Wh… what do you mean?
Miss Keti, utterly baffled, didn’t even quite catch what her archrival was trying to say. Look in the mirror?
Uh… no, don’t tell me…
Could it be that while she was asleep, that guy Lynn secretly drew some turtles or pigs on her face, or scribbled a bunch of random nonsense!
Damn!
Keti felt like she had truly seen through her archrival’s little trick this time. He was just worried she wouldn’t notice right away, so he was pushing her to look in the mirror! Seriously, how old is he now!
Such a big idiot, yet still acts like a child, really…
Keti shot her archrival a glare on the spot, then folded her arms and snorted, ignoring his words.
“I’m not looking, hmph… No, isn’t it just that I used that item you gave me? And that’s only because you lunged straight at me!”
“If it weren’t for the fact that you were being charmed by that succubus, I, I, I… I haven’t even held you accountable yet! That practically counts as r-rape… and now you try to get back at me with childish doodles like this.”
“Come on, no, what are you even thinking? I’m not some little kitten to be that innocent! It’s seriously a big problem this time. Here, take the mirror, see for yourself!”
Lynn hurriedly handed over a small round mirror, his urgent look making Keti begin to doubt herself again. Um…
From the look of it, her archrival didn’t seem to be joking. Uh.
Though, it was still possible that he was deliberately putting on an act to tease her, waiting for her to look in the mirror, see the doodles, and then he’d clutch his stomach and laugh at her, mocking her with a “Finally fell for it!” kind of scene.
But… fine, fine, so be it! After all… she really didn’t have any memories after using the item, so Keti was a bit nervous herself.
So, Keti lifted the mirror right then and there and took a look…
W-what is this?!
The instant she saw herself in the mirror, Keti’s pupils contracted in terror, and she almost flung the mirror away right then.
Because… at this very moment, the reflection in the mirror was… not herself. Not the white-haired loli she’d recently grown used to, nor her former self, but—
The appearance that sent chills down Keti’s spine.
That—the pink-haired succubus who had kidnapped her student! And almost an exact replica, at that!
Aside from the bust size—cough cough, actually, hers was bigger—her hair, features, even the crimson, unsettling eyes were identical to that succubus.
She… she’d actually turned into that person?!
W-what’s going on?! Is this… a dream?!
Refusing to accept it, Keti quickly felt herself all over, even lifted her clothes to look, and on her belly… there were still strange pink stripes.
Snap!
This…
For a long while, Keti couldn’t stop trembling, gasping for breath. The girl struggled to lift her head, and then… tears began to well in her eyes as she looked at her archrival, panicked, and asked:
“This… what the heck is going on? I, I, I… why did I turn into that succubus? Hiss— No… don’t tell me… my body got blown to ashes by that item, and then… Lynn, you caught that succubus, and stuffed my soul into her body to resurrect me?!”
No… no way—!
The silver-haired beauty—oh, no, she should be called little succubus Keti now—was truly panicking. T-this… it’s not that she totally hated this body. Well, actually, she did hate it, because it was filthy.
But what really made her want to break down was that her original body, no matter what, was still hers. There was always hope she could use a reversed potion formula to turn back into a boy, but, but, but…
Now that she’d switched to a succubus’s body, even if she went back, she’d still be someone else! Wasn’t her life basically over now!!!
Uwah—!
“Ahem… Calm down first, little kitten. It’s not what you think. That Soul Transference Ritual… I’ve never even heard of that, how could I possibly do it?”
“That succubus has already escaped, and just now, you’ve been in your original form the whole time. It’s just that…”
Lynn wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking a little nervous from the girl’s reaction. After a moment, he went on, slightly embarrassed:
“The reason you turned out like this is because… just now, I noticed your body was cold and shivering, and you were sweating a lot, so I thought you might be running low on magic power and gave you a little magic—er, had you drink a little mana potion.”
“As soon as you drank it, a pink light flashed from your body, and you transformed into this form. It scared me half to death.”
“Huh?!”
Keti, totally baffled by her archrival’s explanation, blinked in confusion, then fell into deep thought. Wait… what is this situation? Just injecting a little magic power and she… transformed into that little succubus?
Hesitating, the girl’s body suddenly flickered again with a pink light, and… Keti was even more confused as the silver hair that fell beside her ear came back. She hurriedly grabbed the mirror nearby and checked.
Whoa, seriously, she was back to normal?!
Keti excitedly blinked, then… activated that bit of magic power in her body again. In a split second, an image appeared in her mind—it was that pink succubus—and Keti silently confirmed her intent.
Instantly, the pink light shone again! Keti
had once more become that pink-haired succubus!
Oh my goodness!
After watching the little kitten switch between forms several times in just a few minutes, not to mention Keti herself, even Lynn was dumbfounded.
However, at the same time, both of them grew even more puzzled.
Once Keti calmed down, her excitement faded and she grew a bit worried—could this Transformation Skill have some side effects? She quickly turned to her archrival and began discussing in a fluster:
“This… what’s really going on? It’s like I’ve suddenly learned a Transformation Skill, and just by thinking about it I can turn into that little succubus. D-don’t tell me, archrival, this is your doing?”
Uhh… is this really not some new trick of his to spice things up? Hiss—
Highly suspicious, to say the least!
“Of course not.
I’m just as clueless, but…”
Lynn waved his hand, denying Keti’s suspicion. After all, her original form was already cute enough.
Suddenly, he remembered something—when they were in the hideout, during Keti’s struggle with the succubus—
He’d seen it with his own eyes: the succubus tried to drain Keti’s magic power, but… then suddenly looked terrified, as if she were the one under attack.
Could it be…