Chapter 32

"Can I make a contract with you?"

"…Contract?"

Yui tilted her head slightly with her usual faint reaction. Since she knew nothing about contracts, it was only natural for her to react this way.

"Let me explain—"

"It's fine."

"—Is it really fine?!"

I ended up interjecting with a flowing remark. I thought she might be reluctant, so I was about to explain, but her low energy didn't show any signs of reluctance.

"Are you sure? Without knowing anything?"

"It's fine…"

"It might be unpleasant, you know."

"I don't dislike you."

"Uh…"

I was caught off guard.

The reason Yui gave was a bit surprising, but it made me happy.

"Is that so?"

"And—"

Yui nodded slightly and then looked around at the other four.

Louise, Colette, Emma, Chris.

She scanned the four dragons in the dragon den and then returned her gaze to me.

"Everyone here looks like they're having fun."

"That's—"

"Hehehe, it's a matter of character. As expected of my heart friend."

Chris laughed heartily.

In other words, even though Yui seemed to be in a daze, she was actually quite observant.

If she had judged me based on the behavior of Louise and the others, she might have a good eye for observation.

I thought this ability was far more valuable than the mimicry of the Garguiyu species.

Anyway, that aside.

"Thank you. Then let's make the contract right away."

"Okay…"

"Chris."

"Sure thing."

While giving a response that made me think, "What kind of character is that?" Chris created a magic circle between Yui and me.

Since I didn't have a knife and it was sudden, I cut the pad of my index finger with my claw and let a drop of blood fall, just like the first time.

"Yui, do the same and let a drop of blood fall."

"Got it…"

Yui nodded quietly and did the same, scratching her front paw with her claw and letting blood fall.

We both let a drop of blood fall into the magic circle—where it mixed.

The blood mixed and was absorbed into the magic circle, turning into light and being absorbed into me.

The light blended with my body, and the contract was completed without any issues, just like the four times before.

"How is it?"

Colette asked.

"Indeed… Yeah. Colette, help me with a test."

"Me?"

"Yeah."

"Well, sure…"

Colette accepted, but her face showed a "Why me?" expression.

I placed my hand over Colette.

Colette's form began to distort.

Her entire form, including the space around her, began to change shape.

In a moment, her form changed from a Mushufushu species dragon to a human.

A beautiful girl with long blonde hair in twin tails, around 16 years old.

"What, what is this?"

Colette was surprised. It seemed she could see herself as well.

"This is the power of the contract with Yui. By the way, it only changes the appearance."

"Only the appearance?"

"Yeah, in reality—Colette, try stretching your front paws upwards."

"Like this? Oh… I reached the ceiling."

Colette was taken aback.

Visually, it looked like a teenage beauty was stretching her arms up, but there was no way she could reach the ceiling. However, in reality, Colette's "front paws" reached the ceiling. The original Colette was that big, and when she stood on her hind legs and stretched her front paws, she could reach the ceiling.

"Wow…"

"This power can make everyone look human. It's really just the appearance—Colette."

"What?"

"Give me the loose change I left with you."

"Huh? Sure."

Without thinking, Colette "spat out" the loose change.

A special ability of the Mushufushu species, they can store various things in their stomachs. I had left things that were a hassle to carry with Colette.

Like loose change.

However, I regretted it a bit.

Colette, in the form of a blonde twin-tailed beauty, spat out the loose change from her mouth.

"Whoa…"

"This is a bit…."

Louise and Emma showed a complicated reaction to the scene.

Colette, not seeing the scene she was creating, looked puzzled.

"Huh? What's wrong? Is something bad?"

"Hehehehe. Nothing, just a beautiful girl vomiting in front of a man."

"——!!"

Colette's face turned bright red in an instant.

"Whoa, you're biting me—"

"Chomp!!"

Faster than Chris could stop her, Colette bit down.

A twin-tailed beauty biting a medium-sized dragon.

This was still relatively mild.

In fact, it was kind of cute.

