Although it seemed alright for now, he felt a shudder.
“Shin?”
“Well…It is not wrong, I guess.”
And then, Shin properly glossed over the question.
“Or more precisely, where did you hear that?”
“People who came to the Shinto shrine said it. In addition, the ‘BL’ they said was interesting.”
“Who the ー!! What a fool to have a conversation like that in front of the boss Element Tailーー!!”
While sending a curse to whomever and wherever the unknown players were, Shin instructed Yuzuha to return to the little girl mode. It was not so bad when it was a ‘loli’, but a suspicious ‘shota’ was too hard mentally.
“Come on, put this on for the time being.”
“It’s puffy. What is it~?”
“It is from the material that I made before. If I remember correctly, didn’t you wear clothes that had such a feeling before?”
Shin handed Yuzuha a scarlet hakama* with a kimono* undershirt and a white robe. In short, it was the shrine maiden clothes. Certainly, they were not ordinary clothes since they came from Shin’s Item Box. (TL note: A type of traditional Japanese clothing)
Even though the clothes would be suitable in the Shinto shrine, they were also the clothes that Element Tail wore during the game in human mode.
“Oh~”
“Please say if you think you want to change the color. If i’m not mistaken, it was navy blue?”
“This is fine~!!”
Yuzuha delightedly said, while putting on the shrine maiden clothes. Because the size adjustability was included, there was no problem even if the figure was small.
However, was the memory vague? A few minutes after the clothes began to change, they had lost shape everywhere.
“Shin~…”
Yuzuha called to Shin in a frail voice.
“Say it from the beginning if you don’t know how.”
Shin spoke while he repaired Yuzuha’s disarrayed clothes. Speaking of how he knew how to put on the shrine maiden clothes, it was because of the schematic attached to the note column. Such a thing was a part of the item’s clothes description.
As Yuzuha put on the Japanese sock that Shin took out as an addition, it spun around and around on top of the bed in high spirits.
“Kuu~”
“Don’t move around too much. The outfit will get out of shape.”
“Then, I will have Shin dress me again~”
“Stop it.”
What made it so happy? It was twirling around and around, matching with the tail that extended from the hakama. Somehow the shrine maiden clothes expanded from the spine muscle as a result.
Was it the close feeling of wearing a dougi*? Shin wondered. He had a hunch that the spine expanded only because it wore it like that. (TL note: martial art’s uniform)
“Hey, don’t go turning around. It should be breakfast soon.”
“Breakfast!”
“I guess Yuzuha feels hungry too.”
“Yes!”
“Then, let’s go. Hmm? Someone is coming. This response, is it Tiera?…Ha!?”
Shin perceived that it was Tiera approaching. It was different if it was Schnee, but he hadn’t explained about Yuzuha to Tiera in detail yet.
“Shin, are you awake? The breakfast will be ready soon.”
Tiera knocked on the door as she told him about breakfast.
“Oh, yes. I will be ready right away――”
Still, the door was not impudently opened like the way they did in mangas and light novels. But, was Yuzuha not able to wait? Yuzuha, who didn’t notice Tiera’s voice, pushed open the door with all of its might.
“Breakfast!!”
“――There!? Yuzuha stop!!”
“Eh?”
At the same time as Tiera’s surprised voice, a thick sound resounded as the door collided with Tiera.
“Ouch~”
“Um, ano, au…”
Shin, who appeared from the side of the door, saw Tiera holding her reddening nose and the figure of Yuzuha was also seen. It seemed like Tiera took a pratfall as she was sitting in a child-like sitting state.
“Are you alright”
“Uu~ This child is?”
“It’s Yuzuha. Actually, it has a transformation ability. Hey, apologize to Tiera.”
“I am so-sorry…”
“I see. Haha, it’s alright, Yuzuha-chan. Since I didn’t get hit with too much power. But, be careful when you open the door next time, okay? And um, good morning.”
“Okay~ Um, good morning.”
Tiera, who was seen laughing, made Yuzuha, who was panicked, feel relieved. As for Yuzuha now, one would think that it was only a child that was excited too much, because its thoughts and actions were appropriate for its age.
Shin thought about it while seeing the situation that got the two people talking. If he looked at Yuzuha’s situation, this might be the maximum growth limit in the present conditions. Yuzuha hasn’t leveled up since that time, and he knew that it’s mind state hadn’t completely returned to its original state either.
Why was Yuzuha’s power sealed? Though he didn’t understand much of the information obtained from Yuzuha itself, he would have to verify it. It was obvious to Shin that there was something else unknown that occurred.