Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation

This strange atmosphere...could it be that she likes Brennan?

I had this suspicion from the beginning, since the composition of this team was quite subtle. If I said nothing would happen between two men and two women, no one would believe it. But at first we were not familiar with each other, and I was not sensitive to such things, so I really could not see any signs.

However, after knowing that Selene was a temporary member of the team, the answer was already half obvious. As for the other half, I had never paid attention to it before.

Until now Vivianne confessed to me, I finally saw some clues. However, Brennan never seemed interested in Vivianne, could this just be a one-sided feeling? I can't be sure, since it's just speculation. I might be wrong.

"Actually, I think Brennan is not as good as Adrian." At this time, Selene, as a temporary team member, also joined in the discussion, turns out she had her own opinion as well.

"But I still think Brennan is better." Vivianne still defended the man in her heart. "Adrian feels too steady."

I see, so Vivianne likes lively and unrestrained guys...

This bath really unearthed some incredible news. So this is how girls talk about guys?

"An...nelina... you... in... there!"

Suddenly I heard a faint voice coming from behind the wall of the bathroom.

Strange, is there someone outside?

Don't tell me it's a peeping tom? I felt a chill. My first time in the women's bath and I encountered something like this?

I looked back at the high bathroom wall behind me. It should be very safe in theory, and there seemed to be no movement after that.

I looked at Vivianne and Selene again, they didn't react at all.

Okay, I must have misheard. I relaxed again.

After soaking for a while, just when I felt a little dizzy and thought I should get out.

"Feliciana, have you made up with Lord Nicola?"

Suddenly Selene asked me this question out of nowhere.

"Make up? What make up?" It took me a long time to realize she was referring to the incident when I got up that morning.

"Oh, of course we made up long ago."

"...Ah no, we didn't even have a fight at all."

I hurriedly corrected myself when I suddenly remembered that it was an act Nicola and I agreed on to pretend nothing happened. But it was too late, Selene and Vivianne were looking at me strangely.

What's going on? I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy and submerged half my face in the water, leaving only one eye to look at them.

"It's definitely making up after an argument ah..." Vivianne looked at Selene and sighed.

"Hey! Ah..."

In shock, I opened my mouth and bath water instantly poured in.

"Slap!" There seemed to be a faint sound of something heavy falling behind me.

"Cough cough cough... what did you say?"

I had no time to mind anything else now, Vivianne's words shocked me.

"Don't pretend anymore, we all saw it." Selene looked at me disapprovingly, and Vivianne kept nodding her head next to her.

"Saw what?" Before my voice faded, I felt something was wrong, and immediately thought of the situation that night. Could it be...

"The door wasn't even closed properly, I was the one who helped close it for you."

Vivianne looked at me meaningfully with a frivolous smile.

"But that scene was really beautiful. Moonlight, feathers flying everywhere..." Selene also had a intoxicated look.

"Stop...stop talking!"

I quickly stopped their act of embarrassing me publicly. I knew Nicola had forgotten to close the door, but I never thought I would miss this point. In a panic, I almost rushed over to cover their mouths.

"Listen to me, this is a misunderstanding! There's nothing between us, you got it wrong!"

"No need to explain!"

"You angels are all women after all, this kind of situation is normal, we understand."

Vivianne even came to my ear and gently comforted me.

Understand your head!

This is really going from bad to worse.

I turned around in shame, not daring to look at them again.

"I really envy your intimate relationship with Lord Nicola." Selene's envious voice reached my ears.

"What's there to envy? Don't tell me you have that kind of interest in Nicola?" I glanced back at her. I thought she only respected Nicola, didn't expect it would accelerate so quickly.

"This...this is not an interest!" It was rare to see Selene blushing in embarrassment, but the mere mention of that shameless angel switched her to bootlicker mode. "Lord Nicola is an angel, not only beautiful, but also powerful, and can make celestial weapons. She is perfect in every way, of course she deserves respect."

"Unfortunately I'm not an angel. She only treats you well. This time she even specifically asked to share a room with you."

