CH 109

When I got home, I was squirming in bed.

“Uuuu~…!”

When I think about what happened after school, I can’t sit still and roll over and over again.

“Ah~~~!”

I bang my fists on my mattress, but no matter what I do, this indescribable feeling won’t go away. What should I do…?

“Miss Flora? What in the hell happened?”

“Hyaa…!” I squealed. “Ka-Katharina! Since when have you been there?”

Before I knew it, Katharina was standing beside my bed. I didn’t even realize she was there until she called out to me. I wonder if Katharina has mastered ninja techniques or something.

“Huh? I knocked and called out to you before entering?” Katharina replied.

“Before entering” is not right. I’ve thought that for a long time, but Katharina often says this. Certainly, there may be times when it is necessary to confirm because your master may be sleeping inside or unable to answer due to poor health. But how should I put it, Katharina normally quietly enters my room. If I didn’t answer and she just came in, there was no point in knocking or calling out to me. Then it’s the same as entering without permission.

Well, it’s fine…. now is not the time. I want to do something about this restless feeling. No, I wouldn’t be able to sleep well without it. To do that, you need to think about why you feel this way.

First of all, I don’t really know what this feeling is. Am I embarrassed because someone might have seen my panties? No, it would be different. In my previous life, when I was a student, I changed into gym clothes with only underwear on together with other male students. There’s no way something can be done just because a man can see your underwear for a little while… right?

Then what is it…….? I do not know. However, I feel that the fact that my underwear may have been seen is a bottleneck. No! I definitely shouldn’t care! Aren’t I a man? Didn’t everyone think it wouldn’t be shameful if someone of the same sex saw them half-naked in their underwear while changing clothes for PE class?

Ah… but everyone changes clothes during PE. You can’t just see yourself. For example, isn’t it the same with public baths? When I go to a public bath and everyone is naked to take a bath, I don’t think anything of myself being seen naked. But what if you’re the only one naked in a place where everyone wears clothes and lives a normal life? Don’t you think it’s embarrassing?

I see……. that’s what it is. In other words, it’s not embarrassing to think that Simon might have seen my underwear, it’s embarrassing that you might be the only one showing your underwear in a situation where everyone wasn’t changing or exposing their underwear themselves.

So how to get rid of this feeling is easy. All I have to do is prove that my underwear wasn’t seen. In other words, this feeling should disappear if it becomes clear that Simon couldn’t see my underwear from his posture.

“I already know what to do… at this time, it’s rather fortunate you came when you did, Katharina,” I said.

“I see?” Katharina said. “… Huh? Umm? Miss Flora…?”

She seems to have guessed something was up when I started approaching her, and now she’s slowly backing away. But she can’t run away.

“Fuh-fuh-fuh, Katharina…… please change into this!” I yelled.

“Huh?! Is-Isn’t this the dress you were wearing today, Miss Flora? There’s no way I can wear it…”

“You’re smaller than me, Katharina,” I said. “There’s no way you can’t wear this, can you? Come on! Put it on!”

“Iyaaahh…!” Katharina squealed.

I force the reluctant Katharina to wear the dress I wore today. Yes, Katharina will wear the same outfit as me and I will play the role of Simon and crouch down on the floor. So I check to see if Katharina’s underwear is visible or not. This should clear up the fog of confusion.

“… Huh? Why isn’t it going in?”

“Shiku-shiku-shiku….” Katharina sobbed. “I can’t fit a dress in your size, Miss Flora…”

Why not? Katharina is a little petite, probably because she was malnourished when she was a child. Of course, it’s not as bad as stunted growth, but I feel she’s a little small compared to other children of the same age as her. I’m taller than her, so it’s strange that Katharina, who’s petite, can’t wear my clothes.

My breasts and buttocks are clearly bigger than hers, so I think there will be a surplus. It is a self-evident truth that anyone can understand that my height and proportions are large. And yet, for some reason, Katharina can’t fit in my dress.

