Chapter 77
I lay on the sofa, still holding my skirt down with both hands, panting nonstop, not yet recovered from the shame.
“Fei’er, have a taste of yourself, too.”
Without letting me refuse, Lian Qi stuck the finger she had just licked back into my mouth.
“…Sweet?”
I don’t know why the Holy Light I produced uncontrollably turned sweet. Eating my own “saliva” back… it feels so shameful…
“How is it? Does it taste even better, like it’s been coated in a layer of frosting?” Lian Qi asked me, blushing.
This was irresistible to someone like me, who has a sweet tooth, but—Uuu! Don’t say it in such a shameful way!
She used her finger to play with my tongue. As I met her movements, her other hand gripped my shoulder tightly. So, as the one being licked, she feels it too?
I licked every last trace of Holy Light off her finger before she pulled it out. She looked down at me, and I looked up at her. We were both panting, feeling as if we were drenched in sweat.
“I’m going… to take a bath.” Lian Qi climbed off my body and staggered toward the bathroom.
“Eh? I just put medicine on you, and you’re going to take a bath?”
Hearing me say that, she stopped, turned her head to look at me, her face flushed with annoyance— “Because I’m wet.”
Eh, eh, eh??? What is she talking about? I pretended I understood and watched her go into the bathroom. I only let out a sigh of relief when I heard the whooshing sound of water. I’d finally survived the ordeal. Only then did I dare to kneel on the sofa and shamefully lift my skirt.
I looked down, and my face was red enough to steam. It was truly indescribable. What was most embarrassing was that the fabric of the women’s underwear was too narrow; it was uncomfortably tight. Sigh. Being a boy really is troublesome. I have to be careful at all times that my body doesn’t get weird.
After a short while, the sound of rushing water stopped. I quickly sat up properly, as if nothing had happened.
I saw Lian Qi walk out of the bathroom wearing only a bath towel. She really isn’t shy around me at all. No, wait… we’ve already been through things that are way more shameful. There’s really no need for her to be shy around me anymore.
…
After stripping, I rinsed my body while complaining internally about how troublesome a boy’s body is!
Lian Qi did so many lewd things with me, but she seemed fine. Instead, I, the boy, couldn’t take it whenever she teased me.
Thinking about what just happened with Lian Qi… although I was the passive one, she seemed to really enjoy it? It’s only because she thinks I’m a girl that she’s so intimate with me, right? I’m more and more afraid that if she finds out I’m actually a boy, she’ll be disgusted with me.
After my bath, I naturally wouldn’t walk out wearing just a bath towel. I changed back into my uniform, pushed open the door, and saw—Lian Qi… she… she had actually… changed into the girl’s uniform!
It’s the Magic Academy’s girl’s school uniform, identical to mine!
“Wh-What’s wrong? Why are you reacting like that?” Lian Qi glanced at me, her face crimson. “I was always a girl. Is it that surprising that I’m wearing the girl’s uniform?”
“Mm. It’s just the first time I’ve seen you wear it, so it’s a little unexpected.”
“Didn’t you want to see me wear it? Now you’ve seen it. Are you satisfied?” She stood facing me, one hand on her hip.
“Mhm! It’s so cute!” I clapped my hands, smiling like a flower. My long-held wish to see Lian Qi in girl’s clothes is finally fulfilled!
Although Lian Qi has short hair, she looks surprisingly cute in the girl’s uniform, and no one will mistake her for a boy. It’s just that her chest is a little flat, I thought, laughing awkwardly to myself.
“Huh…? Cute?”
“Mhm!” My gaze swept over her fair legs under the pleated skirt— “You’re just missing a pair of stockings to go with it. Do you want white or black thigh-highs? I can lend you a pair.”
I realized… I, a boy, am actually recommending thigh-highs to Lian Qi? I’m hopeless.
She looked at the black thigh-highs I was wearing, staring so much I felt a little embarrassed. “…Thigh-high length is too long for me. I’m used to wearing shorter ones. Do you have any?”
“Eh? Sorry, I don’t have any prepared. How about I take you to buy some?”
“Let’s just leave it like this for now. In my original world, girls just go bare-legged in the summer. They’d wear ankle socks with shoes.”
“Oh, so that’s how it is. You do look really good bare-legged, too,” I said with a smile. In my eyes, Lian Qi looks much more youthful and energetic than I do.
She scratched her hair and said helplessly, “I’ve been wearing the boy’s uniform for too long since I entered the Magic Academy. I finally feel like I’ve found myself again.”
“I know! How about you dress just like this, and we go shopping together?”
“Eh? How can I do that?” Lian Qi froze, and the stray ahoge1 on her head froze with her. “Everyone already has the preconceived notion that I’m a boy. If I suddenly go out in girl’s clothes, won’t people think I’m a cross-dresser?”
“They won’t. Don’t worry,” I said with a weak laugh. Speaking of cross-dressers, isn’t there one standing right in front of her?
