The world is never static.
Every person and every event slowly triggers local changes in the world.
And when countless local changes converge, the world undergoes earth-shattering transformations.
Lu Yuan never imagined that his 'carelessness' would directly ignite Freya's anger, causing her to unleash her power tonight, instead of two months later as planned, to charm the entire Orario!
Moreover, due to the hasty timing,
Freya and Bell had no deeper interaction beyond making a bento.
For Freya now, she values only Bell's soul, regardless of personality or experiences.
That's all.
"For that beautiful soul, I would sacrifice everything, even myself."
Under the quiet night sky of Orario.
A sigh faded into the distance.
......
As a clear birdsong pierced the sky, the first ray of sunlight illuminated Orario.
A new day officially began.
"Phew, after breaking through the limit, I finally advanced to last night. Now I can finally share some of the Familia's burden with Brother Yuan."
Getting out of bed, Bell rubbed her sleepy eyes, stretched, and prepared to get up as usual to brush her teeth, eat, and then enter the dungeon through Lu Yuan's Anywhere Door.
Having just advanced to , she would be spending a long time in the dungeon grinding her stats.
Lu Yuan's Sword Domain is of limited help to Bell, who has a Restriction Bracelet.
Because under the restriction, each dungeon experience is a good adventure.
Things that might be obstacles for other adventurers are just easy paths for Bell, who can cross them in one step.
Unfortunately, there were only three Restriction Bracelets, and Lu Yuan had already given them all away.
Otherwise, Alfiya and the other girls in the Familia might not need to accumulate achievements through the Sword Domain either.
"Speaking of which, I've been using the Anywhere Door to go to the dungeon for adventures lately. Thinking about it, it's been a while since I saw Miss Syr. I kind of miss her bento. Should I go out through the main gate?"
Halfway out of bed, Bell lowered her head, suddenly feeling troubled.
It's not that Bell really wants to take advantage of Syr's bento or freeload.
With the current economic strength of the Hestia Familia, she could eat delicacies every day.
Syr's bento is nothing.
What she cares more about is how to meet Syr, her friend, in a reasonable way.
Maybe the entire Orario has accepted the fact that she was cursed to become a woman, but Bell herself still can't quite accept it.
She doesn't want to lose face.
"Forget it, I'll wait a while. Maybe Brother Yuan's wish will eventually be for me?"
"Or, I'll go see Syr when I turn back to normal..."
With this expectation, she lifted the blanket, and Bell skillfully reached for the clothes on the bed.
However.
The moment her hand reached into the air.
Her eyes glazed over.
"Where... is this?!"
Unlike Bell's own somewhat messy room with few pieces of furniture.
The room she was in now was very tidy, but it had many 'basic amenities'.
A writing desk, a crystal lamp, a wardrobe, a bookshelf... Bell even saw several unknown paintings hanging on the wall.
"This... is definitely not the residence!"
Putting on her clothes, she got out of bed.
Coming to the window.
She opened the nearby green curtains, and as her gaze passed through the French windows towards the distant green lawn, a sense of panic began to surge in Bell's heart.
Thump, thump......
Just as Bell was feeling uneasy and preparing to run out the door.
Accompanied by a crisp knock.
The door was pushed open from the outside.
Under Bell's stunned gaze, a girl wearing a simple white nurse uniform, wine-red pupils, and pink twin-tails walked in from the door with a tray.
On the tray was a bottle of unknown azure potion.
A strong sense of unease made Bell speak directly: "Um, hello, may I ask where this is..."
"It seems that the removal of the double curse will take a long time, so... after taking the curse-removing potion, would you like to have breakfast, Bell?"
The girl sized up Bell's cute face and asked with a smile.
"Wait! Who are you! Why am I here? Shouldn't I be at..."
Too many questions swirled in Bell's mind.
She didn't understand what she was experiencing!
A strange person, a strange place.
Where's her Brother Yuan? Where's the Goddess? Where's Lili? Where's Lady Alfiya? Where are the other members of the Familia?
She clearly slept in her own little nest yesterday, how did she change the moment she woke up!?
"Heidi, Heidi Belka, is my name."
The girl, or rather Heidi, looked closely at Bell for a while, and only when the shyness on Bell's face was about to overwhelm her did the girl move away again and say, "What a troublesome curse. Not only is the gender stuck, but even the memory is stuck? This is already the 7th time this week you've asked me my name."
The girl, or rather Heidi, had a deep regret on her face.
Just like Bell in front of her had really gotten some powerful and troublesome curse.
"A curse? Me?!"
Bell pointed at herself, asking uncertainly.
Wasn't the curse information that the Goddess Hestia specifically leaked to the Guild, and in order to allow her to go out normally?
The truth is, she was tricked by Brother Yuan's Gender-Bending Spring.
Why is the girl named Heidi in front of her saying that she is cursed?
"That's right! A terrible double curse that even the Saintess Amid cannot remove!"
"But fortunately, these two curses won't cause any harm to your body. You just need a long period of conditioning and getting used to it."
"Come on, drink this curse-removing potion, you'll feel better."
Handing the azure potion to Bell, Heidi said with a concerned look.
"I'm sorry! Miss Heidi, I really don't know you! Also, I need to go back to the Hestia Familia right away! Otherwise, the Goddess and Brother Yuan will be worried."
Pushing away the potion that Heidi handed over, Bell rushed out the door without saying a word.
This is not her Familia, not the place she should be.
She wants to go back, back to the Hestia Familia!
Just.
When she found the stairwell and walked down, the scene in front of her once again stunned her.
