"Good morning Hikari! You are going to report to the scout master now aren't you. I already asked. Your schedule's clear. Would you accompany me instead?"
Ria smiled brightly as her horse approached.
Ria rode up to Hikari's legs, wincing as the stench from the worn socks engulfed her.
She pulled the reins, allowing her horse to go back two steps, allowing her to get the angle to see Hikari's face above her humongous breasts.
"Sure." Hikari strides past her. By the time Ria turned her horse, Hikari was several meters ahead of her.
Snapping the reins gently, her white stead got into a slow gallop.
Hikari slowed her foot steps, allowing Ria to catch up.
The giantess's size occupies most of the road, causing Ria's stead to huddle the side.
To her left, the cotton pillars swing past her one by one, like the arms of the town clock in the city of MoraDale.
Badum. Badum. Ria's heart pounded against her chest. Being this close to Hikari, she could feel every breath she takes, every heartbeat reverberating into the ground up through her body.
She held her reins tight, staring into the mane of her horse. Her shoulders tense.
Badum. Badum. Her eyes turned downwards towards Hikari's feet. The cotton texture on her open top flats, the sides of which were filled with mud stains seeped into the white paint. The stench filled her nostrils with every step the giantess took.
Mustering her will, Ria turned her head up to Hikari and smiled.
"Good work capturing that cultist holdout."
The giantess turned her ruby red gaze towards her.
Ria flinched, immediately turning her head back towards the mane of her horse.
"Thanks" The mid pitched voice came from above.
As they walked along the path, they marched into a crowd of refugees gathering on either side of the dirt path.
Hikari stopped as the refugees surrounded her. They threw flowers at her feet, placed their hands and foreheads in the dirt before her.
An old woman crawled up to her, kissed her dirty running flats and tried to clean it with her hair.
A surge of blood flowed to Ria's head as she watched.
"Make way" Hikari ordered. Ria flinched at the sheer force of her voice.
The refugees obeyed and returned to the sides of the road.
They neared the estate. The pristine white walls of the RazenHeir mansion up atop a hill came into view.
Woodcutters were clearing the area around the estate
They marched past a half constructed defense line.
Several laborers were digging a mote as others hauled huge chunks of wood to construct a palisade.
Then, they arrived at the estate walls. The stone was rugged and old as it had stood for generations.
The sentry opened the gate for them.
Ria nodded to her knight detail, dismissing them. There was a curious hint of blood stains just below some of their noses.
She turned her horse to Hikari.
"Follow me."
She said with a wide smile. Hikari tilted her head slightly.
Ria stopped before a rectangular stone structure comparable in size to the RazenHeir drill hall.
Hikari had seen it being assembled over the past few days.
Ria dismounted and walked up close to Hikari's leg, placing one hand on her thick cotton sock on the back of her lower leg.
"Your new home Hikari."
She studied the structure. It was made up of huge blocks with enchantments at the seams, not dissimilar to how her outfits work.
Ria walked right next to Hikari's leg and placed one hand on the cotton on Hikari's calves for a brief moment.
She flinched, retracting her hands, placing them folded before her. A hint of embarrassment on her face.
"An assembled house. It does cost a tad bit more to build initially, but it costs way less to resize."
"Its nice"
Hikari strides forward. Ria walked briskly behind her with her tiny legs.
She walked through the two storey tall curtained doorway.
Ria bent down and squeezed through the triangle opening at the bottom of the heavy curtains.
A pristine bright yellow stone interior decor. It was furnished with all of the essentials.
A flat stone bed made large enough for her to stretch her arms a little.
Stacks of bedding nearby ready for her to move in.
The shower area, indented into the ground with a steel drain cover.
A wash basin around her hip height.
A pipe opening at the top of a pillar and a tank of nice smelling vicious liquid.
Her wardrobe, a box shelf containing stacks of cloth pieces including a pair of fresh socks.
Hikari kicked off her dirty flats and strided to the wardrobe.
She disassembled her socks, piling the pieces on the ground.
She inspected the fresh pair.
Brand new, unlike her old ones that were patched with plenty of recycled cloth.
As she was about to put them on, Ria caught up to her.
She was breathing heavily as she had to jog to keep up with her stride.
She rested herself on her knees. Hikari's massive meaty feet filled her view.
"My lady, my feet stink."
"That's fine. You are so big that there's no avoiding that anyways. In fact, I think your feet smell nice."
"Oh?" Hikari tilts her head slightly.
Ria covers her mouth with both hands, embarrassed at her tongue slip.
"Oh, I mean I really appreciate the hard work that you put in. It would be unbecoming of me to complain about such a trivial matter."
Hikari paused for a moment. A subtle bemused expression appeared on her face.
She placed the new fresh pair of socks back onto the shelf and reassembled her old pair that was reeking of sweat.
"I'll save it then"
"Hmm…!?" Ria flinched.
"Follow." A sudden order came from Hikari's lips.
Hikari took a stride. Ria stood rooted in place, her eyes glued to Hikari's massive back. Her silver pony tail extended down to the edge of her skirt.
The gaze of a ruby eye appeared over the shoulder. Ria's body starts moving on its own, walking itself until it is half a metre away from Hikari's calves.
Ria choked. The stench from Hikari's running feet was horrendous.
"Closer"
Ria obeyed, shuffling herself until her nose was inches from the grimy cotton surface.
Hikari's leg moved. The suction force caused Ria to fall forward, taking a step to maintain balance.
Hikari stopped. Her feet remained in a staggered formation.
Without further instruction, Ria briskly shuffled herself until she was right behind the leg.
Hikari's skirt was right above her.
The other leg moved, the wind blowing Ria's hair to the side.
Her leg strides. Ria followed.
The stench from the massive socks was not getting weaker.
It was causing Ria to tear up. But she stood behind Hikari's sock. She does not know why.
Another stride. Hikari placed her feet level.
"Go to the wall."
Ria walked to the wall and stood leaning her back on the stone. She breathed.
Even at a distance, she could not escape the stench of HIkari's socks. But she could breathe.
She watched as Hikari hoisted her claymore, placing vertically on the straps installed on the wall.
Carefully, she hung her belt up and slotted her throwing daggers in one by one.
Then, she lowered her head and saw stacks of her wyvern skin armour.
Using her toes, she knocked over the stack and spread them out on the ground to inspect them.
"Ah, your wyvern skin armour. This is where-"
"Follow" Hikari interrupted her.
Ria quickly jogged towards her leg and positioned herself right before it.
Hikari took a stride. Ria followed.
All the while, the air around her was constantly filled with the heavy stench.
There was a conspicuous ritual circle in the dead center of the chamber.
Runes inscribed onto removable blocks of stone and empty slots for mana crystals.
Hikari continued, striding towards another corner of the chamber.
She looked down at the stove. It was larger than the one she had in the hills.
Hikari turned around carefully so as to not knock over Ria who was standing very close to her leg.
Her big toe was larger than Ria's shoe.
"It's nice. Thank you my lady."
Ria's face was red and her eyes watery.
"I'm so glad you liked it. Sniff* It's quite basic for now Sniff* but I'm sure once the war is over Sniff* we could afford to fill this place with more elegant furnishings."
"What's this?"
Hikari saw a mattress on the ground with a bottle beside it.
"That's your exercise mat. There's a drain below it to collect your sweat. Oh and a bottle of bodybuilder's mix."
Hikari picked up the bottle and shook it for a bit.
"Let's share it."