I Favor the Villainess
63. Sea
"Bye, Master Claire. Start by putting your face on the water."
"You should never let go!? Absolutely!?
You look sad, but what you're saying is terribly young.
I nodded yes and urged Master Claire.
Lady Claire and I had come to the coast closer to my home.
The sea of bright white sandy beaches and emerald greens, as little is seen in Japan in the twenty-first century.
I just wanted to go in with a seawater bath, but if Master Claire doesn't get to swim first, it's also irresistible.
That's why I'm in Master Claire's swimming class.
I checked to see how well Master Claire was doing with the hammer, and he said he couldn't even put his face on the water.
I told Claire to put her face on first while I loved Claire, who was frightened of the water.
Master Claire put her face on the water ready to die as if jumping off the fresh water stage...
"Pfft!"
I looked up in less than three seconds.
"What do you say!? You've been properly followed now!
"Right. Shall I put it on for about ten seconds?"
"Become!? Do you demand such an advanced thing from the beginning!?
"No, not altitude at all."
At this rate, I thought it seemed impossible to be able to swim by the end of the day.
By the way, Master Claire and I are both swimsuits more than we are in the sea, albeit in shallow waters.
Master Claire wraps a white paleo around a bright red bikini type swimsuit.
When Claire wears it in style, she really looks like a fashion magazine model.
There is a modern swimsuit in this world that is supposed to be a medieval European worldview, probably because the developers of the game are still modern Japanese.
On the day I put on this blurry medieval swimsuit, users must complain.
Most importantly, this game is originally a maiden game, so the men's swimsuits are more in the mood than the women's swimsuits.
Now that there are no men, it's irrelevant.
"Let's target ten seconds next."
"Ku...... Fine. It's not impossible for me to miss perfection."
That being said, Lady Claire put her face on the water with a face that once again made her sadly prepared.
I don't care, I'm just gonna put my face on the water, okay?
"Pfft! How many seconds was it!?
"Five seconds."
"Ku...... What difficulty...... I wonder how many things in this world can do such a work of art..."
"No, most people can!?
I didn't know Master Claire was incompatible with the water so far.
I wonder if it has anything to do with being fire attributed proper.
Don't you?
"I'd like to take a break."
"What is it!? You just put your face on the water twice yet, didn't you!?
"Isn't that enough? If you can put your face on it for five seconds, you'll be able to swim."
"It won't!?
My protest was vain, too, and the swimming practice was a break.
"Ray, Master Claire. I brought you lunch -"
When I saw the voiced one, my mother waved her basket this way with one hand.
In swimsuit.
My mother was wearing a black one-piece type swimsuit.
There are two white lines on the side.
In other words, it is squishy.
I wonder what a thirty pea old squirt is.
I know it's usually nashi if you say it's ants or nashi, but as I've already touched it, my mother looks very young.
Some people may be called Ali because they usually only look like high school students.
"That was just the right time. I was just about to take a break."
Master Claire said as he wiped his body with the towel he was given.
"Was I? How many meters can you swim now? It's about Master Claire, so is it easy to win another hundred meters or so?
My mother asks with an innocent smile.
No offense to her.
No offense.
"Oh yeah...... That's about it."
Liar.
"Hehe, you're a boulder. Oh, this is lunch. I've made it a sandwich."
When my mother took away the cloth hung on the basket, there was a water bottle and a sandwich lined up there.
"... thank you very much"
And, to thank you, Master Claire's expression is strong.
I guess I'm still afraid of the possibility that it doesn't fit my mouth.
"It's okay, Master Claire"
I whispered to Master Claire.
"Today's sandwiches include mayonnaise and spicy peppers, because I'm the one who's wiser."
"! I did it!
The good thing about mayonnaise is that it is the way it is made that there is no clapping, but the ingredients themselves are also available to the civilian population.
The flavor may become monotonous, but a sandwich doesn't make it a flavor you can't eat as long as you have mayonnaise.
"Go ahead, take a bite"
That said, my mother offered one sandwich to Master Claire.
Master Claire carried every inch of it to her mouth like she said she was afraid.
"! It's delicious!
"Fair enough. Fair enough. Good."
Operation Mayonnaise seems to have done its job, and Master Claire seems to have tasted edible.
"This flavoring is really delicious. Ray, is this popular in the capital?
"Yeah. Seasoning started by a store called Bloomee. He seems to like it even among the nobles."
"Really? I can't believe Ray knows the condiments used in such fancy dishes."
"Yeah."
…… Was it?
Of course, I'm not saying I brought mayonnaise into this world.
"Nevertheless, Master Claire is so adorable. I wonder if that swimsuit is popular in the capital, too."
"I made it with haute couture. The cloth around this waist is called Paleo, but this is the fashion of the year."
"Ha... Nice."
"Mother, calm down. Now, if evil habits are activated, Master Claire will be in trouble."
Master Claire rushed to embrace us and lagged behind.
"I know, I know... You're mean, Ray. Nevertheless, Ray's swimsuit... ha..."
"Hey, will you stop sighing?
I kept my mouth shut because I didn't want to tell you, but my swimsuit is the same squirt as my mother's.
Apparently this is what I call a civilian swimsuit in this world.
"The same goes for swimsuits, but your mother is so rich in breasts, and Ray..."
"Please don't tell me. Because it's the afterlife."
Is it the fate of the protagonist of the maiden game, my style is even normal?
No, it's not bad.
Instead, you can say it's tidy.
However, there are two types of so-called "excellent styles".
It is the homogeneous fashion model body shape considered by women and the ideal gravure model body shape considered by men.
I'm the protagonist of the maiden game, so I have an excellent style for women.
As a result, I'm making a slender proposition, but when I'm with Claire in a crisp style or a mother in a busty shape, I really look like a poor minister.
I don't hate being slender myself.
"I'm growing up, so I'm going to grow up."
Well, good luck with that.
"Will you stop looking me in the eye of pity!?
And so on...
"Oh?"
Suddenly the sun hid in the clouds and something like cold air drifted.
If you notice, the area is covered in fog.
This is... a fog made of magic...?
"!? Ray, look!
Master Claire's sharp voice flew.
Looking in that pointing direction, I saw a worn sailboat coming this way from across the fog, offshore.
"Is that... a ghost... a ship...?
My mother's stunned voice was my perception itself as it was.