Chapter 3492

However, Ellie wanting to eat was a good sign, at least it showed that the little unicorn's spirit had recovered somewhat. However, a new problem appeared at the end of the treatment: the last trace of red on Ellie's body could not be completely cleared no matter what.

The unicorns' dance thus continued, and the rippling pure white light even made the nearby snowflakes start to glow. Xia De had originally had distracting thoughts because he had consumed an excessive amount of incense in the morning, but he calmed down completely in these pure white halos.

Watching this scene, the Outlander felt as if he had suddenly found the beauty of his childhood when he first read those fairy tales. Unicorns are indeed fairy-tale-like creatures.

【According to the records of the "History of the Years," you are currently in your childhood.】

"She" smiled and reminded him in Xia De's ear.

"I mean my real childhood, that was when I was in my hometown."

He rarely recalled the past of his hometown, and then for some reason thought of his fairy tale Misuo, and thought of the connection between those positive qualities and unicorns. In the story of Snow White, that princess also seemed to have a part of her personality that was very similar to unicorns—both were so kind and simple, loved nature and had affinity, and were also very lucky.

And just as Xia De's thinking gradually diverged, the last trace of pink on Ellie finally dissipated from her fur. It was just that the unicorns did not stop, because even the young ladies standing on the side noticed that there was a blood-red scar the size of a fingernail on the right side of Ellie's neck.

This did not exist before, but only appeared after the color on the fur dissipated. So the unicorns continued to dance, and Ellie stood up from the snow, not moving around but patiently waiting. Just when everyone thought that the last trace of the red scar would disappear soon—

Ang!

It suddenly let out a painful cry, and then lay back in the snow. The worried Ai Mi Li Ya had already gripped her clothes tightly, and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na beside her had almost the same expression.

Xia De came back to his senses and looked at Ellie with the same worry, but since the unicorns hadn't stopped, it wasn't easy for everyone to walk over to check the situation.

Everyone looked at Ellie, and under everyone's gaze, in the layer of pure white halo emanating from Ellie's body, the figure of the little unicorn curled up in pain in the snow flickered, and then a human figure appeared in Ellie's original position.

They all saw clearly that the human figure that appeared in the flicker was a girl who seemed to be molded from moonlight and first snow.

Her skin was that kind of almost transparent, glowing white, so delicate that not a single pore could be seen, and it glowed with a soft and healthy pink blush in the sunlight. Her cheeks were round, with a little bit of baby fat, and a waterfall of long white hair draped down to her waist, the hair strands fine, soft, and light, just like the softest mane on Ellie's own neck.

Even at the ends of her hair, there remained a faint, almost non-existent iridescent halo; that was the color that only appeared very rarely when unicorns cast spells.

Her eyes were tightly closed due to pain, her small nose was slightly upturned, and the tip of her nose was pink and tender. Her lips were a natural pale cherry color, plump like a flower bud that had just bloomed.

She was wrapped in a simple dress that looked like it had been naturally generated, the material like gauze woven from flowing moonlight, and the color like the surrounding snowflakes, presenting a pure and flawless snow-white. The style of the dress was extremely simple, like the simple robes of ancient priests. The robe loosely wrapped her slender body, only gently tied at the waist with a strand of soft, equally snow-white ribbon.

When lying in the snow, her whole person exuded an innocent aura that had not been exposed to the world and was naturally unadorned. It was like the first dewdrop condensed in the morning in the forest, and also like a white lily of the valley blooming quietly.

Clean, bright, although her expression was painful, she still carried the ignorance of a newborn and the pure magic derived from instinct. If described with Duo Luo Qian's pen, it was as if the sunlight was kissing her long hair and snow-white skirt hem, creating a fuzzy halo around her.

It was just that the figure existed for less than two seconds before disappearing in a flicker and turning back into Ellie in unicorn form. Ellie's figure also flickered again after two seconds, turning back into that female human figure, and then the figure turned back into Ellie again. After dozens of back-and-forth transformations, it finally stabilized in the unicorn form.

"Um... am I seeing things?"

For a moment, everyone didn't speak, until Ke Lai Er asked in disbelief.

The time she appeared was very short, but everyone had already firmly remembered it. That was certainly not an illusion or a magic trick; there really was that short dozen seconds when Ellie turned into the form of a human girl.

However, the unicorns were not as fussed as the humans on the side. They continued their dance, but it looked like the ritual was about to end, because the red scar on the side of Ellie's neck had become quite faint after several transformations. After it stabilized in the unicorn form, its expression was no longer that painful.

The great witches looked at the shapeshifting master Fu Luo La:

"Can you explain the phenomenon just now?"

