"What's wrong, Elise?"
Inside the clothing store, Laetitia had just recommended a nice piece of underwear to Elise and told her to try it on in the fitting room.
But several minutes had already passed. Why hadn't Elise come out yet?
"Could something have gone wrong? Maybe I should go help her... Mm, just help. I don't have any other intentions."
Scenes from the past, when she had bathed together with Elise, were still echoing through her mind...
Even though she was a girl herself, it was still somewhat hard to resist.
Especially after this summer vacation had passed, the feeling had become even more obvious.
Elise had become even more unfamiliar!
Laetitia didn't really understand the reason. She simply felt that there was now something indescribable about Elise...
Laetitia didn't know what words she should use to describe the change in Elise, but one thing had remained unchanged—her feelings toward Elise.
If I were a boy, I'd probably be like most people and give up everything just to pursue Elise, wouldn't I?
But there were no ifs in the world. Laetitia also understood very clearly that if she weren't a girl, then her relationship with Elise wouldn't be that of close female friends like it was now.
The world really was strange!
"What's wrong, Elise?"
"Do you need my help?"
Standing outside the fitting room, Laetitia hesitated for quite a while before ultimately deciding not to peek. Instead, she called out softly as a reminder.
However, after Laetitia spoke, the fitting room fell silent for a long moment. Then, very soon, there was a rustling sound from inside.
The fitting room door opened, and a fair, delicate hand reached out from within. The instant it grabbed Laetitia, it pulled her straight inside.
Faced with such a sudden development, Laetitia was only briefly surprised before accepting it.
If it had been anyone else, even another girl, she definitely would have shown displeasure. But as long as she knew it was Elise, everything was fine.
The fitting room wasn't large. Four or five square meters was probably the limit.
But after being pulled inside, Laetitia felt as though the space were extremely cramped, because right in front of her were two unimaginably huge objects!
"Laetitia, you picked this, so naturally you have to take responsibility, right?"
Elise's somewhat resentful voice rang out, instantly snapping Laetitia back to her senses.
Because Elise had handed over control of her time today to Laetitia, the right to make decisions naturally belonged to Laetitia as well.
When they entered this store, Laetitia had chosen a pure, clean-looking white garment for Elise based on her aura. Its main purpose was to emphasize the wearer's purity.
But after Elise put it on... it wasn't that she looked impure. Rather, one particular area stood out far too much, overwhelming everything else so completely that the original effect could barely be seen.
How is that possible? I picked a size two sizes larger than mine. This used to be Elise's size. How could it possibly be too small?
Then cold sweat began flowing down Laetitia's forehead as she realized an astonishing fact.
Could Elise... still be growing?
How was that possible?
In Laetitia's understanding, Elise was at most around sixteen years old right now. How could she possibly be developing this quickly?
And from Laetitia's perspective, Elise clearly wasn't using any kind of special enhancement. Her body was completely natural...
"I understand. I'll go get you a larger one."
Laetitia sighed. As expected of the Saintess. No matter what aspect it was, she wasn't someone ordinary people could compare to.
But just as Laetitia placed a hand on the door handle, Elise stopped her.
"I've grown quite a bit during this period too. My old measurements don't work anymore."
"So could you help measure me, Laetitia?"
The pure white top slipped to the floor, and Laetitia's heart skipped several beats along with it.
Elise, however, paid no attention and forcibly stuffed the measuring tape in her hand into Laetitia's.
Then, under Laetitia's dazed gaze, she turned her back and directly lifted her long hair with both hands...
There was no denying that viewed from behind like this, Elise was the sort of woman no man could possibly keep his composure around.
Gulp!
Even Laetitia, despite being a woman herself, found the temptation somewhat difficult to resist and unconsciously swallowed.
But she quickly realized her own reaction and hurriedly shook her head.
At that moment, it was as though she could see a black devil and a white angel floating on either side of her head...
"No, Laetitia! Elise is your friend! You absolutely can't do anything that goes beyond the boundaries of friendship, or she'll definitely hate you!"
The tiny angel pouted and kept reminding her how important friendship was, but...
"Even friends joke around sometimes, don't they?"
The little devil beside her had no such concerns and immediately said, "Didn't the two of you do things like that together before? Bathing together, washing each other's backs—which of those wasn't more intimate than this?"
"What are you worried about?"
That made sense!
Looking at the anxious little angel above her head, Laetitia directly tossed her away, while the devil burst into laughter.
Snap!
Laetitia pulled the measuring tape taut with both hands and slowly approached Elise...
What followed was a series of difficult-to-describe events. While helping Elise take measurements, Laetitia frequently let her fingers brush across Elise's skin by accident.
While completing the task, she also indulged herself a little. After all, skin that smooth and delicate was something she had only ever seen on Elise in her entire life.
But...
"Laetitia."
Unlike her usual normal voice, Elise called her name in an exceptionally soft, almost melting tone that didn't match her usual image at all...
"W-What is it?"
Sensing that something might be wrong, Laetitia immediately became alert, though unease still rose in her heart.
Elise didn't do anything else. She merely looked at her with a smile.
"You reached out just now, didn't you?"
She noticed?
"But since I'm helping you measure, of course I have to reach out, right?"
"You know that's not what I'm talking about."
Laetitia seemed to want to explain herself, but Elise didn't give her the opportunity and instead picked up the measuring tape beside them.
"Come to think of it, I still don't know whether you've grown during this period, Laetitia."
"You seemed to make quite a few little moves just now. I can let that slide!"
"But as compensation..."
"I'll do the same thing to you."
Snap!
Elise gripped the measuring tape with both hands and pulled it sharply, creating a loud cracking sound.
Laetitia nervously backed away, but there was nowhere to retreat inside the cramped fitting room. She could only hide anxiously in the corner.
"So... be good and listen."
"Let me take a look!"