A pair of crystal-blue pupils snapped open, and the sound of rapid breathing echoed throughout the room.
"Huff... huff... huff... huff—"
After a moment, the gasping gradually subsided.
"What on earth was that just now? A dragon? You've got to be kidding me; how could a dragon possibly grow that massive?"
Jona Velli began to think, recalling the details of the dream she just had.
Before long, a slightly sympathetic remark escaped her lips.
"But that egg was truly pitiful. Despite having such a badass dragon father—with a backer like that, shouldn't it be able to do whatever it wants? Instead, it was tossed into some unknown world by that son-screwing bastard."
After speaking, Jona Velli frowned. She felt something was off, as if something wasn't quite right, but she couldn't put her finger on exactly what it was.
"Tsk—that guy is really something, not even letting me sleep. Honestly, what does my sleeping have to do with him? He just blasted me awake all of a sudden."
"Forget it, forget it. Since I'm awake, I might as well see the changes outside. Sleeping for thirty-eight years is enough."
As she spoke, Jona Velli raised her dragon head and finally began to examine her own body.
The room, which was originally as massive as a football field, now felt somewhat cramped to Jona Velli.
The scales on her body were smoother, with each scale slightly protruding from the front-middle to the tip. They had also become firmer and heavier, exuding a strong metallic texture.
They shimmered with a silver radiance and the cold starlight of an ice-blue and silver-white gradient, cloaking her in a veil of mystery. Furthermore, ice-blue ice element particles were constantly lingering upon them.
Seeing this, her silver-white dragon mouth curled slightly, her smugness plain to see.
This was all thanks to the large amounts of iron ore, Moon Silver ore, frost-patterned magic crystal ore, and even star silver ore she had devoured previously.
She had made ample preparations for this slumber, and the rewards she received left her satisfied.
Jona Velli's body had grown even larger, her streamlined aesthetic more pronounced, appearing even more elegant than a typical Silver Dragon.
At the same time, Jona Velli's dragon horns had also changed. The original four thick horns looked extremely ferocious and terrifying.
However, the rear pair of horns had transformed; they were no longer conical but slightly flattened, curved in the middle, and surrounded by small diamond-shaped protrusions, overall resembling a crown.
Her dragon tail was thicker and longer, with the muscles hidden beneath the scales being robust and powerful—not flashy, but strong.
Jona Velli nodded in satisfaction.
"Damn, I'm cool!"
After praising herself, Jona Velli delved into her consciousness to investigate what abilities she had awakened.
[Time Slow: Slows down the time of enemies, within a certain range, or for oneself. The range and degree of slowing are determined by the amount of mana released.]
[Wheel of the Future: Allows for the brief use of one's future power. Currently, the maximum power accessible is from the next stage. The duration of use is related to mana.]
[Eye of Time Prediction: Allows one to see the future ten seconds ahead; requires active activation (can be upgraded). This ability can also be used to see the river of time in the entire Astral Realm (currently insufficient strength to peek).]
Looking at the three awakened abilities, Jona Velli opened her eyes in excitement.
Good grief, three time-based abilities had awakened at once—how could she not be thrilled?
The idea of naming them also crossed her mind.
"Alright, the naming master is making a limited-time comeback. From now on, Time Slow is renamed [Lag]. As for the other two..."
Jona Velli thought about it and decided they already sounded pretty good, so she just left them as they were.
"I originally wanted to change [Wheel of the Future] to [Yearning]—since it's yearning for the future—but looking at it now, forget it, forget it~"
However, amidst her excitement, Jona Velli snapped back to reality.
"Without realizing it, I've reached the young adult stage."
Yes, although Jona Velli was only forty-five years old since birth, because she constantly used [Weekend] as a permanent passive (similar to Gojo-sensei's Limitless passive), her physical body was actually already over seventy years old.
Her strength had also suddenly jumped from the originally weak Silver Rank to the current Diamond Eight-Ring.
And all she had done was take a nap.
This was the nature of dragons; what other creatures had to cultivate painstakingly to achieve, a dragon could obtain just by sleeping.
This was the world's most unfair and cruelest fact.
The peak that some people struggle to climb is merely the starting point for certain beings.
Jona Velli shook her head, preparing to go out for a stroll.
A flash of blue-white light flickered, and in the blink of an eye, the original behemoth had vanished, replaced by a cute... little loli?
Jona Velli looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but swallow, staring in a bit of a daze.
"WTF! This... this... I... you... this is so cute~ The... taste of first love."
A blush crept onto Jona Velli's cheeks, like a ripe apple or the rosy clouds of evening. She hurriedly closed her eyes, but then she realized something was wrong.
"Wait! Something's wrong! This is fucking me, isn't it?!"
Jona Velli snapped her eyes open and looked at her cute reflection in the mirror, completely dumbfounded.
Refusing to believe it, she rubbed her eyes and opened them again.
Still cute... Rub again, open again.
Unchanged... Jona Velli felt like crying but had no tears; this wasn't an illusion!
Good news: she had become stronger! Bad news: there was no turning back on the road to becoming a loli.
"No... that's not right. It shouldn't be like this. My... my dragon body is so powerful, I... this, is this right? Wuwu~"
Jona Velli's voice carried a tremble, looking like she wanted to cry. Combined with her cheeks flushed pink from excessive embarrassment, she gave off the distinct vibe of having been severely bullied.
However, Jona Velli still harbored a sliver of hope. Her fair little hand slowly rose, and after hesitating several times, as if she had made a grand resolution, she gave her face a hard pinch.
She looked as determined as someone about to join the Party.
It was soft, warm, and tender; at the same time, a certain heart completely died.
Jona Velli was petrified on the spot, her little mouth opening and closing.
"Just destroy everything... I'm tired."
After a long while, the sensation of hunger from her abdomen rushed into her mind, finally bringing Jona Velli back to her senses.
Only a long, desolate sigh could be heard.
"Sigh—forget it, at least... sigh."
Jona Velli conjured an ice crystal mirror, intending to take a good look at her human form.
After all, she had used Transformation Magic before, which wasn't her true appearance, but now she had truly shapeshifted.
A charming and cute little loli came into view. The first thing that caught Jona Velli's eye was that exquisite, bashful smiling face!
Her cheeks were like ripe apples, giving off a mouth-watering feeling. Her nose was small and pert, and her crystal-blue pupils paired with her furrowed willow-leaf brows added an exotic beauty.
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