Becoming Clever, Miluno

(Miluno)

Twisting the purple hexagonal prism, a stream of odorless purple gas was released from it.

It looks so futuristic, but it's just a gas tank...

So, what exactly are the effects of disrupting Dark Energy?

"Look at my calm expression, I'm not affected at all!"

The little thing that said that kept flashing and twitching in front of my eyes.

The purple mist clearly had an effect on her, but it was still within a tolerable range.

However, she didn't want to lose face in front of Ceruno, so Mono's reaction was relatively calm.

"Hmm..."

However, Ceruno, clutching her forehead, swayed like a withered leaf on a dry branch, and then suddenly collapsed forward.

I quickly went forward to help him up.

"Mono, look at her, what's wrong?"

"The darkness within her Crystal has also become active... but that's not a bad thing. If we guide it now, perhaps we can extract the darkness... Let me try!"

Metal cleared the workbench, and I carried Ceruno to lie down on it. Although Mono herself didn't seem to be feeling well, she still reached out to Ceruno.

"Will it work?"

When I asked him that, Mono's face turned unusually serious.

"Don't talk to me, I need to concentrate."

The pollution that seeped into the Crystal was like a stubborn stain on clothes, impossible to remove no matter how much you washed it. The gas that activated the darkness was like a powerful laundry detergent.

"No, I can't operate with a clone... Miluno, lend me your body."

The little thing encountered a problem.

In a moment of desperation, I didn't hesitate and decisively stepped back from the spotlight, letting her take over my body.

Then, I watched helplessly as she reached out her hand...

Thinking about eating tofu at a time like this?!

She wanted to slip her hand under the hem of her dress into Miluno's... valley, but was that the right thing to do now?

Faced with my questioning, the little thing explained in its head:

"Please! Magical girls' Crystal are all inside their chests. I need to be close enough to better control the darkness! Don't you need physical contact when you transfer magic? The darkness is the same!"

My hands were enveloped by that warm, soft, tender, and smooth sensation, and my rationality was overwhelmed by pink thoughts.

I'm completely hooked.

Ceruno on the workbench was not unconscious. The restless darkness inside the Crystal only rendered her powerless to resist. She was still responding to Mono's bold actions. The temperature emanating from her hands was rising, her small face was flushed with an alluring blush, and even her listless gaze had become hazy and unpredictable.

"Miluno ...don't do this all of a sudden... Miss Metal is watching."

She whimpered softly, but she didn't know that I had lent my body to Mono.

Metal didn't seem to care much; she was just staring at my hand on Ceruno's collar, watching Mono pull out wisps of writhing darkness from the Crystal.

Yes, it's out.

Something's going on; Mono is slowly Vega Crystal.

She was definitely not in the mood for taking advantage of me. Under her influence, I was in a state of high tension. She was like a surgeon in operation, completely focused every second, with no room for distraction.

As the purple mist gradually dissipated, Mono wiped the beads of cold sweat that had formed on his forehead from nervousness.

"... Alright! The main problem is that this purple mist also has a slight effect on me, otherwise I could have purified it even faster."

Ceruno blushed and sat up from the workbench, straightening her disheveled clothes.

If the Crystal's impurities are purified, she should become stronger.

"Ceruno, how are you feeling?"

Metal, speaking on my behalf while I was still unable to speak, asked:

"Now that the pollution is gone, the will of the Vega Crystal should be restored. Try communicating with the Crystal and see if you can undo the transformation?"

Upon hearing this, Ceruno clutched her chest, silently sensing something.

A sudden burst of white light appeared on his body...

But it quickly dimmed again.

"... The transformation can be canceled now."

It could be undoed, but it wasn't. Did she not want to turn back into A-Yao?

The little thing returned control of my body to me and also removed the Witchification.

Even after it was all over, it was still complaining in my head:

"Do you want to sleep with the original Ceruno? Are you sure you have a normal sexual orientation?"

But what should my current sexual orientation be to be considered acceptable?

If you like someone, you should like everything about them. Ceruno doesn't care whether I'm male or female, so I should...

If it were A-Yao, I really still couldn't imagine it.

After all, I don't consciously perceive myself as a woman. Even when I'm with Ceruno, relying on her, and in love with her, I still see myself as her "boyfriend." I feel more capable of protecting her, and I'm more proactive...

"What are you saying? I was clearly completely dominated by Ceruno in bed."

Shut up, is this something we should be talking about right now?

I looked at Ceruno Ceruno again.

"Fine, if you don't want to change back."

He lifted her off the workbench in a princess carry, and took a sip of his drink on her still flushed, warm face. He was a little drunk, and what he had intended to do with was to release his pent-up desire, but instead, he felt an even stronger urge to devour her.

"You're fine the way you are now, but of course, I'm open to accepting you changing back whenever you want."

"But that's my true self."

This stubbornness and tendency to get stuck on minor details makes me find her even more adorable.

"What are you talking about? Whether it's the male A-Yao or the female Ceruno, neither is the real you. Both are your identities, both are your 'true face'."

She tilted her head back and looked at me, asking:

"Miluno, which side of me do you prefer?"

I shouldn't have made the choice for her; the answer should be in her heart.

"You've asked me similar questions before, haven't you? But the answer isn't up to me; it's about how you want to stay by my side."

"... I... I want to continue being your girlfriend."

Her voice was like the patter of raindrops on a windowsill, subtle, but I definitely heard it.

I heard it very clearly.

"So I'm your boyfriend then?"

She giggled in my arms, then pouted and said, "Hmph~ You even lost my precious baby, what kind of boyfriend are you? You're my girlfriend too!"

Ceruno is becoming more and more like a girl.

She could act cute and clingy, and she was always thinking about that kind of thing, teasing me in a naive and innocent way. Even I was stirred up.

"Cough cough! Cough cough cough!!"

Metal, however, was coughing like a tuberculosis patient.

"Hey! The stench of your flirting is so strong it can't even be carried away by my industrial exhaust fan. Why don't you go back to your dorm and slowly get all lovey-dovey? You could probably even have a baby by now, right?"

Why does Metal say things like that? But I don't want to have children!

Sorry.

Ceruno then apologized quietly.

"It's okay, you're young people! It's normal to be a little impulsive!"

Metal then waved at us as if to shoo us away.

"The purification process just now gave me some inspiration. I need to go to headquarters to discuss a purification plan with Minister Hefi; the professor's invention might be the key."

If all Contaminated Crystal can be purified.

That might have a positive impact on the increasingly dire situation...