Universal Command Spell: "Dao Tian Command Spell D" x1
Specialized Command Spells: "Healing Command Spell F" x2, "Enhancement Command Spell F" x2, "Levitation Command Spell F" x3
"Rationality Evaporates (D)": The innate trait of the son of King Otto of England, a future heir to the throne, and one of Charlemagne's Twelve Paladins.
Handsome enough to be described as a beautiful girl, he dressed as a woman in the future to reassure his comrade Roland, regaining half his rationality. But afterward, what little rationality remained slowly evaporated...
Imitation Craft Essence effect: Gain Charm E→D, Beast Affinity E, and Riding E.
Note: The Craft Essence "Rationality Evaporates" possessed powerful positive and negative effects beyond its rank. Once equipped, it could not be voluntarily removed by its owner for the duration of the game.
Note: Using the "Magic Universal Strategy Book" allowed one to deploy "Declaration of Ruin," but the prerequisite was—one must equip the Craft Essence "Rationality Evaporates."
The moment Shido Itsuka saw the Craft Essence description, she instantly felt something was wrong.
Kazuma Satou stroked his chin.
"Hmm."
It was over. She was about to be exposed.
Shido Itsuka covered her face, ready to face the arrival of social death.
But the reply she got was—
"Your... standard set build looks pretty good."
Kazuma Satou was serious when it came to games.
Rather than thinking with either head, he went straight for the rabbit-head outfit.
After all, the limit for a standard set with no drawbacks was a single D-rank Noble Phantasm or Craft Essence.
Kurisu Makise's "Person of All Trades D" was the classic example.
Shido Itsuka's double-D setup could be called quite luxurious in the early game. Among the current players, it was probably an extra-large serving.
"Hmm, I just don't know how severe the negative effect of your 'Rationality Evaporates' is."
Kazuma Satou looked over it again. Since he had never seen it before, he could only guess.
"If it just makes you a little dumber, we should be fine if we stick with you."
Shido Itsuka let out a sigh of relief. As long as the secret that she was actually male did not get exposed, anything was fine.
"Then that's settled, right?"
Shido Itsuka reached out and equipped the Craft Essence. The special Craft Essence loaded the life of the Heroic Spirit it represented into her mind.
Blessed with peerless beauty yet prone to outrageous behavior, he was said to have long since lost his reason. He loved adventure, wandered all over the world, and often got dragged into trouble~
Shido Itsuka could not help but say,
"For the madness of my grieving ally, this appearance is beyond my control—and proof of our friendship too. Ehehe, am I... cute~?"
Her school uniform glowed white, abruptly transforming into a black, skin-tight knight's outfit and a large blue cape trimmed in gold.
Shido Itsuka's long blue hair was braided into a cute plait that rested over her shoulder.
A small lock of hair at her forehead had been dyed white, and a tiny blue crown sat atop her head.
Her entire body sparkled.
Suddenly,
she heard two people swallow beside her.
Shido Itsuka looked down at her lower body, and her face instantly turned scarlet. Black thigh-high stockings cinched her healthy, fleshy... white thighs.
"???"
Kotori, I want to die!!!
she wailed inwardly.
Rudy: "Holy crap, has a new god been born?"
Roxanne: "You fall for any blue-haired beautiful girl? Hajir, you bastard."
Shinji Matou: "Slurp, those legs... I could play with them for ten years—no, a hundred years."
Rin Tohsaka: "Moron."
Chihaya Aine: "But she really is kawaii."
Miku Izayoi: "I can't even stop the nosebleed. Darling's cuteness is going to kill me."
Kotori Itsuka: "White Kotori Facepalm.JPG. It's over. How many counseling sessions will it take to recover from this psychological trauma?"
Inside the command room,
Kotori Itsuka looked at her "brother," now a heartthrob adored by everyone.
If this state exposed the fact that she was actually male,
then she could instantly log out
of this game called "life," right?
"Thank you, President Ittou Ryuudou. My two cousins... were just thinking of transferring schools, so we came to take a look around."
"That's great. What a pity, though—I can't show you around myself."
Kazuma Satou shook hands with "Ittou Ryuudou" in farewell, quickly finished the plot sequence, and obtained Hagunihara Academy's map booklet.
"Wait here. Don't rush. Let me study it."
"Mm." "Okay."
Shido Itsuka and Mahiro Oyama exchanged glances as they looked at the unusually serious, even somewhat handsome Kazuma Satou.
