"Haa~am..."
Upon waking, a yawn comes out automatically, and I immediately stretch. Sakura was sleeping soundly beside me, and I lift the blanket and shake Sakura awake.
"It's morning~ Wake up, Sakura~"
"Umm... Five more minutes..."
"To say that already, I'm so proud. But if you don't get up, big brother, or is it sister now? Anyway, I'm going ahead?"
"Ugh... Okayyy..."
Sakura rubs her eyes and gets up. Then she greets me...
"But when did you change clothes?"
"Don't know. Woke up and it was like this. Someone must have groped my body like a pervert and changed them."
Me, now wearing animal pajamas. Probably one of the female members. No one among the male members would do it. No... Could Nemo be a possibility?
Anyway, since I woke up in the morning, I go into the washroom with Sakura and brush my teeth.
Haa~am... Brush teeth and wash face. I wipe Sakura's face with a towel and wipe my own face too. I'm a Servant so my hair doesn't get greasy, but Sakura isn't. So I wash Sakura's hair and dry it with a hair dryer.
Don't know who it was, but since they dressed me, I'll go out like this.
"Is it okay to go out in pajamas?"
"Doesn't matter~"
Leaving the room with Sakura, we head to the cafeteria for breakfast. And in the corridor, we encounter a couple who are close even from the morning.
"Ah, Dammit-kun... What's with the pajamas? Was that your taste?"
"Don't look at me with those eyes, Doctor... I'm a man, and even though I have a wife beside me, that kind of..."
"No, I was just joking, what does that make me!?"
"Romani...?"
"No no, can't you see it's a joke, Barghest!"
Hmph, he's a teasing old man overflowing with flavor.
"Fu, so close from the morning~ Just in case I'm asking, this isn't you, is it?"
"I was with Romani at night, you know? But Master's that appearance... Umm, a business idea is starting to flash!"
"What is it?"
"Master's current appearance has demand. No, actually, even in your original form there would be demand, but now, a broader, more popular demand base emerges! An idea has come to me! So to put it into practice right away? Let's go~!"
"Whaaaat~"
Caught by Da Vinci, I'm dragged away. Sakura gets dragged along too.
The place we arrive at is the simulation room. A room not just for training but for doing various things... Koyanskaya was also in the room.
"I received the contact. Truly an excellent business proposal. It has sufficient value for our NFF Service to support."
"What on earth is it, Koyan-koyan?"
"It is... a photobook!"
"...."
Did these guys take something...
"... I get that there's demand, but why do I have to do it?"
"Aww~ Please~"
"Trying to act cute won't work on me at all, Da Vinci, you're a married woman."
"Hng..."
"Then~ would you grant my request?"
"No."
"Tch..."
"Look at that tongue click. Sakura, you mustn't become an adult like that. Your body can grow big like that, but your mind mustn't."
"That's too much!"
"Anyway, no. A photobook? Are you crazy? No matter that I'm a woman now, it's Shuten's appearance, and in the end, the core is me. Would I want to see that kind of thing? Absolutely not."
"There would clearly be huge demand though..."
"There would be, since there are suspiciously rich furries too. A TS protagonist possessing someone else's body? Demand would exist. The likes and dislikes would be extremely divided, so I'm certain I'd get on the guillotine and get cursed at by many people."
"No, isn't that victim mentality?"
"Da Vinci Da Vinci... That's reality. No~body would enjoy my TS phenomenon, right? There is demand and supply, but within that, there exist those who feel uncomfortable. Yes, even Mandricardo, since he's my friend, will probably send a look that says 'I understand...'!"
Probably many people would detest and leave? That's reality!
"So no. In the end, I'm just the protagonist of the disgusting 'Master is over!'...!"
"Somehow Master's self-esteem has greatly dropped. Yesterday you seemed to be enjoying it in your own way."
Koyanskaya looks at me with a somewhat disappointed reaction...
"Hmph... After sleeping, a severe reality check hit me hard. From the point of living in someone else's body, I have nothing to say even if all people throw stones at me!"
"... This wasn't what we hoped for. I thought Master might enjoy it in his own way, but it was the complete opposite."
"Everyone had a plausible plan. Until they got cursed at, that is."
I leave the simulation room with Sakura. A photobook of myself? Would I do it... Normal staff and some kids would look at me with disgusted eyes. Like a crazy pervert bastard taking a photobook in someone else's body!
Though that's technically correct to begin with.
"Big brother, do you dislike it that much?"
"I'm someone who cares about the eyes of others in my own way, you know~ To begin with, a photobook in Shuten's body? There would be demand. Since the core is me, many kids would like it. But, among them, there would definitely be dislikes. I'm a delicate person in my own way, you know? I don't like such reactions, so I won't do it."
"Is that so..."
"To begin with, even in my original form, I wouldn't do such embarrassing things."
"Then... could you wear just one outfit? I think you'd look cute."
"An outfit? ... If it's just this much, then fine."
Sakura, who somehow brought one from the room. If it's just this much, it's not something I can't wear. I already walked around in cow pajamas, what's embarrassing now.
"Here, are you satisfied with this? Sakura."
"Yes, it's cute."
"Cute, huh... I'm a man too, so I prefer being called cool rather than cute. I'll pass on the otokonoko-ization."
"What's that?"
"It exists. Sakura will find out later too."
Well, if you remove the ears and tail, the outfit itself is ordinary. It's not a bunny girl or maid outfit either. Of course, I'd absolutely hate those.
Walking down the corridor holding hands with Sakura like that, we run into Mandricardo and Nemo.
"Ah, Master..."
"Good morning~"
I greet Mandricardo, and Mandricardo looks a bit awkward.
"Um... so... I understand!"
"... In the end, I end up hearing this. I told you, right?"
"That's right..."
"Eh... Did, did I make a mistake?"
"Mandricardo, in times like these, encouragement is better than understanding."
"No, Nemo-kun, that's not it either. You could just act like it's nothing and move on..."
"Is that so?"
A man's heart is delicate too, my friends from different eras...
Please understand modern people's sensibilities...
"Fine~ I'm hurt~ Let's go, Sakura. They don't understand a modern person's heart...!"
"I don't understand either, though?"
"Sakura, even you! Well, that's possible. Want to go play some games?"
"What game?"
"So... yeah, that would be good. Let's go play Animal Crossing."
What does it matter if my appearance changed. I don't care. Of course, even if the kids cross the line, I have no intention of going along with it. It's clearly not my body, I'm just living my usual daily life.
Bam!!!
"... What is it this time?"
"It was X!"
"No no, I just accidentally dropped the Artorium we collected earlier into the cup noodles!"
Ritsuka and X, already in the recreation room. X ends up causing an accident and all the game consoles get blown away.
"Can't we play games...."
"Making Sakura sulky... Die quietly, X-bap!"
"It sounds like an insult somehow!"
"In this world where even Twitter has become X! Accept it obediently and die~!"
"Hyeeek!"
"... Dammit is still the same even after changing appearance."
Bam!
Smashing X's head like that, the game consoles were newly repaired and we reportedly played games safely. All's well that ends well.