The Northern Duke’s Eldest Son’s Tutor

Another 2 years have passed.
Although 2 years have passed, not much has changed.
What has changed is that Kyle is now 18 years old in Korean age.
Although his birthday hasn’t passed yet, it actually means he’s 17 years old.
For me, who used both counting age and actual age, it still felt a bit strange to calculate age using only actual age.
Of course, it wasn’t difficult, but it wasn’t familiar.
The age I thought was 15 was actually 16 in counting age, so after 2 years, he’s 18, or more correctly, 17.
Since there was no concept of counting age in this world, calling him 17 was correct.
And there were also things that hadn’t changed over these 2 years.
2 years is a short time, so some things might not change… but things that should have changed didn’t.
“Louise…”
“I-I really wasn’t going to do it this time?!”
“You’ve been saying that for 2 years now.”
“T-That’s true! But still!! I don’t blow my entire salary anymore!!”
Yes, at least she didn’t blow her entire salary anymore.
But the fact that the teacher who teaches magic to the young lord of Eristirol gambles…
“Hah…”
“D-Don’t hit me?! You didn’t hit me during our adventurer days!”
I had no reason to hit Louise during our adventurer days, but now I do.
I’m Kyle’s personal servant, and she’s, in a way, a gambling addict who wastes Kyle’s money.
Strictly speaking, she’s not addicted to gambling but to the realm of entertainment.
“Fine… that’s enough..”
At least it was fortunate that she didn’t blow her entire salary.
To be honest, I was worried she might even go into debt if she kept gambling.
She might be a bit crazy, no, very crazy, but she’s still a friend, so of course I was worried.
She was crazy enough to warrant worry.
“Oh right. Kyle has grown so damn tall these days!”
“I know.”
Of course I knew this fact better than Louise.
I’m the one who goes to wake Kyle up every morning, and I’m the one who changes Kyle’s clothes.
Besides, I’m the person who spends the most time with Kyle.
Sometimes when Elin pushed Kyle so hard that he was too exhausted to move, I even washed him, so of course, I knew better than anyone that Kyle had grown.
I don’t know how his height increased so much in just 2 years.
A height just shy of 180cm.
In 2 years, I’ve come to look up at Kyle.
Yes, I have a woman’s body and Kyle has a man’s body, so I knew this would happen eventually.
I knew it, but…
I didn’t expect to be surpassed in just 2 years!
Even so, growing that much in just 2 years is too unfair, isn’t it?!
In my past life, I struggled to grow and barely reached the early 170s from what I remember…
Growing nearly 30cm in just 2 years..
“At this rate, won’t he hit 190?”
“I think so…?”
Being close to 180cm at 17, and since men also grow in the military, by the time his growth ends, he’ll probably be 190cm.
Too tall…
At 190cm, there would be about a 2-head difference between us.
Since I’m in the early 160s, there’s a real difference.
“He probably won’t be as tall as that 2-meter uncle I saw before..”
I really didn’t want Kyle to grow that tall.
Yes, just up to 190cm.
I hope he only grows that far.
Being too tall is hard in many ways.
*
-Knock knock
“Young Master, it’s morning exercise time.”
“Yes. I’ll come out now.”
These days, I started morning exercises with Kyle.
He could exercise with Elin, so I don’t know why he’s doing it with me.
Because we’re close..?
He seems to have gotten close with Elin during the 2 years of swordsmanship lessons, but not as close as with me, I guess.
“Hehehe..”
Yes, that’s natural.
I’ve spent more time with Kyle than Elin has.
Not just having lessons, but being by his side and walking around with him, so it’s only natural.
“Let’s go right away.”
“Yes.”
Kyle came out.
Since we needed to exercise, we had to leave here.
Then Kyle and I moved to the training ground.
I always think the training ground feels too stuffy.
It’s true that outside is cold, but is there a need for there to be no windows indoors?
It would be a completely sealed room if the entrance door was locked.
Walls made of stone and a smooth floor.
And sand sprinkled to prevent falling.
“One.. two.. three..”
Me counting for Kyle as he exercises.
It’s something I don’t have to do, but I’m doing it because I have nothing else to do.
I wonder if it’s right for me to exercise with him… but Kyle said to do it this way, so I had to follow.
After all, I’m also Kyle’s personal servant.
“Phew… huff…”
I thought as I watched Kyle exercising hard.
His body is really amazing.
Truly, without a word of lie, his body is incredible.
With such a body, if he went to a brothel, I think the courtesans would pay him to sleep with them.
That’s how extraordinary Kyle’s body was.
Tall height, muscular body, snow-white skin, handsome appearance.
I think Catherine is… essentially out of the picture.