Was that shameless, disgusting guy they had just encountered... an illusion?
"There are quite a few places we can visit. Besides the third-year classroom from last time, the Archery Club grounds, student council room, rooftop, third-year hallway, and courtyard all have fixed resource spawns we can search."
After carefully studying the booklet, Kazuma Satou discussed it with them.
"Let's first go to the relatively safe Archery Club grounds and grab some resources, then take on a favorability quest involving cleaning.
"After that, we can check places like the third-year hallway and courtyard—open areas where it's easier to observe and escape... What do you think? Feel free to share any ideas."
"Can you give me the map booklet?"
"Sure."
Kazuma Satou readily handed over the map.
Shido Itsuka took the map booklet and sat down beside a flower bed near the academy entrance.
Mahiro Oyama moved over beside her as well.
The two memorized the map and quietly discussed their plans.
"What do you think?"
"I think the plan is fine... It even feels like the kind of suggestion everyone aboard the Fraxinus would make."
"I'm not talking about that. I mean Kazuma Satou. Don't you think he's strange...?"
"He's okay. I know a commander named Kannazuki. Other than matters involving Kotori, he's perfectly normal. Maybe gifted people all have odd quirks."
Shido Itsuka smiled faintly and brushed back her hair. The blue-haired girl radiated understanding and... maternal warmth like a spring breeze.
"Thump-thump." x2
Seeing that,
Mahiro Oyama's heart—and Kazuma Satou's heart several meters away—both pounded fiercely.
Mahiro Oyama abruptly stood up, clutching her chest as she straightened atop the flower bed.
"This can't go on."
If this kept up, things would become a hundred times weirder!
Turning into a girl was strange enough already.
If she developed strange feelings for another guy who had also turned into a girl...
that would absolutely be... unbearable!
"Let's go."
Shido Itsuka also rose gracefully, every bit the young maiden. It felt like... something in her consciousness was gradually fading away over time.
Perhaps because she had thought too deeply just now, it had faded a little faster.
But she did not think much of it.
The three headed to the Archery Club, picked up the items on the ground, completed a round of quests from the vice president, "Ayako Misumi,"
and arrived at the spacious courtyard.
Several scattered Dragon Tooth Soldiers wandered around.
"There are... skeleton soldiers... No, Dragon Tooth Soldiers!"
Mahiro Oyama bounced excitedly at the sight of the monsters, her eyes shining.
"Wooooah, so cool!"
Her tastes were a little unusual.
Kazuma Satou watched her lively demeanor and smiled faintly too.
Still, she was very cute. Was this what a youthful, energetic beautiful girl was like?
He made up his mind and took a deep breath. He had to perform well here. Maybe his chance to get a girlfriend was right in front of him!
This was the perfect chance to try out... the imitation Noble Phantasm he had just bought.
Kazuma Satou closed his eyes and reached out with an empty grip. Fragmentary scenes from the Noble Phantasm's owner's life flashed through his mind.
In Kyoto during the shogunate era, there had been a genius swordsman hailed as the strongest, as well as the most terrifying killer within the Shinsengumi—a murderous demon feared by all.
The sword she wielded was endlessly disputed in legend. The two most widely known candidates were Kaga Kiyomitsu and Kiku Ichimonji Norimune.
What Kazuma Satou had purchased was a D-rank imitation Noble Phantasm of "Kiku Ichimonji Norimune."
"On the battlefield, there is neither good nor evil. There is only slaughter—Kiku Ichimonji Norimune!"
He charged forward, drawing the sword slowly from its red scabbard.
The next moment,
Kazuma Satou's face twisted into a constipated expression...
"Crk, crk."
The blade was too long...
He could not draw it.
Kazuma Satou blinked at the Dragon Tooth Soldier in front of him.
"Um... you look really... handsome. Look at those bones of yours—you've clearly kept them well maintained."
He tapped it, knocking off the weathered bone dust coating it.
"Ehehe~?"
The blue flames inside the Dragon Tooth Soldier's skull surged.
Kazuma Satou stared with wide, dot-like eyes.
Eek, can we make peace?
Gilgamesh: "Hahahahaha!"
Aqua: "Pfft pfft pfft! How embarrassing! That's what you get for disrespecting this goddess!"
Satania: "Hahahaha, that's way too embarrassing!"
Raphael: "Pfft, Kazuma really is funny, but Satania, are you really qualified to say that?"
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