Chapter 53
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 53
Chapter Title: Chapter 53
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 53
Chapter Title: The Top Student's Secret
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Why is this here?
“Hmm?”
I froze midway through undressing Chayuri Floridel.
Hold on a second.
“Ah, I brought gloves but totally forgot about them.”
Come to think of it, I'd grabbed them earlier for cleaning but spaced out.
I'd already done the whole cleanup barehanded. Forgot them and got my hands filthy for nothing.
No helping it. Couldn't slip them on in this state anyway.
I resumed undressing Chayuri.
Now I was really stripping him down. Seeing some guy's bare body wasn't exactly a thrill, but...
Swoosh—
I peeled off the sweat-drenched outer layer.
A white shirt emerged, soaked through and clinging tight to his skin.
Drenched in sweat—or whatever fluid—his skin showed right through.
But something felt off.
‘Is he wearing an extra undershirt...?’
His chest wasn't see-through. Something else layered underneath.
Pop—pop— I undid the shirt buttons one by one.
Chayuri's skin slowly came into view.
But,
“Hmm?”
This guy had his chest wrapped tight with compression bandages, almost completely bound.
What the hell? Did a taboo mage do this?
No, didn't look like a wound. Just wrapped up.
Whatever. Needed unwrapping. Just as filthy.
‘Tied on real tight.’
I started unwinding the bandages.
So many layers I had to lift and shift his body around. Wore me out.
“Still not done?!”
“I'm doing it! Don't turn around!”
How long had it even been? Already nagging.
I brushed off Nayu's words and finished the bandages.
Doing all this, I deserved some pork cutlet from Nayu at least.
Whoosh—whoosh— Just as I fully unwound them—
“...Huh?”
I froze solid.
Like getting hit by a 9th-circle ice spell.
Never taken a spell that OP, but nothing could shock a person more.
“Why is this...”
I couldn't believe it.
No way, I thought, and tugged his pants down too. Only confirmed it harder.
Why was his body like this?!
I nearly screamed.
Thank god I remembered Nayu was in the room right before and clamped it down, but my face was still pure horror.
“Still?!”
“W-wait! Absolutely don't turn around!”
I yelled at Nayu stomping her feet. I was stomping too, for that matter.
Whatever it was, Nayu couldn't see.
No, shouldn't I be the one not looking? But he's a guy. So why?
Not the time anyway.
Nayu nagging, couldn't leave him like this.
Swipe—swipe—swoosh
I frantically sorted everything at breakneck speed.
Chayuri was clean now, dressed properly somehow.
Thank goodness I'd grabbed thick, baggy clothes.
Weird thoughts kept creeping in. Slapped my cheeks every time.
Once done, a thought hit me.
Ah, this guy's spinal fluid. Hurts to drink in the dorm, so did it at the family home.
Better not show Nayu.
She likes Chayuri that much—telling her the truth felt heavy.
Least let Chayuri spill it herself. Couldn't out someone else's secret.
“All done.”
I plopped down in a daze once finished.
Nayu whipped around, checked Chayuri, and looked relieved.
I couldn't speak for a while.
Too busy wrestling my clashing thoughts.
This guy, if chugging spinal fluid, warn me ahead. Haha.
A bit later, we decided to head back for now.
Couldn't camp in Professor Juery's lab forever.
And Chayuri wouldn't wake anytime soon.
Back at the dorms, parted with Nayu.
She threw a fit at the dorm entrance, refusing to leave Chayuri alone, but the guard uncle finally stopped her.
Left her with those abandoned puppy eyes and headed into the men's dorm.
No tailing apparent.
Quick gal check: Archmages still thought ‘taboo mages avoid stirring trouble inside the academy.’
Reason unknown, but seemed safe here.
President left me alone then too. Academy was a safe zone, anyway.
I found Chayuri's room and unlocked the door.
Key had been in his clothes, luckily.
Thought about dragging him to my room, but with his body being... female now, spending the night together felt off.
Might wake up mid-sleep and pounce or something.
Academy safe zone, so tucked him in his room. Time for my rest.
I opened Chayuri's dorm room door.
Flipped on the light and tossed him onto the bed.
Right as I turned to leave, a familiar-looking bottle on his desk caught my eye.
The glass vial of changeling spinal fluid he'd bought at the auction.
Amount unchanged from when I sold it.
...Why is this here?
“Maki'yaaaaaaaah!!”
[Title: Guys, this is a real secret—don't tell a soul, just hear me out]
Author: Kim Muggle
*Important*
Don't tell anyone. One person's dignity on the line.
But I'm too freaked out—need ears. Starting main post.
Top Student still out. Tucked in dorm.
I'm resting too.
Said I changed his clothes earlier—saw it then.
Massive spoiler from here. Don't wanna see? Hit back.
It's this: Top Student... is a woman!!
