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3 – Surprisingly, Dreams and Hopes Might Be Like This When You Take a Closer Look

3 – Surprisingly, Dreams and Hopes Might Be Like This When You Take a Closer Look

“Then I’ll release the transformation now, meow.”

That’s the best news I’ve heard all day.

I let out a sigh of relief, and as Cookie waved its hand, my body was once again enveloped in light. The thought of having to play the role of a magical girl (25) only brought a sigh, but there was nothing I could do now. I had to accept it. It wasn’t a complete loss since they were even paying me.

The monsters probably wouldn’t appear every day, so I just had to endure it when they did. I even use female characters in games. I could just beat the monsters to death with my magic powers or whatever, and if a strong one appeared, I could just run away.

……Yeah.

That’s what I told myself, trying to reassure myself, but

“……………………………………Hey.”

“What is it, meow?”

“The transformation hasn’t been undone yet.”

“It has, meow. Look closely, meow.”

I looked down at my body. The jeans and black t-shirt were the same clothes I had worn to the convenience store earlier. It wasn’t the revealing outfit with only black underwear that they called the “default” costume.

But somehow, the black t-shirt felt loose, pushed out at the chest, and the jeans, along with the briefs I had been wearing, fell to the floor, unable to find a place to hang on.

The clothes were back, but my body was still female.

“Your body was completely disassembled and reconstructed from the cellular level, meow. There’s no way your original form could produce this appearance, meow. It would be too tiring for me if I had to use such powerful magic every time you transformed, meow.”

“What does that mean?”

“Live as a woman, meow.”

I grabbed Cookie’s head and slammed it against the wall.

“Give it back.”

“I-I can’t, meow…”

“Give it back!”

“Ku-huk!”

I stomped hard on Cookie’s head.

It was bleeding from the nose and whimpering, but I couldn’t help it. Live as a woman?! I’ve lived as a man for over 20 years!

“I’m really going to kill you, got it? I’m not kidding. So give it back. Give it back right now!”

I shook Cookie violently and threw it around. Cookie, covered in bruises, opened its mouth with a voice trembling as if it were about to die.

“I-If you want to go back… you have to… fulfill the quota, meow…”

Quota?

What’s that?

“If you defeat monsters… you’ll accumulate points set by the Magic Kingdom, meow… If you use those points… you can terminate the contract… and go back to normal…”

“How do I use them, the points?”

“Say, ‘Open Point Shop,’ meow.”

“Open Point Shop.”

I said it right away.

A semi-transparent hologram window appeared before my eyes, just like before.

Current Points: 0pt

Along with that text, various items were listed below. There was all sorts of stuff. There were items like “Purchase Recovery Potion” and “Unlock Skill.” It was like a game.

I scrolled down and checked the items. Finally, the one I wanted appeared.

Magical Girl Contract Termination: 9999999pt

I couldn’t help but sigh.

At least “Purchase Potion” was 10pt, and “Full Magic Recovery” was 1000pt, so this alone was about 10 million pt….

“Hey, this is…”

“It’s the rule of the Magic World, not mine, meow. It’s no use talking to me.”

“Are you even listening to yourself…!”

“Haa, this is annoying, meow.”

Cookie extended its tiny hand. What was it trying to do? Let’s hear what kind of novel threat it’s going to make this time.

“Look closely, meow.”

“At what?”

“Go to sleep, Red Sun!”

With a thwack! sound, a heavy fatigue suddenly pressed down on my head. Uh, uh…? Sleepy……?

I collapsed onto the bed.

Sleepy. My eyelids are heavy. My vision is turning black.

“Sleep well, meow. Dream of me, meow.”

This, you, damn…… doll bastard…….

“Hmmnya~.”

Unable to resist the encroaching drowsiness, I eventually fell into a deep sleep.

* * *

“Is she asleep, meow?”

I could hear soft, even breathing. Even though she just became a woman, there was a strange sexiness in her sleeping face. It must be because it’s an ideal body created by magic.

