After Gender Swapping, I Became the Daughter of a Yandere Mother with Animal Ears—With the Help of My Yandere Mom and Powerful Sister, I'll Live as a Fox Girl - Chapter 21: Mashiro

“Who are you…?”

From nowhere, a man’s voice could be heard. Although invisible, someone was speaking.

“Who are you…? Where are you?”

“I am… I was Mashiro…”

“…? Mashiro is me…”

I couldn’t understand what he was talking about. Was this person out of his mind?

“Mashiro is me…”

“But I’m Mashiro…”

“…No… but… until a moment ago…”

“Could you please show yourself first? Then we can talk.”

“Show me? I have always been in front of you…”

I was puzzled. In front of me… Did he mean the mirror?

“Stop joking around, or I’ll get angry.”

“I’m not joking… just… when I realized I was inside the mirror… wait, hold on… are you… Mashiro?”

“I’ve been saying that from the start.”No way… really?”

What is this person talking about? Why is it so unbelievable that I’m Mashiro?

“Um… sorry… I’m confused. I was Mashiro until a while ago…”

“Huh?”

“But after slipping in the valley… I found myself here…”

“…”

I listened to the man silently, but his story made no sense. He claimed to be Mashiro, but that was impossible since I am Mashiro.

“Okay… I’m leaving now… I have no interest in talking with a chatty magic mirror who lies…”

“Wait, please!”

“Do you have something else to say?”

“There’s one possibility…”

His pleading voice echoed with strong intent, halting my steps.

“Possibility… what is it?”

I asked, more out of curiosity than expectation.

“I think we switched… when I fell here… our souls and bodies…”

“What…?”

“I am sure I was Mashiro until I got here. But for some reason… our souls and bodies switched… I think.”

“Switched? But this body has always been mine…”

“But you don’t remember coming here, right? I do.”

“…”

It struck a chord. I didn’t have those memories. I had been searching for a reason.

“But…”

Even if his statement was true, it didn’t prove we had switched.

“Then, I’ll tell you everything I know about Mashiro!”

“…”

I hesitated. His words might be true. But could I take them at face value?

“Kohaku is your sister. Your mother’s name is Mifuyu. Kohaku is a mischievous, lively girl, and Mifuyu-san is a kind person who cooks well. Also, there’s a small flower garden in the mountains that you love. There’s more—”

“Enough.”

I interrupted him. Hearing more was pointless. I wasn’t entirely convinced, but I had to accept it.

“So you’re saying… until a while ago, you were inside my body… But what does that mean to me?”

“That’s…”

“…”

I sighed deeply and looked at my body again.

I have lived in this body. This body is precious to me.

The fact that a stranger was inside it, even momentarily, made me nauseous.

“This is disgusting…”

I lifted the mirror, intending to break it.

“Wait! Wait! I know where Kohaku is—”

Swish

The sound of the air being cut echoed in the cave.

I stopped, thinking I had heard something important.

“Where is Kohaku?”

“That… if you move forward, I’ll tell you…”

“…”

“Don’t look so scary… please… we both care about Kohaku, right?”

“…”

This guy… using Kohaku as leverage… But without him, I might not be able to leave this place. Maybe I will break it once we reach the surface…

“Fine… I won’t break it for now.”

“Uh, thanks…”

“But the moment you make any suspicious move, I will break it. Is that clear?”

“Yes…”

For a man, he seemed unusually meek.