I Said Make My Abilities Average! (LN) - Volume 9 - Chapter SS2

Bonus Story:

A Reverse Reincarnation 

“Who the heck are you?!” 

“Huh?” 

Having just woken up, Mile was somewhat dumbfounded by Reina’s questioning. 

“Where is Mile?” 

“You’re quite skilled to have slipped into our midst without us knowing…” 

Pauline and Mavis stood blocking the door and window, intent on keeping the mysterious intruder from escaping. They were all still in their pajamas, but Mavis was gripping her sword, and Reina and Pauline stood with their staves in hand. 

“C’mon, you guys, what are you saying? Er—uh, what?” 

It was then that Mile finally realized her vantage point was higher than normal. When she looked at her own hands, she saw that they were long and slender, and the hair that hung over her face was a glossy, jet-black… 

“Huh? Huuuuuhh?!?!” 

“So you’re still insisting that you’re Mile?” 

“But I am Mile…” 

“There’s no way Mile could be that tall!” 

“There’s no way that Mile’s boobs could be that big!” 

“There’s no way that Mile’s face could appear so wise! What did you do with the real Mile?!” 

“Wh-wha…? Sh-shut up, all of you!!!” 

“Ah,” said the three, “so she is Mile!” 

“…I guess it’s true.” 

After telling them a brand new Japanese fairy tale, divulging secrets that no one outside of the Crimson Vow could know, and confirming their pre-established signs and signals, Reina and the others finally came to believe her. 

“But Mile, how is it you look like that all of a sudden? You don’t have any idea?” 

“Nope, not really.” 

Confirming her change in appearance in the mirror, Mile learned that she currently resembled the Misato of her past life, but she truly had no idea why. No matter how much she had opened up her heart to her fellow party members, she couldn’t tell them about her otherworldly reincarnation, or her encounter with God. Not knowing what to do, Mile was at her wit’s end. 

“Well, it’s not really that big of a deal. It’s fine.” 

“I agree.” 

“Huh?” 

Mile and Reina were rendered speechless at Mavis and Pauline’s nonchalant remarks. 

“Well, I mean,” said Mavis, “If I got really hurt and ended up disfigured or something, or Pauline got really sick and her chest got smaller, would that make me or Pauline a different person? It would be different if who we were inside changed, but just because someone’s appearance has changed, does that mean we’ve lost our friend?” 

Mile shook her head wildly. 

“Then, it’s just fine, isn’t it?” 

Mile nodded silently. 

“No,” Reina, who had been silent until this point, suddenly roared. “There’s a big problem here! I don’t care about your face, but tell me how you got taller and made your b-b-b-b-boobs bigger! Spit it out!!!” 

“So that’s it…” said the other three. 

Nanos? 

YES? 

Do you know the cause of this? 

YES. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE THE EFFECT OF SOME MISCHIEF ON THE PART OF THE LADY MILE, OR LADY MISATO, OF A PARALLEL DIMENSION. BECAUSE HER DIMENSION IS IN SYNC WITH THIS ONE, HER ACTIONS HAVE HAD A RIPPLE EFFECT ON YOU. BECAUSE OF THIS, ONLY LADY MILE, AS THE SOURCE OF THE RIPPLE, WAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED, WITH A POSSIBILITY THAT THE CHAIN REACTION ALSO SPREAD INTO OTHER ADJACENT DIMENSIONS… 

What?! So then, are you saying I’ll stay this way? 

NO. YOU WILL LIKELY RETURN TO NORMAL ALONG WITH THE AFTERSHOCK OR REBOUND WAVE. AND IF YOUR APPEARANCE DOES NOT RETURN TO NORMAL ON ITS OWN, ONE OF OUR CREATOR’S RACE WILL LIKELY CORRECT IT MANUALLY, SO THE EFFECTS WILL LIKELY PERSIST ONLY FOR THE DURATION OF TODAY. 

All right! So I get to tease Reina for the rest of the day! 

PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK… 

And so, Mile used Misato’s height and proportions to ridicule Reina for the remainder of the day. But the next morning, when Reina saw that Mile had returned to normal, she returned the teasing tenfold.