CH 98.2

Chapter 98.2 – Lyle-Sensei’s Confession

So, sensei nodded with a sigh and took off his bathing suit, and stripped naked.

Hmm, smooth and beautiful skin. It’s so clear and white that I think it has never been exposed to the sun since birth.

Though slender, her breasts are moderately developed and her waist is slender. She has the body of a healthy 23-year-old woman.

I thought she might have been badly burned but apparently, she’s not.

The lower half of her body is also feminine and fleshy…..hnnn.

Looking closely, you can see a little boy, about the size of a baby’s, growing between sensei’s legs.

「I see. Sensei was an otokonoko.」

「What’s that?」

TN: Otokonoko is a Japanese term for men who have a culturally feminine gender expression. This includes amongst others males with feminine appearances, or those cross-dressing.

Sensei, who had been meditating and trembling with nervousness, opened his eyes in surprise.

No, he’s an otokonoko in a tolerable range. You know, those super cute girls but not really girls.

「Totally acceptable.」

「Wait a minute. I don’t know what an otokonoko or whatever word you are saying but I feel like I’m being misunderstood…」

Okay, well, excuse me and let me observe a little more.

Looking closely, the little boy seems to be too high up and there’s a girl under the wisp of hair.

「Ehot, that….is that what it is?」

「Don’t stare too close!」

Sensei covered her crotch with her hand.

No, you’re the one who told me to check it out, sensei. I’m not the one who suggested it.

I couldn’t observe well but I think sensei is 20% guy and 80% girl.

I see. Perhaps she’s one of those who are called biologically bisexual or hermaphroditic. So that’s why Lyle-sensei calls her half-man.

「How can you be so calm after seeing my body, Takeru-dono?」

「Well, I prepared myself for every case….」

It will be surprising if I’m in the real world but this is real fantasy so anything is possible.

I understand that it is hard for the people involved. However, I don’t think it’s something exaggerated for me to be surprised about.

「Haa….somehow, that is, Takeru-dono!」

「Yeah?」

Lyle-sensei gave out a long sigh and came into the bathtub after pouring water over her.

She’s kind of pitiful thinking that it’s not easy for her to take a bath. She must make sure that she won’t be seen by anyone first. She should be having a hard time.

「Your reaction was completely different from what I expected so I couldn’t figure out the right thing to say but as you can see, my body is like this.」

「I see. May I ask for more details?」

「Yes, I will tell you as much as I can. You know that the Laertius family is a family of scholars and advance mages for generations, right?」

「Yeah.」

「They died in Gale’s coup…no, it’s not like I left them to die on purpose. My two older brothers were advance mages. Normally speaking, no matter how many mages are in a family, it’s not possible for so many advance mages to be born in a row.」

「Is that so?」

「In a small country, there may or may not even be one advance mage. If many advance mages are born because they are from a mage’s family, this world would be full of advance mages.」

Sensei shudders, horrified at the thought.

She really hates advance mages.

「The Laertius family can give birth to a lot of high-level mages because we used a horrifying forbidden magic that manipulates the factors of their children.」

「Ah, you mean something like genetic engineering.」

「I’m not sure what Takeru-dono is saying but I think that you fairly understand it. My two older brothers are successes and I’m a failure because I was born with such an awkward body.」

「I see what you mean.」

If Lyle-sensei’s existence were to come to light, the Laertius family would be exposed for using abominable, forbidden magic, and their social standing would plummet.

We can even say that we were lucky that he was not killed and was allowed to live.

Lyle-sensei, who is not that good at magic and has a secret in her body, has always been mistreated by her own parents as a disgrace to her family lineage. Perhaps this is the reason why she was left behind as a rural secretary while her two older brothers were working in the royal capital.

This is a terrible thing to say to sensei but I can somehow understand her deep hatred against advance mages.

It’s not a simple envy because she’s just an intermediate mage but more of a sincere resentment.

It was her misfortune that she was not born a proper advance mage. I don’t think it’s right to say that hating advance mages is merely taking it out on them.

The Laertius family’s excessive demand for strong mages had originally caused her to suffer so it’s no wonder she wished them all dead.

Listening to sensei’s personal story, I remained silent for a while and thought about her life.

If there’s any saving grace, it is that her distorted and unfortunate upbringing became a strong motivation for sensei to become a knowledge cheat.

As if seeking to replace her lack of magic power, she greedily absorbed all kinds of knowledge and became an alchemist, military strategist, and specialist in pharmacology and natural history.

I believe that the pain and suffering that she endures were the food that nurtured her.