Cookie floated in the air, looking down at her, and gently landed beside her.

“It’s annoying if you keep resisting like this… so I’ll help you a little, meow. Be grateful, meow.”

A faint light gathered in Cookie’s tiny hand.

Cookie placed the hand with the light on the head of the sleeping “Magical Girl (25).”

“You are a woman, meow… It’s not strange to be a woman, meow… You are a magical girl of justice, meow….”

It was casting a hypnotic spell. It’s not strange for a fairy from the Magic Kingdom to use some magic.

Unaware that her thoughts were being changed according to this suspicious fairy’s whims, the girl who had become a magical girl… she was just sleeping soundly with a lovely face.

* * *

When I woke up in the morning, the fairy named Cookie was gone.

It didn’t seem to be the convenient “it was all a dream” scenario.

Even with just a slight lowering of my head, I could see the full breasts bulging at my chest, and the empty feeling down below where the wind seemed to pass through.

…I was still in the form of a woman. That meant yesterday’s events weren’t a dream.

Only that doll-like con artist of a fairy had disappeared.

“……Did it run away, that bastard.”

Yeah, just thinking about it made my stomach churn, but it was much better not to see it. Let’s think that way.

Grumble~.

‘I’m hungry.’

First, let’s eat breakfast and then think about what to do next. I got out of bed.

* * *

‘……Something’s strange.’

After eating something in the house for breakfast (though it was already almost lunchtime), and after doing some simple cleaning, I sat on the bed to sort out the current situation.

Looking at my body again, it was still a woman’s body. My breasts were swollen, and instead of anything down below, there was only a slender, carved axe mark. It was said to be the ideal female body, but no matter how much I looked at my body, I didn’t feel any lust. Was it because it was my body, or had my mind changed to that of a woman?

I frowned and fell into thought.

Why do I feel so comfortable?

Until last night, I felt so burdened and uneasy about being turned into a woman… but strangely, I didn’t feel any anxiety now.

Rather, I felt comfortable in a woman’s body. As if I had been a woman since birth.

Hmm.

Well, whatever.

Sometimes, even if something seems like a huge deal, it feels like nothing when you wake up.

“Should I just resign myself to living as a woman for a while….”

I scratched my messy hair. Should I smoke a cigarette? I feel like I’d be calmer if I inhaled some smoke.

“I’m all out….”

Come to think of it, I was going to the convenience store yesterday to buy cigarettes.

This isn’t good. My mind, which hadn’t wavered even after becoming a woman, was starting to waver. My fingertips were trembling. I don’t have any cigarettes…!

…Ugh, thinking about it again makes me angry. Because of that doll bastard….

Should I go out and buy some now? In this state?

I looked down at my body. My pants and underwear were all loose, so I was only wearing a t-shirt right now. Even when I was a man, I tended to wear loose clothes, so the t-shirt barely reached my thighs.

Well, it seems like the important parts are covered…

Going out like this is a bit….

“First of all, the clothes are the problem.”

What should I do?

Should I order something online? How long would it take to arrive if I ordered now? But I have no experience buying women’s clothes… Ugh.

Should I call a friend? But I don’t really want to show them this form. Although I can’t hide it forever.

While I was worrying, a mechanical voice suddenly echoed in my head.

Ah, this is that thing. The guidance voice that Cookie, that damn bastard, was talking about.

“Costume?”

Transformation. Costume.

Come to think of it, yesterday was the “default.” That thing with the underwear and garter belt.

……Is that what a magical girl costume is? Something fluttery like I saw in anime when I was a kid.

So it’s possible that it could appear, that thing.

Anyway, random means you don’t know what will come out. If you’re lucky, you win, if you’re unlucky, you lose, but you can freely remove it. There’s no reason not to do it.

“………………………………Huh? Wait a minute. What did you call me just now?”

Putting aside the game-like words like player, or whatever.

“Kay…?”

