I Awoke: Afterword

To continue after Pilgrim Maiden, I’ve written another genderbending story. Mwa ha ha~ This is Karino Kei. Man, what an age we live in.

You’ve probably noticed if you read my previous series, but this story takes places in the same world as Pilgrim Maiden but about 15 or 16 years later. The Ichijou family that protects this country from supernatural beings was briefly mentioned in that series. The protagonists this time are a normal boy and girl from the branch family that chose to abandon the abilities of the exorcist family to live a peaceful life.

For a change from my harder and heavier previous series, I focused on making this one a cheerful academy love comedy without a violent nun or a roaring chainsaw, but how do you think I did?

Amanooni Touri, thank you very much for the wonderful illustrations. The cute and attractive character designs helped stimulate my imagination.

As for my editor Okada, thank you for all the advice you gave me. And thank you very, very much for giving me the chance to write another genderbending story.

And most of all, I give my utmost thanks to all of the readers who bought the book.

If there is a second volume, we will meet again there.

I Awoke: Chapter the Final - Peaceful Days

The morning news said history’s first black woman pope was visiting Japan.

Ichijou Ryou watched in disinterest as he drank the rest of his miso soup.

“Thanks for the meal. I’ll be going now.”

As he got up and started for the front door, a girl with a gentle smile followed him.

“We’re leaving, aunt~”

“Have a good day, Yume-chan. And take care of our stupid son~”

His mother saw them off as she washed the dishes at the sink. Once they stepped outside, the bright sun and a gentle breeze greeted them. It was a safe and peaceful morning.

Two days had passed since the slaying of Rasetsu Douji at the school and the aftermath had apparently been dealt with by the headmaster who was part of the main family. And since the students there had been hit by a wave from the Oni-slaying sword Zanshou, they seemed to have lost the memories of what had happened.

That was honestly a relief. Ryou would have wanted to die if people remembered the humiliation he had received there and that he had lost his female virginity to his best friend.

He still felt a strange mixture of irritation and awkwardness when he saw Watanabe, so he ended up acting sharply to him.

As for Yume…

I Awoke: Chapter the Eighth - The Devil’s Hour Arrives at School

“Hwaaahh! I’m cumming, I’m cumming, I’m cumming, I’m cumming!! Hyah, hahhhh!”

As boy after boy thrust their erection inside her, Haruka lost track how many times her body convulsed in orgasm.

As the genderbent boy writhed and moaned more than anyone would expect of someone who had been a boy not long before, Rasetsu Douji gave her a satisfied look and pulled in the melted body of a lovely girl.

Every time Haruka came, that short and plump body produced an endless supply of the supernatural power known as Refined Ki, so the clear pink color grew thicker.

“This should be more than enough. That just leaves…”

Rasetsu kicked aside the girls who were crawling at her feet to suck her cock.

“…the feast.”

The girls were driven so mad by lust that they rolled away with joyful smiles. The Oni God did not even look their way as she lovingly embraced Yume on her lap.

The innocent girl had melted in sensuality, so she uttered a quiet groan and let her wavy twintails sway as she abandoned herself to the embrace.

I Awoke: Chapter the Seventh - Devilish School Party

Haruka felt so light, she thought she had grown wings.

With a single kick off the ground, she flew high into the sky and the city spread out below her.

But she did not have time to enjoy the view as she jumped from house rooftop to house rooftop in pursuit of the Oni God that had abducted the girl she loved most.

“Give back…Yume!!”

She was almost there. She sped up as much as she could while stabbing forward with the Oni-slaying sword named Zanshou.

Sensing her presence, Rasetsu Douji looked back.

She flipped around with a smile of enjoyment on her face.

With the sleeping Oninagusamu-hime in her arms, she dodged the tip of the blade and rapidly descended.

“———— Wait!”

Haruka followed suit and dropped toward the ground.

After landing, they faced each other.

“Wha-…? This is…”

But Haruka was taken aback by the familiar scene before her eyes.

“Modoribashi Academy!?”

I Awoke: Chapter the Sixth - Rasetsu the Oni God

Haruka’s brain did not even try to understand the reality before her eyes.

“Kimino…?”

She put on the usual smile and called to her childhood friend who stood in her way with arms crossed and a haughtily evil smile on her face.

This girl had been with Yume and Ryou like a sister since they were little. She was bright and straightforward and she had never done anything bad in her life. Yet now that childhood friend was acting like she was the leader of these delinquents who were indisputable human garbage.

Those men had been spewing filthy language and committing atrocities as they saw fit, but now they kneeled obediently behind Kimino.

What had happened to her?

When had she started working with people like that?

Haruka had not the slightest clue.

The shock had dulled her mind to the point that the questions just endlessly circled around her head.

Why had Kimino had those men attack Yume?

For what reason had she put Haruka through this ordeal?

How had she known Haruka was Ichijou Ryou’s genderbent form?

That had been a secret even from Yume.

Only Haruka’s parents, her aunt and uncle, the main Ichijou family, and the school headmaster knew.

“You look confused.”

I Awoke: Chapter the Fifth - Approaching Crisis

After the event ended in the most exciting way, the students left the pool satisfied. Some worked at their club activities as usual and some just went home.

Haruka and Kimino, the stars of the pool cavalry tournament, walked home with Yume like normal.

“Are you okay, Haruka? You didn’t look too good.”

Her body had returned to normal after the waves of orgasm had receded, but her childhood friend was still worried about her.

“Yes, I’m perfectly fine. More importantly, Kimino, is your leg okay?”

“Does it still hurt? The teacher said she’d drive you home, so you shouldn’t force yourself.”

Yume was also as concerned about Kimino as she would be about herself.

“I’m fine, I’m fine. I had it looked at and they said it was nothing much. And I’m kind of afraid to have Tama-chan-sensei drive me.”

