It's been a couple of days since Princess Iris pulled Kazuma along with her to the Capital. The clean air and lavish decor of the Capital has been so much nicer than Axel and a far cry from the stables he had begun his new life in. Not to mention the luxurious carefree lifestyle of a noble he's been experiencing as Iris's guest.
Having finished being hand fed breakfast by a cute maid, Kazuma left his room to go walk the halls of the castle. With the Bodyguard Knight Claire as an escort, Kazuma explored the castle grounds to his hearts content. The castles servants would bow whenever he passed by and visiting nobles would rain praise and admiration on him instead of turning up their nose at his presence.
Suddenly, a window burst open as a gust of wind came rushing into the halls. Long blonde hair filled Kazuma's vision, and he felt the air on his smooth slender legs as the dress covering them blew upwards with the wind. Yes, you read that right, Kazuma had long hair and was in a dress, but not just any dress, it was the Princesses dress and her hair on his head, or maybe it would be better to say her head.
While he started his time in the Capital as the Princesses guest, after the arrival of his useless party things started to get out of hand, and now here he was walking the castle halls in the body of Princesses Iris. The noble lifestyle he'd already been experiencing the past few days had just multiplied by 100. He could certainly get use to the extra extravagance that the rulers of this country have.
As Kazuma straightened out his dress and hair he looked at the Necklace around his neck which had caused this. Of course, he didn't want to give his own body away just like that, but he wasn't opposed to living the life of a beautiful girl, especially one of such high ranking. But this wasn't permanent, Chris had mentioned the Divine Treasure's effect was only temporary. Most likely both Iris and he will return to their original bodies after 24 hours. So, if all he had was one day of luxury as a beautiful girl, he was going to make the most of it.
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Claire shut the window tight after ensuring no wrong doers had caused the gust of wind, only to turn around and see the Princess openly feeling up her left breast. She was caught off guard having never seen Iris doing such acts. Though she'd be lying if she said the scene in front of her wasn't stirring something deep inside of her.
"Iris-sama!" Claire shouted as she ran to the Princess. Iris quickly removed her hand from her chest and finished straightening her dress, her cheeks beginning to flush.
"That man hasn't put something uncouth in your head again?" Claire questioned as they continued down the hallway.
Iris paused giving Claire a blank stare. "Claire, Kazuma-sama is a wonderful person. Someone who may well make the history books. You should have more faith in him."
"S-seriously! What has he been teaching you these past days?" Claire couldn't help but think there was something off about Iris. Ever since she arrived at the Princesses chambers this morning, there has been something wrong about the way Iris talks and holds herself. She was never like this before that delinquent Kazuma arrived, so it has to be his doing.
"Maybe I should do something about him?" Claire muttered under her breath, putting a hand on the sword at her side.
"Iris-sama!" A voice shouted in the distance.
It was Sir Mitsurugi, one of the kingdoms mightiest adventurers. "I hear you performed wonderfully again in this latest battle." Claire beamed.
"It was nothing really." Mitsurugi shrugged off her compliment.
He gave that same smirk that all the women in the Capital swoon over and Claire had a hard time resisting too. She felt her cheeks warm up as she got lost in his eyes.
"Claire, this knave touched my head without proper respect. Execute him."
Claire was taken out of her stupor. What had the Princess just said? Execute! "Iris-sama! You've been acting so strange today! What has gotten into you?"
Iris ignored Claire's questioning continuing to put her foot down. "I'm willing to forgive your brazenness for Claire's sake. Now begone."
Both Claire and Mitsurugi continued to stare at the Princess in disbelief.
"Go on, git! Shoo! Shoo!" Iris yelled while she flailed her arms around.
As the adventurer ran from their sights, Claire moved her attention back to Iris. Was this really Kazuma's doing. The Princess had been spending a lot of time with him. But what if this was all Claire's doing somehow. A pit formed in her stomach even thinking that the Princess could be acting out because of her. Just as the Princess had been spending time with that man, Claire had been spending more time with Rain. Could this all be some form of jealousy. Is that why she's been lashing out and spending more time with Kazuma? To get back at Claire? She thought back to Iris touching herself right in front of her. Was that her trying to signal something to Claire? Does she harbor the same secret feelings that Claire does? She supposed the Princess is reaching that age. And she didn't bark at Mitsurugi until Claire started paying more attention to him rather than her. Claire's mind began to wander out of control until the Princesses familiar voice reached her ears.
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Kazuma was relieved to see that annoyance leave. He didn't need that guy ruining this once in a lifetime opportunity for him. But he was getting a little bored exploring the castle, even if he did have free reign as the Princess. And seeing Mitsubishi run like that gave Kazuma the idea to mess with more people.
Megumin was a no go, seeing that she knew about the current situation and was off accompanying the real Iris in Kazuma's own body. Aqua was probably drunk somewhere or too busy giving a show to the Capital folk for him to mess with her. And since Chris is on the lookout for the Necklace around Kazuma's Princess neck, it probably wasn't a good idea to go looking for her. That only left one person...
"I'm curious, Claire." Kazuma asked, doing his best to impersonate the Princess.
"Y-yes?" Claire quickly snapped to attention, as if her mind had been elsewhere.
"Where is Dark- er Lalatina? I want to mess... I mean, congratulate her on this most recent battle."
"Hmm, I believe Lady Dustiness was dirty from the battle, so she is bathing right now."
Kazuma, or should I say, Iris's face lit up. Sure, he had already been in the bath with her before, but it was dark and only a brief moment. Right now, he was in the body of a girl, and it was the middle of the day. This could be his one chance to get a real good look at Darkness's body.
"Take me to her right now!" Kazuma blurted out "I'm going to join her and wash her back!"
"I-I'm not sure a royal should be washing the back of their subjects." Claire said tentatively, not wanting to hurt Iris anymore then she believes she may already have.
Damn it! Kazuma had to think fast, he was on a time limit after all. Not just with this body but also with how far along Darkness was in her bath. Maybe if he includes Claire in the bath? It was worth a shot!
"Actually, I'd like to wash yours too, Claire. To show you my appreciation, for all you do for me and the kingdom." He paused but she wasn't responding, time for the kicker... he hoped.
"Or... would you rather not and leave me in the baths... all alone." He gave his best puppy dog eyes, which lucky even as a man he'd practiced regularly.
"I WOULDN'T DARE REFUSE!" Claire grabbed a hold of Princess Kazuma, practically dragging him to the baths. "Come along, Iris-sama! This is an honor beyond my imagination! Let's go! Let's go GO GO!" Claire wasn't going to let this moment go to waste. This may be just what she needs to fix Iris and maybe... just maybe... this could be the start of something she's only fantasized about in secret.
It worked! But this still wasn't the reaction Kazuma was expecting. Claire was breathing heavy and seemed to be looking at him in a certain way. It wasn't dissimilar to the way Darkness gets when her perverted side comes out. Could it be... is Claire... Does she feel about Iris like... THAT!
Not that Kazuma minds, though. Like he said, he was going to enjoy this limited time to the fullest.
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