Chapter 51: Honey

I greeted them, but the humans still stood there with their mouths wide open.

It was as if time had stopped.

‘Loading…?’

I muttered to myself in frustration.

The humans’ faces were so funny that it was hard to hold back laughter.

Ryandel, in particular, had his eyes wide open as if they were going to pop out.

Rodrick, next to him, moved his hand slightly toward his sword with the wariness that comes from long experience, and Ravie and Carl’s mouths were wide open and wouldn’t close.

Elina covered her mouth with both hands in shock, and Terry blinked, seemingly unable to accept reality.

The only dwarf, Torven, was stroking his beard and observing me with an interesting expression.

I decided to get up.

Slowly… Carefully…

It wasn’t easy to even find my balance.

When I was a flower, I could just stay rooted to the ground, but now I had to stand on two legs.

‘Center of gravity… Center of gravity…’

I didn’t know that the process of putting strength into my calves, straightening my knees, and raising my thighs would be this complicated.

I finally got up and felt a little dizzy.

It felt like the world was spinning.

‘Ugh…’

I instinctively took a step.

At that moment, a feeling that was so familiar yet so unfamiliar swept through my whole body.

‘Huh…’

At that moment, my heart swelled.

The fact that humans can walk wherever they want felt so overwhelming to me at that moment.

‘Finally…!’

The moment I tried to move a little more—

“Ugh!”

My body swayed and my balance was disturbed.

I quickly rolled my feet to regain my balance, but it seemed like it would take some time for me to regain my lost senses.

When I stood up, the humans around me seemed much taller than me.

Rodrick, in particular, seemed to be twice as tall as me.

Even the dwarf Torven was slightly taller than me.

I looked up at them.

‘I’ll… grow more…?’

I thought as I lightly touched the hem of my dress.

I don’t think I’m even 140cm…?

After evolving into Dominant Thanatos Crown, I was much bigger than humans, but it was ironic that I became this small after becoming a human.

I had hoped to become smaller when I evolved… but my human form is so small!

Ugh…

‘Oh! Right! I’m only six years old!’

Thinking about it, I’m six years old, but this height is ridiculous.

Wait, does that mean I’ll become really big again…?

No! I want to be smaller than my master!

‘Ugh…’

While I was seriously contemplating my height, Cecilia on my shoulder flapped her wings and tickled the back of my neck.

That feeling suddenly made me laugh.

“Ki-ki-ki. It tickles~”

The humans looked even more surprised at that sound.

Ryandel’s hands were trembling slightly.

I found their reactions amusing and ended up snickering.

“Uh… Seraphina Bloom, are you?”

When we were both a little embarrassed because we were silent for a while, Rebi came to her senses and spoke.

“I think a lot of people call me that, but my name is Lycoris.”

I answered with a smile.

I wondered how my voice sounded to others.

Not the sound of the wind blowing through the flower petals, but my real voice coming out of my mouth. It was a little funny and strange.

“How can I polymorph like the legendary dragons…”

Ryandel muttered as if it was nonsense.

‘The legendary dragon…’

My heart sank when I heard that.

I felt good thinking that I was becoming like my master.

It seemed that I was becoming more and more like my master.

Will he be happy when I meet him now?

In the meantime, Glessia, who had been watching me, was rolling the empty orb that I had absorbed here and there.

Ryandel’s eyes shook greatly at the sight.

He cleared his throat and spoke carefully.

“That… Prinel Orb was a treasure of the Golden Tower. It was kept in the Tower for thousands of years, but I brought it specially for this mission…”

Ryandel’s eyes were filled with sadness and bewilderment.

Perhaps the Orb I absorbed was really expensive.

But I was confident.

“You ran away from the monsters, right? If I hadn’t been here, you would have died anyway, and the Orb would have rolled around in the labyrinth and been brought to me by my Bugles. So the Orb was destined to be mine anyway.”

“So just give up one Orb that you were going to lose anyway, and consider yourself alive.”

When I said confidently, the humans seemed speechless.

Rebi stared at me with wide eyes.

Even I thought about it; I was really smart just now.

I was very proud.

At that moment when I was proud of myself, the status window suddenly rang.

“You acquired the ‘Polymorph’ skill.”

“Polymorph”
– Takes on a human form. Some skills are changed and limited.

‘Wow… This time, they’re telling me a bit late?’

It was a really strange system.

On top of that, ‘Some skills will be changed and restricted’…

‘That’s why my Area Control Radar doesn’t work well.’

I thought I should try using other skills.

