EDIT: So, reading the comments, I only now realize it's probably a hell lot better if I mention that there will be slight shounen-ai elements. Potentially even shoujo-ai in the future. For anyone who absolutely does not want to read anything like that, well, now you know to stay away. (It's also mentioned in the description. Well, added just now, anyways.)
I'm completely okay about these things, so yeah! It'll be included!
At the moment, I plan on it to be at a joking atmosphere sort of level, If it gets worse, I'll make sure to put a note up like this one.
Hope you enjoy~
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“P… Please.. Please just call me Haruto... It was funny at first, but now it’s just painful to be called by that name again and again… Besides, isn’t Haruto a lot easier to say compared to that… that….”
The King of Darkness’s shame-filled mutters got quieter and quieter, as his face covered his face.
Initially, I was furious with him due to the revelation that he killed me. On accident, no less.
Plus the fact that he apologized so frivolously…
Anyhow, I used his title while shouting at him. The first time, he chuckled. As I continued using it, his face began to redden gradually, and the end result was this pitiful state.
Though I don’t fully understand his reaction to my usage of his title instead of his name, I succumbed to his wishes out of pure sympathy.
This was too pitiful.
Seeing the man who I was fighting to the death with being hurt more by my words alone than my attacks was really……
I let out a small sigh.
“Very well, Haruto it is. Are you happy?” I gave in. Any traces of my previous anger has completely disappeared by this point.
“Yeah, yeah! That’s a hundred times better!” His face lit up as he raised his head to look at me.
I let out another exasperated sigh.
“Hey, so, while we’re at the topic of names, what was yours again?”
What? This guy….!
“I remember you guys introducing yourselves before our battle, but after Owan’s introduction, everything just kind of flew over my head…”
“Ah…”
The irritation that grew in me quickly vanished.
“Indeed,” I nodded in understanding, “She leaves quite an impression, doesn’t she? Now that I think about it, you weren’t even able to touch Owan, though I suppose it was the same vise versa. Still, she’s definitely a figure I respect greatly…”
“...Eh?”
“Is something the matter?”
“Ah… No… Yeah… I... don’t think I’ll forget Owan anytime soon… Actually, I don’t ever want to fight her again.”
“Hmph~"
I stayed quiet and let him keep his pride. For someone with such insane strength, learning that there was actually an opponent out there he could not touch must’ve been difficult to accept.
“Anyways, you asked me what my name was, right? I’m Enya Varnswood.”
“Enya, huh?” He pondered over it, “Then, let’s go with En!”
I rose a brow.
“Is it really necessary to shorten my name? It’s not that hard to say.”
“No, that’s not why. How should I put it… Enya’s a rather female exclusive name, right?”
“Well, yeah. I doubt I’d ever meet a man named Enya. What about it? “
Where was he going with this?
“...Wait, you didn’t mistake me for a man, did you?” Although I was aware of my lack of obvious curves, normally people could tell I was female with a single glance.
“Nope! You don’t need to worry about that! That wasn’t the reason why I wanted to use En instead!”
I furrowed my brows and frowned. I had a bad feeling about this…
“I mean, you said it yourself, right? Men normally don’t have the name ‘Enya.’”
The realization hit me.
I promptly looked down. There were no breasts to block my view. I reached for my belt buckle and began to undo it.
“H-Hey! Hey, hey, hey! Calm down!”
Ignoring his words, I pulled the waistband away to see my crotch.
There was something there that shouldn’t be.
The blood drain from my face.
“Oh, thank god. For a moment there, I thought you were shameless enough to just take off your pants right there and then....”
After hearing his breath of relief, the blood rushed back to my head.
Without bothering to re-buckle my pants, I charged up to the man responsible, grabbed his collar for the second time today, and growled, “Explain.”
“Ehh? What do you mean explain? You already know I had to make you a new body~”
“.....Tsk.” I let him go. “So you couldn’t do anything about it being male, huh?”
