Chapter 22: A period of abnormal transformation
Both claws covered his ears.
"Chirp, chirp~"
Ah, it's so noisy!
"Die!"
A carp sat up suddenly, and as soon as Sethe opened his eyes, he was stunned.
Fire, a five to six-meter-long tongue of flame was gushing out of his open mouth, flowing out through the open tree house door.
[Hmm~]
He quickly covered his open mouth with his claw, and the gushing flames immediately stopped.
Fire? How could he spew fire?
Awesome!
The bright and shiny vertical pupils slightly dilated, and he tried to open his mouth again.
This time, only a spark flickered in the air in front of him before disappearing.
[Cough, cough~]
He coughed several times in a row, but this time, not even a spark remained.
Sitting on the tree house floor, he stared blankly at the floor.
Why couldn't he do it all of a sudden?
It was working just fine a moment ago.
He couldn't figure it out. If only Cecilia were here, he could ask her. She would surely know.
His gaze followed the half-built wooden bridge at the creek in front of the house.
Pushing himself up with his claws against the ground, he decided to finish building the wooden bridge first.
After eating a piece of smoked meat for breakfast, Sethe began to be busy.
From early morning to dusk.
[Clang, clang~!]
His claws pounded the railing twice in a row, completely embedding it into the pre-prepared groove.
He tried to shake it, but the railing didn't move at all.
Satisfaction showed in his red vertical pupils.
Finally finished~!
A feeling of relaxation surged from his heart, the kind of relaxation after completing a task.
He lay down on the wooden bridge, forming a large character but with an extra tail in the middle.
Looking at the sky full of sunset clouds, he enjoyed this beautiful moment alone. His heavy eyelids slowly closed.
Unconsciously, he seemed to have gotten used to this peaceful life.
Although there was no computer or phone, and he had changed races, this peaceful and comfortable life was still quite good.
Maybe it's okay to continue like this.
The sunlight shining on his face suddenly disappeared.
Cloudy?
Sethe slowly opened his eyes and saw a familiar delicate face. Her face was with a gentle smile, and her deep blue eyes were always so gentle.
Cecilia!
A carp sat up directly.
"Is Sethe resting?"
The girl's gentle voice seemed to have a magical power that smoothed away the fatigue in his heart.
"Uh~"
Sethe opened his mouth in response. He still couldn't speak, only able to make some monotonous sounds.
"I see~"
Cecilia looked at Sethe in front of her. It had only been three days, but Sethe had changed a lot. He looked completely like a different lizard now.
The color of his scales had noticeably darkened, and white thick scales had grown on his chest. Her gaze lingered on the thick white scales for a second or two before moving to Sethe's red vertical pupils.
They used to be round eyes, but now they were red vertical pupils.
Such a big change.
"Did Sethe build this wooden bridge for me?"
She sat up from the ground, looking at the girl in front of her who was squatting, wearing a gray mage robe. Sethe nodded earnestly.
He built this wooden bridge for Cecilia.
"Thank you, Sethe."
Her fair and soft hand gently rested on his round head.
The warmth and comfort from the top of his head made him feel filled, warm, and satisfied.
Enjoying Cecilia's touch, Sethe suddenly remembered the main issue.
He raised his claw to hold the small hand that was caressing his head and slowly brought it down. Standing up from the ground and facing the creek, Sethe slowly opened his mouth.
Sparks splattered twice inside his open mouth and the next moment.
[Hoo~]
A five to six-meter tongue of flame spewed out.
Counting silently in his heart as he watched the flames.
One, two, three, four, five...
When he reached fifteen, the tongue of flame started to shrink, and finally extinguished.
The same duration as in the morning, fifteen seconds.
He sat down on the wooden bridge, feeling a familiar emptiness inside him as if something had been emptied.
Sethe turned his head to see Cecilia standing next to him, also looking at him with a surprised expression.
Opening his mouth, he raised his big claw and pointed to his open mouth.
"Uh, uh~"
"Is Sethe wondering why he can breathe fire?"
"Uh, uh~"
Sethe nodded.
"This is an elemental ability that magical beasts awaken after gaining magic power, it's quite normal."
"Sethe, have you eaten something delicious recently?"
Delicious food? The image of a big wild boar appeared in his mind in an instant.
His round head immediately nodded again.
Seeing Sethe nod, Cecilia's eyes showed understanding.
"Then it's normal. The food you ate must have contained a high amount of magic power, which allowed you to quickly develop your elemental magic."
"Sethe, try closing your eyes and then concentrate on imagining what's inside your body. This way, you should be able to see your magic."
"Uh~"
Sethe responded and prepared to try.
Closing his eyes and concentrating, he slowly added some freely floating red threads in his vision in the darkness.
The threads were about a meter long, emitting a faint red glow.
One, two, three, thirty-five.
Not more, not less, a total of fifteen.
Cecilia watched Sethe, who had closed his eyes, with a pensive look.
Just now, she didn't say everything. Elemental abilities are usually only awakened by magical beasts with golden bloodlines.
But Sethe only has a gift of the ring, which, if converted, is only a bronze rank, and it's barely meeting the basic line for a bronze rank, not outstanding.
Yet, Sethe, who is like this, has awakened an elemental ability that only golden-rank beasts can have.
Also, even though the newly hatched juvenile magical beasts transform quickly, it's not as fast as Sethe's. It's only been three days, and Sethe has transformed three times.
Honestly, she had never seen this before.
Also, a magical beast's transformation is rapid growth in size and hardening of scales, with basically no major changes in appearance. But in Sethe's case, this doesn't seem to be considered a transformation; it's a complete change of species.
When they first met, Sethe still looked like a normal big-headed lizard, but now...
After examining Sethe in front of her from top to bottom, she could say that he was completely different from before.
She wasn't sure if this obvious abnormal transformation was good or bad, or if there would be any consequences.
A worried look appeared in her gentle eyes.
It seems she'll have to go back and read some books after this.
Sethe slowly opened his eyes.
Looking at Cecilia in front of him, he grinned, revealing two rows of snow-white large pointed teeth.
"Uh, uh~"
"Do you see it?"
At this moment, Cecilia had returned to her normal expression.
Sethe nodded.
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