Chapter 97 Where Am I and Who Are You
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Shin-kun… Cheating means I chop-chop your head off, desuwa…
A bone-jarring screech and groan ripped through the air, followed by sickening, rapid-fire snaps!
”I literally can’t cheat right now, you know? Being hugged this tight by Alexia, my whole body is just constantly going through a cycle of bone and organ destruction and regeneration. It’s kind of a full-time commitment,” I fretted internally.
It was night. I was naked, and Alexia was holding me. I was her human body pillow, see.
It turns out the whole detailed story about when I was a kid—about how I ambushed a naked Karentisia-chan while she was bathing, then looted her Sacred Artifact and all her private stuff—yeah, that came out into the open. It’s now shared knowledge among every single party member we’ve got. That’s really bad, I tell ya.
Karentisia-chan’s a bit of a loose cannon with her mouth, too. I mean, why did she remember all that, anyway? I gave her the memory-erasing medicine back then! Ugh. I guess I gotta find a moment to sneak her an even more effective dose. What a pain.
If Layla-chan or Hollow ever found out… “I’d be absolutely disposed of, without even a bone left! And it’s all her fault for ratting me out, that naked, sleeping Erotisia-chan!”
”Munya munya… You Bad Dog (Shin). It’s your own fault for not listening to me. This is what happens when you choose Churidince over me, munya munya,” Alexia mumbled possessively in her sleep.
Wait, she’s actually asleep, right? She’s not secretly awake and heard my little hysterical outburst just now, is she?
”This space is so comfy nan yo… ZzzZzz.”
”Nyaa~! Shin’s master’s meal was so delicious, nyaa!”
”They’re calling a regular dinner I made them a feast, and they’re sleeping with such happy faces. Just how awful must their usual living environments be, these girls?” I mused.
Thanks to the fight between Alexia and Karentisia-chan, and then Alexia’s loving sermon to me, the sky had turned completely dark. We had no choice but to camp out on the huge plain where craters were all over the place. A little camping? Nah, nope. I pulled out my ‘Comfort Dream Space’ magical tool from my storage charm, and we’re all staying inside it tonight.
I’m naked and sitting on Alexia’s lap, being monitored, only allowed to wear clothes when I was cooking. That’s awful, right? In a group with a one-to-four male-to-female ratio, only I have to be naked? That’s unfair! I’m so sad.
Right! Time for some petty payback. The moment I snap my fingers, I’ll arrange it so the clothes I gave them will shred. Though, I won’t do it to my most favorite girl, Alexia.
Karentisia-chan! I’m going to make you pay right now for snitching about the lewd things I did to you!
”Dark Magic: Dark Killing¹… Heh heh heh. I’m actually looking forward to the rest of this journey now. Karentisia-chan… Heh heh heh.”
[ROOOOAR!!] [WAAAHHH!!] [GYYAAAAHHH!!]
Hmm? What’s all this racket, I wonder? It’s super noisy outside. Is it some kind of festival? Maybe an Erotic Parade?
They can make as much noise as they want, though. The Comfort Dream Space has a soundproofing spell cast on it, so I can’t hear them for my little revenge plot.
”Hmm… Teleportation Magic: Solo Teleportation.”
I instantly warped outside by myself.
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(Rishal Grasslands)
[ROOAR-GGOOOHH!!] [WAAHHH!!] [GHOOOOHHH!]
”…They’re all in a frenzy. They’re as worked up as Gōbu-kun when he drinks a sketchy potion. Luna-kun, use your Appraisal skill on these guys…”
(……)
”Huh? No response from my right eye, and no sense of her presence either… I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Yulize-chan, Yuna-chan, Schuna-chan. If you’re awake, could you please answer me?”
(……)
(……)
(……)
…No reaction from the girls who live in my body and my shadow, either. What in the world is going on?
[GHOOO…] [ROOO…] [WAAHH…]
”Be quiet, will you? Would you kindly settle down for a bit? Darkness Magic: Abyssal Gravity²… Oh, and I won’t be taking all of your materials, okay? I need to make some clothes, see.”
I activated the magic for just a second. I instantly dipped the monster guys into the Abyssal Gravity and pulled them right back out. And lo and behold, what was left was the corpses of the monsters, instantly converted into materials.
”I need to sort out what’s in my head a little bit…”
Let’s calmly go through my thoughts.
To escape the Yandere-Fallen Layla-chan, Karentisia-chan and I were taken by Red-kun through the night fog, landing near the Anclear Forest, where the demi-humans and fairies live. Then, we met Oberon, who was pretending to be a shady tool shop owner, and we wiped out the waste fairies that night. After that, I became best buds with the two idiots, dove into the small Golden Fountain ³ pocket dimension, figured out Oberon’s true identity, and faced off against Robin Hood Goodfellow, who had hijacked Oberon’s body. I beat him in a quick fight.
”And then I reunited with Alexia, who was waiting in a naked, face-down position…”
Alexia, Karentisia-chan, Elmia-chan, Silvia-chan. They’re all important characters in Maidens x Cross-dressing. The protagonist (Alexia) is supposed to get her happily-ever-after with the Heroines and have a bright ending. Why would such important girls just casually run into me?
