The southern part of the continent, a desert region, is always boiling under the scorching sun.
"I can't get used to the weather in the southern part of the continent at all."
The heart of the water kingdom.
Chelsea grumbled as she walked down the streets of Aquamarine, the city with the water coliseum.
"You specialize in wind magic, so you're relatively less affected by temperature."
"That's true, but is it a visual pain?"
Leo chuckled as he watched Chelsea pouting.
And I walked around the streets of the desert city, crowded with people.
Many of the city's streets were covered with canopies to provide as much shade as possible.
Leo said as he walked through the crowd.
"Should we first find a place to stay?"
"Yeah. That's how it should be… Eek?!"
Chelsea, who was responding to Leo's words, flinched and straightened up.
"what's the matter?"
"Oh, no, it's nothing."
Chelsea shook her head with a slightly puzzled expression.
But both hands were pointed towards the buttocks.
"Let's go find a place to stay! Hurry up!"
Chelsea walked ahead in a hurry.
Leo and Chelsea, who were walking down the street like that, arrived at the central area of Aquamarine.
The center of the aquamarine was located in a low-lying area, shaped like a volcanic crater.
Chelsea's eyes widened at the sight before her eyes.
"Wow. It's pretty."
An exclamation of admiration burst out of Chelsea's mouth.
At the heart of Aquamarine, this place called Aqua Garden was literally a city of water.
Water poured down from the outer walls of the Colosseum like a waterfall, and the water pooled and filled the entire Aqua Garden.
Small boats carrying people moved across the water in every alley of the city.
And in the center of that aqua garden was a magnificent water colosseum.
"I've heard about it, but it really is a beautiful city!"
Chelsea's eyes sparkled.
"For some reason, Elena kept insisting on following me."
Leo also admired the beautiful city scenery.
And yet, I felt a renewed sense of emotion.
'That land has changed like this?'
Leo has been here before.
To be exact, during Kyle's time.
But I remember the terrible landscape of this land.
"I guess it's also famous as a tourist destination?"
"Yeah. It's a world-famous honeymoon destination."
"I see, so that's why there were so many different races even though it was a country of water."
"Hmm. That's true, but it's probably more so because it's Colosseum season."
It was the Colosseum season, and countless spectators were gathering to watch the fighters fight.
Leo and Chelsea went down to the Aqua Garden while taking in the beautiful city scenery.
Aqua Garden was mostly used for transportation by small boat, but there was also a pedestrian walkway, so it was possible to see it on foot.
"Shall we take a boat?"
"Stomach, stomach? I want to walk… hic?!"
Chelsea, who was flustered by Leo's question, let out a small scream again and put her hand on her buttocks under the hem of her robe.
"You seem to be uncomfortable since a while ago… Where does it hurt?"
"Oh, no! It doesn't hurt. It's just a little… Anyway, it's nothing serious!"
Chelsea were in trouble.
Leo looked puzzled at Chelsea's appearance, but soon moved to find a place to stay.
But getting a hotel wasn't easy.
It was Colosseum season, so everywhere I went there were crowded with people.
After wandering around for a while, Leo was able to find a hotel with a vacant room.
"There's only one room left?"
"Yes, sir."
The receptionist in the lobby spoke politely.
"But there are two beds."
"hmm."
"It's probably a tough time to find accommodations, whether it's in Aqua Garden or the outskirts."
Leo glanced at Chelsea as he watched the friendly staff member smiling and guiding him.
"I don't care.... Hic?!"
Chelsea flinched again.
"Ouch! Really!"
Chelsea, her expression embarrassed, glared at her buttocks with resentful eyes.
Leo shook his head at Chelsea and said to the staff.
"Please give me that room."
"Yes, sir. Here's the key. Your room is on the fifth floor."
Leo and Chelsea, who had secured a room on the highest floor, took the hotel's magic elevator to their room.
Click-
After entering the room, Leo unpacked his luggage and looked puzzled.
"What's been going on since earlier? Is there something really wrong with you?"
"How! That's not it!"
Chelsea, who was hesitating and not knowing what to do, soon took off her robe with a bright red face.
Then he turned around and showed his buttocks and spoke in a crawling voice.
"Since a while ago… the tail has been wagging on its own…."
As Chelsea said, the cat's tail was wagging on its own.
Polymorph magic is not simply a magic that changes a person's appearance, but a magic that brings forth another aspect of that person.
In particular, the fairy polymorph had a special power to change the very essence of itself.
So Chelsea was now in a situation where it was no different from being a water tank itself.
Chelsea said, grabbing her own tail as she ran wild.
"I was thinking about keeping my balance earlier, but my tail started wagging wildly."
"It seems that the tail of the water snake also serves as a kind of balancer."
"Uh… can't you change the bell itself?"
"That's impossible."
"eww...!"
Chelsea, who knows the principles of polymorph magic, also knows this fact.
The fact that Chelsea's polymorphic appearance is that of a cat person means that if she were born as a person, she would have been born as a cat person.
Since it was an area that touched the fundamentals, it was impossible to change it arbitrarily.
"Is there no other way than getting used to it...."
Chelsea's ears perked up.
Then he asked.
