Regardless of his reasons, the fact remained that Lily was tricking people to fulfill his selfish desires.
It’s time to bring you to justice! If I can turn the tables on him in the one place where he dragged me down to hell, my victory will be complete!
Honestly, I could have destroyed Lily’s reputation from the moment I’d met him if I’d wanted to. In the game, I had been unable to raise a hand against him because he had recorded proof of the fact that I’d confessed to him, but here I hadn’t given Lily any ammo to use against me. And while the fact that he’d undoubtedly left a trail of men behind him that he’d fooled before coming to Freelea was bad enough for him, it was also true that everyone in this city trusted and respected me. I could easily wield that influence against him.
The only reason I’d played along with Lily’s charade until now and come back to this cursed place was to get back at him for what he’d done to me in the game. Back then, what had pissed me off more than being tricked and insulted was the fact that all I’d been able to do while Lily gloated was cower before him. Had that been happening to me in real life and not a game, the real me would have at least been able to act in some way—argue back, maybe even find a way to fight. But I’d been trapped by the limited nature of the actions allowed to you in BB.
This version of BB was more than just a game though! My wish from years ago had finally been granted.
I love this world so much!
Whoever had made this world truly got it. They’d kept in the things you can only do in a game, but also made sure it functioned like a real world so you could do all the things you couldn’t in a game but should be able to if the game world was real. Which was why I was going to change the ending of this cursed event and overcome the trauma of my past.
It’s time to rewrite history!
I stared into Lily’s watery eyes and spoke words of condemnation rather than love. “I know what your secret is.”
He gave me a confused look. “What?”
Of course, I’d expected that reaction. It was one of the many possibilities I’d predicted when mulling over my revenge plan for hours and hours. Nothing he did would be able to stop me.
“Lily Harmonix. Class: Bard. Starting Level: 5. You’re skilled at performing, singing, and dark magic. You also possess the unique skill, Lorelei Voice.”
Lily looked visibly shaken as I listed off his traits. “Y-You’re mistaken! It’s true that my voice has special properties, b-but I’ve never done anything bad to...”
I ignored Lily’s prattling. Nothing he said would save him. “You were born in Rinesta, and are 19 years old. Both of your parents used to travel. Your name, Lily, was the name they originally planned to give their first child, but your mom had a miscarriage. You were bullied for having a girl’s name, which was what eventually led you to cross-dressing.”
Confusion crumpled Lily’s bewildered face as he completely lost his cool. “Cross what? I-I have no idea what—”
“You can drop the act now.”
“What act?”
“I know the truth! You’re actually a guy!”
Lily looked completely flabbergasted. “Wh-What are you saying? You must be under some misconception! I-I mean just look at me; would a man have breasts this large?”
Lily must have been getting really desperate if he was saying things like that, since they weren’t the kinds of things the ideal woman he pretended to act like would ever say. However, that was precisely the defense I’d been waiting for.
“Aha!”
I wordlessly grabbed Lily’s “breasts.” They were far softer and more voluptuous than any real boobs could possibly be, cementing my suspicions.
“S-Stop! Please!”
You just don’t know when to give up, do you?
My eyes narrowed. “I’ll prove here and now those boobs of yours are fake!”
Lily let out a shriek as I brought my hands up to his collar and grabbed hold. Undoing the buttons of his blouse one by one would be too much of a pain, so I used Rex’s relatively high Strength to just rip it right open. But what I saw then caused me to do a double take.
“Huh...? What?! How?”
There were no pads underneath Lily’s shirt. As impossible as it was, his unrealistically big and soft boobs appeared to be one hundred percent real.
“You monster...” Lily whimpered, bringing me back to my senses. She was blushing to the tips of her ears as she crossed her arms in front of her to hide her exposed skin.
I stared at her in horror, a low noise of denial tearing from my throat. I had no idea what was going on, but I knew very well what I needed to do next.
“I’m so sorryyy!”
It seemed I’d managed to overcome my trauma of years past only to replace it with an entirely new one.
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“So, you’re saying you were told by someone that I was actually a man pretending to be the perfect woman and that I was going around deceiving other people for my own benefit, and you actually believed that?”
“Y-Yes!” Lily gave me an incredulous look. I couldn’t really blame her; my story sounded ridiculous even to myself. But still...I couldn’t believe that Lily really was a girl.
“A-Are you really not a guy, Lily?”
“I’m not!” Lily exclaimed, looking offended.
She definitely seemed like a genuine woman, but...it didn’t make any sense. When I’d first met Lily in this world, our initial conversation had convinced me she was a man here as well.
“H-Hold on! Then why did you look so surprised when I said I knew your secret?”
“Because I was hiding the fact that my voice was special and that I could use dark magic.”
I let out a choked noise. She has me there. In fact, she looked way more shaken when I mentioned her abilities than any of the other subjects we spoke of.
At first I’d assumed her response was part of the act, but in retrospect I could see she’d probably been truly afraid.
“Th-Then what about your older sister who was never born?”
“I told you before, I don’t have any siblings! And as far as I know, my mom never had a miscarriage. She got pregnant with me around the end of her journey and my parents moved to Rinesta after that.”
“B-But then why did you lie about being old enough to drink?”
Her brow wrinkled. “That wasn’t a lie, though. I turned twenty a month ago.”
“What?!”
All of my arguments are being shot down one after another!
Clinging to my last ray of hope, I said, “W-Wait, but didn’t you say you were bullied because of your name? Wasn’t that because you were given a girl’s name as a guy?”