"Hehe."
"Hahaha."
"I've finally turned back into a human."
"Four hundred years. A whole four hundred years."
"I've waited for this day for far too long."
The woman, completely naked with skin as white as snow, waist-length scarlet hair, and bright features, ignored Id beneath her and admired her human form to her heart's content.
Looking at her human body, she smiled intoxicatingly while two lines of clear tears flowed down her cheeks.
It seemed that to her, the power of a dragon was nothing more than a long and painful curse.
"Please allow me to correct your mistake slightly and pour a bucket of cold water on your excited mood."
At this moment, the young man with short jet-black hair shook his head with a smile after hearing the woman's words.
Currently, the young man still had his eyes closed. He seemed to realize that this was inconvenient, so with a wave of his hand, he draped a set of clothes over the woman transformed from the scarlet dragon.
Only then did the young man open his eyes, look at the woman, and say, "Regrettably, you haven't become a true human. Your essence is still that of a dragon; this hasn't changed at all! I merely restored your appearance to your human form, that's all."
"I haven't turned into a human?"
After hearing the young man's words, the woman's body trembled slightly. A shadow flashed in the depths of her eyes. After carefully examining her own body using magic, she discovered that, as the young man said, her current human form was nothing more than an illusion.
Therefore, the woman bit her lip and asked the young man, "How exactly can I become human again?"
"Apologies."
"Forgive me, but I cannot help."
"Even I cannot turn a human like you, who became a dragon due to the side effects of Dragon Slayer Magic, back into an ordinary person."
The black-haired young man shook his head helplessly. In this world, every power requires a corresponding price to obtain, and Dragon Slayer Magic is no exception.
'Dragons' are long-lived species favored by the world from birth. Their lifespan, strength, and magic affinity are superior to humans in all aspects.
If humans want to obtain power comparable to or even surpassing dragons, there is only one way: to become dragons themselves.
This is the not-so-side-effect side effect of Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Is there no way?!"
"No, that's absolutely impossible!"
"There is still a way."
After hearing the black-haired young man's words, a layer of gloom covered the woman's eyes. While murmuring in a low voice, she gently stroked her lower abdomen with her fair palm and whispered, "The final method."
"So that's it."
"This is indeed the final method."
"However, once you use this final method, you will completely degenerate into a beast."
"Even so, are you sure you want to do this?"
The black-haired young man glanced at the woman's abdomen and instantly understood something. He looked up at the woman and questioned her.
"I..."
The woman didn't answer the young man. She just stroked her abdomen gently, but her body trembled continuously and increasingly violently.
It seemed that deep in the woman's heart, two wills were engaging in a fierce confrontation.
"How should I put it?"
"What if I say I can turn you into a human?"
Just as the woman gritted her teeth and her will became increasingly firm, seemingly making a difficult decision.
Id, who had been pinned under the woman and ignored by both her and the young man, finally spoke.
Yes, Id had figured out what exactly was happening.
First, the woman was originally human but accidentally turned into a dragon due to some special reasons.
The woman had lived for more than four hundred years and always wanted to turn back from a dragon into a human, but there was no way.
Although that mysterious black-haired young man helped the woman restore her human appearance, he still couldn't change the woman's essence as a dragon.
Roughly speaking, that was the gist of it.
"You?"
After hearing Id's words, the woman remembered that she was still sitting on Id. She calmly stood up and forcefully pulled up Id, whom she had pinned to the ground, asking, "You say you can make me human again?"
"Uh."
"If we can get a Devil Fruit, there's a high probability it won't be a problem."
Id answered.
"Devil Fruit?"
After hearing Id's words, both the woman and the black-haired young man were stunned. They subconsciously looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
Obviously, neither of them had heard of this thing called 'Devil Fruit'.
"Anyway, let's introduce ourselves first. My name is Id."
Id looked at the silent woman and young man. Feeling the pressure multiply, he pretended to be relaxed and introduced himself to the two people in front of him.
"Irene."
"Irene Belserion."
After a moment of silence, the woman also gave her name.
"Hehe."
"You can just call me Zeref."
Hearing this, the black-haired young man's mouth hooked up slightly. Looking at Id with a hint of cunning in his eyes, he gave his name directly.
"Irene and Zeref?"
"Okay, I know."
However, after hearing the names of the black-haired young man and the red-haired woman, Id merely nodded without showing much expression.
"Oh?"
This scene made the black-haired young man, Zeref, feel slightly strange.
After all, Zeref believed his name should carry some weight on this continent.
"Id, tell us about the Devil Fruit."
Irene looked at Id somewhat urgently and asked.
"The so-called Devil Fruit is a special fruit that grants various bizarre superpowers once eaten!"
"As far as I know, among the countless Devil Fruits, there is a special type called the 'Human-Human Fruit'. If an animal eats it, it can transform into a human."
Id stated the intelligence he knew about Devil Fruits.
"It's actually true?"
While Id was stating the intelligence about Devil Fruits to her, Irene's eyes flickered with a certain brilliant purple light. This was because she had attached the concept of 'Detect Lies' to her eyes.
Precisely because of this, Irene knew Id wasn't lying to her.
"Where exactly is that Devil Fruit?"
After confirming that the 'Devil Fruit' was a real thing, Irene's heart pounded violently. She wished she could go find this legendary fruit and eat it right now.
"Uh."
"How should I put it?"
"This so-called 'Devil Fruit' is not in this world."
Id said somewhat awkwardly.
"..."
Originally excited by Id's words, Irene slowly calmed down after discovering that this sentence from Id was also the truth. She looked at Id and questioned, "Are you playing with me?!"