It was as if time inside the suite had ground to a complete halt during those few brief seconds....
The eyes of all five met in mid-air, and a silence settled—one that felt like a sudden thunderbolt striking Michael and Elliot’s heads, while the expressions of the three Assessors shifted from stern seriousness to absolute, uncomprehending shock!
{Elliot, you scumbag! Change back to your female form right now, or our cover is blown and we’re totally exposed! They’ll realize we can swap genders! Hurry up and change back to a girl!} Michael screamed in panic inside Elliot’s head..
Elliot squeezed his mind dry as he stared at the predicament they were trapped in. His thoughts were thrashing like a engine on fire, trying to produce a single viable idea to survive after being cornered by the Assessors at the door.
(What are you thinking, you idiot?! Why are you standing there like a statue?!)
Elliot was fighting a battle under insane psychological pressure. If he turned back into a full female now, Michael would undoubtedly jump him on the spot, ruining his dignity and manhood forever!
On the other hand, if he didn’t, the Assessors would discover that they possessed a bizarre power allowing for gender swapping. That meant, in other words, they would force them to execute the System’s plan of swapping roles, sleeping together, and double pregnancy—and things would get infinitely worse once their only secret weapon was exposed!
But... Elliot noticed something strange in that split second. Two of the Assessors belonged to the demon race, while the third was human. In the lore of this world, when demons drank alcohol, the tips of their horns took on a faint purple tint.
The color was extremely subtle, painting their foreheads just enough to raise suspicion, but Elliot didn’t have the luxury of time to scrutinize or double-check... He had no idea whether the absurd idea flashing through his mind would succeed or get them both killed!
Maybe... just maybe he could trick them, or distract them with something even more shocking!
As the three Assessors blinked in complete disbelief, unable to process what was happening... they blinked again. And when they opened their eyes, nothing in this universe made sense anymore!
They didn’t find a full-grown man in a wedding dress, nor a gorgeous female beauty... Instead, they found the body of a broad-shouldered, tall man, topped with the head of a beautiful girl with reddish-orange hair and soft, delicate features!
The Assessors’ disbelieving eyes roamed over this sickening, hybrid sight, while Michael—who had witnessed Elliot’s unbelievable stunt—was on the verge of a fatal heart attack! He wanted to scream at the top of his lungs in protest against this absolute nonsense!
When Elliot saw that the shocked gazes of the Assessors standing at the door had wavered—their mouths literally agape in sheer bewilderment—he thought to himself in pure terror: (Damn it! I’m such an idiot! Looks like I didn’t enlarge the breast enough to match this dress!)
Elliot was by no means an expert in the Gender Swap skill; he was improvising like a total fool! He recalled the skill frantically and commanded the System to enlarge the breast immediately...
However, what happened next... was something no creature in this world or any other could have ever anticipated!
Everyone watched in sheer horror as a single female breast suddenly began to grow and inflate right before their eyes under the gown!
And that wasn’t even the weirdest part... The other side remained completely flat, looking just like the chest of a muscular man! A bizarre, repulsive, yet hilarious sight materialized before them: a bride with the head of a beauty, the body of a man, and a single massive breast protruding exclusively from the left side!
As for Michael... the moment he laid eyes on this deformed creature, he became completely, unequivocally convinced... that they were already dead and had entered hell a long time ago!
[The System didn’t quite catch the Host’s exact request when you asked to enlarge the chest... Did you mean one breast or two? Hahaha! 😈]
As for the three Assessors whose eyes were locked onto this hybrid abominable entity, they felt a sudden wave of dizziness hit their heads, accompanied by a creepy numbness creeping through their limbs, freezing them in place!
The first Assessor rubbed his eyes violently, muttering in a trembling, disbelieving voice: "W-was something weird put into this cursed wine? Am I hallucinating, or has my mind finally snapped?!"
The second Assessor replied in even greater panic, grabbing his demon colleague by the collar: "It’s definitely the wine! Damn you, Hemyor! You were the one who suggested drinking that intoxicating stuff before coming in! I told you it was strictly forbidden!"
However, the third Assessor—a human possessing a much more analytical and composed tone—stared intently, shaking his head as he took a step back: "No! This can’t possibly be just the effect of wine! This is a trick... black magic, perhaps! How can a fully normal groom exist right alongside this uncanny freak with the head of a woman and a single breast?!"