Okay, I finally understood. To put it simply, she has fallen for Nicola. But isn't this a bit too fast?

In fact, if possible, I would rather swap rooms with Selene, but thinking that I would have to sleep in the same bed with Vivianne after switching, I immediately dismissed the idea.

It is not good for this poor girl, besides, she has Brennan.

And after the misunderstanding with Nicola, I'm almost traumatized. I'm afraid I'll wake up in the morning and find out my roommate is also a male classmate in a woman's body, I would just explode.

...

After coming out of the bathroom, I staggered back to the room in a towel, dizzy. Nicola was not inside.

Where did she go so late? It was already pitch black outside. I sat alone on a chair, rubbing my wet head with the towel. No wonder Nicola looked so bothered before, long hair is so hard to handle. Even after all this time it was still dripping nonstop.

The door opened and I heard Nicola come in.

"You know, they discovered that night because you didn't close the door. Now it's so embarrassing." As soon as she came in I immediately complained. So many things happened just from taking a bath.

"Huh?" Nicola's voice paused obviously, but soon returned to a very calm tone. "Oh, is that so."

"Hey, it's all because you didn't close the door..." I was about to give her a good scolding when I saw her carrying two bags, and handed one to me.

"What's this?"

I looked inside the bag, and it was actually a set of clothes.

"I just went out to buy them. After all, we can't keep wearing this armor right? I also got you a set."

She said and threw her set on the bed and started taking off her clothes.

"Be care...careful." Seeing her about to change immediately, my face turned red and I turned my back.

"Careful of what? We're all the same anyway." The mocking voice came from behind me. Come to think of it, whether it's being women now or men before, it seems reasonable to say so. But I still felt I couldn't adapt.

"Where did you get the money...uh, women's clothing?" I took out the clothes and saw it was a skirt again! Although not a dress anymore, but why did it have to be such a cute style.

"Too much! You clearly know my..." I turned angrily, but saw she had already changed.

She was also wearing women's clothing, but unlike mine, hers looked more mature, a white halter dress with stockings of the same color. It looked pure yet sexy.

"Why are you so skilled?"

I couldn't help asking even though I didn't want to admit being stunned by her.

"So you think people won't recognize you if you walk out in men's clothing like this?" Nicola stared at my face with a mocking look.

"I..." With my sore spot hit, I was speechless and turned my face away. I had looked in the mirror before, I knew the attractiveness of my current looks, but still stubbornly retorted.

"Then you didn't have to buy this color and style either! For example, why not buy pants?"

"The only women's clothing available here is dresses. And I don't know what you like either." Nicola urged me while putting the dirty clothes on the table. "I borrowed money from Adrian and the others. You have no other choice if you don't wear it. Hurry up and change, we have to wash the dirty clothes and return them later."

I looked curiously at the lightweight armor she took off. It was so light it almost had no feeling.

What amazing material. Just as I was about to put it back, I suddenly found a red leaf stuck in the gap. This leaf looked very familiar, because the trees outside the bathroom wall had these red leaves. It was very eye-catching because of the fiery red color, and would occasionally drift into the pool, leaving a strong impression.

"What's with this leaf?" I asked Nicola while holding up the leaf. Was this girl peeping just now? The slight sound I heard faintly in the bathroom seemed very suspicious now that I thought back.

"That is..." Nicola was tidying the bed and glanced at the leaf in my hand, indifferently saying, "There was a big tree full of these red leaves next to the clothing store I went to just now. I stood under the tree choosing clothes for half a day, it probably fell down and got caught in the clothes."

After saying that, she opened the door and walked out, throwing back a sentence before leaving. "You're shy right, I'll wait for you to change then come back in."

Could I be mistaken? Staring at the tightly closed door again, I was puzzled.

I looked at the leaf in my hand again, then at the door...

Okay, maybe I was mistaken. Besides, if Nicola really wanted to peep, why would she need to go outside the wall, she could just openly walk into the bathroom now.

Standing up and looking at the tidy, neat bed, I couldn't help but twitch my mouth. To think the beds would be so neatly made, so Nicola has this habit huh?