Finally, a new Summon… perhaps?
Three days had passed since we confirmed Wanri’s change.
During that time, in addition to developing communicators, I had been advancing another research project.
It was the development of summoning circles.
I had always been curious about how the summoning circles installed in the Tower differed from those Kouhi and the others used.
The summons used by Kouhi and the others were one summon per summoning circle. The summoning circles installed in the Tower were generally for multiple summons.
By comparing each summoning circle, I came up with the idea of creating something new.
This research had been underway even before the development of the communicators, but it was finally starting to take shape, so I decided to try using it.
The summoning was scheduled to take place on the 46th Floor.
If the summoning was successful, it would result in a new summon, so before heading to the 46th Floor, I decided to stop by the floor where Nana and Wanri were.
I reasoned that if they saw Kousuke summon, they wouldn’t mistake him for an enemy when they first met.
With that in mind, I announced to everyone that we were heading to Nana and the others’ location, and unusually, everyone decided to go together this time.
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First, we headed to the 9th Floor where Nana was.
However, this was not the case.
The moment Kousuke passed through the teleport gate on the 9th Floor, a large mass came hurtling towards him.
Kouhi and Mitsuki, of course, didn’t miss this.
…Or so I thought. For some reason, they missed seeing the large mass charging at Kousuke at that moment.
The reason was simple.
“…Huh?! You, Nana?”
It was Nana.
Doubting my eyes, Kousuke observed Nana, who was licking him affectionately.
She had been about the size of a medium-sized dog, but now she was more than a head taller than a large dog.
“No, this is too much of a change…”
Kousuke was utterly dumbfounded as Nana licked his face.
The other members, excluding Kouhi and Mitsuki, were equally stunned.
By the way, the reason Kouhi and Mitsuki weren’t surprised was that they had already come here while Kousuke was doing his research.
Being licked in the face with such a large size, the word “attacking” felt more appropriate than “playing.”
After calming Nana down, Kousuke checked her status.
Fixed Name: Nana
Species Name: White Wolf
Unique Skills: Howl LV6, Body Slam LV7, Bite LV7, Intimidate LV7, Pack Tactics LV6, Language Comprehension (Familiar) LV6, Divine Power Manipulation LV6, Fairy Language, Wind Magic LV5, Moonlight LV5
Heavenly Skills: Command LV5, Fragment of the Great God (Half Moon), Size Change
Titles: Kousuke’s Familiar, Servant of the Great God
She could use magic now.
Her other unique skills had also leveled up considerably.
Additionally, the Heavenly Skill
It was clear that this skill was the cause of such a drastic change.
I wondered what would happen if it changed to Full Moon, and it was probably only natural to think so.
Well, I didn’t even know if it would become a (Full Moon) in the first place.
Putting that aside, the other Heavenly Skill,
Thinking it might be the case, I asked her through Colette as usual.
The question was whether she could return to her previous size.
To my surprise, Nana changed her size right before everyone’s eyes.
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Everyone cheered in unison.
When I asked her about it, she said that she preferred to be large when fighting monsters, so she had been large all along.
Seeing everyone’s reaction (or hearing it?), Nana said that she would come in her smaller size when meeting everyone.
Kousuke didn’t really mind either way, but he told her that it was tiring to be fawned over by someone that large, so it was better to be small when she wanted to be affectionate.
Kousuke decided to dismiss the slightly disappointed look Nana gave him as his imagination.
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With Nana back in her smaller form, we headed to the 8th Floor where Wanri was.
She wasn’t at the central base on the 8th Floor, so I had Nana sniff out Wanri’s location.
For some reason, Nana hesitated then, but her reason became clear when we saw Wanri’s form.
“…I don’t know what to say. As expected of you…”
“…I’m not surprised anymore. It’s Kousuke’s doing, after all…”
“…This is absurd…”
“…Surprise~”
These were everyone’s reactions when they saw her.
For some reason, it was being blamed on Kousuke, but I thought about protesting that Kousuke hadn’t directly done anything.
…However, Kousuke didn’t have the luxury of worrying about such things.
The cause of everyone’s astonishment (Wanri?) was playing with Nana.
“Heeey. Nana-chan, you’re tickling me~”
…In her human form.
Naturally, as Wanri was in her human form, she had no clothes and was naked.
Mitsuki, who had taken clothes from her Item Box as a precaution, gave them to her to wear.
They were too big, but we prioritized everyone’s opinion to not show Kousuke her naked form.
By the way, Kousuke was forced to close his eyes until she put on the clothes.
More accurately, Silvia covered Kousuke’s eyes from behind.
After all that, when I heard Wanri’s story, she said that after going to her respective base as Kousuke had told her, she had gained more tails and abilities after spending one night there.
There was a
She panicked, saying she couldn’t hunt in her unfamiliar form, but she was able to return to her fox form immediately.
By the way, she said she stayed in human form to surprise us when she detected Kousuke and the others arriving by scent and presence.
Nana’s hesitation when tracking Wanri’s scent was because she was in human form.
Wanri’s human form appeared to be around ten years old, slightly older than Esena, the World Tree’s fairy.
Then, Wanri approached Kousuke (who was forbidden from approaching until she was clothed) and happily had her head petted.
It seemed this was the same whether she was in fox or human form.
Fixed Name: Wanri
Species Name: Multi-tailed Fox (Human Form)
Unique Skills: Fox Fire LV6, (Bite LV6), Evasion LV7, Perception LV7, (Language Comprehension (Familiar) LV7), Divine Power Manipulation LV7, Fairy Language, Heat Haze LV5, Moonlight LV4, Star Darkness LV2
Heavenly Skills: Transformation LV6, Telepathy LV5
Titles: Kousuke’s Familiar, Blessing of the Sun God, Blessing of the Moon God, Blessing of the Star God
These were her stats in human form.
The skills in parentheses were probably due to her human form.
As a precaution, I also checked her stats when she returned to her fox form.
Fixed Name: Wanri
Species Name: Multi-tailed Fox (Five-tailed)
Unique Skills: Fox Fire LV6, Bite LV6, Evasion LV7, Perception LV7, Language Comprehension (Familiar) LV7, Divine Power Manipulation LV7, Fairy Language, Heat Haze LV5, Moonlight LV4, Star Darkness LV2
Heavenly Skills: Transformation LV6 (Human Form Possible), Telepathy LV5
Titles: Kousuke’s Familiar, Blessing of the Sun God, Blessing of the Moon God, Blessing of the Star God
Her skills, as well as her titles, were astonishing.
I couldn’t help but wonder if the gods would grant blessings so easily, but since I didn’t even know if gods were directly bestowing them, I stopped probing further at that moment.
Incidentally, I later confirmed with Eris through Silvia, and she said that they were granted normally if the conditions were met.
Of course, Wanri wasn’t the only one with these, and she said there were others if one looked.
Thus, despite the unexpected happenings, the party, including Nana and Wanri as originally planned, headed for the 46th Floor.
Or so I thought, but I ended up talking to more individuals (?) than expected, so the induction of new companions will have to wait for the next installment.
