"You two…" Sevatar saw the barely suppressed expressions on Curze and Bruce's faces and was just about to ask what was wrong when he realized that even his voice no longer sounded the same.
How to put it?
It was much softer. Almost like a woman's!
"Hiss—" Bruce sucked in a sharp breath as he stared at the silver-haired Sevatar before him.
Good lord.
I never knew our First Captain could look this enticing.
Sevatar's once imposing frame had been completely remade. His formerly black hair had turned into short silver locks that glimmered with a moonlit sheen. Neatly cut bangs framed a pair of cold, elegant features, while his ice-blue eyes had become long and sharp, making the Prince of Crows seem even icier and more cutting than before.
His skin, once deathly pale, now looked cool, fair, and delicate. It no longer had that sickly cast; instead, it resembled white jade with the faintest flush of pink. All the scars that had once covered Sevatar's body had vanished entirely. Even so, the murderous aura around him remained anything but negligible.
Of course, the best part by far was the maid outfit now draped over Sevatar's body, all crisp efficiency and tailored grace. Those long, pale legs were especially devastating. With that cold beauty and this outfit combined, the effect was almost criminal.
"…Damn. Head maid…" Bruce muttered under his breath.
Well, that settles it. Sakuya Izayoi has arrived too. At this point, all we're missing is Flandre and Patchouli and the Scarlet Devil Mansion lineup will be complete.
Actually… that doesn't sound so bad?
"Umm…" Curze looked at the child she trusted most, now turned into a woman, and her feelings became extremely complicated.
Yet for some reason, she also felt that this was somehow more correct. In fact, Sevatar even looked more pleasing to the eye now.
"Recruit! What is the meaning of this?!"
After thinking it over, Curze could only turn to Bruce for an explanation. This matter needed an answer, or it would not end.
"I—I don't know either!"
Bruce spread his hands helplessly, just as dumbfounded as everyone else.
"What is going on…" Sevatar looked blankly at the power armor scattered all over the floor.
Compared with the physical transformation, what shocked him even more was the change in his psychic sense. He could tell that his perception of psychic power had shifted in some unusual way.
It was as if some innate gift had suddenly been forced into his body.
And it was not a bad change. There was a strange sense that, after becoming a woman, his thoughts and perceptions had become… wonderful. No troubles, no complicated ideas—only the desire to serve the Primarch well.
As for the Legion and the Imperium?
To hell with them.
"Hey! Doraemon! Why did our First Captain turn out like this?!" Bruce hurriedly asked the Blue Fatty sprawled on the ground.
They had to turn Sevatar back before he fully processed what had happened, or Bruce was dead.
"I told you already…" Doraemon said miserably, looking on the verge of tears. "A lot of my gadgets have undergone uncontrollable mutations. Besides, hasn't this gentleman turned into a cool and beautiful big sister? Isn't that pretty nice?"
Well said!
Compared with the dark, intimidating Prince of Crows, the sharp and dashing head maid really was better.
But Sevatar probably wouldn't agree.
And the Night Lords definitely wouldn't accept it either.
"I remember the Transformation Drink only lasts six hours, right?" Bruce suddenly recalled the original setting and asked.
"That's true, but like I said… the effects of many gadgets have already become unstable," Doraemon replied helplessly.
"…"
Bruce turned pale as he looked at Sevatar, whose eyes had grown extremely unfriendly.
If the Primarch had not been present, and if Sevatar's self-control had not been as strong as it was, he would already have turned Bruce into a throwing-knife target and tortured him to death.
"Think of something to turn our First Captain back, Doraemon!" Bruce pleaded at once.
If the First Captain could not change back, Bruce's situation would become extremely dangerous. Right now, the Night Lords only remained stable because of Sevatar's authority.
The moment Sevatar also "disappeared," Bruce had no power whatsoever to keep the Night Haunter Council under control, let alone the entire Night Lords Legion.
"Even if you ask me that, there's nothing I can do. Sigh…" Doraemon scratched his head and let out a long sigh.
"First Captain, when you drank that potion, what were you thinking about?" Curze suddenly asked, having calmly analyzed the situation and remembered something.
If she recalled correctly, the recruit had said that while drinking it, one had to imagine the form one wished to become. If that was true, then Sevatar's present transformation meant…
This was his own choice?
"I wanted to become someone who could help you," Sevatar answered honestly.
"Then that explains it!" Bruce said in sudden enlightenment.
What kind of person could serve Remilia best?
Obviously Sakuya Izayoi.
"?" Curze, who had never read Touhou, had no idea what he meant.
But very quickly, she thought of a way to resolve the immediate problem.
She extended a hand toward Doraemon and demanded, "Xenos. Another bottle."
"You're sure?" Doraemon was extremely unwilling, but under the threat of Curze's "kind" gaze, he could only pull out another bottle of Transformation Drink.
"Watch carefully, First Captain. And recruit. You are about to witness the return of the King of Night!"
Curze took the Transformation Drink and downed it in one gulp. Throughout the process, she kept firmly in mind the appearance she wished to return to.
Bang—
A cloud of smoke burst forth.
In an instant, the tiny Curze expanded into a towering giant of nearly three meters. The dress fell to the floor, and in that naked state, the porcelain-white skin of before was replaced by bluish-gray flesh marked with scars. Her red eyes reverted to cold, pure black.