Since she said she came to Eristirol because of me, not Kyle, I consider her chances of becoming Kyle’s wife already over.
Rather, Elin, who gives him swordsmanship lessons every day, might have a higher possibility.
Her actions are cute, and her face is pretty, so she might not be a bad match.
She’s a knight, so she has some rank.
Of course.. she’s not a suitable match for Kyle, who is a young lord and the heir of Eristirol.
Thinking about it that way, finding a match who suits Kyle’s status is a very difficult task.
Kyle’s status is too high.
At least someone from a count’s family like Catherine, or princesses from the imperial family..?
I think it would have to be someone of that level.
There are other ducal families besides Eristirol, but I don’t know much about them.
They are quite diverse.
Right now, the head of the White ducal family is a woman.
And her wife is also a woman.
Which means she’s a homosexual!
This was something I learned while studying various families at boarding school.
Honestly, I was shocked when I heard it.
It was a shock like being hit on the head with a hammer.
I knew that homosexuality existed in this medieval-like era.
In fact, there were news reports every year about homosexuality being an issue in monasteries.
But.. the fact that a ducal family was lesbian was really shocking.
Anyway, there were various other ducal families, and though they had high status.. they weren’t suitable as brides.
“Phew..! Miss Sofia?”
Kyle lowered the dumbbells and spoke to me.
Has the exercise already ended?
Even though I had been thinking for a while, it had only been 30 minutes since we started exercising.
“Yes, Young Master. What is it?”
“Would you like to exercise together?”
“What?”
Exercise together?
What does it mean to exercise together?
Does he mean to lift dumbbells together?
Or.. what else is there.
What exercise can we do together?
“I was just thinking it might be good to move our bodies together as a way of stretching. Is that okay?”
“Ah, yes. Of course.”
I could certainly do stretching.
I could do anything Kyle, who was like a younger brother to me, asked me to do.
Perhaps because I was an only child, I often thought about wanting to have a younger sibling.
I had such fantasies even when I was at boarding school.
That’s probably why I treated Kyle better.
A younger male following me around—what else could he be but a younger brother?
Right?
“What should I do?”
“First, sit on the floor like this, and give me your hands.”
Kyle sat on the floor, made his legs into a ㅅ shape so that my feet and his feet touched.
I assume from this position, we’d pull on each other’s hands to stretch.
I gave Kyle my hands as he said.
And Kyle held my hands.
Hmm.. warm.
Kyle’s hands were warmer than my body temperature, or more precisely, they seemed hot.
If 36.5 degrees is normal human body temperature, this feels like around 37 degrees..?
“Oof…”
And then Kyle pulled my arms toward himself.
He pulled me suddenly without saying anything, so I was a bit surprised.
“Hnnng… huff… phew…”
Perhaps because it had been a while since I exercised, sounds automatically came out.
Even though I was once quite active during my adventurer days, after not exercising for several years, this was inevitable.
Wait, he’s pulling a bit too much.
“Nngh.. haah…”
“…..”
Has it been about 20 seconds?
Kyle slowly returned my hands that he had been pulling.
“Now, it’s the Young Master’s turn.”
“Y-Yes..”
I said that and pulled Kyle’s warm hands toward me.
“Huff..!”
I pulled.
“Huff…!”
I pulled…
“…..”
“…..”
I clearly pulled as hard as I could, but Kyle’s upper body didn’t budge toward me.
Even if it did move, it moved just a tiny bit.
“Ah….”
Was I this weak..?
No, just a few years ago, I could easily carry Kyle, but now I can’t even pull his upper body!
It didn’t make sense.
“Let’s… move on to the next pose.”
“….Yes.. Young Master…”
I reluctantly agreed with Kyle.
I had no choice.
I couldn’t do the stretching that required pulling, so I had no choice.
“For the next one, I’ll kneel down and lie face down, and you can comfortably stretch your back over me.”
“Yes.”
I could still do that.
My strength might have weakened, but my body wasn’t ruined, right..?
I’m still in my early 20s!
I’m 23 years old!
My body definitely hadn’t deteriorated.
It’s just slightly weakened from not exercising.
“Hnnng…”
I lay on Kyle’s back and stretched my back.
And I slowly breathed while stretching my waist line.
This is really effective.
Kyle is underneath me, but.. I’m light, so it should be fine.
“Now it’s my turn.”
Now it’s Kyle’s turn.
I knelt down and lay face down so Kyle could stretch his back.
It was a posture similar to dogeza.
“Urgh….”
As Kyle climbed on top, sounds automatically started coming from my mouth.
Come to think of it, the height difference between Kyle and me is now almost 20cm.
Early 160s and just under 180cm.
Naturally, his weight would have increased accordingly…
“Huu…huff… phew….”
Indeed.