Aya lowered her head and realized that her body had changed as well.
When she looked down, she could not see her toes. Instead, she saw something very prominent, white, and round.
Out of the corner of her eye, she could also see that her hair had changed from pure white to bluish-green.
Aya was extremely familiar with this body—no less familiar than her original body. After all, this was a body she had used for a long time, her form as Aya Tiamat, the Mother Goddess of Beasts.
After a moment of silence, Aya said softly, "One minute."
"What?" Lilith did not understand what she meant by one minute.
"This form can only be maintained for another minute." Aya closed her eyes and said, "I don't know how I came to understand it either... I can truly feel my own power, as naturally as a human moves their arm..."
Light flickered around Aya's body, then faded within seconds. Aya returned to her white-haired little girl form.
Lilith stared wide-eyed. Fortunately, she had already witnessed it once before, so she was not overly shocked. But earlier, she had seen the white-haired little girl transform into the Mother Goddess; now, it was the reverse.
Aya sat up and calmly looked at her hands, muttering to herself, "My adaptability to power has increased. I can now temporarily wield this power."
"Mom..." Lilith said cautiously.
"Why? Is it because I absorbed Lilith's magic power?" As though she had not heard Lilith, Aya sank into thought.
"Um... are you Mother?"
Aya raised her head, looked at Lilith, and asked, "Lilith, why are you here?"
"Huh? Well..."
Aya moved closer to Lilith. Her small nose twitched as she gently sniffed Lilith's scent.
"I see." Aya smiled.
"M-Mother..." For some reason, an instinctive fear rose from