Chapter 44: We ‘Exercised’ And Give ‘Massages’

“It’s cold! I don’t want to go outside! I’ll want to hwiririk!”

Children are easily bored.

And that’s the same for the young lady.

She went out and played all day last time, so now she’s staying inside the house.

Of course, the outside is still full of snow, and the snowman family is perfectly preserved by magic, so I sometimes go out and make them more beautiful.

“But teach me hwiririk quickly too!”
“Ahaha…”

Anyway, the young lady seems to be interested in the splendid martial arts I showed her last time.

“I want to move hwiririk like Mana too!”

“Hmm? Why? You’re a mage, Young Lady, so you can just do everything with magic.”

“But it’s cooler to move your body directly! It was so cool when Mana did hwiririk!”

The young lady looks at me with sparkling eyes.

Hmm! She’s cute today too.

“I think magic is much cooler~ How about practicing magic more instead?”

“Hmm! Shall I?”

“Of course. Anyone can move their body, but not magic. Just being able to use magic is enough to be highly regarded, you know?”

In fact, even among nobles, if it is confirmed that a child of a concubine, a child of a collateral line, or even an illegitimate child can use magic, they are sometimes adopted into the main family.

Or they are assigned to manage one of the baronies under the count, or at least appointed as the lord’s personal mage, their future is brightly guaranteed,

and if they are commoners, they can even become a son-in-law or even a legitimate wife in a noble family if they are lucky.

Because being a mage is a 100% innate element that is naturally chosen by mana, just being a mage is actually treated as a knight or semi-noble.

Originally, the young lady, who suffers from albinism, might be treated the same as other children if she has the power of a mage.

“But I want to do hwiririk like Mana! Hwiririk! Tak! Chak!”

The young lady jumps up and down, imitating the movements I did during the snowball fight.

…Cute.

“It was so cool! I’ll do that too! I’ll do it!”

“Young Lady, martial arts are not an essential virtue for becoming a young lady? Rather, excessive martial arts prevent you from having a beautiful body, you know?”

“But Mana is pretty!”

“Th, thank you..? That’s not the point.”

Ugh, I keep getting swayed by the young lady.

“I want to do hwiririk! Hwiririk!”

“Sigh… Okay. Okay. I really can’t win against you, Young Lady.”

“Yay!!”

I shouldn’t be so weak against the young lady.

“But make one promise, okay?”

“Yes! I promise!”

“…You’re not even listening to what it is?”

“Um… what is it?”

..What should I do with this young lady?

“The martial arts I’m going to teach you from now on are only for culture.”

“Culture?”

“Shall we say it’s connected to etiquette? You’ll have to practice dancing later, too. I’m teaching you how to move carefully, smoothly, and elegantly.

I’m not teaching you how to fight, okay? You must never bully others or use it in a bad way, okay?”

“Like magic?”

“Yes, like magic.”

“Okay! Promise!”

I press my thumb against the young lady’s.

The young lady is a good child who keeps her promises, so I think she knows what I mean…

“Now, shall we change into comfortable clothes first?”
“Yes!”

I replace the winter indoor dress with a white sportswear that fits snugly to the body.

“Wow! This is it! The clothes that ballerinas wear!”

“Um.. it would be right if it had decorations on it. You have to wear this so you can see the movement of your muscles and there’s less risk of injury. And it doesn’t get in the way. Now, shall we warm up our bodies first?”

“Yes!”

“Follow me, okay? Arms first~”

Slowly raise your arms up~ turn them back~ to the side~

“Kyaaaang…”

“Okay~ You’re doing well~ Now, bend your waist back~”

“Keeee…!”

She’s young for sure.

Her body is quite flexible.

Our young lady can use magic, draw well, cook well, read well, and she’s cute, hmm..!

She’s very talented! As expected, a genius..!

“Sit down and stand up~”

“Heave-ho…!”

We’ve warmed up our bodies lightly, so now it’s time for the real exercise.

“Now, Young Lady, what we’re going to do for the first time today is~ walking quietly!”

“Walking quietly?”

“Yes, a perfect lady should always be able to walk gracefully, anywhere, anytime, you know? The basis for that is walking quietly! It’s simple.

The heel touches the ground first, then slowly lift your foot, and finally lift your heel and move using your toes~”

“Um… it’s just walking!”

“That’s right. But if you can do this well, it’s like this.”

Shashashak..!

I walk quite quickly in front of the young lady.

“Wow..!”

“Ah, the important thing is to look at the upper body. The feet are moving this fast, but there’s no noise and the upper body is almost unmoving, right?”

