Hololive☆Gender Panic! ~Yukihana Lamy and the Six Trials~
One morning, the talents of Hololive wake up to a huge shock. Yukihana Lamy, the leader of the popular VTuber group, discovers that some of her friends have had their genders swapped overnight. The always gentle and graceful Shirakami Fubuki has become a cool young man with a snow-country charm. The tiny, adorable Sakura Miko is now a lively shrine heir. On the other hand, the dependable Ookami Mio has transformed into a gentle, fluffy-haired beauty.
Panic ensues! What caused this? Can they tur
Hololive☆Gender Panic! ~Yukihana Lamy and the Six Trials~ - I Can't Choose, But I Love You—Goodbye, Inverted Mirror
The Hazama Chamber.
Countless shards of floating mirrors glittered like stars. Lamy remained crouched, staring blankly at the tear trails that had slipped through her fingers.
(I still… can't choose anyone.)
Her heart ached. It hurt, like it was being squeezed tight.
"[serious] Lamy, have you calmed down a little?"
Mio quietly crouched down beside her. Her jet-black bob cut swayed gently. Those large golden-brown eyes gazed at Lamy with worry.
"[sad] …Yeah. Sorry, Mio."
Lamy rubbed her eyes roughly.
"[serious] Don't apologize. More importantly—we need to find an exit."
Mio stood up, her wolf ears standing straight.
"[serious] Yeah, I checked my side too… but every wall is covered in mirror shards. There's nothing that looks like a passage anywhere."
Fubuki returned, his long silver-white hair swaying. His sharp blue eyes narrowed. His fox ears twitched, on alert.
"[crying] No luck on my end either! It's all just mirrors going around in circles!"
Miko, with her cherry-blossom-pink hair, came running over with teary eyes. Her large, dark pupils were glistening.
Miko plopped herself down right in front of Lamy.
"[crying] Ugh, that damn brat god! Trapping us in here and not letting us out at all!"
"[cold] 'Damn brat'… that's quite the way to be spoken of."
—That voice came suddenly.
In the center of the Hazama Chamber. Countless mirror shards were drawn all at once in the same direction. The scattered particles of light gathered at a single point, beginning to form a human shape.
Waist-length, straight silver hair. Right eye gold, left eye silver—with star-shaped pupils. His hair floated softly in the air, as if ignoring gravity.
A form they had only ever seen until now as a phantom reflected in mirrors or water.
Zenrak stood before them, in the flesh.
"[surprised] Wha—…!"
Mio instantly stepped in front of Lamy.
"[serious] You… Zenrak!"
Fubuki also stepped forward, shielding Lamy.
"[surprised] Eh, eh, wait!? Why are you suddenly showing up!?"
Miko hurriedly moved in front of Lamy, and the three of them formed a formation to protect her.
"[laughing] Well, it was just so entertaining to watch, I couldn't help myself."
Zenrak wore an innocent, childlike smile. The corners of his mouth lifted mischievously.
"[serious] …Entertaining?"
Lamy slowly stood up. Her knees were still trembling a little.
"[serious] I've been watching all of your interactions through the Ooutsushi. Especially you, Lamy—you were the best."
Zenrak stared intently at Lamy with his star-shaped pupils.
"[serious] Now then. Shall we put an end to this little game soon?"
"[angry] Put an end to it!? Don't screw with us! Trapping us in a place like this—"
Mio barked. Her wolf ears bristled.
"[cold] I didn't trap you. You entered of your own accord, didn't you? The Corridor of Utsushiyo."
"[angry] That's…!"
"[gentle] Now, now. Anyway, to the main point."
Zenrak looked over everyone with his mismatched eyes.
"[serious] Right here, right now—Lamy, choose your destined one."
At those words, the air in the space froze solid.
"[serious] …Choose?"
Fubuki's voice dropped low.
"[serious] Yes. The exit to this space will never open unless Lamy chooses one person. The time limit is the new moon, which is almost here. If time runs out, your transformations become 'permanent.'"
Zenrak said it with a nonchalant look.
"[serious] Simple, isn't it? You just have to pick one single person out of the three."
"[serious] …"
Lamy's fingertips grew cold.
"[serious] I am Lamy's destined one."
