I now start explaining the plan to Partner.

“Gru~u~o, gru~u~o”

Listen here, I’ll be turning you into a human now.
Once your transformation is successful, I want you to go and gather information in the anti-Ryujin village.
And, whatever you do, please DO NOT mess this up.
I’ll be giving you instructions in your head, so make sure to follow them.

“Gra~a!”
【“Got it! Leave it to me! I do it!”】

She’s strangely psyched up for this task.
Half-assed enthusiasm can be a very scary thing. Will this really be alright?

Maybe I should really be the one to do this.
But, it wouldn’t hurt to test out and see Partner getting humanized.
Besides, the plan wouldn’t work if I was the one who transforms. That’s why, for now, let’s see where this goes first and think from there.
This will take a lot of MP, but〖Automatic MP Recovery〗will replenish some of it back.

Alright. Let’s do this.
When I said that to Partner, she wildly nodded twice.
It’s written all over her face “Hurry up and do it already”. Hey, I’d like to go over this the safe way, you know……

I use〖Human Transformation Art〗, then heat courses through our body.
Our body gradually shrinks as if the heat is melting us.

This is my last stop.
I won’t let Partner push my head down our shoulder, so I pushed myself down.

“Gru~oooooo~oo~ooo!”

An intense pain just surged through my head.
It hurts! It fuckin hurts! Is this normal?!
Partner should’ve screamed before too when this happened to her!
I can see myself slowly sinking down the shoulder, don’t tell me my head is back to normal?

In the available narrow eyesight that I’m seeing, for some reason, I can see Partner.
Her face resembles a humanoid lizard or a lizardman.
So, I guess it’s okay for Partner to stay in〖Human Transformation Art〗then.

When the heat stopped, I can no longer feel my head.
In a vague sense, my field of vision suddenly widened!
It was a bit blurry, but after a few seconds, my view slowly got clearer.
However, my sight is fixed and I can’t look to my left or right, I also can’t blink.

What happened? What became to〖Human Transformation Art〗?
I try to raise my hand, but I can’t move.
Instead, my hand is moving on its own and is stretching my mouth.

“N ga ~a!”

A long undragon-like yawn came out of my mouth.
It sounded like a really high-pitched soprano voice.
…… Ah, I get it now. So, Partner has full control over our body, huh.

Hm, seems like we share the same senses, then.
Thank goodness for that.
It would be bad if Partner receives all the pain, considering her nature.

As I thought, Partner really is female.
No, rather than calling her female, since we share the same body, maybe we’re just that strictly indifferent to each other. I guess you could consider her appearance as female in shape, then.
This is confusing.

“Āaa, a, a, aa! Hoh! A voice! I got a voice! And, I can move my arms! So wow! So cool!”

What the heck, she already knows how to speak that language.
Is it because of the skills we share? This isn’t funny considering the effort it took me to use it well.

“Amazing, so amazing! But, this isn’t my body!”

Partner goes “kya kya” as she touches our shared shoulders and thighs.
I really want you to look at your face on the river first before anything else though.

“Gra ~a!”

Partner answered briefly in my head then went to the river.

From the looks of it, seems like Partner’s human height is shorter than mine.
Around 160 centimeters, perhaps?
Her hair is around shoulder height, her skin is pale like mine was, but unlike me, she only has a few scales sticking on her body.
She also has two horns on her head.

Right…… horns and scales……
I think the Lithuvar Tribe won’t mind them?
Okay, we can do this, I mean, even the humanized Manticore got accepted and it even got treated with medicinal herbs.
If it doesn’t work, then worse case, we’ll have to dash outta here.
Even with our halved status, I’m sure Partner can handle average humans on her own.

Okay, let’s fix up your face. Eyes look alright, nose and lips are both well-balanced.
Unlike mine, Partner’s humanized body looks more delicate.
She looks like a young girl because of her eyes and physique, but she should be able to pass as a beautiful woman.
…… If she didn’t had those horns and scales, I’d have asked her to go gather information already.

Man, Partner’s body is really feminine and well-curved, I should stop staring. [T.N: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )]
…… Plus, I feel kinda embarrassed if we head over to their village like this.

“Ga ~aa! Gaa! Ga ha~aaa!”

Partner looked at her reflection on the river, opened her eyes widely, and pinched her cheeks.

Oh yeah, by the way Partner, there were ragged clothes around that area, right?
Let’s pick those up. It’s better than strolling around naked.

“‘Kay……”

Partner picks up the clothes and shakes it lightly to drain the water.
Although she had difficulties, she was able to put on the ragged Lithuvar Tribe clothes.
I heard a “buzz” sound just now, but I ignored it.

Partner peeked at her reflection again at the river. She did a quick twirl to check if the clothes fit her.
Hey, stop that already and go to the anti-Ryujin village now.
We can only keep up our humanization for an hour, you know.
Just go there quick and get back quicker.

From that bucket there, I would think that it’ll take us about fifteen minutes to get to their village.
After all, if it were me, I wouldn’t settle on an area far away from a water source, so if I just follow the river, I’ll stumble upon their village eventually.
We won’t have to wander around aimlessly with this.
We also have〖Presence Sense〗, so getting lost isn’t really that big of a problem.

It’ll take fifteen minutes to get there, and maybe thirty-five minutes should be enough to gather information.
Did you get all that, Partner?

“Gra ~a?”

Partner tilts her head.
…… Oh, right. For now, hurry and go to their village first.
Since you may find footprints and traces that people passed through here, try to make your field of view as wide as possible.

Partner doesn’t seem to be used to walking on human legs since she’s staggering and walking unsteadily.
…… I really want you to hurry it up though, but I guess it can’t be helped.
Having you help out is already a big help.

After a few minutes of walking wobbly, my〖Presence Sense〗detected three humans.
Is it from the group of people that I ran from?
Partner doesn’t look like she noticed them yet, I better confirm their numbers and their location.

【Special Skill〖Communication〗has risen from Lv 2→3.】

Oh, it leveled up.
This skill is very important, so keep increasing please.
Still though, even now, I don’t feel disturbed at all.

Anyways, right now, we’ll have to let ourselves get taken to their village, even if it means getting captured, we’re doing this for information.
I’m counting on you, Partner.
I’ll handle all the thinking, so just act natural.

“Gra ~a!”

Try to not get into too much trouble though.
Let’s approach those humans in a direction where we can easily escape in case something happens.
It’ll be bad if we get caught up in a complicated situation.
If we mess this up, the dispute between the Ryujin followers and the anti-Ryujin village will only worsen.

As Partner heads towards the direction of the three people, I’m detecting more and more humans with them.
That means we should also be getting closer to their village.
As I thought, the anti-Ryujin village is close to the river.
Alright, let’s brace ourselves for this.