Ch.181180. Reunion (1)

# 180. Reunion (1)

As always, I woke up feeling the clear sunlight pouring through the window onto my body and listening to the refreshing chirping of sparrows.

Feeling refreshed for the first time in a long while, I stretched my arms up with satisfaction.

“Not feeling bad today.”

It was definitely a special day, and my condition felt particularly good.

Of course, it didn’t really matter since the journey would take a day or two anyway.

While I was preparing to depart in this refreshing morning—

*Ding-dong!*

The doorbell rang.

I was going to leave soon anyway…

What an impatient one.

I finished my preparations a bit more hastily than usual, then immediately gathered my luggage and stepped out into the hallway.

“Took you fucking forever.”

That tone and voice—I naturally assumed it was Elin.

In fact, it could only be Elin.

But the person standing before me wasn’t Elin.

More precisely, their appearance was different.

I asked Elin, who had transformed from a hopeless tomboy into someone with looks that could easily be the top student in school.

“That… lasts quite a while, huh?”

“Exactly two days. Should wear off when we arrive. You should drink yours quickly too.”

Behind Elin were two other people.

Fortunately, it seemed their genders hadn’t changed.

Luna was still a woman, and Leo was still a man.

But… I could be different, right?

That thought suddenly crossed my mind, so to prepare for any possibility, I asked Elin.

“This doesn’t… change your gender too, does it?”

“You might end up with an appearance that makes people perceive you as a woman.”

“Can I not drink it?”

“Stop talking nonsense and drink it.”

Leo handed me the potion bottle with a somewhat rough command.

He didn’t seem pleased with his transformed appearance.

“I’m really nervous about this…”

With anxiety in my heart, I poured the contents of the bottle into my mouth.

“Ugh…!”

As soon as it entered my mouth, I felt a burning sensation through my mouth and throat.

As expected of concentrated magic, it tasted awful and caused pain like my entire body was on fire.

“Haa… haa…”

The pain made me collapse to the floor, and I had to fight against it for a brief moment.

At first, it was just my mouth and throat, but as time passed, the pain spread throughout my entire body.

This really… fucking hurts…

Thankfully, after about five minutes, the pain subsided somewhat.

“Is this supposed to hurt this much…? Huh?”

I spoke and was startled by my voice.

It wasn’t my original voice but an unfamiliar woman’s voice.

Even though I was the one speaking, that voice reached my ears.

Elin watched me with a pleased yet mischievous expression, while Luna couldn’t hide her amazement.

“Wow…”

“…”

Feeling uneasy at their reactions, I immediately turned on my phone camera to check my appearance.

A sigh escaped my lips involuntarily.

“Ah…”

Elin was beside herself with joy at the sight.

This was undoubtedly all that rascal’s doing.

“Hey…”

“You look kind of… no, you look fucking gorgeous, unni!”

“Ah… shit…”

I should have noticed earlier.

An hour before our scheduled meeting time, and all three of them waiting for me together this early—I should have been suspicious.

“Unni! Your clothes look way too big. Want to borrow mine?!”

“Why did my height and body shrink too?”

“Just so you know, your thing is still intact.”

“Can you answer my question?”

“The potion I gave you is special!”

Elin had been overly excited since earlier, and I really wanted to slap her across the face.

I looked down at my body, which had become too small for my clothes.

“Why just me?”

“This… wasn’t my idea!”

“Then whose was it?”

“That’s a secret.”

“Ah… damn it…”

The situation was already annoying enough, and Elin kept using formal speech to mock me.

She’s really mastered the art of teasing people… But I do need clothes…

I chose the lesser of two evils.

“Luna… can I borrow some clothes?”

“Huh? From me?”

“At least you’re better than that jerk.”

The lesser evil is definitely better than the worst option.

“Um… okay, what do you want to wear?”

“Something I can wear, not like a dress.”

“Men can wear dresses too. Are you being sexist? Oh… you’re a woman now…”

“Shut up. And I’m not a woman.”

While I might look like a woman on the outside, I was missing the most important parts.

I asked Luna, who was contemplating what clothes to give me.

“Do you have something like… a hoodie?”

“Oh! I do! I’ll bring a hoodie and pants!”

“And shoes…”

“Sure!”

