A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Kira had actually anticipated that Irene could imbue her attacks with 'Haki' long ago. After all, there was a successful example in the "Hundred Year Quest" arc where she guided Wendy to use this method to imbue her attacks with 'spiritual power' so that she could use spiritual arts. So imbuing her with 'Haki' was incredibly easy!

Kira's lips twitched: "Can I take a look?"

"of course can."

As Eileen spoke, she stretched out her left hand towards Ji, and a layer of concept was attached to him: "That kind of power called 'dominance' belongs to the power of 'heart', and it is similar to the source of magic, 'emotion'. It should not be difficult for you to master."

Kira clenched his fist and carefully sensed the power within his body. He possessed Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and even Conqueror's Haki, and they all seemed quite powerful.

After giving the instruction to 'try using it' in his mind, Kira felt the magic power within him transform into another kind of magical power in an unprecedented and ingenious way. This power was more solid and more convenient than magic power.

He channeled this power into his hands, and instantly his hands turned pitch black, as if coated with a thick layer of black paint. Their hardness far exceeded that of his previous hands, becoming several times harder than diamond.

Kira clasped his fists together, the two black iron fists emitting dull clangs, like two blocks of diamond of equal density colliding. He couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "This is Haki? This power is really not bad! Hmm... I see... so this is how magic is converted!! It feels pretty simple..."

Seeing this, Eileen reminded her, "You're only able to use Haki right now because I've attached it to you. Once I remove the attachment magic, you won't be able to use it anymore. However, as long as you remember this method of magic conversion, you can still form a fixed ability. Like that little girl named Mira from your guild, and Selene and Brandish can too."

"Really? That's alright!"

Kira smiled brightly, "I'm a genius in the field of magic, nothing can stump me! If they can do it, so can I!"

Eileen nodded and added, "By the way, what I just mentioned only applies to Observation Haki and Armament Haki! As for Conqueror's Haki, although I've tried applying it to others, only Selene and I have been able to successfully use it."

"Later, I learned about Conqueror's Haki from other people, and I guessed that this ability, in addition to the conversion of magic power, should also be related to one's state of mind."

"Perhaps it's because Selene and I both have the experience and strength of being 'kings' that we can continue to use it. Others don't have this experience and mindset, so they can't."

Kira nodded: "That's not surprising..."

In the world of One Piece, Conqueror's Haki is originally the exclusive domain of kings.

Irene was once a queen and later the mother of dragons, so she can be considered a king; while Selene is the moon dragon and has almost absolute power in Elentina, so she can also be considered a king.

However, this doesn't apply to characters like the Twelve Shields or the Mira siblings. They lack both the strength and the mindset of a king, so it's normal that they can't maintain their Conqueror's Haki. Being able to briefly experience the power of Conqueror's Haki is already considered a huge advantage!

In any case, the Armament Haki and Observation Haki they learned through almost 'cheating' methods were already more than enough for them.

Suddenly, Kira had a flash of inspiration and thought of something else.

"By the way, Erin-san, have you ever tried separating and attaching Devil Fruit abilities?"

Chapter 921 Separating the Added Devil Fruit?

In Kira's mind, enchanting magic is almost omnipotent; there's nothing that can't be done if you can imagine it.

Now that Irene has confirmed that Haki can be learned through concept attachment, Killer can't help but wonder if it's possible to use separation attachment to extract the power of Devil Fruits from their users?

If possible, wouldn't that be much more reliable than things like 'absorbing and releasing the Dark-Dark Fruit,' 'placing a fruit next to a dead person,' or 'eating the fruit user himself'?

Moreover, if it's simply a matter of separating the added Devil Fruit abilities, it might even eliminate the weakness of 'fearing seawater'!

Thinking of this, Kira couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

However, Eileen's answer disappointed him.

"no!"

"Huh?! It doesn't work?? Have you tried?" Kira pressed.

"Of course! After learning about Devil Fruits, I tried them myself, many times, but all my attempts ended in failure!"

Eileen glanced at Kira as she spoke and said calmly, "The fact that the Separation Enhancement Magic failed means that it's not a learnable ability like Haki, but rather something bound to a living being!"

That's it!

