How did I turn my victim into a phoenix-like hero?

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"Whoa!! It spoke!"

The monstrous blade, Hertanid, which had transformed into a giant ball of flesh, opened its six irregularly distributed vertical golden pupils, which even possessed a hint of holiness, and all looked at Katya.

As for which part of His body He used to produce sound, or perhaps He didn't use any organs at all, only He Himself knows.

The voice was different from what I had imagined; it was neither like a man nor a woman, neither like a monster nor a human—an indescribable voice.

"Humans? I haven't seen them for thousands of years... or tens of thousands of years? I can't remember, it doesn't matter. Compared to this, you said you had bananas, right? Bring them over, bring them over."

Hertanid was breathing heavily with excitement, and smoke was billowing all around him.

You? Me?

There really is someone... uh, no, a monster? Is that how you say it?

The last time I saw someone speak like that was the Duke of the evil organization in Pretty Cure Eluru.

"Ah...yes, yes, just wait a moment."

A bewildered Katya took out all the remaining bananas from the ring clock.

As long as this big fleshy ball doesn't grow haphazardly, everything will be fine.

Katya searched for a plate to serve the food, but Hertanid simply stretched out his tentacles and took it all, then slowly began to eat it with smacking sounds.

"Your bananas are sweeter and more sour than the ones I've had before, and they're not bitter at all. They're soft and chewy with just the right firmness, and the texture is fantastic. I hope I can wake up to bananas every day from now on."

"I see... I'm glad you like it. I can have Haider prepare it, but please don't eat it in my room. Leftovers attract bugs."

"It's okay, I understand, but I won't leave any bananas behind."

Hertanid ate the banana, peel, stem, and stalk all together.

As Hertanid ate a banana, he floated to the floor-to-ceiling window, his six eyes blinking as he looked down at the city's night view.

"Human civilization has developed to this point? That's amazing."

It was very different from what Katya had imagined.

This self-proclaimed ancient creature was neither reserved nor dignified; in fact, it was quite casual.

It should be said that a large ball of flesh was floating around the room. Such a surreal thing happened right in front of her, but Katya was able to quickly understand and accept it. She was surprised by her own adaptability.

"Hetanit? May I call him that?"

"It's alright, I'm not such a serious and rigid person. Human who awakened me, you can relax a bit."

"What were you doing before I woke you up?"

"She's sleeping. Do you even need to ask?"

"Slept for tens of thousands of years?"

"It's probably only a few thousand years. The longest I've ever slept is 46,721 years."

Katya: ......

"I think I'm quite relaxed... Hertanid, you don't seem very surprised by me, or rather, you seem overly calm about all of this?"

"When I fused with your magic, all my memories and past experiences flooded into my mind, and I gained a general impression of your world."

"...Hertanid, you don't have any intention of destroying the world, do you?"

Hertanid lazily and casually waved his tentacles:

"Leave those complicated games to the goddess. I have no interest in them. All I need is bananas when I wake up and a comfortable sleeping environment."

That's incredibly lazy.

If a follower of the Barnana religion saw their god's true form like this, what would they think?

"So carefree, are you really a god?"

"I don't know what misunderstanding you have about me."

Hertanid floated over to the robot vacuum cleaner and curiously poked it with its tentacles.

"I have simply lived much longer than humans and know some tricks that humans don't. Some people have just gathered around me out of familiarity and have taken the liberty of calling me a god."

“Haaa…”

In short, after this exchange, Katya understood that at least this large, fleshy creature did not harbor any hatred towards her or humans.

However, there was no goodwill involved.

I simply don't care; it doesn't matter what.

Katya actually had many more questions she wanted to ask, but unfortunately it was already 3 a.m., too late.

Having been under constant tension while facing Hertanid for so long, she was already feeling mentally exhausted.

Let's talk about it tomorrow.

"Hertanid, you can sleep if you want, but could you please not stay in this form forever? At least turn back into the shape of a sword."

Katya sat on the bed and, just in case, placed the straight sword beside the bed.

She did not fully trust Hertanid.

Even though she could feel her connection to this huge ball of flesh through magic, and the emotions transmitted from it told her that the other party wasn't lying, she still couldn't be completely at ease.

Couldn't it be something cuter that connects to your magic...?

Sirocco...it's all your fault!

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"Ah chirp!"

The moment he felt his nose itch, Sirocco quickly covered his mouth with a tissue to block the droplets from his sneeze.

"Brother, are you cold?"

"That's strange, I've been sneezing a lot lately. Is another beautiful woman thinking about me?"

"It's just a cold...hehe, this should warm you up a bit."

Hill leaned in from behind and gently hugged Sirocco.

Warmth and the scent of shampoo wafted from behind, and Sirocco felt as if he were wrapped in a large hot water bottle.

"Thank you, Hill, it definitely feels much warmer."

I even felt that the headshot rate when using the controller to kill zombies had increased.

"Hill has equipped her sister's armor for her brother. You're now buffed! Charge!"

"Oh, this is getting interesting! But turning my sister into armor is a bit too much..."

Sirocco manipulated the handsome man with a middle parting on the screen, narrowed the X-reticle of the Magnum revolver, aimed at the head of the gigantic BOSS Lord Ramon, and hit him dead in one shot.

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Katya felt a little resentful without realizing it.

Sirocco even said that the sword suited him well. It would have been better to lock Hertanid in the locker room after all.

Otherwise, how could I fall asleep looking at this huge lump of flesh?

No, no, Katya, you need to calm down.

Sirocco must have had his reasons for doing this; there's no reason for him to do this to himself...

"Do you want to sleep? Then I'll sleep too."

"Wait, wait, wait, you can't just go to bed like this, uh, in every sense of the word."

Seeing Hertanid devour the banana and even attempt to float onto her bed, Katya panicked.

"Oh, I can sense your urgency. My posture makes you very uncomfortable. So much time has passed, I almost forgot that humans are sensitive creatures."

Hertanid's six eyes roamed the room, eventually settling on the Blu-ray box on the table.

"This is... a virtual spiritual support."

"That's an anime! The cover features a limited edition of Elulu's everyday swimsuit. I stayed up all night to snag this first-edition limited edition, you know. Do you want to see it?"

That's not what I meant...

The large chunk of meat began to tremble and deform, initially forming a skeleton, then blood vessels, muscle tissue, eyeballs, and so on, layer upon layer—

Finally, smooth little feet appeared out of thin air, landing on the smooth wooden floor, and a new, small figure appeared in the room.

A girl wearing a short blue and white two-piece swimsuit, with silver hair and eyes, and a ponytail, holding a golden greatsword as tall as herself, looked to be in her early elementary school years.

"The Radiant Beauty Elulu!!"

Katya opened her mouth wide and jumped up excitedly, all her weariness vanishing.

She walked slowly to the elementary school girl, trembling, and looked her over without touching her.

"Are you that big meatball from earlier? Even your smell is so good..."

"Of course it's me. Do you think you can let me into bed like this...? Wait, what are you doing?"

Hertanid's silver ponytail swayed as he cautiously retreated.

Katya suddenly found herself holding a camera.