Chapter 596 : Tsukino Yoimachi

The days passed, and after a week of living together, Miku and Yuki got used to their life together, or rather, they forced themselves to. Inevitably, they became closer.

Of course, it wasn't in a romantic way. They couldn't stand the way their bodies were changing. Miku's hair lost its shine each day, and Yuki's body grew weaker.

With gritted teeth, they agreed on how to care for their body. Yuki allowed Miku to take care of his skin and hair, acknowledging he was a 'girl'. Meanwhile, Yuki made Miku work out to regain muscle.

It was a tough start, but they were getting along. After all, Miku liked women, and Yuki's body was quite sexy, making her feel good despite knowing he was a man.

Unfortunately, they made no progress in switching back. They still didn't know why they had swapped and if it could be reversed. Miku searched for the entity that gave her powers but found nothing. Yuki, on the other hand, explored occultism.

But nothing worked...

"That's enough for today. We won't find that thing..."

"I agree. Let's go home."

Miku was exhausted, and Yuki too. It was their third time searching the city with no results, so they agreed to return home.

"Hmm?"

However, as they headed home, something caught Miku's attention.

It was her old company's building, now bankrupt. Next to it was a karaoke bar.

Since she was a child, Miku loved music. That karaoke bar brought painful memories; it was where her career as Tsukino Yoimachi began. Her beautiful voice attracted her manager, who recruited her there.

"Do you want to go in?"

Yuki knew little about Miku but knew she was an idol and quite famous.

"..."

Miku didn't respond. That karaoke bar was full of memories, but that wasn't why she didn't want to go in.

That karaoke bar was where her beautiful voice began, but now she had lost her 'voice'. Miku felt too uncomfortable with her male voice to go in.

"I..."

*Weeeoo, Weooou, Weeooou

Miku didn't finish speaking as the loudspeakers interrupted.

[An imminent spatial earthquake detected in this area. Head to the nearest shelter. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill. Head to the nearest shelter.]

[I repeat…]

Hearing this, Yuki sighed and looked at Miku. Yuki soon discovered that she was a spirit, and Miku explained a bit about her existence, including that a spirit caused spatial earthquake alarms.

"A spirit?"

"That's right..."

Yuki rubbed his chin, intrigued by other spirits. He decided to stay and watch. Spatial earthquakes could be dangerous for humans, but not for spirits, so Yuki used Gabriel to protect both his and Miku's bodies.

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*Bang, Bang

*Ta-ta-ta-ta*

Gunshots were heard as AST sprang into action, chasing a giant rabbit...

"Keep shooting! Don't let it escape again!"

AST was giving it their all, chasing this spirit...

"Hermit," was the nickname this spirit had earned due to its cowardly nature. It never fought, always fleeing when found.

Thus, this spirit was the easiest to handle, and AST, which hadn't truly killed any spirit, hoped to succeed with this one...

"Hick..."

However, AST didn't know that Hermit was crying while riding her angel and fleeing at full speed...

"What are they doing? It's a girl!"

Protected by Gabriel, Miku couldn't help but comment. Hermit appeared as a cute young girl around 13 to 14 years old, with blue eyes and long, curly blue hair. She wore a short white dress under a large green coat with a pink ribbon attached, and a pair of rabbit ear hoods.

A loli as cute as her was being chased by AST. As a new spirit, Miku didn't know spirits were hunted and felt fury seeing the mistreatment of such a cute and innocent loli. It was clear this loli didn't want to fight and was terrified of AST. Unfortunately, Miku had no powers and could only grit her teeth in frustration...

"Shaddai El Chai"

At that moment, Yuki stepped softly on the ground, materializing the astral dress. The male jeans and shirt disappeared, replaced by a yellow dress with blue frills...

"..."

Yuki felt odd seeing this. The body was more comfortable, but Yuki couldn't help but twist his lips in frustration at the appearance. Wearing that astral dress made him look delicate and defenseless.

"What are you doing?"

Miku, surprised, asked...

"Like you, I can't stand seeing that girl being attacked..."

"..."

Miku didn't respond but saw the anger in Yuki's eyes, as if AST had touched her reverse scale...

*Bam

Without waiting for Miku, Yuki shot into the sky, chasing AST...

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

Materializing his angel, a tube organ appeared from 'space', and Yuki screamed, making AST momentarily collapse...

"Contact! Contact! Deploy immediately!"

The squad captain quickly ordered her confused team as this spirit appeared out of nowhere. They had never been attacked by two spirits at once, especially one hiding, waiting for the perfect moment to strike...

"Ahhh!"

The spirit's voice was too strong, and AST, taken by surprise, had no resistance and was forced into a defensive position...

(Hmm? She's gone)

Yuki kept watch on Hermit, but the girl was so cowardly that she fled the moment she got a chance, leaving Yuki to face AST alone.

Even so, AST wasn't strong, so Yuki's voice was enough to bind them...

(Good, that's enough)

Having fulfilled his purpose, Yuki disappeared with a snap of his fingers, leaving AST free...

"What the hell was that?!"

"A new spirit. We need to report it immediately..."

Once freed, AST analyzed the pattern of this new spirit. Miku had just received her Sephira crystal, so her existence was still unknown. However, with the two spirits gone, the mages sighed in disappointment. Just as they were about to capture Hermit, this spirit appeared...

(What bad luck)

In the end, the mages blamed their bad luck.

"You're so reckless!"

When Yuki returned, Miku scolded him. This man was using her powers and binding AST to let Hermit escape.

"What if they catch you? Idiot!"

Of course, Miku also wanted to protect that cute spirit, but she knew that with those mechanical women and without information, the best thing was to stay out of it. But it was obvious that Yuki didn't think or didn't think he'd be caught.

"Don't worry."

"Of course I worry! That's my body!"

After a few minutes, Miku got tired, and Yuki sighed.

"Why did you do it? That girl is a stranger! It's not worth the risk!"

Just when Yuki thought Miku wouldn't question him anymore, she asked. Yuki shrugged.

"That girl was suffering. As a man, it was impossible for me to ignore a child."

Yuki answered immediately, as his reason was simple. As a human, he couldn't ignore such acts against children.

"..."

Miku opened her mouth at this response. She didn't think the reason was so simple. She was angry at AST, but for Miku, revealing her existence was risky, so she hesitated about what to do.

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TN: Let me correct it was a cute loli being chased so thats why he saved otherwise he probably wouldnt give a shit if there was a guy being chased... lol.. damn says a lot abt the society..