The girls were gathering in the bedroom like usual. They asked Ara what happened to her since her nose and eyes were red, but she shook her head and said it was nothing.

Nisha was smiling at her mirror. Judging by this expression, something made Laby really happy for the day and Nisha was very interested in her story.

The girls were planning to choose the potion without Nisha in the discussion, but then she looked at them. "Laby said genderbend potion was your very first potion. Can we use that again?"

Lu nodded in agreement. "Invasion just happened today. Tomorrow should be free!"

"I wonder if everyone would have their previous form. I kinda want to see a manly version of myself!" Ara giggled.

Without further questions, Rose picked the purple potion and opened it. She can't wait to tease Add for more.

Genderbend potion: Everyone's gender is reversed once again. Will the "girls" feel weak like before?

Ara woke up early again and stretched his body. Just like he wished for last night, he got a decent body, although he didn't look as strong as bodybuilders. He tied his hair into a ponytail, brought a small bag and climbed down the stairs.

Ciel was already preparing breakfast. Her long pink hair was in a mess, even though it looked like he combed it. "You like using used potions now?" Ciel asked without even looking at Ara.

"Not really. Anyway, I expected this to happen," Ara sighed and walked toward Ciel. He put his small bag on the table and picked up a comb to comb her hair while she cut the carrots. Lastly, he took a hair band to tie Ciel's hair into a ponytail. "How about now?"

"I feel better. Thanks," Ciel smiled, even though she didn't look at Ara.

Ara walked to the living room. He saw Chung who didn't even bother to comb her hair and just read a book. "Come on, Chung. Girls need to take care of their hair," Ara sighed and combed her hair. Chung didn't reply and turned to the next page, so Ara realized that she could be his living barbie doll for a while.

Elsword woke up and rubbed her eyes. She felt something unusual; her chest felt heavier. She looked down and her face turned bright red instantly. "Why is this happening again?!"

"Don't panic. Everyone's gender changed."

She turned to the voice and saw a beautiful teal haired lady. "Ain, your hairstyle suits you more if you're a woman."

"I'll take that as a compliment," Ain said with a straight face. According to her, the "boys" with short hair will have long hair on their girl form while the "girls" randomly have both long and short hair on their boy form.

Elsword got up and walked out of the room. She found the elegant Nasod she was looking for. Eve had short hair and his usual gear looked scarier for a male. Even so, Elsword glomped at him like he was a cute doll.

In the living room, Aisha was shocked while Lu was laughing. Ciel didn't know what to say, but she was smiling and eventually laughing with Lu. Chung's hairstyle was VERY similar to Ara's usual hairstyle—except the black hair was her blonde hair and the white hair was her light brown hair. "What do you think?" Ara asked proudly to his friends. Chung didn't care about it for now and turned the book to the last page.

"It's perfection!" Lu shouted and laughed again. Ciel said she didn't have any comment, but she also laughed with him.

Until Chung finished the last page and closed the book, Lu and Ciel were still laughing. Now it was either Chung looked really weird and funny or they laughed at her no care reaction. For the first time, she finally looked away from her book. Aisha had short purple hair—almost looked like real Raven but shorter. Lu had real Ciel's hairstyle-and actually looked cute as a little boy. Ciel looked like a typical girl that turned into a butler in the anime.

Lu jumped and sat next to Chung. He pinched Chung's cheeks and made her yelped. "I remember that very first genderbend potion! You were so flustered and confused," he said with a chuckle and kept pinching her cheeks. "Look at you now. You just accepted everything!"

Chung narrowed her eyes and hit Lu's forehead with her finger. "What can I do about it? I can't get flustered all day."

Lu smiled and ran away to get something. In a second, he came back with a mirror and showed it in front of Chung's face. "What do you think?"

Chung stared at it in silence, then she tilted her head a bit and smiled. "I look good."

"You have a flat chest though," Lu said bluntly and tried to grope her chest with a smile.

But Chung held his hands as her face turned red. "That's a private area!"

"God damn it! I thought you didn't care!" Lu pouted and pushed Chung. She fell to the empty spot on the sofa and lied down. Lu held both of her hands this time and smiled. "Now I have the upperhand!"

"Now, now," Ciel picked up Lu and let him sit on her shoulders instead. She looked apologetic and bowed down a bit to Chung. "Let's have breakfast. You must be hungry," she said as she walked away from the room.

Lu whined and hit Ciel's head several times. "Let me go back! I'm bored with all this lovey dovey stuff! Let me lewd her!"

The three people in the living room startled when they heard that, but said nothing about it.

