A Bold Guess

"Brother Sordil, you said your experiment was a success?"

"Yes!"

"Does that mean your appearance can only stay this way?"

Only after Yelibell's reminder did Sordil suddenly realize this terrifying problem. If it was really as he suspected, it meant he could only choose between his appearance and Dragon Slayer Magic. On one hand, there was the power he wanted; on the other, his original appearance. Faced with this difficult choice, Sordil was torn to the extreme.

After weighing the options for a long time, Sordil reluctantly decided to give up the power brought by the Dragon Slayer Magic and retain his highly recognizable face.

After making his decision, Sordil focused his consciousness, searching for the Dragon Seed transplanted into his body, intending to expel it. However, he searched every corner of his body but could not find the purplish-red seed; it seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.

Just then, Sordil suddenly remembered something mentioned in an anime from his previous life. In the Albares Empire arc of Fairy Tail, Irene had said that the Dragon Seed would grow inside Dragon Slayer Magic, eventually turning them into a dragon.

Could it be because he was originally a dragon, and the Dragon Seed entered his body and merged directly with his essence, which is why he couldn't find the Dragon Seed? Is that why he became like this? Thinking of this, Sordil's heart collapsed instantly, because if that was the case, he would never be able to return to his original appearance, and he would never be able to use time and Space Magic again.

As the thought of using Time Magic and Space Magic flashed through his mind, his body changed once more. His entire body began to shimmer with seven-colored light, which soon faded, and Sordil returned to his original appearance. However, after regaining his original appearance, Sordil could no longer hear Yelibell's thoughts.

Upon seeing that Sordil had returned to his original appearance, Grandiere's jaw, which had just returned to normal, slammed back into the ground.

"Little brother Sordil, why aren't you answering your sister's question in your mind?"

Unable to get an answer from Sordil in her mind, Yelibell had no choice but to ask aloud. Upon hearing Yelibell's question, Sordil explained, "Sister Yelibell, it's not that I don't want to answer your question, but that after I recovered to this state, I can no longer hear your thoughts."

"Oh, I see. I misunderstood you. I apologize!"

As she spoke, Yelibell bowed to Sordil in apology. Seeing Yelibell bowing to apologize, Sordil quickly stepped forward to help her up, saying, "How can you blame Yelibell? After all, even I didn't expect that I would suddenly regain my original appearance, and I certainly didn't expect that after regaining my appearance, I would lose the ability to hear other people's thoughts."

Feeling the warmth of Sordil's hand, Yelibell said shyly, "Little brother Sordil, can you let go of your sister now?"

"I'm sorry, Sister Yelibell, I didn't mean to take advantage of you, it's just..."

"Little brother, you don't need to explain. Your sister understands, and she doesn't mean to blame you."

Recalling the heartfelt words he had just heard, Sordil hesitated to meet Yelibell's eager gaze. However, remembering what Yelibell had told him during the Dragon Slayer Magic experiment, Sordil couldn't bear to refuse her kindness. Left with no other choice, Sordil resorted to his most prized public relations secret from his past life: the art of distraction!

"Sister Grandiere, I've just finished the experiment with Sister Yelibell, now it's your turn to work hard!"

Hearing Sordil's words, Grandiere asked with his newly recovered mouth, "Would you like me to do some work? Haven't you already finished your magic experiments?"

"My part with Sister Yelibell is finished, but my part with you hasn't been done yet!"

"My part? Do you want to transfer all of my and Yelibell's power onto you?"

"That's right!"

"Are you crazy! Different elemental forces will collide within your body, and your body won't be able to handle it!"

Upon learning of Sordil's plan, Yelibell hurriedly advised, "Yes, Sordil, this kind of experiment is far too dangerous! I think you should stop now, lest something unexpected happens."

Seeing how nervous the two were, Sordil comforted them, "Sisters, don't be so nervous! Look, after I transplanted Sister Yelibell's ability, nothing happened, right? Besides, have you forgotten that I am a dual-attribute dragon? This shows that different attribute powers can coexist in my body at the same time without causing conflict."

"This..."

The two women wanted to refute Sordil's point of view, but they couldn't produce enough evidence, so they had no choice but to agree to Sordil's demands. However, they made Sordil promise them that if he felt unwell during the experiment, he must immediately stop it.

After Grandiere was seated, Sordil once again mobilized the Augmented Magic Power within his body and began the second experiment. A bright red light Grandiere's body and began to condense Dragon Seed. With the experience from the first time, the condensation speed of the Dragon Seed was much faster this time. After a moment, a pink Dragon Seed flew out from Grandiere's body and then merged into Sordil's body.

As before, after the Dragon Seed entered Sordil's body, his entire body began to radiate white light, and then Grandiere Two was born.

"Cure!"

Once transformed, Grandiere Two waved and unleashed two healing spells at Grandiere and Yelibell, helping them recover from the damage caused by the Split Dragon Seed.

Looking at her other self, Grandiere felt her world was unstable, as if it could collapse at any moment. Feeling the warm sensation in her body and the comfort in her soul, and staring at the two Grandiere before her, Yelibell felt her dream was too stimulating, so stimulating that she wanted to wake up immediately.

After Sordil finished helping the two of them recover, he flew straight into the sky and then used the move he had longed for in the sky.

"The Roar of the Sky Dragon"

He inhaled all the air around him, then unleashed it as a thick column of wind. Watching his breath disappear into the sky, Sordil laughed triumphantly. From this moment on, he, Sordil Sordil, was a true dragon, a true dragon capable of wielding dragon attacks!

Edge of the Dil'dixiu Mountain Range

"Whoosh"

Five dark shadows streaked across the sky at an extremely fast speed... well, I misspoke, it was four dark shadows dragging another dark shadow across the sky at an extremely fast speed.

"Igneel, is this really the right thing for us to do?"

"Of course it's not good! We've said all the nice things we could think of, we're practically hoarse from talking, but this guy just won't come with us! Besides, my appointment with someone is coming up soon, and if we don't act now, I'll be stuck doing manual labor for them. So even though I know it's wrong, I have no other choice!"

"Yes! We told him that he was just accompanying us to meet a friend and bearing witness for us, and that it wouldn't hurt him, but he wouldn't listen! What else could we do? We could only 'help' him!"

"At worst, we can apologize to Igneel's friend after we meet him!"

"Sigh! That's all we can do!"