Lonely Attack on the Different World (WN)

Day 82 – Evening, White Weirdo Inn

We looped around the Evil Forest, clearing it as we went, then met up with the Demon Scythes and shifted from monster hunting to dedicated logging. It was pretty chaotic with all the timber, mushrooms, and magic stones to collect, but we finished all the felling work the aide had requested. And here is some pocket money. Let’s buy something for Demon Scythes as well.

Then, we headed back to town, submitted our report at the local lord’s estate, picked up our money, and went back toward the inn, happily wasting bits of money along the way.

Since the Armored Pres & Dancing Girl duo went off to their girls-only gathering, I returned to the room with Slime-san. As for the Demon Scythes, they’re resting in the 『Demon God’s Ring』, they must really like it there.

Slime-san had completely fallen for the garden swing, dozing off on it while gently swaying the whole time, so I made a hammock in the room, and that got a huge reaction. Pure joy.

(Jiggle-Jiggle♪ Jiggle-Jiggle♪)

It… It seems so fun! Let’s make one for myself too.

「Haruka-kun, may I come in?」

「It’s open, or rather, it’s closed, but the door isn’t locked, so if you put your hand on that thick, hard knob and give it a gentle twist, and once it stops turning hold the thick hard knob steady and give it a pull, the door will open, thanks to a marvel of—」

The one who barged in was none other than the long-absent Screaming Pres-san, now also filling as Flat Gaze Pres. Sadly, Bondage Pres-san didn’t trigger, but she’s already pulling out her whip and shifting into Pres-sama mode, so yeah, I should probably apologize.

「I’m heading down to cook in just a minute, okay? Couldn’t wait? Feeling all empty and hungry? Wanna try my mushroom, maybe? I mean, I’ve got some soy sauce glazed grilled mushrooms and smoked mushrooms, so which do you want? Both?! Wait, don’t tell me you were so hungry you were about to devour two mushrooms at the same time with that mouth of yours?! If you’d just said something, I would’ve even prepared a third one for you…」

「Nooooo that’s wrong! And put the mushrooms away! Why is it that every time I show up, I’m treated like some sad starving child!? Also, 『Wanna try my mushroom』 is officially banned! That phrase is under a speaking prohibition order!」

Looks like it’s been forbidden. Well, even the Anpan person [1] would be in trouble with this one. And although she supposedly isn’t hungry, she is still going to eat manju. Or rather, she’s already eating them. Getting thick, huh?

「I’m not thick! Quite the opposite, I’ve gotten more fit and toned since coming here!」

「Eh? Did I say that aloud? No no, I wasn’t talking about Pres being thick, I was just thinking how this prototype manju is a bit thick and long and maybe hard to eat, you know? Not that your thighs are thick or plump or strong or that they’ve been looking kind of… um, no, nothing, forget I said anything. Right, see, actually, I was just thinking about bacteria! Yep, bacteria! About how recently, I’ve been pondering on them endlessly to an extreme degree in order to maximize the potential of bacterial reproduction through scientific— Hey! I wasn’t looking at your thighs! I wasn’t thinking they’d gotten thicker! I was just giving my respectful greetings to your perfectly elegant thighs, which I certainly haven’t been eyeing at all, so really, I’ve done nothing wrong, okay? And, wait, is that the tip of your chained sickle stabbing me!? I thought I’d made it perfectly clear before: I’m totally fine with doing the stabbing, but I have zero compatibility with being stabbed! And according to a recent study, which may or may not have been conducted, public opinion shows that no attribute change is being sought, and on complaints on thighs being thick were ex—GUU-GYAAAHHH!!」

(Getting Lectured. Thank you for your patience.)

「No, see, if you’d just stated your business from the start, none of this would’ve happened, but instead, you come here, showing off your thighs while eating manjuu, so I started wondering if you are getting them plumper on purpose, and then all sorts of completely misguided misunderstandings started swirling like 『oh my oh my, oh dear』? Those are so thicc… wait, no, that’s what I meant, kind of?」

「Then ask what I came here for first! And I wasn’t showing off my thighs!」 The problem is that the Absolute Zone between shorts and knee-highs, keeps performing repeated encroachments into the Visibility Zone, flashing that smooth skin and plump flesh. Way too stimulating for a Highschool boy! And the actual task? A request on improving girls’ daily essentials. She said they couldn’t discuss it around the guys, so she came to my room, but I’m also a guy, you know? Turns out it’s about handmade cloth sanitary pads—the ones this high school boy painstakingly stitches together, night after night. Yeah, the sight of him sewing those is quite surreal?

The normal type had no issues, but there were some concerns about intense movement. The molded type offered an outstanding feeling of security, but apparently felt a bit off until they got used to it. And as for the 『Adhesion』effect enhanced type, it apparently dug in and rubbed in really bad way… I tried saying『pls elaborate』 but got a dead-eyed glare instead! Seems it was Pres-san’s personal usage report. Apparently, the rubbing was really terrible.

「Ahh, I’ll try making a few more types, but for now I’ll design three hybrid models. I doubt that even in the previous world, there were any everyday products for girls that were developed with high-speed, skill-based combat in mind, so I’m having to rethink the entire design philosophy from scratch. But I can’t help but feel a vague sense of doubt and suspicion about a highschool boy trying to understand the design principles of sanitary napkins on a conceptual level. Still, from a purely practical standpoint, the most rational design might be one that uses a standard base with a molded outer layer that holds everything in place, avoids the center, and focuses 『Adhesion』 effects on the sides to prevent leakage? Well… there’s really no choice but to test the prototypes, refine them based on user feedback, and keep improving from there… I mean, I can’t test them myself, right?」

「Hmm, as long as the central area is avoided, I think the design made around 『Adhesion』 effect should be fine. But we might need a separate design for the rhythmic gymnastics club girl who hasn’t tested any yet. Her range of motion is way broader.」

Through meticulous information sharing and careful analysis of the tiniest details, we’re identifying and refining the problem areas one by one. As expected, the core issue lies in variations in individual anatomy—but that core is precisely the sort of thing a high school boy should not be getting involved with, so it seems the only viable path forward is to determine averages and common patterns, and adjust the design accordingly through iteration.

