Finding Your Way Home In Another World With The Gender Change Skill/Shadow & The Jester [Remake]
Interlude: Trouble and Escape

About 2 days before the meeting between Souji and Charlene.

In a room that looked very simple, there was a girl who was asleep. The girl was now sleeping very soundly on a bed measuring 200cm X 160cm.

The room also looks like a very simple room, with one bed, a closet, a table and chairs. And, there is a bookcase located in one corner of the room.

Not only does the room look simple, but the atmosphere in the room is also very calming.

The sleeping girl had silver hair that was up to her waist

Then the girl who was sleeping on the bed in bed, started to move a little. The girl then slowly began to open her eyelids and look at the ceiling.

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(Flame POV)

“Huhh... It has been 1 week more I did not see Otou-sama, is Otou-sama alright? I'm worried about his state” I said with a worried tone as I started to get out of bed and walk towards the chair.

“I hope this peace will last during his” Say me in a soft tone, while turning my gaze out the window with a smile plastered on my face.

While I was enjoying this very soothing calmness, suddenly my bedroom door was forcefully opened by someone, then without further ado, I turned my gaze directly towards the person who did that.

There, I saw a female Dark Elf who was about 170cm tall with a body that had muscles that a woman should not have. She also had long dark blue hair with purple ends, and this woman's hair was tied in a Ponytail style.

She also has golden eyes with black pupils. He wore a minimal armor that showed his box-shaped abdomen and several other parts of his body. There were two daggers on both sides of her waist and a claymore on her back.

Yes, the name of this female Dark Elf is Meirin, she is my personal bodyguard as well as my childhood friend.

I was a little surprised by the sudden visit from Meirin. But I was also quite happy to see my best friend. Because, somehow he's been pretty busy lately and I rarely get to see him around here.

Then, after Meiri opened my room door by force. He started walking towards me while starting to open his mouth and said.

“I'm really sorry, for entering your room by force Charlene-sama” Meirin said in a tone that sounded filled with regret while bowing her head towards me.

I who heard the apology from Meirin became a little annoyed. Because I always tell her that it doesn't matter to me.

But unfortunately I could only sigh heavily, because no matter how much I told her to stop using formalities to me. He still uses it.

Even so, I was still curious, why did Meirin enter my room in such a hurry? Is something really going on?

Questions like that started to pop into my head. So I began to turn my gaze towards her, while starting to open my mouth and say.

“It's okay because I have no problem with it” I said casually while smiling towards Meirin.

Meirin who heard the words from me, inexplicably sighed heavily. I'm a little confused about what's going on with her. Because, since 1 week ago. I was always forbidden to get out of my room.

Even my bedroom door was locked from the outside. Because of that, I became more and more curious and began to turn my eyes back towards Meirin, while starting to open my mouth and say.

“Then, may I ask you. The reason why you entered my room in such a hurry?” I asked that in a confused tone, while looking at Meirin with a questioning look.

Meirin who heard my question immediately gasped in shock and started biting her lower lip. For some reason, he now looked like he was terrified of something. But still, I still have to know, what was really going on when I was locked up in this room for 1 whole week.

“Jawab I'm Meirin. Don't hide things like that from me. I am not a child like before that you should always protect” I said in a slightly irritated tone as I began to stare at Meirin sharply.

Seeing Meirin still has no desire to answer questions from me before her. I became more and more upset, then I started to open my mouth again and said.

“Does this have anything to do with the reason why I was locked up in my room for 1 week?” I said that while looking at Meirin with a gaze that became sharper.

Meirin who heard my words immediately became very surprised and started clenching her fists even tighter until it bled.

I'm looking at it being a little panicked and want to try to help her. However, my movements stopped, when I heard the words from Meirin.

“Is Charlene-sama sure you want to hear what is going on in [Mortem Forest]?” Meirin asked in a depressed tone of voice while starting to stare at me sharply.

Meirin who saw if I approved her started to get up and pull the other chair in this room, then she immediately sat on the chair.

I who saw that, started to sit back in the chair that I was sitting in before her, while starting to listen to what Meirin was going to say seriously.

After a pause for a few minutes, Meirin finally started to open her mouth and said.

“Then, let's start from the thing I found a few days ago” Meirin said with a tone of voice that became serious and an aura that was all around her, I don't know why it's getting serious, too.

I who heard that started nodding my head lightly. Meirin who saw the confirmation from me started to continue her words.

“About 6 days ago, I accidentally heard a conversation between Andrian-sama and someone” Meirin said in a tone that became irritated while clenching her fists tighter.

I heard my brother's name mentioned by Meirin, it made me even more confused. Because, I don't understand at all about the context that this Meirin wants to talk about.

Meirin who saw me became more confused and curious, she started to continue her story.

“They were both at that time, talking about things so vile and disgusting once” Meirin said in a tone of voice that became even more upset.

I who heard that again became even more confused, because I did not understand what Meirin wanted to tell me.

Then, after a short pause, Meirin began to reopen her mouth again and said

“Andrian-sama back then, he was talking about making Dark Elves for offerings to a Demon Lord, he said, in order for him to gain strength from the Demon Lord” Meirin said with a depressed tone mixed with annoyance while starting to bully her teeth.

After hearing that, I immediately became very surprised and started to open my mouth to ask Meirin for an explanation.

However, Meirin ignored me and continued the story instead.

“In the beginning I didn't believe that either. However, day after day passed and more and more women disappeared from this city. While the men in this city began to have an obligation to follow the military by force” Meirin said.

“I who saw it of course became very upset and went straight to the Palace to ask for an explanation to Krick-sama” Meirin continued.

“Will but, when I asked that to Krick-sama. She did not answer him like her usual self.” Meirin said in a repressed tone.

I who saw it was a little confused and upset, because it did not answer the question I wanted to ask her before. However, Meirin still continued without paying any attention to me at all.

“Krick-sama said that it was a normal thing, and instead ordered me to help them train all the men in the city” Meirin said in an annoyed tone.

“I who heard that instantly became very upset. Because I am just a soldier. I can't deny the order from Raja” Meirin continued.

“Then, yesterday I accidentally heard a conversation between Andrian-sama with the person who spoke to him earlier. The two of them were talking about making a 15-20 year old Dark Elf Girl to become the slave of the person spoken to by Andrian-sama” Meirin said in an annoyed tone while again tightening her fist until it bleeds.

“Dan, among the names of the people mentioned by Andrian-sama. Me and Charlene-sama were also mentioned by her” Meirin continued.

I who heard all those things instantly became even more shocked and almost fainted. Because, I can't accept the reality I just heard from Meirin.

Then, moments after Meirin finished her story. Suddenly the room door was back on the smash and entered several Dark Elf soldiers wearing full weapons pointed their weapons towards me and Meirin.

I who saw it became even more shocked and immediately fell to the ground.

Meirin who saw these people enter the room immediately moved and stood in front of me to protect me.

When one of them wants to open his mouth to speak. Meirin suddenly started holding me and instantly smashed the wall of my room, while jumping out of the room.

Everyone who was there including me instantly became extremely shocked by Meirin's sudden and bold action. However, Meirin ignored all of those things and started trying to stick her short sword towards the wall.

Then, after we both started to stop falling. Without further ado Meirin immediately pushed herself back away from the Palace using the wall as her pedestal, and she kicked the wall so forcefully that the place she had stepped on before her was destroyed.

Then, the two of us immediately shot out very quickly towards the South of the Palace. Where is the most dangerous place in the world. It was a terrifying forest that no one had entered and the forest had the name [Groen Forest].