Chapter 33: Explanation

“Do you believe in magic?”

“I believe.”

It was almost a second answer; Su Xiao Zi gave her reply without hesitation.

Su Xiaoxiao—or rather, Su Mu Zhe, who had mentally reverted to being a male in front of his sister—had not anticipated his sister would answer so quickly.

“Why?” Su Xiaoxiao asked, a look of surprise on her face.

“Because right now, Big Brother, you just performed magic right in front of me. I have no choice but to believe.”

‘As expected of my sister, her adaptability is strong.’

She had originally thought there would be a bigger reaction, like crying inconsolably from grief over losing a handsome, resilient, and reliable brother.

‘Now it seems I overthought it…’

Su Xiao Zi was more excited to have a younger girl as a sister than to see her brother.

‘It seems he was a bit of a failure as a brother.’

“Anyway, I got caught in a strange whirlwind of events and inexplicably turned into a girl.”

“I was wondering how to explain it to you carefully. If your acceptance of new things is strong, then I can save some brainpower on how to explain it.”

Perhaps it was this rapidly changing era that continuously improved people’s adaptability.

After all, otherworldly portals similar to Hollow Fissures had already appeared…

No, her sister probably still didn’t know about that.

In truth, when Su Xiao Zi confirmed the truth, she accepted the fact. The remaining time, she was merely thinking about the reason such a thing could happen.

‘It couldn’t be that Big Brother offended some witch or something, and was turned into a girl by magic, could it?’

She had heard fairy tales about turning into animals, but never anything like this. And ultimately, those were just fairy tales anyway; it did seem a bit far-fetched.

Something had also happened at school today. As a member of the Research Society, she had just deployed Tina to clear out enemies.

And it was on this very day that Su Mu Zhe also turned into a girl.

‘Hmm… it really makes one connect to some surreal possibilities.’

Suddenly, she thought of a very terrifying reason, immediately snapped back to reality, grabbed Su Xiaoxiao’s shoulders with both hands, and stared directly into her eyes.

“Big Bro, you… did something happen at school?”

“Something happen?”

Su Xiaoxiao, caught off guard by the sudden question, felt the ahoge on top of her head instantly stand upright.

Recalling meeting the Bloodkin at school, accepting Evran’s power, and then working with Tina to repel the remaining enemies, there were quite a lot of things that had happened.

But there was nothing she could actually say.

Su Xiaoxiao was speechless for a moment, and could only stammer guiltily:

“I don’t know, the school broadcast said there was an explosion somewhere, and something happened. The teacher rushed me away, and then… then everything went black, and when I woke up, I was like this.”

“You can’t remember?” Su Xiao Zi’s expression became very serious, “Can you turn back to your original form?”

“Ugh—if I could turn back, I would have already…”

If she could turn back, she wouldn’t have left her pants outside the door, causing her sister to misunderstand.

However, Su Xiao Zi wasn’t joking.

An idea had already formed in her mind.

Big Brother was caught in a strange incident on the same day something happened at school.

A very likely reason was that he might have been bitten by a Bloodkin, becoming a chosen victim, and then underwent a ritual similar to the First Embrace, which altered his genes, leading to this situation.

This was just a conjecture; as for how exactly it was done, the underlying principles might not be immediately answerable.

But there were documented cases of Bloodkin First Embrace rituals and humans being turned into familiars.

This was a very serious matter; her brother, as a human, would become a Bloodkin.

Now that it had really happened, setting aside the differences in body habits after becoming a Bloodkin, if discovered by the Exterminator Army Alliance or other organizations, her brother could very likely be eliminated as an enemy target!

‘However… fortunately, it seems that after turning into a girl, Big Brother’s aggressiveness isn’t as strong?’

‘The color of her pupils… hmm, it’s also normal.’

Su Xiao Zi had always wanted to protect her brother as an ordinary person, to prevent him from getting involved in these conflicts. If he were ultimately drawn into it—she didn’t know how she would feel.

“Big Brother, you… aren’t lying to me, are you?”