#605 Creating a Ring Costume

It’s still me, Momoko the heroine, your narrator.

At the request of Kato and Pink Tonton, I was asked to participate in a wrestling match.

I can’t decline a request from two S-class adventurers!

“...So, you’re competing with other wrestlers?”

“Mmhm!”

I’m talking with my friend and party mate, Selena!

Selena is a demon soldier of the Demon King’s Army.

She’s with me to monitor my movements, but as we worked together and explored dungeons, she has become a reliable party member.

Selena’s magic has saved my life many times.

She’s a dear friend!

And we’re going to pro wrestle together!

I mean, doesn’t it sound fun?!

“I don’t mind if the Adventurer’s Guild hosts some kind of event, but I still belong to the Demon King’s Army. I can’t be doing anything rash and impulsive...”

“Don’t worry. We’ve already gotten permission from the army.”

“When did that happen?!”

I think Kato or someone else took the matter directly to the upper echelons.

So, everything you can think from the top of your head has been cleared.

“The Demon King’s Army is very supportive of this event because it aims to promote reconciliation between the demons and humans.”

“Really now!”

Yup, seems like it.

That’s why they like the idea of me, a human (though summoned from another world), and Selena, a demon, cooperating in a battle.

“With that out of the way... Let’s do our best, Selena!”

“I’m not sure I understand, but okay!”

You can’t just say ‘okay’ even when you don’t understand.

Reporting, contacting, and discussing are dependent on one another!

“Anyway, Selena and I will be busy preparing for the match, so we’ll take a hiatus from dungeon exploration. You’re free to do whatever you want in the meantime, Bear!”

As I called out to the big hairy beast, it nodded and walked away.

Bear, as its name suggests, is a bear.

It’s a bear monster I met on my journey, but we strangely hit it off and have been working together.

We were separated for a while, but now we’re back to adventuring like old times!

“...I wonder what Bear does during its free time?”

“Dunno, maybe licking honey off somewhere?”

It’s a bear, after all.

“More importantly, we gotta get moving! I know the match is still a ways off, but we have lots of work to do!”

“You’re strangely motivated, Momoko. But I know from experience that if you’re too eager, you end up in trouble...”

Oh, what are you saying, Selena?

I’m always upbeat and ready to give it my all!

“Besides, what are you going to do if the face-off is still a long way off? Are you going to practice?”

“Nope. I’m making my ring costume today!”

What is a ring costume, you ask?

A ring costume is a special outfit that a professional wrestler wears for a match.

Wrestling is also entertainment, so the fighting attire has to be flashy and striking.

It’s impossible to make them by hand, so we’ll ask a professional tailor to make them for them.

I’m going to go to a tailor and get a custom-made suit that will fit Selena and me to a T.

“We’re going to visit the tailor to have our measurements taken and discuss what kind of design we want!”

“Will it be able to replicate our intentions?”

“We want the costume design to fit the character of the wearer, so it should reflect his or her inner self to some extent.”

Someone even said at one point in time that a ring costume is a wrestler’s life!

That’s why we have to take this appointment seriously.

“But since it’s for entertainment, we gotta go the extra mile and make it sexy and revealing! It’s all for the customer’s pleasure!”

“Were you always that service-oriented, Momoko?”

I wonder.

But now that we’re doing this, we have to go all out!

“I have no objection if it is an order from the higher-ups. I must do everything in my power to drown out my sister’s misconduct.”

Oh, right.

Selena’s sister is also a military officer, but she disappeared after a certain incident and is MIA to this day.

With her blood sister missing, Selena must be worried deep down, even though she acts like nothing’s wrong.

“Don’t worry, Selena! If you become famous for wrestling, your sister might notice you, wherever she is!”

“No, I don’t really care if she notices or not... I’m doing this to preserve the family honor...!”

Again with the insincere words!

That’s one more reason to get into wrestling!

Let's work on our costumes as a first step to doing our best!

I hear a tailor is waiting for us at the guild, so we’re off to meet her ASAP!

