Why does she have any right to be angry!
Alice puffed out her cheeks in frustration, then angrily punched her hugging pillow twice more.
Seriously, he’s just a useless D-level Talent, yet he has no self-awareness at all…
If it weren’t for the fact that he’s my Childhood Friend, I wouldn’t have kept him around this whole time.
He never helps with anything—just drags me down.
The only thing he should be doing is racking his brains to cheer me up when I’m upset, or…selling more of his Potions to make some money for me to spend.
Isn’t that what men are supposed to do?
If he can’t give me a sense of security, then what’s the point of having him around!
Clearly, clearly we already made a Promise, that idiot is supposed to propose to me.
Usually, when it comes to my demands, Keti barely manages to muddle through.
Comfortable.
But this time, with the way Keti acted when she left the team, Alice was truly infuriated…
To the point that she’d felt uneasy these past few days.
She couldn’t help but recall that scene from the day Keti left the team.
After she finished telling Keti to leave, that girl’s first reaction was…to just agree so resolutely?!
He’s supposed to be my fiancé!
At a time like this, shouldn’t she be getting down on her knees, clinging to my white stocking-clad thighs, sobbing and begging me not to kick her out?!
Why did he agree so easily?
Is…is it a matter of male pride?
Honestly, what’s the point of that useless thing, forcing himself to act tough.
Or is he worried about losing face in front of those two women?!
The more Alice thought about it, the more frustrated she became.
Normally, that idiot Keti would always go along with whatever she wanted, almost never resisting her.
But this time…
Even though, in the end, having Keti leave the team was what she wanted, the way it happened still made Alice feel uneasy.
She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep no matter what.
Speaking of which, even though Keti is a total blockhead, still…
After a whole day without her by Alice’s side, why…
Why did it feel so empty?
Ugh!
No, enough of that!
Alice slammed her head into the pillow again.
Hmph…
There’s no way Keti could leave her for long!
That girl…
Hmph, she’s probably had a secret crush on me for over ten years by now!
Her!
As my loyal lapdog, she needs to have the awareness of a lapdog!
She…she’ll definitely come slinking back, bawling her eyes out, begging me for forgiveness.
All I need to do is wait.
Just wait!
Even so, Alice only felt more and more uneasy, and that anxiety gradually made her even more irritable.
Keti actually dares to play missing with me?
I’m really angry this time!
She immediately made up her mind—when Keti came back, she’d have to apologize to her!
And this time, she wasn’t going to be so easy to placate!
At the very least, she’d have to buy her a huge pile of gifts, then kneel down, cry her eyes out, and humbly lick her feet before Alice would even consider…maybe forgiving her.
Just like that Promise—they only agreed that Keti would propose to her, but as for whether she’d accept or not…
Alice still had to think about it.
As for Layla’s suggestion that they go look for Keti together…
Heh, as if!
Like…like I’d ever go looking for her.
Wouldn’t that make it seem like I care about her too much?
If I’m too proactive, she…she won’t cherish me, right?
Mmm…aaaaah——!
Why can’t I sleep!!!
After another half hour, Alice furiously got up from bed.
She even had the urge to kill Layla, that big-breasted, green-eyed bimbo—calling her up in the middle of the night to announce such a nerve-wracking piece of news, totally ruining her sleep!
The blonde loli sighed, then, without realizing it, got out of bed, pushed open her door, and headed for Keti’s room.
After a while, she suddenly stopped in her tracks…
Right…right.
AME…
In the past, whenever Alice had insomnia, she’d run to Keti’s room.
Even if the other person was asleep, she’d forcibly drag her up to comfort her.
Every time, Keti would have to coax Alice to sleep, bleary-eyed, before she could sleep herself.
Of course, even though it was Keti’s bed, since Alice was sleeping in it, Keti would have to go sleep somewhere else!
And…she definitely couldn’t sleep in Alice’s bed either.
After all, that’s a princess bed for girls, so Keti could only sleep on the sofa.
If she ever dared to sneak a nap with Alice for even a moment, and Alice found out, she’d stomp her feet, blushing furiously, right on the spot.
But today, there was no way for Keti to comfort her to sleep.
For some reason, Alice’s eyes suddenly felt sore.
After a moment of silence, Alice turned and went back to her own room.
Ke…she wouldn’t really not come back, right?
No…there’s no way, right?
On the bed, the girl’s body began to tremble, plagued by nightmares.
“Yaa~”
***
The next morning, while Alice was comforted—or tormented—by a night of insomnia and nightmares at the stronghold, Keti, over in the Magic Academy faculty Dormitory, had enjoyed a perfectly restful sleep.
After all, this place was much more comfortable than the floor of her Studio.
At least there was a bed, and it was a single room.
There was a desk, a clothes rack—everything she needed.
And best of all, it was free.
For Keti, she was already quite satisfied.
Ehehe~
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
Keti knew it was Lynn—they’d arranged last night to handle her onboarding procedures today.
So she got up and opened the door for him.
“Good morning, Miss Keti…”
Lynn was holding a bag, smiling at the silver-haired girl, making her blush.
M-Miss…
Miss Keti?
Ugh, being called that all of a sudden feels so weird.
“Um, morning…”
Facing Lynn, Keti still seemed a little nervous.
She took two steps back to let him in, then sat back down on the bed, her eyes drifting to the bag in his hand.
Tilting her head, she asked: “What’s that you’re holding?”
“Mm, I got you some clothes. Since you’re working now, you can’t keep wearing those old, oversized men’s clothes, right? It wouldn’t look good in front of the class, so I bought two sets for you. The sizes should fit, try them on.”
“Eh?”
Keti blinked in surprise.
She hadn’t expected Lynn to give her clothes.
Just as she was about to accept them, suddenly, alarms started blaring in her head!
W-Wait…wait a minute!
Hiss, no…something’s off.
That black plastic bag—what’s really inside those clothes?
Her nemesis giving her a gift—could it be…
JK uniform, maid outfit, Lolita dress, bunny girl…something like that?!
(TL Note: The use of different pronouns for Keti is intentional, to show her gender before and after the transition and how others perceive her. It’s on purpose, not a mistake but a key part of her story.)
Why are there so many random numbers?
Because it’s unedited mtl. That, and the constant changing of gender pronouns are telltale signs of unedited mtl. I know this is a genderbender, but the hero party should be referring to Keti as ‘he’, since he was a boy right up until he left, yet Alice has called Keti ‘she’ multiple times throughout the chapter.
The New Translator has started Fixing all unedited chapters and Pronouns
so all three of the girl are garbage