Edit-04/04/2021- typos, spelling errors and some wording changed and fixed.

Bella stared up at the ceiling of her room, hoping that some answer to her questions would make itself known to her. Unfortunately the ray of light that entered the room through the window made it clear to her that she would get no answer from elsewhere, and that she had likely spent the entire night in a state of confusion and thought. Unless she had fallen asleep at some point in the night and then woken up without realizing it. Which seemed likely as she didn't feel that tired, though it could be from how active her mind was about the situation she was now in.

Somehow Momma Mia knew she had been a guy, and had very clearly and bluntly asked why she had not told her as such! She then had said that she could think on it and tell her, and the other girls the story, in the morning. This of course led to the a number of questions in Bella's mind.

How did Mia know?

How would she and everyone else take the information?

And perhaps most importantly, just how much did she explain? Did she explain the whole situation, or try to omit things?

"Uh, I just don't know!" Bella groaned as she rolled from her back to her front, intending to bury her face in the pillow. Unfortunately her rather large breasts got in the way, getting pressed underneath her at an uncomfortable angle, making her roll back onto her back before sitting up and staring down at her chest. "These . . . . .do all girls have such problems with them?" she asked no one in particular as she continued to stare for a few seconds before her hands started lifting up toward them. Only to pull away at the last moment before contact as she began frantically shaking her head. "No, that would be wrong, I won't be a, . . . pervert," Bella said, almost whispering the last word under her breath like it was a curse.

"Bella! You awake, Nyaa?" Anya's voice echoed out from the other side of the door so suddenly that it made Bella jump a bit.

"Ah, Y-yes. I'm awake!" Bella called back while blushing without her knowledge of it.

"Then come downstairs already! I wanna know your stuff too Nyaa!" Anya called out before the sound of her feet running off signalled her disappearance.

"That, is either good or very bad," Bella muttered to herself as she sat up and kicked her legs off the bed, staring at the Hostess of fertility uniform draped on a nearby chair. She didn't recall changing out of it last night, but knew she was wearing her other clothes, so at least she wasn't naked.

Getting up and reaching for the uniform Bella hesitated. Was it right to wear it now? Would Momma Mia throw her out if she didn't like her answer? Would she be out of a job so soon after getting one? Would it be best to go down as she was, just in case she was about to lose what she had just gained?

"No!" Bella suddenly said as she shook her head and withdrew her arm. "I, I should not be so pessimistic. Though, I guess I'll leave the uniform up here, just in case," She muttered as she went for the door and out it. The halls were quiet, and Bella moved slowly through them as negative thoughts filled her mind against her wishes. By the time she made it down to the main floor she was expecting to be tossed out as soon as she walked into the main room, but was surprised to it looked normal. Just like the morning before the girls were sitting at a table eating, while Mia was behind the counter with a content smile on her face.

Until she saw Bella, then her expression turned exasperated and she let out a sigh. "That uniform is yours, why are you not wearing it? Or did you forget it outside your door?"

"I uh, went sure if it was right to wear it. If uh, you mean to toss me out, I mean," Bella answered anxiously, not recognizing Mia's joke, and making Mia, and the other girls go wide eyed from her words.

"Oh goodness, I should have realized you'd take my question the wrong way," Mia muttered as she rubbed the bridge of her nose for a couple seconds. She then came around the counter up to Bella and placed a hand on Bella's head. "I'm not firing you, because you earned your place yesterday. I was asking because I found out when filling out the paperwork for you to work here yesterday, and was curious."

"Paper, Work?" Bella said uncertainly, more out of confusion for Mia having paperwork to do than anything else.

"Hmm, you didn't know huh?" Mia stated with a smirk as she rested to the open spot at the table. "Well, we'll know for certain in a moment. Get some food and start telling us what your willing too."

"Uh okay. What uh. . do you want to know?" Bella asked nervously as she sat down to witness Lunoire and May start placing food on the plate before her with smiles on their faces.

"At minimum I'd like you to confirm, or deny, the sparse information the guild has on you. Otherwise you can say what you want to," Mia explained as she leaned against the counter patiently.

"Eat some breakfast if you need a few seconds to think," May suggested with a smile as she politely poured a glass of juice for Bella.

