Chapter 76: Misinterpretation
[Edited by: Arthur300000, Bunny, and ArchmageNaoki ]
"Nyaaa!" I chimed happily as I finish the chore. It's me, Noir, the cutest black cat girl in the neighborhood. Huh? You don’t know who I am? Surely you jest.
"Oh, Noir, splendid work as always." My master complimented me while patting my head.
I’ve lived with my master, the owner of this lingerie shop, for as long as I could remember. I love this shop. It's warm, spacious, and it smells nice. And just so you know, this shop sells only panties, nothing else. I wonder where my master bought all these panties from though. Sometimes they came with a weird stain, but master said that it doesn't matter much, and it could be sold as it is.
Anyways, it turned out that he has a good business sense because everything just flew off the shelves like hot cake with wings. Still, I wonder what those male customers could possibly use those panties for. They’re certainly not their size.
My everyday chores consisted of folding those panties and arranging them on their shelves. My master always compliments me that the panty arrangement was artfully done. I felt like I was born for this job.
"So, as a reward for a job well done." My master suddenly slapped the wall behind me and used another hand to cup my chin. He inched his face closer and closer.
I felt something stirring deep inside me. A feeling of revulsion. Right, that must be it.
"What the hell, are you doing!?" I kicked that god damn bastard in the groin, but somehow the recoil was too strong, and I flew... off the bed.
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"Ouch! My head." I saw several twinkling stars for a couple of second because my head just bumped onto the cold hard floor with my feet leaning on the bed. It seemed I was back in my laced pink curtain bedroom, full of fluffy furniture.
"Ugh, what an embarrassing dream." Thankfully no one knew what I was dreaming.
The horoscope in that magazine turned out to be the real deal. I actually dreamt about the story from the 18+ graphic novel that I put under my pillow. The problem is, I would rather become the protagonist in that story than Noir, my favorite waifu. Haa, I should have put a lesbian erotic story under my pillow.
"Skynet... Oh, I lent her to Barbara." I untangled myself and tried to get up while hoping that my niece would be able to learn some magic from her. She seemed to be a magic enthusiast, and I hoped the best for her.
Yesterday my brother helped Skynet become independent of me by lending my niece a device called a wireless power transmitter. It was a power adapter that used the power from a monster core to feed Skynet wirelessly. Its range was only one meter, but with that, Barbara could carry Skynet around without me. However, this method was quite expensive due to the monster core cost. So we were planning to buy a new device for her, the low power one.
I propped myself up and glanced at the clock on the wall, its short needle pointed at nine... I overslept.
"Mom, why did no one wake me up?" I ran downstairs and half asked half complained to my mom. It seemed my dad and my siblings already left.
"Well, Pristia tried to, but she said that your sleeping face was at the national treasure grade level today. She also vetoed another attempt to wake you up. So, what would you like for breakfast? Cake, toast, or bacon?" ... what kind of reason was that? Damn, I wanted to look after my niece properly.
"You can also catch up with them, right? That’s what a communication device is for." Mom consoled me while patting my head.
"A cake." I answered her. I was eyeing that cheesecake since yesterday. It was made after dinner as Barbara's welcome party cake and it was very delicious. When it became a choice for breakfast, there was no way I would select the other things.
"Alright, let's eat it together after you brush your teeth." She turned me around and lightly pushed me. For heaven's sake, she said that I acted like an adult yesterday, but now she’s treating me like a child again.
I grumbled as I open the bathroom door, letting some steam escape from the bathroom.
"My sword is super cool, la la la la la, la la la la." The cute singing voice of Cocoa came from the bathtub. Seeing that she hadn’t noticed me yet and was still bathing happily in a sea of bubbles, I decided to play a prank on her. I quickly undressed and snuck in, then I jumped into the bath to join her with a loud boom, splashing water everywhere.
"Morning." I greeted her. I was glad that I became a girl, so I didn't have to worry about getting arrested after doing something like this.
"Hey! Stop wasting water!" Cocoa protested while adding more hot water to the bath. The bubbles I send up by the impact began to fall down like rain of multi-colored rainbow.
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"Sorry, I couldn't help myself." I smiled and began to stretch. I didn't plan to take a long bath in the morning but since Cocoa was already here, it would be too wasteful not to join her. Ahh, the warm bath is so relaxing.
"So, how is the enchantment coming along." I deflected her glare by changing the subject, and a wide smile appeared on her face.
"Oh, it was marvelous. Because the blade is made of pure high-quality mithril, the enchantment power skyrocketed." Cocoa began to narrate what happened in the morning.
It seemed that while I was sleeping, Cocoa tested out the finished product in the backyard. She seemed content and bragged a lot about it. I was impressed by her choice of enchantments; remote slash, speed enhancement, static wall, and interference field.
Because it consisted of four enchantments, the strength of each type was spread out and wasn't as strong as one specialized enchantment. She said that the downside was nicely compensated by the blade's material, but that was yet to be seen.
For the remote slash enchantment, despite the 'remote' in its name, its range was only five meters at best. From what she said, it worked on the principle of projecting the sword's structure around five meters in front of her. Of course, it counted as a magical attack and it could be blocked by an interference field.
