Chapter 4
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 4
Chapter Title: Adaptation (2)
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My status, for the time being, was that of a squire.
I was the servant of Vice Knight Order Captain Hilde.
"You're going to be a servant I teach for fun. And yet, you're still going to beat the Imperial 1st Knight Order."
This was a sort of weakling cosplay.
Lowering expectations toward me, and lowering them even further.
To crush the pride of the Imperial 2nd Knight Order's eternal rival, the Imperial 1st Knight Order.
"Just hold out until then. The captain will nominate you for knighthood at that point."
"Understood."
I submitted obediently.
There was no reason to refuse a proper status,
and
'If I win, sex! With the brown-skinned wolf-eared beauty!!'
Hilde's promised reward.
This had become my biggest motivation above all else.
For some reason, it felt like I was getting stronger for sex rather than the other way around, but whatever.
Thanks to that, my adaptation to life in this other world was going smoothly.
"Lady Hilde, what is this?"
"That's called a Pomeranian or something..."
I studied and adapted diligently.
Learning about this place, its culture, and so on.
It felt like compiling a single setting bible.
"Ah, nice to mee..."
"Oh my, they said you lost all your memories, but you can even greet people? How impressive~."
"Lady Hilde must have taught you well. Want a snack?"
"......"
'How long am I going to be treated like a kid?'
Misunderstandings deepened as well.
Since I was asking about things that were obvious to them—like what a smartphone would be in modern terms.
Thanks to that, I was treated like an amnesiac idiot.
Everyone was busy babying me.
-Whispers, whispers.
"That's the guy? The one who wants to get strong to meet his parents?"
"I heard that's why Captain Blanc brought him into the knight order. Even if he's lost his memories, he must have family."
"So that's why he's training so hard."
One more thing.
Before I knew it, I had become the admirable guy striving for fame and success to reunite with his family.
It seemed like a rumor spread by Blanc.
'My mother is already in heaven.'
Unlike what they thought, there was only one reason I was training so hard.
Because Hilde told me to.
But the training wasn't anything special anyway.
"Newbie, just finish ten laps around the training grounds and rest~."
"Huff, huff...!!"
'PTSD from those physical fitness tests!!'
Something I'd done often in the military.
Basic exercises like running.
It was all because they judged my base stamina was lacking.
So it wasn't particularly tough.
Except for one thing.
'The stamina training is fine, but...'
"Whew, it's hot."
"......"
'You're practically naked?'
Hilde's breasts occasionally came into view.
Nipples visible through sweat-soaked clothes.
Even the faint silhouette of her mound.
That was driving me crazy.
I even suspected, 'Is this some kind of common sense alteration?'
"Um, Lady Hilde? It's see-through..."
"So what? There are only women here."
"There's a newbie recruit too?"
"Ignore him. He's just big; he's still a kid who doesn't know anything."
"That's true, but..."
From the conversations around me, it wasn't common sense alteration.
If it were, the others wouldn't notice anything off either.
Which meant it was purely Hilde's own behavior.
Just as she said—no aversion to exposure at all.
'Just you wait. I'll get strong and definitely have sex with you!!'
I secretly vowed while watching her wipe her sweat.
Like in those snack commercials.
Hilde, someday I'll definitely devour you—.
A month passed since then.
Thanks to that, I'd adapted somewhat to life in this other world.
I could even converse smoothly with the knightesses.
"Why are there so few men? Because of the war with the demons that started three hundred years ago..."
One more thing.
I learned the story behind the knight order's wrecked gender ratio.
Due to the demons' uprising, most of the existing forces—soldiers and nobles who were mostly men—died.
On top of that, 'Blessings' were received more often by women.
After about a hundred years of this, elite groups like knight orders became female-dominated.
'Feels like a setting tacked on to justify the virginity purge mod, but whatever.'
It was good for me anyway.
Better to live with sweet-smelling women than sweaty men.
That was why I'd spent the past month quite happily.
...Excluding the issue that my specs hadn't budged at all, I was happy.
[Training yields results: Strength and Agility...]
*Ding.*
[Overhaul Mod - '???' is active.]
[Stat increases are nullified.]
The same during today's training session.
Status windows occasionally popped up before my eyes.
As if saying, 'Stop the pointless crap and just have sex.'
'I know that already.'
But how could I say it?
Please let me have sex so I can train?
I'd instantly be treated like a lunatic.
That was why I'd kept up this meaningless training for a whole month.
"Hmm...?"
And my lack of progress clearly wasn't sitting well with Hilde.
Her ears fluttered as if angry.
"It's been a month, so why are your records the same?"
"Huff, I don't... know either..."
"You're not slacking off, but no muscle gain. Newbie, are you eating properly?"
"I am!!"
"Yeah, the captain especially told you to eat well."
Her wolf ears drooped sadly.
She really didn't like that my stamina hadn't improved.