I hurriedly opened the status window. In the status window, which had been blank in various places, the two letters “Kay” were clearly written next to the field.

Uh, uh, my name, is this it?

Wait a minute, my name was originally….

‘I don’t remember. What was my original name?’

Like a fog in my head, I couldn’t remember my original name. Confusing. It’s confusing.

“……Well, whatever. I couldn’t use my original name in this body anyway. More importantly, should I do it, the costume change. How do I do it?”

In an instant, my body was enveloped in light, and the large t-shirt I was wearing turned into particles and scattered.

Sparkling, another particle gathered on my body,

“Oh……?”

Before long, my appearance in proper women’s clothing appeared.

A tight-fitting black t-shirt and a precarious white mini-skirt. I even had a luxurious handbag that women would carry in my hand.

When I gently pulled the front of the t-shirt, I saw that I was wearing luxurious lace underwear inside. It was inconvenient to check below, so I’ll skip it, but I could feel that I was definitely wearing proper panties.

……Unlike what I had imagined, clothes with a casual feel appeared. It was a relief, but couldn’t it have been clothes with higher defense?

‘Is it too much to ask for that much.’

Anyway, I got some decent clothes with this.

Good.

“First, cigarettes.”

Let’s buy some clothes while we’re at it.

* * *

At this time, I made a fatal mistake.

I was so eager to smoke that I didn’t check what I needed to check. Thanks to that, I would later regret it bitterly.

Name: Kay

Costume:

Magic:

Trait:

Status:

* * *

“Are you here, Mekrak King?”

“Oh? Have you come? It’s been a while.”

“I’ve been busy with this and that.”

The headquarters of the evil organization . In the office inside, a woman wearing glasses was alone――Before the eyes of the King of Mekrak, a strange sliding door suddenly appeared, and someone opened the door and appeared.

Floating in the air, it was something like a cute cat doll.

Fairy Cookie. A creature from the Magic Kingdom and the very person who turned Kay into a magical girl just yesterday (though it was early this morning).

“Coming here in person must mean you have something to say, fairy of the Magic Kingdom?”

“That’s right, meow. I don’t come to play idly because I’m bored, meow. I want to spend my free time eating the sweetest desserts possible and watching the erotic videos I haven’t been able to see yet, meow.”

Cookie floated in the air and swam to the front of the Mekrak King, arbitrarily picking up a cookie that was on the desk and eating it.

The Mekrak King gently stroked Cookie’s tail.

Just looking at the appearance, it only looks like a young lady who loves pets.

“I found a pretty good host and made her a magical girl, meow. Can I use her as a magic power vending machine as much as I want, meow?”

“Hoo.”

The Mekrak King let out a sigh of admiration. There are many people that this arrogant fairy has arbitrarily made into “magical girls,” but there are not many who have been described as “pretty good” or “good.”

“What’s her name?”

“She’s using the name Kay right now, meow.”

“Good. I’ll pay special attention to her.”

“Your arrogant tone is annoying, meow.”

It was an arrogant tone, but the Mekrak King snorted and ignored it.

“But you’re a bad guy too. How many humans do you deceive and sell to us?”

“I explained it properly, meow. You have to be a magical girl for the sake of the world, for the sake of the Earth. If those humans are there, there’s no need to touch other inefficient Earthlings, meow.”

“I don’t think they would think that at all.”

“I don’t care, meow. Those guys believe they are justice and defeat you with magical powers, meow. Then I will believe in my justice and do what I want, meow. What’s the problem, meow?”

The Mekrak King narrowed his eyes behind his glasses and looked at Cookie.

Cookie, who had finished eating all the cookies, wagged its tail and said goodbye.

“Then I’ll go, meow. I’m counting on you for the rest, meow. Have a good humiliation, meow.”

The figure disappeared beyond the sliding door, and soon even the door disappeared without a trace.

Author’s Note

Thank you.

*The illustrations in the story are fan art by Cheesecake.