It was a quiet, serene village—a quaint, rural habitation with an unadorned but fulfilling way of life. Situated between the mountain pass, the cluster of houses was scattered in the small gully between the mountain pass, and the light from the early morning sun fell between the ravine and into the small basin where it dwelt. It was a perfect, tranquil, innocent settlement out of the way in a mountainous, scenic region.
The birds chirped, and the blades of grass danced in the wind as the villagers went about their business. Little did they know that their placid village was about to be overrun by the panty parade.
The army of young women marched in, all with their trousers down, displaying a vast spectrum of panty hues. The cheerful panty party of nymphs was in high spirits and appeared to enjoy showing off the underwear.
The company looked as though they had been unleashed from a chaotic catwalk—one where choreography was sidelined for the color spectrum, with their britches lumped around their ankles and their vibrant panties dominating the scenery.
A farmer peered at them with his pitchfork, his breath completely taken away. His eyes were so glued to the knickered nymphs that he failed to notice the rake lying idly before him. It sprang up as he stood on its head, and the handle smacked him squarely between the eyes.
His wife shook her head in exasperation. She said nothing, but the farmer knew what she wanted to say.
Holding her mother's hand, a little girl pointed at the bizarre spectacle before her and shouted: "Mama, I can see all their knickers!"
The mother quickly shielded the child's innocent eyes from the knicker kaleidoscope.
Among them was the beautiful Elder Dark Elf, wearing extravagant jodhpurs, except they were around her ankles instead of her waist.
Like the Queen of the knicker kingdom, her shimmering white briefs were a symbol, a banner, that the pants-down party was proudly passing through.
"Make way for W-underwear Woman!" Zenlya exclaimed in glee. The more demure Vespyad beside her looked more nervous, her face scanning the ground and a hand on an elbow.
"Something up, Vwebby?" Zenlya asked her.
"I just don't feel comfortable… being in my underwear in front of all these folks." She said in a hushed voice.
"Aw, but you look amazing in your undies!" Zenlya replied. "And you got the most amazing legs!"
"Y-You really think so?!" Vwebb replied in amazement.
"Yeah! They're so cute! And they look so flattering on you!"
"Do you think… Bold will like them?"
"Unless he swings the other way, I think he will have a little meltdown in his own undies!"
Vwebb blushed at the thought of Boldasarre seeing her in her underwear.
"Are you sure it's all right to come here, Lady Ellustrya?" Boldasarre asked. "We won't run into any adventurers, will we?"
"We sent scouts, who reported no sign of any adventurers," she assured him, her features resolute. "Given how remote and hard to reach this place is, I imagine they rarely get adventurers around here. Besides, even if adventurers did see us in this state of… undress around here, it still technically counts as a populated area."
"Then, does that mean we can pull up our pants here, then? That wind is getting rather chilly." He said with a shiver, covering his white briefs with his hands.
"Boldasarre, if I pulled up my trousers, I would lose and have to return home, even here. You don't want that, do you?"
"No! Of course not! I'll do everything in my power to stop that from happening!"
"Besides, I'm starting to enjoy the thrill of it…"
"The thrill of what?"
"Of not getting caught adventuring in my knickers."
"Oh." Boldasarre said awkwardly. "I… see."
Ellustrya adjusted her undergarments by stretching the back, putting her fingers inside, and tugging the narrow sides over her bare hips. The elasticity of the underwear hit her skin, causing an audible snap. Boldasarre clenched his nose, which was as red as Rudolph's. Ellustrya noticed his reaction and a mischievous grin began to form on her otherwise impassive face.
"Boldasarre… do you think I'm… sexy?" She asked him.
"Huh?"
"Do you find me…attractive?"
"Eeeehhhhh???"
"You just can't resist me in my knickers, can you? You are a man, after all."
"I… uh….I… ummm…"
She turned to face him and pushed the front of her body against his, their underwear both in contact.
"Boldasarre…. you have no idea how long I've waited for your rebirth and how much I've missed you. I kept my chastity all this time for our reunion. And now, Boldasarre, as I promised you back then, I am ready to bear your child. My knickers aren't just cloth, Boldasarre, but a symbol of my love to you. Please accept it."