「Alright then, I’ll hand over the new prototype tomorrow morning, so I’d like a comparison report with the old models…Don’t get it wrong! I-It’s not like I want it or anything, okay! Tried going tsundere there, but it is needed? Yeah, and I’m gonna read them. Those usage reports… Wait, what is this feeling of sadness? Like my Affection Rating is waving me goodbye from somewhere far away!」

「Y-Yeah. Counting on you.」

While swaying in a hammock with Slime-san, I carried out a redesign guided by 『Wisdom』-san, addressing problem areas and listing even the most minor foreseeable issues, comparing them against proposed solutions, and accumulating data through trial and error via computation. With this, the redesign should be completed using the optimal values requested. As for the hybrid-type designs, there’s just too little data, we’ll have to get someone to try the prototype and build up the data from there.

Now then, time for dinner.

A highschool boy holed up in his room, gloomily churning out prototype after prototype of sanitary napkins, well, it is constructive, but it doesn’t exactly feel healthy somehow? I mean, they were biting in, rubbing, and it was seriously bad, just think what that means?

「Fish, fishy fish, fish with a fish in its mouth? It’s the food chain!」

I grill the fish. For some reason, grilled fish or BBQ or anything roasted seems to taste better when cooked by hand, probably because evenly cooking it with magic affects the flavor.

「If I were to use a fishbone-style skeleton structure… wait, no, stop thinking about Napkin-san’s designs while grilling fish. Still, that’s a good idea! No, focus on the fish.」

I didn’t exactly relax, but the time off helped me refresh a bit. It’s not exactly a gesture of gratitude, but I’ll finish the equipment by tonight. If we all go in together, the mid-layers won’t be a problem, and even in the lower layers, our current gear should be enough. But there’s no guarantee we’ll all stay together from here on.

In fact, the Idiots keep getting requests to join the First Division as instructors, and they seem quite fond of the macho ladies in that unit too. As annoying as it is, in our previous world they were a group of five famous athletes, with fan clubs, and fan letters. There were even scouting offers from the entertainment industry. They had the looks for it too, if they just kept their mouths shut. And yet, despite that, they showed zero interest in women, so rumors of BL swirled, and they were wildly popular among fujoshi. That’s how little anyone ever heard about them being involved with women.

Well, yeah, our world didn’t have such combat-hardened macho women. Athletes, sure, but no women living for battle. Seems like the idiots’ preferences were all about strength and athletic builds. And the women in the First Division are tall, muscular, and good-looking.

And their combat styles mesh well, fighting on instinct, with power and speed. The First Division specializes in group battles but prioritizes individual skill, relying on pure physical stats allowing them to prevail in head-on direct exchanges. What they lack is combat intuition. That’s where instinct comes in. That’s why they’re trying to learn from the idiots, how to fight monsters, not wars.

It’s a brutally correct decision, there’s nothing to learn from those Idiots except Idiot instinct. But that very instinct is the spark and intuition you can’t develop through group combat, and it’s the real way to leverage stats to overcome your foes.

First, the princess’s royal guard division will rotate into the Frontier in stages to challenge the Dungeon under Meripapa-san’s command. Since it helps both the Frontier and levels up the army, from now on the kingdom’s forces will be stationed in the Frontier regularly. That frees up resources allowing to send instructors back to the kingdom, and it contributes to strengthening the First and Second Divisions. And most importantly, the fact that the first wave is the princess’s group shows they’ve grown familiar with the Frontier. And that connection to the First Division is nothing but a good thing.

And then there are the Geeks. Those guys were busy getting a ship ready from the very beginning, they’d planned on setting out from the very beginning. They stuck around through all sorts of stuff, but now they seem interested in the Beastmen Country… or more accurately, the Bunny Eared Girls! Apparently there are Cat Ears and Dog Ears too! Even some Tanuki folk, but we’ve already got enough of that here. I wonder if we could do a tanuki exchange or something?

We need to outfit the girls so they can keep fighting even if our strongest combat force, the guys, are gone, and also gear up the Idiots and the Geeks, who might end up fighting far away.

No one knows how long we’ll all be together, that’s why I’ll make it now. While I can still hand it off… After all, once they’re gone, I won’t be able to rip them off anymore!

Also, I want the Geeks to run a merchant business by ship. The source of the soy sauce was the Beastmen Country, so maybe they have miso, kelp, or bonito flakes too! The Frontier is connected to both the kingdom and the Beastmen lands by river. Sure, there’s the Confederation in between, but if they part-time as pirates too, they’ll probably make a killing.

「「「「Let’s dig in.」」」」

It’s become an everyday routine, but that doesn’t mean it’ll last forever.

Even the Orphans will be moving into the orphanage soon. It’s nearby, and they’ll be working in the city, so we can see each other anytime, but we won’t be together all the time anymore. Even now, we’re in the Dungeon most of the time, so the only moments we share are mornings and nights.

That’s why we have to make the Frontier peaceful and prosperous, so we can always meet, and always have a place to return.