Thanks to everyone's steadily increasing levels, injuries that could not be healed were basically no longer an issue. Infinite Snake venom remained the cause of the most troublesome injuries at present. This lethal toxin could only be prevented from causing death through rapid amputation, while Shade could use "Active Mud" to reshape the young ladies' lost body parts.
Shade discovered that he was actually rather good at sculpting people, though requests such as "Could you make my legs a little slimmer?" still gave him quite a headache.
At half past ten in the morning, Iluna and Emilia arrived in town together. Sivie and Vanessa received the elves who had come with Emilia, while the chatting young ladies first went to visit Ellie and Little Liana. After examining Ellie, Emilia told Shade when she saw him aboard the ship:
"Ellie is still a purebred Unicorn."
The little elf explained:
"I originally suspected that her experience at the House of False Men had changed her race, which was why she could become human. But it now seems that Ellie's transformation is merely an expression of one of her abilities and does not involve a change in bloodline. Still, I need to return and consult the elders about Unicorn transformations. It would be wonderful if the other Little Unicorns could learn it too.
"Just now, I spoke with Ellie. She said she could transform on her own now, but it consumes a great deal of stamina, so she needs to eat lots of apples afterward to replenish herself. She is not very accustomed to her transformed form, and it seemed she has not mastered it very proficiently. So unless it is a critical moment or you ask her to, she probably will not transform very often in the future."
Shade understood that well.