Chapter 50: Young Lady Grew Up So Quickly

“Mana! Mana!”

“Yes, Young Lady?”

“Time goes by too fast!”

The Young Lady is energetic again today, hopping around.

The Young Lady naturally comes to my side, grabs my hand, and spins around and around.

“I’m getting dizzy~”

“Liar! Mana doesn’t get dizzy from this!”

“Well, that’s true, but still, is it no good?”

“Hehe…”

Well, as the Young Lady said, time really does fly by.

It feels like just yesterday that May and Mr. Tess were flirting.

Now it’s already February.

“It’s almost been a year since I met Mana!”

“That’s right?”

“Time goes by too fast! I should develop a spell to make time go slower.”

“Oh… that would be very difficult, wouldn’t it?”

“I’ve even reversed time before, so I’ll be able to do it well if I figure out how!”

“Haha… Maybe you’ll be able to, Young Lady.”

“Then I can live as a 9-year-old for 10 years!”

It’s kind of a childish thought, but the Young Lady definitely has the ability to do it, doesn’t she…?

“It’s up to you if you want to, Young Lady, but I’d rather time flow the same for me as it does for everyone else?”

“Huh? Why?”

“Um… well, it would be boring if I was the only one who didn’t get old when everyone else did, wouldn’t it?”

“Is that it?”

“Yes, if the Young Lady is still 9 years old in 10 years, I’ll be 26 years old then, right?”

“26 years old..!”

“Then my back might break from holding the Young Lady in 10 years!”

“Th, that can’t happen!”

Really… she’s so cute.

I watch the Young Lady, who is walking around while thinking hard about something.

…She’s grown so much in a year.

They say children grow every day…

“…Then I guess I should put that on hold.”

“Thank you~”

“Heeing…”

Oh my oh my,

I pick up and hug the Young Lady, who is now grabbing my skirt and clinging to me, with a “Yeongcha!”

“Are you scared that time is going by too fast?”

“Yeah! The time I can play with Mana is disappearing!”

“…I’m very happy, but I still want to see the Young Lady grow up?”

“…Really?”

“Yes! I want to see the Young Lady grow up beautifully~ to the point where I can’t even hold you anymore~ and maybe even be taller than me?”

“Me, taller than Mana?”

“Yes~ You will be~”

“…Then I’ll grow up quickly!”

What are you going to do when you grow up taller than me, our cute Young Lady~

“I’ll grow up quickly and hug Mana tightly!”

“You’re going to hug me?”

“Yeah! Mana always hugs me, so I want to hug you later!”

“Haha, that sounds good too~”

That time will probably come sooner than you think, Young Lady.

You’re 9 years old now, but… 10 years old, 11 years old, 12 years old..

Familiar and happy times pass quickly.

“So Mana has to stay by my side forever! Got it?”

“Of course. I’ll always be by the Young Lady’s side.”

“Yeah!”

“Well, what should we do today?”

“Let’s do magic research together! I think I can make a wonderful magic tool if I do a little more!”

“Yes yes, then I’ll prepare tea and snacks?”

“Yeah!”

And so, I do magic research with the Young Lady.

When I’m with the Young Lady, a day, a week, a month, a year all pass by so quickly.

Even so…

“…I guess I really like being with the Young Lady too.”

“Huh? What did you say?”

“Nothing~”

A few days, a few days of time pass.

Mana! Look at this! My tooth is growing!

And then a few nights, a few weeks of time pass.

Mana~ Hold me~

Several months have passed again.

Mana! It’s a new artifact! How is it?

I go to a new place again.

Hehe, look at this! I’m okay even under the sun now! It’s all thanks to Mana!

I go to familiar places too.

I remember seeing sparkles here with Mana for the first time.

I end the day happily.

Kiss… you’ll give me a kiss, right?

I start the day happily again.

Uuu, I won’t wake up if you don’t kiss me!

Another year passes like that.

Aaa… this is what it means to be 10 years old! I’m an adult now!

Wow~ An adult Young Lady~

I’m still smaller than Mana though!

Another year passes again.

11 years old has descended!

In celebration of the great Young Lady turning 11 years old, I have prepared a wonderful dish.

Oho… I’ll eat it deliciously!

So time passes again.

I’m 12 years old now! All my teeth are permanent? I’m an adult!

