30 Years After Reincarnating, It Turns Out This World Was A Rofan?! novel Chapter 258

“...H-hey, Rose.”

“What is it, Lili?”

“Umm, maybe it’s just me, but don’t you think the men in our department have... changed lately?”

“......”

“I-I mean, don’t they look... a little more bulky?”

“Hm, I’m not sure? Isn’t that normal?”

“So it’s just me...?”

The girl called Lili—full name Lirina Boarne, also known as Chick Number 12 by their instructor—was the daughter of a baron’s family, well-known for their strikingly handsome and beautiful lineage.

As part of the Boarne bloodline, she was no exception—her features were delicate, refined, and her future as a beauty was highly anticipated.

However, compared to her peers, her growth had been rather slow. She had yet to undergo her coming-of-age ceremony and looked about the same age as younger children. This was her one and only complex.

But after undergoing the special training that her instructor had tailored just for her, her height had grown from a mere 130 cm to 139 cm in just eight months.

A 9 cm growth spurt—an astonishing transformation.

Her instructor had even assured her that her growth plates were still open and that she could grow even taller, which completely erased her previous insecurities.

She now trusted her instructor 120%.

...And yet, despite this impressive change, no one around her seemed particularly amazed.

Perhaps it was because, compared to the absurd transformations happening around her, hers was practically insignificant.

Huff! Huff!

“Just one more! One more!”

“That’s it!”

“Pull-up! Pull-up!”

The figures hanging from the pull-up bars, doing sets of chin-ups, were not bears.

They were noblemen.

The same noble young masters who, until recently, had been as soft and delicate as silk cushions.

Now, they were training hard—shirtless, their upper bodies exposed, fervently working on their muscles.

And their upper bodies had... noticeably grown.

Not in an unappealing way, of course. It wasn’t fat—they were just bigger.

But considering these were knight aspirants—the same ones who had once preached that overly bulky muscles were impractical—seeing them like this felt... odd.

Lirina wasn’t the only one confused.

“Maybe it’s because they’ve been hanging around the bear-men while helping with the cathedral’s reconstruction,” a voice answered.

“Ah....”

“And according to Master, when a man starts getting defined abs, he naturally wants to train the rest of his body as well.”

“???”

The voice belonged to Lady Levi.

Her response was polite and informative, but to Lirina, it only raised more questions.

Why did they feel the need to build more muscle?

And more importantly, why were they showing it off so blatantly?

“Hm, apparently, it’s similar to how a male lion flaunts its thick mane to attract lionesses. I don’t quite understand the sentiment myself, but—”

“...I completely agree.”

Lirina nodded vigorously.

Though, to be fair—she had proudly shown off her 9 cm growth spurt before, so she couldn’t say she entirely didn’t understand the feeling.

But still—

‘The smell of sweat...’

Did they really have to do it so openly?

Couldn’t they train somewhere less in-your-face?

“Just accept it. That’s how males are. If they have a female they’re interested in, they show off. The monkeys back in Kunta’s homeland used to do this all the time.”

“U-uhh... Kunta, if you say that, aren’t you basically calling them monkeys?”

“That’s just how nature works.”

“...Why is that oddly convincing?”

The girls found themselves strangely convinced by the barbarian’s statement.

But Kunta wasn’t finished.

“Although... the young masters are probably going to get in trouble soon. If Master sees them, he’ll be very angry.”

“Master? You mean Instructor?”

“Yeah. He spent all that time making a proper training schedule, and now they’re completely ignoring it just to bulk up. So he’s probably going to—”

Kunta trailed off.

Because before he could even finish—

“Why the hell are you training like weightlifters when you’re supposed to be track athletes, you brainless idiots?!”

SMACK!

Each one of them started getting flicked on the forehead.

Though, judging by the sound, it was more like they were getting punched.

“...I think I finally understand why Rose doesn’t seem impressed by them.”

Lirina glanced between their monstrous instructor and the now-unconscious noblemen clutching their foreheads.

“Hmm. My standards have gotten too high.”

If someone had spent their whole life staring at perfectly polished diamonds, how could they be impressed by a handful of uncut, unshaped stones?

***

It had been almost a month since Ihan last saw his cadets.

Between sending them off for reconstruction efforts and the academy’s academic exams, there hadn’t been time for training.

These exams—both written tests and interviews—determined whether students could advance to the next academic year.

As a result, even the Swordsmanship Department had taken a two-week break.

Now, just before winter vacation, they were seeing each other again for the first time in weeks.

Under normal circumstances, this reunion should’ve been filled with warm greetings and pleasant conversations.

But instead—

“I trained you into actual humans, and now you’re trying to devolve back into dumbasses?”

“S-sorry, sir.”

“You shouldn’t have done something to be sorry for in the first place.”

“Ugh...”

“Hah. For the time being, all of you are doing cardio.”

“...Y-yes, sir.”

“I didn’t hear you.”

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Thus, instead of a warm reunion, they were met with an extreme reunion—a 10-kilometer sprint.

The male cadets wheezed and gasped as they ran.

“Why do we have to suffer too?!”

“We just watched! We didn’t even do anything!”

Even the bear-men were grumbling about getting dragged into the punishment.

Ihan scoffed.

“You ever heard of collective responsibility?”

“What about the ladies?!”

“They’re still delicate. If they run at full speed, they might collapse.”

“!?”

They really wanted to scream about unfair treatment, but...

They knew.

If they did—

They’d have to deal with the glares of all the young noblewomen starting tomorrow.

So they gritted their teeth and stayed silent.

Just then, Levi approached.

“Master, why are you so wrapped up in bandages? Did you fight some kind of legendary beast?”

“...Legendary beast, huh?”

She looked genuinely worried.

But there was also a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Because—who in this kingdom could possibly injure him that badly?

Ihan sighed and scratched his cheek.

“Well... I did something stupid. Don’t worry about it.”

“??”

Yeah.