I am the Enchantress!

Chapter 165 Talia's Confession

"What?"

Wilder was stunned for a moment.

Talia thought he hadn't heard her clearly, so she repeated, "Human immobilization spell."

"That's not it."

Wilder shook his head.

He had considered the reason why Talia could switch between "dragon" and "human" forms.

They either possess unique talents from birth or have had extraordinary adventures.

In this world, dragons should normally be unable to cast spells like "human transformation," otherwise Monk wouldn't have let Talia go so easily.

Wilder initially thought that Talia had probably condensed a crystal similar to that of a high-level monster within her body and had accidentally mastered the spell to become human.

But she just said—

Specialty?

The word sounded quite familiar to him.

Is the [Actor], [Command], and [Linguist] specialization provided by his system the same kind of specialization?

If they are the same type, does that mean Talia also has a similar system?

The impact of this event far exceeded his discovery that Talia was actually a dragon.

"That's not it----"

Talia repeated Wilder's words, clearly not understanding what was going on, "Then what are you referring to?"

"Did you mention your specialty?" Wilder probed.

"Yes, a specialty."

Talia nodded, her words extremely clear.

"What do you mean by 'specialty'? A spell scroll? An ancient book? Or something else?" Wilder immediately pressed.

"To be precise, it's a line of text."

Talia raised her head slightly, trying to recall the time she released the animals, and therefore did not notice Wilder's wide-open eyes.

"I was seriously injured at the time, and my consciousness began to blur. I thought it was a hallucination, but the words that appeared out of nowhere in front of me could not be shaken off no matter what I did. I believed that it was real."

"And then? Did you choose that specialty?"

"Hmm, I focused my mind on that line of text."

"And then it turned into a human?"

"I think so, but I wasn't aware of it at the time."

Talia nodded and continued, "I noticed my body starting to change. The most obvious change was that the dragon wings I used to fly disappeared, and I was falling rapidly from the sky."

"Uh—humans really can't fly."

"Yes, at that moment I thought I had been tricked. That line of text was probably a spell cast on me by the adventurer, which made me lose my ability to fly."

Talia said, "I thought I was going to fall to my death, but luckily I landed in the forest canopy, cushioned my fall several times, and finally hit the ground."

"Then the injury must be quite serious."

"Yes, I was already seriously injured, and with the fall, I still thought I was going to die."

As Talia recalled the incident, she continued, "Unexpectedly, I was rescued."

"By whom?"

"Those adventurers who are tracking me."

She said softly, "When they appeared in front of me, I thought I was doomed. They had been chasing me all the way and would never let me go."

"But to my surprise, they just paused for a moment when they saw me, and did not attack me. They even left one person to bandage my wounds and took me to a nearby town."

"I didn't understand what had happened, I didn't understand why they gave up hunting me and instead wanted to help me—until we passed a stream and I saw my own face, I was extremely surprised—"

"I've actually turned into a human!"

"It was only at that moment that I realized that the text in front of me was not a spell cast on me by the adventurer."

Talia spoke several sentences in a row, then paused to rest.

"Take your time, we have plenty of time."

Wilder said.

Talia needed rest, and he also needed time to process what she had just said.

It appears that she learned the [Human Transformation Technique] without any formal training, simply by thinking about it. This is consistent with her expertise.

The group of adventurers who were tracking her showed her no hostility and even helped her heal, probably because they had no concept of dragons being able to transform into human form.

So Talia survived.

After recounting this experience, Wilder continued, "And then?"

"Then, I was taken to a nearby town, which was much smaller than Ironweave Town and not as prosperous as this place."

Talia recounted her long-buried memories, "The adventurer placed me in a local guild. They didn't charge me any money, though I didn't have any anyway. In any case, they gave me some basic treatment."

"So you stayed there?"

"I thought about it that way, but in the end I didn't stay."

At this point, a hint of sadness crossed her face. "That was the first time I had ever been in close contact with humans, and I really liked their way of life."

"The food is hot and seasoned, which makes it even tastier."

"The house is also more comfortable, with soft furnishings and comfortable fabrics."

"Moreover, humans seem to be very kind; they treat me well, and I receive food and water without doing any work."

Wilder nodded.

It seems she has stumbled upon a small town with a simple and honest folk culture, which is evident from the fact that the adventurers did not ignore her.

If she had encountered the Danube City Survey Team, even if they were unaware that dragons could transform into humans, Wilde believed they would not have offered any assistance.

Some people judge by appearances, but that's just his intuition.

This is a world of swords and magic, which also means that bloodshed and death are more likely to occur here.

Human nature is revealed here in a more direct and raw way.

Talia is lucky.

"Then why didn't you stay in that town?" Wilder asked.

"Because—I did something bad."

"Talia said slowly."

The pain and regrets buried deep in her heart gradually surfaced, weaving a tapestry on her face, which was hidden in the dim light.

A look of pain.

"What—something bad?"

Wilder instinctively felt he shouldn't ask, but since things had already come to this point, he figured he might as well let her say it, and perhaps he could help her bear some of the burden.

"I received treatment at the union for two weeks, and my injuries have healed by about half."

Talia didn't evade the question and slowly began, "Back then, I couldn't speak human language, so I could only communicate by pretending to be mute using sign language, but I still got along very well with the guild members."

"Until one day, I was staring blankly at the ceiling in my union room, and then that line of text that had been floating before my eyes reappeared—"

Specialty: Human transformation.

"I didn't think too much about it, and my mind just wandered to that line of text again."

As she said this, she looked up and stared intently at Wilder, his crimson pupils barely visible in the darkness.

"I didn't expect that doing that would undo the transformation."

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