My Adorable Grand Revolution

<Largo>

"I have a fiancée. But… the one I truly love is someone else. The one I love—her true identity is a boy. And yet, I love her so much, so terribly much, this unbalanced girl. I want to smell her hair. I want to see her panties. How am I supposed to deal with this desire…? That’s what he said. Hah! Hahaha! Isn’t that way too erotic? Panties, man. This is the true nature of the noble prince behind the cool façade. What a disgrace. Serves him right. So, Cobalt Princess, how do you feel now?"

“Th-that’s not it! I… I love you! Please, don’t hate me!”

Tenuto pleaded desperately. Judging by how panicked he was, it must’ve been the truth.

“Fuhahaha! I exposed it all! Now your maiden power-up transformation is canceled! You must be totally disillusioned with this man! Fuhuhuhu!”

I used to think he was a flawless superhuman. And now here he is, crying pathetically to me. Normally, that would be disappointing.

But for some reason… my heart wouldn’t stop racing.

A grand revolution was about to erupt inside me. The reason I liked him was shifting—from cool to adorable.

That oily lust beneath his cool demeanor. That face of a man, seemingly delicate but actually so simple. I was shocked at first, but when I considered whether I could accept that side of him, I found my self-esteem tickled at the thought of being a girl so cute that he’d feel that way about me.

And then, as I accepted his male desire, I started to feel like I was some noble, adorable flower blooming in earnest, and my heart soared.

I—I’m not some delicate flower… and yet happiness is blooming in my chest. No, I’m happy—but part of me wants to disappear from embarrassment.

I waver between "I’m adorable! Hmph!" and "I’m not someone that grand…"

The truth of my heart was hidden in the labyrinth behind the layers of words and behavior.

My fingers trembled. My heartbeat wouldn’t stop.

“T-Tenuto-kun…”

“Don’t look at me like that…”

He said that, yet his eyes looked up at me like a wet puppy. Don’t look at me like that.

I—I… I’m turning into me. Into her. I’m becoming a girl in both body and soul. I’m becoming Forte, only yours. My soul is syncing with my body. Even though I’m a guy, I want to live my life as a girl. I want to stand quietly by your side.

I want to suffer in your shadow. I want to be an ordinary, nameless wife. A mother.

From even before my body changed, I had kept this truth hidden deep inside. Guided by your radiant smile, the real me—who always cried behind the mask of manhood—slipped her feet into glass slippers shaped perfectly like her heart, wore a fluttery dress, and stepped out from the shadows into the light. And in a soprano voice, began to sing the heartbeat of a maiden.

Don’t look at me. Don’t look at this embarrassing me.

He didn’t see my underwear, but he’s about to see something I want even less revealed—my deepest maiden feelings. What do I do?

I’m supposed to be a guy.

“D-Don’t loooooook!! Nooooo!!”

My whole body was enveloped in light. My school uniform burst away, replaced by a blue dress like something out of a medieval princess fairytale.

“Th-this is… the Super Cobalt Princess, a transformation that happens when a feminized boy fully becomes a girl in his heart! Impossible!”

Groove-kun helpfully provided commentary. I didn’t ask for it!

Ughhh—I can’t even look at his face. There’s no way I can explain that I transformed because my maternal instincts were stirred.

Love rooted in coolness might fade, but love rooted in cuteness is a bottomless swamp.

What should I do? This isn’t fair. I don’t want to go back to being a guy anymore.

Waaaah! I’m a pervert! A guy who’s sunk into the swamp of maidenhood!

But… this is my truth. This was how my heart truly was even before my body changed. Even when I was a man, deep down… I was a maiden.

“A-a-anyway, let’s fight!”

How much are you stuttering!? You’re way too flustered! Gosh, too cute!

“Tenuto-kun! You’re getting punished later!”

“I’m soooooorry!”

I gave him a little kick in the butt. My chest squeezed with a flutter. This kind of relationship… is actually kind of fun. Waaaah! Thinking things like that—I’m so embarrassing! Sorry, Mom!

Anyway, time to play. I blew into my reed with rich emotion. The piano followed, and the sound, rhythm, and nuance were more perfect than ever before. Our performance was united—on a soul level.

Sharp and the others hurried to join in.

Vines burst from my saxophone. Lightning from the guitar. The battle surged back and forth, but we gradually pushed them back.

“Watch out!”

Forte shouted, but too late. Sharp had stepped back too far, lost his footing, and fell.

Thorns from my saxophone’s vines wrapped around Sharp’s throat. Was it checkmate?

I never meant to kill, but I pressed the attack hard enough that I could’ve. Otherwise, I’d be countered.

“Guh… ngh…”

It seemed I had successfully overwhelmed Sharp.

Then, in the next moment, Sharp’s sharp gaze softened into something gentle. He seemed to be trying to tell me something.

What? What are you trying to say?

Then I looked over at Groove—and saw him collapsed, chanting something. A spell to escape?