I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie

Chapter 81: Light of the Homunculus

『Servant Dress for Slave Humans (for Jorn women) 』

【This is a common servant dress for slave humans who serve in Giga Machina, Giant Kingdom of the East. Among slave humans, only those with family names of former nobility would hire servants or butlers as their attendants. The dress is based on black and white, and although it has a very simple design, it is woven with Black swan Arabesque Feathers and Swan Icon Body Hair. 】

Equipment Required Status: HP 50

Physical Defense +65

Magical Defense +32

“Eh!? What’s with this maid outfit…? The Physical and Magical defense aren’t that high!?”

“Well, it is indeed a high-quality item for such low required status.”

Yurachi spun around in her maid dress and was overjoyed, while Lily held up the hem with both hands in a graceful manner.

“I’m so happy! But unlike the priest dress, there’s no bonus to magic power.”

“However… this is a high-level dungeon, after all. The equipment that can be found here will naturally be of good quality.”

Mina and Anon-san were also in a good mood as they admired their own maid dresses.

“Wow…”

Yuuki, Kouya and even RF4-you, the male members of the group, were chased to the neighboring room.

Naturally, as the only male member here, or rather, a boy in a girls’ body, I was left in this room and made to wear a maid dress.

Yes, it’s true that among the equipments that I possess, it had a considerably high defense power and good performance.

But what is this feeling of defeat?

“The design is a pure maid outfit! There are no frills, and the skirt is long! But its modesty is charming in its own way. It’s clean and feels nice. Surprisingly easy to move in, don’t you think?”

“Don’t you think it would be nice to show a little more leg?”

Upon Lily’s complaint, Yurachi let out a sigh.

“What are you talking about? This is the perfect outfit for pure and innocent girls like Taru-chan and Mina-chan who know nothing of impurity. It’s not like it would suit a promiscuous bitch like you.” retorted Yurachi.

“W-we-well, it may suit an angel, but it doesn’t suit a mischievous fox like you with bad behavior.” Lily shot back.

“Hey, who are you talking about?”

“Oh? Is it not only your behavior, but also your brain that is bad?” replied Lily.

Despite just having bonded over their equipment, Yurachi’s and Lily’s atmosphere suddenly changed.

For now, I just wanted to take off this outfit and return to my original clothes, even if it means just changing into the dress that Misora-san gave me.

I felt a little down realizing that I was wearing women’s clothes. Still, I rushed in between the two, who were about to start a fight.

“B-both of you look really good in it!” exclaimed Taru.

“Taru-chan, you say such flattering things! You’re such a troublemaker.” complained Yurachi.

“…Even if you flatter me like that, I-I’m not happy at all.” Lily replied.

While Yurachi approached me with a smile on her face, placing her hand on her cheek, she suddenly hugged me tightly. On the other hand, Lily seemed a bit flushed and in a grumpy mood.

“Oh, wait, Yurachi… and Lily too, you both are so cute that I want to make you my maids.” I said, speaking my mind in a flustered state as Yurachi clung to me.

But my words ended up shifting the conversation in a different direction, with the two girls making various comments such as wanting to become my maid or receiving maid-like treatment as a partner.

Being a man and becoming a maid and whether it was okay to treat a partner like a maid were all points of contention. Amidst the chaotic conversation, I was surrounded by the girls and for a while, peaceful time flowed in the dimly lit room.

“Um, anyway, Yurachi… could you please back off a bit? You’re getting too close… A little more than that, until Anon-san!” I exclaimed.

Being surrounded by girls and getting pushed around was mentally tumultuous, to say the least.

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“Welcome home, master. Oh, it’s you.”

“W-Welcome home, sir.”

“I’ll let such an incompetent maid go. Anyway, have you heard? The master seems to have made a move on that maid again.”

“My, my… the mistress’s feelings are like rough waves.”

“Hey you guys, stop chatting and get to work already. We need to prepare dinner for the young lady.”

I never imagined that I would end up playing maid during our dungeon exploration. Is it because I look like a grade schooler? Or is it because Mina is a grade schooler?

‘What am I doing…?’

Kouya pushed open the door with his back while crossing his arms and Yuuji excitedly looked around at us and exclaimed, “Hey hey, when are you guys going to finish?!”

“Oh-ho! We have a lot of beautiful maids, Colonel Kou!”

Thank goodness, Kouya came to my rescue.

