Chapter 153 Outgrown 2 (1/2)

”Look left. Good. Now look right... awesome!”

The shutter went off rapidly and Bob blinked at the strange device. He was highly curious about what Mii had conjured in Zero's mindscape.

Zero peered over the screen when Mii held the communicator and blinked. For some reason, he'd transformed. No, not really. He had grown.

The young doctor could hardly believe it. If Mii didn't take pictures as proof of his sudden growth spurt, Zero would have thought that she was pulling his leg. Curious about his new appearance, Zero swiped through the images and zoomed in to have a better look.

Although the brown hair and eyes remained, Zero found that his face was less round. Sadly, the chubby cheeks remained. He definitely grew taller and was around five foot tall. Still, it was nowhere near Truen's height although Zero had no doubts that he would catch up with the wood elf in a few years. The one thing that bothered Zero was how scrawny he looked despite the growth. The red tracksuit that he loved wearing grew to match his size but it didn't seem to suit him anymore. If anything, Zero felt embarrassed wearing something so eye-catching.

”Oh yes, I think I can change the colour of the tracksuit. What colour do you think would look less attention-grabbing?”

Mii and Bob thought long and hard. Zero had pale skin and light brown hair. Light colours were out of the question.

”How does blue sound?”

Zero tired it out and had Mii take another picture. After checking his picture, the brunet frowned. It was still too flashy. What did Baal and the villagers wear to make them look more normal?

Coux and Qin Yun's clothes were nothing but revealing in the chest area. Amaraline wore tribal clothes. Zenobia hardly wore anything, claiming that it restricted her movements. Wiser wore some long robe. Raj didn't wear a top. Vrald and Gerald wore light steel armour...

Zero shook his head. That was bad. He didn't realise how attention-seeking those outfits were until now. Maybe Baal and the other Demon Lords had relatively normal outfits?

Nope. Lilith was worse than Coux and Mammon screamed suspicious with his hood. Baal wore expensive silk pyjamas and Zero didn't want to appear like a slob.

”Why not wear something that you like? This is the Mindscape, nobody is going to judge you for what you wear or don't wear.”

”That... makes a lot of sense,” Zero admitted. He'd been too focussed about what other people thought about him that he almost forgot what it was like to be himself. It wasn't too surprising considering how he had four new sets of memories crammed into his mind.

For the next hour or so, Zero, Mii and Bob brainstormed about how he was going to re-identify himself now that he was no longer a child.

”I have so many memories that don't belong to me and different experiences. I don't know if this will change the way I behave or look at things once I'm back in my body. While some of them are really handy, I wish there was a way I could retain my original personality so that it wouldn't shock everyone too much.”

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Mii deadpanned. ”Are you seriously thinking about this now? You've already scared everyone off their thrones with your split personalities earlier. Nothing will surprise them now. You should just behave as yourself, lest you shock them further when you reveal your 'true' personality.”

Bob blinked. ”I don't think you've changed all that much, master. You're still as kind-hearted and considerate as before. If anything, you're behaving more like a rational adult, befitting of the doctor you wish to become.”

Zero smiled and patted the dragon on the head. Mii shrugged. Zero was still the same at the core. Solo and Zero were still the same person, with or without memories. She could already see the similarities. Now that Zero had more knowledge and some of his memories back, it was more obvious that they haven't really changed.

”I was thinking, I would like to wear some darker colours for practical purpose. Something like that faded light blue robe Hua Tuo once told me to wear. I think we would be travelling a fair bit on the road so it has to be something easy to move in like this tracksuit.”

”In that case, what about some long pants like this tracksuit but in black? We can use the same shoes you're wearing but change the colour to black. As for the top, some light-weight fabric with short sleeves in white will make you look really smart. I've seen Leon wearing such shirts with strings to pull the top close together. Last but not least, you should wear a long outing coat just in case the weather turns cold.”

Zero considered the idea and decided to look through the other outfits the Great Gods have gifted him. Among those, Zero found what he was looking for.

”Is that...?|

”Yes! Those are the dress pants in navy blue from the formal suit. The boots from the Magician set. The sky blue collar shirt that I ruined before and the lab coat that Raj and the rest gave me.”

Mii took a look at the odd combination and gave Bob a slightly worried look while Zero got changing.

It didn't take long for Zero to show off his new 'identity'.

”Does this make me look more mature?”

Mii wanted to laugh. Bobbinskrier didn't care for respect and guffawed loudly. While it looked great on Zero, the dragon couldn't help but feel as if Zero was trying too hard. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing for Zero to put in 1001% of effort into everything he did. In fact, it would be odd if Zero didn't overdo things.

”Is it the pants? Should I switch it for the jeans? Or is it the colour of the shirt? Is it too blue? Why are you laughing?”

Mii shook her head with a poorly hidden grin. ”No, it looks great on you. In fact, it looks just about perfect. You look very doctor-like.”

Zero didn't hear the mirth in her voice and agreed wholeheartedly. ”I wonder if I should wear the glasses like Wiser. Maybe that would make me look more reliable...”

”I highly doubt so, master...” Bob told Zero gently. Despite growing into a teen, Zero still had his moments of childlike thinking. This was one of those moments.

”What do we do now? I'm bored,” Zero flopped onto the bed. There was no way to get out of the mindscape yet.

Mii left the entertaining to Bob while she checked on the situation. The sooner they were out of that cramped space, the better.

***

Truen was slightly surprised to see Mii but offered her some cookie dough. The strawcherry fairy didn't question how the wood elf ended up in the kitchen helping to bake cookies. While munching on cookie dough, they conversed in low voices.

”So Zero's soul is in Nirvana and his body is in Hell? How did that happen? Does this mean that Zero can't return unless his body and soul are together again?”

”This is supposed to be a secret but I guess you should know. Hades removed them completely so there is currently no connection between the body and the soul. Gaia has been asking if Zero desires a new body because there are some compatibility issues ever since Hades separated them.”

”What do you mean?”

Truen sighed as he scooped the dough into smaller portions and rolled them into bite-sized portions on the tray. ”The body has rejected the soul twice now...”