Bella nodded as she took the glass and took a sip, then stared down at the pink liquid for a few moments, trying to organize her thoughts. How much would she tell? Did she just say that she had been cursed to be a woman, or did she go further and use some of the story she and Eina had conceived? Or did she go even further perhaps? Mia had always given her very good advice, but she was not the same person she used to know. Except she also seemed to be at the same time. Everyone she had met so far had been no different than they had been before so, was it right to trust them with information like the truth of her situation?

Bella felt her stomach tie itself in a knot at the thought of it. Mia had accepted her again, as did the others at the hostess who we're present. And they didn't seem to think any different of her with the information that Mia had said of her having been a man before. It wasn't just right to trust them, it would be wrong not to be honest and truthful with them!

"I . . died," Bella began with, making Anya and Chloe look at her incredulously until she continued. "Then I woke up here in Orario, only I wasn't myself. I used to be a human boy, but woke up like this. I was confused and tried to find someone I knew. When I found my old Guild advertising adviser, she didn't recognize me, but helped me meet Lord Oranos. He explained it to me that I, fell, to this world, and that it was what I would think of as an alternate world from my own," Bell paused and took a deep breath before finishing. "He also said the chance of me finding a way back was basically none, and that the form I now have is . . . permanent."

The entire pub floor was silent for many moments as Bella waited for what response she would get. Then, after what felt like an eternity of silence, Lunoire cracked a smile and began chuckling as she leaned back in her chair. "well, I guess that explains why you didn't move like a girl your age would, you haven't had enough time for the movements to become natural!"

"That makes sense, Nyaa. Did that not happen to you once Chloe?" Anya spoke up next.

"Yes. It was, enlightening but, I'd rather it not occur again," Chloe said with a shiver before looking straight at Bella with a grin that turned mischievous faster than Bella thought possible? "Guess we'll have to get you used to your new body, huh?"

"I what? Why, I mean. . . your not, uh-" Bella tried to find the right words for what she expected their reactions to be, only for their jubilance and soft smiles to make it impossible.

"I think she's a bit confused," May commented with a giggle as she refilled Bella's glass. "Mia, could you do the honors?"

"Considering none of you are fit to, that was the plan," Mia said as she looked at Bella. "There have long been stories of people, falling as it is called, to our lands. To most people they are just stories, but I've met a few of them in my time. You're the fourth now I believe. So don't feel like you are so out of your element because of that. If you want to and you look hard enough you could find and meet others who the same has happened."

"But, I used to be a boy, but you, none of you find that-"

"What, uncomfortable? Awkward? Disturbing?" Chloe spoke up, stealing some of the possible word choices from Bella before she could even say them.

"Well . . Yes?" Bella said uncertainly, making Lunoire and May stifle giggles.

"You don't need to worry about that," Mia spoke up seriously. "It was probably different where you came from, but the dungeon here is a vindictive thing. Monsters are not the only danger as the dungeon can form traps of all varieties within itself. Most on the first few levels are simple, but over time they become more powerful, becoming able to curse people that set them off. Most are temporary or removable, but irremovable curses are not unheard of. Nor are curses that can change a persons gender."

"Chloe had it happen to her once a couple of years ago," Lunoire spoke up with a smirk that made Chloe sink down in her chair. She turned into an adorably small cat boy, and she just couldn't keep control of her-"

"Can you please not!" Chloe very loudly yelled, her cheeks flushed with what Bella was somehow sure was embarrassment.

"As you can see, curses like that are known, though ones with irremovable effects are far more rare," Mia said as she walked over and stood between Chloe and Lunoire, looming over the table like a titan ready to destroy a city. "And as we have not known you any other way we chose to accept you as we knew you. Do you girls still accept her?" Mia asked, making all four girls nod their heads assuredly. "See? So, you have a choice to make. You said that there was only the barest chance of going back and no chance of turning back to what you were, right?"

"Y-yes, that is what Lord Oranos said," Bella replied carefully, finding Momma Mia staring down at her to be as unnerving as it always had been before.

"You can trust it then. But you still need to decide. Will you be held back by your old life and feelings, or will you move forward with this one? If you decide to move forward and make the most of this life we can help you, but if you wish to keep looking back, well, that's your choice."

In that instant Bella had a sense of Déjà vu to what Oranos had said to her. It made it clear that it was truly a case of choice. She could accept it, or not, but she would still have to deal with the results of her choice. "I already chose to move forward, and become an adventurer again somehow, so I can't stop now!" Bella declared strongly, making everyone else grin.

