Episode 4 - Growth

Grace SIDE

Six years have passed since the day I first opened my heart to anyone other than my family, and I have already turned 20.

The outstanding physical ability that I did not have in my previous life and the superior memory that I never forget once I see something made me feel the joy of learning.

I got a taste for getting stronger, and I was fascinated by the unique taste of growth that I had never experienced before, which was completely different from masturbation.

And then spring, when flowers were in full bloom, came.

Ian and I stood facing each other in an empty lot.

Ian had long since become a healthy adult. His face was still as handsome as when he was young, and he was handsome. And his body, which was sweating profusely from moving violently, was surrounded by muscles that were not excessive, as if he had brushed a statue.

Ian was glaring at me, breathing heavily.

I, who was looking for an opening, lightly threw a fireball at Ian to break the standoff.

Ian, who seemed familiar with the fireball that was coming at him at a fairly fast speed, struck it with the shield he was holding and quickly dashed towards me and swung his wooden sword at me.

I calmly used my afterimage when Ian came a few steps in front of me in an instant. When I showed him the illusion of the wooden sword barking in front of Ian's eyes, Ian naturally recognized the afterimage as always and ran towards me without any hesitation.

I quickly moved to the right and quickly swung my shield at me with the warhammer I was holding. At that sight, I smiled fiercely with a victorious expression and grabbed the warhammer with both hands, put all my strength into my arms, and swung it with a full swing.

Kwaang!

With a sound like a bomb exploding, Ian was thrown backwards by my brute strength and rolled around.

I looked at the sight with the Warhammer on my shoulder. Finally, I stopped rolling and fell to the ground, panting heavily, and approached Ian, laughing playfully.

"Is this the end?"

Ian, who was struggling with a broken arm, said while using his recovery ability.

"Haa haa haa, really, isn't that strength too much? Ha, humans are weak, so sad, so sad."

"What? Are you saying that I'm just a strong beast right now??"

When I glared at Ian with my characteristically cold expression, Ian waved both hands in confusion and said.

"Ah! Ah.... No, why is that! No, I just..."

"Hehehe, Ian is always serious."

"Ugh.... I thought you were real, don't keep looking at me like that and joking around."

"Okay~ Okay~ Get up quickly and do the next training."

I held out my hand to Ian, who had fallen over while laughing mischievously. Ian sighed again and grabbed my hand and got up.

After the last training, I came home and took a bath, and my parents were looking at the letter in the living room with serious expressions.

"What kind of letter is it that you're looking at so seriously?"

I approached my parents with a puzzled look and asked.

"Hmm... The lord is calling me. I guess I should go to the capital."

My father looked at Ian and me after he finished his bath and said.

"He said he had something to tell me, so I have to go."

"I... really? But what is there to call you for?"

"I don't know, maybe the Lord is thinking of something and calling me... Hmm... No, maybe..."

My father started to think deeply about something. I shrugged my shoulders at the sight of my father and sat down on the chair across from him.

Ian also sat on the chair and made a face that seemed to be lost in thought for a moment, then said as if he had made up his mind.

"Master, can I come with you too?"

I looked at Ian with a surprised expression and said.

"What do you mean, where are you going?"

"I'm sorry, Grace, but I want to go out and experience different things at least once, for your sake."

'Ugh! How can you say such embarrassing things so naturally? Ugh, am I weird? It's so embarrassing?'

I was embarrassed by Ian's words, rubbing my feet on the floor, and turning my face away slightly so that I didn't show him my blushing face.

"Well... But if you go on a trip with me later, we can learn together."

"It's too late to go out and learn, and I don't think this opportunity is common. Sorry, Grace, Master! Please!"

My father and mother looked at Ian and me with warm memories.

"Yeah... It wouldn't be bad to experience it in advance. Let's go together."

"Thank you!!"

Ian bowed his head with a bright face as his father smiled and agreed.

He sighed slightly at the sight of the two, shook his head, and asked his father.

"Then when should we leave?"

"We should leave tomorrow. It will take about a month, so just know that."

"Ugh.... Okay."

His father turned his head to Ian and said with a smile on his face.

"Ian, you should prepare for the trip with me. Come with me."

"Yes! Master!"

His father said that and took Ian somewhere.

.........….

The next day

Father and Ian left home with their luggage on their backs for the trip. We saw Father and Ian off and returned home to resume our daily routine.

Without Ian, I somehow filled my boring daily life with training, and as I came to my senses, I suddenly realized that Father's arrival was just around the corner.

'Time flies…'

I was a little excited about meeting Ian and Father soon, and when I went out to the living room for training today, I saw Mother wearing the traditional costume she received during her coming-of-age ceremony.

Oh, the traditional costume is an extremely expensive piece of armor made of magic thread that our Holstauros receive during their coming-of-age ceremony.

The bottom is a black micro miniskirt that is not even the size of a palm, and thanks to that, even if I spread my legs a little wider, Holstauros, who do not wear underwear according to tradition, can see their vaginas clearly. On top of that, the fact that her bright red vagina is emphasized under the shiny black latex bottoms was completely erotic.

The top is made of white magic cloth. It has a jeogori shape that exposes the shoulders and upper chest, and the torso is kept short enough to show the lower chest, and there is a thin string in the middle to tie the jeogori. The length of the arms is made to reach approximately the wrist.

Because of this structure, it seems like it will fall down at any moment, but it has the characteristic of not falling down no matter how much it shakes because it is fixed in place by magic to match the nipples.

Of course, thanks to the characteristic of our race that the chest does not sag and maintains a plump state, the nipples that stick out because they do not wear underwear stand out on the pure white top, and it has the charm that makes anyone turn around at least once.

In addition, there are black diamond-shaped fishnet stockings that reach just above the knees. The symbol of the Holstauros is pierced through the upper part of the stockings, which is also funny. Our race's symbol is a heart shape that means love, and because of the black stockings that contrast with the pure white skin, people who don't know Holstauros mistake them for prostitutes and sexually harass them....

Lastly, the shoes are leather shoes with a heel the size of a finger joint, and the holes are usually made wide, but when the user wears them, they are adjusted to fit them perfectly.

However, there is an element that solves all of these obscene shortcomings, so when you wear this equipment, the magical power of the magical substance spreads out according to the set range to protect your body, so you don't have to worry about your chest sagging in the case of ordinary people, and it has a much higher level of protection and magic resistance than steel body armor.

Fortunately, magical substances are extremely rare materials, and because the protective ability of magical substances disappears to the point of meaninglessness when worn over other steel or leather, if you equip equipment based on magical substances, you usually save money by using only the smallest possible area, so you won't be treated as a total slut by social convention.

Even if we just make something that minimizes the area like our tribe's traditional costume, it would cost a huge amount of money, but since our family made a lot of money working as healers, that wasn't a problem.

That's why I was a little excited about the traditional costume I would receive at my coming-of-age ceremony. Even though we use a lot of equipment that uses magical substances, there are few people who use this little, so wouldn't everyone around me be watching my obscene appearance? To be honest... I'm looking forward to it because I feel like I could easily be exposed to obscene things.

Anyway, I looked at her with a puzzled expression on my face wearing the traditional costume she usually wears when she goes out, and asked her.

"Mother? Where are you going today?"

"The village chief is very sick, so we discussed it with the villagers and decided to take turns taking care of each house for a day."

"Ah~ Why didn't you tell me something so important?"

"I'm sorry, hahaha. I didn't think it was necessary to tell you. Anyway, since that's how it is, eat what I prepared for dinner tonight, okay?"

"Yes~"

I answered roughly and went out to the garden with my practice warhammer for training today.