“Nah, that’s not the case. I could’ve kept you female if I wanted to.”
“....Hah?”
“Actually, I could’ve simply had you keep your old appearance...”
...Is he messing with me!? Just what am I? A toy?
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A vein popped.
Not noticing my growing fury, he continued on speaking.
“Mm~m, having a kuudere loli swordsman as company seemed nice too. Ahh, but with all the variety of hair colors here, it’s uncommon to find a black-haired beauty. I had nothing better to do, so I figured I’ll give it a shot.”
Although I didn’t understand his terminology in the first part, I had a gist of what he was trying to say.
And it only served to infuriate me further.
“Then what was the point of….! Black haired beauty!? Why would you bother to change my gender too?”
“Ah, that was pretty much on a whim.”
“A whi…..”
“Also, it’s not like beauty is limited to female, you know~?”
“.....”
He did it on a whim.
My gender was changed due to the whim of the most powerful being in the world.
...Haaah…..
I’m exhausted.
“And most importantly,” His tone suddenly dropped, and his voice was filled with resolution.
…?
“I love traps! They’re great! The same goes for reverse traps!”
“...Huh? Traps?” I echoed, lost due to the sudden change in topic. “How is that even relevant?”
Thinking back, his castle did indeed have an assortment traps similar to the ones in dungeons along with traps I’ve never seen before… But what does that have to do with the current situation?
“..............................”
His initial force soon dwindled into nothing.
He let out a sigh. “It’s fine… Technically, you can’t be considered a trap until you look convincingly female.”
“Well, I am…”
…...Huh?
Can I still be considered female?
…... ...Uh...
I pressed my my fingers to my forehead, contemplating this newfound conundrum.
Time passed slowly while we were both in the midst of our inner torment.
Ah, forget it. There’s no point in dwelling on this any longer.
As I gave up thinking about it all, Haruto seemed to also have recollected himself.
“Anyways!” He changed to topic, “You’re surprisingly dense, huh? It’s not like I only changed a little bit of your appearance. You’re at least a head taller than before.”
“I suppose…”
I stared at my unfamiliar hands, moving and twisting them around to see them at different angles.
Eventually, I took a proper look around the room, where everything was much lower than usual.
I didn’t notice the difference at all. Everything felt completely normal and natural. As if nothing had changed.
Even when I attacked the Haruto soon after I woke up, I instinctively knew my new reach.
“Rather than me being dense, isn’t it more likely that the reason I didn’t notice anything was due to your magic?”
“Ah! That could be it!”
“...Don’t you know your own spells?”
“Nope!”
Hey, that’s nothing to be proud of…
“I’m a genius, you see! I just kind of try doing something, and it works perfectly fine somehow!”
“That’s seriously nothing to be proud of….”
Hn? Wait a second…
Don’t tell me…
“The revival and body-making spells… That wasn’t just on the spot magic, was it?”
“Don’t worry! I’ve done it several times before!”
I heaved a sigh of relief at that…
“The revival magic, at least. Giving you a whole new appearance was an on the spot thing. I wasn’t sure how it’d turn out, but it actually worked better than I thought.”
“You’re telling me you could’ve mutilated me for life for all you know!?”
“Pretty much!”
Don’t say such horrifying things with such a carefree, cheerful tone!
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Well, our protagonist finally has her(his?) name revealed after 3 chapters!
Also, I’m not entirely sure if Enya really is a female-exclusive name, I just went for it for the sake of having the whole nickname sequence happen. I wanted that to happen.
If by chance, you’re a guy whose name is Enya, or you know any man named Enya, I apologize if I offended you in anyway. Just pretend that in this story universe, Enya’s a name like Elizabeth or Cynthia or Emily, a name which you would normally never think of giving to a guy.
On another note, I added anime terms! I’m assuming most people know them, but if you don’t, you can either google it, or just stand in En’s shoes and be completely clueless.
Thanks for reading~