The Magus of Genesis

"... hey, Seike-"

Lynn accidentally called out when she was flying side by side on her way home.

You got excited and tired of meeting your first Lizardman, Yuka's resting on my back at some point. That's a lot of guts to say I'm flying to keep my body from shaking as much as possible so I don't accidentally fall off.

"Shisei, how did you become a person?

Lynn asked me that as she flew next to me.

Maybe you're thinking about what Sig just told you.

"Hmmm...... I was a person in the first place"

"What, lie!?

To my words, Lynn showed more surprise than I expected.

"'Cause Dr. Nina said that Shisei is more real to dragons!?

"Yeah, because Nina's been my friend since I couldn't take the look of people yet. I don't have to think so."

With that said, you didn't tell Nina that I was originally human.

"Do you know what rebirth is? I was originally human, but I was reborn into a dragon. So it's not a mistake that this body really looks like a dragon."

The story of reincarnation from different worlds was fractured and I explained that to Lynn.

"So, doesn't Dr. Nina know that Shisei was originally human?

"At least you never said it directly."

I'm not hiding anything, I just missed the time to say it.

And when people say that the mind is more human, it's suspicious now.

Having lived for hundreds of years and stared all the way into people's lives and deaths, I wouldn't be at least as sensitive as a normal human being.

"I like people even though I'm a dragon, because I was a person. I take a person's appearance... because the person who mattered was a human being."

As far as eyes are concerned, it was too late.

If only I'd revealed myself to her sooner.

If we could have been together as people, we could have made you happier.

Such regret is always somewhere in my chest.

It may also be that repentance that keeps waiting for her to believe her words that she will be born again and come to see her again.

Although, of course, I myself would like to see her again.

"Oh well..."

Talking about that, Lynn silences herself with a rare and serious look as to whether she had any thoughts.

"Hmm? So how did you originally become a dragon?

"Come on. I don't know. I'll be honest with you."

I happen to have the word dragon on my name as a human being, but this would be a coincidence on a boulder. If that's all you can be a dragon for, the world should be filled with more ex-human dragons.

I don't think it's completely irrelevant either.

Because the magic of this world is made of names.

"Maybe it's because I always wanted to be a dragon."

Magic. Mystery. Strange.

Everything I pursued in my previous life is stuck in dragons.

Or maybe one of the reasons I pursued the magic I'd forgotten so long ago was my admiration for a creature in its own name.

"Why did you think that?

To Lynn's simple question, I am plunged into the void.

That's too obvious - because that's why it was an issue that I wasn't even aware of.

"Right..."

I think a little, I answer.

"Dragons look good."

As soon as she did, Lynn let her smile play and nodded.

"Yeah. Looks good. I think so, too."

It was the morning after that that that I woke up to the sound of something falling.

When I jump up in a hurry, there's no Nina who should have slept next door. I may simply have woken up earlier than I did and gone somewhere, but somehow I was concerned, and I opened my own door and peered outside.

…… Again, I can hear the sound.

Dotan, the irregular sound of Dotan, is like some kind of footsteps, or a falling sound. But that was steadily approaching us.

It doesn't sound like a windy natural product. Obviously, it's the sound of some creature standing.

For a moment, I think the rats may have come again, but it's too loud for the sound they make. Larger...... but dull moving creatures.

What comes to mind in my mind was a zombie movie.

That sound, intermittent and unnatural, has that kind of creepiness.

Me and Nina have been living on the third floor of the school building lately.

The sound seemed to be heard at the end of the hallway, down the stairs to the second floor.

I glance softly at the stairs and I see some big creature crawling, and I panic and hide myself. It was dim and not well visible, but an organism the size of a human being.

It climbs the stairs one step at a time, making noises as it drifts and drifts.

I listened carefully to the sound it made, breathtaking.

Remaining, three steps... two steps... one step... where the sound stopped perfectly.

They noticed - that's not to say. If that's the case, they'll come after us.

Then why did it stop?

I gently put my face out of the corner and tried to check.

At that time.

There was Lynn's face in front of mine with her face out of the corner. At the same time, her body shakes about and falls towards the ground. I stretched out my arms to support her reflexively, but I couldn't support my momentum phosphorus and all fell to the ground.

"Bi...... surprised...... Lynn, are you okay?