Killer, who already had some knowledge of the pirate world, suddenly realized: "The principle of Devil Fruits is to change the bloodline factors in the user's body. In other words, the fruit's ability is an ability that the user carries at the genetic level! And most magic cannot affect 'life,' which is probably why the separation-enhanced magic failed!"

In the Fairy Tail world, there's a concept of magic being consumed: 'magic cannot affect living beings.'

Of course, this setting will only be used when needed, such as Ultear's Arc of Time, which was rendered ineffective in the original work because Gray's ice was mixed with blood.

Apart from that, this setting is basically ignored. For example, Gildarts' disintegration magic can divide a person into many parts; Brandish's shape magic can make a person huge or small...

Even Kira couldn't figure out the underlying principle, so he could only blame it on Mashima.

Irene is in this situation now: her Devil Fruit ability is closely related to her bloodline factor, which is written into the user's genes, so it cannot be created using separation magic that cannot affect living beings!

Thinking of this, Kira sighed regretfully, "What a pity!"

"Yeah, I was actually a little interested in the abilities used by that female pirate they called 'Mom'."

"You mean Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit?"

Eileen nodded, holding up two long, slender fingers encased in black leather gloves, and said, "Her ability actually possesses both 'soul' and 'life' attributes."

“Those ‘Homies’ separated from the Soul-Soul Fruit are very similar to my ‘personality additions’. Their original form is a kind of ‘object’, they all have independent thoughts, and they all prioritize the user.”

"The difference is that 'personality addition' or 'personality enhancement' does not affect the person's life, but the birth of a 'Homie' requires a certain amount of 'lifespan'."

"When I fought her, I witnessed her drain someone's soul, that is, their lifespan, and then that person died. This is almost impossible to achieve in magic!"

At this point, Eileen's tone became somewhat unfriendly, clearly showing her disgust at the old woman's cruel act of extracting other people's lifespans.

Kira thought about it carefully and realized that in the magic system of the Fairy Tail world, a soul is a soul, and the related magic is a single attribute that has nothing to do with lifespan. Apart from Irene's personality enhancement and personality amplification, things like the Thought Body, Reiss's Spirit Dragon Slayer Magic, and Acnologia's Soul Extraction Magic are all like this!

Even when receiving magic, it involves receiving both the 'soul' and the 'body' together. In that case, you take possession of the other person's entire body, rather than simply extracting a portion of their 'lifespan'!

The two of them explored the entire treasure room in this back-and-forth conversation and finally discovered the red historical text.

"Found it! Found it...!!"

"That's great! The old lady hasn't taken this thing yet, I would have lost out if I hadn't let her take it!"

Seeing Kira excitedly gesturing in front of the road sign text, Erin couldn't help but smile, but she quickly suppressed it.

"Is this the stone you're looking for? What's so special about it?"

"It's like this..."

As Kira took out his camera and snapped a full-body photo of the rock, he explained the information about Laugh Tale to Erin in the simplest way possible: "...this is one of the signpost texts."

"I'll have to get Robin to translate later. I can't count on Lucy; she hasn't been studying ancient scripts properly lately. As for Levy... I heard she's been having pretty bad morning sickness lately, so let's not bother her."

Eileen was taken aback, and it took her a while to remember who Kira was talking about: "Levy... is she the little girl with a headscarf on her forehead? I remember she's only 19 years old this year, right?"

"Yeah, that Gajeel is such a jerk!" Killer cursed. "He's always dating girls and doesn't study Dragon Slayer Magic properly. No wonder he always loses to Natsu in fights!"

Eileen didn't speak. In her heart, she felt that being in love and practicing magic were not mutually exclusive, because extreme emotions could enhance the effects of magic, and love was one of the best catalysts.

"Speaking of which, you have more experience in this area. Why don't you find some time to take care of her?"

Hmm... Erza was born after Irene carried her for a full 400 years, which is enough time for an average human to have a ten-month pregnancy 480 times. In that respect, she definitely has a lot of experience...

Boom! !

The two-meter-long wooden magic wand landed on Kira's head again, this time with significantly more force than before.

