Chatting with Wataru

The week after Knight Order Leader Sally departed, Wataru came by.

"Hey, Kehma-san! How's Shikina-chan doing? Is she working hard?"

"She's in a bit of a situation right now due to an accident."

"Eh, is she okay?"

"Sally-san said she'll be fine, so she should be fine."

"… Sally-san, you say? Oh, that Demon Instructor-sama. If Sally-san says so, then it should be fine."

It seems Sally-san is the one training Wataru in the imperial capital. He had a distant look in his eyes.

I told him that Shikina's sex had become chaotic after ingesting [Futanaru]. I'd already told Sally-san about it, so there was no need to hide it.

I guided Wataru to the parlor and we sat facing each other on the sofas.

"Wait, Sally-san came here? I need to greet her!"

"Unfortunately, she left last week. By the way, she was traveling with her boyfriend."

"Eh, Sally-san has a boyfriend? A boyfriend for that armor… I can't imagine it… actually, I've never even seen Sally-san's face. What kind of armor did the boyfriend wear?"

"What, are you saying Sally-san is a Living Armor? I'll tell on you."

"Hahaha, it was a joke. Please don't tell on me?"

According to him, during training she always wore full plate armor with a full-face helmet and face guard, leaving absolutely no opening.

Wataru doesn't know that Sally-san is a Living Armor… probably, but he might have started to suspect it.

Well, Haku-san should handle that somehow.

"By the way, the person inside Sally-san is a blonde beauty. Her boyfriend wasn't wearing armor; he was a young, androgynous toy-boy type."

"Heeh… a beauty, huh. She certainly did have a nice voice."

"You should see them next time. But she has a boyfriend, so don't fall for her, okay?"

"Hahaha, that won't happen. By the way, what did Sally-san wear casually?"

"Armor."

Even her casual wear… Wataru looked up at the ceiling.

Even I think it's gotten to the point where calling her "Living Armor" as a nickname wouldn't be strange.

"… Oh, here's this month's payment. I also brought Shikina-chan's monthly tuition."

"Thanks."

I took the bag of gold coins from Wataru.

Now that I think about it, in Japan, this would be like handing over stacks of bills… doing it so casually…

As I indulged in the feeling of having become a big shot while counting the gold coins, there was a knock on the parlor door.

Then a certain blonde disappointing elf burst in.

"Master! And Wataru-sensei! It's been a while!"

"Hm? Err, who are you again?"

"That's obviously Shikina-chan? Why are you tilting your head, Kehma-san?"

"Fufufu… it's fine, Wataru-sensei. I have been shut up in my room for a while after all. If I recall correctly, there is a saying in your homeland, Wataru-sensei: 'After three days, view a gentleman with new eyes'! In other words, having not shown my face for several days, I am essentially a new Shikina from Master's perspective! Therefore, it is only natural that he does not know who I am!"

Shikina puffed out her chest proudly. She reminds me a bit of Rokuko from back in the day.

It seems she's fully recovered her spirits.

… While I'm glad she's feeling better, this is a bit annoying.

For the time being, I put away the 105 gold coins I'd finished counting into another dimension using [Wallet].

No need for a vault, this spell is really convenient. [Wallet] is a lower skill than [Storage], but for some reason it even lets you exchange currencies. I just learned about the currency exchange function the other day.

Also, since putting money directly into [Wallet] shows you exactly how much you have, there's technically no need to count it visually. However, since it only shows your balance, if you later say "You were five coins short," they could just respond with "You must have miscounted."

It's important to count properly before putting things into [Wallet] to prevent accidents.

"Well, jokes aside, it's been a few days, Shikina. Could it be that that is gone?"

"It has not disappeared, but thanks to the diapers I received from Master and Setsuna-dono's guidance, I have learned how to manage my penis! It's quite convenient once you get used to it!"

"Don't just say 'penis' like that, it sounds vulgar… hey, is she really a noble lady?"

"The Kukkoro family is quite a distinguished house, but… well, I suppose this is also the result of Kehma-san's education?"

Don't blame that on me. She's been straightforward about dirty jokes from the start.

"Oh. Wataru-sensei. I would like you to ask Father if he can procure a drug called [Futanaru]."

"Hm? Oh, I heard from Kehma-san. You broke the Tsuia lord's daughter's medicine, right? Sure, I'll pass it on."

"I apologize for the trouble. Master is covering the compensation for me, but if we can replace it with the actual thing, nothing would be better. Oh, and please make sure it's through legal channels?"

"Got it. Come to think of it, a lot of chaos-type magic potions have been circulating near the imperial capital recently, so it should be possible to get one."

Heeh, I wonder why that would be～…

As a certain someone came to mind, I looked away from the two chatting.

… I wonder if Nayuta can make [Futanaru]? She is that person's grandchild, and she's an alchemist after all.