Mio stepped forward. Her large golden-brown eyes looked straight at Lamy, and only Lamy.
"[serious] Even before my form changed, I've always—loved Lamy. Not as a leader, not as just a comrade. I wanted to be by your side."
Mio's voice didn't waver.
"[serious] My feelings are real."
"[cold] …It's the same for me."
Fubuki lined up beside Mio. His silver-white hair swayed softly.
"[serious] I want to protect you. And not just that. I want to laugh beside you. …I can't just concede to Mio."
Fubuki's sharp blue eyes glared at Mio. His fox ears stood straight with tension.
"[angry] Huh!? Why's it gotta be like that! I was first to—"
Mio snapped at Fubuki. Her wolf ears trembled with anger.
"[cold] First or last doesn't matter."
"[angry] It does matter! Actually, you—you were alone with her at Odaiba yesterday, weren't you!"
"[cold] That was unavoidable."
"[angry] What do you mean, unavoidable! I've been alone with Lamy too—"
"[excited] Hold it right theeeere!!!"
—At that moment.
Her cherry-blossom hair swaying, Miko threw herself bodily between Fubuki and Mio.
"[excited] Me too! I'm throwing my hat in the ring too!!"
Miko spread both arms wide.
"[excited] Lamy-senpai! I love Lamy-senpai too! I can be your destined one, right!!"
"[angry] Miko, be quiet."
"[angry] Miko, shut up!!"
Fubuki and Mio's voices overlapped perfectly.
"[crying] Eeeeeeh!!? Why are you two so in sync like that—!!?"
Miko comically fell over.
"[laughing] …Fufu. Ahahahaha!"
Only Zenrak was laughing, holding a hand to his mouth in amusement.
"[laughing] You really are entertaining. Even though this should be a situation where no one can laugh."
"[angry] This isn't a laughing matter—!!"
Miko shouted with teary eyes.
—But.
To Lamy's ears, the three's argument already sounded distant.
A different scene spread through her mind.
White walls. A blackboard. The late afternoon sun streaming through the window after school.
(A high school classroom.)
Lamy had been at the center of the group. She thought they were her close friends. They laughed together, always went to a café together after school—she had trusted them.
One morning.
When she opened her phone, only her own name had disappeared from the group LINE chat.
(…Huh?)
At first, she thought it was a mistake. But when she went to the classroom, everyone was avoiding her. Even when their eyes met, they immediately looked away.
She was never told the reason.
She couldn't talk to anyone about it.
—Even though she was the leader.
—Even though she had trusted them.
Lamy's knees began to tremble violently.
(If I choose someone, I'll be alone again.)
(If the eyes of the two who are left turn into the eyes of those friends from back then…)
(I'm scared. I'm scared. I never want to feel that way again.)
Her heart pounded like a warning bell. Her fingertips were cold. Her breathing grew shallow.
—But.
At the same time, other memories overflowed.
(Mio, who sat waiting in front of my door that time.)
'…You idiot. If you were coming, you should've said so.'
She opened the door, half-crying, half-laughing.
(Fubuki, whose voice cracked while we ate ice cream at the shore.)
'D-don't call me cute…!'
His ears turned bright red, his fox ears drooping dejectedly.
(Miko, spinning an upside-down map in circles, getting lost.)
'Umm… which way is it!? I have no idea!!'
Desperately, but still, she absolutely refused to leave Lamy's side.
—All of it was genuine warmth.
Lamy raised her face.
Her vision was blurred with tears.
"[crying] …I…"
The three of them looked at Lamy at the same time.
"[crying] I… can't choose anyone."
Her voice trembled.
"[crying] Because I love all of you so much, I can't choose. Choosing one person, having the others leave, and being alone again… that's what I'm most afraid of."
The tears wouldn't stop.
"[crying] I've been… I've been afraid of that for so long. I convinced myself that by being the leader, I could keep the same distance from everyone. Back in high school, I was betrayed by my close friends—and I never wanted to feel that way again."
Lamy kept standing, even as she realized her knees were shaking.
"[crying] But… but, that was wrong. Mio, Fubuki, Miko—all three of you seriously faced me. Even when I tried to run away, you chased after me. That made me happy… but it also scared me."