"Leo, are you uncomfortable with your tail?"
"Well, I'm a rabbit person to begin with."
Leo, who had become a white rabbit waterman, showed his tail, unlike when he had become a waterman before.
A white tail that is curled up into a circle.
"It does get longer if you pull on it, but other than that, it's not particularly uncomfortable in this state."
"I envy that."
Chelsea pouted and looked at her own tail in her hand.
The disobedient tail wriggled like a snake.
"I don't think it'll be easy to fight because of this...."
Chelsea said that carefully.
"Brother Leo, about that assignment…."
"You're not going to give up just because you're worried about your tail, are you?"
"Ugh?!"
Chelsea flinched at Leo's question.
And then he averted his gaze.
Leo clicked his tongue at Chelsea and sat down on the bed.
"But Leo."
"Why again?"
"Leo, your tail looks really fluffy...."
At those words, Leo patted his rabbit's tail and said,
"It's quite fluffy."
"Can I touch you just once?"
Chelsea asked with sparkling eyes.
Leo then waggled his tail towards Chelsea.
Chelsea, who was about to reach for the rabbit's tail, stopped.
'Wait a minute, something seems off about this pose?'
The tail of the water snake is located between the buttocks and back.
To others, touching the tail might seem like touching the butt.
"Don't you want to touch it?"
"Oh, yeah? Oh, I was just thinking about something else for a moment."
Chelsea, who had come to her senses, cautiously reached out to the rabbit's tail.
'I'm suddenly feeling nervous.'
As I became aware of it, I was overcome with a strange feeling.
Chelsea swallowed hard.
A strange sense of betrayal welled up in me.
But I don't feel like quitting.
That's when Chelsea reached out.
"What are you doing?"
"Hey, you said I could touch it!"
Chelsea was startled and raised her voice without realizing it.
"I'm not talking to you."
Leo was looking out the window.
Chelsea also turned her head towards the window.
And then he noticed the cat Suin clinging to him and made a gasp-! expression.
As Leo opened the window, Arga quickly entered the room.
And then I climbed up to the wardrobe, which was the highest space in the room.
Ar, curled up like a cat, looked at Leo and Chelsea alternately with his cat-like eyes.
"In Azonia, unhealthy relationships between people are punishable, but not in Lumerin?"
"Unhealthy relationships?"
"Yeah. The atmosphere just now was really sexy. Chelsea's face in particular looked really sinister."
"Not at all!"
Chelsea shouted, her face turning bright red.
Ar, with his tail wagging, took a moment to check Leo's mood before coming down from the closet.
Then he crossed his arms and said.
"Hmm! It seems like it was a one-sided temptation!"
"I didn't do anything like seducing you!"
Chelsea fumed, but Ar just nodded.
"By the way, Black Rabbit! What's going on at Aqua Garden?"
"I have something to do. But how did you know I was here?"
"I was walking down the street when I smelled a black rabbit! That's why I came looking for it!"
"...Are you a dog?"
Chelsea asked with a dumbfounded expression at Ar's words.
Despite Chelsea's words, Ar just shrugged.
Leo said while looking at Ar.
"That's a good thing."
"huh?"
"Chelsea, you said you felt strange handling your body right now?"
"huh."
Leo grabbed Ar's shoulder and pushed him towards Chelsea, who nodded.
"The best way to learn cat sense is from cats."
At those words, Ar looked at Chelsea and nodded.
"I understand the situation. But why did you go as far as polymorphing?"
"We're thinking of participating in the Colosseum too."
Arga's eyes widened.
And then he laughed belligerently.
"That would be fun!"
Hee-hee said as he looked at Arga Leo who was laughing.
"But there is a condition."
"What is it?"
"Black Rabbit, please don't participate in the Colosseum."
Leo looked puzzled at those words.
Given Ar's personality, I thought he would want to participate in Leo's Colosseum, even if it was just to fight Leo.
However, Ar demanded that Leo not participate in the Colosseum.
"Is it because of Meram that the Black Rabbit is disguised as a water man and trying to participate in the Colosseum?"
Ar easily figured out why Leo wanted to participate in the Colosseum.
"This is Suin's business."
Ar's blue eyes looked straight into Leo's red ones.
"It is something I, as Aron's successor, must do."
Arga said with a smile.
"As Aron's successor… no. As Artune."
"...."
"I don't think I can rely on Kyle's help forever."
Leo asked, silently watching Ar as he tried to get out of the shadows.
"Are you confident?"
"I don't know."
Weighing the possible and the impossible.
And perhaps Ar himself knows that the weight is tilting towards the impossible.
Even though he is Aron's successor, Ar is still young and immature.
Until recently, Arran would have ignored such things and boasted that it was possible.
But that wasn't the case anymore.
'You've become more cautious.'
That doesn't mean I'm intimidated.
Like Aron, who was usually a coward but could calmly assess the situation at crucial moments, Ar was looking for a way to make the impossible possible.
'Really… … .'
Leo smiled faintly.
'You grow in the blink of an eye.'
Just like Kyle got courage from seeing Aron's back.
The day when I follow in Ar's footsteps will not be far off.
Leo thought so.