Chapter 664: Daily Life
Chapter 664: Daily Life
“Hmm… Maybe a skirt that’s just a little shorter than that one…”
Watching Vanessa change her clothes for what felt like the dozenth time, I repeated the same line I’d already said just as many times.
To be honest, I was starting to find it a little fun to just keep making her change, watching her get more and more embarrassed.
I think I’m starting to understand how my girls felt when they used me for their fashion show.
“…Kuh! Even shorter than this…!”
Hearing my request, Vanessa tugged at the hem of her skirt, her face flushing bright red as she let out a low groan.
When we started, Vanessa had been wearing a long skirt that reached her ankles. But thanks to my continuous requests for something “just a little shorter,” she was now in a skirt so short its hem didn't even reach her knees.
Thanks to that, her slender, gorgeous calves were on full display, and I could even catch glimpses of her lower thighs.
Of course, I still wasn’t satisfied.
Girls with long legs just look so good in miniskirts.
When I think of tall, long-legged women among my girls, Sara is the first who comes to mind, but Vanessa’s legs were just as stunning.
In fact, if we were just talking about height, Vanessa was much taller.
If Sara was tall for a woman, Vanessa was quite tall even by a man’s standards.
I mean, when we stood next to each other, our eyes were almost at the same level. That says it all.
And her legs, fitting for her height, were so gorgeous it felt like a waste that she usually kept them hidden away under her butler uniform.
Well, I’d already seen her naked several times, so I already knew how pretty her legs were.
“Yeah. Let’s try just a little shorter. Okay?”
“…Exactly what length are you looking for?”
I tried to coax and cajole her into changing one more time, but having fallen for my requests several times now, Vanessa shot me a suspicious glare and didn’t immediately move to change.
It seemed she was starting to catch on to my plan of eventually getting her into a super-miniskirt.
“About this long?”
In response to her question, I pointed nonchalantly to a miniskirt hanging on a rack.
Seeing the skirt, which was only slightly longer than the span of my hand, Vanessa finally exploded.
“Kuh! There’s no way I could wear a skirt that short!”
“Hey, what are you getting so shy about now? It’s about the same length as that maid outfit you gave me before.”
“That was for a tropical region…!”
“Either way, it’s a length you can wear, right?”
She did wear it in front of me once, after all.
Well, back then she didn’t really have anything else to wear, but still.
She wore it so confidently back then without a hint of embarrassment, so why is she acting so shy now?
Though, it’s entirely possible she was only acting confident on the outside while being embarrassed on the inside, and I just failed to notice.
“Ugh…!”
As I spoke with a shameless, straight face, Vanessa’s hands, which had been clutching her skirt, clenched into tight fists that trembled with frustration.
Hah! How do you like that? Being on the receiving end of my shamelessness. It’s infuriating, isn’t it?
“Come on, come on. Don’t just stand there. Hurry up and try on the next one. Ah, this length. This is the one.”
“Krrgh…!”
Undeterred by the glare in her eyes, I urged her on, mockingly emphasizing the length of the skirt I had just pointed to.
And though Vanessa glared at me as if she wanted to kill me, she eventually started picking out another outfit.
Actually, there was another reason Vanessa was so embarrassed.
I was only specifying the length; Vanessa was the one picking out the actual clothes.
The act of choosing a miniskirt for herself and then having to be judged by me must have been amplifying her embarrassment.
In any case, Vanessa quickly picked out a miniskirt and went back into the fitting room. This time, it took her considerably longer than with the other outfits.
If we were talking about ease of wear, this should have been the easiest one yet. After all, it had the least fabric.
Is she too embarrassed to come out because it’s shorter than she thought?
“Vanessa! Are you done yet?!”
“…I am ready.”
Only after I called out to her did Vanessa finally emerge from the fitting room.
Unlike before, her expression was quite calm, so it seemed she’d spent some time in there mentally preparing herself.
“Whoa. Nice. Those dazzlingly exposed thighs are blinding…”
“Keuk!”
Well, that mental preparation shattered in an instant with just a few words from me.
Vanessa’s face turned red as she tried her best to cover her thighs with her hands.
Of course, there was no way she could cover them completely.
If anything, it was a strangely more arousing sight.
“It’s pretty, but it’s a little too short. I don’t want to give other guys such a feast for their eyes. The length you wore just before is probably best.”
But seeing how embarrassed she was, and since it didn’t quite fit the other reason I wanted her to wear a skirt, I smiled and said my piece.
“Then why did you make me wear it!”
Seeing my smile, Vanessa must have thought I was just toying with her, because she looked like she was about to explode.
“Hey, I wouldn’t have known until you tried it on. And it’s not like I forced you. You picked it out yourself… Vanessa. What’s with the fist? You’re not going to hit me, are you?”
“…Is that not allowed? I believe my current status is that of a girlfriend, not a butler.”
As I feigned innocence, Vanessa, whose embarrassment had surpassed its limit and turned into a cold calm, spoke to me bluntly.
…Huh? Wait a minute. Can you use that logic that way?
“Hey. Hold on. Calm down. Get a hold of yourself.”
“I am perfectly calm.”
“No, you’re not! No one who says that is ever calm! Calm down! Is it really so wrong for me to want to see my beautiful girlfriend in pretty clothes for a little longer?!”
“…Hmph! There you go again…!”
Hearing my excuse, Vanessa left only those words behind before hastily turning around and disappearing back into the fitting room.
After another long wait, she emerged, her usual expressionless face restored.
She was wearing the skirt that came to just above her knees—the one she’d worn right before the super-miniskirt.
“In any case, will this outfit suffice?”
