By evening, I had been forced into seiza in the dining hall.
As I thought, I hadn't been forgiven...
It was a classic case of retroactive anger.
What a harsh world when it came to breasts...
"I have summoned a breast specialist."
"A-An expert!?"
Was it that bastard Isono?
If it was, I'd tell on him to his wife.
"Dr. Kevin, please, step forward!"
"Why her!?"
To my surprise, it was Kevin.
"Lord Groom... Kevin is... an I-cup..."
"...What... did you say?"
Looking extremely reluctant, Kevin was pushed into the room by Melissa.
"Announcing the breast specialist!"
For some reason, she was wearing a blouse that was wide open at the chest.
It was likely something the court ladies had picked out.
It looked terrifyingly good on her.
"Stop it, Veronica-chan! This is embarrassing!"
"What are you saying! Look at these rocket-like breasts! Look, Lord Groom!"
Don't squeeze them.
Seriously, stop it!
"Please, leave her alone."
My SAN value was in critical condition!
If I failed the next dice roll, I was going to suffer a mind break!
"Lord Groom... with such large breasts right beside you, for your eyes to wander to a G-cup... I am pathetic..."
"No, that's not it! I was just curious if she was a reptile or a mammal!"
"Hmm?"
"If she's a reptile, she doesn't need breasts. Reptiles don't breastfeed."
Wifey was taken aback, letting out a confused "Hoe?"
Wait... did she really think I was just staring at the size?
No, I was wondering if she was a mammal with scales or a genuine reptile!
If she was a reptile, her activity would slow down during the winter, which would give us a tactical advantage, right?
"B-But! You like dark-skinned girls with big breasts, don't you, Lord Groom!"
She was being awfully persistent about this.
That was why I put on my most gentle expression.
"Wifey... listen to me. Just because you like ramen doesn't mean you can eat it every day. Sometimes you want a beef bowl or yakiniku... Even you, Wifey, sometimes want to eat taiyaki instead of a parfait, right?"
"But you're always looking at the huge breasts, aren't you?"
"That is just a boy's instinct."
"Keep sitting in seiza!"
"Hiee!"
"Ahahaha! Captain, your brain's as bugged as ever!"
Melissa roared with laughter.
How cruel!
Then, Ren brought some tea.
"Everyone, here is your tea. ...I want to eat meat."
"We had Ha-san's sauce, didn't we? Heave-ho."
I was sure there was a sauce developed by the Kamishiro Group in stock.
It was an original recipe from Ha-san at the nagaya.
A portion of the sales went toward operating the orphanage where Ha-san served as the director.
This stuff was delicious.
I was certain we had a large amount of meat marinating in that sauce.
Ah, there it was.
"Wifey, do you want some?"
"It is almost night. Very well."
I set out some pickles as well.
"I'll help."
Kevin put on an apron.
They were massive!
I won't say what, specifically, but they were certainly... Expert Class!
No, look, it wasn't in an erotic way. The reason I'd stopped teasing Kevin about her chest as payback for the assassination attempt was because it had stopped being a joke...
Teasing that isn't funny is no different from bullying.
That was why I tried my best not to bring it up...
Even now, I had things I wanted to ask without any sexual intent—like "Do I-cups really give you stiff shoulders?" or "Do they get in the way of work?"—but I was restraining myself!
As a gentleman!
Contrary to my efforts, the other girls had started using Kevin's chest as a running gag...
I suppose it was because they treated her as one of their own.
"Kevin, do you have work tonight? If you do, I'll leave out the garlic."
"My work is already finished for the day. I want to eat a lot..."
"Understood."
As I said that and turned my gaze toward the dining hall, a smiling One-oh-one was already waiting.
She also had a large chest.
"Archduke! I am hungry, for me!"
"It's yakiniku today."
"Hooray, for me! Tatiana, Shiyun, it is yakiniku today!"
She called out to them.
Good grief.
"I shall call Lou as well, for me!"
"Wait, where is Lou-chan's mama?"
"She is working, for me!"
"Understood."
I started cooking.
The exhausted-looking Shiyun and Tatiana arrived as well.
"Good work."
Shiyun and her brother both looked drained.
"Even though it's another country's war, the amount of work just keeps increasing..."
"I hear you. Even though it has nothing to do with us."
Like being made to sit in seiza because of a G-cup scaled beauty.
Honestly, solving domestic problems might actually be harder.
Besides, Wifey, you aren't flat!
You don't need to be so fixated on it!
While I was thinking that, Claire arrived, sipping a nutritional supplement.
"Good work."
"Yeah... thanks... Geez! There's too much work! Everything from creating evacuation routes for the residents to hiding supplies! Honestly, I hate war!"
"I know, right?"
In the end, peace—where the probability of irregular events was low—was the best.
"Leo, so what did Lepsitol have to say?"
"They asked us to help them defeat Parcion."
"That's a trap, isn't it?"
"Probably. That's why I refused."
"How was the person you negotiated with? Was she overbearing?"
"She was a G-cup."
"A G-cup, indeed," Wifey and Melissa muttered.
I wasn't even that fixated on it...
"...What's that about?"
"They might be tougher than Parcion. They've researched us properly."
"Indeed. The Lord Groom was seen through as a boob alien and made powerless..."
Wifey collapsed theatrically, sobbing with a dramatic "yoyoyoyoyo."
"I. Was. Not!"
"That's right. Especially since there's an I-cup right nearby."
"Melissa-chan! You're being persistent! Your Majesty, honestly...!"
Kevin finally snapped.
And then, an exhausted Nina-san walked into the room.
"The deployment of the ground forces is finally over..."
Ah, right, Nina-san was the army staff officer.
"I'm making yakiniku, do you want some?"
"I'll eat as much as Ren-chan..."
"Then I'll get to grilling."
As I grilled the meat, Lou-chan and the others arrived.
Ren looked fully satisfied with her mountain of meat.
Nina-san also replenished the calories she had lost.
We watched the news while we ate.
It seemed a planet belonging to Parcion had been attacked.
"Hmm, Parcion-chan has developed a habit of losing."
"And they're saying who the cause of that is!"
Melissa roared with laughter again.
"That said, it would be a problem if the military balance collapsed."
Claire dropped a realistic comment.
Exactly.
There's certainly the way of thinking that as long as we don't get dragged in, it's fine.
However, it's a pain if the map of power changes.
Lepsitol will likely attack Chronos someday.
That much was clear from looking at the origin of this conflict.
"Lord Groom. What will you do? Will you side with Parcion?"
"That's the problem. The one we're hostile with is Parcion, but the dangerous one is Lepsitol."
"But Leo-kun, you're thinking of something, aren't you?"
Nina-san, who was eating a mountain of meat, asked me.
"I have a few ideas, but the honest truth is that I'll just have to think of the scenario as I go while negotiating."
"With the G-cup."
Melissa brought the subject back.
Wait, the breasts aren't the main theme here!
"Yes, with the G-cup."
Wifey's dyukushi poke caught me right in the ribs.
Galaxy of the Rakshasa ①
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