Meanwhile... Michael and Elliot were on the verge of breaking down into full-blown tears from sheer panic and horror! They were certain their cover was blown, and that the guards’ swords would pierce their necks in the next few seconds. As for Elliot, he was internally cursing the System with the foulest words imaginable; the stupid System had taken his rushed command to enlarge the "breast" literally... enlarging just ONE breast while leaving the other flat like solid rock!
At the peak of this absolute chaos, Elliot let out a roaring telepathic scream that pierced Michael’s mind like an arrow:
{Hurry up, Michael! Do what I’m doing right now before they realize the truth! Invent any weird form or crazy act and behave completely natural and spontaneous! This is our only way to survive execution!}
The stunned Michael was still standing in his previous stance, holding Elliot by the collar as if preparing to land an angry punch... but when those telepathic thoughts breached his brain, he instantly grasped the cunning, desperate plan Elliot was aiming for!
Michael had no idea how he would feel if he partially transformed, and he was dying of embarrassment and shame to the point where he wanted to end himself right then and there... but the survival instinct to cling to life in this world was far stronger than any male pride!
Michael took a deep breath and painted a wide, passionate, relaxed smile across his demon face. He stepped forward with bold, confident strides toward the three baffled Assessors at the door!
"Oh! I am so terribly sorry, honorable Assessors! My wife and I were just squabbling a moment ago over who gets to take the lead and exert dominance on this blessed night... purely out of our immense love and overwhelming passion for each other, of course! But... is there a problem? Why do you all look so thoroughly shocked and bewildered?!"
Michael reached out with supreme confidence, grabbing the sleeve of Elliot’s robe and yanking him side-by-side to stand together before the Assessors!
The pupils of all three Assessors quivered, their bodies trembling as the full scene unfolded before them: two entities that could not be described by any human or demon words! A horrifying, repulsive contrast between a demon groom who had morphed before their eyes into something beyond words, and a bride with a hybrid profile combining the head of a gorgeous beauty with orange hair, and the broad-shouldered body of a man with a single, proud female breast protruding from the left side of the dress!
"Oh God... Am I in a sick nightmare?! What is this cursed creature?!" the first Assessor yelled, covering his mouth.
"Damn it! Was black magic put into the wine?! Have we been poisoned with a mind-altering potion?!" the second added, backing away in terror as if staring at an eternal demon!
Fatal shock seemed to take absolute control over the three Assessors, who stood frozen in place, completely rendered speechless.
Michael smiled with cold, legendary composure. He spoke in a tone bursting with excitement and eagerness, locking arms with the hybrid Elliot:
"Gentlemen Assessors... Are you sick or something?! I am beyond thrilled and eager to consummate with my beautiful wife and complete the sacred alliance contract for tonight! Why are your faces so pale and grim, as if you’ve seen ghosts? Is there some technical issue with the wedding ceremony?!"
The three Assessors could barely believe that this visual nightmare was unfolding right before their eyes!
They rubbed their eyes again and again with trembling hands, but every time they blinked, a new hybrid shape of the newlyweds appeared before them, filled with hormonal distortions and body structures that defied all logic!
The first Assessor said in a terror-stricken voice, taking a step back: "No... this is unbearable! We must summon other Assessors immediately to verify whether we’re experiencing a magical hallucination or not! We must be in full possession of our senses when evaluating a night of such historic importance to the Human-Demon alliance... If the Child of Destiny isn’t born due to a mistake on our part, our heads will roll!"
In that instant, sheer panic mounted in Elliot and Michael’s minds... If anyone else who hadn’t drunk the wine arrived and saw them in this deformed state, it would be their absolute, inevitable end! Cold sweat poured from their foreheads, and they silently wished the ground would open up and swallow them whole, or that any god in this world would save them!
But the second Assessor suddenly yelled at his colleague, grabbing his shoulder tightly: "Are you completely out of your mind?! If the priests or commanders find out that we broke strict rules and drank wine on the most important night in the history of the alliance, we’ll be executed immediately for high treason without a trial!"
The three Assessors’ faces stiffened, turning deathly pale at this terrifying prospect!
