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 44: I Know Everything

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up. Good morning… Mashiro.”

“Eh…”

Hearing my name from her made my heart pound heavily. How does she know my name?

“What’s wrong? You’ll swallow bugs if you keep your mouth open like that. Oh, are you still not awake?”

She reached out toward my face, but I instinctively stepped back.

“?”

“Do… do you know my name?”

“Yes, I know it. I’ve been waiting for you, after all.”

“Waiting for me?”

“Yes… I’ve been waiting… for a long time… for you.”

What does she mean? Does she know Mashiro? No, that doesn’t make sense. The conversation is too bizarre. Awake? Asleep? What is she talking about? I can’t figure it out.

“Or are you making that face because I’m calling you Mashiro?”

“Huh?”

I furrowed my brow. Is she suggesting I’m not Mashiro?

“But since you act as Mashiro, I treat you as Mashiro, too. Besides, I don’t know your real name.”

“What are you talking about…”

She smiled softly. There was no malice in her expression rather a sense of fondness.

“Ah… then, how about this… Japanese men like to be called this, right? Onii-chan.”

“What…”

My eyes widened. What did she just say? Did she call me a Japanese man? How does she know about Japan? It’s bizarre for her to know about Japan and ‘Onii-chan’… as if she knows I am a man inside…

“There… you’ve stopped moving even more… Are you okay?”

“Uh… ah…”

I was unable to hide my confusion at her worried expression.

My thoughts were in disarray, with more and more questions surfacing. Who exactly is this girl? Why does she know Mashiro’s name? How does she know about Japan…?

“Hehe, it’s okay… Don’t be scared. I’m on your side…”

Her words, whispered as if soothing a child, enveloped and gently eased the swirling anxiety within me.

“Ah…”

Her wing gently landed on my head, and she slowly stroked it. Surprisingly, I felt no disgust. It was rather comforting.

Since arriving in this world, many people had patted my head, but her touch was softer, warmer, and kinder than any other.

“It’s okay… There’s nothing to be afraid of…”

“Uh… ah…”

My consciousness began to blur. My head felt foggy… I couldn’t think…

Without thinking, I dove into her chest. It was soft… so warm… I wanted to fall asleep just like this…

“Come here…”

Her sweet voice invited me. Following it, I buried my face in her chest.

“Ah… aah…”

“There, there…”

She continued to stroke my head. It felt good… warm. If only I could stay like this forever…

“What are you doing…”

Suddenly, a cold voice cut through our world.

“Eh…”

I snapped back to reality, realizing what I was doing.

“…Kohaku.”

Kohaku was standing behind us, her sharp gaze piercing through me. Her eyes looked at us as if we were filth, sending shivers down my spine.

“…I was just comforting Mashiro.”

“Comforting, huh…”

Kohaku muttered dismissively, slowly but surely closing the distance between us.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Let go of my Onee-chan now.”

“No. If I let go, you’ll attack. Besides, Mashiro doesn’t want to let go.”

“Eh…”

I didn’t want to let go, but I wished she hadn’t said that.

“See, she’s clinging to me so much.”

While saying this, she pulled my head closer to her.

“Ah…”

Seeing this, Kohaku’s face visibly tensed. This was bad…

“Oh, I see… Then, I’ll just turn you both into skewers. My Onee-chan might get a little burned, but that’s okay.”

Red flames began to swirl around us. She was serious about attacking… I had to do something… I hadn’t noticed in my confusion, but this girl was probably a phoenix… If this continued, everything would be wasted!

“Wait, just…”

“Whoosh!”

“Eh…”

My plea was cut off as I was suddenly tossed into the air, rapidly approaching the ground…

“Oof!”

I hit the ground with a thud. The sudden action left me unable to do anything but make a crushed frog-like sound.

“It’s okay to hurt me, but not Mashiro.”

Right now, I’m the one who’s hurt… because you threw me…