“Taru… you look great in that outfit.” said Kouya, who had gone from a sadistic megane to a handsome guy with glasses in my mind.

Yuuki peeked from behind and said, “Give it a rest, Kouya. Taru’s having a hard time with it; it’s becoming a black mark in his life.”

“Oh, right.” Kouya replied.

They must have known that I felt uncomfortable wearing women’s clothing even though I’m a guy, so they were considerate of me. Normally, they would tease me in this kind of situation, but they probably sensed that I was really annoyed.

I was also damaged by the maid skit… but because of Yurachi and Anon-san’s plot, it was a blow to my heart that my fitting session would be held within Clan Klan next time.

“Oh, hey, you guys look good in those outfits too.”

“Both Kou-san and Yuu-san look very refined.”

As Yurachi glanced over at them and gave her opinion, Anon-san casually slipped in a comment that downplayed Yuji’s evaluation. Well, Yuji’s character in Clan Klan is a beautiful boy, so his butler costume looks pretty good, but his eyes were just too bad. On the other hand, Kouya is a very stylish intellectually handsome butler with glasses, and Yuuki looked reliable and gentle.

“Thank you. Everyone looks great too.”

Yuji, who could easily send compliments to the women without any resistance, had a bright smile on his face. He was far more composed than me, who had to hastily thrown out compliments as a mediator in fights.

“By the way, why don’t we go out to the terrace there? It might be a good idea to take a look at the surrounding area and streets.”

“Will we not be found by the enemies…?”

At Yuuki’s suggestion, Kouya showed a momentary hesitation, but seemed to change his mind after looking at the location proposed by the leader.

As far as they could see from here, there were no homunculus or jellyfish lights nearby. It should be safe to observe the city from the balcony of the building.

We quietly stepped out onto the terrace, still dressed as we were.

“Indeed, there are giant zombies here.”

Taller than the buildings, giant zombies were wandering around the streets dimly lit with a pale blue phosphorescence.

“It’s kind of like being a slave… wearing their clothes and looking out over the destroyed city…”

The ruins illuminated by the jellyfish lights gave us a fleeting but eerie and yet attractive feeling.

“It’s a strange sight, isn’t it…?”

Taking over Yuuki’s words, Mina gazed out at the city with a “wow”.

At first she was afraid of the dungeon here, but now it seemed like she had something more profound than fear in her heart.

We have seen many things here.

This city has shown me a lot.

As an alchemist, the existence of the Luna Homunculus, the False Soul longing for the Moon is something I could not help but dream about. Clues to creating artificial life forms, homunculi, can be found here. In addition, the light that controls and moves once decayed bodies, similar to moonlight, was also interesting. What kind of person is Richie Diamond, the alchemist of Destruction and Rebirth who left evidence of reviving giants as undead using alchemy?

“Can I create a homunculus? And what about controlling the undead?”

“Hey, Taru. We’re already amazed by that fairy on your shoulder, you know?”

“If we see anything more than that, we won’t be able to handle it.”

My two best friends laughed as they picked up on my muttering.

That’s right. In this hidden underground city of Jorn, I want to show these two something even more astonishing…

I caught a glimpse of an endless alchemical path.

“I should be able to reach it. The greater heights of alchemy.”

Amidst the half-destroyed city where death walks and a surreal, faint light flickers, I gazed at the view below and contemplated the infinite alchemy path.

“Hey, what’s that?!”

Perhaps that’s why I was a little too late to notice it.

In response to Kouya’s cry, my best friend hurriedly pointed in the direction, and there it was, happening diagonally to the right and up.

“…The space is distorted?”

Something like a black mist twirled and mixed with an effect as if it had been mashed up…

At the moment the tension in the air disappeared, a bright bluish-white light suddenly appeared.

“Ugh.”

I forced my closed eyes open and tried to discern the source of the light.

It was a jellyfish that had been wriggling high in the sky until just now.

The jellyfish that appeared before my eyes was surprisingly large, with a diameter of over 2 meters, and my knees naturally buckle.

“Um, is it teleportation…?”

Yuuki’s face was contor

ted.

This was not the time to be impressed by the enemy’s ability or anything like that.

“Long story short, that number… of homunculus is no joke…”

Along with the jellyfish came its offspring, several dozen Luna Homunculi, the False Souls longing for the Moon appeared. Kouya groaned at the sight of this, as blue-white lights of despair flickered everywhere.