Ice cold.
Shaking.
In the boundless darkness, Kevin’s consciousness felt as if it had been dragged into the deep sea.
Pressure, accompanied by a bone-chilling cold, surged relentlessly, leaving him feeling suffocated.
Then, at a certain moment, a voice that seemed both real and illusory suddenly echoed in his ear.
“You’re awake.
You’re a Valkyrie now.” The instant that voice sounded, a shudder of revulsion ripped through Kevin’s entire body.
His consciousness was yanked from the darkness, and his eyes shot open.
Kevin found himself lying on a soft sofa.
He glanced around; the environment wasn’t entirely unfamiliar.
As Mu’s good brother, Kevin had been here many times.
“This is Mu’s house…
huh?” Kevin suddenly noticed that his own voice sounded a little…
off.
He prepared to get up and check himself over.
The moment he sat up, he heard the sound of an object falling to the floor.
Following the sound, he looked down to see an exquisite mirror lying quietly on the ground.
It seemed the mirror had been placed on his chest, and he had knocked it off without noticing when he got up.
Kevin subconsciously glanced at the mirror’s surface, and then he froze.
Reflected in the mirror was a girl with white hair and blue eyes.
Her eyes were like meticulously polished sapphires, radiating an azure brilliance.
Her long white hair cascaded down to her waist, yet it didn’t look unkempt; instead, it exuded a cool, aloof aura.
The only thing was, her beautiful face, with its elegantly curved features, wore a hint of bewilderment, giving her an air of pure innocence.
But the combination of these two temperaments didn’t feel jarring at all.
On the contrary, it felt as if this was how it was always meant to be.
What concerned him most was her appearance.
He was certain he had never seen her before, yet he felt an intense sense of familiarity.
He once heard Su say that every man and woman has a perfect image of the opposite sex in their psyche, based on themselves, known as the Anima or Animus.
At this moment, he had to admit, if his own heart contained a so-called Anima, it would probably be the girl in the mirror.
Meeting a girl like this under normal circumstances would certainly be a joyous occasion.
But right now, Kevin only felt as though the worldview he had built since childhood was being smashed to pieces by reality.
A wave of absurdity washed over him.
—Because the person in this mirror…
was himself!
Kevin subconsciously reached down.
His entire being seemed to deflate as if his very spirit had been drained, and he collapsed back onto the sofa.
It felt as if a mochi-shaped soul had just floated out of his mouth.
“It’s gone…
it’s really gone…” He, or rather she, had on this day said farewell to the little brother who had been with him for more than a decade.
—She had become a girl!
“Calm down, calm down!
Maybe this is just a dream.” Although the absurd reality had already happened, Kevin stubbornly tried to deceive himself.
“When I open my eyes again, everything will be back to normal, everything will be back to normal…” Eyes closed.
Eyes open.
The same familiar environment greeted her.
Correspondingly, the last sliver of hope in Kevin’s heart finally died.
“Heh…
heheh…” Lying on the sofa, a meaningless sound escaped her lips.
Now, she finally had the clarity to recall what had happened to her.
The memories from before she lost consciousness began to surface in her mind.
Eden, the most dazzling singer of this era, had changed her schedule, moving her concert from the Mu Continent to the Far East.
As a fan, she had planned to go buy tickets with Su.
But before she could even leave the house, Mu had asked her out.
Then came the conversation at the cold drink shop, and just before she passed out, that needle Mu had jabbed into her neck.
Thinking of this, Kevin subconsciously touched her neck and hissed.
The stinging pain from where the syringe had pierced her was still there, but that was clearly no longer important.
Putting all the information together, it was easy to arrive at one conclusion.
Her transformation into a girl was absolutely, inextricably linked to whatever Mu had injected her with!
“Mu!
You bastard…
what did you do?” Grief and anger surged in her heart, compelling Kevin to push herself up to find Mu and demand an explanation.
But she had just gotten up from the sofa, still unaccustomed to this new body, when she heard the sound of a door opening.
Kevin looked towards the entrance and saw Li Mu walking in.
