noveltune Chapter 442: Her?
Chapter 442: Her?
"So sleepy..."
In the darkness that seemed both near and far, Alain felt as if a pair of wings had grown from his back, and he was flying...
"Alain."\\
An echo resounded through the darkness, rippling like disturbed water.
"Alain..."
Seemingly noticing his reaction, the voice became more undulating, and even the frequency of Alain's flight seemed to be obstructed by a violent storm.
The next second, he was shaken awake.
What came into view was a black and red ceiling. Technological red streamers occasionally flashed across the seat in the center of the ceiling, disappearing into the teal-blue hair within Alain's line of sight.
Mina was looking down at him from an inverted angle. Judging by the soft sensation behind him... he appeared to be receiving a lap pillow.
It looked like they had arrived at the Core safely.
He was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when—unexpectedly—a wriggling black shadow suddenly darted across the black and red ceiling.
The shadow appeared for only an instant before vanishing.
But Alain didn't think he was seeing things!
Judging by the size, body shape, and the black and red code on its surface... it was inevitably a Devouring Entity.
And a complete, full-sized Devouring Entity at that.
He looked at Mina in disbelief, finding that she had also glanced at the ceiling, only to gaze back at Alain indifferently, as if she hadn't seen that thing at all.
Huh? Is Mina not reacting? Why...
"Alain, are you alright?" She touched Alain's forehead.
And within her mirror-like teal eyes, Alain saw a reflection.
His eyes instantly widened. He scrambled up hurriedly, looking down at his hands.
Put aside the virus stuff for a moment.
Sure enough... what he saw just now was not a mistake.
His hands were now abnormally soft, tender, and petite. The calluses developed from his previous training had completely vanished.
Moving his gaze further down, Alain discovered... he was not wearing his original clothes.
It was a goddamn short skirt!
"Eh? Ehhh?? What on earth..." After speaking just one sentence, he hurriedly covered his own mouth...
His fingertips gently touched his lips, tasting a slight coolness...
"No... now is not the time to care about this!"
As he muttered to himself, a pretty tone that did not match his inherent cognition emerged from his own throat.
Alain was a little afraid to speak.
He simply stared intently at the short skirt beneath him.
The hem of the skirt barely reached his knees, and his legs were wrapped in black silk stockings.
He touched them; the texture of the stockings was quite smooth, and he could even feel the warmth radiating from the skin of his legs.
And...
I smell way too good, don't I?
Alain sniffed his sleeves, then lifted his arm to check his underarms... Sure enough, his whole body was fragrant.
And this scent felt inexplicably familiar to Alain. Associating it with the current style of dress, he roughly guessed who "he" was right now.
"Alain..." At this moment, Mina's voice floated from behind, sounding like she didn't know how to start.
He looked back, finally noticing the young girl's helpless gaze.
"I don't know how to describe your strange appearance... can you explain?" She handed over a small mirror—a girl's essential item. "Why did you change your look?"
"..." Alain took the mirror and scrutinized the reflection within.
Just as he expected, the reflection in the mirror possessed long, coral-brown hair tied into a high ponytail.
Those emerald-like pupils were clear and bright, also revealing the confusion in the depths of his heart.
The tender pink lips complemented the fair skin, and the slightly Western facial features added a touch of mystery to the girl in the mirror.
He continued to adjust the angle of the mirror, moving it down to his clothes.
It was a dark, academy-style uniform with a large red butterfly bow tie at the chest.
Alain stood up, clearly perceiving that the height of his vision had lowered significantly.
Yes, that's right. He had turned into Monika.
Monika's height was about 160cm, far lower than Alain's. It made him very unaccustomed to it.
He first opened the Security Assistant and confirmed that the system was usable...
The sentence he heard during the teleportation must have been Monika herself reminding him: The content of the `Monika.chr` file was indeed a clone of Monika.
Alain explained the matter of `Monika.chr` to Mina, who understood instantly.
"So that's it... If it's Monika, then indeed, we can be exempt from the harassment of those viruses. Because she herself is the leader of the viruses."
"Viruses?" Alain walked quickly to stand in front of Mina, casting a solemn gaze behind her...
Although his footsteps lacked any dignity, and his 160cm height appeared petite and adorable in front of the 165cm Mita... Alain did not relax his vigilance.
Sure enough, surrounding the Core hovered unfamiliar and familiar "faces" one after another.
"Tsk... this really is..."
From giant worms to large black spheres, as well as spider monsters and even eroded Failed Works—everything was there.
Looking into the distance, the numbers were incalculable, far beyond what he could cope with.
Densely packed, tangled and twisted together, it made his scalp tingle.
If Alain hadn't already known this was the Core, he would have thought this was the viruses' nest.
But what annoyed him even more was...
Alain dragged his heavy chest along, feeling that his shoulders were truly sore.
He lowered his head; he couldn't even see his feet.
"Little Sister Alain, you don't seem to need to worry." The young girl behind him, who was a head taller, patted Alain-chan's head.
Pat, pat, pat...
Alain vigilantly retreated a few quick steps, putting at least two meters between himself and Mina...
A man's head is not to be touched.
Although he didn't seem to be a man right now...
Mina suppressed a smile and pointed at the swarm of viruses. "They saw you and didn't make any moves. Even I seem to be benefiting from your light."
"...Mn." He nodded gently, considering the head-patting incident passed.
Using Monika's identity as the virus leader to dissolve the danger of the viruses...
Although Alain hadn't completely failed to consider this possibility... it still came too abruptly.
"Forget it... at least the result is good." Even his sigh sounded incredibly cute in that girlish voice.
It seemed Monika was usually faking it: deliberately forcing a 'royal sister' tone. Her natural timbre was actually quite soft.
By the way, this chest is so heavy...
"Right, how did you recognize that I was Alain?" He had thought Mina would be vigilant against him, and that he would only be able to convince her after grasping the situation and explaining it thoroughly.
Mina laughed. "Please, if I couldn't even recognize my own fiancé, why would I even get married?"
Then she added, "Of course, you have to change back when we get married, because I'm not into yuri."
Alain, turned into Monika, gave a light smile and performed a gentleman's bow.
"Of course, My Lady."
"Eek... after becoming a girl, you've become so greasy!" Mina looked disgusted.
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