Chapter 313: Chapter 328: Settlement

He growled. Do you want to reconcile or not?! If we do, then you will be able to breathe fire without burning yourself, your senses will sharpen even further, and your ability to use magic will be unparalleled by any human in the realm. Your skin will become tougher than beast leather, but smooth and soft to the touch.”

‘A small sample size when magic in the realm is illegal… But better magic is cool…’

He growled again. “Or I can start making you grow scales on your insides and prepare your body to lay eggs the size of your head.”

I squeaked, tucking my heels back. “Or I can just lock you up with dark magic forever!”

He sighed. “Apologies… That may not have been a very humorous joke.”

“Mm… A-apology… accepted…” ‘Was it really a joke?’ “So I get better at magic and more dragony? What else happens?”

“I would be assimilating into you, one of your two preferred outcomes. Dragons can’t use dark magic, so you would be unable to wield it until we separated again. Aside from that, your body would change. Essentially, this would be you taking on a draconic form, much like how I could once become human.”

I hugged my knees tighter. ‘My body would change huh…’

“I AM NOT A PERVERT!”

‘Except you just screamed that without reason…’

He cleared his throat. “Your body would have to change regardless simply because even 2% of my soul is massive in comparison to that of a human soul. So you would have to grow regardless of whether or not I shape your new body to my liking.”

‘Likely excuse…’ “Do you have to say it in such a creepy way…”

He growled again. “Yes or no…”

“I won’t get like… Any weird feelings will I? Or start being into girls… Those would both be pretty big problems right now since I’m living with three of them.”

“No. For all intents and purposes, My thoughts and desires will all be overwritten and guided by your own, and in exchange, my powers will override and guide the small amount of dragon powers your body currently possesses… Probably… It’s not like I’ve ever done this before either…”

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“Ok… And how do we separate? I still need to hunt a big bad demon you know… And I probably need my dark magic for that.”

He sighed. “In order to separate our souls again just try and use dark magic until we split apart. Although… You are already familiar with the pain caused by those forces colliding internally… I can’t really say anything for sure, other than it will work.”

‘If I’m lucky maybe it will get rid of you…’ “Ok… So what if I say no?”

“Then I keep raging in here and trying to take over your body so I can have some fun on my own terms. The stronger I get the more often you’ll lose control of me, no matter how tightly you lock me up. Especially if you keep fighting demons.”

‘I freaking hate my life…’ I sighed. “Ok… We will join up for now… And… I’ll at least try to not apologize so much…”

He stood up and smiled in a way that made me feel like I had just made a deal with a devil, giving me chills. Then he suddenly took on the form of a human boy, just slightly taller than me with short white hair and… No clothes…

“Wh-what are you doing?”

He stepped closer, making me even more nervous as I started contemplating how exactly we were going to “Asemalate” Then he plunged his hand into his chest and ripped out his heart, handing it to me and sending me into a frozen state of shock ‘That’s… Not at all what I was expecting…’

“You have no right to call me a pervert…”

‘Just shut up!’

He lifted a hand to his ear and snarled. “Your thoughts are like crying banshees… Ugh. Just eat this and let me have peace…”

“Eat it?” I gagged, feeling my stomach start to contract as though I was already trying to vomit it back up. He may have been in human form, but the heart he ripped out was dragon-sized, making it even more unthinkable.

“Now who’s being rude…” He sighed, snapping his fingers and turning the massive heart into a shiny gold pill that looked like a gumball.

“Oh, ok I.. I think I can handle this…”

He rolled his eyes as I choked it down and I instantly felt the unbearable heat around me suddenly feel cool, as though my body was trying to force a fever. The lava from the wall came gushing out and flooding the chamber as his soul vanished into the wind. My head pounded and the ground quaked underneath me before everything suddenly clicked into place. I opened my eyes again. “Ugh…” I groaned, my whole body starting to ache as it slowly shifted and grew against the heavy chain wrapping around me. “It’s me, I’m back, take these off quickly…” I groaned again, growling at how uncomfortable it was.

Mo undid the lock and I began to toss and turn, the chains loosening around me as I moved. It didn't hurt so much as it just gave me the jitters, my bones lengthened and thickened, and my muscle tissue increased as well, all the while my manna levels rapidly began to drain until I felt like I was losing consciousness. ‘This isn’t good…’ “Rune… Give me your hand…” I mumbled.

She did as I asked.

I felt guilty about using her as a battery, but she had so much it wouldn’t affect her, on the other hand, it would stop me from being bedridden for a few days and potentially getting sick again… So I didn’t feel that bad, mostly just a little guilty she didn’t know what I was doing.

With her help, I eventually finished transforming, laying on the ground in a cold sweat, my body still trembling, as if my nerves were trying to get used to their new connections, test-firing everything over and over to make sure they worked. “Ok… Well… I did it… I don’t think the dragon will be causing any more problems…” I lay limp on the ground, every breath coming out like a cloud of steam as my body struggled to figure out if it was trying to heat up or cool down, an intense dry heat coming from my lungs.

“Well… That’s good…”

‘What kind of victory cry was that…’ I groaned again, rolling over onto my side. “Thanks for the help Rune… Are you ok?”

She nodded. “I’m kinda tingly, but I’m fine.”

‘Makes sense. She has a ton of manna, but doesn’t actually know how to use it.’ I sighed, closing my eyes as I finally started to feel some semblance of normal… Or… At least something relatively close.

“Isy… You should get her some new clothes…”

‘Yeah… that makes sense… Now that I’m getting some feeling back it’s starting to feel a bit tight… Even though these were way too big for me. Hey, you know I bet I’m taller than Lu now.’