…
Lian Qi scratched her cheek with one finger, looking at me with an embarrassed blush. “If I stop wearing the boy’s uniform… and present myself as a girl from now on… would you mind?”
“Of course… not!”
I grasped her hand and said, “I want to see Lian Qi wear a skirt.”
“Eh? You actually…” She stared at me in surprise.
“Lian Qi, you just need to be yourself,” I said sincerely.
Thinking of Lian Qi, I couldn’t help but think of myself. My situation is different from Lian Qi’s. Although I’m a boy, I feel that wearing girl’s clothes is being myself. After all, I’ve lived all my fifteen years in girl’s clothes.
Just at that moment, there was a knock on the door—
“It’s probably Sister Aijieliya, back from handling things,” I said, looking at the door.
Lian Qi was shocked— “B-But I’m wearing girl’s clothes right now.”
The moment she spoke, she darted into the bedroom.
“There’s no need to hide. Lian Qi, don’t you want to be yourself? I’m going to open the door right now.”
“Eh? Fei’er, are you serious?” she asked, peeking her head out from behind the bedroom door.
“Of course. Actually, Sister Aijieliya already knows you’re a girl, too,” I said as I opened the dorm room door. Sister just never exposed her. Compared to me, Lian Qi’s true identity as a girl is really easy to expose.
“What are you two tinkering with again?” Sister Aijieliya asked as soon as she came in, even looking past me for any sign of Lian Qi.
“Lian Qi is trying on girl’s clothes,” I said with a smile, just putting it out there bluntly. One can only imagine the look on Lian Qi’s face, hiding behind the bedroom door.
“Girl’s clothes? She’s not planning to dress as a boy anymore?”
“…So you already knew?” Lian Qi walked out from behind the door, her expression a little shy. She’s sort of like me when I wear girl’s clothes?
I smiled at Lian Qi, a smile that said, “What did I just tell you?”
“How could you dressing as a boy possibly escape my eyes? If you were a boy, how could I have possibly let my sister live under the same roof as you?”
I smiled helplessly. Actually, Sister, you have no idea… your “sister” me… has already been bullied by Lian Qi many, many times.
“Alright, Qifeng said something similar,” Lian Qi said. “Were all the people who kidnapped Fei’er caught?”
“All of them were caught. How dare they kidnap my sister right under my nose! They must be tired of living!”
“Calm down! Sister.” I saw the cups on the coffee table trembling from Sister’s anger and quickly tried to placate her.
Sister took a deep breath and hugged me tightly.
“It’s a miracle you’re alright.”
…I was once again being squeezed by Sister’s chest, unable to breathe.
“Oh, right, Sister. The mastermind behind the student council is one of ‘That person’s’ subordinates.”
I told Sister Aijieliya and Lian Qi everything, about the “Holy Twelve” under the Demon King, and how the Demon King’s goal is to stagnate magic technology.
Lian Qi was fine, but Sister Aijieliya was plunged into a state of shock after learning the truth. It took her a long time to recover, because all this time, she had thought ‘That person’ had simply lost her mind after falling into the abyss of magic.
“So that’s… how it is… Xubai’s actions… destroying the Magic Tower, hunting outstanding mages and adventurers… it all makes sense now.”
“Why does the Demon King want magic technology to stagnate?” Lian Qi asked.
I shook my head. “Even knowing the truth, I still can’t fathom ‘That person’s’ thoughts.”
“Xubai is the first ‘Abyssal One’2 in history to touch the abyss of magic. Perhaps she doesn’t want anyone else to become as strong as her. She’s afraid of being defeated. In order to stagnate magic, she wanted to corrupt the Magic Academy from within… and I was kept in the dark all these years. As Headmaster… I’ve failed…”
Sister covered her forehead, looking crestfallen. I quickly comforted her. “Sister, it’s not too late. Let’s pull ourselves together, starting now. We can’t let ‘That person’ succeed.”
“Mm. You’re right, Fei’er. If we all become like the Little Overlord of the Silver Spear, then humanity has no hope. We must pull ourselves together.”
Sister’s gaze fell on Lian Qi. “…When you came, I said you were the key to defeating the Demon King. Now it seems that’s really the case. The Demon King is afraid. If she weren’t afraid of magic, she wouldn’t be trying to make it stagnate.”
Just hearing “The Demon King is afraid” was somewhat morale-boosting.
“…I really wasn’t thinking that much at the time,” Lian Qi said in a small voice.
“Starting today, I’m going to give the Magic Academy a fresh start. Since the Demon King wants magic technology to stagnate, then we will advance it for her to see!”
Seeing Sister so motivated, I stood to the side, smiling in relief.
‘That person’ will not succeed. Not everyone is as easily crushed by her as the Little Overlord of the Silver Spear. The spark of hope will not be so easily extinguished. There are still many people in this world who want to resist her! Lian Qi is definitely not fighting alone. At this moment, I also decided that I can no longer sit by and do nothing. Since I’ve learned ‘That Person’s’ plan, then she’ll be sorry. I’m going to do the exact opposite of what she wants.
Volume 2 (End)