Chapter 25: I’m ‘In A Row’ With Young Lady

The hot summer, which is hard to endure with just watermelon and ice cream, continues.

“Mana… at this rate, I’ll become a dried-up rice seed…”

“Oh dear, would you like some ice water first, Young Lady?”

“Yes… gulp.. gulp.. ah!”

Phew, this summer is really hot.

All the windows in the mansion are open, but it’s still hotter than I thought.

Of course, turning on the air conditioner would solve everything, but today! The only reason we’re enduring the heat like this is!

“This ‘fight fire with fire’ thing is really hard, Mana…”

“Haha, it is, isn’t it?”

It’s because the young lady got hooked on the word “fight fire with fire.”

This foolish maid underestimated the young lady’s curiosity and obsession, and said in front of the young lady, ‘You know, in a faraway eastern country, they say ‘fight fire with fire,’ meaning they eat hot things when it’s hot. Isn’t that interesting?’

The young lady said, ‘Then I’ll do it too!!!’ and declared an air conditioner ban for today.

So, 11 AM.

“Shall we stop now.. and turn on the air conditioner, Young Lady?”

“No! It’s ‘fight fire with fire’!”

The young lady, who doesn’t even know Chinese characters, is so hooked on ‘fight fire with fire’ that she insists on having ginseng chicken soup for lunch even though it’s so hot.

It’s all because of the maid’s loose tongue, so there’s nothing I can do…

“Sigh…”

…It’s hard because of the sweat between my breasts.

I can feel the sweat dripping down my cleavage.

…If I weren’t an elite maid, I would have thrown this maid’s uniform away right now.

It’s strong and good in many ways… but the maid’s uniform is a little weak when it comes to ventilation.

“Are you hot, Mana?”

“No? Why would I be hot? Maids don’t feel the heat, you know?”

“…But your clothes seem to be getting wetter and wetter?” “Ahahaha…”

Maybe it’s because I’ve been boiling ginseng chicken soup since lunch…

Being in front of the fire is not easy, is it?

The young lady grabs my skirt and shakes it up and down.

“Is this better?”

“Ahaha… Thank you, Young Lady. But shaking your skirt like that is against etiquette.”

“…But Mana, your back is already all wet.”

“This is just sweat, you know? Don’t worry. I’m not hot!”

“…It makes me feel sorry…”

You shouldn’t feel sorry.

This is all my fault.

The young lady has done nothing wrong.

“Haha, I’m actually enjoying it, Young Lady. This is new to me. Since I’ve never done this in the earldom, it’s my first time in 16 years.”

“Really?”

“Of course~ The chicken soup is almost ready. Please wait a little longer, okay?”

“Yes! If you’re too hot, tell me! I’ll put ice inside your clothes!”

…That’s okay.

I stroke the young lady’s hair and finish the chicken soup.

Okay. I cooked it perfectly today too.

If there was a function to rate cooking, it would definitely be 5 stars, hmm hmm..

For dinner… I should make chicken porridge.

After all, chicken porridge made with the leftover broth from chicken soup is so delicious.

I carefully take out the thoroughly cooked chicken and place it on a concave plate, and put the chicken broth in the bottom!

“Ta-da! Today’s lunch! Chicken soup is complete!”

“Wow!!!”

Since it’s difficult to eat chicken soup alone, I sit the young lady on my lap.

“Yay!”

“My… do you like my lap that much?”

“Yes! I love it!”

I put a whole chicken in Korean style, but on the other hand, I added garlic and carrots for the taste of the broth, adding freshness.

Tear off the leg, the most delicious part of the chicken soup, and hoo… hoo… blow on it and give it to the young lady.

“You should hold it with your hands.”

“Huh, is that okay? Isn’t it against etiquette?”

“Hmm.. it’s okay with chicken soup. Of course, if you don’t wash your hands after eating, your hands will be very sticky.”

“Aha! I’ll wash my hands thoroughly after eating!”

“Yes~”

The young lady stares at the chicken leg and then bites it with an “Aang..” and chews it.

Seeing the young lady’s cheeks moving from behind is so cute…

“It’s delicious! Thank you, Mana! I’m happy!”

“Thank you for eating it deliciously, Young Lady.”

“Hehe. Yum… yum… Mana, you eat too!”

Ah ah ah..!

Are you giving me a chicken leg right now..!

This Mana.. I don’t know what to do with the young lady’s grace…

I’m touched!

Yum…

I eat the chicken leg that the young lady gave me deliciously.

Hmm! It’s cooked well.

The garlic and carrots get rid of the greasiness, it’s even better…

“Is it delicious?”

“Yes! It’s even more delicious because you gave it to me, Young Lady!”

Hehe…

The young lady watches me eat and carefully tears off a piece of chicken thigh and gives it to me.

“Here!”

“Thank y..”

Oops, the meat fell off.

Some of the thigh meat that the young lady gave me falls off and lands on my chest.

…I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not that I have big breasts at times like this.

“…Mana.”

“Yes?”

“…Yum.”

Ah, Young Lady?!

Munch munch munch..

The young lady eats the meat on my chest with her mouth.

“It’s delicious!”

“Ah, Young Lady, you shouldn’t do that…”

“Why? I ate it before it got on your clothes?”

…H, how do I explain this.

“Because my clothes are dirty, you know? It’s not good to put your mouth directly on them like that?”

“No! Mana is an elite maid, so your clothes aren’t dirty!”

“A, and first of all, picking up and eating fallen food is not a ladylike behavior.”

“It fell on Mana, so isn’t it okay?”

…Ah, I don’t think so.