”Has the Invisible Hand of God activated or something? Hmm… I don’t know. I need to think about this some more.”
…Lala-chan is no longer being hunted by the Lax Empire, and she can finally be free to do her perverted performances. She’ll live a happy life if I just leave her alone.
What about Hollow? …She’s definitely hiding something. But she doesn’t see me or Alexia as an enemy, and if anything, she’s been helping us out a lot.
Karentisia-chan is growing into a super perverted body just fine, but she needs a guardian… and that guardian is me? Is that what you’re telling me, Fate Force?
As for Alexia… well, I’m gonna protect her unconditionally. She’s my most favorite girl, after all.
And Layla-chan… she fell to Darkness and became a yandere. Something’s taken over her from the inside. The girl she is now…
Hmm. Right now, the ones who had flags with the protagonist (Alexia) were Karentisia-chan, Lala-chan, Hollow, and Layla-chan… Did some weird intervention happen here?
For example, maybe it was a trial of love for the protagonist (Alexia) and the Heroines. Maybe that’s why Layla-chan’s body was taken over, forcing her to become the Yandere Villainess herself.
And maybe the Fate Force or something similar intervened, forcing the sub-heroines—Yulize-chan, Yuna-chan, and Schuna-chan—into an enforced sleep. Luna-kun is probably just dealing with some serious sleep deprivation, I guess.
”…If that’s the case, the boss this time is the Yandere Villainess Layla-chan. I guess I have to go defeat her. At the starting stage for the protagonist (Alexia) and the Heroines: Alys Magic Academy.”
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Summary:
Trapped in the suffocating intimacy of the ‘Comfort Dream Space’ after a chaotic battle, Shin is forced to endure Alexia’s possessive embrace and the accidental exposure of his darkest secrets. Fearful of being disposed of by his companions, he plots a petty, magical revenge before sensing something is deeply wrong outside his sanctuary. He ventures out to the cratered plains, easily dispatching a frenzied group of monsters, only to find his shadow and eye companions have gone silent. This shocking development forces the villainous heir to analyze the RPG’s plot and his current situation, leading him to a terrifying conclusion: a Fate Force is manipulating events, turning the beloved heroine Layla-chan into the next Yandere Villainess boss he must face at the Alys Magic Academy.
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Character Insight:
Beneath his flippant and often cowardly exterior, Shin possesses a sharp, analytical mind that constantly works to deconstruct the logic of his RPG-based world. His ultimate loyalty isn’t to himself, but to the original plot’s happy ending for his ‘most favorite girl,’ Alexia. This twisted devotion is what drives him to actively fight the new, dangerous plot interventions, even if it means confronting the Yandere Villainess Layla-chan to keep the Heroines’ romantic flags correct. His self-serving acts of petty magic are merely a coping mechanism for his immense, suffocating fear.
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Behind the Scene:
After the intense, emotionally and physically draining confrontation with Robin Hood Goodfellow and the subsequent reunion with the yandere Alexia, the party is forced to rest in the magically protected space. The sudden silence of Shin’s companions (Yulize, Yuna, Schuna, and Luna) hints at a massive plot intervention by a higher force—the Fate Force—that is reshaping the entire world’s narrative to create a new, forced ‘trial’ for the heroines, making the Yandere Layla-chan the next major hurdle for Shin to overcome.
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T/L:
1 Dark Killing: A direct translation of the Japanese term. It’s an original Dark Magic spell Shin created, designed to shred the clothes of the heroines as a childish act of revenge. ↩
2 Abyssal Gravity: A powerful Dark Magic spell that uses gravity to compress and instantly reduce monsters to their usable raw materials/corpses. ↩
3 Golden Fountain: Refers to a small, isolated pocket dimension that was recently a critical setting for the story. ↩
Notes:
• Right – An upperclassman frustrated with ten-year-old Alexia’s presidency who initially supported Lilith (‘Lili-tan’) for the role. He represents the ‘cute girl fetish’ faction, rips up the magic paper in anger, and engages in heated debates with Left about the academy’s bizarre political landscape and student obsessions.
• Yuna – female of high religious/political standing, specifically holding the title of High Priestess and being one of the Eight Sacred Lords of the Lax Church. Her outer appearance is suggested by the fact that her opponent, Yuriyuri, was wearing her stolen nun’s habit after the confrontation. Her role as an intruder in the Seyfried Territory led to her defeat and capture by her adversary, Yuriyuri.
• Oberon – The former Fairy King, currently appearing as the ‘Mysterious Shopkeeper’ but revealing his true identity. He is a wise, cryptic figure who helped Seyfried eliminate a future threat at the cost of his physical form.
• Silvia – Another one of the ‘Hidden Eroins’ from the original game, her full background is not revealed in this chapter, but she is highly protective of ‘Karen’ (Karentisia) and recognizes the Protagonist’s Sacred Artifact. She is easily angered and speaks with an intense, aggressive cat dialect.
• Lala – Delusional saint candidate from the Lax Empire who becomes fanatically devoted to Shin, founding a religion in his name and often speaking with the quirky suffix ‘~desuwa’
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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