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Chapter 6 - My Plan Is Flawless!

The next day, I started ordering the things I needed online from the morning.

"Hmm hmm hmm, having money is wonderful!"

Though I don't have it yet…

After ordering various things online, I stretched my arms.

"Mmm! I guess that's about it."

Now that I was done ordering online, I moved on to the next task.

First, I went to the kitchen, filled a glass with water, and added flour. Yesterday, I had worked at the table, but the flour made a mess, and cleaning it up was a pain.

"When I get some money, I'll move and make a room just for alchemy."

Okita-kun's atelier.

I combined the ingredients and used my skill to create a Gender Reassignment Potion, or TS Potion for short.

"Alright, time to become a woman."

Yesterday, I had planned to sleep as a woman since I'd be working as one the next day anyway, but my long hair was so annoying I couldn't sleep. So, I had changed back to being a man.

I chugged the potion I made. Just like yesterday, my line of sight lowered.

"Wow! I'm a woman. This is seriously amazing."

I went to the sink and looked in the mirror.

"Hmm, my hair grows longer, and I get shorter."

My height is 170 centimeters. But when I become a woman, my height drops to 155 centimeters.

"Why does it change so much? Does this body really share my DNA?"

I don't get it. Maybe my preferences are being reflected? But my preference used to be for black hair, though as of yesterday, it's changed to brown.

"Hmm, I don't know."

Oh well. Time to head out.

Of course, I don't have any women's clothes, so I headed for the entrance in my tracksuit. I tried to put on my shoes, but they didn't fit.

"This too… Well, sandals will have to do."

I gave up on shoes, stepped outside in my sandals, and saw my neighbor just as he was leaving his apartment too.

"Heya."

I greeted him like I always do.

"Oh, uh…"

My neighbor looked confused.

Ah, right, I'm a woman.

I had no way to explain, so I just bowed my head and quickly left.

I walked to my destination, a hair salon. I'd never been here before, but I avoided my usual place to prevent my cover from being blown.

I opened the glass door of the salon.

"Welcome. Do you have an appointment?"

A female employee greeted me as I entered.

"No. Do I need one?"

"No, we have an opening right now, so it's fine. Are you here for a cut?"

Well, it was a weekday morning, so I figured I wouldn't need a reservation.

"I'd like to get my hair colored."

"Understood. Please, come this way."

I followed her to the back and sat in a chair in front of a large mirror.

"What kind of color are you thinking of?"

the hairstylist asked, showing me a hair catalog.

"Blonde. Please dye it all blonde."

"All of it? It seems quite long, would you like a cut?"

"No, please dye all of it blonde just as it is."

"With this length, there will be a long hair fee…"

There's a fee for that? Well, I guess it makes sense that the price wouldn't be the same for this much hair as for someone with short hair.

"That's fine."

"Understood. First, we'll start with a shampoo."

"Please do."

After that, I think the hairstylist had a tough time. Hair that reached my waist was just too long. But it was for the sake of my disguise, so it couldn't be helped.

The hairstylist worked hard to wash and dye my hair. It took nearly three hours to finish.

"How is it?"

"It's perfect. Thank you."

Reflected in the large mirror was a woman with long, golden hair. She was beautiful, and definitely not me. The only thing that was "me" was the tracksuit.

I paid the rather high price, left the salon, and went shopping around town. I returned home in the evening and used a TS Potion to turn back into a man.

"Hmm, so my hair color did go back to black…"

I had tested this yesterday using a marker. I drew on my hair in my female form and changed back to a man, but the marker was gone. But when I changed back into a woman again, the marker was on my hair.

So now, I had black hair in my male form and blonde hair in my female form. With the items arriving tomorrow, it would be perfect.

"Next is establishing a character. My usual way of speaking won't work."

Hmm, speaking like a woman seems difficult. Well, I'll go for a silent, mysterious vibe. I'll probably blow my cover if I talk.

After finishing my various tasks, I decided to rest early for the day.

I laid out my thin futon in my small room, thinking that I would definitely move as soon as I got money, and went to sleep.

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The next day, I received a large number of packages in the morning and started unpacking them.

"Hehehe. The plan to make money and live as a NEET begins."

After organizing all the packages, I smiled fiendishly. Then, I went to the kitchen and made a TS Potion.

"Good thing I bought a ton of glasses."

After making the TS Potion, I looked at the large stack of glasses in the corner of the kitchen.

"But now my money is seriously tight."

Between the hair coloring and all the things I bought, my savings had dropped below 200,000 yen. With rent, utilities, and then food and miscellaneous expenses, I probably won't make it through next month.

"Alright! Next!"

After making the TS Potion, I made ten portions of Pure Water and lined them up. Then I added the Medicinal Herbs I bought online and created about ten Healing Potions.

"Okay, that's done! Now, what's next…"

I drank the TS Potion I made and changed into a woman. Of course, my hair was blonde.

Next, I went back to my room, took off my tracksuit, and stood there naked.

"Hmm, I wonder if mine are bigger than Kaede-chan's?"

Being naked, I tried groping my own chest, but I didn't feel any particular emotion. The absence of what was usually in my groin probably had something to do with it, but looking at my own naked body did nothing for me.

"I don't get this part either… Oh well, it doesn't matter."

To get on with my work, I quickly put on the black robe I bought online. Then, I took my colored contacts, went to the sink, and put them in.

After struggling with the unfamiliar contacts, I finally got them in and looked in the mirror. Reflected there was a beautiful woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a black robe.

"Heh heh heh. No matter how you look at it, it's not me."

I look like a witch, and there's no way anyone would think it's me. If things go well, they might not even think I'm Japanese.

"Alright! Perfect!"

Once my preparations were complete, I packed the Healing Potions into a white shoulder bag I bought online.

"Hmm, I made ten, but I can probably only carry five."

I went to the trouble of making them, but ten was too many for the bag's capacity. They're in glass bottles, and they'll probably break if I try to force them in.

"I guess the rest can wait… For now, 2.5 million should be enough to live on for a while."

If I run out of money, I can just sell more.

I finished packing five potions in the bag, slung it over my shoulder, and left the room. Then, I took the train and headed to my target shop.

There were quite a few people on the train, but I managed to get a seat. No one made eye contact with me, but I could tell they were interested in me.

Some people were pointedly not looking at me, while others kept glancing my way, which was unnatural. Well, if you see a woman with waist-length blonde hair wearing a black robe, you'd probably think she was a cosplayer or something.

I tried not to mind and waited for my station. When I arrived, I went straight to the shop.

It was a shop that supposedly buys materials from the Frontier. I entered the shop and went straight to the buyout counter.

There was a young woman at the counter.

"I'm here to sell."

I placed my bag on the counter and spoke to the woman.

"Welcome. Is it this? What's inside?"

"Five Healing Potions. They're all level one, though."

"Five?! That many?!"

The female employee was extremely surprised.

"That's right."

I took five flasks out of my bag and placed them on the counter.

"P, please wait a moment! Um, may I take these? I need to have them appraised."

I guess if someone comes in to sell five valuable potions at once, they'd suspect they might be fake.

"Go ahead."

"Please wait a moment!"

The female employee placed the five potions in a basket and carefully carried them to the back.

Now then, how much will I get?