"Good, then get upstairs and changed for work!" Mia stated before she raised a hand. "On second thought, those are the same clothes you wore yesterday, right?"

"Yes, but their clean so-"

"The clothes may be, but you didn't have any personal effects on you when you came here. Are you wearing underwear?"

"She was yesterday!" Chloe spoke up as Bella turned as red as a tomato.

"O-of c-course I am!"

"Clean, or the ones you wore yesterday?" Mia pressed calmly.

"I, uh, um, only have the, uh, one," Bella replied in complete embarrassment at the question.

"Goodness, that is not clean, nor healthy. Someone loan her a clean pair just for the day" Mia said with a heavy sigh as May stood up to volunteer silently. "Tomorrow you'll need to go into town and buy some clothing for yourself! Understood?"

"Y-yes! Understood!"

"Good, go with May."

"Y-yes," Bella accepted as she followed May out of the room and up the stairs to what she assumed was May's room. "Uh, is this really alright?" Bella asked as May turned the doorknob.

"It is," May said simply as she opened the door and strode in, allowing Bella to see the room. It had the same dimensions as her own room, but was very far from bare. A short bookcase was filled and covered in books with titles marking them as recipe books, a coat rack stood by the door with a heavy jacket and a pair of chef coats the same as May wore, and a number of knickknacks and small carved pieces of wood were all over the room, including one on a small pillow that sat on the bed by a larger pillow. "Come in and close the door behind you. Non employees shouldn't be up here, but it never hurts to be carefully when your undressing!"

"Oh, right. Sorry," Bella apologized as she came in and closed the door behind her, face crimson with embarrassment as she watched May kneel down in front of a wardrobe and open the lowest drawer. "Uh, err. . . is this, uh . ."

"Yes?" May asked as she only slightly turned her head, then went back to digging in the drawer, pulling a pile of cloth out and placing it on the bed beside her.

It took a second, but Bella quickly realized the pile of cloth was a variety of women's lower undergarments. "Uh, I mean, uh, letting me , wear your . . . . underwear," Bella said nervously, the last word barely audible to May.

"It is," May said as she stood up and turned around, then sat on the bed beside the pile of undergarments. "I know guys don't think of it, but some girls are fine with using each others clean underwear. Though usually its for reasons more related to men," May said with a snicker as she patted the pile beside her. "I only grabbed my normal ones for you. Does the color matter to you?"

"C-Color? Why is, I mean, why would it?" Bella asked awkwardly as she looked at the pile with a mixture of embarrassment and confusion.

May smiled in a way that made it clear she was both teasing, and being informative as she answered. "Well some girls just have a preference, while others pick colors according to their mood or intentions. The most common colors that matters are black or red, as those are usually seen as more mature, and for the intention of seducing a partner."

"S-seducing?! Uh, um, is there such a thing as just, plain, like, it means nothing?" Bella asked as her face was as red as her eyes.

"Do you mean color, or style?" May asked with a grin. "I'm just messing with you, I only have the one basic style. If you want to be plain then just go with white or brown, they doesn't usually mean much. Usually," May said as she took a pair of white panties off the top of the pile and then dropped the pile back in the drawer before pushing it closed with her foot. "I'm guessing you'd prefer to have privacy while you change?"

Bella could only look to the side and shallowly nod, finding the whole conversation way more embarrassing that she figured it ever could be.

"That's fair, but do you need help? With putting things on? I mean, you know how to put on underwear but . . err, uh, never mind. J-Just take it to your room an change there," May said as she pushed the underwear into Bella's hands and then turned around while looking a bit embarrassed herself.

"I , uh, I'll do that. Th-thank you," Bella replied as she quickly turned and left May's room and headed into her own. The stark difference in the personalization of rooms was painfully clear going back into her room, but it didn't feel bad, just like she'd have to do something about it. Standing in her room for a few seconds she double checked that the door was closed and then looked at the Hostess uniform sitting draped over a chair. She then went about stripping down to her underwear, and while trying to not think to hard about it, changed them and then donned the Hostess uniform. "That . . .wasn't so bad," She muttered as she stood there with her eyes closed, trying to calm down.

"B-Bella? Are you alright?" Suddenly came May's voice from outside the door.

"Ah, yes!" Bella said quickly as she opened the door to see May standing there. "Sorry, did I take too long? Did Mia call for us?"

"No I, just realized I forgot something. Did you need an upper undergarment?"

