Chapter 9: The change

{Milanni's perspective}

Hi, I am Milanni. A witch that turned into a girl.

There's a boy here on my front, sitting beside the window as he sightseeing the outside. While me lying here on a couch that he repaired for me, just sipping tea as usual.

About what happened after I transformed. Alan just kissed me suddenly.

Of course, I was flustered. But, I think I hit him too much.

"Hey, Alan. Do you remember?"

"Remember what?"

"You know? You kissed me suddenly."

I really expected him to sensitively react from that. Just look at him.

"Oh? You drink the potion I made? I'm sorry but I don't remember anything beyond after I made those."

"Really?"

"Why are you asking?"

"No. It's nothing."

My feelings is right, he forgotten it.

What should I do? What should I do?

"Your cheeks are red. Ah, probably the side effects of the youth restoration potion? I see."

I didn't talk back to his opinion on me.

•

{Alan's perspective}

I wonder what happened. It's too suspicious.

I was just finishing up the potion making and poof, I don't remember anything afterwards.

I wake up in the morning with a squeezing pain and a spinning sensation in my head. My memories and other self's memories are still intact but how?

And then, a voice of girl wakes me up from a deep sleep. Deep sleep? Nah whatever. She's...flat. Her face is similar to Milanni's. I assumed that she's her, it turns out I was right.

Later days after. I do think I hit my head somewhere that causing me lose a bit of my memories. Fortunately, I remember what happened on that day but very vaguely.

She suddenly asked if I kissed her but nah. I don't remember a thing. Like hell I would do that!

I really wish I didn't hit my head and saw her turn into a girl. I might probably change my mind at her.

I notice her change of personality since that happened. She doesn't suddenly have mood swings and she understand everything what I say very well. I'm starting to think she is not a Milanni that I know, but just a normal girl with memories from her previous body.

"Hey, Milanni. You should stop using that name."

I tried to ask her to change her name because I don't want to remember the huge cruel witch's appearance. That witch is too menacing and delinquent.

"Yeah. I did think about that not too long ago."

She then gaze at me and her cheeks becomes red.

By chance, Is she in love with me?

If it is, I'm screwed... reaaaalllyyy screwed.

She stand up from the couch and walks around in circles. She seems to think about her new name.

"But before that, Can you just talk about what really happened?"

Her cheeks began to color into red just asking for that. But heck, I'm surprised. She just nods and smiles at me.

•

After she told me everything about what happened on that day. I really thinked hard and swam through my memories but I didn't remember anything.

I was shocked to hear that I suddenly hugged her and kissed her. My heart was... in piercing pain.

I grasp my hear for a moment, I just got heart attack for a little bit.

"I see. That's what happened. I'm sorry for what I've done for you."

"No no no. That's nothing. It's good to know that you asked."

She swayed her hands back and forth rejecting my apologies to her. I suddenly feel guilty when she do that.

"Okay. I accepted your apology but don't feel guilty, Alan. I was on my fault for suddenly drink the potion in excitement."

She cheering me up from feeling dejected like a typical energetic young highschool girl.

Energetic?

"Oh."

Milanni's eyes becomes opens wide with a bulb on head then the *ting* sfx rang. I don't think she has a good idea. I'm scared right now.

"How about Miltinna?"

"Miltinna??"

"Yes, Miltinna. I finally decided that Miltinna will be my new name. Nice to meet you again, Alan."

Out of my mind, my instinct took over, I stand up and jumped at her. Both of us landed on the couch. Then after I regain my senses, I was on top of her.

Particularly, A normal young man doing this suggests that he really likes the girl. But I'm not.

"Hey Alan! Alan! Hey!!"

She tried to resist me but my uncontrollable instinct pulling her body into me. But I suppressed my instincts and forcefully pushed her away.

"I'm sorry Milann- Miltinna. I didn't mean to do it"

But something unexpected happened. She touched my face. Her pink lips really wants me to kiss her but I stop myself thinking those thoughts.

"Alan, I know."

We stare at each other's eyes until the silence was broken up by the bird's noises. We both stand up because we are embarrassed to express our feelings. Just her feelings though, not me.

To kill our embarrassment, I started to speak my suggestion.

"We should go for a training now. My mana is is still unstable to use. You barely began your martial arts training, you know? We should get going because I--- We are running out of time!"

She only replied with a smile from her red cheeks and her pink-colored lips.

•

{Narrative}

The course of the wind from the east is getting stronger. The clouds in the sky darkened from it's color from white into violet-ish gray.

Despite the storm is coming, the two youngsters exchanging multiple blows that matches the sound of the thunder and the spells that ravaged the forest.

It's been three months since both of them started their trainings with their self-made techniques, styles, spells, and other battle aspects that has yet to be discovered.

They combined their knowledge, experiences, tactics, and expertise aiming to become the most peerless warriors will be known to Pratheua.

As aiming to be one, a storm must not let them interrupt, they must persist until the goal is achieved!

"Our training is sure tiring."

"All you do is complain. You just like you are still a giant."

"I'm hungry."

"Food will be for later. We must not break our fast."

"But it's been 3 days since we don't eat anything!"

"Just wait until tomorrow. After that, I will cook delicious food for you. Okay?"

"Yey!"

The two youngsters, Alan and Miltinna, has been preparing themselves for their goal to be the peerless.

Little did they know, they are on the edge of the forest where the curse of Milanni, or now known as Miltinna, is supposed to make her magic powers disappear, didn't really happened.

Alan noticed the anomalies on the forest, he at Miltinna but she didn't react from the anomalies for some reason.

"Miltinna, use a magic. I mean, right now."

"Huh? What?"

"Just do it!"

She was confused why he wants her to use a spell. She half-heartedly activate a low tier fire magic at the nearby, but it immediately activates and burned the whole tree.

She was ashtonished when she knew she can now use magic outside the forest.

"I can use magic?! I CAN USE MAGIC!!!"

She then happily hugged Alan, making him smile at her.

"We can assume that the curse is broken. We don't know why."

"Alan, Alan! We should celebrate now!"

"Then, We should go back to the house as soon as we finish our rest here."

The night came, they celebrated because Miltinna's curse is broken.

That night, they decided to go to Artheos village next week to begin Miltinna's journey outside from the forest first time in her 300 years of living.

And finally, the dreams that she aim for will become true. What dream could it possibly be?