Boldasarre nose erupted with blood, gushing out both of his nostrils. His eyes rolled back, and his face turned pale, and then he fainted.
"Boldasarre…. Boldasarre? Boldasarre!"
There was a slight panic in Ellustrya's voice. That was all Boldasarre could remember before he blacked out.
When Boldasarre came to, he looked up at Ellustra's hourglass-shaped torso and got close and personal with her crimson military jacket. Her broad yet delicate shoulders, draped with a shawl or a cape, made her look like an imposing royal figure.
And then he realized where his head was resting - on Ellustrya's bare thighs, with a distinctive white V-shaped fabric between them - her knickers, which stood out against her rich, coppery skin. She was giving him a lap pillow.
She ran her dainty, elongated fingers through his hair, peering down at him with a concerned, motherly look.
"I'm so sorry, Boldasarre," she said. "I took it too far. How are you feeling?"
"I… think I'm fine." He said despondently.
"This was my fault. I got overexcited and made you feel uncomfortable."
He stretched his hand towards her lovely face and cupped her cheek.
"Ellustrya… You could never make me feel uncomfortable…"
"Boldasarre…"
"There is nobody more beautiful than you in the entire world."
"I…"
"I'm sorry I kept you waiting all this time, but I just want you to know… that I love you. I can't remember much of my former life except that my love for you never perished, even if my body did."
"Boldasarre… do you remember us?"
"I can feel our love… but I have no memory of it."
"But…"
Before she could formulate even a sentence, he suddenly lifted himself off her lap and sat up, wrapped his arms around her, and pressed his lips against hers. She seemed stunned at first. But then she placed her hand on his face and stuck her tongue deep into his mouth, their lips locking and time standing still.
"You've… not lost your touch," she said.
"And you're no less beautiful now than you were back then."
"Boldasarre, would you carry me like you used to?"
With a simple smile, he scooped her up in his arms and whisked her off her feet like a princess, her trousers still dangling down by her feet. She reached for his face and kissed him.
Trying not to trip over his own trousers, he spun her around, and she giggled hysterically. The normally stoic Princess had never been so happy. This was a day to be remembered.
"Boldasarre… you said you liked my knickers back then. Do you still like them now?" She said as she tugged on her white briefs.
"Of course I do!" He replied.
"Would you like to… touch them?"
"T-Touch them?"
"Yes. Like this."
She moved his hand across the soft, thin fabric that accentuated her figure so well.
"L-Lady Ellustrya!!"
"Relax, I permitted you to touch them, didn't I? What do you think?"
"I…. uh…."
"What happened to the confidence you had just now?"
"Well…"
"Never mind. Put me down."
"Uh, yes."
He gently placed her back on her feet, and she stood as tall and regal as ever, with the white of her underwear peeking beneath her crimson military jacket. She looked at him as if something pained her deeply but then shook her head. Boldasarre didn't know what he had done to upset her.
He then heard footsteps rapidly approaching them.
"There you are!" Zatrona exclaimed, her own trousers still down and her regal underwear in full view. "I've been searching all over… I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?"
"No, nothing at all." Ellustrya said in a pensive tone.
"It looked like he finally remembered you. Should I come back another time?"
"It's fine."
"I was always so jealous of you two. Anyway, we could not secure a place to stay at the local inn."
"That's to be expected."
"They told us to pull our trousers up. Only then would they let us stay there. Said we were a bad influence on the children or something."
"So, I suppose we have to set up camp nearby?"
"Yes, I think we may have overstayed our welcome here."
"Well, who can blame them? We arrived here with our trousers down and knickers flashing."
"But you love it, don't you?"
"I won't deny that. I think everyone looks so good in their knickers."
"Such an exhibitionist, Princess! I never thought I'd ever see this side of you. Just how long have we known each other, now?"
"Well, everyone has already seen me in my knickers."
"That's true! But at least they're good ones."
"Good ones? Hah! Don't make me laugh!"
A familiar, shrill voice cut short the conversation,
"Well, well, well, if it ain't the panty princess! Fancy seeing you here!"
