"What's going on?! Who are you, and why are you in my brother's bed?" Today was very eventful at the Itsuka household. Kotori returned home with Yoshino.
She was about to go chat with her dearest brother. However, as soon as she opened the door to her brother's room, she found a beautiful girl lying sound asleep on his bed.
"What's all the noise about, Kotori?" The beautiful girl sat up, let out a huge yawn, and expressed her dissatisfaction with her sister's loud shouting waking her up.
"Wait! My voice..." Before she could finish, she noticed her own abnormality.
"This is...?" The girl looked at the two mounds on her chest, which were a bit larger than Kotori's. Hmm! No, why did she have two mounds on her chest?
"It's gone, it's gone." She quickly reached down, but the familiar'something' that used to be there was now completely undetectable.
"Who exactly are you?" Kotori looked at the strange girl in front of her. Although she felt the girl was thinking some rather impolite thoughts, she had never seen a girl touch her own breasts right after waking up. Could she be a hentai? What about her brother?
"It's me, Kotori, it's me!" The girl anxiously pointed at her face and said to Kotori.
"Who are you? Could it be...!" Kotori carefully examined the girl in front of her, looking her up and down. She realized that the girl bore a three-part resemblance to her brother!
"Are you... Shido?" She spoke the unbelievable words that were in her heart, in a questioning tone. After receiving a nod from the other party, Kotori's entire worldview collapsed.
Half an hour later, Kotori calmed her startled little heart. She looked at the very awkward beautiful girl in front of her, taking a good look. She was indeed a beauty, on par with Tohka. But this beautiful girl was actually her brother. Honestly, Kotori really wanted to give God the middle finger. It was sick (but well done)!
"So, you had a fever, slept, and then turned into this!" After more than an hour of explanation, Kotori reluctantly accepted the female Shido's answer.
"You didn't go to Thailand, did you?"
"I didn't go anywhere!"
The female Shido said angrily. She was also on the verge of a breakdown, okay? Couldn't Kotori properly comfort her brother's wounded psyche? Instead, she was still teasing her. She had no intention of cutting off her 'brother.' But it ran away on its own. She was truly sorry for not taking good care of its feelings, 'brother.' She felt so lonely now that it was gone. She wished it would come back!
"Then, next, let's go for a check-up!" Kotori unwrapped another lollipop, eating it as she questioned the female Shido.
"Hmm! I should go see first. If we find the cause, maybe we can solve the current situation." Shido's heart was filled with anticipation, but would there be any leeway?
The two arrived at the Ratatosk base, the highest-level medical facility.
"What? How is that possible?" Shido looked at the old doctor in front of her and said angrily.
"The results are correct. Your body is that of a normal female. Your chromosomes are XX, and other than slightly high estrogen levels, there are no other issues." The old doctor calmly looked at the female Shido and handed her the results.
"How is that possible? How can a male turn into a female in one day, and without any traces of modification or surgery?" Kotori analyzed the report.
"Could it be a Spirit or Spirit Power at work?" Thinking of this, Kotori felt a chill down her spine. A Spirit that could change gender—this could be, in some sense, the greatest disaster in human history! It seemed they needed to be on alert.
With that thought, Kotori left with a distraught Shido.
"Commander, who is this?" Reine, holding documents, encountered the Kotori sisters and curiously glanced at Shido.
"Oh, Reine, this is my idiotic brother."
Hearing this unbelievable answer, Reine's eyes widened. The son (husband) she had painstakingly given birth to had actually turned into a girl. How could this be? It was beyond her expectations. Reine, who had completely not anticipated such a change, was a bit stunned, but in Kotori's eyes, this was perfectly normal.
Anyone who knew that the girl in front of them had been a boy just a few days ago would probably have the same expression!
"I am Shido, Shido Itsuka. Commander Reine." Shido scratched her smooth little face and said helplessly.
After calming down a bit, Reine took Kotori and Shido to a coffee shop.
"What do you plan to do from now on?" Reine saw that the situation was set and there was no way to change it. She couldn't help but ask Shido with a slight inner trepidation. She was very concerned about her former husband, now her child, Shido, who had become a girl. Even Suguu Mana's importance in her heart was not as high as Shido's.
She was now a little afraid that Shido might think of doing something drastic like committing suicide, which would completely ruin her many years of planning.
"This, can it really not be reversed?" Shido looked at the two mounds on her chest with a troubled expression, asking with an inner struggle.
"Even if it could be reversed, it wouldn't be anytime soon. Right now, you should think about your future life. Your male identity probably can't be used anymore; you can only live as a girl. The choice is yours: whether to bid farewell to a peaceful life and work for 'Ratatosk,' or choose to live a peaceful life as a female. But the Spirit-sealing will definitely not let you stop." Kotori ruthlessly exposed Shido's current predicament. She felt that doing so was right. To make Shido stop avoiding the current problem was to make her accept her current identity.
"Your choice?" Kotori asked, looking at Shido with a serious expression.
"I… I… I don't know. I don't know what to do." Shido's eyes were full of tears. Why was she so miserable?
"Little Shido," Reine looked at Shido's pained and conflicted face, pulling her into her embrace and comforting her.
She also knew that Kotori was doing this for Shido's good, so she didn't stop Kotori's actions. What she hoped for most was for Shido to live happily and joyfully, even if she couldn't acknowledge her.
"Kotori, I've made my decision."
Shido cried in Reine's arms for a while, then calmed down. The atmosphere among the three instantly grew cold, and they were silent for a long time! Shido looked up and said to her sister with determination.
"Tell us your decision! We will support you, after all, we are family." Kotori said, striking while the iron was hot.
"I will start living as a female." Shido said to Kotori with determination.
"Yosh~! As expected of my brother, uh! No, it should be older sister now." Kotori saw that there was no longer any confusion in Shido's eyes and let out a deep sigh of relief.
"Then, a new life should have a new name, right?" Kotori nodded and said.
"Then! How about Li Goudan?"
"Pfft~! Have you lost your mind? Or rather, Kotori, did you get the wrong lines?!"
Looking at her suddenly crazy sister, Shido couldn't help but retort.
"Then, let's call her Nobita Daikoko!"
"Are you really trying to bully me that much?"
"You just found out!"
"…"
Finally, Reine stopped the two's 'joyful' interaction.
"Let's call her Shiori! Shiori Itsuka!" Reine proposed the name she had thought of.
"Thank you, Reine." Shido looked at Reine with tears in her eyes. Shido, who had been 'shocked' by Kotori's naming ability, finally saw a normal name.
"Tch~! Alright! From today onwards, your name will be Shiori Itsuka." Kotori pouted unhappily. It seemed she was quite displeased that she couldn't name Shido.
"Then, I'll leave the data modification to you, Reine."
"Mm!"
After that, Kotori left with Shido… uh, no, Shiori. Reine looked at their retreating figures and sighed deeply.
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