Ch.152 The Scent of a Little Girl, and the Girls who Came From Behind

"Hmm... sniff sniff"

A somewhat hazy morning.

I slowly take a sniff of my own scent.

I don't know if it's because it's a child body, or a girl body, or both, but my body smells different.

Well, I look like a completely different person, and my gender, age, and race are all different. Furthermore, my sense of smell is probably a little different too, so it's only natural.

I'm gradually getting used to it, but... how should I put it?

I wasn't particularly smelly before, but I remember my mom constantly telling me that I'm smelly.

Even though I took a bath and changed my clothes every day, she kept telling me that.

So I used to retort, "Mom, you just have an amazing sense of smell."

"Sniff sniff... Uhh..."

...Now that I think about it... I was kinda smelly.

If I inhale too hard, I feel like I'll choke.

At the same time, the thought, "I must've been smelly before" is also making me choke.

But I want to believe that this smell is only noticeable because I've turned into a girl, and that this is actually a man's smell...

What if I was actually smelly?

I'll cry.

Even I, with all my experience...

So, even if I tell myself that it's probably not true, I'm sure the smell of the opposite sex is just inherently unpleasant.

That's my conclusion.

This body, in my opinion, doesn't smell bad at all; in fact, it smells quite nice.

I can smell my old masculine scent lingering in the house, but I don't smell it on the clothes I bought after getting this body, so I guess my smell is just different.

I've never had a girlfriend, so I didn't know.

"................................Ugh..."

...Well, that's fine, it's okay if I don't have a girlfriend.

Right now, I'm a girl, you know?

I can freely smell a girl's body like this, you know?

"Sniff, sniff... Ah, it smells sweet."

...It's been this long, so there's no way my body will be back to normal tomorrow or the day after.

If things go wrong, I might be stuck with this body forever.

In other words, this body is just me.

It's my own body, so I can do whatever I want with it, right?

"For example..."

Uh, like something naughty?

It would be a lie to say I'm not interested.

Because I'm a man.

...Until now, books were more important to me, so I honestly wasn't interested, but now that I'm in this body, I'm curious about it.

"................................................"

I stared at my hands for a while.

"...It's kind of scary, so I think I'll just not do it..."

I've decided to stop after all.

Well, you know, it would be a problem if I started getting turned on by little girls with childlike figures, right?

If I reverted back to being a man and could only react to little girls, everything would be over, right?

And besides... they say it's really intense for a girl... I mean, I don't look at or read anything shady, but there are always those kinds of scenes in novels and stuff... right?

"Phew."

I feel relieved when I decided to stop doing it and give up.

I'm fundamentally a coward.

At this age... I wonder how old I am... and then my mind goes blank and that's the end of it all, it's nothing short of a nightmare.

If I can no longer read books, I won't be myself anymore.

If I were to stray from the right path and seek out men... my identity would be completely wiped out, and I would truly become nothing more than a dangerous little girl.

I'll keep that idea under wraps.

Little girls are meant to be admired and cherished.

No touch.

...I'll try not to touch it even in the bath.

It seems that even little girls touch them out of curiosity...

Such bizarre knowledge, too, was passed down from some literary work.

It's a bit of a waste, but it's much better than never being able to go back to being a man.

But It really does feel like it would be a waste.

"Ugh..."

If only.

If only this emotional instability would go away soon...

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I wonder if I ever thought about things like that back then.

Ah, those were the good old days.

--Whoosh.

[Congratulations]

[One shot to a Greater Grizzly with a bow...]

[Another show of amazing skill]

[How many combinations do you need to get this?]

[You're completely back to normal now, Haru-chan]

It's been a month since I got this body.

I'm no longer bothered by baths or toilets, and I've been so settled down for quite some time now that I can hardly believe how bad it was back then.

The initial excitement had completely faded, and for a while I had come to feel that "this body is nothing but myself."

I feel like I've finally returned to my previous level.

I think it takes surprisingly long, but at the same time, it feels like it only took a month for me to become this familiar in someone else's body.

It's a strange memory.

While I was reminiscing, the bear-like monster fell with a thud.

[Speaking of which, Haru-chan, haven't your concealment skills gotten really good?]

[She got within a few meters of them just now, and they didn't even notice her...]

[Yeah... As if she's just walking along normally towards them]

[It should be able to hear the sound of an arrow being nocked and drawn from that spot tho...]

[Well, I don't think there are many people with that level of concealment skill anymore...]

[As expected of Haru-chan]

[Expected Haru!]

[Sure let's think of it like that...]

My lack of physical strength is still there.

I'm not sure if this is the right way to put it, but ultimately, there's no going back.

My bodies is different from before, after all.

But with the increased magical power, I can now use it like a powered suit and move about as well as I used to.

...This is a skill of the vanguard, you know...I wonder when did I manage to learn to use it.

Oh well, since it's convenient, it's fine.

It's best not to delve too deeply into things that might be advantageous to myself.

While things are going well, leave any bad habits as they are, and only correct them when things start to go wrong.

I remember an old man in a hakama at the community center where I went to learn the basics of archery saying that.

[What floor is she on now?]

[That's exactly the 80th floor.]

[Could it be: Mid-boss?]

[According to records, the party that defeated the deepest part during the regrowth period apparently skipped the mid-boss.]

[That wasn't just a random spawn?]

[It was certainly huge.]

[I see.]

Oh, nice drop.

No matter how much I can reinforce my body, since the backpack I can actually carry is small, I still have no choice but to be very selective about what I pick up.

"!"

I've gotten completely used to it lately—my antenna, or rather, my enemy detection skill, is too sensitive.

That's where the reaction came from.

...I was planning to turn back today, but there are people coming down from the floor just above.

This entire floor is just one open space, so there's nowhere to hide... I guess I have no choice but to go down.

I'm putting in a little more effort than usual, but it's about time I started heading back.

[Oh, we're moving on.]

[I see, a party is coming.]

[Seriously? Is this someone's live stream?]

[Oh, you know, the party that's been really popular lately]

[Who?]

Even if I use stealth skills, the number of people who can see through me... seems to have decreased considerably, but there are still some around.

Until only about one person can see through my disguise each year, I must never become overconfident and continue to hide.

I think that's the secret to living a long life.

[So fast.]

[Haru-chan usually walks, but when she's running away from an enemy party, she runs at full speed.]

[They're not enemies, they're allies, ok!?]

[It's okay, because they're enemies to Haru-chan.]

[Even humans are her enemies now?]

[lol]

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