Chapter 9

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‘It is said that if you have a higher weight, your muscular strength will naturally improve.’

If you have a lot of fat, it is possible to defend yourself from the opponent’s blow to some extent.

Thanks to that, Juven’s body hitting her with all his power didn’t hurt much.

‘……Of course, it’s based on a person who hasn’t done any exercise. But if you start training properly this kind of fat will just be a burden.’

Anyway, at least it was helpful now.

Aslan, who captured Juven, laid on the floor with the boy.

“Oops!”

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

Juven, crushed by the 45kg Aslan. There was no way out even if he wanted to get away.

Aslan, who climbed onto Juven, looked down at the boy in high spirits.

“Surrender?”

“Oh, I haven’t lost yet!”

It was impossible for Juven to push Aslan’s weight, even if he tries to escape with all his might.

Aslan stretched out her hand to Juven, who has not yet surrendered.

“Ugh!”

Juven closed his eyes and prepares for the upcoming violence.

But there was no pain.

“What are you doing?”

“How can I hit my cute little brother?”

“I’m not your little brother! I’ve never had an older sister like you!”

“Don’t worry, this won’t be painful.”

Aslan’s hand was placed on Juven’s armpit.

And……

“D, don’t!”

She wriggled her fingers and tickled him.

At first, he tried to endure it, but he eventually succumbed to the constant tickling.

“Hahaha, hahaha! Stop it!”

“But I don’t want to? I’ll stop if you say you’re going to surrender.”

“Hahaha! Oh, I won’t lose!”

“Then we’ll continue~”

Excessive tickling is more painful than actual pain.

However, it was strange to see only laughter coming out of his face.

“Hahaha! Hahaha!”

“Look, how good it is to laugh. You look like a little kid who is out of this world.”

“Hahaha! You, you’re a little kid too!”

“But I’m older than you. Come on, surrender!”

“Oh, okay! Hahaha ok!”

The tickling barely stopped.

Aslan proudly came down from the top of Juven.

“Well, from now on, I’m going to be your sister…..”

“Hey!”

At that moment, Juven hit Aslan.

Unlike in the beginning, Aslan, who was not on guard at the attack, fell.

“I knew you’d lose.”

“Coward.”

“It was said that letting the enemy off guard is one of the methods to get the upper hand!”

This time, Juven, who was like a koala to Aslan, tickled her equally.

“Hah! Ti tickles!”

“You surrender!”

“How dare you!”

“Ahhhhhh!”

Of course, it goes without saying that Aslan, who is stronger, quickly came out of Juven’s tickling and tickled him again.

“Come on, surrender! Younger brother!”

“Hahaha!”

The sound of two people’s laughter was flowing out of Juven’s room.

The servants passing by were surprised to hear the sound and brought the Marquis of Appleton.

“……it’s exactly what they said.”

Marquis Appleton’s expression who standing in front of the room and listening to his son’s laughter was surprised.

Leon, who was next to him, also smiled warmly.

“What do you think? It’s good for the kids to be friends, right?”

“Exactly.”

The Marquis couldn’t believe that he can hear his son laughing again, which he hadn’t heard in half a year.

Leon grabbed Marquis Appleton’s shoulder, who was slightly tearful, and led him.

“Let’s let the kids play more. If an adult goes in like this, it breaks the ice.”

“But the laughter sounds a little strange…… Am I mistaken?”

“It must be a mistake.”

Long after they left, a scream of laughter rang out in Juven’s room.

“Father! Ahahahaha! Help me!”

Of course, no one heard it.

***

A week after the so-called tickling incident.

The result of that day ended with Juven admitting complete defeat.

“Juven.”

“……what?”

“Nothing, I just called you.”

“……”

As a condition of defeat, Juven had to give a full answer to Aslan’s words and call Aslan her sister.

“Juven.”

“Don’t call me if you have nothing to say!”

“Oh my, what’s the habit of talking to your older sister like that?”

“What sister! Where in the world will you find a sister like that!”

Unfortunately, Aslan had never been called sister in her previous life.

Leaving behind the regrets, she went with Juven today.

“It’s such a nice day, isn’t this much more fun than just reading a book in your room?”

“It’s all about studying!”

“What are you studying?”

“Studying to become stronger!”

“Why are you trying to be strong?”

Unlike before, the answers were very good. However, he did not answer the question of why he was trying to become stronger.

Is it only half successful?

That alone is a big step forward, so Aslan didn’t dig deep.

‘Juven’s like a cat.’

If you try to pet it hastily, you’ll get bitten or it will run away.

So I took Juven outside for a walk today instead.

“Wow! Look at that! It’s very pretty!”

“You see it every day on a walk.”

Aslan’s eyes twinkled as she looked at the blue roses in the bushes like the sea.

“But we don’t have this in our house.”

“Plant. Grow up soon. I’ll talk to my father and ask him to divide the seedlings.”

