Chapter 10
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: Senior Wet Herself
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It's nothing groundbreaking to say, but what the hell are civil servants anyway? Dragging a patient fresh out of the hospital right in front of them and grilling her with questions for hours like some kind of interrogation—they're truly awful people.
"Ah, Senior! Over here!"
And so, finally around lunchtime after arriving that morning, I managed to escape the Magical Girl Activity Support Division headquarters building. Now, inside a quiet café far removed from it...
"...Keep it down. Everyone's staring."
"Aw, but you know how long I've been waiting, right?"
I let out a quiet sigh as I looked up at the girl—Yu-na—who now towered over me, unlike before.
"This is exactly why I didn't want to drop the transformation."
"Hey now, don't start that again. Teacher Aruel said you need to get used to it quick."
Honestly, while I was laid up in the hospital bed, I'd been a little excited at the thought of enjoying a woman's body... but actually living in this one? The inconveniences were piling up.
"Yu-na."
"Yes?"
"How about we chop you off just below the ankles?"
"...Senior. When you say it with that look in your eyes, it doesn't sound like a joke."
"I'm just uncomfortable having to look up at you like this."
First off... I'd gotten way too short. Even transforming into Seriel shrank me by nearly 20 cm, which felt off enough, but this normal form was even smaller than that.
"So, Senior's height must be... one-forty... no, wait, one-thirty...?"
"Tch. At least one-forty."
I shot a glare at Yu-na, who was giggling and about to blurt out the height they'd measured at the hospital. Just as I sat back down, still feeling annoyed...
Squish.
"Ngh...!"
The two hefty mounds pushing up my baggy T-shirt caught on the edge of the table... bearing the full weight of my body right on top of them.
"Guhhh...!"
I barely stifled the scream that bubbled up, wrapping my arms around my chest to shield myself from the startled glances at nearby tables as I bowed my head low.
"You goddamn lumps of fat...!"
"Senior, it's fine with me, but if you say stuff like that in public, you're gonna get in big trouble later."
"Shut up...!"
Second issue: these breasts. Smaller than Yu-na's, sure, but ridiculously oversized for my frame. The first time I'd snuck a feel after the change—without Aruel or Yu-na knowing—I was just amazed... but after a few days, I came to respect Yu-na for dealing with even bigger ones.
"If this was gonna happen, they should've just let me stay in transformation form. What the hell is this?"
No matter how much I tried to adjust to the smaller body, these things operated outside my perception, surprising me with pain more times than I could count.
"Ahaha... but it's cute, so isn't that good?"
"Cute for you looking at it. I'm dying here."
And today, out and about, it hit me hard. Breasts this prominent on such a small body drew eyes everywhere. Every passerby stole at least one glance.
"That's why I said I'd get you clothes, and you should've just let me."
"You think I'm crazy enough to wear your old kid clothes?"
So, to sum up the situation... I couldn't bring myself to wear Yu-na's childhood outfits, so for my discharge gift, with her help, we were shopping for clothes that fit this new body. And damn it all, that meant my first real shopping trip ever.
"Senior... even so, that T-shirt from your guy days is a bit..."
"I looked it up—it's called oversize fit."
"...What does Teacher Aruel say?"
"Nothing much?"
She didn't say anything. She'd just start to speak, sigh quietly, and stare off into the distant sky.
"Sigh... I shouldn't even bother. Anyway, Senior, you only transform when it's convenient, so you wouldn't get it. Girls need a lot of stuff, you know? So quit pretending and follow me properly."
"Yeah, yeah."
I did feel the need. Just before heading out today, if Aruel Teacher hadn't rushed out and bought me that sports bra, I'd have been in real trouble.
"So, what do you want? Aa? Must be hard to move around—gimme your card, I'll get it."
Just as the cheeky middle-schooler tried to snatch my card, I glanced at the café menu board far in the back.
"Hmm... strawberry yogurt."
"Huh? That's new. You used to swear by coffee, no matter what."
"Guess the body's changing my tastes. Craving something sweet."
I averted my eyes from Yu-na, who squinted at me with a strange look.
