Watching Louf light a match with her mystical foxfire and squeal with excitement, Adrian forced a very stiff smile.
Louf suddenly turned to Kuina, her eyes sparkling. Obtaining the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox and fulfilling her longtime dream had brought out the normally gentle, gracious little cook's uninhibited side.
"Kuina, I remember you're a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit User too, right?" Louf raised an eyebrow and waved the ball of purple foxfire on her fingertip. "And your fruit power is ice!"
Under the beautiful fox woman's gaze, especially with that alluring face so exquisite it hardly seemed to belong to this world, the young swordswoman Kuina was filled with a certain feeling...
I don't know what's going on, but I think I've already lost horribly.
Pushing those inexplicably tangled thoughts out of her mind, Kuina put on a stern expression and tried not to let Louf's beauty shake her voice.
"Yes. The mythical beast power granted by the Okuchi no Makami Fruit is freezing."
"Why don't we have a little contest?"
Having gained the power of the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox, Louf was like a child with a fascinating new toy, eager to show it off to everyone.
"All right, Louf. You've only just eaten the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox, and you still haven't mastered its powers. Don't bother Kuina."
Adrian interrupted Louf, but added another remark.
"If you want to test your powers, you can come straight to me. That'll be safer too."
Louf stuck out her tongue sheepishly, utterly unaware of the devastatingly beautiful effect that innocent little gesture had when paired with her now-alluring face.
Adrian could already see Ulti's drool practically forming a little river...
"Also, Kuina..."
At Adrian's words, the young swordswoman instinctively straightened her back.
Whether because he was the World's