At the words, Aslan stared at Juven.

Ashamed, Juven’s ears turned slightly red.

“Why, why! What!”

“No. Other times you answer roughly, but this time you spoke like a good boy.”

“……”

We were just looking at the blue roses when Juven spoke first this time.

“Do you really think it’s pretty?”

“Yes, the blue one is really pretty. I’ve seen a lot of red roses, so it’s not that impressive. But this feels special, so it’s prettier.”

Juven, who was looking at Aslan without a word, turned his head abruptly.

The face was not visible, but it was clear that he was ashamed because of the redness of his neck.

“…..This is the first time.”

“What?”

“The first time someone called this flower pretty.”

The blue rose was not a very welcomed flower.

“Everyone said it was ominous. And that were the roses blue and not red?”

Blue roses are flowers that can never appear naturally.

Even on Earth, blue roses could not be produced without genetic modification.

The same is true for this world, where blue roses happen by chance in a different way than genetic modification.

“Yes. I heard that too. The blue rose was caused by the first distortion.”

Aslan also knew the origin of the blue rose.

The first distortion.

It is the story of the first time a mana distortion occurred and a monster was born.

At that time, the rose affected by the distorted mana turned blue, which was the origin of the blue rose.

It was unknown whether it was true or not because it was passed down like an old story, but most people believed that blue roses came into being like that.

“That’s why everyone said that they didn’t like blue roses. They said monsters might appear.”

“And yet you still think it’s pretty?”

“There’s no proof that it really came into being like that. It doesn’t make sense to hate such pretty flowers because of such words. And if you look at it, the blue rose is also a victim whose color has changed because of the monster. What’s the point of being reluctant?”

Juven looked into the blue rose with Aslan.

The dew on the rose rolled down.

“But everyone hated it. Even though it was a flower that my mother planted.”

“Your mother planted it?”

“Yes. The day I was born, she planted it as a sign of a miracle.”

It is a miracle that a blue rose was born in this world.

And it was a miracle that the weak and frail Marchioness Astia lived and gave birth to Juven.

“The doctor said that my mother is weak and can never give birth to me.”

Whether it was the child who will die.

Or the mother dies.

Or both of them die.

Nevertheless, both were able to meet alive.

“That’s why he said it was a miracle, and my mother planted this flower. My mother always liked the blue rose because it’s a miracle itself.”

“……”

“But everyone hated it. They only said it was pretty whenever I’m around, but was reluctant to manage as they felt it was ominous.”

The only people who liked the blue roses in this residence are Marquis Appleton and Juven.

Now that the Marchioness has passed away, only the two of them liked the flower.

“Thank you for saying that it’s pretty.”

“······!”

Surprised, Aslan turned to Juven.

Unfortunately, Aslan could not see his face because he turned his head in the opposite direction.

But I was proud of the boy who opened up to me, and Aslan patted him on the head.

“What, what are you doing?”

“Because you’re cute.”

“D, don’t!”

He said so, but he didn’t run away.

***

Time flew like an arrow.

It’s already been a month since Aslan came here, and it’s almost time to leave.

‘It’s already tomorrow.’

During the month’s time, Aslan felt very pleasant.

The Marquis of Appleton stopped Leon from interrupting anything, and he gave me food that was low on calories. I was able to concentrate on my diet.

Thanks to him, she lost 4kg more, and now she’s down to 40kg.

‘But I still have to lose 7.6 kilograms.’

The formula for measuring the average weight is after measuring your height subtract it by 100, then multiply it by 0.9.

Aslan is now 136 centimeters tall.

Aslan was a centimeter taller than when she first started dieting, If you get her average weight in this condition, you will get 32.4 kilograms.

Of course, this is no absolute standard weight.

‘They said standard weight is a formula that doesn’t calculate muscle and fat mass at all.’

Muscles were less bulky than fat but weighed more.

Therefore, despite not being obese, people with a lot of muscles are also measured as obese by their standard weight.

Conversely, even if you fit a standard weight, if you have too little muscle and too much fat, you can become obese.

This is the type they call skinny fat.

‘It’s necessary to do muscular exercises to prevent it.’

All Aslan has been doing so far is take a walk.

It is an aerobic exercise, so to speak, and although it moves the legs, it has little meaning for a muscle exercise.

‘If you go on a diet, you don’t just lose fat, so muscle strength is a must.’

Many people misunderstand that only fat is lost when they go on a diet.

However, in reality, muscle is lost along with the fat, so you need to supplement or maintain the lost muscle through strength training.

Otherwise, it is easy to get skinny fat as mentioned earlier.

‘I haven’t been doing strength training because I’ve been focusing on losing weight. I’ll have to do a little when I get home.’

I don’t have any tools at home to do muscle training.

Should I do bodyweight exercises instead?

Thinking about this and that, Aslan finished her walk in the morning and headed to Juven’s room.