Bastard Homunculus: Reborn in the Corpse Pit-Chapter 128: Swapped(Part 2)

"O-okay, just...just act natural. No, wait, scratch that...we need to act like each other. Uh...hey, look at me, I like pain," Remarked Lexia, as she and Colt approached the Knight outpost in Garnet City.

"Yeah, real natural. You’re overthinking it, no one in our outpost seemed to notice anything when we dropped off that Noble," Pointed out Colt in response, before trying not to laugh as Lexia nearly bumped into a pole, still struggling with the change in depth perception.

"D-Don’t you dare laugh at me! A-Anyway, about what you said...the Knights in our Amber Village outpost don’t know us that well, but it’s different here. Aster and Tacitus have known us for a really long time, they’ll definitely notice. We need to get Tacitus to use his Nullification on us without rousing any suspicion," She replied with a grimace.

"Except, you’re not very good at acting. Trying to act like me will definitely be a lot more suspicious than just playing it cool."

"Sh-Shut up, l-let’s see how convincingly you can act as me!" She shot back defensively.

"Okay, sounds like fun...you fucking idiot, I’ll rip your dick off!" Declared Colt with a huff.

"Wha-...I-I do not sound like that!" She protested indignantly.

"I don’t know, I felt like I totally nailed that."

"Wh-whatever, let’s just play it cool and hope they don’t notice," She sighed in exasperation, as the building came into sight.

The two of them approached the entrance, Lexia trying a bit too hard to act nonchalant and appeared rather stiff, but not enough for the Knights guarding the entrance to notice.

The guards let them in as they walked over, before entering the building and looking around for Tacitus.

"Oh, there he is," Remarked Colt, nodding towards a couch, across which Tacitus was sprawled on, reading a book.

He glanced up as the two of them headed over towards him, before sitting up and setting the book down.

"Hm? Hey, you two...what’s up? You look strangely on edge, Colt," He greeted them.

"I-I’m fine, we’ve just got a bit of a situation here...could you use your Nullification on us real quick? Please don’t ask any questions," Responded Lexia anxiously.

"Yeah, you lazy piece of horseshit, hurry up and do it before I skin you alive," Added Colt as he tried to keep a straight face, stifling a smile.

"And you’re a bit ruder than usual, I see," Replied Tacitus dryly, before adding with a slight frown, "Also, what’s going on with your Auras?"

"Like I said, please don’t ask any questions, just hurry up and activate your Nullification...please," Lexia implored him.

"Something’s really, really off about you today...well, whatever, I guess I can do that," He sighed, before activating his Nullification Zone Spell, adding, "Well? I’ve done it, so mind telling me what this is all about now?"

"...FUCK!!! It didn’t work!" Exclaimed Lexia heatedly, as nothing happened.

"Sweet, looks like we’ll just have to wait out the two hours then," Grinned Colt triumphantly.

"Okay, seriously, what’s going on here?" Inquired Tacitus with a bewildered look on his face, before the sound of footsteps approaching echoed out, as Aster appeared and walked over.

"Oh, hey, guys, wasn’t expecting to see you two here today. What brings you here?" He asked them with a smile, before adding as he glanced at Lexia, in Colt’s body, "Woah, I’ve never seen you look so agitated before, what’s wrong?"

"Guess we should explain. We came across an Ancient Magic Artifact in the mansion of the Noble we were tasked with going after, and we accidentally activated it. It switched our bodies...so, I’m Colt, in Lexia’s body, and Lexia’s in my body," Smirked Colt, puffing his chest out to make Lexia’s boobs jiggle.

"S-Stop that!" Snapped Lexia, as Aster and Tacitus awkwardly averted their gazes.

"Ohh, so that’s why you asked me to use my Nullification on you. Wait, you two aren’t stuck like this, are you?" Responded Tacitus in bemusement.

"No, it’ll revert us back to normal after two hours. I’d say it’s been about half an hour since we switched, so that’s still a ways away," Explained Colt with a grin.

"Okay, that’s good...it would’ve been pretty concerning if this change was permanent. But since it isn’t...well, it’s just really, really amusing," Laughed Aster with an entertained look on his face.

"Yeah, this is a pretty interesting situation," Nodded Tacitus in agreement, as Lexia growled irritably.

"Ohh, I know! We should call the others!" Suggested Aster with a gleam in his eyes.

"What? No! Absolutely not! I’m out of here!" Exclaimed Lexia in horror, starting to walk away before coming to an abrupt halt, gritting her teeth incredulously as she added, "A-Are you fucking kidding me? Y-You seriously brought out your Telekinetic Zone for THIS!?"

"Well, yeah, it’d be unfair to leave the three of them out of such an amusing turn of events."

"Grr...!"

"Maybe we should move this elsewhere, we’re kinda causing a commotion in here and distracting the other Knights. Here, take this. It’s a Teleport Spell I made that teleports me straight home," Said Tacitus, as he handed Aster a Spell Card.

"Yeah, sounds good. Before we go, Tacitus, call the Opal Town outpost and tell Raven, Ravella and Celia to get over here ASAP. Tell them it’s urgent. And then teleport over to your place with them after they get here," Grinned Aster, as Tacitus nodded and got up, heading over to the phones.

"Wow, I think that might be the first time he’s done as you’ve asked without complaining or grumbling," Chuckled Colt in amusement, as he linked up with Aster, who placed his hand on Lexia’s shoulder.

"Yeah, guess it’s a case of having the right motivation...on another note, it’s kinda weird seeing your mannerisms and inflections in Lexia’s body," Remarked Aster in bemusement, before activating the Spell Card, the three of them appearing in Tacitus’s living room.