First, I decided to use the evolved Dark Root Rampage of Black Root Protrusion.

When I imagined roots, black roots rose from under the ground as I willed them.

“Eww!”

The humans were startled and stepped back.

Their reaction was funny, so I tried creating more roots.

A lot of roots danced in the air like tentacles.

The roots suddenly appeared from under the ground, but they were definitely my roots.

They felt like they were a part of my body.

I moved the roots that rose as I pleased, and when I thought they would disappear, they disappeared in an instant.

‘Wow, this is really magic!’

I clapped my hands in joy.

Miel, who was on my head, flapped her wings to my delight.

Cecilia also fluttered her flame wings rhythmically, her wings shining brightly.

When the roots disappeared, the humans’ expressions softened.

Why am I so scared?

This time, I decided to try blowing pollen.

I thought I should sprinkle recovery pollen, and light green pollen fluttered between my hair.

It felt almost exactly like when I was a flower.

I really liked it.

‘Good, good.’

“Wow…”

The humans were amazed as they looked at the pollen that filled the room.

Next, I tried using the Elysian Essence Honey, which was an evolved form of delicious nectar.

Where does this come from?

When I was a flower, it came from the stamen, but in human form?

‘Hmm, where could it be…?’

Where on my current body was the stamen…

My cheeks suddenly felt hot as I thought of a similar part.

No, it couldn’t come from such a strange place!

‘It would be most natural for it to come from my hand, right?’

I raised one hand and tried to make nectar on my palm.

I cupped my palm slightly and concentrated, hoping for the honey to come out.

‘Honey… honey… come out…’

But nothing happened.

Instead, I suddenly felt a heaviness in my lower abdomen.

Something… strange…?

‘S, no way…’

And then slowly, I felt something flowing down…

‘Hold on, hold on, wait…!’

At that moment, my panties became wet.

‘Eeeeeeeeeeeee!!! No!!!!!!!!’

No! It was really coming out of here!!!

My face turned bright red.

“Hmm?”

“Huh!?”

“Suddenly sweet…”

When the humans tilted their heads and spoke, I felt even more embarrassed.

However, there was a bigger problem.

The bugs suddenly became excited after smelling the sweet scent of honey.

“Wait a minute!”

Miel gently pulled my hair and flew towards my skirt, and Glessia, who was playing with the orb, also got up and started flying.

Hundreds of bugs tried to fiercely enter my skirt.

The only bugs who didn’t care about the honey were Cecilia and Lotte.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!”

I screamed and ran towards the deepest layer.

Although my legs were still unfamiliar with the feeling, I instinctively moved my legs.

The surprised humans just stood there blankly and looked at me.

“Humans! Wait there!”

The bugs were chasing me fiercely behind me as I ran!

Glessia, in particular, was as big as me and very threatening.

Had I ever run this fast in my past life?

No! Absolutely not!

Woof woof woof!

Tsk tsk tsk!

The flapping of the bugles’ wings and the crawling sound became urgent.

It seemed like the bugles would soon catch up to me if they kept running like this.

“Shoot!! Get out of here!!!”

Woof woof woof!

Tsk tsk tsk!

As if they couldn’t hear me, they kept chasing me like crazy.

I’ve been depressed lately and haven’t made much honey, but they seemed to really want some.

“I’m sorry I haven’t given you any honey lately! I can’t give you any in this condition!!!”

As I was about to descend to the deepest level, my legs suddenly tangled.

“Ahh!”

My body lurched forward, and I immediately fell face down on the ice floor.

I hit the floor face-first.

“Ouch oh oh oh…”

The sound came out on its own, but it didn’t hurt.

It seemed like my defense stat was working well.

More importantly, the bugs were now catching up to me.

Oh right!

Hurry up!

“Polymorph!!!!!”

I shouted loudly, imagining the shape of a flower.

Please! Do it in one go!

The body began to glow red again, and black fog poured out.

The human limbs began to melt, then grew longer and longer, transforming into stems and roots.

The small body quickly expanded and regained its original size.

The long flowing hair rose upward and took the shape of flower petals again.

Suddenly, I felt my body regain its balance.

I had returned from the unstable state of standing on my legs to the stable state of having roots again.

I was freed from the limited senses I had felt as a human body and could sense all around me again.

It felt refreshing, as if I had thrown off my stuffy clothes.

Phew…

‘Okay! Now eat!’

As I made a lot of honey, bugs swarmed around the center of the flower.

Flutter! Flutter! Flutter!

