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Chapter 297: Shapeshifting
Chapter 297: Shapeshifting Come dawn, the scroll in question was finally completed. I couldn’t find words to express how thankful I was to Aste who played along with my sudden request and spent five hours on it.
“Here, it has Polymorph sealed within. Needless to say, it’s single-use.”
“O-Okay… Thanks.”
I’ve been relying on this guy one-sidedly. I wanted to pay him back in the future somehow.
He, however, was frowning quite a bit, perhaps dissatisfied with how the scroll turned out.
“What’s wrong, is there a problem?”
“Yeah. To be honest, that scroll is incomplete as a magic item. I suppose it couldn’t be helped since it was a rush job.”
“How is it different from the regular spell?”
Maxwell, being the magic nerd he was, cut into our conversation. Even if it was a failed product, it could still be useful based on how you used it. Since he encountered one now, he couldn’t just overlook it.
“First, it forcibly draws out the user’s magic power, so a reaction occurs. Specifically, you can’t use it in succession. If you use it once, you can’t reuse the Polymorph spell itself again for the duration of a month.”
“Are you saying… For example, if you use the scroll to transform, you can not reuse it for one month even if you used the spell normally?”
“Yeah, be it the scroll or your own spell, you will be unable to use Polymorph itself. You should keep that in mind.”
“Got it.”
“Also, that effect extends to the scrollmaker too, so it can’t be mass-produced. In other words, I can only make one per month too.”
“That’s… Troubling.”
If possible, I wanted to go back to my previous form more frequently, but since I could only use it once and get it once per month, I couldn’t store them up. Not just to meet Cortina, I also wanted to keep it as a trump card for battles, so it was a little unfortunate.
“Also, the spell effectiveness is also lowered. It forcefully draws out double the required magic power, while the effect is only around half a day.”
“Half a day, huh… I suppose it’ll at least be enough for the confrontation.”
“There will also be times when it is insufficient. As someone who has thrown himself into magic tool making, it makes me quite a bit dissatisfied.”
“Aren’t you aiming too high there?”
“If it was my specialist wife instead… I can’t help but think that. But well, it was a rush job so it can’t be helped. I will re
The moment I saw my body, I felt like some kind of switch got flipped inside me.
My consciousness that was still biologically girly until then seemed to have switched completely into that of a man.
“Yeah… I’m back, huh.”
“Only for half a day, that is.”
“That’s fine for now. Just gotta do whatever I can in that time. Oh, right. Can we leave your compensation for later?”
“Sure. I’ll just choose something from your hideout. I’m not gonna rip you off, don’t worry.”
“That would save me the trouble.”
Den was there too, so he wouldn’t take too much.
That aside, Cortina’s matter came first.
It was already nearing the time for the sun to show its head. Cortina probably finished her hunt already too.
“Looks like a good time to return.”
“Well then, let us return at once—Reid.”
Maxwell addressed me with a smile, his words filled with nostalgia.
Similarly, I responded back with a thumbs up.