At once, the banquet hall turned frigid, and a strange aura of violence and madness poured from Curze's body.
"Hah…"
Curze let out a long breath, then burst into wild laughter like a madman reaching the peak of exhilaration.
"My power… has returned."
He looked down at his familiar hands and felt the world around him.
He found that he no longer wanted sweets or trivial amusements.
What he wanted now was to take the xenos before him apart piece by piece.
"!!!"
Seeing the towering, brutal giant before him, Doraemon scrambled backward in terror.
It was this monster who had beaten both him and Old Wang flat before.
Unbelievably strong!
"Don't be afraid, xenos from another world. I will turn you into my favorite kind of collection and place you in my palace."
Curze stepped forward, seized Doraemon, and stroked him with disturbing gentleness, clearly pleased by the texture.
"We'll get along wonderfully. Extremely… wonderfully."
"Hahahahaha—"
Bang!
The next second, another burst of smoke exploded.
Curze's laughter changed abruptly as the three-meter giant reverted once more into a little girl—completely naked, at that.
"!!!"
In an instant, two figures moved at once. Sevatar was clearly faster: he scooped up the clothes from the floor and hurriedly dressed the now completely bare Curze, while Bruce rushed over to assist.
In less than three seconds, Curze was clothed again.
And her expression shifted from the earlier thrill to utter blankness, and finally into a face of complete world-weary disgust.
"Recruit…"
"Reporting, milady! In any form whatsoever, I find you supremely dignified!"
Bruce saluted at once.
"Really?"
"Really!"
"Hah… fine then… Sevatar, what about you?"
Curze turned her gaze toward the now-female Sevatar.
"No matter what form you take, you are still my most revered Primarch. You are the Lord of Nostramo, the great King of Night."
Sevatar's reverence came from the bottom of his heart.
"Damn it! Why did I only turn back for a few seconds?!"
Furious, Curze kicked Doraemon.
"How would I know?!" Doraemon, who felt entirely innocent, suffered from the kick—but also, weirdly, found it a little enjoyable.
If the giant Curze from moments ago had kicked him, he probably would have fainted from terror.
But the current Curze?
Well… cute.
"There's really no other way?!" Curze forced herself to stay calm and asked through gritted teeth.
"My suggestion is to maintain the status quo. If we keep experimenting before solving the abnormality affecting the gadgets, what if you end up never being able to turn back?" Doraemon scratched his head.
"Recruit!"
"Yes!"
"You drink it too!" Curze ordered viciously.
Bruce's face instantly filled with reluctance, as though the Transformation Drink in front of him were some sort of welcoming banquet wine.
This… this really won't do.
Why are you taking your anger out on me? I'm not the one who turned you into this!
Knock knock knock—
At that very moment, the banquet hall doors were struck from outside, and a voice came through them.
"Lord Sevatar, Acting Commander, I have urgent news to report."
"Shen?"
The moment Sevatar heard that familiar voice, her brow furrowed deeply.
Under normal circumstances, she could simply tell him to stand by. But now…
The moment she gave any order, he would definitely become suspicious. After all, both her voice and her appearance had changed far too much.
"Lord Sevatar? Was that you speaking just now?"
Standing outside, Shen had caught a trace of a voice that sounded both familiar and strange, and instantly became alert.
Seeing the situation, Sevatar immediately shot Bruce a look:
Get rid of him.
Bruce caught the meaning at once, nodded, and was about to speak—
when Curze suddenly cut in.
"Shen, come in! I have something important to entrust to you."
Curze forced her voice to match her original tone as closely as possible and issued the command.
Huh? x2
Bruce and Sevatar both froze.
Primarch! Why?!
Could it be that…
"Perfect timing. You'll join us too!" Curze said through clenched teeth, sounding as though she had already given up on everything.
"L-Lord Curze?!"
When Shen heard what sounded like Curze's voice, along with that unmistakable summons unique to the Primarch, he first froze, then was overwhelmed with joy.
The Primarch has returned!
Wonderful!
"I am coming in at once!"
Shen forced down his excitement, then pushed the doors open.
And when he saw the figures in the banquet hall and the utter mess inside, he fell silent.
Something… seems off.
Where is the Primarch?
Where is Lord Sevatar?
And where did this silver-haired mortal woman come from?
Why is Lord Sevatar's power armor lying on the floor?
All these deeply ominous elements sent Shen's mind racing—right up until Curze approached him holding a bottle of Transformation Drink and ordered him to drink it.
"Shen, drink it! That is an order!"
"Primarch…?"
Shen accepted the bottle on reflex, thoroughly astonished.
As mad as it all was, he had already confirmed it: the small girl before him was indeed his genefather—his beloved Lord of Night herself, not some "child of the Primarch."
"You'll understand what will happen once you drink it," Sevatar explained in what was clearly his original voice.
"Huh?"
Shen looked at Sevatar in renewed shock.
What?
This woman is Lord Sevatar?
Heavens—what exactly happened here?
The sheer amount of information was too much for Shen to process. But under the gaze of the Primarch, Sevatar's confirming nod, and the mysterious liquid in his hand…
in the end, he made a choice that was both cowardly and utterly loyal.
Drink the damn thing!
As if the Primarch would harm me!
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