“Even for academic research, you have to exceed the standard to graduate.
So I worked hard on both and ended up graduating with honors.”
As empires and kingdoms flourished and sought trade goods, merchants’ footsteps increased even here in Galatea.
The Mohican tribes had initially taken an exclusive stance toward them, but at some point they sensed the flow of the times and tried to find ways to adapt.
Among them, the Gaia Tribe leadership mainly agreed to create one solid internal intellectual, and the person chosen was me, a human half-blood.
I applied for an academy curriculum with a 6:4 academic-to-martial ratio, took the entrance exam, and entered the Darmina Imperial Academy.
Whether because I had talent or not, I was able to complete both with excellent grades.
“How’s the outside world?
As you know, the only places I’ve been are small human villages around Galatea that I visited holding my mother’s hand when I was little.”
At that moment, Athena asked about my experiences in the outside world.
Barbarian women, especially Mohican women, despite their warrior-like appearance, had strong community consciousness and tended to focus inward.
Unless on a special mission, it was normal for them to never leave the barbarian territories in their lifetime.
However, Athena, who was ambitious enough to aim for the Tesadar position, seemed to have some curiosity about civilized society.
“It’s complicated.
Flashy.
And changes quickly.”
Watching the sun of the otherworld Pieta, which had risen to mid-heaven, slowly move westward, I answered Athena’s question in a low voice.
“Above all, it’s brutal.
Everyone’s sharp about profit.
They call us barbarians, but when you see people betraying those close to them, you wonder who the real barbarians are.”
After her question, my negative image of civilization poured out.
I didn’t do it on purpose, but I really had nothing good to say.
Honestly, from my perspective, the barbarian world was much better.
“Hey, don’t say things like that.
That’s the kind of thing barbarian kids hear over and over so they won’t go outside.”
But Athena, who had only lived in the barbarian world, didn’t seem to relate much.
“I heard civilized women put strange powder on their faces and spray scents that bewitch people…”
Athena’s voice became somewhat timid as she mentioned cosmetics and perfume.
She had probably heard it from outside merchants who came and went from the Gaia Tribe.
“Cosmetics and perfume?
Are you interested in that kind of thing, Athena?
That’s unexpected.”
“No, it’s not that I’m interested, it’s just that’s all I’ve heard~!”
As expected, now that she had become an adult and developed an interest in femininity, she was starting to accept the changes of secondary sexual characteristics.
I touched on it indirectly, and the tomboyish female Athena, who didn’t want her psychological change to be discovered, reacted allergically.
“Almost all the women who come to the academy are nobles, and high-ranking ones at that, so they all wear makeup and spray perfume.”
“I-I see… So that’s how civilized people live…”
Currently, there was only one academy on the Pangea continent: the Darmina Imperial Academy.
Some large kingdoms used the name “academy” for their educational institutions, but they weren’t recognized.
The Imperial Academy held absolute authority, and it was where all the continent’s most talented individuals gathered.
This world also had a structure where outstanding talents continued to emerge from successful families, and about 95% of the Imperial Academy was composed of children from high-ranking nobles who inherited top-tier visions.
Then how did I get in?
A policy similar to a rural quota system had just been implemented.
“But even that kind of thing is stimulating at first but doesn’t last long.”
“What do you mean by that?”
After sufficient buildup, I finally said what I really wanted to tell Athena.
“I liked my mother’s plain face the most after she came back from hunting when I was young, and the scent of her skin when she lay next to me while sleeping.
Even though fourteen years have passed, I still remember it now.”
I believed that what made a woman most beautiful and fragrant was sincere love.
It was because of my mother’s pure maternal love as a barbarian woman that those turbulent past years remained as memories filled with happiness rather than just misfortune.
“S-so that’s what you meant… Then wash my back now.
We should wash up quickly and go to the village.”
Splash!
Splash!
Splash!
Seeing Athena’s voice trail off long, it seemed my sincere yet mischievous words had worked.
Perhaps because of that, she started acting coy.
Although I was supposed to wash Athena’s back next, she moved right in front of me as if emphasizing it and urged me on.
Whoa…!
Her skin is way too soft…
And that coyness was a blessing.
Athena’s skin was so soft and moist that it violated my sense of touch.
There was no greater scam than this.
Not only was it strong like a barbarian woman, but it was also elastic and not rough at all—instead, it was incredibly soft!
Damn… This really is another world.
This is only possible because it’s another world.
Moreover, as if to prove they were a race that called for sex, the moment the smell of sweat disappeared, the unique pheromone scent of a barbarian woman rose up.
“No, not there.
Just wash my back.
There’s no need for your hand to go to my butt.”
So in the end, in this kind of mixed bathing situation between a man and a woman, if the female’s charm vibrated more than necessary, an unexpected accident was bound to happen.
And that accident was definitely not my fault.
“Aish~!
Stop with the butt!
That part was in the water the whole time, so there’s no reason to wash it.”
Athena had been showing a pleasant reaction while savoring my hands washing her back, but she started whining because something kept getting caught on her plump 42-inch butt.
“You’re making me use my hands on purpose!
I said the butt is enough!”
Whoosh!
Squeeze!
No matter how much she whined, since that something refused to retreat from her butt, Athena eventually reached back with her own hand and grabbed the mysterious part of my body.
“Sorry, that wasn’t my hand.”
What filled Athena’s palm was naturally not my hand.
My hands had been busy feeling her back.
“Th-this is…”
Athena froze on the spot.
“Yeah, it’s my cock.”
The bold giant beast captured in her hand was my fully erect penis.