilde?"
"The friendly match is coming up soon, so I can spill it now. His blessing is insane? Enough to crush the 1st Knight Order snobs."
She explained eagerly.
The friendly match in about a month.
Yi Hyun would shine there.
"Captain dipped into her savings for elixirs, and I chipped in too. Don't worry about him getting stronger."
Various elixirs and support were lined up.
"So let him do whatever for now."
They weren't neglecting him on purpose—relax.
A clear explanation worthy of the vice captain.
...The lady knights weren't convinced.
"What about Zaksen?"
"Huh?"
"His reason to get strong was to get famous and reunite with family. Blessing or not, forcing knighthood without that reason is wrong."
"Well, sigh..."
Even Hilde looked troubled.
The biggest issue now: Zaksen.
His home territory.
Now a hellscape.
Whether to reveal that truth weighed on them too.
"So you want to tell him? That his family, friends, neighbors all turned to rotting undead and got their skulls smashed by us?"
"Uh, that's."
"Better to let him hold onto hope, right? Than learn what he's lost."
Hilde's stance: keep it secret.
"Still, that's..."
"Too cruel."
The lady knights: "Yeah, kinda."
Sighs escaped everyone.
Opinions split, but they understood each other perfectly.
"What does the captain think?"
"Yi Hyun's the man you took in, Lady Blanc. You should decide."
So eyes turned to Blanc.
The woman whose ears perked at his name.
"I agree. Time to decide, Captain."
Hilde cast her gaze too.
To her superior, Blanc, who'd pondered daily since then.
Blanc's eyes slowly closed.
"Hoo..."
'Can't put it off forever. Time to reveal the truth—and these feelings.'
When she lifted her eyelids.
Resolve sparkled in her blue pupils.
"I'll head back there again. Just Yi Hyun and me, to Zaksen."
She chose the direct approach.
About two days later, in Zaksen.
"R-rookie—no, Yi Hyun, I get it, so..."
"Right now, you're more precious to me than anything, Lady Blanc!!"
"Hnnng♡"
'Saying that while gripping my hand so tight♡'
Somehow, Yi Hyun ended up confessing something like that.