"A, what?"

"like an undershirt, a torso cover, breast wrap or brassiere. I forgot to ask you if you had one, or needed one. All I have are undershirts myself, but if you need one,"

"No! I don't, have one, need one, I mean. Both I mean. ..sorry, I just, uh," Bella tried to figure out what to say but couldn't.

Luckily, May was not so out of sorts as Bella felt. "No, its fine, I just figured I'd ask," she said with a smile before her gaze drifted down a bit to Bella's chest. "I know its probably embarrassing to you for a lot of reasons, but when you get a chance to buy your own clothes I'd suggest getting something for your upper body as well, you are pretty big after all."

"Uh, R-right," Bella said, not sure what else to, but very leery of the idea for some reason.

"Right, now that that is out of the way lets head back down. There's work to be done and everyone is probably waiting for us!" May declared as she plopped her chefs hat on her head as she turned and headed for the stairs like she was on a mission.

With Bella coming up right behind her to begin the day.

Xxxxxx

After the embarrassment of being given someone else's clothing to wear the day progressed rather smoothly. The workload was much the same with most of the basics from the day before easy to remember, and the only thing that took effort to remember was the differences between the daily and nightly menu.

Being still present for a second day seemed to make it clear she was to stay, and so many of the day patrons, mostly nearby merchants and business owners, were much more forward about talking to her than they were the day before. None of them were too forward about it though, as most just started up casual conversation and asked simple questions like were she was from, if she was new to Orario, and how she was liking the city and the Hostess. A couple questions strayed into awkward territory, such as if she had a boyfriend, or a patron suggesting meeting their son while making a comment on her body. Luckily the others, knowing about Bella's situation, managed to help quell such things by calling her away or bringing up other trains of thought, or by outright telling the patron that she was unnerved by such questions and to kindly stop.

Bella silently figured that the evening when the adventurers appeared would not go so smoothly.

As it began to approach the end of the day shift Bella noticed something odd out the window of the Hostess, a large wagon that had stopped right in front, and from the looks of it, also in front of the entrance way to the Hostess itself.

"Uh, Mia. There's a wagon by the doors, should I ask them to move?"

Mia looked up from the book she was writing in behind the counter, and then smiled. "Supplies are here girls! Time to unload!"

In that instant the other girls immediately stopped what they were doing and headed over to the main entrance, even May came out the kitchen to help. It must have been clear how confused Bella looked as well, because Mia grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around while speaking.

"We get supplies in once a month and there are a lot, so go help unload and meet the others now that they are back!"

"Oh, R-right!" Bella replied as she walked over to the door and out of it, finding that the wagon was far bigger than she had originally figured, and had strapped down stacks of boxes nearly seven feet tall filling the thing.

"Oh, who's this?" came a voice Bella recognized instantly, making her turn to look at the back of the wagon where everyone was picking up crates off of it. Including the voices owner, Syr Flova.

"Ah, uh. My name is Bella Cranel," Bella spoke up after a second of awkwardness, and having to remind herself that neither Syr, or Ryuu who came around from the back of the wagon, would recognize her.

"She just started yesterday, Nyaa!" Anya spoke up before anyone else could as she picked up a crate that, by the noise it made, was probably filled with dishes of some kind.

"Well if your still here then I guess you're staying, right?" Syr asked with a friendly smile as she picked up one of the smaller crates.

"We already did the vote, she got a unanimous yes from all of us here," Chloe said with a grin as she past by with three crates stacked in her hands.

"She also has a fun secret that Mia will probably explain to you two later!" Lunoire added as she past by with a similar pile of crates in hand.

"L-Lunoire!" Bella stammered in worry a bit to slowly as Lunoire was already back in the Hostess.

"I would not worry Miss Cranel, Mia would only divulge a secret if it was important, and would not let any employees secrets out of the Hostess," Ryuu said with her usual composed expression. "I am Ryuu Lione, it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Ah, L-likewise," Bella said with a bow. One that May took advantage of by almost shoving a crate into her hands when she stood back up.

"Please takes these right to the kitchen Bella!"

"Right, okay," Bella said as she turned back toward the door, hearing May giving out orders as to where to put other crates and barrels. It seemed being the cook gave her the right to choose placement for a lot of the supplies Bella realized as with each box, crate and barrel, May had a very certain place in mind.