"Lady Hilde, I have a strong intuition that I need a different method to get stronger."
"That again? So, what is it?"
"Maybe personal relationships are extremely important to my 'Blessing'..."
"Be quiet. I'm the expert here."
"......"
This is so frustrating, seriously.
I just wanted to close my eyes and shout.
Just give me once, and I'll get strong right away.
Since you promised sex if I win the friendly match, advance it a little—.
'I'd get beaten to death first.'
The day I clenched my eyes and said 'Let me touch your breasts!'
Hilde had punched me while saying 'You can't say that to a woman~.'
The memory was still vivid.
In other words, unlike her insensitivity to exposure,
her sexual morals were perfectly normal.
'What the hell do I do...'
Continuing stamina training like this was pointless.
But convincing Hilde of that was impossible.
She didn't listen at all to a level 1 nobody.
We both sighed together.
"The friendly match is right around the corner. What now?"
"Lady Hilde, since it's come to this, let me try some independent training."
"I said be quiet, newbie. You don't trust me that much? I'm pretty strong, you know?"
"That's not what I..."
A bit of bickering followed.
Hilde bared her teeth and growled.
I waved my hands, denying it.
It was a happening we'd gone through several times in the past month, but...
-Step.
"Hilde, why are you glaring at the newbie recruit?"
"C-Captain!!"
Blanc appeared at that moment.
The busy woman I hadn't seen in a month since she checked my 'Blessing.'
Her gaze turned to me.
Her eyes curved softly.
"Sorry, I've been away for so long."
"N-No, it's fine."
"And Hilde? How's the newbie's training going?"
She smiled gently at Hilde too.
Asking softly.
Hilde's wolf ears drooped down.
"Same as a month ago."
"Oh my? What about the 'Blessing'?"
"Just like you said, Captain, I sealed it off for now... But honestly, we can't beat the 1st Knight Order like this. No matter what the Blessing is."
"That's troubling. Is there some problem?"
Blanc looked troubled too.
Stuck in the middle, I just felt guilty for no reason...
-Snap.
"Newbie recruit? Could you give me your hand for a moment?"
"...!!!"
'Breasts!!'
Sorry, my ass.
With one finger snap, Blanc released her armor, revealing her skimpy outfit.
The moment I saw it, my mind went blank.
I rushed over and grabbed it eagerly.
"Y-Yes!"
"Pfft, you like handshakes that much?"
"Shaking hands with you is the best thing in the world, Captain Blanc!!"
"To hear that just from holding hands... I'm a little happy."
"Hehe, uhehehe..."
I groped vigorously.
The frustration of a month with Hilde's treat right in front of me but untouchable.
I planned to vent it all here today.
"Your reaction is so different from when you're with me... Newbie, do you see the captain as your mom or something?"
"Mom?"
"That's how it is with us beastkin. We follow the first person we see after birth as our parent."
"Pfft, even so, that can't be it."
They chatted casually, ignoring me.
Not even minding the dark-skinned guy toying with their breasts.
It was a moment when I was newly impressed by the fifth mod.
'Wow, look at this softness. If every young person got one breast each, the youth suicide rate would be zero percent...'
I gratefully indulged my desires fully.
To the point where getting slapped wouldn't be out of place; I really groped without restraint.
Even so,
Blanc didn't get angry—instead, she gently stroked my head.
"I can see calluses on your hands, so you haven't neglected training."
"I made him do it every day myself. He did his best too."
"Did he get a 'Curse'? Should we take him to a temple?"
Curse.
Similar to Blessings, but with the opposite effect.
A word Hilde muttered occasionally.
"A curse that doesn't increase stamina at all... That can't exist."
"Curses vary just like Blessings. Investigating wouldn't hurt."
"It'll cost a fortune. Even for you, Captain."
"For the newbie recruit, it's a cheap expense."
Blanc's stroking hand grew even gentler.
Conversely, Hilde tilted her head in confusion.
"Captain, is this guy that great?"
"Hilde?"
"Killing a hundred fifty goblins with one dagger is impressive, sure, but goblins are just goblins. His Blessing can't be that great."
The suspicion she'd been hiding all along.
The possibility that it wasn't her bad teaching, but me being trash-tier.
'Well, that's the normal reaction, actually.'
She didn't know what my 'Blessing' was yet.
Only Blanc and I knew.
Thinking the same, Blanc smiled softly.
"I confirmed his Blessing myself, yet you can't even trust my word?"
"Honestly... yeah. Considering that stamina and mana."
"Even after checking the goblin corpses?"
"Miraculous power often happens right after receiving a Blessing."
"So, it was just a one-time miracle?"
"Yeah."
"Can't be helped, then."
Even as I groped her breasts wildly,
she said this.
"Newbie recruit, take out your 'dagger'."
"...Captain?"
"Your Blessing that you call 'Assault Rifle'—let's show it only to Hilde."