Chapter 56
Transformation
Scene, Huh?
Translator : PolterGlast
Lotus's hand, reaching
out to tell me to escape, swung through the air and grabbed nothing. "This
way!" I was pulled by the scruff of my neck, and before I could even
register my surprise, Lotus and I both slipped quickly into the doorway. Ichi
and the others were already inside the room. I heard the sound of the door
closing. Still being pulled forcefully, the one who had grabbed my arm and I
swallowed our harsh breaths and waited for the footsteps outside the door to
pass.
The boy who let out a
relieved breath looked very much like me.
The differences were
the color of his eyes, his gender, and his age. But even those eyes were
exactly the same color as mine before they turned red. I remembered he was
three years older than me and stared at the boy, who had changed so much from
the last time I saw him, while still sitting on the floor. He should have been fourteen
now. He might have been short for a boy his age. Even sitting down, I, in my
adult form, was a little taller. But he had grown so much.
"Socius,"
the name I called was just a movement of my lips.
Since we had only
exchanged a fleeting glance while falling from the tower, it had been a long
time since I had looked at Socius this closely. The small room had one bed and
one desk. The rest of the walls were lined with bookshelves. I was confused and
couldn't find the words, my voice was muffled. "Eh, ah..." It was
natural that he and I looked alike. Everyone in the village where I, Eldorado,
was born and raised was like distant relatives, so if you traced Socius's
lineage, he was connected to me by blood.
It might sound
conceited to say myself, but Eldorado was a dazzlingly beautiful girl. So, even
though his gender was reversed, Socius had an equally stunning appearance. He
was completely a boy now, though.
Still held by his arm,
I took a long breath. My hood had completely slipped off. We stared intently at
each other. His expression looked almost bitter. "Y-you..." His lips
trembled slightly. Mine did too. I didn't know what to say. But then, Socius
shouted. Words he couldn't bear any longer, forcefully.
"Y-you, you,
you... who are youーーーーー!?"
"Y-y-y-yes,
exactlyーーーーー!!!"
I had accidentally
remained in my adult Eldorado form.
***
The room was crammed
with three slimes trembling and wondering what on earth was going on, Lotus,
me, and Socius.
Socius had pulled my
arm forcefully, thinking I was El since my face was hidden, when he saw me
trying to escape with Lotus. He probably mistook my body size because he was
flustered and I was wearing a pitch-black robe. It was understandable that he
made a mistake... but I am El. He wasn't wrong.
When I had tried to
break into the tower before San's abduction was discovered and had
spectacularly free-fallen, Lotus had been on the ground, and they had even met
three years ago. Lotus had quickly defeated the monsters that had attacked the
village, and the two of us had fled. It was then that Socius had seen us.
Socius and Lotus knew
each other, albeit slightly. The necklace on my chest swayed. Socius had the
same one. Surely, that's how he realized I was nearby. I had completely
forgotten about the necklace. Even if it was difficult to throw it away because
I used its magic-storing properties for my illusion skill, I should have left
it somewhere. I guess this is when you say, one could kick oneself.
There was no sign of
anyone outside the door anymore.
Just as I was about to
stand up to escape, Socius grabbed my arm tightly with all his strength, though
his slender body didn't make it particularly painful. "Where's El! Where
did you take her!" I thought Lotus moved, but he just let out a single
breath as he looked at Socius's face. Ichi and the others were dancing around
confusedly, saying "aiya yoi-yoi." I was too. But when I looked at
Lotus, my feelings calmed down smoothly.
"You're not from
our village, I don't recognize your face. But..."
Socius hesitated with
his words. He probably said "our village" because my appearance,
except for my eye color, strongly resembled the people of the village. My
deceased mother, when I thought about it, looked a little like the adult
Eldorado.
I slowly looked down
at Socius. He was a little shorter than me in my adult form. His delicate face
was flushed red, and his eyebrows were raised in anger. Or so I thought at
first. But it was different. The hand gripping my arm was trembling. He was
worried about me.
Socius should have
known that Eldorado had become a demon. So, I had thought that upon finding me,
he would hand us over to the lord of the Magic Tower. But looking at him, I
didn't think so.
Was this small room
Socius's own room? Many books were spread out on the desk, and there was a
stack of papers on the bed. The walls, other than the bookshelves, were covered
with written notes, and the traces of much effort told the story of the past
three years. Still sitting on the hard floor, I slowly exhaled. His eyes were
strong.
(It's not like it
would be a problem if he found out now...)
For Socius, El was a
demon. My current adult form also had bright red eyes, so it was immediately
clear that I was a demon. There was nothing that would be a problem if he found
out I was El now.
"...It's
me."
But there was a part
of me that thought, "Oops," at the words that had slipped out. There
was no need to give away information myself. You never knew what might happen.
"I'm El." Yet I was muttering the continuation. Even though I thought
"oops."
Socius's sky-blue eyes
widened. I remembered the color of Soleil's bright blue sky, rather than the
cloudy sky of Cloudy Country. The arm he held remained as it was. A warm heat
seemed to gradually spread to me. Hearing my words, the boy's lips twisted as
if he was about to say something. That's when the wind swirled.
The wind, running
rampant through the hallway, even passed through the room and went away. There
was a small gap under the door. It slipped in, fluttering our black robes and
blowing them away. Ah, aaaah~~~!! Ichi and the others struck sexy poses, making
what looked like hands and crossing them in front of their bodies as if to hide
themselves. Was this a transformation scene? You guys aren't even wearing robes
anymore.
Lotus, probably
deciding not to say anything, deepened the furrow between his brows, pursed his
lips, crossed his arms, and as for me, though I had been sitting, a localized
whirlwind had stripped me of all my robes. The Magic Tower was quite a
difficult structure to live in.
I rephrased.
"...It's me,
El."
There was no longer
any cloth to hide my voluptuous figure, and seeing my revealing clothes,
Socius's lips twitched as he looked at me with eyes that saw something
unbelievable. His gaze was fixed. It was terribly awkward, and my cleavage was
intense. But perhaps thinking he couldn't just keep looking, he shifted his
gaze around with a bright red face. It was too much for a young boy. I wanted
to disappear. "U," "Uh?" I heard something.
"Don't lieeeeeーーー!! There's no way
you're Elーーーー!!?"
"As expected,
you'd say that, huhーーーー!!??"
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