"Onward, my steed!" Altina said, pointing forward.

"Millium, I'm not doing this for fun," Musse grumbled.

Musse was giving Altina a piggyback ride in Leeves. It was the only way for Musse to convince the little girl to come with her. Altina was challenging a dog into a fistfight in town earlier. Measures were very desperate at the time.

It would not be so bad since the older girl always had some fun spending time with children. It was not so fun when her body is too weak for this sort of stuff. Musse was sweating and breathing heavy. She turned her head on Juna.

"Help me," she begged.

Juna looked away. "I'm not the one who offered her a piggyback ride," she said.

Musse groaned while Altina cheered her to go forward. The three were heading to Barney's for lunch. The students never go back to the dorms for lunch since they already have a cafeteria at Thors, so Celestin was unprepared. He could make lunch for half the students, but the other half will have to wait a little longer in order to cook theirs. The three girls opted to lighten his load and just eat outside.

Juna was getting worried. It was almost lunch time and they have yet to switch back. She needs to contact Altina, who is inside Millium's body, soon.

As they were approaching the inn, they stopped as an ungodly shriek erupted from the building. It sounded like a bunch of girls in a concert. The door was closed, but it was so deafeningly loud, it might as well be open.

"Wowzers, guys!" Altina said. "Sounds like a party in there!"

"Great," Musse said, rolling her eyes. "What do we do now, Musse? Should we go back to the dorms or are we eating at the cafeteria all the way back at Thors?"

"Hold on now, Juna," Juna said walking to a window. "There could be a seat for us. I think."

They were already here and she is a bit curious on what is going inside. The first thing she saw a wall of girls with their backs turned. Juna could barely see anything.

"Is there some hotshot noble visiting?" Musse asked, standing next to her.

"I can't say," Juna said as she craned her head over the shoulders of the girls.

She glimpsed at a person between the gaps, but she could not tell who it is. Another shriek erupted. The three covered their ears and Juna could see the glass on the window quivering. When it died down, the three breathed out a sigh.

"You think that Cedric brat is visiting?" Musse asked, her eyes narrowing.

"Wh-Why would the Crown-Prince come here?" Juna asked back. "I think he already given up on Rean, Kurt and Altina."

"Well, someone very important must be in there."

"Ooh! Wait!" Altina shouted, putting a hand over her eyes. "Juna, can you raise me up? I can almost see him!"

"Hey, wait!" Musse said as Altina pushed herself up.

Altina craned her head as high up as possible. Her eyes widened.

"Ooh!" she said. "There's Kurt!"

"Kurt?" Juna and Musse said at the same time.

"And… And… He got a date!"

"Date?" the two girls shouted, eyes widening.

"Yeah, with a like a dozen other girls. But I could see someone sitting next to him. It's one of our—I mean, your schoolmates."

"Who?" Musse quickly asked.

"I, uh, don't know. Forgot her name."

The girl attended their school for almost an hour after all. She cannot remember everyone other than Class VII and Instructor Rean. And it is not like she memorizes everyone's files. Just the funny ones.

"What does she look like then?" Juna asked, equally anxious.

"She got blue hair," Altina said as she craned her head.

Juna and Musse looked at each other. There is only one student in Thors who has blue hair.

Altina screamed as she almost fell down when the two started running all of a sudden. They opened the entrance. The inn was filled with a crowd of teenage girls, elbow to elbow. Juna and Musse does not recognize any of them, meaning they all must be from Heimdallr.

The trio, or duo since Altina is still atop Musse, waded through the crowd and they gagged at how unbelievably strong their perfumes are. The girls were not happy when the three pushed and shoved them off, but one look at their glares kept the complainants silent.

Once they were through, the three, or two, stood still. In front of them is a long table filled with food. Girls seated around the table, but on one end of it sat Kurt. He was laughing at a joke he made.

He has a girl on each arm and he looks like he is very delighted by their company. One of them is an RMP rookie agent (how she got here is a mystery) and the other is a St. Astraia student (an even bigger mystery). The two have a dreamy look on their faces. He also has girls massaging each of his shoulders behind him.

Juna and Musse has their jaws on the floor, while Altina was not sure on what is going on.

To Juna, who is inside Musse's body, Kurt looked like everything bad she heard about the Erebonian nobility. Debaucherous and lecherous. The only thing missing on this picture is alcohol by the keg.

Musse, who is inside Juna's body, is wracking her head on what went wrong. She made Kurt promise to treat Juna some cake tomorrow. It happened just a few moments ago for crying out loud! He was perfectly normal back there, so what is going on now?

However, their priorities shifted when their eyes fell on the girl seated next to Kurt.

It was Jessica Schleiden. She was red all over and her eyes tells that she wants to get out of the building. She accompanied Kurt for lunch so that the two could share their perspectives on each other's fighting styles.

That was when the girls started coming.

It is no secret that Kurt has many admirers back at the capital. These girls would go out of their way to come to Leeves just for a glance of their dashing young knight. When Kurt saw the stalkers through the window, he invited them over, much to their shock.

However, this could be their once of a lifetime opportunity to be near with their one true love. It is an open secret that Kurt seeks a long-term relationship, which was blurted out by one of the Vander Style initiates. The girl he chooses has a high chance of marrying him in the future, a prospect that is too good to pass up. Looks, money, prestige can be all theirs if they play their cards right.