Eileen didn't say much, but her murderous warning look was enough to shut Kira up. He gave an awkward laugh and took a half step back: "Just kidding, don't take it so seriously..."

"Speaking of which, since Devil Fruits rewrite the human gene pool, the Human-Human Fruit from the Zoan type might be able to overwrite the 'dragonization' effect of your Dragon Slayer Magic training, allowing you to return to human form. Do you want to give it a try?"

Hearing Kira's words, Eileen was somewhat tempted: "Is it okay?"

This surprised Kira.

He remembered that Vegapunk had the technology to clone Devil Fruits, so if he were to study Chopper, he should be able to create a second Human-Human Fruit.

Ultimately, Zoan-type Devil Fruits only allow the user to acquire the characteristics and 'abilities' of that animal, as well as beast or beastman forms; they don't transform the user into that animal. For example, after Kaido ate the Azure Dragon Fruit, he gained abilities like 'flight,' 'flame clouds,' and 'wind, fire, and lightning,' but he is still essentially human.

Looking at the Human-Human Fruit, the 'ability' it grants Chopper is the same intelligence as humans, as well as a beast form (human form) and a beast-man form (the common Chopper form). However, it's important to note that Chopper is essentially still a reindeer, not a human!

Chopper lacks the thermoregulation system of a human body. Even in human form, he is sensitive to heat due to his fur and resistant to low temperatures. In other words, the Human-Human Fruit did not turn Chopper into a human; it merely endowed him with human abilities!

From this perspective, rather than saying that Devil Fruits rewrite the entire gene pool, it's more accurate to say that they simply add a segment of genetic code to the gene pool.

"Thinking about it carefully, it might not work. I was just being naive!"

Kira then told Erin his guess.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Eileen's eyes upon hearing this, but she quickly concealed it. She had tried countless methods to regain her human form, but none of them had been successful, so she had not held much hope for Kira's proposed method from the beginning.

"Then forget it! Rewriting genes is no small matter, and I don't want to have another weakness of being afraid of seawater. Besides, I've been a dragon for so many years, and even if it was hard to bear at first, I've gotten used to it now."

Furthermore, emotions can fill the void of physical loneliness!

Thinking of Erza, Eileen suddenly smiled slightly, her eyes filled with endless love.

……

As agreed, Kira led Robin to the Road Sign text.

During her trip to Skypiea, Robin saw historical texts that recorded the location of the ancient weapon 'Sea King' Poseidon, and also read Roger's words left there. She deduced that Roger and his crew left the truth of history in Laugh Tale, so when she learned that Kira had a way to reach the final island, she was overwhelmed with excitement.

"This is the first red road sign text. Once we collect all four, we will know the location of Laugh Tale and then learn the truth of history from there."

Robin devoured the pie in Kira's face with great satisfaction, her eyes filled with boundless greed.

He truly deserves to be called the son of the devil!

That look was so wicked, even a gentleman like me almost couldn't resist it...

Kira didn't ask Robin where it was written on the document. He figured it wouldn't matter to him now; if Robin wanted to go to the final island, she would tell him herself.

Moreover, Kira has already planned out those four locations and the final treasure, so the history that will be passed down in this world in the future will only be a fake he created!

As for the genuine articles, he only needs to enjoy them on a small scale.

Chapter 922 How should we divide such an expensive head?

A day later, the tranquility of the Torant Sea was shattered by a cannon shot.

Kaido the Beasts and Charlotte Linlin the Big Mom's forces began to make moves. They would occasionally send out waves of soldiers to approach Whole Cake Island, fire cannons near the shore to test the power of their warships, and also use intimidation tactics, making their intention to attack obvious.

Sensing that war was about to break out, the ordinary people on the island felt a chill run down their spines, their faces turned pale, their hearts pounded with fear, their hands and feet trembled, and they were covered in cold sweat, terrified that they might be caught in the crossfire and become nameless corpses.

However, just as everyone was watching, a strange change occurred!

An eye suddenly appeared in the otherwise ordinary blue sky and white clouds!

The eye was enormous and extremely strange, with a scarlet cross in the center of the pupil. Under that sharp gaze, the pirates felt as if they had been stripped naked, completely exposed and with no secrets left, making them feel extremely uncomfortable.