Chapter 165-2 Grade of Stupid Girl
"Hey, you said this before... What's with this 'become a man' crap...?"
"Mmm, no way. I'm not just any man. I'm a man among men! I have duties as someone born into the Friese Dimonshire family!"
"Friese Dimonshire...? Wait, hold up. Wait, I mean. You don't mean the Friese Dimonshire family that's famous for producing exceptional knights, trusted by the royal family, and holds one of the 'Twelve Seats,' right!?"
"Indeed, you've got it. No need to explain, Four-Eyes. Just get with the program."
No way, dude.
She's one of the Twelve Seats?
That's a major position, involved with national affairs. Twelve Seats, huh.
And this girl, parading her impressive boobs right in front of me, is part of the elite?
What am I supposed to do? I'm a little worried about Asgardam's future now.
"Um, I get that Mr. Friese is one of the Twelve Seats, but... why aim to be the manliest man?"
"Huh? Because I want to be a man, that's why!"
"Eh, um...?"
"Oh, you don't know? A man is an animal that aims for the top. So, I'm gonna be the best in this country and be the manliest of men to please my father!"
"Ah, ahhh...???"
Damn, I don't get it at all.
There's probably some Friese logic to it, but the explanation is so bad I can't make heads or tails of it.
Lyam's just spinning her eyes around in confusion too.
(Fuck! Stop fucking around with your dumb, oversized d*ck! What the hell do you mean you want to be a man! Fuck off and shrink away, you goddamn idiot! Fuckkkkkkk!)
(Oh...)
By the way, Ruthless has been steaming since earlier.
Friese, boasting about wanting to be a man, her gigantic ego is just too much to bear.
Thanks to her, everything's chaos inside and out.
Please, anyone.
Fix this mess.
As if my prayers were answered,
Captain Hailey let out a heavy sigh and opened her mouth.
"Um, Quollio explained earlier that the Friese Dimonshire family has a long history of producing knights, and that's true. However, since the current head of the family took over, it seems they've been unable to have any male children."
"Male children?"
"Yes. Currently, Friese is the eldest daughter, followed by the second and third daughters, but... since the Friese Dimonshire family has always had male heads, it's preferable to have a male successor. That's probably what the head of the family was thinking..."
"So, no boys were born, right?"
"Exactly. It seems the head of the family was quite troubled by this... as a desperate measure, they decided to raise Friese as a 'boy.' Friese has been educated to behave like a boy since childhood."
Aha, I see.
So, there's a backstory like the typical cross-dressing female characters in 2-dimensional worlds.
Friese referring to themselves as "me" might be for that reason.
I scanned over Friese briefly and thought, wait, just a moment, my brain hit the brakes.
Friese doesn't look like a boy dressed as one at all.
In fact, they expose way more skin.
It seems I wasn't the only one thinking this, as Reginleif tilted her head in confusion.
"But Friese seems to have a bit of a hard time with all this, more so because they really struggle with keeping secrets. They're the type who doesn't care about what others think, which makes it even more mismatched. Rather than having a problem with showing skin, it seems they actually prefer it because it allows for more movement..."
"Ah..."
"I get it now."
"Apparently, the head of the family was quite strict at first, but there was no sign of Friese behaving in a manly way at all. Now, it seems they've completely given up."
"...So they broke her spirit then? Friese, you're something else."
"Huh? Why the sudden praise? But it's not that impressive. No big deal."
So, they tried to raise her as a boy, but she was such a clueless girl that nothing could be done about it?
Friese, that's impressive.
Honestly impressive, in a roundabout way.
"But it seems that Friese is still trying to follow those instructions, as you can see."
"Earlier, she mentioned it was her father's instruction. But why would that lead her to aim to be the ultimate man among men?"
"So, when I was little, Friese-Friese decided to study what it means to be a 'real man' in her own way. And by chance, the first thing she picked up was 'The Ballad of the Men', an Edda collection of stories..."
"Oh, that one? It's the passionate Edda that sings of men who always aim for the top, the strongest, pounding their fists together in brotherhood. It's like a holy book for men."
"Ah, that Edda that sounds like a dumb, sweaty mess?"
"Sham. You'll run 30 laps around Asgardam later."
"Huh, Captain!?"
Ignoring Sham's yelp of despair for the moment...
But thanks to Ms. Hailey's explanation, I finally got the whole picture.
So, in other words...
"In other words, if I become the strongest, I'll be the 'man among men'. Then I can become the 'real man' my dad wishes for! How about that, huh!"
Friese is an absolute idiot of a girl.
"...Ah, yeah. I guess I lose today."
"Really! Yay!"
But the goal of aiming for the strongest to fulfill her father's wish speaks to Friese's kindness.
Conclusion.
This girl, Friese Dimonshire, who has stepped forward as my new rival──she's an idiot, but a good one.
That's why I decided to end that shocking first meeting with a black star.
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