Chapter 597: Hermit (1)

"Ahh!"

The next morning, an excited shout echoed through the bathroom...

"Yes! I missed you, my friend!"

Yuki was pleasantly surprised when he got up and went to the bathroom. He was no longer in Miku's frail body; his strong muscles and great vitality had returned. This almost made Yuki jump with joy...

"Kyaa!"

Similarly, Miku also screamed with delight. Her two large, plump breasts were back, and she couldn't help but feel relieved...

"I'm free! I'm free!"

Being in Yuki's body had made Miku feel strange, but fortunately, she was now back to normal.

(What happened?)

However, there was something Yuki couldn't understand. Over the past few days, they had been trying different methods to help Miku regain her body, but nothing had worked until now.

Maybe...

(It's the spiritual power...)

"Meeting!" x2

As if in sync, both Miku and Yuki shouted at the same time.

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Tenguu City, AST Underground Base.

As the military division in charge of eliminating spirits, AST had the highest technology in the country, allowing them to detect spacequakes in advance and warn civilians. However, spacequakes, though common, weren't that frequent. This past month, the number of spacequakes had doubled, seriously alarming the higher-ups at AST.

"Damn it!"

Ryouko Kusakabe, the captain of the group tasked with eliminating spirits, was under immense pressure. Trained to kill spirits, her team had faced many frustrations and disadvantages this month...

This made the higher-ups doubt her capabilities, leading to another company, DEM, intervening in their operations.

"Idiots! What are those guys up there thinking, using DEM to do our job?! Spirits aren't easy to kill!"

As always, before questioning the difficulty of the task and the failure, the higher-ups preferred to question the leader in charge.

"Captain, don't be discouraged!"

"That's right, next time we'll succeed."

Her subordinates consoled their captain, empathizing with her, knowing how terrible it was to be under such pressure.

"If only 'Diva' hadn't appeared..."

The murmur from one of her subordinates reached Ryouko Kusakabe's ears, and she sighed.

Indeed, all these problems began approximately 20 days ago when 'Diva' appeared and had been constantly active. Each time a spirit appeared and AST tried to kill it, Diva would appear and repel them.

This dangerous behavior made AST list Diva as one of the strongest and most dangerous spirits.

But that wasn't all. Whenever Diva appeared, AST had to face two spirits, leading to AST's loss.

"...."

Origami said nothing, simply watching her captain. Even she, the most enthusiastic about eliminating spirits, could do nothing when Diva attacked.

"Fools! They're basically selling AST."

As someone familiar with how DEM operates, Ryouko Kusakabe was well aware of what would happen in the future if DEM joined them.

"The spacequakes have concentrated in this area, and you haven't been able to kill a single spirit... Is there any point in complaining?"

Suddenly, the room's door opened, and a group of women entered. Leading them was a woman with long, dark red curly hair and icy blue fox-like eyes.

"Who are you?"

Ryouko frowned and instinctively went on guard. Her years of work as a Mage allowed her to sense that this woman was not someone easy to deal with.

"Starting today, I'm joining you. My name is Jessica Bailey, nice to work with you..."

Though this woman introduced herself with a smile, her eyes were dangerous, especially when she looked at Diva's image on the screen.

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Of course, Yuki and Miku were unaware that both AST and DEM were now watching them.

Their only concern was whether their sofa cushion was soft enough...

From the day they returned to their original bodies, they jumped with joy, thinking the nightmare was finally over. Unfortunately, they were wrong as they switched bodies again the next day.

Depressed, they tried to change back. The first thing they thought of was to use their spirit powers. Yuki, in particular, quickly exhausted his Reiryoku.

The duo waited until the next day, but nothing changed; they remained in their switched bodies. After trying other methods, they eventually discovered the reason for the switch and how to stay in their original bodies.

The reason was the Reiryoku of other spirits; they both needed to be near a spirit to prevent the body switch.

Because of this, Miku proposed saving the spirits attacked by AST and bringing them home.

Although the body-switching was the main reason, Miku knew the little spirit was a very cute and adorable girl. As a 'yuri' girl, Miku was drooling over this girl, really wanting to smother her with kisses.

Yuki, aware of Miku's intentions, hesitated with this dangerous plan as it meant being under AST's threat. But like Miku, he also wanted to stay in his body, so he supported her crazy plan.

Unfortunately, not everything went according to plan. When Hermit appeared and helped Miku with AST, this little girl had been hiding from Miku and refused to live with them.

Hermit was very scared of Miku because this 'yuri' girl was a predator.

Even when Yuki tried to persuade her, the damage was done, and Hermit distrusted Miku too much, causing her to distrust Yuki as well.

To Hermit, this duo were kidnappers.

Though Yuki and Miku wanted to give up on this girl, they couldn't because no other spirits came to this city except Hermit.

Therefore, in the past few days, Miku and Yuki had been working hard, scaring away AST and protecting Hermit in an attempt to earn her trust.

It seemed to be working since Hermit no longer ran away when she saw them. However, Hermit was still too shy and hadn't fully accepted their help.

But as the days passed, Yuki and Miku believed they were close to convincing this girl to come home with them...

Still, the work had been quite hard, so both were now relaxing on the sofa.

"Do you think she'll come with us next time?"

"Maybe..."

Another thing that changed between them was their relationship. They were no longer as uncomfortable with each other as at the beginning. You could say that Miku's hatred for men had decreased quite a bit, at least towards Yuki. Miku no longer tried to embarrass or insult him; instead, they treated each other well. Perhaps it was due to the difficulty and experience Miku had in Yuki's body that she began to understand a bit.

After all, the societal restrictions on men were higher than on women. Sometimes, when Miku saw a beautiful girl, she couldn't help but approach and harass her, which led to being slapped or even running from the police, and Yuki had to intervene to save her.

If she were in her true body, Miku would succeed 100% due to Gabriel, who manipulates the mind, and because Miku is a woman. But being a normal man, the difficulty of picking up girls was higher, as women would be on guard in his presence. Miku acting like a pervert didn't help either.

Miku was depressed by this and understood how difficult it could be to be a man and how unreasonable women could be.

Therefore, her hatred toward Yuki decreased, and she no longer felt disgusted when Yuki approached or tried to touch her in her true body. Although when she tried with other men, it was disastrous as Miku hit them, this was still a significant advancement in her condition.

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TN: I think I have gabrial too.. Anyways may release extra chapters if you send powerstones as I have a lot saved in draft