Flutter! Flutter! Flutter! Flutter! Flutter!

‘Hmph…’

The bugs gathered together and ate my honey…

I could feel Glessia’s huge mouth occasionally barging in.

‘Ha… I was so flustered that I didn’t even think about turning back into a flower…’

Rather, is honey really coming from ‘there’?

Isn’t that too much!

‘Ah… This is really driving me crazy…’

I should never make honey while in my human form…

After feeding the bugles honey, I polymorphed back into my human form.

I was too embarrassed to go back up to the deep cavity.

“Ha… I shouldn’t have told you to wait…”

Why… You told me to wait for nothing…

Since I was already at the deepest layer, I decided to take a look around.

I walked slowly and looked around.

I thought it would be filled with all kinds of treasures and decorations, but it was surprisingly very neat.

“Wow…”

I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

As expected from the owner’s rare place, it was an incredibly beautiful place.

It wasn’t flashy, but it was neat and sophisticated with minimal decoration.

The walls were made of sparkling blue ice, with faint silver patterns engraved between the ice.

It felt as if the dawn light had seeped in.

Large and small ice crystals hung from the ceiling, resembling a starry night sky.

The floor was made of perfectly smooth ice, reflecting my image like a mirror.

Thanks to this, I was able to see myself once again.

I hadn’t seen it properly before, but it was a much prettier face than I had expected.

Red eyes and black hair…

I wondered if it was really me.

Miel seemed to be flying beside me and guiding me in a certain direction.

As I walked in that direction, I saw a large door.

“What is this?”

I carefully opened the door, and inside was the master’s treasure vault.

My mouth dropped open at the sight before my eyes.

“Wow…”

The room was filled with all sorts of treasures.

From gold and silver treasures to various magical items, and most of all, various weapons were on display.

Gorgeous armors, elegant staffs, wonderful swords, and various ornaments…

“The ones I gave to Seraphina and Beatrice were definitely not that great…”

When I came here in person, there were a lot of weapons that looked incomparably more powerful than the ones I had given back then.

I looked around in admiration for a while.

There were a lot of weapons that looked really good, but in fact, there didn’t seem to be anything I could use.

The ornaments didn’t suit my small body, and the swords and staffs were too big for me to use.

What’s wrong with being short…

Flap flap!

At that moment, Miel was flapping her wings on a small display case in the corner of the room, calling me.

“What did you find?”

When I approached, there was a sword shining red on the display case.

It was smaller than the other swords, but it was just my size.

I carefully picked up the sword.

The handle was silver with a red jewel embedded in it, and a red aura lingered around the blade.

When I picked up the sword, a status screen appeared.

『「Crimson Bind」 – A dagger made from the blood of the ancient Lich Asterix.』

“Crimson Bind…?”

My eyes widened as soon as I read the name.

It was similar to my main skill, ‘Crimson Apocalypse’!

According to the description, I’m not sure about the Lich called Asterix, but it’s a sword made from blood.

If it’s blood, then it’s me!

“This is it!”

I swung the sword, and it was lighter and easier to handle than I thought.

It seemed like a weapon that fit my new body perfectly.

I’m just using the dagger like a sword.

But it’s really long for a dagger!

“I’ll take this. Since the master said I can use the treasure chest as I please anyway!”

Miel flapped her wings as if in agreement.

Burlez seemed pleased as well.

I decided to leave the treasure chest and look around other parts of the lair.

As I was walking along the lair’s hallway, I suddenly found a small passage leading to a side street.

“Where does this lead?”

I followed it out of curiosity and found a small room decorated very nicely.

Unlike other places in the lair, this place was full of red decorations.

The walls were filled with red jewels and red magic circle-like patterns.

And there was a small hole in the floor.

“This is…”

It was probably where I had been frozen.

My heart ached when I saw this room that the master had decorated with care.

I could feel how much the master cherished me.

I had barely been hunting monsters on the middle floor, but thanks to the master’s care, I had grown to this point.

And now I had even taken on a human form.

My bugs had gotten stronger, my level had increased, and I had gained many skills and characteristics. It was all thanks to the master.

“This is not the time to be embarrassed and not going up.”

The honey situation was truly embarrassing, but that wasn’t what was important right now.

“Hurry up and go wake the master!”

With a determined heart, I fastened the Crimson Bind tightly to my waist and looked around.

Bugs’ bright eyes turned towards me.

“Well, who wants to stay?”

It’s important to go wake up the master, but it’s also important to guard the house.

Breaking into an empty house is unforgivable.