Chapter 96

Tongfa was changed to a weapon called "guai." The shape is almost the same, but strictly speaking, it is different. The guai is longer and more rugged. Actually, it's just a matter of names and such. It's also a matter of the author's convenience. Sorry <(_ _)> The tongfa in the previous story has also been changed <(_ _)>

After completing the job as an unwelcome guest, Zangren and Da Xing appeared at the usual night market with the vault people. The old man at the night market, who was sharpening a dangerous knife when Azurona was kidnapped, provided the vault people with drinks and snacks, and then created a relaxed atmosphere with Azurona, who was spreading her charm on the table. Zangren and Da Xing were staring at Azurona.

"Even though he's a guy, he acts like a girl... Hmm~ Is it homosexuality, or does it feel a bit different? I don't really understand."

Without any sense of rejection, Da Xing is a big catch.

In this world and this era, there is no widespread knowledge or understanding of sexual minorities among ordinary people, so it wouldn't be strange to have a sense of rejection. Even on Earth, it took until modern times for social recognition to spread, so it's not that this world is wrong.

For Zangren, even if Azurona is a girl in a guy's body, it's not a problem. Therefore, there isn't much rejection. He was just thinking about how difficult it would be to live in the future, or how to handle reproduction, which are trivial matters.

"…It's simply that the body is male and the mind is female. Think of it as a mistake at birth, where a female brain ended up in a male body. It's something they were born with, and it's not something they can change by their own will… or so it should be."

Zangren glanced at Yukishiro.

Yukishiro looked uncomfortable, not meeting anyone's gaze, and was sipping black wine slowly.

Yukishiro, who is like a parent or older sister to Azurona, has a deep influence on her spirit. If Yukishiro, who has never given birth to a child, tried to raise Azurona without being able to determine her gender, she would have to raise her based on her own experience, which would naturally be as a female.

As a result, Azurona became a girl in a guy's body.

To begin with, it's unclear whether high-level intelligent magical beasts, who are as intelligent as or more than humans, distinguish between male and female when raising children, and Yukishiro cannot blame her for not being able to determine the gender. However, she was just curious about how Yukishiro raised her and how she feels now, but when she hit Zangren's face with her fluffy tail, it might have been an unexpected event for Yukishiro as well.

"…So, it means that the body and mind were born not in sync. I see, that could happen."

This understanding is roughly correct. Even if it's about the brain being congenitally different, Zangren can't fully explain it.

"Isn't there someone similar among humans?"

At those words, Da Xing sighed with a troubled look.

"…Indeed, there are. But it feels a bit different. Azurona doesn't stroke anyone's butt, after all."

Zangren understood the situation and sympathized. It seemed he had experienced it himself.

With Zangren's warm gaze, Da Xing hurriedly changed the topic.

"Anyway, about the next schedule, Mei'er and the others have a job. I want it to be seven days from now."

"Seven days from now, got it."

While talking about such things, people gathered one after another, and it became the usual scene.

The next morning after the shocking revelation.

Zangren bought portable food and was at the ruins. He intended to dive deep today. He had gotten somewhat used to the ruins. He had rested sufficiently. He had time, so he planned to go deeper this time.

To understand what the ruins are and what kind of place they are.

He had bought a map up to the ninth floor, and his goal was the tenth floor, which is not sold. The highest floor officially reached by the Explorer Guild is the twenty-first floor, but there are few explorers in the White Mist Mountain Ruins, and the map creation cannot keep up with the cycle of internal structural changes.

It is unknown how things are on the Longhua side for now.

Zangren and the others easily cleared the third and fourth floors in about a day.

They ran through the traps, relying on barriers, and Snow White joyfully defeated the magical beasts, taking only the proof of their defeat and moving on.

Then, Zangren and the others stepped into the fifth floor.

The fifth floor is home to many earth spirits. Traps and the traps built into the ruins become more common.

And the magical beasts.

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