She acted tough, but her energetic face grimaced a little with each step she took. When she had tried to hold her ground and not fall from her horse as Haruka’s horse had charged her in the end, she seemed to have twisted her leg weirdly.

Haruka wanted to lend her a shoulder, but with their height difference, Kimino could only cling to her arm for support.

She watched her step as she walked while her short reddish hair touched Haruka’s shoulder and her lively body pressed against Haruka’s arm. The warmth and softness of the girl’s body embarrassed Haruka a little.

I Awoke: Chapter the Fourth - Sexual Oni in the Water’s Depths

“Good morning. Rise and shine. Breakfast is ready.”

“Nn, Yume…? Just give me five more minutes…”

When the girl entered the room without knocking and called out gently, the bed’s occupant replied with a yawn.

“Ha ha. Haruka-chan, you’re acting just like Ryou-chan again.”

Those words woke Haruka up in a flash.

After becoming a girl, she was supposed to be a different person, but she had sleepily reacted like she had as a boy.

She frantically got up.

“You really are twins. Since you’re using his room, it barely feels like Ryou-chan is gone at all. You look a lot like him, so it’s kind of like he turned into a girl.”

“I-is it?”

Four days had passed since she became a girl, but it was still a confusing ordeal. Saying anything unnecessary could end up digging her own grave, so she said as little as possible here.

I Awoke: Chapter the Third - I am a Girl

Ryou’s cousin remained asleep with a carefree look on her face and showed no sign of waking.

Their childhood friend lay on the next bed over wearing only her bloomers.

Her shirt had burst when she transformed into an Oni, so her somewhat small breasts were exposed. He wanted to get her dressed, but there was nothing he could do.

There was nothing he could do about his own state of dress either.

He did his best not to look at her immodestly exposed body and placed the blanket over her.

(Really, now! What is going on with my body!?)

He had defeated the Oni trying to attack Yume.

It had been possessing Kimino, but she was back to normal and unharmed.

The maddening pleasure toying with his body had settled down after a quick nap and the overflowing energy he had used to defeat the Oni had calmed. He was supposed to have returned to his male body after that, but he remained a girl.

(I can’t let my classmates see me like this.)

I Awoke: Chapter the Second - The Oni that Steals Bodies

Ryou masturbated with his female body throughout the night.

How many times had he cum? As the number had grown, he had grown accustomed to the pleasure that rapidly grew sky high and he had grasped the process needed to reach orgasm. He knew all of the pleasurable parts of his girl’s body.

He had suppressed the moans by biting down on his blanket, his consciousness had nearly slipped from his grasp more times than he could count, and he had passed out with his entire body convulsing by the time the sky began to brighten.

Yet once morning came, he woke up earlier than usual.

(—————!! Th-they’re gone! And…it’s back. I’m…a boy again.)

He quickly checked his chest and crotch and was relieved by the familiar sensations he found, but he also regretted not being able to experience that dazzling pleasure any more.

(That…wasn’t a dream, was it?)

His sheets were so soaked with love juices he almost thought he had wet the bed.

The sweet feminine smell of sex could not be passed off as sweat and his male body reacted to it. When he realized those erotic juices had come from his own female body, the swelling at his crotch grew even harder.

(I barely slept last night. If I wear myself out any more and fall back asleep, I’ll be late.)

Even so, he stuck a hand in his nectar-soaked boxers and grabbed his erect penis. The sensation seemed lacking compared to the feminine pleasure, but it still provided a throbbing arousal different from that of a vagina.

(But…I can still shoot off one load, right?)

He prepared to stroke his manhood that had grown ferociously hard and thick as he recalled the pleasure he had felt with his girl’s body.

But…

“Morning, Ryou-chan. Time to get up!”

I Awoke: Chapter the First - The Oni-Slaying Princess

Ichijou Ryou lay blankly in bed.

He was a first year at Modoribashi Academy’s high school. His grades tended to fluctuate between average and below average.

He never earned any real reward or punishment and he had never had a girlfriend. He was fairly tall, but he had a slender build and his body almost seemed to have forgotten to grow since middle school. Overall, he was a plain boy with no hint of manliness to him.

He had taken a bath after dinner, reread some manga for the umpteenth time instead of doing his homework, and eventually drifted off to sleep.

After just a few minutes of unconsciousness, he woke up, wiped the drool from his mouth, and noticed something had changed.

“What…is this?”

When he shook his head, long and glossy black hair stroked his back.

His T-shirt felt oddly tight, so he looked down and found two large mounds on the verge of bursting free of the fabric.

(T-tits?)

Novel Introduction: I Awoke to Find I Was the Girl Swordsman That Protects My Cousin

There's a disturbing lack of genderbending on here, so let's fix that.

I will be translating I Awoke to Find I Was the Girl Swordsman That Protects My Cousin (目覚めると従姉妹を護る美少女剣士になっていた).

This is the first of a three-novel series with two spin-off novels.

The title describes the basic premise well enough: It's about a boy who suddenly discovers he transforms into a girl whenever his female cousin in danger.

Author: Karino Kei (狩野景)
Illustrator: Amanooni Touri (天鬼とうり)
Label: Atomic Bunko (あとみっく文庫)

Table of Contents:

Chapter the First: The Oni-Slaying Princess

Chapter the Second: The Oni that Steals Bodies

Chapter the Third: I am a Girl

Chapter the Fourth: Sexual Oni in the Water’s Depths

Chapter the Fifth: Creeping Crisis

Chapter the Sixth: Rasetsu the Oni God

Chapter the Seventh: Devilish School Party

Chapter the Eighth: The Devil’s HourArrives at School

Chapter the Final: Peaceful Days

Afterword