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 22: Headache

“So… where is this place? According to what you said earlier, you used my body to come here, right? How did you do it? Where is the exit?”

I bombarded him with questions. Everyone didn’t abandon me after all. I want to see Kohaku as soon as possible, to hug her.

“Well… this place is called the Shrine of Soul Crossing… Basically, since we came down, we should be able to get out if we go up…”

“And the exit?”
“I don’t know.”

I raised my voice in frustration at his foolish answer.

“Don’t be angry! It’s not like I don’t want to know! It’s just… this place is like a maze… I couldn’t find a way out!!”

Useless… I should’ve just thrown him away earlier…

“Sigh… Well, okay. So we just need to go up, right?”
“Yes…”

It’s dangerous to proceed in the dark without any light.

Woosh…

I summoned a foxfire to illuminate our surroundings.

“You can really use it, huh. That body…”
“Did you possess my body without even being able to use magic?”
“Uh… yes…”

I was speechless at his audacity to come here in such a state.

“Let’s go then…”
“Yes…”

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“Hmm…”

How long have we been walking? It’s hard to gauge time in this endless darkness.

“Aren’t you tired? Should we switch?”
“Who would… I’ll never let you use my body again… Besides, even if only our souls switch, if the body is at its limit, it’s meaningless.”
“That’s true… sorry…”

He should have refrained from suggesting it in the first place… What is he even thinking…

“Ugh…!”

“What’s wrong?!”

Intense pain struck my head… an unbearable throbbing.

“Are you okay?”
“What is this… my head hurts so much…”

My vision swayed. I couldn’t stand… I couldn’t muster any strength in my legs…

“Stay with me!”
“I can’t… no more…”

My consciousness was fading. My vision turned black, and I lost all sensation in my body.

“Huh?”

The pain vanished?

“Hey, did it work? I don’t feel any pain.”

“What?”

Looking towards the voice, I saw a pure white fox girl… where I had been standing.

“Could it be…”
“Yeah, you looked in pain, so I thought ‘let’s switch!’ and it just happened…”
“What? I told you not to switch again!”
“But… it was an emergency…”
“That’s no excuse! Switch back!”

The girl in the mirror looked utterly displeased. Mashiro seemed stronger than I thought.

“Ehh… but it worked so well…”
“Just switch back, please!”

I focused on the mirror again. Ripples spread across it once more.

“Phew… finally… ugh, my head…!”

No good… The headache is unbearable…

“Here.”
“Hah… hah…”
“Does your head hurt when Mashiro enters the body?”
“Why… It’s my body…”

“I don’t know… but can you let me use the body for now? I won’t do anything bad.”
“Okay…”

Good. I’m back in the body. I don’t want to withhold it from Mashiro… but I also want to live a future with Kohaku and Yorishiro. For a while, I’ll borrow this body.

“Don’t worry, I’ve gotten the hang of acting as the elder sister.”

“I’m worried…”
“And, you know…”

I peered into the mirror, facing Mashiro’s reflection.

“With the strength of two sisters, we’ll manage.”
“You can’t do anything right…”
“Ouch!”

Mashiro’s sharp retort stung.

“I do have knowledge… high school level, but still…”
“High school?”
“It’s a long story…”

I started walking briskly towards the exit, mirror in hand.