“Anyway, you understand?”

“Hmph… okay. I won’t do it because Mana doesn’t like it.”

“Thank you… Now, you eat too, Young Lady?”

“Mana, feed me!”

“Ahaha…”

She, she seems a little sulky, but it’ll be okay, right?

After lunch, I continue to play the ‘fight fire with fire’ game with the young lady.

The more you sweat, the more still you must remain.

“Mana stand there!”

“Hehe, try and catch me young lady!”

Turning into my eight-year-old self, I am playing tag with the young lady.

I am letting her win, of course, however, the young lady’s stamina, strength and reflexes have improved a lot since before.

“Haah…! Haah…!”

“Shall we stop now, if you’re tired?”

The young lady looks at me while gasping.

“…Why aren’t you out of breath at all, Mana?”

“That’s because I am an elite maid, you know?”

“…Being an elite maid is such an amazing thing.”

Of course, Young Lady. There’s a reason why I call myself a self-proclaimed elite maid.

Even if I look like this, I’m not much worse than people from families who have been maids and butlers for generations, you know?

“So cool…”

“You are a young lady, so please become an elite young lady!”

“Elite young lady…!”

“A wonderful young lady can dance ten songs in a row at a ball without sweating a drop, without a single hair out of place, and without showing any sign of fatigue, you know?”

The young lady’s eyes widen in amazement.

“…Can I become such a wonderful young lady too? I get tired just from running around with Mana…”

Of course! I will make you a wonderful elite young lady! Just trust me and follow me!”

“…Yes! I’ll trust you!”

“Hmm… Then we should start by taking a shower, first? Young Lady, you’re all sweaty, you know?”

Alright, alright. We can keep up “fighting fire with fire” for as long as we can manage.

Holding the young lady’s hand, we go to the bathroom together.

“Oh, right!”

“Yes?”

“Hehe! Never mind!”

…The look on her face is certainly of someone who is up to no good.

I go into the bathroom with the young lady, and take off the airy dress that she lent me.

Sigh, at least the young lady’s dress is better than the maid uniform…

“Grow!!!”

“Huh?”

There’s a flash of white light! And then, I change from 8 years old to 16 years old.

“Young lady???”

“But, I like big Mana when I’m getting washed!”

“Pfft, is that so? Then I’ll wash you quickly!”

“Yes!”

I quickly wash the young lady and put her in the bathtub.

“Ma- Mana too, come in!”

“Yes, yes, just a moment. I’ll wash up quickly and come in.”

“Hehe…”

The young lady stares at me while I wash.

Hmm?

“…Mana. Mana must be very hot in the summer.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Mana, you have big breasts and a big butt.”

“Yes?”

The young lady looks at my body with sparkling eyes.

“Isn’t it uncomfortable to be that big?”

“Hmm.. it is uncomfortable, isn’t it?”

“Then, should I make you flat?”

“…Ah, no. It’s okay, Young Lady.”

“It looks so big and uncomfortable.”

Hmm…

..It’s just the right size, you know. If it were any bigger than this, it would really be uncomfortable to even move my arms, you know?

“What’s good about having big breasts, Mana?”

“Um… I can hug you comfortably?”

“…I like that!”

“Hmm..”

…Actually, there’s not much else besides that.

Every time I walk around, I get the attention of men…

I become the target of sexual harassment for no reason…

“Young Lady.. do you prefer me to be small?”

“No! I like Mana being big! I’ll grow up to be like Mana too!”

…She’s cute.

After rinsing my body, I enter the bathtub.

“And if you’re big, you can be used as a pillow for the young lady like this, you know?”

“Mmm! I like this too! Squishy! I want to become a pretty young lady like Mana too!”

“That’s nice~”

I sit blankly in the bathroom with the young lady.

Since we’re going to play the ‘fight fire with fire’ game all day today..

It would be good to rest in the bathroom like this…

“…Mana.”

“Yes, Young Lady?”

“…When will I be that big? I want to grow up quickly and hug Mana too.”

“Hmm… still…”

For secondary sexual characteristics to appear.. still.. no matter how early..

“No matter how early, you’ll have to be at least 10 years old, you know? The average is 12 years old.”

“…Until then, am I going to be a little kid?”

“Why? I like the small  Young Lady very much too? I can hug you tightly like this, you know?”

“But… hehe…”

“That’s…”

“Later, when you grow up, Young Lady, you can hug me then, you know?”

“Yes! Then I’ll use magic to grow up quickly!”

“You can’t!”

“Huh? Why???”

“I want to see more of your small self, Young Lady! Of course, I like the increasingly mature young lady, but the young lady I can see now is limited, isn’t it?”

“No! I can be 8 years old with magic anytime!”

“Hmm… even so. I want to watch you grow naturally little by little, Young Lady.”

“I see… Then I’ll grow slowly!”

“Aww~”

Oh my~ Our young lady is so obedient.

I hug the cute young lady tightly and stroke her head.

“I love Mana so much…”

“Hehe…”

“Our cute young lady, don’t be impatient, okay? Time flies faster than you think, you know?”

“Got it!”

Cute cute~

It really feels like I have a well-behaved younger sister!

Ah ah ah~

“What shall we do after washing, Mana!”

“Hmm… Shall we read a book?”

“No!”

“Then.. shall we draw together?”

“Not that either!”

“Ugh..”

“Um… then?”

“Let’s play in the water together!”

Play in the water?

“Hmm! Shall we do that next time? I’ll prepare it perfectly!”

“Um… okay!”

Playing in the water is good too.

Of course, right now, holding the young lady like this is the best.