The latter blinked, and then actually nodded:

"Physical shapeshifting is not a power exclusive to humanoid life. Giant dragons can turn into humans, and Xi Wei, your mermaid friends can also turn their fish tails into human leg forms. It is theoretically established for unicorns to shapeshift into humans."

The librarian lady from Saint Byron's said hesitantly:

"I have never read any records of unicorns turning into humans."

The great witch of "Wisdom and Knowledge," Ao Dai Li, pointed out:

"Indeed, compared to powerful giant dragons that like to turn into humanoid forms, unicorns prefer their own form, which is the posture that best fits their pure power."

"But I have read many records in the Council. Theoretically, exotic species with sufficient wisdom can also possess Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi levels, and once they possess Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi levels, if the conditions of talent are sufficient, they can learn shapeshifting arts, and even a stone can turn into a human form."

She gave a few examples:

"The great witches of the previous era recorded many examples of tree people turning into humans. The difference between tree people in tree form and human form is no smaller than the difference between unicorns and humans."

As she spoke, she thought of the maid who had said goodbye to Xia De and returned to the Ice and Snow Castle after the group arrived at the snowy mountain:

"And elemental life. They don't even have flesh and blood, and the difference from humans is even greater, but they can also turn into almost perfect human forms. That maid named Wen Ni keeps her body in ice material, probably just because she is more used to it. With the power she displayed, turning into a flesh-and-blood body would definitely be no problem."

"But Ellie doesn't have a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi level~"

Ai Mi Li Ya raised a question at this time, and Fu Luo La nodded gently, analyzing from the perspective of shapeshifting arts and physical changes:

"It was contaminated with pseudo-human mother fluid, and Xia De also said it received a gift from an ancient god. I can't explain what that pool of blood is, and I'm not familiar with the power of that 【Dusk Creator】, but it is highly likely that the power of these two aspects contributed to Ellie's... shapeshifting? Evolution?"

The artist lady noticed the cat lying on Xia De's shoulder again:

"To give an inappropriate example, can't Xia De's cat turn into the appearance of a very majestic big cat? So the difference between Ellie turning into a human form and little Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya is just that the direction of power evolution is different. Ellie was specifically catalyzed by the 'pseudo-human' power in the blood, so the direction of evolution after gaining power was to shapeshift into a human."

When Fu Luo La said this, Xia De thought of little Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya's "wrong evolution" again, and couldn't help but feel a bit melancholy in his heart.

However, just like little Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya's "golden big cat" form is not the normal state, Ellie did not stabilize in the human form.

After the unicorns' ritual ended, Xia De went to check on its situation. It was still weakly curled up in the snow, with a very faint pink scar on its neck.

It did not refuse Xia De's touch, and after careful investigation, Xia De also confirmed that there were no longer any whisper elements of the 【Pseudo-Human House】 nature in Ellie's body. Although there were still a very small amount of blood components in its flesh and blood, it was also slowly absorbing them itself, and should metabolize them soon.

"So, can Ellie turn into the appearance just now again?"

Ai Mi Li Ya asked with concern. This question was still answered by Fu Luo La and Ao Dai Li. They also carefully checked Ellie's situation, but only got uncertain results:

"Maybe it's just temporarily not possible, maybe it's permanently not possible. Xia De's Moon Fire and the unicorns' ritual catalyzed this 'evolution', so when she shapeshifted just now, it seemed like moonlight was attached to her, which made the problem more complicated. We are also not sure if it remembered that momentary shapeshifting power."

"Now the power belonging to the pseudo-humans in its body has been cleared very cleanly, and the moonlight itself is an external force given by Xia De. It is more likely that the form we saw just now was just an unstable intermediate state, a process during treatment and recovery, similar to a scab on a wound. Since the injury is healed, the scab will naturally not appear again."

"But why does Ellie still look like it's not in good spirits?"

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na also asked curiously, reaching out and touching Ellie.

Ai Mi Li Ya then went to ask Ellie with concern, and after whispering to the little unicorn for a while, she said to Yin Yi Yi Lu Na:

"Ellie said it was so hungry that it couldn't move. Xia De, do you still have apples on you?"

Afterward, Ai Mi Li Ya also asked Ellie, wanting to know from the little unicorn whether it could still turn into a human form, but the little unicorn could not understand this question, because it didn't even remember that it had briefly turned into a human form.

And then Ai Mi Li Ya also consulted the views of the "Elder Unicorns," that is, the elderly unicorns in the unicorn population, but the answers they gave were something even Ai Mi Li Ya couldn't translate:

"They were talking about stars, the moon, fate, and things like that, just like prophets."

So there is no answer for the time being about whether Ellie can change or not.