Author: SS Samurai	Original Source: Syosetu
Translator: rm31439	English Source: Re:Library

“…Why are you here?” Shuu asked.
“Didn’t you say you’re busy?” Kanata added.

After finishing the new men’s bath, I was currently undressing in the changing room, while wearing a misanga which changed my appearance to my original height and hair/eye-color.

“Well, if that were true, then I would’ve gone into the other bath, but… I made that up as an excuse so I could come here. I’m currently a genuine boy, so you don’t need to hold back, alright?”
“Hah… whatever.”

Kanata and Shuu undressed normally.
Hrm… Shuu’s muscles are just as crazy as back then. If I weren’t so into cross dressing, I’d probably yearn for such pretty pecs.

At any rate, the three of us entered the bath proper.

“It’s huge.”
“It sure is. I think it’s about the same as that ryokan we stayed at during the school trip! Although I needed to use a personal bath there, didn’t I?”
“Pretty sure there was no other way… Remember the very first time we had PE, and several people got a nosebleed when you changed in front of ’em? Like, almost everyone except for me. Also, the ryokan back then wasn’t this wide, y’know?”

True, that happened. Moreover, those same idiots from our class then started calling me the “AA-cup girl”… From that point on, whenever we had to change clothes for PE, I was forced to do so on my own in the toilet! Although with my hobby of cross-dressing, I couldn’t complain much.

Either way, after quickly washing up without exchanging any words, we went into the water.

“Ah~, that’s a nice temperature.”
“Yep, just as it should be, right? The bath is legend grade, you see.”
“You’re using your power way too frivolously.”

…It feels nice, but isn’t there something we can talk about? Even though I finally have this chance to take a bath with my friends… Huh, that’s the first time, isn’t it?

During the fair share of trips to ryokans and public bathhouses we made, I was, time and again, stopped from going into the bath by the employees. They only let me into the mixed bath, but the looks I got from the men there hurt.

In any case, what to talk about…

“Hey, do you guys mind if I change into Alim in here?”
“Don’t you dare. You’ll make me feel like I’m cheatin’ on Rir.”
“Same here.”

So, those two genuinely see me as a girl when I’m Alim… Heh-heh.

“…In any case, I knew you were serious ’bout that whole cross-dressin’ thingy, but… I never woulda thought you’d actually change gender in this world. Besides, why are you workin’ as an idol here anyway…? Didn’t you turn down talent scouts left and right back then?”
“Heh-heh, it was on my own volition here! Those talent scouts over there, I never got why so many of them mobbed us when I was walking with Mika or on my own. They just wouldn’t leave us alone.”

When I took a stroll together with Mika in a place with many passersby, there was close to a 100% chance of talent scouts showing up. Even if I was on my own, it happened all the time.

I just don’t get why. Was it a bad idea to wear hotpants?

“I mean… that reminds me of that festival last year,” Shuu mused.
“Huh, why does this situation make you think of that festival?”

Indeed… back then, Kanata, Shuu, Mika, Sakura, and I had gone to a festival. Mika’s yukata had been lovely.
Though I also wore a yukata. It wasn’t due to Mika… instead my mom had forced me. “Since there’s finally an opportunity to wear it”, she had said back then.

“Well, I heard passersby and university students comment stuff like ‘Wow… does this guy have some kind of harem?’ several times…”
“Hang on, Shuu, did that include me? Am I being treaded like a girl here!?” Kanata yelled in disbelief.
“That’s only natural, isn’t it? You are my younger brother, Kanata.”
“Wha-…”

In fact, his hair was the problem, causing him to look just barely like a boy. Both his and my hair grew fast, so it was on the longer side for men, and mine had grown to the point where I looked like a girl with shortish hair. Kanata, on the other hand, had long hair, but in a men’s cut. So, he got mistaken for a girl with somewhat messy hair all the time.

“Ha-ha-ha! In any case, did any suspicious people try anythin’ since you got here, Ayumu? Are you alright?”
“Hm, it happened twice, but people close by chased them away¹, so I was fine! Nothing ever happened to Mika. Well, you did help us several times back on Earth…”
“That’s ancient history, no need to thank me.”

Both Mika and I looked rather cute, so we often got accosted by delinquents on the train to school… or other places, but Shuu usually managed to handle them for us. For that reason, based on his power during brawls and his bulging muscles, Shuu had apparently been stuck with the alias “Guardian” in our neighborhood. Although he didn’t know about that.

…I guess we should switch to another bath?

“Let’s move somewhere else! There’s even a pseudo-open-air bath, you know?”
“You serious?”

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