“Mom, Dad, I brought Keti back!”
Nine days later, Miss Keti, who was tied up with rope and carried in one hand by Alice, pushed open the long-absent front door.
The two parents in Keti’s home blinked their eyes in confusion. They stared at the unfamiliar silver-haired girl before them and fell into a momentary silence.
‘What the heck is going on here?!’
It was a rare trip home, but Keti could not bring herself to be happy. This was not mainly because Alice had kidnapped her and forced her back, but rather…
‘I really haven’t prepared myself at all to appear before my parents looking like a girl!’
Looking at the shocked expressions of her two family members in the familiar room, it took a long while before that silver-haired woman—Keti’s mom, Keya—took a deep breath.
She then tugged at Keti’s dad’s sleeve and whispered, “Husband, did you see that? It’s me when I was young! The little girl version of me has appeared again! Wow, could this be… a doppelganger?!”
“Huh? You were such a fresh little girl back then… and I, the scumbag, seduced you with just a few words…”
“What? Did you split yourself, Honey? Ah… how nostalgic—”
“Shut up!!”
Thus, Keti’s dad immediately began to tremble toward Keti. “A doppelganger! Legend says that if you see your doppelganger, you’re going to die!”
Keya was halfway through her sentence when she finally remembered this terrifying omen.
“What? Don’t worry, Honey, I’ll protect you right now! Die, monster!”
Nine minutes later, the chaotic scene finally came to a complete end. The family of three sat helplessly in a circle in front of Alice, listening as the blonde, twin-tailed little girl said in exasperation:
“Mom, Dad, can you guys please be quiet! Didn’t I already say it? I brought Keti back! Why can’t you understand? I shouldn’t have had to get physical…”
“Yes… I’m very sorry, Alice. Your father was too impulsive. *Sniff*… We are truly very happy that you could come home with Keti.”
As he spoke, Keti’s dad seemed to finally realize something. His eyes widened, and he stiffly, slowly turned his head…
“Ugh…”
Keti also took a deep breath. She knew that at this point, there was no way to keep up the act. She could only say with a sob, “I’m sorry, Mom, Dad… I am Keti…”
Keti’s parents fell into silence at the same time, making some troubled noises, though they did not seem particularly surprised.
They had likely realized something the moment Alice emphasized for the second time that she had “brought Keti back.”
The silver-haired girl could not help but take another deep breath, her legs feeling weak from tension. What would her parents think? She… she still wanted to continue being a beautiful girl, but if things went on like this…
The uneasy Keti finally understood why Alice had brought her back to her hometown. Indeed, if she only considered herself, Keti could do whatever she wanted; but when facing her family…
Could she still admit her private inner thoughts? Or would she… be forced to research the Reverse Transformation Potion to change back?
What should she do… she didn’t know. There was no way out, since she could not possibly tell her mom and dad her true feelings. This…
“This is… absolutely wonderful! Oh, baby, baby, let Mama give you a hug! Oh~ so nostalgic, you’re practically a mini-version of myself!”
“You’re too cute, a little too cute! Mama really wanted you to wear girls’ clothes when you were little! Great, now I can finally satisfy myself!”
“Wait, what?!”
Looking at the beautiful woman before her who seemed excited enough to eat her, Keti instantly fell into a state of bewilderment.
This… this… was truly unexpected.
The silver-haired girl could only look toward her dad pleadingly. Although her mom’s current reaction seemed to put Keti at ease, how should she put it? This reaction was too ridiculous!
If possible, Keti still wanted to see some reactions from her parents that were closer to what she had anticipated.
“Ah, well, how should I put it? It seems pretty good, haha… suddenly having a daughter and all… but we also lost a son, hey!”
The corner of the silver-haired girl’s mouth twitched. Her previous anxiety vanished instantly, replaced by a sense of helplessness where she didn’t know what to say.
Even Alice could barely keep her composure. The blonde, twin-tailed little girl frowned and stepped forward with an unhappy look.
“That’s not right, Mom, Dad! Keti turned into a girl! Don’t you care at all?!”
“Wait… wait a minute!”
Seeing that the situation was turning south, Keti quickly caught onto a more critical issue.
Ever since she stepped through the door, Keti had felt something was wrong—
“Why are you calling them ‘Mom and Dad,’ Alice? You’ve never called them that before! When did you change how you address them? And Mom and Dad didn’t even react… that’s not right?!”
According to Keti’s understanding of her parents, especially her mom—if Alice really were calling her “Mom” for the first time, this mother of hers, who valued “cuteness” above all else, would have been overjoyed on the spot. She would have been the type to pick Alice up and run away with her.
Facing Keti’s questioning, Alice immediately coughed twice in embarrassment. She then slowly lowered her head, losing the “head of the household” aura she had just now.
“Hmm~?”
Keya gave a soft hum, then smiled and said, “When she came back, she told us… that you two already got married during your adventure out there, and that she’s already a daughter-in-law of our family~”
“Cough, cough… That’s right! I came back this time to finish the wedding with Keti!”
The blonde, twin-tailed girl nodded while feigning composure, but her words left Keti’s head filled with question marks.
No, wait, what?!
So, during the time Alice was missing, she had run back here to announce they were married?
What kind of strategy was this? Win over the family first, then come back to force the marriage?!
“I protest! I never heard anything about me marrying Alice! And in my current state, it’s impossible for me to marry Alice anyway!”
“Shut up!”
Alice immediately interrupted in exasperation, “Mom, Dad, listen to me! To escape the marriage, Keti won’t use the method she has to turn back into a boy! This definitely won’t do, right?”
“You don’t want the son you raised for so long to stay a girl, right? You don’t want Keti’s family line to end, do you?! Hurry up and help me persuade her to change back!”