The first Assessor grit his teeth, responding: "It doesn’t matter! I will personally make sure whether this illusion is real or just a hallucination!"
The demon Assessor took a few steps forward into the suite, extending a trembling hand to touch one of the newlyweds to physically verify their reality...
But the human Assessor leaped forward, yanking his hand back with a panicked shout: "Wait, you idiot! We, as Assessors, cannot touch the Supreme Sacrifice, or we’ll be cursed instantly! Only the Knights of High Hell are allowed to touch them thanks to their sacred armor granted by the God of Destruction!"
The demon Assessor instantly recalled the gruesome, bloody scenes from the past when a former guard tried to touch previous sacrifices without magical armor. His limbs shook, and he backed away in sheer terror: "Then... what can we possibly do?!"
Meanwhile, Michael was trying with every fiber of his being to appear normal and confident, even as the Gender Swap skill randomly and nauseatingly shifted details of his appearance every single second!
Michael took a greedy step toward the door, adopting a tone of artificial confusion: "Gentlemen... I don’t understand the reason for your fear! Why can’t you touch us?! Is there a problem? I can step closer and prove to you myself that touching us causes no harm!"
Michael moved his demonic body forward, reaching out toward the demon Assessor to touch him. All three Assessors shrieked in absolute horror, blindly leaping backward into the dark corridor outside the room!
Suddenly... an idea sparked in the human Assessor’s head. He shouted in a sudden, realization-filled tone: "I... I understand everything now!"
Michael and Elliot’s hearts stopped at that exact moment. They felt like their official execution had arrived!
The human Assessor continued, asserting his conclusion with desperate enthusiasm: "That wine definitely carried malicious black magic designed to prevent the three of us from observing tonight’s rites properly! It’s definitely the work of those cursed Elven Assessors! I saw the malice and resentment in their eyes when we received the honor of evaluating tonight instead of them! They think they’re more qualified than us for this noble duty... And if we fail the evaluation or if anyone discovers we drank spirits, they’ll overthrow us and take our place! We can NEVER allow that to happen!"
The three Assessors exchanged looks of deep relief and mutual understanding, as if they had just discovered the sole exit to save their necks from the guillotine!
Michael seized this opening immediately, declaring in a loud voice for everyone to hear: "Gentlemen, I shall now enter the suite with my cherished wife to begin the ceremony... You may watch from outside the door if you wish!"
Michael then violently yanked Elliot’s arm, pulling him inside while screaming sharp, emotional commands inside his head:
{Take off your clothes right now!}
{No way! Are you completely insane?! I’ve been obeying you and going along with these ridiculous body transformations... but I am NOT going along with this filth!}
(You brainless idiot! We’re only PRETENDING to take off our clothes to fool them into thinking we’re eager to start the night and at the height of our lust! That will reassure them so they leave immediately, believing we’re about to sleep together, even if they don’t stay to watch! Now come on... act desperate and passionate, as if you’re dying to sleep with me!)
Elliot didn’t know whether Michael was truly trying to trick the Assessors or just using the situation to see Elliot’s dignity and male pride trampled underfoot!
However... with a complete lack of options, Elliot closed his eyes and decided to act with maximum forced emotion!
Elliot turned toward Michael, speaking in a high-pitched female tone filled with artificial eagerness:
"Oh darling... I can’t resist anymore! I can’t fight my intense desire for you to take me right now!"
The massive problem, however... was that Elliot uttered these provocative words while possessing a rugged, sharp male face and a deformed hybrid body!
The sight of this broad-shouldered creature acting delicate in a feminine voice was so utterly revolting that one of the Assessors at the door clutched his stomach, nearly vomiting his food from the sheer hideousness of the sight and sound!
The demon Assessor wiped his forehead, speaking in an exhausted tone: "Guys... I think they’re going to complete the night no matter what, and the magical wine is making us see unbearable demonic hallucinations... We can... we can leave now and document that the night ended with a legendary, flawless performance"
The human Assessor looked at his colleague, pondering for a moment as he squinted through the crack of the door with suspicious, scrutinizing eyes at Elliot and Michael. Then, he slowly shook his head and said:
"Wait... The intimate performance and passionate tone of that human girl’s words... don’t sound realistic at all."
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