The next morning, Karl woke up to a tail in his face as Dana got ready for the morning.
"You seem to enjoy cat form quite a bit." He joked.
"It’s actually quite convenient. People don’t look at me strangely in this shape, at least not here in Drodh. But more importantly, this form is significantly stronger than my actual body. That’s useful not only in combat, but just doing daily tasks.
Besides, now I have a tail." She laughed.
Karl couldn’t really complain, as he rarely changed back from a transformed state. That was likely putting a damper on their intimate moments in the past, but now that she was also transformed, Dana seemed much less concerned about keeping her emotions hidden.
That could be because she had far too many tells in this form, from the ears and the tail to the purring, but it was a refreshing change.
"Big plans for the day?" He asked as Dana shimmied into a pair of soft silk pants and tied the back above her tail.
"We’re going to steal Thor and go to the Dungeon today. You’ve got things to do, and people will definitely be coming to kiss ass today. None of us wanted to hang around for it, but the Dungeon is a five-person instance." Dana explained.
"Stop at the tree in the backyard and see if you can push yourself to Monarch Rank first. If you can, the Dungeon will go even more smoothly, and you’ll get a chance to get used to a new power level." Karl suggested.
"Oh, that is a great idea. How is the butterfly doing?" Dana asked hesitantly.
"Thriving. I can sense that the butterfly’s illusions are playing tag with Cara in the library room, or rather the city outside the Library room. Energy levels, both mana and stamina are up, and the power level is beginning to stabilize now after a rapid growth spurt.
I think that the species is just really poorly adapted to living in the modern world, and it needed some special conditions to make it past emergence." Karl explained.
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Karl laughed. "No, we’re not going to lose our Library. At least not any time soon."
Dana headed down the stairs to give the great news to Lotus, who was certain to be stressing out about the fate of the butterfly by now, as well as the illusions that came with it.
She didn’t need to worry so much. Lotus was already in the Library, buried in a pile of super fluffy white puppies that constantly licked her face and begged for her attention.
Dragging her away to do a dungeon run might be difficult. Maybe they should take Rae and Thor with them and let Lotus play.
Before they left, Dana went to the Altar and pulled a huge amount of mana from the tree, flushing the energy from her body, and integrating the new power.
The effect was akin to dousing herself in acid.
Every part of her body burned as the mana was forcefully integrated, despite not matching what her body was used to, and her maximum power cap soared. But not far enough.
When the mana was fully integrated into her body, she had only managed to retain it near the peak of Royal Rank, and the majority of the quality had been lost in conversion.
She wasn’t quite close enough to the peak of Royal Rank, so she went to the Dungeon with a renewed determination.
Karl saw Davis coming down the street from the yard when he went to check on the damaged workshop, and then noticed that there was already a lineup of people outside.
One of whom was the Overlord Ranked mage who did the barriers.
"Oh, Mage Jones, please come in. Everyone, the shop will be open in the next few minutes, please be patient as we repair the damage from yesterday’s excitement." Karl announced.
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