"Hey, Master. Do it to me too."

"Me too, please."

While Colette and Chris were playfully fighting, Louise and Emma asked me.

"Sure, let's do it."

I said and placed my hand over them.

Just like with Colette, their forms began to distort, changing into human forms.

Louise became a girl with fluffy hair and a dazed expression, looking like she was about to fall asleep. She looked like a girl around 10 years old, a bit younger than Colette.

On the other hand, Emma became a tall girl with a well-endowed chest. She was tall and well-endowed, but her expression was timid, which made her look a bit unbalanced and funny.

"Wow, this is what I look like…"

"Whoa, my chest is in a terrible state!"

Louise and Emma were impressed and flustered by their new appearances—illusions, one might say.

"Does Master decide this?"

"No, I just apply the skill to match 'everyone's image.'"

"So, we'll always look like this?"

"That's right. This is how you'll look as humans."

"I see…"

"Heart friend, do it to me too."

After the playful fight with Colette, Chris asked me.

"Sure."

Of course, there was no reason to refuse, so I did the same to Chris.

Her form distorted, turning her into an illusion.

While Louise, Emma, and Colette became "beautiful girls," Chris turned into a mature, beautiful woman.

She wore tight-fitting clothes that emphasized her slim waist and long legs, looking sophisticated and seductive.

"Hmm, I see."

"Wait, you're a woman?"

I was surprised.

I had never imagined Chris as a woman, so this form was a shock.

"Hehehehe, did you forget, heart friend?"

"Huh?"

"I am the undying and unique existence, so I have no gender."

"Oh… I remember you saying that before."

"However, I can differentiate when necessary. In other words, I can be both male and female."

"Wow… So, if you're a woman, you look like this?"

"Exactly."

Chris nodded, and I understood.

Indeed, when she put it that way, her usual bold behavior could be seen as fitting for a woman—yes, this appearance made sense.

"By the way, what would you look like as a man?"

"Try it again."

"Got it."

I nodded and undid the illusion, then reapplied it to Chris.

Her form, which had returned to her original Phoenix species, distorted and changed again.

"Hehehehe!"

This time, she became a muscular, boomerang-pants-wearing bodybuilder.

Chris struck a pose to show off her muscles while laughing heartily.

"This physique isn't bad."

"I'll undo it right away."

I quickly undid the illusion and reapplied it to return Chris to her slender, beautiful woman form.

"Phew…"

"Hehehehe, do you prefer this, heart friend?"

"Yeah… this one, please…"

Having a half-naked bodybuilder in front of me was mentally taxing.

I looked at the four—Chris, Louise, Emma, and Colette—in their beautiful and cute forms, and finally calmed down.

Then, I realized something.

"…"

"What's up, Colette, staring at me?"

"You, you changed our—dragon appearances into human forms, right?"

"Yeah."

"Based on our image of humans."

"Right."

"Can you do the same for yourself, if you were a dragon?"

"…Oh!"

I snapped my fingers.

"That's a new idea. But it's interesting, let's try it."

"Can you do it?"

"…Probably."

I thought for a moment and nodded.

I wasn't sure, but I could probably do it.

I looked around at everyone once and then applied the skill to myself.

For a moment, the view in front of me distorted, and I felt "different."

Then—

"…."

Louise, Emma, and Colette looked at me with wide-eyed surprise.

I looked at myself.

I saw my own illusory form.

The size was that of a large species.

It protruded from the house, but since it was an illusion, the protruding part made the space look wider.

The size was twice that of Chris.

And most importantly, this form was—

"Bahamut…?"

I was puzzled by my own appearance.

"Hehehe, yes, the Bahamut species."

Chris laughed heartily.

"The dragon of dragons, also known as the Dragon King species?"

"Ah, yeah."

"Indeed, my heart friend, a perfect match for your image."

Chris laughed heartily, and Louise and the others were speechless.

I was also a bit puzzled by the fact that my image was the Bahamut species.