They went to the dining room. Several people were already taking a seat to talk about themselves. "Aren't you two cheerful like usual?" Rena asked with a concerned look. He looked a lot like Ventus, but his eyes were sharper.

Next to Rena was Elesis, who didn't look like a warrior at all. He looked like a soy boy, even though everyone knew how scary he was in a battle. His hair was tied into a ponytail like usual.

"Ciel ruined my fun," Lu pouted and looked away from them. Every time they asked what happened, Ciel always changed the topic. She would do anything to prevent Lu from spreading his ideas.

On the opposite side of the table, Nisha and Raven were talking about Laby. "He's so cute. An innocent cheerful boy," Nisha smiled. Nisha himself was also a cute little boy with short hair. Although... the way he stared at Laby was still concerning like usual.

"Did he see everyone? Ara was busy with Chung's hair before," Raven replied. People were expecting her to look like a real Elesis or Rose, but it turned out she had a body of a small girl. Her hair was tied into a twintail to Nisha's liking.

Rose entered Add's lab and hugged the despairful little girl tightly. "You look so cute! I want to cuddle you so much!" he shouted and cuddled Add with so much love.

Add hissed, but she accepted the cuddle of love. Compared to Add, Rose was a tall man. "You look like a pedobear. Stop."

"It's fine, it's fine!" Rose smiled and squeezed Add's cheeks. Sadly she can't do anything but endure it until Rose gets bored.

After breakfast, some people decided to go out. Aisha was planning to go out with Raven, but she already went out with Nisha. He didn't even get the chance to ask. This made him a bit jealous, but he didn't know where they were going. He sighed and walked to the living room. On the first day of using potion, he went with Chung to the library. He thought maybe he could ask her to go to the library again after what had happened.

"Any book is fine! I barely read anything, but I want to read something!"

Aisha took a step back and peeked on the living room. Chung looked really confused with Ara's sudden interest in reading. "You might get bored in the first 5 minutes. I don't know what kind of story you like."

"But you look like you have a lot of fun with any book," Ara replied with a disheartened look. Due to last night's talk with Ain, he was hoping to get a book easily. Sadly he needed to be more specific on what he wanted to read.

"Why do you want to read all of a sudden?" Chung asked as she tilted her head. This was her first time seeing someone so eager to read without having reading as a hobby. She could give a random book, but that would be a waste of time if the reader didn't enjoy it.

"I just want to have fun with someone..." Ara muttered. He wasn't planning to use that as a reason, but he didn't come up with any excuses. He might not read a lot, but there was one thing that he knew well. "But I need to finish reading a book to talk about it, otherwise it'll be a spoiler. I thought any random book would do."

"There's a genre that doesn't need you to finish to talk about it," Chung smiled. She stood up and walked to the boys room. Aisha didn't want to be found, so he blinked away and watched them from the distance. Chung glanced at his direction for a moment, but she ignored it and kept walking.

"Hopefully she didn't notice," Aisha said to himself and narrowed his eyes.

After a while, Chung came back to the living room with a novel. She gave it to Ara and let him read the synopsis on the back of it. "Family murder case?" Ara asked. It caught his interest for once.

Chung nodded and looked at him with sparkling eyes. It seemed that she missed her reading friend. "You can make theories as you read. I already read it, so tell me if you think of something."

"I'm slow at reading. Give me time!" Ara smiled back and opened the first page of the book.

At this point, Aisha realized he couldn't bother them anymore. He sighed in disappointment and came out of his hiding spot. Even though Chung and him weren't a thing anymore, he felt like he just got ditched. Did he regret cheating on Chung back then? Probably.

"Aisha, what are you doing here?" Rena asked and poked him from the back. Apparently the hiding spot wasn't good at all if it was seen from behind.

"I feel like I just lost something I never have," Aisha said and let out a sigh. Rena was extremely confused by this, but he didn't know how to comment on that. He didn't even know what Aisha was talking about.

"I'm going after Nisha and Raven. Are you coming?" Rena asked again. Aisha nodded and followed him.

Elsword and Eve were enjoying themselves on the street. People were still considering Dark El consumer and Nasod as weird beings, even though they lived peacefully with them for years. But they didn't care about it.

They went to a mall and tried different clothes. They weren't even planning to buy them. The main plan was trying different clothes and being done with it.

But Elsword had a change in mind. "Let's buy some. They'll look cute on you," she said with a smile and spun. Her words referred to the dress she was wearing and directed at Eve. Whoever heard that would be very confused, since Eve was a boy at the moment.

Eve tilted his head a bit and stared at Elsword. "You think so? I barely dress up myself."

"You'll look great! Trust me!" Elsword nodded with confidence. Eve agreed to it and bought several clothes for him.