"Fuck...I should’ve just holed up at home until the effect wore off, coming here was a huge mistake. Grr, and they’re all having a good time with this, except me! My predicament isn’t for their fucking amusement, damn it!" Lexia thought to herself, before exclaiming indignantly as Colt began fondling her chest again, "Stop that, you shithead!"

"Come on, it’s technically my chest right now," He responded, as Aster tried his best not to stare, before adding, "And hey, feel free to do the same with my body. I mean, aren’t you curious about the differences between a male and female body? We’re probably never going to get this chance again, after all, so might as well take advantage of it."

"I-I’ve been trying not to think about that this whole time, d-do you have any idea how hard it’s been to ignore th-this...this THING flopping around between my-...I mean, YOUR legs!? It keeps getting stuck against your thigh!"

"Oh, yeah, you’re supposed to take a wide step across when that happens to unstick it, it’s a guy thing," He informed her wryly.

"Th-There’s no fucking way that’s a thing..."

"Actually, uh...it kinda is," Chimed in Aster sheepishly.

"...seriously? Wh-Whatever, just...just stop fondling my chest, do it again and I’ll rip your balls off right before we switch back!" She warned Colt icily.

"Huh...I wonder how much pain that would cause?" Mused Colt with a look of anticipation on his face, exasperating Lexia.

"Gotta say, it’s kinda surreal seeing your usual masochistic expression on Lexia’s face," Remarked Aster in amusement, before Lexia stiffened as several soft thuds echoed out in the room.

She glanced in the direction the sounds had come from, to see Tacitus walking over, with the others trailing behind him.

"Hey, what’s going on? Tacitus told us there’s an urgent matter, what happened?" Inquired Raven warily.

"You guys seem awfully relaxed...and why are we meeting in Tacitus’s place instead of at the Knight outpost?" Added Celia curiously.

"Also, why’s Colt frozen?" Chimed in Ravella.

Colt walked over with a smirk and immediately relayed what was going on to the three of them, and just like Aster and Tacitus, they were instantly invested in the situation, much to Lexia’s chagrin.

"While this is fun and all, we should figure out what to do about that Magic Item. Maybe we should hand it over to the Commander Squad or the castle...it doesn’t seem to be particularly dangerous, but we should probably get it locked up anyway," Suggested Aster thoughtfully.

"Yeah, good point. We have no way of actually understanding how it works, so it’s better safe than sorry. Also, we don’t know for sure if it’ll actually wear off after two hours," Pointed out Raven in agreement.

"H-Hey, don’t say that!" Responded Lexia in alarm.

"So, where’s the item?" Aster asked them.

"Here, I’ve got it," Replied Lexia, before taking the item out of a Storage Ring, wrapped in a cloth.

She began to hand it to Aster, before pausing and tossing it to him instead.

"By the way, what’s it feel like to be in a guy’s body?" Ravella asked her curiously.

"I-I don’t want to talk about it."

"I don’t mind talking about it!" Chimed in Colt immediately, before continuing, "Having boobs makes your chest feel way heavier, though I suppose that’s pretty obvious. The center of balance feels weird too...Lexia’s butt is way bigger than mine, so-..."

"Hey!" Interrupted Lexia indignantly.

"I mean, he’s not wrong," Chimed in Ravella wryly, as she glanced at each of their butts to compare them.

"I hate this so much..."

"Also, in case you were wondering, the crotch region feels super different. It’s a lot easier to cross my legs and-..."

"S-Stop, literally no one was wondering that!" Snapped Lexia, starting to feel like she was at her wit’s end.

"I was," All the others thought to themselves in unison, none of them saying it out loud.

...

"It’s almost time, it should be any second now," Remarked Lexia wearily, as she paced around anxiously while looking at the clock.

"Hey, relax, it’ll happen when it happens. And if it doesn’t-...," Began Colt wryly.

"It will! It better! I’ll kill myself if it doesn’t," Muttered Lexia, visibly on edge. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

"I’d say don’t be so dramatic, but knowing you, you’re probably not kidding," Responded Raven in bemusement.

"She definitely doesn’t look like she’s kidding," Nodded Celia in agreement.

"Damn it, what’s taking so long-...!" Lexia began to snap, before abruptly trailing off as her sight suddenly went dark.

"Uh...are you two okay?" Inquired Aster with a look of concern, as Colt went quiet too.

"I...I’m back. I’m back in my own body!" Yelled Lexia ecstatically, pumping her fists into the air.

"Aw, guess I’m back to one eye again," Sighed Colt wistfully.

"Well, that was fun while it lasted," Remarked Tacitus, before glancing at Lexia as she narrowed her eyes at Colt.

"Yeah, too bad it’s over, but at least-...," Began Raven, before trailing off as Lexia shot towards Colt and pounced on him, knocking him onto the floor and pinning him down.

"Uh, what’re you doing? Not that I’m complaining, but...," Responded Colt in bemusement.

"You sure had a lot of fun, didn’t you? I don’t care if you enjoy this, I’m still going to beat the shit out of you...I’ve got a lot of steam to blow off," She growled seethingly.

"Heh, then sounds like we’re both going to enjoy this," Smirked Colt in response.

"Sh...shouldn’t we maybe put a stop to this?" Suggested Ravella quietly, as Lexia punched Colt in the face, a wide grin spreading out across his lips.

"I mean...normally, yes, but they both want this, so we probably shouldn’t," Responded Aster wryly.

"This is weird, even for them...," Muttered Tacitus, as Lexia proceeded to pummel Colt, while he enjoyed every second of it.

"Yeah, uh, I don’t think I should be watching this," Added Celia, as Colt’s face got flushed, a clear look of pleasure on his face.

"Hm...maybe we should just leave them to it and get out of here," Nodded Raven in agreement.