Lucky Underwear

From the perspective of Elize, who has become Eric

"Hmmm..."

"What are you looking for, sir?"

"Oh, nothing...!"

I responded awkwardly to the friendly shop assistant at the lingerie store, who then walked away with a puzzled look.

For Akira to succeed in his magic, he needs to be excited.

And to get him excited, it seems I must show him my underwear.

I spent my day off shopping for what I've dubbed 'lucky underwear'.

I am not a woman.

So, I shouldn't feel embarrassed or resistant to showing my underwear to a man.

But what is this sharp pain in my chest?

Right. I don't want Akira to think of me as an improper lady.

I want to be seen as a good girl.

No, no...

It's as if I'm considering Akira as a romantic interest.

A dark, undefined emotion, akin to a maiden's heart, swirled within me.

In the end, I bought thongs and T-backs at the lingerie shop.

"No, maybe Akira likes childish underwear, no, perhaps something more adult-like is better, but he does like cute things, doesn't he?"

Eventually, I wandered between the children's underwear section and the regular women's underwear section, buying a variety of underwear featuring bears, rabbits, plain white briefs, and striped patterns.

"What am I doing!"

A man buying such a collection for another guy, if not for a perverted reason!

But it's all for magic, to save Salieri!

What should I do from tomorrow?

I plan to test each pair of underwear daily, recording Akira's success rate with his magic.

I'll create scatter plots from the vast data on underwear, calculate standard deviations, perform logistic regression analysis, and maximize utility based on which underwear excites Akira the most.

What am I thinking!

How much do I intend to show my underwear to Akira just to gather data!

I'm a pervert! A harlot!

If I do this, Akira will hate me for being a perverted woman!

With these tormented thoughts, my day off ended.

"Good morning, Elize, I have something to report."

Akira looked happy, but I couldn't face him properly.

"What's wrong?"

"I've managed to do the rolled tongue without seeing the underwear. Maybe I've got the knack of it? Huh? What's wrong, Elize? You look distracted."

My way of spending the day off was just... devastating.