Let’s go!

We’re here!

Knock-knock! Bang-bang-bang!

We’re coming in!

Excuse meeee!

* * *

“Oh. Selena.”

“Sis Belena? What are you doing here?!”

When we visited the tailor of the ring costume, we came across Selena’s sister!

This is her?

This is our first meeting, but I can see the resemblance!

“Sis! I wondered where you wandered off to after abandoning your duties in the Demon King’s Army. I never thought I’d find you here! Where did your pride as a military officer go?!”

“I didn’t abandon anything! I was on an important mission as Miss Atres’ aide! What about you, Selena? Why are you here?!”

I thought they would have an emotional reunion, but as soon as they met, they started quarreling!

But Selena, weren’t you super worried about your sister? 

“Didn’t our family continue to receive my salary even after I left the army?! You’re a soldier, too, so you should at least have had an idea that I was away on a secret mission or something! Why are you even here? This is the Adventurers’ Guild of the Human Kingdom!”

“Gah!”

“We were waiting for our client to get started on the ring costume, so what is a demon like you doing here?! Have you been fired by the army and switched to being an adventurer?!” 

“No, that’s not it!”

What hostile sisters...!

And here I was imagining a more emotional scene of them crying and hugging each other when they reunited...

But wait!

If we ran into Selena’s sister while visiting our ring costume tailor, that means...!

“Selena’s sister is our tailor?”

“No. Your tailor is her,” she says, pointing at another demoness. 

She also looks older than Selena.

“Where there is clothing, there is me.”

“Lady Batemy?!”

You know her, Selena?

“She’s my sister’s colleague and another Heavenly Four aide. She went missing at the same time as Sis Selena. Why is she here, then...?”

“Hah-ha-ha! I am the head of the Noujou brand that is causing a stir in the capital! I am the person behind Noujou’s clothes!”

W-What?!

The fashion brand that makes very comfortable panties, which I learned from Kato, is also Noujou!

She founded that same clothing brand?!

“When there’s clothes involved, expect me to be there! I will tailor a ring costume to bring out the best in you and your friend, so rest easy and know that you’re in safe hands!”

“And I’m just her escort. We have this inseparable relationship as partners, after all.”

We were so shocked by the sudden turn of events that Selena and I were left speechless.

“So, you also want your ring costumes made, right? I’ve got the list of names from the guild.”

“Y-Yes!”

I was full of motivation and gusto until we got here. 

Can we really leave it to them? 

“I’m taking your measurements then! In order to make beautiful clothes, it is first and foremost important to know the wearer’s exact size! Height, waist, bust, and bottom, I will measure every single inch!!!”

The woman who seems to be the seamstress ominously approaches me, measuring tape in hand! 

W-Why do I feel chills running down my spine?!

“Um...I think I suddenly feel sick in the stomach, can I go home?”

“You can’t feign illness on me! Whether you like it or not, you will have your measurements taken now that you’ve stepped into my territory!”

What force!

Have we unknowingly entered the tiger’s den?!

“Oh, by the way...”

Selena’s sister, perhaps unable to ignore my panicking, speaks.

“We give a souvenir to the prospective wrestlers who have gotten their measurements taken.”

“And what’s that?”

“Female Noujou undergarments.”

No way!

Are those like the same smooth, stretchy, high-quality cotton panties I used to wear in my world that gently hug my buttocks?

I’ve been ordering mine through Kato since they were only available in the Demon Kingdom!

“I understand! Please measure me to your heart’s content!”

And just like that, I lost all my anxiety and threw all my clothes on the ground.

If I can get that luxury underwear just to be wrapped around a tape measure for a moment, it’s a good deal!

“Is this how you manipulate the women who come here, Sis?”

“Once you wear Noujou undies, you can never go back. It’s the perfect bait to lure in girls like her.” 

“I’ll be sure to ask you where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing after this.”

Selena was mumbling something with her sister, but I paid no attention to them. I’m just happy to have a new set of good underwear!

I’m going to keep this momentum till my wrestling matches!