# Chapter 098: Going in the Water
Fortunately, the changing room wasn't the open-style compartments like a public bathhouse that he'd imagined, but rather small stalls like an ordinary public restroom.
Lin Nan didn't pay attention to that man's seemingly existential-crisis expression from before. He casually found a stall and went inside, then looked at the school swimsuit with a blank expression.
For this type of form-fitting swimsuit, should he wear underwear underneath? Otherwise wouldn't things show through?
And his lower body... with something so form-fitting, it would definitely be obvious. How did those crossdressers manage to wear school swimsuits without their lower bodies being noticeable?
He was too lazy to think deeper about it, afraid he'd chicken out at the crucial moment.
So he simply emptied his mind, not thinking about anything, then nimbly put on the school swimsuit. Without looking at how he appeared in the swimsuit, he directly used magic to transform into a female.
Transformation magic - become female for half an hour.
The familiar sensation once again came from every corner of his body. He could feel a warm airflow beginning to circulate within him - this was probably the magical power Lina had mentioned.
Finally, the transformation ended.
Lin Nan only felt his chest grow heavy, then looked down. He didn't see the expected protrusion - there seemed to be something like padding in the chest area, and the familiar B-cup size made him somewhat disappointed.
If only it were bigger... where the hell did that wild thought come from!
Right, if it suddenly got this big, wouldn't his mother notice?
Only then did Lin Nan panic and realize the problem.
He frantically wanted to change back, but thinking about the obvious bulge in his lower body after changing back made it even more unacceptable.
"Nan Nan! Are you ready yet?"
"Coming, coming!" His mother was already urging him. Lin Nan could only drape the bath towel over himself and steel himself to walk out of the changing room.
The lighting was a bit dim, so his mother hadn't noticed Lin Nan's abnormality yet. She just took the backpack from his hands and stuffed her own changed clothes inside.
"You look pretty good in this outfit." After putting her clothes in the backpack, his mother looked up and scanned Lin Nan from bottom to top, but suddenly her breathing caught. This is my son?
She somewhat doubted her own eyes. Although she'd seen that Lin Nan did indeed look like a girl before, it was only limited to looking like a girl rather than being particularly beautiful. But her son in front of her... perhaps she should say daughter?
Slender and well-proportioned calves, slightly plump but perfectly eye-catching thighs, waist and hips with amazing curves accentuated by the school swimsuit, then that flat abdomen and... breasts?
"Nan Nan, breasts?"
Lin Nan knew his mother would see his chest sooner or later. The corner of his mouth twitched, and without much thought he randomly found a reason to explain: "Living in the dorm, so I usually have to use a chest binder..."
"That's not good for development."
"I know, I'm already used to it." He lowered his head, so embarrassed his whole body was slightly flushed. Using his peripheral vision to survey the surroundings, he discovered several passersby had stopped when they saw the mother and son at the changing room entrance, looking in their direction.
This discovery made Lin Nan feel even more mortified. He felt the school swimsuit on his body was too tight and form-fitting, even giving him the illusion that he was now naked with only a bath towel draped over him. He felt those gazes were almost tangible as they fell on his waist, hips, and legs, with some focused on his chest. An uncontrollable sense of shame began rising.
Lin Nan shamefully hid behind his mother, trying to avoid the passersby's gazes.
This was way more embarrassing than going out in a short skirt!
But that familiar stimulating sensation...
"Let's go." His mother knew Lin Nan was thin-skinned. She glared at those passersby, then embraced Lin Nan, sharing half the bath towel to wrap him more tightly.
Lin Nan lowered his head, at a loss as he clutched a corner of his mother's towel to cover his chest.
He really still couldn't accept swimsuits...
Why could transformation magic only turn him into a girl and not into a boy?
Under his mother's protection, Lin Nan kept his head down all the way, not daring to look around, but he still felt numerous gazes gathering on him. His face flushed, he was completely passive.
Why didn't those girls who took photo shoots feel embarrassed? They even posted the photos online...
Forcing down his shame, Lin Nan finally made it to the beach with difficulty. There were fewer tourists, and those gazes finally stopped lingering on him.
They walked all the way to the shallow water area. The seawater only reached their calves, and the waves gently lapped and massaged their calves, allowing Lin Nan's tense nerves to relax somewhat, though he still looked gloomy and questioned life.
The tourists collecting crabs in the distance hadn't noticed the mother and son. Lin Nan simply sat down in the seawater, while his mother playfully tried to step on the waves with childlike innocence.
Lin Nan suddenly looked back and discovered Uncle Liu had somehow already positioned himself not far away, watching them.
It seemed that if the two encountered danger in the sea, Uncle Liu would unhesitatingly dive in to rescue them.
His mother's figure wasn't well-maintained - wearing the swimsuit clearly showed the "life preserver" around her waist. But his mother stepping on waves right now seemed unusually young, just like a slightly plump teenage girl.
Sitting in the cold seawater, Lin Nan was somewhat idle. If not for the magic, he never would have come here, put on this embarrassing school swimsuit. If possible, he'd rather hide at home and honestly be a shut-in.
Fortunately, his mother seemed to have a high acceptance of his current situation, or perhaps out of guilt, his mother was trying as much as possible to see him as a daughter. Otherwise she wouldn't have bought him a women's swimsuit.
It was also fortunate this was the internet age - his mother could search online and find news about intersex conditions, where most of the protagonists in the news had rather tragic fates.
Very abruptly, a splash of water suddenly poured over Lin Nan's head and face. Lin Nan looked up in confusion to see his mother standing not far away laughing.
Lin Nan found this scene strange - this was clearly his mother, yet she was trying to play around with him?
He felt this was intolerable, so he also unhesitatingly stood up and splashed water at his mother.
"Nan Nan, you're definitely asking for a beating!" His mother immediately chose to retaliate.
Lin Nan felt this was typical double standards. Too lazy to respond, he continued splashing unceremoniously.
Had he ever had this kind of playful interaction with his mother in his entire life?
He had once extremely envied those harmonious families with parent-child play, even envying classmates who got scolded after parent-teacher conferences.
Now for some unknown reason, as he was about to become a girl, he was actually experiencing something he'd once dreamed of.
Gradually, the shame in his heart quickly retreated, and he forgot his embarrassment, leaving only the joy of playing with his mother.
Tourists on another part of the beach in the distance heard the two's calling and playful sounds. Following the lights, they curiously looked over but could only vaguely see the silhouettes of two females playing in the water.