With My Ability To Swap, I Will Never End Up In A Love Triangle Mess - Chapter 56

“Oi! So it’s my dear daughter!”

The uncle finally noticed Konata hiding in the back and greeted her with a grin.

Judging by his words, this cosplayer was his daughter?

A dad who’s deep into anime and photography, and a daughter who’s a cute and pretty cosplayer—how lucky! A parent-child relationship like this probably wouldn’t have that awkward generation gap… right?

“Ugh, get away from me, you creep!”

The Konata cosplayer waved her hand dismissively, her face full of disgust.

“C’mon, what did I do wrong?!”

The uncle panicked. Being rejected by his own daughter—and in front of so many cute girls like Xia Xi and the others—shattered his pride into pieces.

“Tch, like you don’t know what you did!”

Konata was fuming, practically on the verge of pointing at his nose and scolding him.

“Ahem… Well, that wasn’t really my fault…”

“Hmph~”

The uncle scratched the back of his head guiltily and didn’t dare say another word.

Xia Xi was curious—what in the world had this guy done to make his daughter so mad? But she didn’t feel right asking. After all, it was their family matter.

This was the perfect time for their resident mouthpiece to step in!

Xia Yue walked up, patted the uncle’s shoulder like a considerate little angel, and comforted him—before abruptly dropping the question.

“So, uncle, what’d you do? Mind if we get some tea?”

The uncle had been touched by Xia Yue’s kindness, only to realize she was just fishing for gossip.

He glanced nervously at Konata before sighing.

“I just… took all the figures, badges, and manga collections from her room and…”

“Threw them out?! Uncle, where’d you dump them? Can I go dig them up?!”

Xia Yue’s eyes lit up like a starving wolf spotting prey.

“Haha, no no, I just moved them all into my room.”

The uncle placed a hand on Xia Yue’s head and ruffled her hair.

“A girl’s room full of anime girl figures? That’s just not right! As her father, it’s my duty to take care of these things for her!”

So you just… stole your daughter’s figures for yourself? Ugh, you’re just a greedy otaku who wanted her merch!

Xia Xi saw right through him.

This middle-aged weeb had taken a liking to his daughter’s figures and secretly pulled a “Great Relocation” on them.

No wonder the Konata cosplayer was so mad.

Xia Xi imagined what would happen if she took her little sister’s Nendoroids for herself. Would Xia Yue use any excuse to camp out in her room? Maybe even sneak into her bed every night?

Xia Yue was absolutely the type to do that! Before long, Xia Xi’s room would become her room…

“Uncle, that’s not cool. If you want figures, just buy your own. Why steal your daughter’s?”

Xia Yue escaped the uncle’s head-patting assault and wagged her finger in a lecturing tone.

“So I’ve learned my lesson—I already preordered the newest Konata figure for my precious daughter~”

He grinned at the Konata cosplayer, his eyes full of fatherly affection.

“Hmph. Fine, I’ll forgive you this time—only* because of the figure!”*

Hearing about the new figure, the Konata cosplayer’s lips twitched into a smile before she quickly forced a stern expression and turned her head away—classic tsundere behavior.

“Now that that’s settled… photos?”

Leng Xiyu chimed in at the perfect moment.

And so, a group photo was born…

…..

“Who knew playing Truth or Dare would lead to running into my dad? Ugh.”

The Konata cosplayer sighed, watching her dad’s retreating figure.

“Gotta hand it to Xia Yue—out of all the people in the crowd, she somehow picked the one guy with a connection to you.”

The Kagami cosplayer joined in on the teasing.

Xia Yue scratched her cheek sheepishly. She hadn’t expected to randomly pick someone who turned out to be a friend’s dad.

Wait, if you’re embarrassed, why are you pinching my cheeks?!

How dare you pinch your big brother’s face! If it weren’t for the fact that she was stuck in Bai Xiao Cha’s loli body, she’d make Xia Yue regret it!

“Alright, alright, let’s keep playing?”

“Rock~ Paper~ Scissors!”

Xia Xi: “?”

“I quit!”

She turned to flee.

It was crystal clear now—these guys were definitely in cahoots, ganging up on her!

How could they all throw the exact same hand three times in a row, with her as the only loser every time?!

“Sigh… Mr. Ghost… sigh!”

Why are you sighing?!

If I lose, you have to suffer the punishment too!

Damn loli, trying to pressure me like this.

“Don’t worry, Xiao Cha~”

Xia Yue moved lightning-fast, grabbing the back of Xia Xi’s collar like it was fate.

“A bet’s a bet~”

Fine, you wanna play? Then let’s play. I will beat you at least once!

Bai Xiao Cha’s gaming skills were supposedly level 8, right? Rock-paper-scissors counts as a game, doesn’t it? Maybe she should let her take over next time?

“I pick Truth!”

“Aww, too bad~”

Too bad your face! You just wanna see me humiliated, huh? You damn brat, you’re unbearably smug!

“When was the last time you took care of your physical needs?”

???

Is this even an appropriate Truth question?!

How did this card pass any kind of review?!

Whatever. The question didn’t specify which physical needs, so she could just play dumb and cute her way out of it.

“Xiao Cha, I know what you’re thinking~ No trying to weasel out of this!”

Damn you, Xia Yue!

This time, Xia Xi and Bai Xiao Cha were perfectly in sync mentally.

“Huh? You mean… my period? Last time was…”

How would Xia Xi know Bai Xiao Cha’s menstrual cycle? She dragged out her words, hoping for a hint from the real Bai Xiao Cha.

“Stop! Xiao Cha, you know that’s not what we’re asking about~”

Oh, now you’re bullying your loli roommate? May you suffer the most embarrassing karma one day!

This is what happens to smug little gremlins—hah!

“Okay, okay…”

Bai Xiao Cha looked like such an innocent, pure-hearted loli—she probably didn’t even know about that kind of stuff. So…

“I’ve… never tried it before.”

Xia Xi pressed a finger to her lips, putting on her best clueless, angelic expression.

“Huh?! Xiao Cha’s never done it?!”

The others were slightly shocked.

From what they’d heard from Xia Yue, all three roommates were college-bound and already adults. For a grown woman to still be that pure was rare!

But Xia Yue, who saw right through the act, just gave Xia Xi a knowing look and let out a weird “Hehe”—though she didn’t say anything else.

As roommates who spent every day together, Xia Yue knew exactly what this silly loli got up to in private~

“So… you’ve actually tried it yourself?”

Xia Xi whispered internally.

Bai Xiao Cha in her mind: “Um… j-just once…! Out of curiosity! Only curiosity! Mr. Ghost, stop asking!!”

Xia Xi: “…”