When Elsword was paying the clothes, Eve noticed a familiar pair. He turned his face to them. Apparently Lu and Ciel were busy finding a cute party dress while Ciel was holding a lot of dresses and clothes that didn't fit either Lu or Ciel. This concerned Eve a lot, so he said to Elsword that he's going to leave her for a while. Of course, Elsword disagreed and decided to come along with him.

They approached Ciel, who was standing next to enthusiastic Lu. People were very confused why a little boy was so interested in a party dress, but Ciel didn't bother to explain.

"Lu had an idea and I can't stop him," Ciel explained shortly to Elsword and Eve. Her feelings were mixed between worried and excited at the same time.

"Are you sure there's nothing to worry about?" Eve asked again. Ciel didn't sound so sure, but she managed to convince them that it would be fine.

The lovers walked away from the store. "Isn't it weird? Those two usually stalk the single people," Eve said with a concerned look.

"Isn't it good that they had something different to do once in a while? I think you're worrying too much!" Elsword grinned and held Eve's hand. Eve smiled slightly and tried to forget what she just saw.

"'Something that you can find almost everywhere'? Hm... this is a bit harder than I thought."

Raven and Nisha were sitting in a cafe. Normally they wouldn't let a little boy drink a coffee, but they got paid for it. What can they say?

Nisha was holding a pen and staring at the book on the table. Next to him was Raven, who was also staring at the book. They bought a crossword book for no reason.

"Is it ruve herb? You can find that anywhere," Raven said. They counted the squares and checked some letters that was already in the squares. The word "RUVEHERB" didn't fit the spot.

Rena and Aisha came and approached them. They sat on the opposite side and ordered a drink. "Is that crossword?" Aisha asked as he looked closer at the book. He wasn't in the mood to do anything, but he needed to distract himself from his thoughts.

Nisha nodded and told him the question. Aisha glanced at the spot, thought of it a bit, then came out with an answer. "Magic stone! I think it fits."

Nisha checked it, then his eyes widened. "It does! You should be here in the first place. This will be easier."

Aisha chuckled and smiled at them. "Of course! Give me the next one. I'll think of something."

In the afternoon, Ara read halfway through the book. He didn't expect to finish the whole book in one day, but he was a bit surprised that he read it that far. "I think I know who did it!"

Chung looked away from her book and faced Ara. He knew it was a rare moment that Chung actually looked away from it. Ara smiled and clapped his hands once. "Culprit should be the family with that second wife. It has to be them!" Ara convinced himself when he said the answer. "The innocent wouldn't lie, right? So far, if the parents were playing dead since the first murder and the son lied about it, it made sense," he explained and stared at the book again. "It worked with the other families too, but it seemed... weird. These two cousins will contradict each other if one of them was lying, but I'm not sure. He couldn't lie all the time."

Chung giggled and smiled at him. "But the room was closed and only the servants had the keys."

"That's what they said! You can lock it from the inside," Ara said and turned to the previous page to check if he remembered the right thing. He narrowed his eyes at the book, then looked at Chung. "Do you think any of the servants would do it?"

"They would. They could get a lot of money, after all," Chung replied. Ara agreed with her, but he still refused to suspect the servants in the story.

Bam!

The front door was opened harshly, it startled the two who had a discussion. They completely forgot what they were talking about and stared at the pair of demons. "I, Luciela R. Sourcream, will start my own kingdom by dominating the guardian of Hamel and skillful martial artist with nine tailed fox spirit!" Lu shouted with pride and looked at them with a smug.

Chung blinked her eyes several times in confusion and closed her book. "I'm not—"

Lu pointed the two of them with her index finger. "Strip them!"

There was a long pause until Ciel narrowed her eyes and cracked her knuckles. She was against this, but she was Lu's servant. It was her duty to do as Lu said. "As you wish."

"W-Wait! Nooo!"

"Help!"

Elesis went home with a disappointed look. It was already late and the sun would set soon. He was expecting Ain to stalk Elsword like usual, but for some unknown reason, the angel kept him away from Elsword all the time. Whenever he tried to approach her and her boyfriend at the mall, Ain would pull his collar and prevent him from going anywhere near the couple.

He knocked the door before opening it. "I'm home—"

No, he wasn't disappointed anymore.

There were several used formal and casual suits for boys on top of the coffee table in the living room. Lu was holding a camera and giggling. Ara was protesting to Lu and trying to prevent him from taking photos, but Ciel was stopping him.

Elesis looked at the camera Lu was shooting at. There was a blonde girl wearing lingerie and cowering in the corner of the sofa, showing her back to whoever entered the house. She was whimpering and asking for help, but it was so low, as if she was already giving up in asking for help.

