Chapter 43 Forced to buy women's clothing but no one around [Warning: This may trigger certain content] Special...

Tenas took Ethan to a property in Sunfire City that he didn't visit often, since it took some time to get from Starfall City to Sunfire City, which gave Tenas time to call a housekeeper to clean the property.

Tenas led the silent Ethan to the door of the room. As expected, he saw a tidy house and was extremely satisfied. He announced to Ethan behind him, "You can stay here comfortably from now on. I'll cover your daily expenses. Go buy a couple of outfits later, or should I buy them for you? If I buy them for you, please tell me your size, as you might not find the style you like. If you want to pay me back, you can do so after you grow up and work for me. Right now, your goal is to focus on your studies."

Ethan: "..."

What is he mumbling? I can't understand his babbling. I want to go back. He finished all his recent official duties in a fit of rage a couple of days ago, and he finally managed to find some time to do the magician's quest. He still wants to do it now.

Ethan was lost in thought when Turner handed him a card, snapping him back to reality. He inadvertently filtered out Turner's overly concerned, rambling words.

"...Anyway, I'll regularly transfer your living expenses here every month." When Turnas saw that he didn't take it, he simply shoved it into his hand: "I have some money, so don't feel embarrassed to spend it. If all else fails, work for me in the future. I'll help you get it sorted out in the next couple of days, transfer to a high school here... By the way, are you old enough to go to high school yet?"

Still no word. But that makes sense. His appearance doesn't look like that of an adult. He was never an adult to begin with, especially after he died. His body was maintained at most to the state it was in before he died. Growing taller, getting fatter, or developing will never be related to him again in this lifetime. Dead people don't grow taller unless their bones are broken and regenerated. But his appearance won't change. His face will become thin due to previous malnutrition.

Ethan nodded heavily, indicating that he was ready to go to high school.

Turner gave him an "I knew it" look, then seemed to suddenly remember something: "What's your name?"

Dude, it's been two hours since we met, and you're only now thinking to ask his name? Aren't you a little bit too careless? You brought him back with the intention of helping him out without even asking his name or knowing his age. What if he's someone with ill intentions who deliberately approached you? You're really doomed.

"Ethan." Ethan thought his name should be easy to understand. He really couldn't admit that he was the guardian of Starfall City and a colleague of Tenas. If the other party guessed it, he wouldn't be more embarrassed than if he admitted it himself.

Starfall City and Ethan are colleagues, so it's easy to make connections, right?

To everyone's surprise, Turner nodded, his expression a mixture of astonishment and sudden realization.

Ethan thought he recognized him, but after waiting for several seconds without any sound, he looked up in surprise and stared at Turner.

"...Don't you think my name sounds familiar?" Ethan subtly pinched the flesh on his leg, trying to appear calm.

“That’s true to some extent.” Turners nodded in agreement. “I have a colleague with the same name.”

However, he was also startled for a moment. For a moment, he thought that the thin girl in front of him was the guardian of Starfall City, but no, that didn't make sense.

What kind of person is Ethan, the guardian of Starfall City?

He's a strange, unpredictable, and very solitary gloomy fellow.

Why do I say that? He really ignores everyone. No matter what people say to him, he doesn't respond. He's too lazy to even look at them, let alone respond. His arrogance makes many colleagues unhappy.

Not only is he unsociable, but he's also elusive, only showing up during group activities or when they're fighting monsters. Normally, the guardians are all together handling their city's affairs, and the Starfall City guardian is nowhere to be seen, as if he doesn't have these troubles at all.

While dealing with the situation, everyone complained that they were so tired of working that they didn't even have time to vent with each other. As a result, many colleagues didn't have a good impression of the Starfall City Guardian, who was so marginalized that they thought he was dead if he didn't show up. In particular, the Guardian didn't know how to read the room and didn't give them a friendly look.

The guardians of Starfall City were strong, but they only contributed in the first few battles after joining. They were just coasting along afterward. After giving Gasha a few magic books to study, I made her go to the front to try in the later battles.

If Ethan found out, he'd definitely protest: "Do you want people to just learn without any real combat experience? I only dared to slack off in the back because I knew she was strong enough to handle me!" QAQ

Then, not all of the others are full-time Guardians; they also have their own lives and other jobs, so it's normal for them to change their image and present themselves differently from their other identities.

No matter how outrageous it gets, people will at most just dye their hair, change their hairstyle, or change their contact lenses, instead of deducing whether someone is male or female only after dating for a while, like the Starfall City Guardian who only covered his mouth.

His voice was so hoarse it was unrecognizable. He usually gave off the typical vibe of a villain from those works. Apart from the stereotypical smirking and the fact that he had never actually harmed anyone, he really looked every bit like a villain.

Because of this aura, some of his fellow guardians even wondered if he might carelessly go astray in the future. Although it's not good to gossip about others, many people felt uneasy about it.