Luna was definitely a hundred, no, a thousand times better than Elin.

“Don’t you need a bra? Ah… I should’ve gotten one that gives you breasts too…”

“I said shut up!”

“There are actually potions that can turn you completely into a woman.”

“Don’t tell me… I don’t want to know…”

“But seriously, you’re beautiful… I’m kind of jealous.”

“You are pretty… I’ll admit that.”

But isn’t that obvious?

Since the original is handsome, of course the female version would be pretty.

I was about to say that but held back.

“You’re exactly the look I imagined, unni.”

“Can’t you call me like you usually do?”

“Calling you ‘oppa’ doesn’t fit… you’re too pretty.”

“Just use informal speech.”

“That’s a shame… Hey, Leo? Say something too.”

Leo was blushing and hiding his face beside us.

But he kept sneaking glances as if he wanted to look.

“What’s wrong with him?”

“Well… can you take a look at yourself?”

“My state? What about it? We’re both men…”

“Nobody—and I guarantee this—would think you’re a man right now.”

Leo seemed quite confident about that.

Apparently, my current appearance was quite something.

“I brought them!”

“Oh… thank goodness…”

“Unni! Let me help you change…”

“Shut up.”

“Come on… don’t be like that!!”

Elin kept pestering me, and I wanted to shut her mouth right then and there.

*Woong!!*

“Oh my! Me? S-sorry… I’ll stop.”

“Take it easy, will you?”

“Okay…”

As soon as I deactivated [Mortal’s End], Elin let out a sigh of relief and spoke excitedly.

“But seriously… you had such charisma just now. Girl crush? I’m not teasing, for real.”

She clearly had no intention of taking it easy.

“I’ll just… go change…”

I went back into my room, trying to hold up my pants that were about to fall down.

Then I changed into the clothes Luna had brought.

A plain hoodie and jeans.

And a rather cute hat too.

Not a bad outfit.

After changing, I stood in front of the full-length mirror and looked at my reflection.

“Wow… Is… is this… w-watashi?”

My facial features were essentially the same, but the longer hair completely changed the impression.

A different kind of beauty from her—in the mirror stood a woman who gave off the vibe of a cold city girl in the middle of winter.

“Damn, I’m pretty?”

Still in a state of extreme self-admiration, I went back outside.

Wearing the clothes Luna had given me, they each had different reactions when they saw me.

“Oh my…”

“You really have a talent for crossdressing, don’t you?”

“…”

Among them, Leo’s reaction was definitely the strangest.

Luna’s reaction was normal, and Elin was always like that, but he seemed completely dazed.

“What’s wrong?”

“In a different way… you’re going to attract a lot of attention.”

“But I’m dressed so plainly? I’m not even wearing makeup, right?”

“The fact that you still look like that is insane.”

“That’s what I’m saying! You really have talent!”

Talent or not, I had no interest in crossdressing—never had, don’t have, and never will.

Unable to waste any more time, I headed straight for the elevator.

“Let’s go quickly. When’s the train?”

“Unni, there’s no need to rush. It leaves in an hour.”

“We still need to eat.”

“We can eat on the train~”

“Anyway! Let’s go.”

I figured she would stop talking if we went somewhere crowded.

I walked as quickly as possible toward the train station.

Everyone followed me, and even Elin, despite complaining, eventually followed along.

“We have an hour left… and the station is close…”

“We can wait there. I haven’t eaten breakfast yet.”

“We already ate.”

“I figured as much…”

It seemed everyone except me had already eaten before pulling that stunt this morning.

They left me out completely.

“How about filling your stomach with cake and coffee, unni? This place is delicious!”

“I want to eat soup.”

“What? You rushed all the way here just to eat soup? Are you crazy?”

“If you don’t like it, you can eat there.”

“Fine! I’ll eat here! Call me when you’re done!!”

I wondered if she could really act like that even with a disguise.

Her energy is unnecessarily high as usual…

I entered the soup restaurant alone, amazed at my terrible little sister’s behavior.

Naturally, I ordered pork soup and headed for the most secluded seat.

‘It feels a bit awkward eating alone.’

Just as I thought that, as if reading my mind, two men approached.

For some reason, they sat at my table and stared at me with uncomfortably flirtatious gazes.

And then…

“Hey miss, are you here alone?”