The trio turned to face their unexpected company, with their trousers shuffling around their ankles and their underwear standing out against the rural backdrop. Before them was Celdine, her trousers rumpled and crumpled around her feet, her uncovered legs laid bare, and her brightly colored panties drawing all eyes to them. The high-spirited, underwear-parading adventurer was accompanied by the two other members of her party: Aerisa, the Dark Elf butler with her slacks down and strawberry prints on full display, and Tamesis, trousers down and her white cotton briefs lighting brilliantly in the sun.
"Oh, it's you…" Ellustrya muttered, rolling her eyes with exasperation.
"A friend of yours?" Zatrona asked with a degree of levity in her voice.
"Calling her a 'friend' might be pushing it." Ellustrya responded curtly, sighing in disfavor. "To me, she's more of just a headache."
"Think yer above the rules, huh, you prissy little Princess!" Celdine said. "Well, Ellustry, I'm gonna expose ya right here, right now, once and fer all!" Celdine declared.
"Oh? And what exactly do you intent to do?" Ellustrya grilled Celdine dubiously.
"I bet you're not actually in your panties! I bet you're actually wearing a leotard!"
"What?!"
"Now Miss Goldenstar, that is ridiculous, and…" Aerisa tried to defend her mistress.
"Zip it up, strawberry butt!" Celdine snapped back.
"Lady Ellustrya, can I just say what a huge inspiration you are to me and…" Tamesis never finished her sentence.
"Hey! Ya'll supposed to be on my side! Anyway Ellustry, I think you've cleverly disguised the fact that you're wearing a leotard instead of panties with all that fancy attire covering you from the waist up!"
"I can say for a fact that they're her underwear and not a leotard." Boldasarre interjected.
"How d'ya know, Boldy?"
"Because… I pulled them down…"
"You what?" Celdine exclaimed as her jaw dropped to the floor, her eyes doubling in size and her eyelids vanishing.
"Y… You've gone that far already?" Her face was redder than a baboon's backside, easily the reddest thing in sight. Her teeth clenched. "Boldy, you perv!" She bellowed like as if this was the crime of the century.
"Oh, I should've just kept my mouth shut!" Boldasarre muttered to himself dejectedly.
"You two have got some explaining to do!" Celdine said to them accusingly. "You, Ellustry, are a dangerous homewrecker, using your royal undies to entice my poor lil ol' innocent Boldy! From now on, I must ask you to pull your trousers up."
"Miss Goldenstar…. are you forfeiting our competition?" Ellustrya asked her. "By asking me to pull up my trousers, you're asking me to withdraw from the game, but I have not broken any rules."
"You look too sexy in your panties! That's cheating!" Celdine fired back. "This can't be good for Boldy's health!"
"But Boldasarre loves seeing me in my knickers. Isn't that right, Boldasarre?" She was not going to take no for an answer.
"Of course I do, Lady Ellustrya!" He said tentatively.
"Boldy! I'm destined to marry you! Don't be seduced by Princess fancy-pants other there!" Celdine blurted.
"Boldasarre already declared his undying love for me," Ellustrya said. "You lose again, Miss Goldenstar."
"Lose, my ass! You think you're so better than everyone with your pretty, fancy white panties? Those perfect panties that accentuate your form so perfectly, with all the lovely, intricate, flowery designs? You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you spoilt, rich little girl with her spoilt, rich underwear!" Celdine's tirade seemed never to end.
"Now, now, everyone." Zatrona mediated, acting as the grown-up in the room. "Let's not turn this into a courtroom drama. We've got bigger things to worry about—like finding somewhere to stay where our knickers aren't the main attraction." She hoped to keep the two warring lovers from each other's throats whilst their pants were on the ground.
This is just another fine mess, Boldasarre's inner voice mused. Now everyone's going to misunderstand and think I pulled down Ellustrya's royal panties because I'm some pervert. Why can't I just have a normal adventure for once? Now I'm navigating a panty minefield!
Boldasarre, from now on, don't mention Ellustrya's royal undies ever again, he said to himself while standing there in his underwear.