“Why doesn’t it fit when you’re smaller than me…..?” I asked. “I usually work out, so my arms and legs should be thick for a woman… ah! … Then that must mean that aside from your breasts, hips, and your limbs, what’s thicker must be… muguh!”

“Wah~! Wah~! Wah~!” Katharina wailed, panicking as she suddenly put her hand over my mouth. “What are you talking about!?”

I think I’m pretty large for a noble lady because I’ve been training on a regular basis… I personally think that my arms and legs are thick and my shoulders are quite wide. No, I don’t know for sure because I didn’t compare it to the other lady’s nakedness, right? It’s just my own evaluation or something like that.

Not only am I taller, but I’m also bigger than her in terms of the chest, hips, shoulder width, and limbs so that Katharina can’t fit in my dress must mean that Katharina’s stomach is bigger than mine…

“Oh, please stop already~~~!!!” Katharina squeals, smacking my breasts.

It doesn’t hurt at all. Rather, Katharina is somehow cute. If you bully her too much, she will sulk, so let’s leave it at this.

“I understand,” I said. “I understand, so… in this case~ah… please raise your skirt a little. It should be from the floor to about here.”

She didn’t have to wear my dress. In the first place, our heights are different, so if she wears my dress as it is, the length from the floor to the end of the skirt will change. If I wanted to reproduce the same situation, all I had to do was reproduce the height from the floor to the skirt while I was wearing that dress, using Katharina’s apron dress instead.

“Huh? Is-Is this all right?” Katharina asked, not looking like she understands but still doing as I asked.

Actually, I want her to raise not only the front but also the whole skirt, but it will be difficult. In addition, if you grab the entire circumference of the skirt to pull it up and it doesn’t flutter, you may not be able to see it when you look into it. I want to reproduce the situation where the skirt spreads naturally.

“It’s fine. Please leave it as it is,” I said.

“Huh? Huh? Miss Flora? Why are you on the floor?” Katharina said. “Aah! This isn’t right, Miss Flora! You shouldn’t be on the floor…”

Without listening to Katharina’s reprimand, I crouch down on the floor and take a kneeling pose.

“Katarina, don’t move! This is important! I have to check if I can see your underwear from here!” I said.

“Huuh…?!” Katharina squealed. “You-You’re trying to see my underwear!?”

Katharina’s face turned bright red. It’s easy to understand. Katharina’s face is unexpectedly easy to read… Katharina is cute when she’s panicking for some reason. I always want to tease her. Beh, I’m not a bully!

“I’m trying to see, or rather, I can’t move forward unless I confirm whether I can see it from here or not! So please help me!” I said.

“Uuu… if you insist this much, Miss Flora…” Katharina whines, giving up, closing her eyes tightly, and trembling.

She’s really cute. This is not the time to look at her face. I wonder if I can see her panties under her skirt if I look up from here. I have to confirm it…

“Oh! Oooh! Oooohh!?” I went.

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“–!–!–!?”

Every time I raise my voice, Katharina reacts with trepidation. But I can’t see it at all. The length of skirts in this world is generally quite long. No matter how much you look at it from below, it’s better to say that you can see up to your shins or just below your knees, even if this long length gets in the way. And even if I could see all the way up, it was pitch black and I could barely see her underwear. With this, I probably won’t have to worry about Simon seeing my underwear.

“Fuuh, fufufu, there’s no need to worry about this, is there?” I said. “But I also understand how Lord Simon was desperately trying to see it. This spectacle where you can’t even see anything is still quite intriguing…”

I stared at Katharina’s legs from below. It’s a very nice view. If this is the case, I can understand well that a healthy adolescent boy will be a little excited. I’m actually in the same situation right now.

“Gohon!” someone clears her throat. “Miss Flora? What are you doing?”

A voice is speaking to me. Of course, it’s not Katharina. It was the voice of an older woman. She’s been working for me for years and sounds very familiar…

“Fuhgyaaaaaaahhhh…!” I squealed. “I-Isabella…?! Why are you here? When did you get here?!”

“I knocked and called out before I entered?” Isabella said.