Lamy didn't wipe her tears.
"[crying] I can't choose anyone. Even so, I love all of you!!"
Lamy shouted.
At that moment—
"[whispers] …Hmm."
Zenrak murmured quietly, with a serious expression he had never shown before.
His star-shaped pupils narrowed.
"[serious] So that is your true heart. Yukihana Lamy."
"[crying] …Yes."
Lamy nodded.
At that moment—
The 'main body' of the Sakasama Mirror, floating in the center of the Hazama Chamber, began to emit a dazzling light.
"[surprised] Wha—…!?"
"[surprised] The mirror is…!"
"[scared] I-it's glowing—!!?"
Crack.
A fissure ran across the mirror's surface.
Crack, crack, crack—
The cracks spread like a spiderweb.
Shatter!!
The next moment, the Sakasama Mirror burst apart with a sound.
A blinding, white light.
The mirror shards transformed into particles of light, scattering in all directions.
"[serious] …You've shown me something interesting. I lose."
Zenrak smiled. It wasn't a mischievous grin, but a satisfied smile, the first he had shown.
"[serious] You… lose?"
"[serious] Yes. The rules of the game I set up—'Share a true kiss with your destined one' and all that—were all lies. The real release condition…"
Zenrak turned his mismatched eyes straight toward Lamy.
"[serious] …was to 'honestly speak the truth you fear most, in front of the people precious to you.' That was all."
"[surprised] …!"
The ground beneath Lamy's feet swayed.
"[scared] Whoa!?"
"[scared] The space is collapsing…!!"
The entire Hazama Chamber began to crumble. The countless floating mirror shards fell all at once, and cracks ran across the floor.
"[excited] The exit is over there! A path of light is forming!"
Mio pointed far above. A small hole of light had opened in the ceiling.
"[serious] You all, hurry up and go. This space will disappear soon."
"[serious] What about you, Zenrak…!?"
"[laughing] I'll be fine. I'll find somewhere else to pass the time. Looking for interesting humans like you."
Zenrak's form grew faint.
"[laughing] Goodbye, Lamy, Mio, Fubuki, Miko. I had a lot of fun."
Leaving those words behind, Zenrak's physical form vanished without a sound.
"[excited] It's collapsing, collapsing, collapsing—!! Hurry—!!"
Miko screamed in a voice close to a shriek, and Fubuki grabbed Lamy's right arm.
"[serious] We're running, Lamy!"
"[angry] Hey, Fubuki! Why are you the one grabbing Lamy! Let go—!!"
Mio grasped Lamy's left hand.
"[serious] You're the one who won't let go!"
"[angry] Shut up! I confessed first!"
"[excited] This is no time for you two to be arguing—!! I'm gonna get left behind!!"
Miko desperately clung to the hem of Mio's clothes.
As if being pulled by the three of them, Lamy dashed up the path of light.
Her right arm with Fubuki. Her left hand with Mio. And Miko, gripping Mio's clothes, followed as if being dragged along.
Despite the tension, it was a somewhat comical formation.
"[crying] …Fufu."
As she ran, her face still wet with tears, Lamy let out a small laugh.
(What is this.)
(Even in a situation like this, I'm not scared at all.)
(Because everyone is here.)
The exit of light drew near.
Without anyone saying a word, Lamy and the others leaped into that light—together.
Thud!!
"[surprised] Ow—!?"
The feeling of a hard floor against her back.
Lamy opened her eyes.
A familiar fluorescent light on the ceiling. White walls. A large monitor. A sofa. A mini kitchen.
"[surprised] This is… the Cover building lounge…?"
Lamy lay sprawled on the floor, looking up at the ceiling while catching her breath.
"[crying] We're baaack!!! The real world—!!!"
Miko, still lying on the floor, shouted while flailing her arms and legs.
"[serious] …We made it back."
Fubuki was looking up at the ceiling beside her. His hand still hadn't let go of Lamy's right arm.
"[gentle] Lamy, are you hurt?"
Still holding Lamy's left hand, Mio peered into her face with worry.
And then, she realized.
"[surprised] Ah…"
Mio's face flushed bright red. She had only just now noticed that she was s
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