HxH Vol 14.5 Chapter 1 Part 19

Chapter 1: Side Stories From the Special Perk of Purchasing in Particular Store

Part 19 – First Time Putting It On

「Wha……wha-……」

Reiri put it on her body, and turned speechless towards the whitely shining bright armor.

The next day after the core install on Reiri was finished, an  experimental test of the magic armor was carried out at Nayuta Lab that  had been relocated inside the battleship Ataraxia. The one in attendance  there was only Nayuta. Because Nayuta’s stamina was exhausted from  creating the core, she was lying down powerlessly on a reclining chair.  However, when she saw the figure of Reiri putting on the Heart Hybrid  Gear, her eyes immediately shined and she straightened up.

「My my♪ That’s really lovely you know, Reiri.」

Nayuta put her hands together looking delighted. However the  aforementioned Reiri was staring at her figure that was reflected on the  mirror with cold sweat drenching her body.

「Wh……at, with this form.」

Reiri’s trembling lips were finally able to wring out just those  words. Reiri’s eyes were shaking, as though she wanted to escape from  the reality that was thrust before her eyes.

「It really suits you.」

「No one wants something like this to suit them!」

Reiri retorted reflexively.

Reiri’s exclusive(order made) Heart Hybrid Gear 『Zecros』. It was a  gem that Nayuta boasted of having a performance that far surpassed the  other Heart Hybrid Gears. Currently, if they were talking about the  strongest Gear, then Sylvia’s Taros would come to mind in regards to  firepower and strength. Also, Gears that had been reinstalled, every  single one of them was enlarged into a fantastic appearance, as though  the gear was unable to restrain the fighting strength that was hidden  inside. In that case, then how large and how monstrous the form of her  gear would be, such a thing was weighing on Reiri’s mind no matter what  since they finished the install yesterday.

However, what was necessary was fighting strength for overwhelming  the enemy. Something like appearance didn’t matter. That was how Reiri  was persuading herself.

But, even so, it was on her mind.

She would unconsciously imagine herself clad in the strongest armor out of nowhere.

Even herself was shocked that she was looking forward to it that  much. At the same time she also felt embarrassed. ‘Just what are you  doing getting high spirited childishly like this, this is not something  frivolous like that’, she repeated that inside her heart many times, but  the imagination surfacing in her head couldn’t be stopped.

And then finally, her Heart Hybrid Gear, something that was just for her appeared before her eyes.

Seeing her own appearance wearing that strongest armor, Reiri whose  eyes before this were shining in expectation like a little girl, now had  a convulsing face.

「Wh……why, something like this……this is, that……」

Reiri was desperately searching for words to describe the gear that  was created for her sake, but she couldn’t find anything inside her head  that became pure white.

Zecros wasn’t large like she imagined, it was slim and minimized to  the limit. She looked like she was wearing metal underwear that was  barely there. Looking at the whole, perhaps the exposure rate wasn’t  that serious. But, her breasts were mostly laid bare with her nipples  barely hidden. The skin from her cleavage until her navel and abdomen  that was boldly exposed, made her think doubtfully if this was really an  armor or not. Her lower body too, it looked like she was only wearing a  garter belt and a small sized pants.

Certainly there were a lot of other Heart Hybrid Gears with high  exposure rate. However the design of the pilot suit was taking part in a  lot of those cases, if they felt like it then it was possible to alter  it to some degree. But, this Heart Hybrid Gear was order made even until  its pilot suit. Alteration was impossible.

「Why……is the exposure rate, this much……」

Nayuta frowned as though to say ‘what are you saying?’

「You have a beautiful and erotic body that other people don’t have there, what are you going to do if you don’t boast them?」

She spoke like Queen Landred. Reiri glared at Nayuta, wondering if her thought process had been infected by Vatlantis.

The manufacturer of Zecros who was none other than her mother, Nayuta  was making a delighted face that was in contrast with Reiri. It was the  expression that looked like a girl who was staring happily at her  treasure.

「-……tha, that’s not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is, won’t the defensive power lower remarkably like this?」

「No way. Life Saver is covering your whole body, so Reiri’s pearly skin won’t get even a single injury.」

Reiri felt her cheeks growing hot when she looked at Nayuta’s fond expression.

If a comparison was made with other Heart Hybrid Gears, especially if  it was lined up with the magic armor of Vatlantis-make, then perhaps  Zecros wasn’t actually that lewd. It wasn’t like Reiri didn’t feel that  her senses were already getting strange, but she made herself accept the  situation like that. Although, it was hard for her to accept the fact  that it was herself that was wearing it, but their talk wouldn’t  progress if she didn’t shelve up this matter for the moment.

「The-, then, let’s just say that it’s okay……no! It’s not okay but, it  can’t be helped, bu, but still……you see, that, about cuteness, or  fashion……anyway just what’s with this design! Is this harassment!?」

Her arms and below her knees were wrapped with armor that looked like  Gear, but she couldn’t comprehend what meaning there was in the frills  that looked like feather attached here and there. The wings on her back  too, it wasn’t something cool like other gears, but something small and  cute like an angel.

And what clinched it for her was the tiara on her head. It was  shining silver with a small graceful design, even at the center it was  shaped into a heart mark, looking lovely like something that would be  put on the head of a fairy-tale princess.

「My, when you were a child, didn’t you like the TV show with a hero that was oriented for girls like this?」

Reiri’s cheeks flashed into an even redder color.

「Tha, that is! I only liked that because its fight scene that defeated the enemy was cool!」

‘Shit-, even though she neglected me but she still grasped my action,  that’s the most irritating thing from this woman!’ Reiri felt as though  her stomach twisted, but such thinking didn’t matter after this late.

「I updated the figure of the hero that you liked as a child so that  it suited the current you. I think that it really suits you but……you  don’t like it?」

The mother with the appearance of a little girl tilted her head.

「……uu」

Nayuta’s expression made Reiri’s voice get caught in her throat.

Just why are you making a disappointed face like that?

You, who led the world by its nose, you who doesn’t think of humans  as humans, you who thinks of all existence as targets of research and  observation, you who lacks emotion, why are you making that kind of  insecure face just from your daughter’s mood?

Reiri turned her back at Nayuta.

「……I am not pleased or displeased. I only need the strength to fight a  machine god. If this armor has that power……then this Zecros, is  something priceless for me.」

Reiri couldn’t see Nayuta’s face. But, when she heard the lively voice after that, she could easily imagine her wide smile.

「Geez♪ If it’s pleased you then just say so honestly.」

Reiri whispered ‘sheesh’ inside her heart before turning around towards Nayuta.

「And, can we test its capability already?」

「Ufufu, I know you are happy with it, but don’t be in such a hurry.  I’ll adjust it from now, so I’ll call Kei here first. Please wait a  bit.」

「I see. Got it.」

Reiri crossed her arms and closed her eyes to calm herself――but those eyes opened wide so suddenly in an instant.

「What did you say-!?」

The loud voice that Reiri suddenly let out also made Nayuta show a shocked expression.

「What’s the matter, so suddenly?」

「Thi, this appearance, will be seen by Kei……by other people, is that what you said!?」

Nayuta stared at Reiri with a dubious face.

「Isn’t that obvious? How are you planning to fight if not like that?」

「Guh……!!」

Reiri’s face turned bright red and she ground her teeth.

It’s still better if it’s just Kei. But, how can I show this appearance to Kizuna and the other little girls too!?

Reiri felt overwhelmed when she thought that.

As expected, the saying in society, that the clothes a mother bought  were too embarrassing to wear was actually true. Reiri breathed a  really, really long sigh.

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