Then I want to say “You didn’t, did you?”! If you enter before I say it’s okay, there’s no point in knocking and calling out! Why are these two… no, because Isabella is like this, did Katharina follow her example and start doing the same? I started to feel that Isabella was the culprit who kept coming in even if she knocked first.

“Iii-iyaaaaaaaaaa….!” Katharina squealed, her face bright red before she covered it with both hands as she ran away.

Katharina ran away when Isabella finds me peeking up at her skirt. It’s confusing…. but I also ran away in a similar situation, so I know how she feels.

“Was I interrupting something?” Isabella asked after watching Katharina run away.

“… No,” I said.

Even if that were the case, I wouldn’t be able to answer that she was interrupting something…

“I’ve already given up on your unusual behavior, Miss Flora, but please keep it in moderation,” Isabella said.

Huh…!? Was my usual behavior wrong? What does she mean? As a lady? As a pervert? As a human?

……It is useless. When I think about it, it seems like I’m stuck in a hole. Even so, Isabella thought of me like that…

“… Did you have any information to share, to come at a time like this, Isabella?” I asked.

“No… I’m sorry. There is no progress to the point of concrete information yet,” Isabella said. “It’s just a regular report.”

Well, I should have guessed. If the information can be grasped so easily, it means that it is leaking to places other than mine. The opponent isn’t stupid either, so they wouldn’t be ignoring leaked information like that. While listening to the reports that I hear regularly to some extent, I thought that it would still take a lot of time and effort.

When I came to school the next day and was taking classes, I felt like I had forgotten something. I wonder what it was…

“Hey, Flora? Why didn’t you come home with me yesterday?” Mikoto asked as she sat beside me.

“Huh? Aah…” I said. “That’s because a friend of mine had something to tell… wait, AAAAAHHHH…!”

I only remembered now that Mikoto’s asked about what happened yesterday. Since I yelled so loud, the eyes of the surroundings gathered on me. If I get too close to Mikoto at school, it will be troublesome, so I talk to her secretly. That’s why people around me must have thought that I suddenly screamed without warning. Something is being said about me with whispers as they look at me like some sort of weirdo.

But now is not the time for me to worry about such things. Yesterday, I thought that Simon might be looking up into my skirt, so I left Simon, Ludwig, and Rutger behind as I ran away. What happened after that? A molester who was crouching on the floor and peeking at the prince’s fiancée skirt… ah, this is no good. Simon is dead. Even if his life is spared, he’s socially dead…

“Wh-What happened all of a sudden?” Mikoto asked.

“Huh? Aah…” I said. “It’s okay… I just remembered a tragedy that happened to someone…”

Lord Simon, I will never forget your courage. Goodbye…….

It’s after school again today. I walk down the corridor enjoying the strange contradiction that everyone feels busy with various things but I have free time. I don’t have any plans to meet anyone today, so I don’t have any restrictions on what I have to do by what time. There are various kinds of obligations, but it’s a scary situation that if you don’t have a subtle time limit, you’ll get the illusion of being completely free.

As I was walking down the corridor while enjoying that feeling, I saw a strange combination of three people walking. They don’t seem to have anything to do with me. The three of them are walking together without noticing me. Or perhaps they’re on their way to an execution event?

Walking in front of me is a trio of Ludwig and Rutger on both sides of Simon. I don’t know what happened yesterday, but I wonder if Simon was interrogated by the two. Since I ran away, everything ended up being forced on Simon. Moreover, as Rutger pointed out, Simon looked as if he was looking up into my skirt. How did he get away with that?

“Oh! If it isn’t you, Flora! Let’s talk together, Flora!” Ludwig said.

Huh? He noticed me first but he seems to be in an oddly good mood. When he stormed into the empty classroom yesterday, he seemed to be in a bad mood because he thought I was having a secret rendezvous with Simon.

“Oh, Country Girl! He’s a really nice guy, isn’t he? I’m liking him, too!” Rutger said, loudly slapping Simon on the back.

“Huh…?” I said. “I… see? That’s good to hear, isn’t it?”

I don’t know how he did it, but Simon seems to have gotten the two idiots to like him.