episode_0022

Being able to return to the original world is indeed good news. But the condition for that is…

‘10,000 points for female corruption?’

Not a hundred points or a thousand points. How corrupted does one have to be to reach the level of 10,000 points?

And even if I go back with my gender identity so drastically altered, can I live a normal life in the original world?

It’s not a joke…

“What are you thinking?”

At that moment, I showed Lager the screen on the tablet.

“Look at this. Isn’t it ridiculous? It’s like some kind of status window, saying that if you achieve 10,000 points for female corruption, they’ll send you back to the original world. After adapting to a changed gender here, what’s the point of being turned back to the original state?”

Lager took the tablet and examined the content with a serious expression.

It was so serious that I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Hey, why are you staring at it so seriously?”

“So what do you want to do?”

“Of course, I won’t do it! It doesn’t seem like there’s a penalty for not doing it. Isn’t it fine to just live like this?”

“Like this, how?”

“My body is female, but my mind is male. Just like now!”

Laughing nonchalantly, I linked arms with Lager.

Meanwhile, the tonkatsu arrived. I had spicy tonkatsu, Lager had cheese tonkatsu. The thinly fried and crispy tonkatsu paired perfectly with the sweet sauce, making me smile involuntarily.

“Mmm! It’s really delicious, isn’t it?”

“This place is good.”

“The portions are huge.”

“They also have unlimited rice.”

“Oh, how did you know?”

“It’s written over there.”

“Right. Thanks!”

With that, the conversation ended, and between the two of us, there was only the sound of munching on tonkatsu.

But since becoming a woman, the portions seemed to have decreased, and as I reached halfway through the tonkatsu, my stomach slowly started to feel heavy. Seeing me breathing heavily and looking around, Lager raised his hand to call the waiter.

“Please give me a cola.”

“Soda, soda.”

“Sorry. Please change it to soda.”

Raising his hand urgently to order soda, Lager quickly updated the order with the waiter. I gave him a thumbs up in response to his swift action.

The waiter brought two cups and a can of soda. I poured Lager a glass first and then chugged the remaining soda from the can.

“Ah, now I feel alive!”

With a refreshing feeling and the heaviness that had been lifted, but the feeling of fullness still remained.

It seemed like I wouldn’t be able to finish it all.

Back when I was a man, finishing my portion of tonkatsu was a given, and I would easily finish two bowls of rice as well. Whether he knew about my struggle to eat even with food in front of me or not, he was busy cheerfully eating only what he wanted.

Well, it must be quite amazing to see his new capacity increasing as he eats.

Since he finds it amazing, I should give him more to eat rather than leaving it behind.

So as I was about to transfer the spicy tonkatsu to Lager’s plate…

“Hey.”

Stretching the cheese and slurping up the tonkatsu disgustingly, Lager raised his head, licking the sauce off his lips.

“Why. Do you want to order something else?”

“No. I just thought of trying one experiment.”

“What experiment?”

At Lager’s question, I cut the tonkatsu into a bite-sized piece, lightly shook it to prevent the sauce from dripping in the air, and handed it to him.

“Oh, do it.”

I offered it to him.

Lager’s expression twisted.

“What are you trying to do?”

“I know, man. It must be really pathetic for a guy like me to receive tonkatsu from you, but I need to know what actions will raise my score so that I can avoid them and live.”

Lager hesitated for a moment, wearing a slightly subtle expression.

“Do you have something on your mind?”

As Lager hesitated, poking at the tonkatsu with his fork, he finally spoke up.

“It’s just an experiment, right?”

“Yeah. Just an experiment.”

“It doesn’t mean anything.”

“Of course not!”

Seeing me enthusiastically agreeing, Lager seemed to understand and nodded lightly.

Carefully leaning forward, he opened his mouth.

“Ah… Is this… how it’s done?”

“I don’t know. It’s my first time.”

“Hurry up. It’s embarrassing.”

“Alright. …Here we go.”

“Hurry up!”

At Lager’s urging, I quickly fed him a piece of tonkatsu dressed in spicy sauce, which accidentally touched the back of his throat.

