Reborn in another world as a Hermaphrodite

Hearing Mary's curiosity, Sophia looked at the book cover, only to be confused by the words.

"What is this book?"

Sophia wondered as she couldn't understand a single word on it, making her even more curious.

"I told you. Come on, let us just open it——"

Before Mary could reach over, the bathroom door was opened, revealing Alex with a towel and a water basin full of water.

"What are you guys making all that noise for?" Alex curiously asked as he walked over to the bedside.

"Nothing!"

Sophia quickly moved the book behind her, with Mary standing on the side to help cover the item.

"Whatever... You guys can go back to your room if you really want. I can take care of mom myself."

The two gladly left the room, leaving the responsibility to Alex as he began wetting the towel.

Squeezing it dry, he moved the towel back to Katherine's face and began gently wiping her face.

The movement seemed to wake Katherine up as she opened her eyes again.

"Alex..."

"Hm?"

Katherine's voice made Alex stop just as he was about to finish wiping her forehead.

"I love you."

"I love you too, mom."

As Alex resumed back to wiping the rest of her face, Katherine kept moving her body left and right.

Still, he was patient and didn't try to stop it, letting her move as he remained focused on wiping all of the sweat and food scraps.

After cleaning her face fully, Alex threw the towel back into the wash basin before heading back to the bathroom.

"Alex, don't leave me..."

"I won't, Mom... I'm right here with you."

Alex put the wash basin back down and sat down next to the bedside, holding Katherine's hands firmly.

"Mom... Is there something in your mind making you unhappy again?" Alex whispered as he patiently waited for her to respond.

After a short moment, seeing Katherine wanting to get back up, Alex quickly helped her remain up against the bed frame.

"I... I still can't get over it."

Alex didn't say anything, choosing to listen to her silently as she leaned her head onto his shoulder.

"I-I'm a coward... All I ever do is run away from problems instead of facing them."

"You're the bravest person I know of."

The praise made Katherine smile for a second, but it quickly disappeared as a frown appeared.

"Alex, why do you think I'm brave?"

"Because of all the decisions and sacrifices you had taken to raise us... I don't think I can last a week as a mother."

Hearing the praise made her smile again, getting back up as she looked over to Alex's face.

"Alex, what if I told you I lied to you all?" Katherine suddenly asked, placing her hand on his shoulder.

"I would be a little disappointed... But I believe Mom will never hurt us. She must have her reasons to lie."

As Alex responds with a serious, a black void suddenly appears on the side before Katherine puts her hand inside.

With her hands out, a bottle of mysterious liquid had reappeared in her hands again.

"You know Alex, I hate my life... I really do."

Popping the bottle, Katherine straight up started chugging down the whole bottle before she put it back down.

"Mom..."

Alex looked a little lost, completely caught off guard by how serious she looked when she said it.

"I feel like I'm just a failure. A disappointment that only caused trouble for our family...

Hell, the man I loved didn't even turn out to be real. How pathetic am I, Alex?"

Seeing Katherine beginning to insult herself as she continued to drink more and more out of the bottle, Alex had to do something.

"Mom, you're not a failure. Stop calling yourself that. You're the greatest woman I have ever known.

And there's nothing wrong with loving Dad... I know several people who fell in love with things that are not human."

After stating it out loud, Alex's mind instantly thought of the people who fell in love with 2D waifus back on Earth.

He could still remember he used to be a part of that crowd, even though he can't remember the exact people who introduced it to him.

"Really?"

"Yes, really. Who said love has to be human to human? Hell, then how would a story between elves and humans come into existence then?"

Alex's point seemed to finally stem the idea out of Katherine's mind as she seemed much happier than before.

But seeing her getting ready to drink again, Alex quickly grabbed the bottle out of her hands before drinking the rest by himself.

"Shit, this stuff burns!"

As Alex stuck his tongue and rapidly fanned his mouth, Katherine suddenly burst into laughter.

"You silly. This stuff is way too strong for you... Here, have some water."

After drinking a cup of water, Alex could still feel the burning sensation inside his mouth.

What's worse was inside his head, which was starting to get a little dizzy as everything around him began to spin like crazy.

"Now I have to be the one taking care of you," Katherine murmured as she already started to sober up a little.

"S-Sorry Mom. I-I——"

As Alex tried to hold himself together, Katherine quickly took off his shoe before helping him rest on the bed.

"Just sleep for a bit. The dizziness will soon go away on its own..."

Unable to hold on to it any longer, Alex blacked out for the first time, just as he drank for the first time.

"You silly... Who told you to drink that?" Katherine complained as she pulled the blanket back up before laying down herself.

But despite her complaint, her heart was beating faster and faster.

It was almost as if something deep inside her heart that had died years ago was being awoken again.

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Meanwhile, in Sophia's room...

Both Sophia and Mary were sitting on the bed, with their shoes somewhere far in the corner.

Right in the middle was the book that they had taken from the backpack, with the same mysterious letter on the cover.

"This is all your fault. You're the one who took the book out."

Sophia immediately pointed as she felt a little guilty taking it out of the room.

"Bullshit. You could have just put it back if you really wanted to. Don't try to shift the blame on me."

"How am I supposed to put it back when Alex was standing right there? I don't want to be caught with that."

As the situation falls into a standoff, they both know one of them has to put the book back before they get caught.

"You put it away. You're the one who took it out of the backpack."

"No, you put it away. You're the one who took it out of the room."

After a short silence, Sophia admits defeat as she takes the responsibility for putting it away.

"Fine, I'll put it back tomorrow morning."

Just as Sophia was about to put the book onto her desk, Mary suddenly stopped her.

"Wait, why don't we check what's inside? We might as well, right? Aren't you curious?"

Mary's tempting words swayed Sophia a little, but her rational mind was still the majority.

"That's none of our business——"

"Come on, when did you become so scared like Alex? I'm going to go tell Mom what the guardian really told us——"

"Fine, fine. I'll open it."

Sophia backed down again as she opened the book to the first page, only to instantly slam it shut.

Both of their faces were blushing red as they couldn't believe what they just saw inside.

"Was that Mom and Alex inside?" Mary nervously asked, unable to believe what they were doing inside the book.

"I-I think so... W-Why would mom have this inside her backpack?"

As an awkward silence appeared in the room, Mary suddenly flipped the book over again.

"Mary, what are you doing——"

"It's just a book. It's not like it's going to hurt us. Aren't you curious what's after the first page?"

Sophia tried to resist the urge, but this time, her curiosity had finally triumphed over her rationality.

"Fine, but we are going to put it back together."

As they both flipped to the next page, they were more shocked by the position of the two people in the picture.

"I-Is this sex?" Mary curiously asked as the picture showed Alex putting his thingy inside Katherine.

"I-I think so... Mom said a man's thingy goes inside the woman's thingy to have sex."

Flipping to the third page, they were shocked again as it was more pictures of Alex and Katherine having sex.

"I don't think we should be reading this," Mary suddenly suggested, as her mind suddenly started becoming rational out of nowhere.

"Now you're telling me that? It's too late now. We're going to read the whole thing."

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Sophia rejected Mary's proposal as her curiosity had taken full control of her mind.