Lynn snorted in my arms as I asked her softly as she accidentally embraced her body.

"Good... because you were climbing the stairs that way?

Mermaid lumbar fins are pretty clever and tough. I do nothing but climb the stairs. Besides, she can swim in the air in the first place, so she doesn't even have to bother climbing the stairs.

That's why I never thought Lynn was the one crawling down the stairs.

"Mm."

Lynn shouted groaning in the back of her throat, pointing down at me with the attitude that was good for me.

Looking down, what was there was a beautiful hip fin that spread like a skirt.

And it was a slender, stretched, dazzling white leg.

"Be-"

I don't think, I lose my words. Because she had nothing on her lower body.

No, you're not, you're not. That's the usual.

"What about the tail!?

The problem was that her fishtail was on both legs like a human.

To my question, Lynn smiles like a prank and makes a V-sign.

"No, not Buy... No way. Did you magically transform this?

When she asked, Lynn snorted. The reaction is strange from earlier.

"... maybe we can't even talk?

Lynn nodded again.

"Oh, my God, what...!

It's like a mermaid princess to get a human leg in exchange for words.

That reminds me.

'Let's make a deal. The king with the spear offered his right eye and gained wisdom. The mermaid princess offered her voice and got her legs'

I taught the spell... the fairy tale to Sig. And maybe Lynn heard that from him.

"The irrevocable loss of that beautiful fishtail and a bright and energetic voice to get the feet of the infirm..."

At those moments when I am, Lynn blushes shyly and looks away.

And stroking his own legs in the palm of his hand, it quickly turned into his original tail.

"Shisei, that's too much praise...... embarrassing"

Ah. Do you want it, take it back.

If you think about it, so is that. Unlike fairy tales, the wizard is herself.

I guess it's easy to change or put it back together.

"……… sorry, disturbed"

Lynn got me out of the way as I patted my hip fin, so I get up.

"All of a sudden I stopped going for dragons, and first I tried to go for people who were close in shape. Still, I can't do it when I try to change normally...... 'What I offer is the life of a wizard. Give us legs to walk on the earth in exchange for our throats trembling with the atmosphere'"

When Lynn strokes her tail while casting a spell, it turns into a white, beautiful human leg again. As soon as she did, Lynn stuck to me out of balance. Desperately stepping on the ground with gagged and trembling legs, he said, "Right? ♪ But you laugh at me every now and then ♪

"The price…… are you converting the function of speaking up to the function of walking?"

Until now, magic has never been the idea of losing anything else, even temporarily, just something in your body, when it comes to consuming magic or strength.

But if this is possible, maybe the magic possibilities will be more extensive.

"……… What, are you doing?

As I turn my thoughts to my newly opened outlook, the cold voice brings my consciousness back to reality.

Looking to the side, Nina looked at Yuka with her usual frightened face.

"Lynn, you're on my butt!

To Yuka's point, I recall Lynn's lower body being rounded out.

"Lynn, get back!... No, I'm here to show you that Lynn can finally use the magic that transforms her. Next time, get your clothes ready."

Thinking about it, I realize that my magic, which turns scales into coats properly, has been much appreciated. If you need to change clothes every time you change from dragon to person, it's pretty tough.

"Uh... what's wrong with Nina? Take Yuka."

I changed the subject, softly away from Lynn, who normally returns her legs to her tail.

"She said the water color was not good, so I checked it out and left it. It's going to be tough on this kid in the hospital bed."

"Huh. Are you okay?

"Just a cold. Sleep three days and you'll be cured."

Nina leaks a raw yawn to see if she's still awake in her sleepy spot.

Utah is worried sick. Sure, the elves rarely get sick, so I know it worries me...

"Even elves can catch a cold."

To my knowledge, Nina has never slept sick.

Elves resemble humans, but they are a very stubborn species.

Well, I haven't either since I was reincarnated into a dragon. I guess a tempered germ that can increase in the body of an organism like a literally flaming organism in the body is not even present in this world in boulders.

"Normally, elves don't get sick"

"It's like the water color isn't an elf."

I laugh and listen to Nina's hard voice.

Self-management or lack of guts. Because I thought that was the story.

But Nina didn't even move her expression with Pickle.

"……… Nina?

"Maybe…… yes"

Nina shrugged, stroking Yuka's head, and said.

"The water colour is no longer an elf"