Blinding sunlight stabbed through the gap in the curtains.
When I sat up like I always did, something heavy was hanging there.
"...?"
Unlike usual, something heavy was making its presence known on my chest, and my lower half felt strangely empty.
"What the hell..."
I hurriedly got up and looked into the mirror hanging in the corner of the room, and a red-haired woman stared back at me.
"Hey, Urus!"
[Haaah... why are you calling me...?]
"What the hell is going on?!"
[...Huh? Why did you turn into a woman?]
"I want to ask you that!"
I could tell from the reaction that even Urus didn't know the cause... damn it...
"...What's going on?"
While I was trying to make sense of the situation, a blonde man opened the door and came in.
"...Bellf?"
"Yeah... you're Aiz, right?"
"Yes..."
Ugh... my head hurts...
It didn't take long to figure out what was happening.
When I looked outside through the window, I could see a considerable number of adventurers either despairing or cheering, so it seemed they had all had their genders reversed too.
"Aiz, could you stand a little farther away?"
"...Yes."
Aiz was pressed up against me as usual.
Normally I would have let it slide, but...
Maybe because my gender had changed, it felt a little uncomfortable.
"You have clothes, right?"
"Yes."
Instead of the Crozzo clothes I usually wore, I put on a raglan for the first time in a while.
"I'll be back in a bit."
"Let's go together."
"Sure."
For now... there were only two places worth checking.
1. The Guild
2. Dian Cecht Familia
It'd be best to go to the Guild first.
"..."
The Guild was packed with more people than usual.
On the bulletin board where requests and all kinds of information were posted, there was an unusually large sheet of paper stuck up.
[The current gender-conversion incident is merely a simple drug accident. Don't worry, everyone will return to normal tomorrow.]
"...Looks like someone spilled a potion they were developing into the river."
[At least it's not dangerous.]
"That's true, but..."
Why do I feel uneasy about this...?
"Captain~~~!!!"
"...?"
"Tiona?"
After standing there for a moment thinking, I heard a familiar yet unfamiliar, coquettish male voice.
And with movements that looked like they would belong to at least a Lv.6, a small blonde girl shrank behind my back.
"...Finn?"
"Hide me for a bit."
Why behind me of all people...?
"So how many people ended up like this?"
"Everyone except Loki."
"I've been getting chased by Tiona since this morning!"
"Lower your voice."
"Please... hide me just for today..."
"Do you want to wait in the workshop?"
A few days ago, I reinforced it, so now it was sturdy enough that only someone above Lv.6 could break it.
"I'll lend you the workshop key, so hide there on your own. There's a little food and water."
"Thanks!"
After taking the key, Finn immediately started running toward Babel Tower.
"...Bellf, let's go to Loki Familia."
"Will you be okay?"
"...Yes."
As soon as we entered Twilight Manor, it was obvious it had turned into a complete mess.
"Uhehehehe! This is a new one!"
Loki was recording the transformed appearances of the members who had changed genders with a newly released magic tool.
"Whoa! Found a pretty cute girl!"
Then Loki spotted me and Aiz, who were watching the situation, and—
"Don't."
Aiz knocked Loki away as she lunged at me.
Judging by how loud it sounded, she must have hit her pretty hard.
"Kuh... that feel of the hit... Aiz-chan!?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Aiz-chan is... a man..."
Loki couldn't accept reality and passed out.
"Is it that shocking?"
The people in the lobby were... one wolf beastperson, one dwarf, one human...
Probably Bete, Gareth, and Raul?
"Damn it... why me...!"
Was changing genders really that despair-inducing?
[You're the abnormal one.]
Is that so...
But Aiz? Is that hand on my shoulder going lower?