It did not stop with the stalkers, however. As soon as word got out, and it got out like a gunshot, girls started appearing out of the woodwork. They could not believe Kurt would openly invite another girl that he is not training with. They have to see it for themselves, and when they arrived, Kurt invited all of them over. He threw a wad of cash to the Barney and demanded a banquet.

Now, Jessica sat next to him, not sure on what she should do next. She could not leave because it was Kurt who invited her over and etiquette demands that she should inform the host if she, the guest, intends to leave, especially if the host served food. She is a noble and her family demands her to behave.

She could not get a chance, however. He is always talking to a girl he just met a few seconds earlier, asking them to serve him drinks or sit on his lap. It was completely shocking for her. Kurt Vander was the last person Jessica would ask another girl to sit on his lap. There are plenty of disgusting ignoble nobles in the Empire, and she hated that Kurt had become one of them.

Another side of her frustration is that, in which she would not admit, that Kurt would not give her at least some attention, mostly because he is the host and he should know how to treat his guests, and partly because she—

"Jessica!" Juna and Musse screamed from the crowd.

All heads turned on the two newcomers. Kurt coyly smiled at them while Jessica, with wide eyes, blushed even hotter.

"W-W-Wait!" she said, standing up. "This isn't what it looks like!" She was uncharacteristically flailing her arms around.

"Jessica, how could you?" Musse said, her eyes welling up. "I… I thought you were my friend. You knew that Kurt—"

She caught her own tongue, immediately realizing that she should not be the one saying this. She turned on Juna, who looks like she is about to explode.

"Jessica," she seethed. "Were you purposefully deaf back at the restroom?"

Juna told Jessica earlier that she was staking her claim, that Kurt belongs to her and only for her. To betray her trust, and betraying her closest friend to boot, was almost too much for Juna.

The look on Jessica's face means she remembered their earlier conversation.

"N-No!" she said. "It was Kurt who invited me! I only expected a polite conversation, but… but I didn't expect any of this! I promise!"

"Save your breath, Jessy," Kurt said, raising his arm, which is difficult given he is still holding St. Astraia girl kept squirming in glee.

"J-Jessy?" Jessica screamed, reddening even further.

Kurt looked at his classmates with an amused grin, which unnerved the two.

"You don't have to be hard on straight and proper here," he said, gesturing at Jessica. "She's just being polite."

"Kurt, what in Aidios' name happened to you?" Juna half-screamed.

"Wh-What's with all the girls?" Musse asked. "I-I thought you—" She stopped herself, but she blushed nonetheless.

"I'm doing nothing wrong here," Kurt said. "I just want to treat these girls for lunch. They all came this way to see me after all. Isn't that right?" He was talking to the rookie agent.

She blushed. "Th-That's right," she said eagerly.

"Kurt," Juna carefully said. "Don't you remember your promise to me?"

Kurt raised an eyebrow, not knowing what she is talking about.

I guess we arranged a date some time ago, he thought. Kurt, you're an even dirtier dog than I thought.

He breathed in. "Why don't we start here?" he asked, taking the stab in the dark.

"Absolutely not!" Juna screamed.

Bingo, he thought.

"I can make some space," Kurt said, smiling wider. He looked at the two girls. "Can we arrange something later?"

"Absolutely," the St. Astraia said with half-lidded eyes.

The two girls gave him a peck on the cheeks before standing up. Musse gasped while Juna fumed.

"Is… he always like this?" Altina asked.

Kurt gestured for the girls to come to him.

"Well?" he asked. "My lap is getting cold. Would like it someone were to warm them up. You two could share." He laughed.

"Kurt, that's Juna you're talking to!" Jessica said.

"Duh. I'm not blind."

"Kurt…" Juna growled. She was gritting her teeth.

Musse cocked her head. Something has been bugging her ever since she witnessed the situation with her own eyes. How could a polite, mature and coolheaded person like Kurt would do something like this? How he spoke is kind of weird too.

And then she factored her experience today.

She took a guess.

"Who are you?" Musse asked.

Kurt stopped laughing. "Beg your pardon?" he asked back.

"You heard me." Musse put her fists on her hips. "Who are you? What did you do to Kurt?"

"I'm, like, right here."

"Musse, what are you…" Juna started ask, but her voice died down.

How could she forget that there is an artifact out there that could make people switch with other people?

Does that mean…?

"Are you Sydney?" Juna guessed at once. Only Sydney could be this shallow after all.

Kurt's face elicited a reaction, confirming the two girls' suspicions.

How did these two figured it out? Ash asked himself. There's no possible way that they knew I swapped bodies with Kurt. But at least they're wrong on who I am. I gotta bounce, fast!

Kurt immediately stood up. "Well, I'm stuffed," he said, stretching his arms. He turned around. "Yo, Barney. Can you wrap some of the food up? I might need to—"

He ran midsentence, shoving the girls out of his way and headed to the back exit.

"Sydney!" Juna and Musse screamed and chased after him.

Kurt slammed the door open and kept running. Juna, Musse and Altina, who is on the ground so as to not tire Musse, exited soon after.

All the girls inside the inn ran out and followed the four. They will do whatever it takes to prevent them from taking Kurt's heart. Jessica was just chasing after Juna so that she could apologize to her.