Chapter 133: Graduation Part 2

The girls from Zenith’s academy gather in a suitable room to put on the clothes they will wear for graduation. They are trying them on and adjusting what they will actually wear for the upcoming graduation ceremony. After Charlotte showed Zenith where she would be staying, she had more things to do, and this clothing fitting with the others was one of them.

All of them need to prepare. When it comes to grades, Ashlyn is the honor student of their class and will give a speech, so she wanted to at least dress in a way that would not draw attention, while there is also the student council president, who will be graduating and is also an honor student, in addition to the smaller speeches they will be allowed to give.

So the six of them have plenty to do on graduation day, and right now they are all checking each other’s clothes to make sure everything is perfect. All of them want to have perfect pictures of themselves on such an important occasion.

Since they want to keep these photos, most of them never really expected to graduate someday. Without a teacher to teach them, there was no way they could graduate at all, leaving them with nothing to do but wait for someone who would give them classes.

"What do you think, Charlotte? Does this dress look good on me?" Eirwen asks, giving a small twirl. She is wearing a long white dress with dark cyan flower details, a little princess-style dress that she is wearing to honor her father. One of the last things they did together was play around while she wore an outfit in this style.

So she decided to wear something similar for her graduation, as a way of showing that she has grown and that the past is no longer holding her back like it used to.

"It looks great, Eirwen. It suits you really well, although your hairstyle is kind of funny. I’ve never seen you with anything other than straight hair, so putting it up in a bun with braids is definitely new. The fit around your waist looks good too. What about mine?" Charlotte approves of Eirwen’s outfit while showing off her own. Since the graduation allows any outfit as long as it is not considered indecent or problematic, the girls are free to choose whatever they want to wear.

Charlotte’s dress has a more elegant style, a long red dress with black patterns and a more seductive touch, though it is still soft and somewhat puritanical, giving her a mixed image. Meanwhile, her hair is styled in a long, thick braid that she tosses over her shoulder, falling in front of her right breast.

"It looks amazing!! Red looks strangely good on you. Here, the accessory." Eirwen approaches and places the golden rose accessory on the side of Charlotte’s hair, completing the look.

While the two talk about their outfits, Rouge looks in the mirror. Her outfit is much simpler, literally the military uniform she was going to wear. She decided to arrive already dressed in military clothes to show that this is the day she officially joins the army.

Meanwhile, Ashlyn and Tanya are wearing outfits with similar styles, skirts that are not too long but not too short either, while the tops are where they differ, with Tanya wearing a black-and-white top and Ashlyn wearing a comfortable sweatshirt.

Edith, on the other hand, is wearing something much more suggestive, tight in all the places that emphasize her physique and feminine attributes, with a provocative and vibrant purple-and-black color scheme. But instead of focusing on her dress, she focuses on the other girls.

"...If you keep staring at me like that, I’m going to fry you," Tanya says disdainfully to Edith. Since they are all using the academy to change into their clothes, they were changing in the same place, which Edith took advantage of to memorize all of their bodies in their underwear.

’If she’s this pissed off just because I’m looking at her, she’d be furious if she realized I took pictures of all of them while they were putting on their dresses...hehehe...I still have a picture of the teacher in her underwear, and now I have pictures of them too...I’d better hide my phone.’ She quickly hides her phone inside her dress while smiling.

"Wow...easy there, Tanya! You don’t have to be so hard on me, you know? You look cute in that outfit, so I couldn’t stop staring. It’s enchanting. That skirt really suits you. You look like a model." Edith compliments Tanya, who blushes slightly.

"Of course it looks good on me. I’m gorgeous. Anything I wore would look good on me no matter what it was." Tanya boasts proudly about her appearance.

"Yes, yes, anything would look good on you, so how about we practice for the photo session? Strike a pose. I bet you’ll look magnificent." Tanya falls for it and strikes a pose while Edith pulls out her phone with a fake motion as though she had just picked it up for the first time, then begins taking pictures.

’How cute...she’s wearing heart-patterned panties. That’s pretty funny...Charlotte already wears pretty daring lingerie...so Tanya has this purer heart, huh...good to know.’

"Pose, Tanya. For a keepsake photo, you need a memorable pose!! You can’t embarrass yourself when you get on stage. I’m sure you’ll look magnificent." Edith encourages her, touching and stroking Tanya’s ego while Tanya poses for her.

The others ignore the fact that Tanya is being tricked while Ashlyn approaches Rouge.

"Rouge, y-you’re really going with that outfit?" Ashlyn asks nervously, wondering whether she should wear military clothes too, since Ashlyn is trying not to embarrass herself right now.

"Yes. Do you think there’s any problem with me deciding to go dressed like this?" Rouge asks in a serious tone, but without actually complaining about the question. She herself does not know whether there would be any issue with wearing this kind of outfit to a graduation ceremony.

"N-No! It’s just unusual...T-the others are wearing such elegant clothes...s-so I don’t really know what we’re supposed to wear." Ashlyn’s outfit is a mix of something almost casual and something formal. She did not know what to choose, and Mycena did not know how to help her with it either.

"Wear whatever you want. The academy made it clear that we do not have to wear academy uniforms, and that everyone can come dressed in whatever they feel comfortable wearing. I heard some students are even going to show up in costumes just for the joke." Rouge speaks with disinterest.

"I think as long as you don’t show up naked, expose your private parts, wear something with criminal implications, or dress like a prostitute, the academy will ignore it. After all, if costumes are allowed, then the bar is pretty damn high." Rouge mutters as she gives the pockets of her uniform one last check.

But although she had initially thought the fact that they could wear almost anything was really stupid, the reason for it was to give the students who would be entering the army some freedom and time to breathe, since they would have almost no freedom in many things and would be putting themselves at risk.

While Ashlyn watches Rouge check her uniform, still unsure whether she should change into something different, Charlotte and Eirwen continue talking about each other’s outfits and the graduation ceremony.

"Your dress is beautiful and all, and it suits you, and honestly, you look even cuter because of your cat ears and tail, but do you think the teacher is coming? I really want a picture of the seven of us." Eirwen speaks with tension in her voice.

"...I don’t know. I’d like her to be at the graduation too, but there’s no way to know..." Charlotte tries to be realistic without being pessimistic, but she cannot predict what is going through Zenith’s mind.

’The teacher is so damn stubborn. Even after my little threat, she didn’t even care...I could probably send messages to Nadir, and from what I managed to find out, Zenith and Nadir have a good relationship with each other...but it isn’t worth it...’ Charlotte thinks about what she discovered.

She has to be careful. She has contacts, but having contacts does not mean she can get unlimited help for free. She cannot abuse the goodwill of those who are supporting her, because the more she uses that help, the greater her debt becomes. For now, she is being helped because of the help she previously provided, but after asking to learn more about Zenith, she should offer something to Myller as well if she wants anything else.

She has already used up all the help she received from Myller, and now, if she wants something, she should also offer Myller something in return, which could be costly. That is why she cannot simply ask them to find some way to notify Nadir about Zenith’s activities.

"I think I’m going to keep messaging the teacher until she agrees!! She should go. After everything, it would be really cruel of her not to show up!! She’s so strict and rigid with us, and skipping our graduation after all our hard work would be frustrating and discouraging!" Eirwen says with a confident nod.

"It’s up to you, Eirwen, but I think if you did that, she’d definitely refuse to come just out of spite and with some sarcastic attitude, because you know the teacher’s personality very well." Charlotte says with a sigh as she begins removing the accessory to put it away.

"..." Eirwen simply accepts this for now before leaving the room to spend some time alone and think about how to get Zenith to attend the graduation ceremony.