With the quantity of supplies, everything from foodstuffs and herbs and spices, to utensils and even a couple tables and chairs, it took almost two hours to get everything off the wagon and to where it needed to be in the Hostess. They stayed closed for another hour to make sure everything was tidied up and the supplies tucked away, but as soon as the doors opened up again it was the evening, and the time for adventurers.

The same as during the day, the fact that she was still around seemed to be taken as both a good sign to the customers, who became even more welcoming to her, in every meaning of the word.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to how that feels," Bella mumbled as she rubbed the lower section of her back, right above where her tail was hidden under the skirt.

"Get used to how what feels?"

Bella nearly jumped into the ceiling and turned to see Syr holding a pair of mugs in her hand with a curious smile. "Uh, my tail. Having a tail I mean. And how it feels when people touch it."

Syr's expression turned worried in an instant. "Is a customer harassing you? They didn't try to get under your skirt did they?"

"No! I mean, its just a couple using their and hand and . .touching my butt, or trying to rub it and pressing against my tail," Bella quickly explained, not wanting someone to get in trouble.

"If you don't like it you need to make it clear!" Syr said seriously, before a smile crept onto her lips. "Or you can do what Chloe and Lunoire do I guess too."

"What do they do?" Bella asked curiously as she noticed Syr holding one of the mugs out to her and took it, finding it filled with juice.

"They dodge them," Syr said with a mischievous snicker. "They let people think they have a chance, then move out of the way so naturally it makes the man embarrassed. Though sometimes the man can get angry about it if they realize they are being toyed with."

"Uh, isn't that a little bit, mean?"

"Maybe, but any man who thinks they can cop a feel on them has it coming I think," Syr said before taking a drink. "So, aside from the pervert adventurers, how are you liking it here?"

"Everyone is really nice," Bella said, not really sure what else to say as she didn't know if Syr had been told about her, original self.

"Yeah they are and, oh?" Syr stopped as she noticed Anya striding back in from the front door with a grin.

"Special guests!" she called as she walked over to a large table that, for the whole evening so far had been empty due to a small sign on it stating it was reserved.

Bella simply stared as a sense of déjà vu filled her while the special guests came in and sat down. Some looked familiar, but also strangely off, while others were different somehow. Among them a few seemed to dominate the group, a pair of Amazon's, an elf, a dwarf, a short red head.

Bella blinked and rubbed her eyes to look again, recognising the red head as the goddess Loki. Which meant the Amazon's were Tione and Tiona, the elf was Riveria, the dwarf was Gareth and . . and where was Aiz? On a second glance she couldn't see the Pallum Finn, or the werewolf Bete either. Did they not exist here? Where they simply elsewhere?

"Ah, interested in the Loki Familia?" Syr asked as she stepped up beside Bella, then much to her surprise leaned against her one side, lightly pinning her to the doorframe. "Do you see them? At the back of the table, between Loki and Lefiya?"

Bella looked where Syr mentioned and caught sight of two people. One was a tall and, admittedly handsome, young man with long blonde hair tied into a ponytail. He wore a pair or pants and a simple white shirt that was tight across his chest, and his eyes held an odd sparkle that was hard to look away from. The other was a rather small werewolf girl if her light grey ears were any indication. She appeared to be wearing a pair of tight shorts as well as a simple top that covered just her upper torso. What was truly odd though was that the werewolf girl was sitting on the blonde mans lap, and was feeding him and herself, and looking at him like she was pining for him. The man however clearly knew and was enjoying this, edging the girl on, much to Lefiya's visible annoyance.

"I see them, yes. Do we need to bring more drinks to them?" Bella asked, only for Syr to lean against her a bit more.

"Not quite. The adorably small werewolf girl is named Betty Loga and has the epitaph of the Tiny Terror. The man that she, as well as Lefiya and many others, are pining for is named Ainz Wallenstein, and has the Epitaph of the Slayer," Syr stated, shocking Bella into stillness, and then dropping another massive shock inner before going back onto the floor. "It's a bit of a shock huh, Bell?"

Xxx

Kibble dribble: So, the first of the more obvious character changes. Hopefully no one tries to kill me for them. I hope everyone is enjoying things, as in the next couple chapters I'm hopping to pick up the pace a bit.

As always thank you to all of you who read, follow, favorite, and especially review!

Till the next chapter, probably in the next decade!

Oh, and no, that last word is not a typo. XP