The Disappointing Elf and a Lie Detector

Several days later, I decided to educate Shikina.

To be specific about what I taught her, there were the things youd learn in elementary school like arithmetic and complex words, lessons about morals for when my brains exhausted, and how to impersonate sensible speech and conduct.

Me teaching her mainly about feeling shy and not using vulgar words was very different subject matter from Japanese morals, but thanks to that, Shikinas even felt like shes come to be a proper person recently.

As an aside, Meat was there for the morals lessons as well.

Its just that her having to take those classes alone wouldve been too pitiful, its not like Im trying to say that Meat didnt know how to be embarrassed or anything. Shes usually my body pillow though. Rei and Nerune were present for the arithmetic and language lessons!

Well, it happened on a certain day a while later.

Kehma. Havent you only been thinking about Shikina lately?

Now that you say it like that huh. I have.

So you prefer upfront lewdness like that elf after all?

No way.

No way. At least, I shouldnt?

Its true that Ive been thinking about Shikina so much recently that it feels like I havent been sleeping as much.

No, its not just a feeling. My daily sleeping hours has definitely reduced between one and two hours.

Im going to die from lack of sleep if I dont do something.

But you sleep eight hours a day as well as take naps? Honestly, isnt waking up early like youve been recently actually healthier?

Getting up earlier? Hold up. I, I, have been waking up early?

Yeah, to look after that elf.

I was aghast.

For me, someone who would take going back to sleep over having three meals in a day to wake up early? Theres something wrong happening here.

Is it something Shikina did? No, it has to be her.

Did her blunt eroticism stimulate my desire, upsetting the balance between my three major desires and damage my sleep!?

Shikina is causing it?

Shouldnt you ask her if you want to know?

I have to ask her straight up about it

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Im coming!

Yeah.

And it somehow turned into us having a duel.

If it was before, she would have been like [I will answer any of Masters questions! You want to know my three sizes? Measure them for me please, for I dont know them!] or something, but now she negotiated it into [I will answer you if you can defeat me in a duel!].

They grow up so quick. Its still annoying, though.

So because of that, Shikina and I are alone in the inns backyard.

Meat and Setsuna wanted to spectate, but I refused them. The reason I gave was that I didnt want to expose my skills, but thats just part of the truth.

My movements are only done through the clothes golem, after all. Itd just be annoying if my movements always being the exact same were exposed. Setting aside Meat, I definitely dont want Setsuna to see.

By the way, Shikinas wearing clothes that are easy to move in, a gym uniform and bloomers she got from Setsuna.

A blonde elf in bloomers how should I put it? Its like we reached a level of cosplay thats never been done before.

Ah, one second.

What is it?

If you win the duel, Ill cancel tomorrows lessons. Think of it as a holiday.

What!? A holiday!?

But if I win, Ill give you a bean paste roll as a freebie.

A bean paste roll!! W-why isnt that if I win!?

So that itll be easier for me to win, duh.

By the way, among all of the set meals and sweet rolls, the bean paste roll is Shikinas favorite.

And Ill have you answer the question I asked.

Umumu, then if I win, Ill be Master Kehmas body pillow!

Refused. If you win, you only get the day off.

How bold as expected of Master! Ah, but theres no one here, are you intending to say this never happened?

Dont worry, I keep my promises.

Shikina held up her wooden sword. Seeing that, I held mine up and left the rest to the clothes golem and its support.

Like that, I instantly defeated Shikina with Mishas movements. An A-Rank adventurer grapplers movements.

My sword? It was just for show. I tossed it after the first hit. Mishas mimicked style is stronger.

Stupid, did you think that I would use a sword since I was holding one!? Naive!

I-I lost

However, its only mimicking the way Misha moved, so even the feints are fixed. If I ever have a second duel with Setsuna, Im sure that Ill be defeated quickly enough. I should still be able to fight a few more times if theyre all instakills like this one though.

I can basically only wreck someone that thoroughly on the first time they see the move.

Ill give you the bean paste roll along with the holiday tomorrow. Isnt that great~?

Uuu, you doing that for me even though I lost makes me so happy!

When I patted Shikinas head, she smiled in delight.

She really has quit with most of her horrid behavior recently.

So Master, what is it that you wanted to ask? My three sizes? Then from the top, eighty-

As soon as I let my guard down! No. And you actually know your own sizes?

Of course I do. Its required for me to order armor.

Come to think of it, this girl goes through armor like its nothing because of her sword, huh.

What I want to as is, Shikina, what are you scheming?

Scheming? I am aiming for the role of Masters body pillow and not really anything else!

That so? Take a look at this then.

As I said that, I took out a certain something.

It was a crystal ball small enough to fit in my hand with a bit of extra space. It was transparent right then, but it would glow red under certain conditions.

This is a magic tool that sees through lies.

Oh, you know of it?

I am a knight.

Yes, its a lie-detection magic tool I bought from the catalog for 50,000 DP.

By the way, each time it glows red from coming across a lie, it takes a magic stone that costs 50 DP.

Best of all, we dont have any problems with our current income. At least not for using it to question Shikina.

Dont lie. If you lie, no bean paste roll for you.

What!? How cruel!

Thats a normal punishment for lying actually, its going easy on you.

Mumumu so, Master, now that youve taken out such an exquisite magic tool, what do you intend to ask!? Even if you ask me who took my first time, I am not yet able to answer!

As soon as I let my guard down, you go back to being Whatever.

I pushed a magic stone into the magic tool. Seeing the magic stone be swallowed up like that despite it being solid when I touch it is so weird.

Well, lets confirm a few things first. Shikina, are you a man or a woman?

I am a woman.

The crystal ball didnt shine. Yep, I know that. By the way, the annoying part is that its impossible to tell what the person themselves recognizes as fact.

For example, if Shikinas body was that of a man but her mind was a womans, it wouldnt have lit up.

Do you hold any ill will towards me?

None that I can think of Please dont ask me something so cruel.

It didnt light up there either? Her not having any is a good thing.

However, it caused Shikina to look dejected.

Sorry, but this is necessary.

The crystal ball didnt light up, so it must be true. I understand and I will answer honestly, so please continue to ask me questions!

By the way, it would glow if I said a lie right now, too. Its range of effect is five meters. Its possible to distinguish between who tells the lie by which part of it lights up.

Did someone order you to come here?

Yes. My father also said that I should learn how to be dishonest from Master Kehma.

It still didnt cause the ball to light up, but yeah, what was that? Father also?

Did anyone else order you to?

The First Chivalric Orders Commander Sally-sama said that I should come learn from Master Keima too! She said that I can come back to the order once I learn from you!

Ah. Thats suspicious.