Sniff sniff… Young Lady, please don’t grow up too fast.

Ma, Mana? You’re not really crying, are you?

Half a year after turning 12 years old.

“Mana…”

“Yes, Young Lady?”

“My chest is weird.”

“Yes? What do you mean, Young Lady?”

“My, my chest hurts…”

“Can you show me for a moment?”

“Uuuu…”

The Young Lady was playing well after lunch when she complained of pain in her chest.

“Young Lady, does it hurt right now?”

“Yeah…”

“…Our Young Lady is trying to become an adult now.”

“Adult?”

“Yes, a wonderful adult.”

“…I don’t know, hold me.”

“Oh dear… it hurts a lot.”

12 years old, the Young Lady’s height is 155cm.

Now there’s only a 5cm difference between me and her.

So even if I hug her, the Young Lady’s face barely touches me.

But she still likes this position.

“…Am I becoming an adult now?”

“Yes, it looks like you’re getting ready to do that now. Now you’ll have big chests like me~ and your body will be beautiful~ that’s what will happen!”

“…If that’s the case, I’m happy!”

…It’s a little late than others, but anyway.

“A lot of things will change in the future. But don’t worry? I’ll tell you everything and prepare for it.”

“I’ll trust only Mana!”

“Yes! Leave it to me!”

The Young Lady is entering puberty and trying to become an adult.

“How is your body, Young Lady?”

“Yeah, I took the medicine Mana gave me, and it doesn’t hurt at all! Thank you. Mana. You saved me!”

“Please tell me if you have severe chest pain in the future?”

“Yeah! I’ll definitely do that~”

Our Young Lady is already going through puberty…

…Time flies so fast.

The 3 years are as fast as letters abbreviated as ‘a few years later…’ that only come out in novels.

Of course, even so, the Young Lady won’t change quickly.

“Now the Young Lady is slowly getting to the age of love.”

“Love? I already love Mana!”

“Not that love, romantic love. The kind where your heart flutters~ and when you see that person, you feel Ah! This is the one!'”

“…That’s exactly Mana!”

“…If you bring a useless man later, I might cry on the spot?”

“Th, that can’t happen! Mana, really…”

The Young Lady is now more of a girl than a child.

Now, if you gradually mature from here, you will soon become a beautiful lady, right?

“But.. does your chest have to hurt to get bigger?”

“Um.. it doesn’t necessarily have to hurt, but usually… the bigger it gets, the more it hurts.”

“…Th, then Mana is okay, right? It’s so big.”

“Haa, don’t even talk about it. I thought I was going to pass out when I was about 12 years old?”

Seeing the Young Lady, who is now capable of some girl talk, makes me think that time has gone by well.

“Th, that much?”

“Yes, thanks to that, I was groaning in bed all day and then I passed out.”

“…I don’t want to be like that.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll protect you.”

“…Mana, you say those words so casually.”

“Yes?”

The Young Lady is looking at me with a very deep look.

“…Mana, do you know you’re very clueless?”

“Hey, what are you talking about? How outstanding am I as an elite maid?”

“…That’s true.”

“I know exactly what the Young Lady wants, and I bring it right away before you even say it, right?”

“…That’s also true, but…”

Poke.

The Young Lady lightly presses my nose with her finger.

“You don’t know what’s really important.”

“Important thing?”

“Uuuuu… No, never mind! Humph! I’m going to read a book alone!”

Ah…

The Young Lady… is angry…

“Wa, wait a minute..! Mana, why are you crying..!”

“Yes?”

“W, was it that shocking? Really..!”

…I think I couldn’t help but shed tears at the Young Lady’s shocking remarks.

Ugh… I wasn’t like this in my teens, but now that I’m in my 20s, I feel like my sensitivity has become richer.

“It’s okay! I’m here? Huh? Mana~”

When the Young Lady said she was going to do something alone just now, what should I say…

I felt a very mixed feeling.

Since becoming 12 years old, you’ve had a sense of independence and have been trying to do this and that on your own…

Every time that happens, I feel proud, I think I’ve raised you well, and I’m grateful that you’ve grown up well…

“I, I’m sorry. I won’t say those bad things again. Huh? Mana… stop crying. Huh? It was my fault…”

“No. Young Lady… I’m just happy that you’ve grown up so well.”

