The Three Sizes Revealed
In the interest of maintaining faith and trust in the quality of education provided by Felix Academy, and for the purpose of assessing the health and promoting the physical fitness of our faculty, the annual Teacher Physical Fitness and Body Examination is scheduled for early April.
All currently employed faculty members are required to attend without exception so that the event may proceed smoothly. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Please note that absence may result in partial disadvantages in accordance with academy regulations.
That was the official notice.
What the heck? There's way too much work already…
And on closer inspection, nearly every body measurement was supposed to be supervised and recorded by the school nurse. Given the job title, it made sense—but to Lua it was nothing but pure hassle.
Still, there was no getting around it. If she didn't want to get fired, she had to do the work.
"Hup!"
"Hah!"
A few days later, in the gymnasium, the first round of body measurements got underway. With so many people involved, they needed the wide-open space.
The male teachers—former hunters, most of them—were flexing and puffing up their muscles before their turns, a sight so pitiful it almost hurt to watch.
It's not like anyone's handing out prizes for good numbers…
Behind the white privacy screens, Lua prepared her recording sheets and sighed at the display. The screens at least kept her from feeling completely exposed, but having to face so many people still weighed on her. She just wanted to finish and go home.
"Everything's ready, Teacher."
The one who spoke was Himari, who had volunteered as her assistant. Dressed in the school gym uniform, she had laid out the height-and-weight scale, measuring tape, blood pressure monitor, and the rest of the equipment.
"Thanks, Himari."
"Not at all. As your moon, this is only what I ought to do."
Himari declined the thanks with perfect courtesy. At first her constant hovering had felt like a burden, but Lua had grown used to it, and there were plenty of convenient sides to the arrangement. Setting up the measurements alone would have taken her a full hour; with Himari's help it was done in no time.
"Then, um… sorry to ask, but could you help with the actual measuring too…?"
"Of course, Teacher. There's no need to apologize to me."
That refreshing smile put Lua at ease.
"When someone comes in, take blood pressure, height and weight, then body measurements, in that order. Call out the numbers and I'll write them down."
"Understood. I'll bring them in one at a time."
"Okay!"
Himari pulled the screen aside and ushered the waiting teachers through one by one. The men went first.
Being faculty, most of them followed instructions well enough—though a few still found things to complain about.
"Huh? What the—why does it say I weigh that much? Nurse Han, is this thing broken?"
"Ah—ah, n-no, it isn't…"
Faced with a middle-aged male teacher sporting a paunch, even a little grumbling was enough to make Lua stammer.
But today she wasn't alone.
"Teacher, due to irregular eating habits and frequent drinking, your abdominal obesity has become quite advanced. The scale is functioning normally."
Beside her, Himari recited the model answer in a calm, even voice.
"Tch… I know that already."
With nothing left to say, the male teacher pursed his lips. The fact that Himari was an exemplary student from the special class also helped keep the faculty quiet.
"Next is the body measurement. Please stand over here."
Himari wrapped the measuring tape around the bare back of a male teacher who had stripped down to nothing and took his sizes. It was the kind of close physical contact Lua could never have dreamed of managing herself—yet Himari remained completely unfazed.
"Waist, one hundred two."
"D-don't say it so loud!"
Lua wrote the number on the form while Himari handed a prepared pamphlet to the grumbling teacher as he pulled his clothes back on.
"According to the statistics, you fall into the high-risk group. Please take care of your health."
"Hmph… thanks, I guess."
Himari's smooth handling of every situation continued without a hitch. Her Korean was so fluent it was hard to believe she was an exchange student; her equipment handling was expert, and her measurements were fast and precise. Lua could barely keep up with recording the results.
In the end, the full faculty body measurement—something she had expected to take several hours—wrapped up in barely one.
"Whew. Done."
After jotting down the final entry, Lua sank into a chair and stretched.
"Thanks, Himari. We finished so much faster because of you."
"It's thanks to how capable you are, Teacher."
"Well then, shall we tidy up?"
"One moment. It isn't finished yet."
Lua looked up at Himari, who had raised a hand to stop her.
"There is still one person remaining."
"Huh? Who? Was someone still waiting?"
She checked outside the screens, but no one was left in line. The teachers who had finished had all returned to their duties; the vast gymnasium held only Lua and Himari now.
If there was still a teacher who hadn't been measured—
"…Wait. Do you mean me?"
"That is correct. Teacher, you must also undergo the body measurement."
"Ah—no! There's no need for that!"
Lua waved both hands frantically.
"I can just fill in my own record with the numbers I already know…!"
Of course she knew her own height and weight. They were right there in the setting materials for Hunter Hunting Academy.
But Himari was relentless.
"When was the last time you were measured?"
"W-well, I mean…?"
"In the meantime, you may have grown taller. Come this way."
Without further discussion, Himari slipped her hands under Lua's arms and hoisted her clean off the ground—exactly the sort of thing Sua used to do.
"W-waaah! Okay, okay! I'll do it!"
"Thank you."
In the end Lua shed her white coat and stepped onto the height-and-weight scale in nothing but her socks.