'...No way I could admit coffee's too bitter now.'
Ever since becoming a woman, my tastes had totally shifted. I couldn't stomach the coffee I'd chugged before—more like caffeine IVs than drinks.
"Heh..."
"Quit teasing and go order. Pick something you want too."
"Ehehe, right away!"
I slipped my hand into the pocket of the jeans Aruel Teacher had given me—insisting I wear them since I'd neglected down there—felt the familiar texture of my card, and handed it to Yu-na.
"Sigh..."
Who'd have thought I'd miss the hospital room? Adapting to this body felt utterly daunting.
* * *
Ah, I'm gonna die.
"Senior, Senior! Next, over there! Let's check that out!"
Is this what girls' shopping is like?
"Take me home..."
"Ehey, just underwear left!"
Until now, wandering outside with Yu-na had always followed my schedule, so I had no clue. Why did girls' shopping take forever?
"Underwear? Convenience store's fine..."
"Senior. You okay getting heat rash up top and bottom?"
"......"
"It'll itch like crazy... You'll regret not buying proper ones despite the embarrassment..."
What could I do? This was a woman's body now. I had limits handling it alone, so I'd asked Aruel Teacher to teach me how to live as a girl.
-Troublesome. Yu-na's around your age, isn't she? She doesn't seem the type to refuse if you ask—so why not her?
That lady dumps me on Yu-na, fine—but calling it troublesome? A bit much.
"Sigh... Fine, let's go."
Resigned, I followed Yu-na—who beamed with joy and tugged my hand—to our destination.
"......"
And there, I learned what a true forbidden realm for men was.
"C'mon, hurry inside! Senior!"
"...Yu-na. Yu-na. This... this ain't it."
"Huh?"
"No, just no. Th-this... doesn't feel like a place for me."
A place I'd always avert my eyes from if spotted on the street—the dazzling store brimming with women's lingerie. Standing before it, I felt the blood drain from my face.
"Y-yeah. Online... we can buy online... so..."
"What're you saying? Get in. It's cold."
"Eek!?"
"Ow, seriously. Stop resisting and come on, Senior!"
But in this shrunken body, I couldn't even match Yu-na's strength? Despite wanting to bolt, I was helplessly dragged inside by her grip.
"Senior, open your eyes. What's there to be embarrassed about?"
For me, squeezing my eyes shut, hands clamped over my burning face regardless of onlookers—that was my limit.
"Ugh, really. Look, guys come here too. You're only innocently pure about stuff like this."
Wha, guys?
"......"
Wondering if it was a lie, I peeked through my fingers. Sure enough, scattered men in the vast store—probably with girlfriends.
"R-really...?"
"Yup. Now, let's finish with underwear and grab dinner."
I glanced around nervously, checking for stares... and finally calmed down.
Zing.
"Urk."
Trailing Yu-na, hunting for the least provocative, plainest underwear...
"Senior? What's wrong?"
"......Toilet."
"Huh?"
"Where's... the bathroom..."
Maybe from the drink at the café? Or tension easing? Suddenly, my bladder screamed it was about to burst. I yanked Yu-na's sleeve, asking desperately.
"Uh... hold on. The bathroom's..."
"Ngh... no...!"
"Eh, wait. Senior? Senior...?"
Unfortunately, one thing I hadn't realized about women's bodies yet.
"Kkh, guh...!"
In the hospital, I'd always felt it coming and dashed to the attached bathroom. I didn't know—a woman's bladder is shorter, making it harder to hold than a man's.
Drip... drip...
So, being new to holding it in a woman's body... my bladder was even weaker at it.
Shhhh...
Feeling the warm stream trickle down my legs...
"D-don't... look..."
I had the utterly humiliating experience of peeing myself standing in front of my middle-school junior.
"Ahaha, ahaha... W-well, we were gonna get new underwear anyway...! Th-this happens...! D-don't worry about it...! I'll, I'll clean it up...!"
Yu-na tried to soothe me, insisting she understood, frantically calling a store clerk... but her warm kindness stung worse than anything today.