Ain stepped forward and summoned her spear projection. "I will never be able to work with demons," she said with a threatening tone and glared at the pair of demons. The lights from the spear were enough to make the demons realize it. They startled a bit and Lu hid his camera instantly. "I was foolish to think I can tolerate you guys," Ain continued—and this time—she gave no mercy to the demons.

Ara rushed toward Chung and covered her with any coat that was near him. Elesis finally snapped out from it and closed the door. Ara narrowed his eyes on him. "You pervert. You enjoy the view!"

Elesis startled and finally realized his face felt hot. He probably looked as red as his hair right now. He shook his head and narrowed his eyes back. "Your face is red too!"

Ara touched his own cheeks. This time, he also realized his face was red.

The others came home late evening. Chung and Ara were reading a book. So far, they didn't find anything weird happening in the house. Elsword can't stand the silent atmosphere and pouted. "Guys, we're home! Are you guys dead?!" she shouted and walked toward the kitchen.

When she walked past the living room, she saw Lu and Ciel with their hands and feets stabbed on the wall like they were crucified. Blood didn't come out from their body and they were completely conscious. "Elsword! Can you convince Ain to let us go?" Lu asked with sparkling eyes. He just saw a glimpse of hope.

Elsword was very confused by this, but she can't let them get stuck like that forever. She ran and tried to find Ain as quickly as she could. Luckily she found her in the backyard, the first place she went.

Elesis groaned and stabbed his claymore to the ground. "Seriously! What's that pendulum for?!"

"Absolutely nothing," Ain answered shortly. Elesis had been trying to find out if Ain's pendulum had anything to do with her fighting ability, but the pendulum did nothing at all. It existed to confuse the opponent.

"Ain! Can you let Lu and Ciel go?!" she shouted with an angry look.

"Sure," Ain snapped her fingers. Sound of something bumping to the floor can be heard.

Meanwhile in the living room, Ara just finished the book. "Haha, I'm right this whole time! The culprit was that family!" he smiled proudly.

Aisha got curious, so he asked what book Ara was reading. In a flash, he got excited as well. "'Bernkastel's Game'? I thought the same thing halfway through the book!"

"Wait, really? I got confused between the girl servant and the family at first, but then I convinced myself the servants wouldn't do it," Ara replied as he looked at the book. He was proud to finish a book in one day. "It said the culprit is the one who murders and they are still alive, right? So I thought there would be more than one culprit!"

"Yeah, that part made me doubt the servants as culprits," Aisha nodded in agreement.

"I still have more. Tell me if you want to read mystery again," Chung smiled at them. Ara nodded and said he would love to read more. He didn't expect to have so much fun just by reading text.

"By the way, what about you? Did you find out the culprit before you finished reading?" Ara asked in curiosity. He thought he wouldn't be able to guess anyone, so he was really happy that he got the correct answer.

"Hm... I didn't," Chung tilted her head a bit. Ara and Aisha were curious with what she was thinking when she read it, so they asked for more. "Culprit is the one who murders. What if someone committed a murder before that crime?"

Ara thought about it, then he replied. "But it wouldn't be fun if someone actually did that."

Aisha clapped his hand once. "Wait, that oldest cousin. He said he'll murder in order to stay with the one he loved."

"That's true," Ara nodded and tried to find a page Aisha was talking about. "He was in love with the girl servant, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't kill her, right?"

Chung giggled and waved her hand. "Don't think too much about it. I'm not that smart, I might be wrong."

When midnight came, their body went back to normal. Everyone was relieved and went to their rooms immediately. Add and Rose were still in the lab and nobody wanted to find out what they were doing.

Ciel laughed forcefully and patted Lu's head. "Too bad, Lu. Ain destroyed the camera."

"Angels these days have no appreciation for human's creation. Camera is expensive," Lu pouted and sighed. Before Ciel said something to cheer her up, she raised her hand and smiled. "And that's where he's wrong!"

Lu took out a small thin thing from her pocket. "SD card is so small. Even if he beat me, he had a small chance of hitting this," she giggled and put the SD card back to her pocket.

Ciel became extremely concerned once again. He scratched his head in confusion. "What are you going to do with those photos and videos anyway?"

"Internet points. You wouldn't get it," Lu smiled happily and spun. "I'll borrow Add's Dynamo tomorrow morning. He wouldn't care if I do this. Good night~!" she said as she raised her hand without looking at Ciel and walked to the girls room.

Special thanks to Guest for more genderbend

maym my chapter is getting longer for some reason

thanks for reading!