"Beginning measurement."
Himari pressed the button.
—Vmmm…
The measuring bar began to descend automatically.
—Vmm…
—Vmm…
"It's coming down for quite a while."
"I already know that!"
The moment the bar tapped the top of her head, Lua hopped down and checked the automatically displayed numbers with Himari.
"One hundred forty-nine centimeters, forty kilograms."
"……"
"Please don't worry, Teacher. That is close to the average for a twelve-year-old girl."
Himari flipped through a pamphlet and delivered the line without mercy.
"B-but I'm twenty-five…"
"It's fine. Age is nothing more than a number."
After recording the figures on the form, Himari guided Lua to the next station.
The measuring tape was waiting there.
"Now for the body size measurement."
"……"
"……"
"…I'll skip this part."
"That will not be allowed."
Himari caught Lua by the arm just as she tried to put her coat back on.
"Please remove your clothes."
"I-I can't do something like that…!"
Lua wrapped her arms around herself and shook her head hard. Himari watched her stubborn resistance for a moment, then spoke.
"Are you embarrassed?"
"Yes!"
"Is it because of me?"
Of course taking her clothes off in front of Himari was embarrassing. Lua nodded vigorously.
"Th-that's right. Getting undressed is embarrassing!"
"I see. However, none of the other teachers earlier showed any embarrassment at all."
"Th-that's…"
Lua's voice trailed off.
"I believe that is because this act is simply part of official duties. But if you, Teacher, perceive any sexual implication in this measurement, then feeling embarrassed would not be unreasonable."
"?!"
Himari laid out the logic with perfect clarity. In other words: this is just a body measurement—why be shy?
Huh? Is that how it is?
In a situation where undressing was the natural thing to do, was refusing the stranger reaction?
Did being embarrassed actually mean she was more conscious of Himari than she should be?
Lua's thoughts spun in confusion. A single sentence from Himari had flipped every bit of common sense she thought she knew.
"Uh… s-so, basically…"
"Yes, Teacher."
With her head still in a muddle, Lua finally nodded.
"I-I'll… take them off…?"
"An excellent decision."
While Himari prepared the measuring tape, Lua stripped down to her underwear.
Soft, long hair spilled over narrow shoulders. A chest with just enough volume to insist she was a grown woman past puberty, cupped in a water-droplet-patterned bra. Beneath it, the ribs stood out clearly for lack of flesh—and in contrast, her stomach was faintly rounded, probably from lunch.
The bottoms of her underwear rested on hips that flared just enough to claim adulthood as well. Plain white, no pattern.
If I'd known this was coming, I would've worn a matching set…
The bra and panties didn't match because she had overslept that morning and grabbed whatever clothes were scattered on the floor.
"……"
Himari studied Lua's bare body with open interest. Lua's face flushed scarlet.
"W-what are you doing? Hurry up and measure."
"Understood."
Tape in hand, Himari reached around Lua from behind. The brush of Himari's warm breath and skin against her own raised a faint trail of goosebumps.
"Ahn."
"Bust… seventy-two."
—Sliip.
The tape slid down to her waist.
"Uuuu…"
"Waist, fifty-three."
—Sliip.
Finally the tape circled her hips. The cool length of it sinking into soft flesh was startlingly vivid.
"Hiiik…"
"Hips, seventy-five."
"I-it's over, right?"
"Yes. Well done."
The moment Himari smiled and withdrew the tape, Lua scrambled to pull her discarded clothes back on.
After writing Lua's measurements onto the form, Himari made a thoughtful little sound and stroked her chin.
"In the book you lent me, Teacher, there was material about the physical changes of adult women."
"Hm?"
"…It seems that does not apply to everyone."
"Ugh…"
Lua started to snap back, then swallowed it.
She had originally been a man, after all.
Even if she had become a woman, there was no reason to stress over her figure the way other people did. Winning popularity with guys wouldn't do her any good anyway.
She had simply ended up possessing this body by chance. There was no need to worry about things like that.
No need… or so it should have been.
"……"
Damn it. What is this disappointment?
The more she tried to shake it off, the more the dissatisfaction with her small frame refused to leave. If she had possessed some stacked, perfect-body NPC instead, she never would have had this problem!
"Teacher, is something the matter?"
Himari, who had been packing away the equipment, turned and asked.
Right. Someone like Himari wouldn't have to worry about any of this.
Himari was the ideal adult female form itself. She had been designed that way as a game character, so it couldn't be helped—but being compared to her still got under Lua's skin whether she liked it or not.
"Are you unhappy with the results?"
"Ah—n-no, nothing like that."
But the lie must have shown on her face, because Himari smiled and stepped closer.
"Please don't worry, Teacher."
"…Why?"
"Growth of character and growth of the body do not necessarily proceed in proportion."
The way Himari said it was so utterly serious that Lua couldn't tell whether it was meant as comfort or simple fact.
"Just as I respect your character, Teacher—"
"Y-yeah!"
"I also like your small body!"
"……"
Am I supposed to be happy about that or not…