Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

Back at the guesthouse, the Mouse Girls were preparing ingredients, and Malin showed off a couple of tricks, teaching them how to make a few homestyle dishes.

Then, after eating, he began pondering over his new "skin suit" – ahem, his new appearance.

Firstly, it would be best if he could control his height to be between 1.5 and 1.8 meters, as being too tall would mean having to duck to get through doorways, and being too short would require standing on a chair to reach the table, which would be inconvenient for just about anything.

"Height, eh? 1.5 meters then, just like me," Clovis pointed at herself.

Malin thought it over and decided on 1.5 meters—after all, the Bunny Girl included her ears when calculating her height, and Malin was around this height before activating his bloodline, so he set it at that for starters, allowing room for adjustments later.

Then there was the matter of hair; on this topic, Malin was firmly in the "better to have it than not" camp. After all, he had already been a middle-aged man with some hair loss in his previous life for quite some time; the young don’t understand the troubles of middle age.

So, Malin gave himself a head of naturally curly hair with a cowlick and then looked at Clovis.

"Hmm, you look like Mr. Emet-Selch’s older brother," she said.

Ah... with that in mind, considering Emet-Selch, and to avoid triggering traumatic flashbacks from time to time, Malin swapped to softer long hair with a shawl-like appearance.

"This is good, but from the back, you look like a girl."