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Chapter 14 - Change!

"You know what I think! In life, the people who play dirty are the ones who win!"

"I know, right! That piece of crap boss of mine was just like that. He’d steal our accomplishments and blame his failures on us."

Absolutely unforgivable!

"He’s the worst!"

"Right! But you know, none of that matters! Because I’m a winner now!"

"Yeah! That’s my Senpai! I’ll follow you for life!"

Convinced of our victory in life, we had already emptied several beers.

"By the way, what are the other two?"

Kaede-chan, her cheeks flushed and beer in hand, asked.

"Ah, right, right. First up, the Translation Potion!"

"Translation? You can speak English with it?"

"Not just English. Everything! Every language I checked worked! I’m bilingual! Though the effect only lasts for a day."

Is bilingual the right word?

"Amazing! But you should have been able to make that back in university!"

"You think so too? I thought so too! I hate English."

"I hate German."

""We hate studying! Ahaha!""

This is fun!

"But it’ll take time to sell this one."

"You think so?"

"New items require applications and investigations. Plus, with an effect like this, it’ll cause problems with school exams and stuff."

Right.

"So it’s no good?"

"If you want money quickly, you could try a foreign country where the rules are more lax."

I see. I don’t have to sell it in Japan.

"You’re so smart."

"Right? I’m definitely smarter than you, Senpai."

"I’m smart too."

"In what way?"

Kaede-chan, who had been laughing, suddenly had a straight face.

"Kaede-chan, drink this."

"Don’t try to make me drink a Sleeping Potion. You’re planning to touch my boobs, aren’t you."

If that’s all I did, you’d be lucky.

"Can I sell this?"

"Hmm... Medicine is tricky, you know? I feel like it would fall under a different law."

"Aren’t potions medicine?"

"They’re classified as beverages."

What the heck?

"Is that really okay?"

"It’s fine to think of it that way. Potions are managed by the guild."

Hmm.

"Well, whatever. It probably won’t sell for much, so I guess this one’s fine. I can just use it when I can’t sleep."

"Right. The demand is a bit iffy. Over-the-counter medicine is good enough. So Senpai, what’s the last one?"

"That’s the one. I’ll tell you the reason I’m in a tracksuit!"

I put down my beer and stood up.

"That’s the thing. I don’t like the tracksuit. You looked so cool yesterday."

"Really?"

I immediately crouched down to check.

"No, just get on with it. It’s a pain."

Kaede-chan shooed me away with her hand. Having no choice, I stood up again and took the TS Potion out of my bag.

"What’s that? A milk potion?"

What’s a milk potion?

"Witness! This is the evolution of humanity!"

I chugged the TS Potion. My line of sight lowered.

"Fufufu."

I laughed fearlessly, looking down at the seated Kaede-chan. Kaede-chan was frozen with her beer can halfway to her mouth.

"How about that!? This is the Gender Reassignment Potion! I can make it with water and flour!"

Kaede-chan put down her beer and covered both her eyes with her hands.

"Thank goodness... I’m so glad you’re not some pervert who awakened to cross-dressing... you were just an idiot..."

Cross-dressing... The quality is too high for that. Ah, so that’s why!

"It’s not cross-dressing. Want to drink some too? You can become a man."

I asked as I sat down.

"No thank you. But why are you blonde?"

"I dyed it. I wanted to sell things in this form, so I wanted to distance myself as much as possible from my original self. See, the long black-haired person my neighbor mentioned was me before I dyed my hair."

"Ah, I see... And the eyes are colored contacts."

"Yep. It’s obvious, but my eyes are black."

Most Japanese people have black eyes.

"Hmm, but is that really the right choice for a disguise?"

"I could make something like a Gender Reassignment Potion, so I just wanted to make use of it."

It feels like a waste otherwise, you know?

"You think so?"

"Am I just cheap?"

"Even though you’re a winner!"

"Yeah! Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

We clinked our beer cans and took a big gulp.

"So what’s the reason for the tracksuit?"

Huh?

"Well, it’s weird for my men’s clothes to change with me. You know, the size and all."

"You could just change in the bathroom or something."

"There’s no impact if I don’t change right in front of you."

"Lame..."

Kaede-chan snorted.

"Would it have been better if I changed while completely naked?"

"I’d sue you... Speaking of which, what about underwear?"

Kaede-chan asked as if she had just realized something.

"No bra, no panties! Ahaha!"

"You’re a pervert."

"On the contrary, it would be weird if I was wearing them, wouldn’t it?"

I was a man until just a moment ago!

"Well, that’s true. I’d definitely be grossed out."

"That said, it feels a little drafty without anything, so I’ll just buy some random stuff online."

"Hmm, want me to pick some out for you?"

"Ah, maybe you should. Just buy whatever. I don’t know anything about that stuff."

It would be creepy if I did.

"Senpai, stand up!"

"Hm?"

"Stand up."

"Okay."

I didn’t really get it, but I stood up as told. Then, Kaede-chan also stood up and came to stand in front of me. We were face to face.

"You’ve gotten taller."

"You’re the one who shrank, Senpai."

That’s right.

"How tall are you?"

"155 centimeters."

"Yikes! I’m the same as you!"

I don’t want to be the same height as my junior.

"We really are about the same, aren’t we. Your body shape too........."

Kaede-chan said as she started feeling up my body.

"That tickles."

And where are you touching, anyway?

"Y, your body shape is almost the same, maybe..."

Don’t say it so unconfidently.