I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie

Chapter 89: Suspicion

“Alright, with this my hair is perfect!”

After finishing my shower and changing into my pajamas in the bathroom, I checked himself in the mirror. As usual, I was borrowing something from my sister-in-law, Michelle, which she used to wear.

“Taru, did you dry your hair properly?”

Maybe sensing my presence from the living room, my sister asked about my hair care, to which I promptly replied,

“Of course! Perfectly!”

Although it was bothersome to spend a longer time blow-drying my hair than before, I didn’t want to anger my sister-. Besides, if I didn’t follow the four golden rules she taught me, which were “use warm air, then cool air, don’t get too close, and dry the ends,” I would end up enduring a long and grateful lecture from her.

“But it’s still a bit bothersome…”

I lightly applied the type of treatment that is only applied a little bit to the parts that have finished drying from the tips of my hair.

It’s been six days since I started following my sister’s instructions, but…

Originally, my silver hair was fluffy and silky, but now it was becoming even more bouncy.

“My feminine charm…”

As I brushed my hair down with my hand and cooled my flushed body by moving into the living room, I still felt like I needed to say something to my sister.

But just as I was about to open my mouth, I saw my sister taking out a cup of ice cream from the freezer and she asked me,

“Taru, do you want some ice cream too?”

“That’s Hargon-Dazs, right!?”

“Yep. You’ve had a tough day, so you deserve a treat.”

“Of course, I’ll have some!”

I happily approached my sister and took the ice cream and spoon, then sat on the sofa in a cheerful mood.

“Okay.”

A luxurious texture with a rich and elegant taste. After a bath, nothing beats ice cream.

“Delicious.”

‘Now then, let’s work on that case while eating ice cream.’

I decided to do just that and started staring at my smartphone.

‘I wonder what I should tell Akane-chan. I made a simple sentence saying “I’m the silver-haired elementary school student you met in the school corridor today.” But that was probably not a good idea…’

‘If someone who was just confessed to suddenly received a message with this kind of content, they would doubt their sanity. She would probably have all sorts of questions, like why didn’t i talk about my gender change or why I became a sister in the first place.’

‘Moreover, it would be difficult to tell her after probing her about how she felt about the confession.’

‘I don’t want to be thought of as a coward. Well, my body is feminine, but… How can I make it work?’

‘I want everything related to Akane-chan to go in a good direction without any compromise, no matter how clever or cowardly the means may be.’

“Um…”

As I was hesitating about what to send to Akane-chan, a notification from my group chat with Yuuki, Kouya, and Yuji came in.

“Huh?”

Message: “We got done in! Yurachi and I were fighting the Hyakki Yakou group, but we got killed by the divine weapon Deus! We can’t log in for 10 minutes due to the death penalty.”

‘It seems that Kouya was fighting the enemy mercenary group Clan and got killed by the divine weapon Deus, which has the ability of enforcing PvP rules. Were they fighting in the middle of a city?’

“Good job. So, Kouya, what were the results of the battle with the Hyakki Yakou?”

“As expected of the leader, Yuuki. You immediately asked for a report on the battle.”

“Well, there’s no consolation for the equipment that was lost due to the divine weapon Deus.”

“No, but if Kouya couldn’t kill them, I was thinking of making those Hyakki Yakou people suffer.”

“Oh, that’s reliable. But, you’re a bad leader. Yurachi and I have already taken care of everything we needed to do.”

It seems they won in PvP.

“Good. By the way, where did the battle take place?”

“It was in the mining town of Glerdi. They were waiting in ambush.”

“I see…”

“Moreover, they attacked in front of the church, even though the church in every town is protected by the divine weapon, Deus. It was a mutually assured destruction tactic.”

“I see. Even if you win in PvP, depending on the timing, the winner could be killed by Deus. That is such dirty tactics.”

“Yeah. Until now, it was thought that the front of the church was a safe zone because of Deus, but I reported that we needed to change that perception or we’ll suffer. Jintarou and Yuji should also be careful.”

“Thanks, Kouya.”

“Colonel! Your valuable information is deeply appreciated!”

‘The area around the church is dangerous.’

‘Note-worthy.’

‘Speaking of church, I wonder if Kouya and Yuuki knew that there is a chapel at our school now.’

“Speaking of church, there is a chapel being built in our high school.”

“Huh? Why?”

“That’s news to me. Is it true?”

As expected, Kouya and Yuuki didn’t know.

I only found out today and it was surprising.

“Taru-sama’s testimony is true. As a junior officer, I inspected the chapel under construction, and it had a very splendid appearance!”

“I see…well, if Yuji saw it too, then it must be true. Yuji attends swim club activities every day, even during summer vacation.”

“I became a regular!”

“Congratulations, Yuji. By the way, the chapel is a religious one, right? Our school is a normal academic high school, so what happened all of a sudden?”

“It seems to be related to the school president.”

To Yuuki’s question, I answered what I know.

“I see. So is it still Christianity?”

I was not sure how to answer Kouya’s question. Even if I mention the name of the church of the Rainbow Goddess, which is a minor religion, he might not know about it.

“You know, there’s a church nearby, right?”

So I decided to bring up the topic of the church that my sister-in-law, Michell,e used to frequent and that I sometimes visit as well.

“Hey, I didn’t know about that.”

“Oh, yeah, there was one. So what about it?”

“Well, it seems that it’s a sect of the Rainbow Goddess religion.”

“Taru, what kind of funny thing are you saying?”

“Um… That is the religion in the game, or rather, the church, right?”

“Yeah, that’s the one.”

‘Huh. So it seems like everyone knows about the Rainbow Goddess faith.’

“Hey, Taru. You play too many games.”

“Hahaha, Taru. What’s up all of a sudden?”

‘Hmm?’

I felt a slight sense of discomfort in their reactions.

Is something not adding up in the conversation?

“Taru, have you gone crazy from playing too many games?”

“Are you okay Taru? I haven’t seen you recently, so I’m a little worried.”

“The church of the Rainbow Goddess and stuff, that’s just a product of the game. If that really existed, i

t would be laughable.”

It was Kouya who was saying the same things my sister did.

“Yeah, you’re right. Taru always says interesting things.”

TO BE CONTINUED…