“Yes. You look beautiful.”
Figuring that teasing her any further might be hazardous to my health, I gave a sincere nod to her question this time.
Unfortunately, it was a little less revealing than the previous outfit, but she was still pretty enough to make any man passing by drool and turn his head.
In the end, more exposure doesn't always mean better.
“Kuh!”
Well, it seemed this was still embarrassing for her in its own way, because she shot me a fierce glare.
“…Then it is your turn, Master Guwon.”
Having received my final approval, Vanessa stood before me as if she had finally seized her chance to counterattack.
She had a point. I’d made her change, saying her clothes weren’t suitable for a date, so I couldn’t very well stay in my simple cloth outfit.
Truthfully, I had a few sets of clothes my girls had bought for me in my inventory, but it would be bad manners to change into them instead of buying something from the store, right?
I have a certain status as the Goddess’s messenger, so I should be mindful of such things.
“Okay. I’m in your hands. Pick something out for me.”
“…Here you are.”
Despite the fact that her counterattack could begin at any moment, I answered nonchalantly. After a few seconds of hesitation, Vanessa handed me an outfit.
It was exactly as I’d predicted.
“How is it?”
“…It is good.”
When I immediately changed and came back out, Vanessa muttered with a blank expression.
Here’s what happened: in an act of revenge for what I’d just done, Vanessa had wanted to torment me by making me change over and over. But thanks to her all-too-excellent eye for fashion, she ended up picking the perfect outfit for me in an instant, ending the game before it even began.
It was obvious just from the look of profound conflict on her face.
This is the problem with being too competent.
“What’s with that look? You’re about to go on a date with a guy this handsome.”
“……”
Seeing Vanessa looking so conflicted over her own competence, I decided to cheer her up with a charming smile.
Of course, all I got in return was a completely expressionless stare.
“Hey. Don’t respond with a blank face and no reaction. You’ll hurt my feelings, you know? You might not know this, but back in the day, I was famous for my glass heart…”
“…I do not believe that is something to be proud of.”
“Of course it isn’t. So? You don’t think I look handsome? I’m warning you, if you answer wrong, my delicate glass heart might…”
“…You do.”
Finally, my persistence broke through Vanessa’s deadpan expression.
“I can’t hear you.”
“…You look… handsome.”
Vanessa averted her gaze, looking down and to the side, and was forced to admit it in a tiny voice.
In the end, even during the process of picking my clothes, Vanessa’s revenge was thwarted, and she ended up on the losing end once again.
I’ve been the one getting pushed around until now, so it’s okay for me to have a day like this every once in a while, right?
I mean, I once swore I’d make her cry someday.
She should consider herself lucky I’m not making her cry.
“Hmph. Of course! I knew you were always head over heels for me… Agyagagak!”
“If you are done choosing, let us go pay.”
“Wait! My arm first! Hey! This isn’t linking arms! It’s a joint lock! Hey! Are you listening?! Your master is…!”
“Right now, I am your boyfriend.”
“Why are you only saying that without a hint of embarrassment at times like this?! Hey! It’s really going to break…!”
And so, after finally buying our clothes, we managed to leave the store and begin our proper date.
Objectively speaking, our little shopping trip in the clothing store was plenty date-like, I suppose.
But that’s not enough. I want more. I want to do more couple-like things! Things that will make Vanessa die of embarrassment!
Of course, while I was full of motivation to do couple-like things, I didn’t have a specific destination in mind.
Ah, now that I think about it, that time I went to the café with the girls…
Alright. Let’s make that our first stop.
“…This is my first time coming to a place like this.”
When we arrived at the café, Vanessa murmured as she looked around.
For the record, Vanessa was now properly linking arms with me.
She was fidgeting restlessly, probably because she was still conscious of her skirt.
Besides the skirt, the attention we were drawing from everyone around us seemed to be weighing on her quite a bit.
Well, Vanessa looked absolutely beautiful all dressed up, so it was only natural.
Her butler uniform was certainly cool and stylish, but it was on a completely different level from seeing her properly dressed up like this.
“Just be confident, like when you’re in your butler uniform. As the woman who’s captured the heart of the Goddess’s messenger.”
I gallantly pulled out a chair for Vanessa. After she sat down, I plopped down in the seat across from her and spoke.
“…Are you deliberately trying to pressure me?”
“A little?”
“……”
When I answered playfully, Vanessa narrowed her eyes and stared at me.
I’m telling you, that look doesn’t scare me anymore.
“You would have gotten plenty of attention even if you were here by yourself, so you’ll have to get used to these kinds of stares, Vanessa.”
I brushed off her glare with a smile, casually dropping that line before turning my head toward the waiter who had come to take our order.
“What is that supposed to mean…”
“Ah, yes. We’ll have one Couples-Only Heart-Pounding, Soul-Throbbing, Lovey-Dovey Sweetie Parfait, please.”
“…What are you ordering?!”
“Hm? This menu item right here. The Couples-Only Heart-Pounding, Soul-Throbbing, Lovey-Dovey Sweetie Parfait.”
“P-Please don’t say it so loudly!”
As I deliberately raised my voice a little, Vanessa reached out and clamped her hand over my mouth.
To be honest, I was a little relieved myself.
I mean, I ordered it to see Vanessa’s embarrassed reaction, but damn, it’s embarrassing. What kind of name is that? What’s so “heart-pounding” and “soul-throbbing” about it?
Just from the name, I couldn’t even begin to guess what ingredients were in it.
The name was so cringey that even when my girls came here before, none of them even mentioned it, though I’m sure they saw it on the menu.
Thanks to that, I get to use it now.