My Gift Is “Beauty”. I Think It’s Useless, but It Seems to Be an S-Rank Gift With the Strongest Buff Effect for Beautiful Girls

Chapter 48: The Hope of the Model

“Ugh… sob…”

In a room, a woman cried alone at midnight.

She placed her hand on her sunken right breast, grieving for what she lost, feeling utterly helpless.

Nikaidou Koi was her name. She was a twenty-five-year-old model.

She worked as a model since her teens for about ten years.

She planned to marry and become a mother, yet still work as a model for mom-oriented magazines. She attracted that much attention as a person.

But then—Nikaidou Koi received a diagnosis of breast cancer.

She had to undergo a full right breast removal, and her life was no longer in danger.

However, she needed to restrict her future modeling activities, and she could no longer do swimsuit photoshoots.

Now, Nikaidou Koi stood at a crossroads, deciding whether to continue work as a model.

Breast reconstruction surgery existed. However, it required a long period.

People said reconstruction could be done beautifully now, but she didn’t know if it would meet her ideals.

Also, hormonal imbalances might affect her ovaries, and she might not be able to have children. Worse, men might not want to date her without a breast.

Because of this, she thought about many things, and her thoughts darkened.

She felt her life as a woman—everything—slipped away, and Nikaidou Koi sank into despair.

She hadn’t announced her diagnosis to the public yet.

She only announced she would take a long vacation.

“Sigh… what should I do with my life from now on…?”

In the lonely room, Nikaidou Koi only sighed into the void.

◇ ◇ ◇

She finished breast cancer treatment, and some time passed.

“Nikaidou-san—”

“Midori-chan.”

On this day, Hourai Midori, the heiress of the adventurer-specialized entertainment agency Treasure Next, visited Koi’s house to check on her.

“I can’t say anything strange. But… still… I wait for the day Nikaidou-san returns.”

“Thanks… I thought maybe if I slept and woke up, my breasts would grow bigger, but it doesn’t work like that.”

“…”

Nikaidou Koi muttered with a dry smile.

Midori didn’t know how to respond to that.

But the keyword “breasts would grow bigger” sparked something in her.

“Huh… no… could it be…?”

“What’s up?”

“Um… I can’t say yet. But—I’ll contact you again! Please wait!”

“Huh? Oh… she left.”

Midori visited for about fifteen minutes.

She left Koi’s house with little conversation.

Outside, Midori called someone.

She met this person recently.

She asked desperately if something was possible.

The person on the phone said, “I don’t know.”

But they suggested asking the person directly, so they arranged to meet.

◇ ◇ ◇

The air grew cold as December approached.

Hayashido Hibiki, Takanashi Hiroyo, Ihara Umirin, and a middle school girl sat in the reception room of Treasure Next’s headquarters.

“Thank you for making time today,” said Hourai Midori.

“No, it’s fine. But… wow, it’s the real Koi-chan…” said Hibiki.

“Amazing…” said Umirin.

Midori greeted them.

Hibiki and Umirin, who previously met actress Shiina Orika, trembled with excitement.

Hibiki loved fashion models.

She liked beauty, but she also admired their appearance and lifestyle. Among them, Nikaidou Koi was so famous that everyone knew her. Umirin felt similarly.

So Hibiki looked forward to meeting Nikaidou Koi today.

“Thank you for coming today. I’m Nikaidou Koi,” said the model with long flaxen hair.

Not only Hibiki couldn’t contain her emotions.

“Wow, Hibiki-senpai, it’s the real thing!” said the middle school girl.

“I know… Here, introduce yourself. I’m Hayashido Hibiki. This is Takanashi Hiroyo, and our junior, Suzukawa Aoi,” said Hibiki.

She introduced Hiroyo and Aoi, who recently retired from the basketball club and broke up with her boyfriend. Bringing Aoi here today had a purpose.

“Let’s get to the point. Nikaidou Koi-san underwent a full right breast removal due to breast cancer,” said Midori.

The room tensed instantly.

Midori had mentioned the illness beforehand, but not the details. The four swallowed hard at the heavy news.

This topic concerned whether Nikaidou Koi could continue as a model.

“Don’t make those faces. Well, I was depressed during my hospital stay. I never thought I’d get this in my twenties,” said Koi.

“What about modeling…?” asked Hibiki.

“I don’t know. But maybe this sunken breast… Midori-chan introduced you all because there might be a chance…” said Koi.

“Hiroyo…” said Hibiki.

“Yeah,” said Hiroyo.

The conversation was just beginning.

First, they needed to do something.

To keep Hiroyo’s skill private, Umirin used her gift to form a vow of silence.

Koi agreed, and once the vow was made, they explained Hiroyo’s skill.

“I got bigger breasts thanks to Hiroyo-senpai’s Breast Enhancement skill. I was an AAA cup, but now I’m a C cup!” said Hibiki.

“Really…” said Koi.

“But I don’t know if it works on something removed,” said Hiroyo.

The Breast Enhancement skill normally increased size by one rank.

That information alone didn’t clarify if it was possible.

“If there’s one possibility, it’s using skills together,” said Umirin.

“Together?” asked Koi.

“Yes. There’s a Skin Quality Improvement skill. It healed a curse’s burn perfectly before,” said Umirin.

A-rank adventurer Asumi Shishido suffered a curse’s burn from a dragon in an A-rank dungeon. The Skin Quality Improvement skill healed it perfectly a year ago, still fresh in memory.

“Skin Quality Improvement regenerates skin. So maybe combining it with Breast Enhancement…” said Umirin.

Hiroyo used two skills together before.

But he never used two skills for a synergistic effect.

This time, he planned to regenerate chest skin cells with Skin Quality Improvement and restore the original shape with Breast Enhancement.

“Nikaidou-san… what do you think? Should we take some time—” asked Midori.

“I’ll do it… I want to do it… If there’s even a slight chance…” said Koi.

“Koi-chan… it’s okay… it’ll heal… it will heal…” said Midori.

Koi answered quickly to Midori’s words.

Hibiki’s eyes trembled at her response.

They disbanded for the day.

They scheduled the procedure for later.

“Hey, Hibiki. Why didn’t you use your skill?” asked Hiroyo outside Treasure Next’s building.