I also had an indignant and wronged look on my face as someone, as even though I didn't even mention a word about her figure and only talked about how pretty she looked, somehow I managed to make Nina think that I was calling her overweight, just like what happened with my mother and Camila.
I felt like crying because of the horrible misunderstanding that kept on happening over and over again, and I wondered if some Goddess up above cursed me to see how I would handle the situation every time it happened...And something told me that it wasn't just some random Goddess and my mother who was toying with me from above.
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Sigh...Well, whatever it is, I'll just use it to my advantage to win over Nina.
"I mean, just look at this, Kafka!" Nina didn't seem to be satisfied with simply refuting my words and looked like she wanted to actually prove that she wasn't fat like I said, so all of a sudden she lifted her t-shirt up until her entire abdomen was exposed before me, and I had a clear view of her impeccably slender tummy that had absolutely zero unnecessary fat and was in the perfect shape.
She then continued saying, while lifting her top up high, "Look at my abdomen and tell me if you really think that I'm fat!"
" ...I may not go to those fancy gyms that have popped up in town recently or attend those callisthenics meetings the neighbourhood aunties hold every day at the park.
But I've still been working my ass off for several years to maintain this little place; that's given me more than enough physical workout to keep me fit...So to say that I'm fat even though I have such an impeccable figure that even I myself can't help but stare at in the mirror every once in a while...I demand an explanation for your words, Kafka!...I want a written explanation as to why you compared me to a watermelon right now!"
Nina's cheeks flushed when she realised that she had basically admitted to admiring her own figure like she was a narcissist, when she had just accused me of being one a little while ago. And her ears also turned red when she saw my eyes roaming around her sleek abdomen like I was carving its visage into my mind.
But she had no choice but to say such arrogant words and expose herself to me in such a shameful manner, as her figure was the only part of her appearance that she was actually proud of, and she couldn't allow anyone else to say anything otherwise.
If I had said anything about her face or skin, she wouldn't have minded since she was used to thinking that those parts of her weren't really as attractive as a woman.
This only made Nina even more embarrassed than she already was, as she had thought that she was the one who appreciated her own body the most, since she knew all the hard work she had to go through to maintain such a top-tier figure.
But here someone was in front of her who looked like he went crazy for a second when he caught sight of her slender midriff and treated that part of her body like it was a holy relic.
"You don't have to be so surprised by this, Kafka...Anyone who does the same work as me every day, like carrying a bunch of heavy supplies around the spring or mopping up the baths every night, will obtain such a figure, so it's really not that much of a shocking sight." Nina purposely downplayed her tall, slim figure even though she knew all the hardships she went through to maintain her body even in her middle age, just so that I didn't get excited and go on a rant again.
"Is that so?
I genuinely thought the sight I saw wasn't real at first...Honestly, even now I'm struggling to believe how someone could have such willowy waists while at the same time having such wide baby-bearing hips...It simply goes against the natural human physique." I said my true thoughts in awe, as even though my mother and Camila had irresistible bodies, they were still on the thicker and plumper side compared to Nina here, who had plus-sized assets as well as a lean and lith body to accompany it, which seemed like something that only the trial candidates could possess.
Nina couldn't help but control the smile that was creeping out, as even a prideful woman like her couldn't help but feel ashamed when she heard my words. But even still, 'baby-bearing hips' seemed to be too much for her as she stared at me with limpid eyes and looked to be telling me not to say that ever again.
Nina also noticed my eyes that were faltering in between reality and false lies, as if I were really trying my best to believe that she really had such absurd proportions.
She really wasn't fond of how I was acting and didn't like how I was doubting the one thing about her that she was never afraid to talk about in confidence. So to make me understand that her hips were no joke and were in fact a hundred percent real, Nina asked while biting her lips since she still felt embarrassed to be asking me such a thing.
"K-Kafka...Since you're so hesitant to believe that I really do have such a figure, w-why don't you give my tummy a little feel to see for yourself if they're real or not?...You surely won't suspect me after checking them out by yourself, right?"
Nina was terribly abashed, knowing that she was basically inviting a schoolboy to touch and feel her body up. She wouldn't have asked anyone else for such a thing, no matter how they provoked her or even told her that her figure was actually quite ugly.
But the boy in front of her was different and was the only person who truly understood the extent of her overwhelmingly beauty. She didn't want the image he had of her to lose any value in those very eyes of his that gazed at her like she was some kind of goddess, so she ended up doing something that went against her morals just for the sake of satisfying his whimsical doubts.