He was carrying a stack of unopened clothes, with what looked like a file folder resting on top.
He met Kevin’s glare, and after their eyes met, he looked a little surprised.
“Eh?
My good brother, you’re awake already?” Hearing Li Mu’s words, fury instantly flooded her mind.
Kevin shot up, about to pounce on him.
But she clearly wasn’t used to this new body.
The moment she charged, she tripped and fell flat on her face, then slid across the smooth floor on inertia right up to Li Mu’s feet.
Li Mu was about to reach out and help her up, but he saw Kevin suddenly push herself up, grab his shoulders, and demand an answer.
“Mu, is what I look like now your doing?!” Li Mu was not at all surprised by Kevin’s question.
In fact, his expression was utterly calm.
He nodded.
“I did it.” Kevin flew into a rage, shaking Li Mu’s shoulders violently.
“Give me back my brother!” “Aren’t I right here?” “I’m talking about the other brother!” “Sorry, can’t do that.” “The Gene Restructuring Agent, created by this century’s most renowned biologist, Professor Mobius.
This thing has already shattered and reassembled the Y chromosome in your body.” “So, my good brother, you are now a true Valkyrie.” “Who the hell understands any of that!” Kevin’s now delicate face twisted with rage.
Her hands shook Li Mu back and forth as if trying to mix him into a pulp.
“Change me back right now!” “…I can’t.” Although she didn’t know who Mobius was, Mu’s words made it clear that it would likely be very difficult for her to change back.
A wave of sorrow washed over Kevin, a feeling of betrayal even harder to accept than anger.
“Mu, I thought we were best friends!
I can’t believe you’d do something like this to me!” Hearing Kevin’s accusation, Li Mu looked extremely surprised, his face a mask of innocence.
“But Kevin, I already asked you about this before.” “When did you ever ask me?” At that, Li Mu took a recording pen from his pocket.
Kevin’s own voice emanated from it—their exact conversation from the cold drink shop.
“Go for it!” “Even if you end up being hated for it.” “As long as you believe what you’re doing is right!” Hearing the voice from the recorder, Kevin fell silent.
She let go of Li Mu’s shoulders.
Infinite regret brewed in her heart.
Finally, she gave herself a hard slap across the face.
Then, she pointed a finger at her own face and stared at Li Mu through gritted teeth.
“So that friend you were talking about…
was me?” “Yeah!” Li Mu said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Hearing his words, Kevin raised her hand again, preparing to give herself another slap.
But this time, she didn’t succeed.
Li Mu had already grabbed her wrist.
“Don’t, my good brother, you mustn’t.
Why don’t you hear my reasons for doing this first?” Seeing Li Mu stop her, Kevin’s anger subsided slightly.
But then she immediately heard Li Mu add: “You can always slap yourself after I’m done talking.” Kevin felt a laugh of pure anger bubble up.
She threw a punch at Li Mu’s face, but he dodged it with ease.
Li Mu grabbed Kevin’s outstretched arm and, while she was off-balance, used a clever bit of leverage to toss her back onto the sofa.
Kevin cried out in pain, but after all the commotion, a good deal of her anger had dissipated.
Li Mu knew this was the perfect time to reason with her.
He sat on the sofa opposite Kevin, leaned forward over the table, and clasped his hands under his chin, his expression more serious than ever before.
“My good brother, I know what I did was wrong.
So, as compensation, I’m going to tell you my deepest secret.” It was as if Kevin was seeing Li Mu this serious for the first time.
She subconsciously asked, “What secret?” Li Mu paused, his eyes becoming incredibly deep, as if hiding some indelible sorrow.
“I went to the future, a very, very distant future.
And I experienced all sorts of incredible things.” “In the end, after paying an enormous price, I was finally given a chance to return to the present, to the beginning of the story, to change this era that is destined to be erased by the Finality.” “To save all of you.” “In terms you can understand, Kevin, I am a Reborn.” —o— CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Aleph_02 this Is my second account as webnovel limits published books to 20