Stripped to change—bam, watermelons burst out!!
First thought gynecomastia.
But no trunk either!!
Figured spinal fluid, but bottle on desk—untouched.
So this bastard wanted to be a guy.
Makes sense—disguised as dude all along.
Taboo magic turn her guy? Confirmed purified clean tho.
Aww lololol finally caught on lol
Realized only after seeing in person? For real lol
What's up with those eyes lol
Are you actually retarded
Gynecomastia lmao
What? You guys knew?
We kept telling you
Knew? Bullshit lol
Hawawa, really clueless? Kim Muggle's such a dummy~
Aww, what to do with this idiot. But Top Student's male disguise reason? Exact cause unknown to us too. Probably not by choice tho.
Why so sure not voluntary?
How clueless can you be till the end
Fun letting him stay clueless lol
Top Student boom'd?
Red potions can't beat Top Student's rack...!
Top Student's tits = watermelons... memo...
Hoo, this'll turn boob gang heretics www
But boob gang's boobs vs Top Student's—superiority TBD
I'm cuuuuummiiiinggg...!!
“What? These bastards knew?”
I'd dramatically posted on the gal and ended up screaming myself.
They knew? So every Top Student mention, calling me clueless—that's what they meant?
But how were they so sure it wasn't voluntary?
If gal right, Chayuri had normal gender identity but forced into male disguise.
That'd be better. This was messing my head too much.
Knock knock—
Someone knocked on my door.
Glanced at clock—already past morning.
Chayuri's voice from outside.
I'd left a note: come to my room if you wake. Guess he finally did.
Tense, I opened the door.
There stood Chayuri, same as always.
“...Come in first.”
“...Understood.”
Chayuri glanced around awkwardly like he was being watched and slipped inside.
Awkward air hung in the studio space.
Chayuri and I stood apart, staring into nothing.
“...”
“...”
Suffocatingly awkward. What even to say?
But no time to stall. Lots to discuss.
I sighed deep and led with the toughest.
“You... a girl?”
“...Y-yes. You saw, huh.”
“Yeah. No weird intentions. Was changing clothes and...”
I swallowed hard, waiting for his answer.
Thankfully, Chayuri's follow-up was reassuring.
And made me regret ever finding him off-putting.
“Yes. Truth is, I'm a woman. But my whole life... Mother forced me to live as a man.”
Chayuri bowed his head and began his tale.
“...Not normal at all.”
That was my take after hearing it all.
The playboy Archmage Duke married countless women, sired countless kids.
Chayuri's abandoned mother craved his love again.
Weird enough, but to get it, she raised her daughter as a son. Because the Archmage favored male heirs.
“So I used Ian. Felt free around him somehow. Bought time without spinal fluid too.”
Living suppressed like that—one of humanity's core instincts crushed.
Just sighs.
“...Got it. For now.”
Messed up story, tough to fix quick.
Bigger issue: yesterday.
Hearing his side ramped suspicions.
Forcing daughter into male disguise—taboo involved?
I roughly posted the gal intel.
Mother's male disguise force and taboo link—no clear evidence yet. No taboo vibe at auction.
Or taboo mage near mother. Manipulated long-term, blew up now.
Then why target Top Student
Dunno. Can't read crazy taboo mage minds^^
No taboo from mother side at auction.
That unknown for now. Key point,
“So. Why follow your mother yesterday? Forgot I said she's taboo-linked?”
“That... my shame. Hearing Mother taboo, panic to stop her—followed blindly.”
“Why... told you not to follow.”
“My shame. Never imagined this. Sloppy. Just thought if Mother harms anyone, I take responsibility...”
Living with a mother like that—tons of drama, probably.
Water under bridge anyway.
“No fixing it now. So, what went down yesterday?”
“Followed Mother out of hall—Professor Neyk was there. Talking with Mother. Worried she'd taboo something on him, tried pulling her away. Then Neyk cast magic—darkness swallowed me.”
“Any dialogue details?”
“Honestly... woke with fragments. Details fuzzy, like static noise.”
Taboo memory tamper on Chayuri too, looks like.
I purified fast-ish, lost bits. Chayuri left near a full day—major gaps.
“What I recall: boarded carriage home like normal. Arrived—Mother's aides as usual. They led to a room, another darkness hit.
Woke morning, no doubts, obeyed Mother back to academy. Thinking now, whole thing feels manipulated.”
“Those aides were taboo mages.”
Something happened, but memory blocked.
Chayuri's risks tied to those aides. Taboo crew.
“Most talk gone, but faint phrases linger.”
“Like what?”
“Must kill Archmage... keeps surfacing. And... some word repeated...”
Chayuri rummaged memories.
Pained look. Just that hurt.
Taboo static clogging recall—headache city.
Moment later. She spoke.
“...Ah. Latent Abyss Dragon. That word sticks too.”
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