“Cough, cough! Ugh!”

“Oops, sorry. But you were being too picky…”

“Cough, cough! Are you trying to stab my throat with that?!”

Feeling apologetic, I decided to pour the remaining cider from my can into Lager’s drink.

“Why are you giving me what you were drinking?!”

“What’s the big deal. It didn’t touch my mouth.”

“How could it not touch your mouth when you drank from the can?!”

“Wow, you’re so picky. Does a little saliva kill you? Treating it like a germ, how unpleasant.”

Despite Lager’s displeased expression, he accepted the cider well.

Why make a fuss when you’re going to eat it anyway? Rolling my eyes internally, I opened my tablet.

I checked the score screen again, but there was no change.

“3 points.”

It wasn’t 0 points, but 3 points, which meant that I had done something to earn points in a week.

What could it be? What could it be?

Among the events that had occurred, the actions that could earn points when viewed from the perspective of ‘falling into femininity,’ the most rational one was…

“Oh, come on.”

A scene flashed through my mind.

The moment when I seemed most feminine in a week. It was undeniably on the first day of possession.

“Hmm…”

But I couldn’t try this experiment. The stimulation was too intense, and I had lost my senses and wanted to rub my body against anything when it happened.

I couldn’t bear that pleasure after deliberately inducing it.

In that case, hmm.

I should try something similar.

It’s just an experiment anyway. I need to know so I can avoid such actions in the future.

“Hey.”

Hearing that, Lager, who was drinking cider, gave me a suspicious look.

I adjusted my posture and leaned forward, pressing my chest against him.

“J… just the chest…”

“Stop it, you pervert!”

It was a failure.

“You said you didn’t plan to go back to your original world. Why do you keep experimenting?”

Feeling slightly unjustly accused by Lager, I started to defend myself.

“You need to know what affects the score so you can avoid it in the future. Don’t you know that the kid who gets a zero might actually be really good at studying?”

“Don’t make lame excuses and straighten up. Don’t act all girly just because you’re a guy.”

“Hey, why are you talking like that? I can experiment because I’m you. Who else is as safe as you for experiments?”

“Why am I safe?”

“You said your heart is completely feminine! You don’t have a single mischievous bone in your body. Where else can you find a guy as good for experiments as you?”

For some reason, Lager seemed to find my words convincing, as he pondered with his chin in his hand.

After organizing his thoughts, Lager let out a heavy sigh.

“Really, this is the last time.”

I pulled the chair closer and slowly raised my hand.

I also leaned in towards Lager and wet my chest before swallowing saliva.

Slowly, Lager’s hand approached.

Squelch.

Lager poured a couple of drinks on my chest as if giving a shoulder or leg massage.

“…What’s this? Nothing special?”

Was Hitomi’s reaction of shivering when her chest was touched just an act?

There really was no excitement at all.

“Is this enough?”

Lager withdrew his hand subtly and glanced around.

Of course, it was a given that most of the customers had glanced over here due to the previous commotion.

As the waiter who saw Lager touching my chest approached, it was time to leave.

“Sorry, but sir…”

“Oh, yes.”

“You know, right?”

“…Yes.”

Seeing the waiter smiling and giving me a knowing look, I felt embarrassed.

Should I have done the chest-touching experiment outside the store?

Feeling awkward, I left the store and immediately checked the tablet.

“No, not this either?”

The score was still 3 points.

Unbelievable, even touching chests doesn’t raise the score. Then what did I do to raise it from 3 points before?

Suddenly, the embarrassment of possibly doing something shameful unconsciously while sleeping at night crept in.

“Lager.”

“Why?”

“Come to think of it, do you have something like this too?”

I managed to steer my consciousness back to normal from drifting off in a strange direction.

Lager took out his phone at my words, then showed me an app.

The score is actually a process of reaching the ultimate goal. If you can achieve the goal without relying on the tail’s power, you can return to the original world.

Lager Godin.

In the original world, his goal was to…

[Save the world.]

[Score: 303 points]