“Yes!”

“This is the most basic gait, you know?”

“I want to try it too!”

“Slowly at first. Now, let’s do it together, okay?”

I lift the hem of my maid uniform skirt to show the movement of my feet and legs so that the young lady can easily follow.

“Now, one step~”

“One step!”

“Okay~ We’re going to walk while repeating this, okay?”

“Yes!”

The young lady, wearing ballerina clothes, carefully follows my movements.

Good posture, good gait.

“Okay. It’s very elegant. While maintaining that gait, shall we walk around the mansion once?”

“Yes!”

I hold the young lady’s hand and slowly walk around the mansion once.

Walking slowly is sometimes harder than walking quickly.

“Remember the feeling of walking now? Where and when the strength is applied to your legs.”

“Like this… like this…”

Carefully, softly, the young lady walks.

“I’m doing well!”

“Yes~ You’re doing very well~”

“Haha, what, it’s so easy!”

“Is it~?”

It may seem like nothing, but if you walk around the mansion once like this, it’s very tiring, you know?

“Phew, phew…”

“You worked hard, Young Lady!”

“M, my legs are shaking…”

“Of course, because it’s your first time. You did very well! You maintained your concentration well until the end and your posture was very good!”

“Hehe…”

“Today’s lesson is over with this. Please tell me when you want to do it again, okay?”

“Yes!”

“Now, then let’s stretch~”

“Again!?”

“Of course~”

Finally, after stretching!

“Heeee…”

Soft and squishy, half-dried young lady complete!

I carefully lift the drooping young lady and go to the bedroom.

“What are you doing, Mana?”

“Of course, I have to loosen your muscles. If a person who doesn’t exercise exercises, the muscles will be stiff the next day, you know? I’m preventing that.”

“Aha…”

Now, I carefully lay the young lady down.

“Now~ I’ll give you a massage~”

“Yes, thank you, Mana!”

Then, rub rub~

“Kya..!”

“You have to endure it even if it tickles, Young Lady?”

“U, yes! I’ll endure it well..!”

Press, press, the young lady’s toes wiggle every time I press her soles.

“Pfft..! Ugh…”

“Does it hurt, is it refreshing, and does it tickle?”

“Yes! Very!”

“That’s how it’s supposed to be~.”

I loosen her soles well, press her toes firmly, and then carefully loosen her ankles.

“Hiyaaa… Kya! Uuuu..!”

“You endure tickling well, Young Lady~”

“H, heee…”

Next is the calf!

It’s important to press slowly but firmly, as if stretching it out so that it doesn’t hurt.

“H, haaa… nice… Mana is so… good…!”

“I know your body well because it’s your body, Young Lady.”

“Is that so? Haaaa…”

“Does it feel good?”

“Yes… it feels good…”

“Okay~”

I press her calves and thighs, and then the next is the pubic bone.

I gently press the hip area and slowly give her a massage.

“It tickles…”

“You’re enduring well. Okay~”

“Phew, phew..!”

Here, if you press towards the top of the pelvis, it’s good for people who sit a lot, you know?

“Wh, something feels strange, Mana.”

“I’ll slowly loosen it and then it will go pop!”

“Po, pop?”

Like this~

– Pop!

“Uwa!?”

“How is it? It’s very refreshing, isn’t it?”

“I, I was surprised! My body made a strange sound, Mana!”

“Pfft. The young lady is cute even when she’s flustered. Next time, I’ll definitely tell you before I do it, okay? But it’s more effective if you don’t tense up, so I did that.”

“I, if that’s the case, it can’t be helped.”

“Will you forgive me?”

“Yes! If you massage my shoulders well, I’ll forgive you!”

I press her back and back.

Belly poke!

“Kyaa! What are you doing~!”

“I was just playing around because you’re cute~”

“Ugh, Mana is a meanie!”

“It’s the fault of the young lady who is too cute~”

And then I press her shoulders, arms, neck, and head~

“You worked hard receiving the massage, Young Lady!”

“Heee… My whole body is melting, Mana…”

“Ah, if you go into warm water in that state, it feels really good, would you like to go in? You must have sweated because you exercised.”

“Yes! I’ll go in!”

I lift the young lady up and carry her to the bathroom.

“I’ll soak you in warm water~”

“Yes! Take this off me!”

While the warm water is filling the bathtub, I take off her white sportswear and quickly soap her up.

“Kyaa! Mana, it tickles!”

“Now, now~ You have to stay still~”

“Hahaha! Surrender! Surrender!!”

It seems like she likes this time more than exercising~