Lonely Attack on the Different World
Chapter 393 - 364: part 1

Day 85 – Evening, White Weirdo Inn

In the end, I got carried away playing with the funnel setup and ended up reaching the 6th floor, it got late. Yeah, I was messing around going, 「Oh, I can see time!」 and before I knew it, I lost track of time? [1]

On the way back, we ran into the Demon Scythes, who had spent their day joyfully deforesting the land again, and returned to the inn together. The girls rushed us, and before I knew it, dinner was over at record speed, and so was bath time.

Then, in our room, it's the long-awaited return of Blindfold Pres. And now with Vice Pres joining in, no less. My right eye is covered by Armored Pres-san's hand, and my left by Dancing Girl-san's. Yes, I did question why we can't just use a regular cloth blindfold, but apparently no answer was forthcoming. Still, this is definitely not a job that requires two Dungeon Emperors, right? And despite the premium lineup, the blindfold still isn't working properly!

Because of the size of the washbasin, I'll make suits for everyone, but the production will require personal attention for each person. The first model is already undressing right in front of me. I don't need to ask who it is, this massive presence sending tremors through my『Presence Detection』is unmistakable! It feels like the air itself is shaking from the weight of this colossal unit! The biggest challenge of swimsuit creation has arrived right at the beginning. Honestly, it makes sense, she'll take the longest, so starting early is smart. But why are the hands over my eyes trying so hard to pry my eyes open when the most risky thing to see is right in front of my eyes!? At this point I'm not even sure I'd be able to get the entire thing in my field of vision, so why is it suddenly just a few centimeters away from my face?

「Ahhhhn~! Ah, r-right there~! Haaah~!」

「Hey, it's just your shoulder, okay? That's your shoulder! That sound does not match what's happening!」

We begin by measuring the support areas. I've already pushed bra design to the limit, but swimsuits are a whole other challenge, with added water resistance! Under pressure, the contents shift and deform in unpredictable ways, creating a whole new set of issues to adjust for. Moreover, with that massive volume, certain buoyancy issues are to be taken into consideration due to water pressure, deformation, and displacement! According to Slime-san, it just kind of floats.

「Mmm~. Mhh~. Ahh… aah~n.」

「I haven't even done anything yet! I'm just checking the design! Why are you making those sounds just from standing there?!」

「Well, I mean… I'm a high school girl, standing in front of a Highschool Boy… naked~! When you think about that, it's kinda like… a feeli—」

「WAH, WAAAH, Nope! Not listening! Not listening! I mean, my ears are already covered from both sides, so technically I can't hear anything, but still, let's please focus on blindfolding my eyes, okay!? If the eye-covering squad is just covering ears, then it completely defeats its very reason for existence? ! Mmph, mmgghh, mmhmf! (Wait, that's my mouth!!)」

With my『Space Perception』 ability, I could feel the Jiggle-Jiggles so close they might as well have been touching me. Desperately turning my head away and lowering my eyes in a mixture of artistic agony and soul-deep panic, I double-checked the design sketch. This was absolutely a crisis for my Affection Rating! Naturally, there was also a full-blown Highschool Boy emergency happening at the same time.

And even after re-checking the design again, yeah, it's still just a string. I was being asked to support one of the most difficult to handle, soft, and heavy objects, using just a string? Aside from the most essential bare-minimum area covered by cloth, it was just a string. Does Vice Pres B-san have a respectable preference for bold, overflowing, dangerously exposed fashion?

「Eer~m? I knew it'd be hard~, but I tried the best I could to make it work with just strings~. Is it too much~?」

To summarize: for as long as she could remember, she'd always wanted a normal swimsuit. But because of her size, she'd only ever been able to choose bras that were fully supportive and covered everything. Because of that size, she was unable to buy anything that would also allow to swim in it. So her only options had been one-piece suits or deep, wide-covering bikinis. No matter how much she searched, she could never find anything else.

And after seeing the open-feel lingerie I made for her earlier, designed to her exact specs, she'd been dreaming of finally having a swimsuit like that too. But without enough fabric, it wouldn't stay in place, and it would stick out, so after thinking about this over the answer she came up with was the strings.

Well, as a Highschool Boy, I had a lot to say, mixed with some bittersweet thoughts, but with so much hopes and hopes and expectations placed on me, with so much dream riding on it, then there's only one thing to do! Leave it to 『Wisdom』-san! Good luck!

GUAAAH! My head, splitting open! It's not just pain, it's like my entire mind is screaming. 『Wisdom』-san must be frantically running calculations right now, having had this problem dumped entirely onto it. What if it comes with revenge? It's probably cycling through every impossible permutation, searching for that one miraculous intersection where this can actually work. If a Highschool Boy's brain exploding is the price for granting a girl's long-held dream, then I guess that's fair. I wonder if『Regeneration』 will patch me up afterward?

Basically, she hated the unfashionable look of swimsuits with excessive fabric. But a bra that can't let her swim or play freely isn't a real swimsuit. So the idea is: reduce the fabric for a more open, liberating feeling, and use strings to support and contain it all. In such a case, how about combining net-like coverage with strategically placed fabric. For actual support, fabric is needed on the lower and outer sides. That means the inner cleavage can be more open, with the upper section supported by straps or mesh. After all, bridges are held up by suspension wires, surely a bust can be supported by well-placed strings! But well, that's definitely gonna dig in a bit?

「So, these are the three promising designs that I'd be able to make right now, do you have a preference? Honestly, trying all three would be ideal, but if word gets out that I made all three, everyone's going to demand the same. Then it'll be nothing but endless swimsuit sewing and fittings, and we'll never make it to the pool, so they'd end up washtub-exclusive swimsuits forever. So please, make your pick? Well, I can't say anything for sure unless I make them, but this is the best I've got at the moment? I guess? Also, even if I said『I guess』it's not like I wanted to make a visual confirmation, so could you please not remove the blindfolding? What's with that flawlessly coordinated left-right tag-team!? You planned for this?」

「Thank you, Haruka-kun~! I'm happy with anything~! Really, thank you~!」 (*Squish, boing*)

S-Something just hit my face! And it was a delayed boin attack from the left and then right side! In a flash, I was hugged and embraced, and smothered in soft squishiness with words of gratitude『Jiggle-Jiggle』 and 『Munyu-Munyu』resounding in my ears! Wait, who exactly is saying that!? Also, the hands that were acting as my blindfold are gone. As expected from this Dungeon Emperor-class duo, they move like lightning. As I'm being hugged tightly, unable to breathe, the hands that were supposed to act as blindfolds are pinning me down, holding my arms and body, preventing me from moving. I've long since thought that even thinking about this is pointless, but what even is a blindfold?

「Puhhaaaaa… So… so it's Option B then, yeah? Haa-Haa… I sort of got all over the measurements with my face before 『Magic Hands』had a chance to get involved, so lets get into it? Jigglingly?」

The inner bikini top design is finalized: it uses a dual-layer system, a minimal-coverage inner lining that barely hides and supports, overlaid with a mesh net and string wrap. As for the bikini bottoms, she apparently wants a low-rise style with netting on the upper portion… Yeah. The guys definitely won't be able to leave the pool. Well, if they refuse to come out we can just release a few sharks. They'd probably really swarm them if they start getting nosebleeds?

After surviving a near-death experience just making the first prototype, she's now testing it out in the giant washtub. I was told I could open my eyes, since she's wearing the suit, so that's what I did to check the fit. But why is she floating on her back? Like, literally floating. Even Slime-san has jumped in, and now the three of them are bobbing together on the water's surface.