The speed enhancement was as its name implied, it increased the speed of the wearer a bit, but it consumed a lot of Magicka while activated.
Cocoa's fanatic narration made me also want to have one for myself and I worried about how many living beings in this world would meet death by Snu Snu, the sword I made.
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We went out from the bathroom together, hand in hand, with our hair all fluffy and feeling nice to the touch. There were two big pieces of strawberry cheesecake already waiting for me in the dining room. Well, it was not quite strawberry, and a bit more of a man eating plant, but let's not dwell on the insignificant details. Cocoa also got her favorite: Assorted meat - ham and bacon.
"Slow down, Kuro. You should chew more between each bite." My mom looked troubled as it took me only half minute to finish the first piece.
"The cake you made is delicious, mom." I smiled and chomped on the second one.
"But you are a girl, at least have some manners." She said exasperatedly.
"Yes, mom." I looked down and began to match her speed. Haaa, this was tantalizing. The delicious thing was in front of me and I couldn't eat as quickly as I pleased.
Then suddenly the doorbell rang.
"Kuro, are you here? We came to deliver your power armor and the shuttle!" It was Marcus. He sounded excited about it.
"Yes, I'm here!" I yelled back and began to chomp on what was left of the cake with superhuman speed then I ran to the front door, still licking my lips.
“Mou, what should I do with this girl.” I heard mom complain behind my back, but what’s done is done.
"Geh, I forgot to wear thicker clothes again." I felt the cold air as I exited the house. However, it was just a bit chilly, not the teeth-shattering level as yesterday.
"Hello, I watched the show. You looked beautiful." Peter and Marcus in heavy jackets greeted me. Vapor rising from their mouths as they spoke. Being called beautiful by a guy felt disturbing, so I ignored it and opened the front gate.
"Thanks, please put the shuttle and the power armor over there." I pointed them to the garage. Both items could be stored inside my storage device, but that meant they would occupy about 80% of my storage space.
"Huh? Don't you want to ride it around first?" Marcus asked as we carefully threaded over the recently fallen snow that accumulated in the front yard.
"Yeah, I want to, but I don't have a license yet." I realized this when I asked my dad for permission to park them in the garage.
Sixteen is the age requirement for a human to drive in this world. Of course, other races has age limits for their own people like sixty-two for elves, forty for dwarfs and twelve for beastkin. There were also age limits for mixed-race like a human-elf, human-dwarf, or elf-beaskin people, but I didn't remember those numbers. Hmm, that was strange. Skynet said that there’s no such thing as beastkin mixed-race. Did she lie to me? Maybe I should ask her again. Anyways, the law only applied to the settlements and their surrounding area. So, I could still drive anything in any forest or barren land without a problem.
"Ah, I see, okay here you are." Marcus materialized a flying shuttle in the garage, and Peter also placed the robot in the back. I inspected their paint job. It seemed they did a nice job. The camouflage pattern on the armor looked cool, and the vibrant yellow on the shuttle made it look like a sports car.
"Ok, I'll register them to your family name so any Velvori can ride them. Is that alright?" As Marcus finished his final checkup, he took out his tablet and tapped its screen while asking me.
"No no, just register them to my dad, mom, Pristia, Aunos, and me." I don't want Barbara to ride any of them by accident. I knew that she was above the age limit of this world, but seeing how she acts, I might develop a hole in my stomach if she was the one behind the steering wheel.
"Eh? Isn't that practically your entire family?" Peter interjected. I don't know where he got his info from, but I thought that I also had other family members that I had yet to meet from my dad's side.
"Well, it's a long story, just do it." I didn't want to bother with explaining the situation to them. I was deciding whether or not to add Cocoa to the list, but when an image of her behind the steering wheel came mind, I couldn’t make myself to let her drive.
"- Pristia, Aunos, and Kuro... D-done!" Marcus finally completed the registration and began to pick up his things.
"Uhm, would you like to warm up yourselves and have some tea in my house?" I asked as manners dictated. I was thinking about sending them back as is, but considering that they came to deliver the power armor and shuttle for me in this kind of weather it would be bad for my conscience to send them back, shaking like a wet puppy.
"Y-YES! Please do!" Peter energetically yelled and saluted. Marcus looked away shyly and nodded... What’s with their reaction? Ahhh, it’s because I’m a girl, isn’t it? ... this is awkward. Now, as a member of opposite gender, I began to understand why a virgin was difficult to approach. Wait, doesn’t that mean the fault for why I became a 30-year old virgin lies with none other than myself!?
"Okay... this way." I invited them into the house while having a soul crushing revelation.
"Mom, my friends came to warm-up inside for a while, is that alright?" I said as I enter the house.
"Ara, welcome.” She smiled brilliantly at them and continued. “So, which one is your boyfriend?" … HELL FUCK NO!
"No mom! They just came to deliver the items I ordered." I quickly denied her accusation and looked back for their support, but they were red faced and looking away... Maybe I should just kick them out after all.