"Ugh... ha..."

Nina, the beastly girl, groans in a small voice.

Strengthen your body and circle your body over the sand.

She's not awake yet.

Not awake, but it was only a matter of time before I woke up.

What do you want me to do?

I'm not thinking about what I'm gonna do after all.

If I leave, maybe this girl will fall out of fear.

Me, should I hide? Shall I leave you to the jade rabbit?

Even if I do, I have to make a good understanding of the situation and decide where to take that girl... and if I think about it, there's no way I'll be hiding forever.

If you flaunt the desert because you are back in consciousness, it is visible that you will feed the monster.

I knew I had to do something.

Make every effort to appeal to the lack of hostility.

Let's do something as dumb as possible. If I make him think that there's no way a guy like this could attack a human being, it's my win. That's right.

What are we gonna do?

You want Jade Rabbit to dig a hole and just bury her head there and wait for Nina to wake up?

"Oh, hey..."

Nina utters words from her mouth again, lifts her arms, and avoids her forehead left or right with her back of her hand.

Oh, this is already the guy who's gonna wake up.

Something... Well, yes, I have the technique of humanization!

Thanks to evolution it is up to skill LV3. This can be expected to be of quality there.

Take a deep breath and calm your mind.

That's pretty rough, isn't it?

The body is forced to compress, which greatly reduces HP, attack and defense.

After that, was MP consumption 1 per second?

Uh, now my status is...

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[Illusia]

Race: Urticaria dragon

Status: Normal

Lv: 22/75

HP: 260/260

MP: 199/199

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...... 199 seconds, will you have it?

199 seconds, three minutes and nineteen seconds.

Or this, after all, isn't it tough?

No, you should be able to. Even if you make cup noodles, you'll have nineteen seconds to change.

You can appeal to me to be harmless in the last 199 seconds and ask me what happened to Nina.

I can do it, I can do it.

I saw Nina's eyes open.

I don't have time to worry, [the art of humanization].

A strong fever strikes my body. The contents of the body seem to melt and shrivel with heat.

This feeling is also the third time. I freaked out at first, but now I'm not so repellent either.

It's hot, and it doesn't change the pain.

My body grew smaller and smaller, and my entire length nearly five meters compressed to just over two meters.

I open my eyes and look at my arms. Covered in black scales, it's a tough arm. Sharp claws also survive.

I hope you seem strong... this is just a person-shaped demon.

Maybe I look bad.

I'm extra anxious not to see it myself.

If I ever get completely human, I guess that makes me feel ugly because I don't have any clothes right now.

No, I think maybe you're still more impressed that way than you look like a demon right now.

"Pehu!?

The jade raven rings out loud, his ears pinned vertically, and he quickly distances himself from me.

Aren't you so wary?

Stop it, that's the reaction. Because you have to win trust from Nina with this look, but you lose confidence.

I thought this was a more compelling facade than a dragon.

It's a big mouth for human shapes, and it's got fangs.

Yeah, not if you're butting in.

It's named after three minutes of being able to stay like this.

We have to win trust from Nina within the moment.

When I looked at Nina, she closed her eyes and lay on the sand.

Oh, why are your eyes closed?

Did you lose consciousness again after that?

He seemed pretty debilitated, and his body would still be tired. It's not impossible.

But that, I'm in trouble!

If people like this keep going back to normal, the MP will keep decreasing.

I was depleted at the heart. Then I won't talk.

It's bad for her, but I'll let you wake up.

I wake up with my hands around my shoulders, careful not to stand my nails up, slowly shaking my body.

Yeah, right now, why don't you speak up?

"gua, a", a ”a...... aa, i", yi...... v! V! W!

I can.

Not with humans themselves, but the vocal cords seem closer to humans than they did when they were dragons.

This should also establish a conversation.

But what am I supposed to say?

I'm not really stuck with what I'm talking about.

Do I have to feel 'I'm not a lousy dragon' like some RPG?

"O, o, gi, o, ogi, ve. Ve, ve, e, oki, ve, w, le"

It's just hard for you to wake up.

But I'm getting the hang of it.

"Ugh, nya..."

Psst, Nina opened her eyes.

Look at my face, dye my face blue.

"Oh, oh..."

He doesn't have much fear, he doesn't even have a voice.

Nina opens her round cat eyes and moves her mouth with a pucker.

... So this wasn't any different from the dragon, was it?

No, I can. There is still a reversal.

"Ha, go eat... Ni, Nina, it's not good!

I knew this was no different than a dragon.

Nina tries to escape from my arms while weak.

I let go of her gently and take a step away.

Uh, how many seconds do we have left?

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[Illusia]

Race: Urticaria dragon

Status: Humanized LV3

Lv: 22/75

HP: 130/260

MP: 97/199

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You're already halfway through it!

After, 97 seconds… one minute, thirty-seven seconds.

Let's give up asking about her situation already and focus on gaining trust anyway.

Oh, yeah. Wouldn't you have made a pretty different impression if you prepared food or something?

To see a lean, thin body, you're definitely hungry.

To see that treatment that was being kicked out of the carriage, it's also suspicious if you were getting precious moisture well in the desert.

You'll also be thirsty.

That cactus, you should have prepared it for easy eating. My idiot!

What are we gonna do? The only thing left here is the wreckage that was scattered around eating jade rabbits.

Sounds soft and delicious, like tamarind meat, but I just don't like cooking him.

It looks delicious though.

Oh, not if that's what you're thinking anymore!

Anyway, now, it's an appeal for no hostility.

Food can be procured even after the [technique of humanization] has been solved.