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(Bai Ziye)

Ceruno, standing before me, blushed and responded softly.

"If you can still accept me by then, I'll say yes..."

Yay!

Although he showed no outward expression, he was inwardly celebrating, and couldn't help but hold Ceruno's delicate, calloused hand tightly.

The first stage of the "straightening surgery" was a success. I didn't expect her to reveal her gender on her own initiative, which, in a sense, helped me achieve my goal.

I continued, "The day you turn back into a boy, I'll confess my feelings to you again."

This is a vaccination.

If I make her look forward to my confession, she won't continue to be stuck in her girlish identity and have those kinds of thoughts about "Bai Ziye".

"... Hmm, it won't be long."

If nothing unexpected happens, once Heat Haze is discharged from the hospital, the online condemnation of "Sun Yao" will gradually subside. After all, the target has vanished, and those angry young people can't keep venting their anger at nothing all day. As long as he keeps a low profile, he will always find a way to be himself again and return to a normal life.

From my personal experience, as long as one doesn't maintain the persona of a magical girl for an extended period, it's less likely for one's inner self to become feminine. It's entirely possible to maintain the life of a normal male high school student while fighting as a magical girl.

Beside her, Ceruno mumbled in a sticky, affectionate tone, "Miluno's legs are so much longer than mine..."

Looking through the surface of the hot spring, Ceruno stretched out her legs, her toes barely reaching my ankles.

If you measure from my feet to my belly button, my leg length is about 1.1 meters, while hers is at most 90 centimeters. But in terms of body proportions, she doesn't have short legs at all; she has long legs for a petite frame.

But...

"Ceruno, since you're a boy, you shouldn't care about these things."

In my opinion, comparing body shapes and such is something only women do.

I must correct any of her feminine tendencies and restore her masculine spirit.

"Hmm, does it have to be this strict?"

She squinted and shrank her body underwater, but had to press down with her hands to her chest to counteract the buoyancy of her chest.

"Since he's my future boyfriend, he should naturally show some masculinity, right?"

Half-jokingly, Ceruno pondered and asked, "... I'm a boy, so I should go next door?"

"Then forget it, we can't let 'Bai Ziye' get the better of us."

"Hey-hey."

I looked up at the volcano outside the glass curtain wall, but all I could hear was Ceruno's hearty laughter, sweet yet naive.

"What are you grinning about like an idiot for?" I asked, looking at her.

"I just feel that Miluno isn't as aloof as she seems."

"I've never considered myself to be some kind of iceberg; that's just an impression imposed on me by the media and other people."

"So I'm glad I understand you better now, Miss Miluno, whom others don't know."

Perhaps it was because my "confession" lowered my stance that her attitude towards me gradually became more neutral, no longer one of worshipful admiration.

They're more like "friends" than "idols".

Although we are...

The sound of footsteps echoed as Ceruno and I looked towards the entrance.

I was a little nervous because I didn't know who was coming.

"Wow! You two are pretty quick!"

After the rising steam, Sirius's loud voice rang out.

A petite blonde idol walked in from the direction of the dressing room. My own body or Ceruno's body was fine, but seeing other women's bodies still felt a bit inappropriate.

But Sirius is really something. She knew about my situation with Ceruno, and she still dared to walk in so brazenly?

Just as I was about to cover my eyes to avoid it, a beam of golden light pierced through my closing eyelids, and in my hesitation, I saw the source of the light...

Goodness, as expected of a magical girl who manipulates light, even soaking in a hot spring is surrounded by holy light. Her vital parts are covered by three tangible rays of light, so even if you wanted to see them, you couldn't.

"Wow! Miss Sirius, I'm going out right now!"

Ceruno had closed her eyes early, hadn't reacted yet. Afraid of seeing Sirius's body, she tried to stand up from the water while covering her face with her eyes closed, splashing me with hot spring water.

"Calm down, she's a paladin!" (She hadn't been kicked yet.)

"Wow!"

The stones at the bottom of the pool are quite slippery and difficult to stand on, and there are steps that are not visible above the water.

I say this because in her panic, Ceruno tripped over the underwater steps and, succumbing to gravity, fell towards me.

To accept or not to accept the call became a dilemma.

My male personality feels guilty when I touch Ceruno's body as a girl.

But if she dodges, she might bump into the bare stone steps and get hurt... or if she doesn't dodge, she'll be greeted by a wave of face wash.

"Careful!"

Several silk scarves flew from behind Sirius, securing Ceruno's limbs and stopping her from falling.

It's SpiCa.

"Don't play around in the hot spring, it's dangerous."

The magical girls each displayed their unique abilities while soaking in the hot springs; Sirius possessed a holy light, while SpiCa used a silk scarf to cover her private parts.

Wait, wasn't that against the rules?

You can't even wear a swimsuit in the hot spring.

Ceruno quietly opened her eyes, only to find that the two newcomers had covered their private parts, making it almost like they were wearing swimsuits.

"Waaah, you scared me to death!"

She breathed a sigh of relief.

However, some hot spring water got into my eyes, which is making me feel uncomfortable, and I'm still rubbing them.

"Thank you. And what about Miss Yin Wei?"

"Call--"

SpiCa sat down next to me, letting out a comfortable groan, with only her head above water, before replying, "She said she'd come back after we were done soaking; she probably wants to have the hot spring all to herself."

I think she just didn't have any way to cover her body, after all, she was one of the few people who knew about my situation.

In theory, I could wash up and leave before they could react, but that kind of washing method wouldn't be comfortable for me either; it would be like using my body to stir semi-solidified cement.

When there are too many people, the atmosphere of soaking in a hot spring is lost.

"I've almost finished soaking it."

I stood up from the water, and a holy light shone on my chest.

This is undoubtedly Sirius's masterpiece.

She herself swam underwater from the hot spring and launched a surprise attack on the unsuspecting Ceruno.

"You can leave, but this child has to stay."

She climbed up Ceruno's shoulders with both hands, and the distance between their cheeks gradually became ambiguous. The latter was like Doggy being coiled by a giant python, neither daring to react in the slightest.

Sirius doesn't really care about Ceruno's true gender.

She isn't a real human, and no one knows how this Star Crystal truly views humans. However, judging from her attitude towards others, she probably treats humans like dogs.

After all, she even wanted to keep UI-31 as a pet...

"Abba, Miss Miluno, help me!"

The stuttering, pitiful-looking simpleton asked me for help.

"Well--"

I sighed...

He then Ceruno onto his shoulder and fled the hot spring at three times the speed.