Ethan, who was so socially anxious that he desperately huddled in a corner to minimize his presence, trying to think of other things and even trembling slightly, thought: "Huh? Me?"

Ethan was somewhat aware that his colleagues didn't seem to like his social anxiety, but he still wasn't very familiar with everyone and couldn't change it. He was not as good as his magician colleagues, who had a natural affinity for each other.

He doesn't care about what others think. Although he might want to change himself at first because of what others say, he eventually comes to terms with it. He believes it's not a good thing to change himself because of what others say.

So he continued to do as he pleased, staying as long as possible, and inadvertently allowed the misunderstanding to deepen, completely unaware of how he had been demonized.

So Tenas thought he was going crazy. It was only then that he suddenly felt like the girl in front of him looked like the guardian of Starfall City. But looking at his social media profile, which was full of men, it definitely couldn't be the girl in front of him.

Tenas shook off the various thoughts that had crossed his mind, and inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. He felt strange; how could he have associated the girl in front of him with the guardian of Starfall City? Was it just because they were both named Ethan and were from Starfall City?

Ethan is a common name, but I don't know his surname. He didn't mention it, probably because it's inconvenient for him to say. I won't ask anymore.

“I’ll transfer you to a high school nearby this week,” Turner said. “If it’s convenient, could you please provide your identification information? That would make the transfer easier.”

Another problem: Ethan has no identification information.

When Selene's memories and traces of his existence were erased, his identity information was also erased, including his household registration. Where is he going to get a girl's household registration for him now?

Whether he's male or female isn't particularly important anymore. What's more important now is that he probably needs to go back first and do some work to create a record of a girl named Ethan, otherwise, when Turnas wants to transfer him over, he'll find that there's no such person...

Ethan wished he could teleport back immediately and escape from here.

Unfortunately, that won't work. Turner still wants to take him shopping for clothes, which is really troublesome.

Because she claimed she might buy clothes she didn't like, she could accompany Ethan to carry the bags, and that buying clothes herself was always the best option.

There were a few clothes in the house that Turner hadn't worn yet, just in case. But since Ethan was 1.7 meters tall and Turner was over 1.9 meters tall, the clothes were a bit too big and loose. His hands felt empty in the sleeves, and for a moment Ethan had wild thoughts, he even thought he didn't have hands anymore.

Because the weather was getting a bit chilly, Ethan was wearing a sweater when he was taken to buy clothes.

Ethan was dressed in women's clothing and wasn't actually a girl. Dejected, he picked out a few unisex outfits to shut Ternas up. Luckily, Ternas didn't ask him why he didn't buy a dress; he wasn't the kind of person who was oblivious to such things.

Unbeknownst to Ethan, Turner was quietly imagining why he didn't like wearing skirts. Back then, when he saw him on the street, he seemed uncomfortable with the skirts he wore. Perhaps the skirts weren't something he wore willingly, and he might have even just glanced at the skirt section without giving it a second look.

"Why don't you try them on?" Turnas suggested as he watched Ethan prepare to pay for his clothes. "Put on one set first and take off these that don't fit."

Ethan stiffened, relieved that it was too late and no one was around, before reluctantly entering the changing room. He was again relieved that no one was there and thanked them.

If Ethan encountered any other guest here, he would probably refuse to change his clothes no matter what. This touched on a blind spot in his knowledge. It felt awkward. He wanted to leave. He didn't want to wear women's clothes anymore. He wanted to earn points.

After Ethan finished dressing, he took a moment to mentally prepare himself before pulling back the curtain.

I really want to erase Tenas's memory of him dressing as a woman, but his magic isn't very good. Lord Starfall mentioned it to him before. He didn't clean up his mother's memory properly, leaving Selene with a vague impression that she had a child, but she couldn't remember anything else.

Later, Turner and Ethan arrived at the store selling intimate apparel, where Turner indicated that he was not suitable to go in and asked Ethan to go in by himself.

Ethan wanted to yell, "Am I even suitable?!" But because he was seen as a girl by Tenas, he swallowed his anger and went in... He made an excuse to go to the toilet, but as soon as he got to a place where no one and no surveillance cameras could see him, he went back to the alternate dimension to vent his embarrassment, and then pretended that he had finished going to the toilet/finished buying something and came out.

Starfall, who was peacefully in another dimension, was disturbed by Ethan's shouts and then watched helplessly as Ethan left: "..." What came back?

Nothing else happened. Turner dropped Ethan off at the property and left, saying he would come back to see him next time.

As soon as Ethan saw Turner leave, he didn't even bother to pretend. He went inside, put his things away, and then opened a portal to go back.

Finally, I can leave. I'll deal with Ternas later. He's a bit overwhelmed. I also have to get a girl's identity, and I won't have any more rest time.

Ethan left in deep sorrow.

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Author's Note: I can't keep going down this path. I need to finish the first volume before June [final exam month], and try to write the parallel world I want to write before my internship. Please come back, Professor Jun! [Making a spell.jpg]

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