I wipe away the flowing tears and hold the Young Lady’s hand tightly.

“I’ll continue to teach the Young Lady hard in the future!”

“Y, yeah… But you’re really okay, right?”

“Of course.”

…Ah.

Now later, the Young Lady will bring a young man from the village one day and…

‘I’m going to marry him! He’s my first love, Mana!’

…she’ll say this, right?

“Hello~ Mr. Mana~ Hello~”

…When that time comes, I’ll possess my inner mother-in-law to the fullest and make that man run wild…

“Mana~ Mana~ You’re imagining strange things again!”

“That’s not true.”

“Really… instead, let’s go draw pictures together!”

“Drawing is good, but.. shall we do something more special today?”

“Huh? What is it?”

“Well, it’s time to buy the Young Lady’s first chest underwear.”

“…D, do we have to do that now?”

“Of course? Otherwise, your breasts may sag or the shape of your breasts may not be pretty later?”

“.. ! Th, that can’t happen..!”

…Surely, you haven’t already met someone you like enough to want to show your chest to, right?

I’m overcome with anxiety as I watch the Young Lady clutching her chest with her hands.

…The maid’s intuition… my intuition is coming..!

“Anyway, I’ll make it myself since it’s your first underwear today.”

“Yeah! Please!”

I grab the Young Lady’s hand and go to the dressing room.

“Well, shall I take off your clothes?”

“…I’m a little embarrassed.”

“Young Lady, really.. You’ve been with me for so long?”

“Th, that’s true, but.”

“And it’s not embarrassing to show your naked body to an employee? Usually, a same-s*x employee does this, but sometimes a person of the opposite s*x may enter when taking care of the bath or something.”

“.. ! Th, then Mana too, maybe?!”

…You’re reacting very sensitively?

“I’ve never taken care of a bath. I’m busy doing other things…”

“I, I see… Haa…. that’s a relief…”

“…You’re not imagining strange things, are you? Bath care is just bath care?”

“I, I know..! I know..! Well, maybe someone bad will touch Mana or something…!”

…How cute.

“Who can touch me in that mansion? Everyone has to train for 5 more years to beat me?”

“…Because you’re an elite maid?”

“Yes, because I’m an elite maid. Okay~ Arms up~”

After lightly taking off the Young Lady’s dress, I look closely at her chest.

Um…

“At this point… it would be good to have something a little flatter so that you can hold it comfortably without overdoing it. Just a moment?”

“Yeah…”

I just wrapped it roughly with a cloth, but.. I want to give the Young Lady something better.

“Do you feel like there’s something hard there?”

“No.. not really..”

You’re not having a breast lump yet…

“Okay… just a moment?”

“…Can I put on my clothes now?”

“Wait 5 minutes!”

I quickly take out high-quality pure cotton fabric, cut it boldly, make 4 layers, and put a fabric with a firmer feel in the chest area.

And sew it well…

“Whew, that’s it~ Now try wearing this like a dress, Young Lady!”

“…Something is a little different from what Mana wears?”

“Um.. I have fully grown breasts? This form is enough for the Young Lady yet.”

“…What, I want to wear underwear like Mana soon too!”

“Haha, you’ll probably wear it sooner than you think? Okay~ Arms up~”

I put on underwear that sticks to my body and put on a dress again.

“Well, Young Lady, will you move?”

“Oh… my chest doesn’t hurt anymore! There’s no rubbing feeling either… this is so comfortable!”

“Hehe, I’m glad it fits perfectly.”

“Thank you, Mana!”

Whoa! The Young Lady hugs me.

“Hehe… I’m so glad I have Mana!”

“Our Young Lady~ You have to rely on me a lot in the future too?”

“Yeah! I will!”

Kiss!

The Young Lady gives me a light kiss on the cheek.

Really…

“You’re 12 years old, so it’s time to stop doing that.”

“No! It’s okay yet! And it’ll be okay in the future too!”

“It’s against etiquette?”

“I’ll only do it when we’re alone!”

…That’s not what etiquette is for, but anyway.

“…You’ll gradually become an adult now. Young Lady. Are you ready?”

“Yeah!”

The 12-year-old Young Lady is now slowly shedding her childhood skin and trying to become a girl.

I need to be prepared in my own way too!