"I originally planned this as a gift for Ululius, but I didn't expect it to be used now," Sofia said with a smile.
This dress was designed by several women, with Alka and Simon providing support with the materials and production.
Not to mention, the crystals are truly exquisite. Simply put, this is a magical garment.
It has micro-deformation, micro-adjustment, dustproofing, and self-cleaning properties.
It's perfect for a creature like Ululius who has transformed into a human form but doesn't understand human life very well.
Jason took it and curled his lips. "So you hid it from me just to see my surprised expression? That's so childish!"
He said helplessly, picked up the dress, and walked over.
Behind him, the smiles on the faces of the women who stayed behind were visible.
How could they have spent so much time just to see surprised looks and expressions? They must have been looking for something more interesting.
Jason arrived in front of the ball of light.
"Here, put this on," she said, folding the clothes and stuffing them into the ball of light.
"Ah, I know how to do that."
Urulius's triumphant voice echoed from within the ball of light. Soon, the figure within could be seen putting on her clothes, then she reached out again.
Jason took her arm and tugged hard, feeling a noticeable resistance. Finally, he pulled Urulius out.
With the tug, the ball of light vanished.
Urulius's human form appeared before everyone.
After receiving the message from Sofia and the others, Alka and the others opened the entrance from the outside and entered again.
Looking at Urulius standing next to Jason, she was a beautiful girl, approximately eighteen years old.
She had brilliant white hair—yes, the exact same white hair as the crystal dragon's fur. However, compared to dry white hair, hers shimmered like pure white crystal, glistening in the light.
Though she looked similar to Sofia, Sofia's hair was silver, a distinct difference.
And beneath her long white hair, two crystal-like dragon horns jutted from her head.
The girl's eyes retained the dragon-shaped, vertical pupils of Ululius's normal form.
Brightly colored crystal scales could be seen adorning the sides of her nose and behind her ears.
Additionally, scales resembling spots could be seen on her exposed neck and collarbone.
The scales didn't make Ululius look strange; instead, they added a touch of color.
She wore the clothes Sofia and the others had already prepared, but her feet were bare.
A tail dangled from beneath her skirt, unconsciously sweeping behind her.
The tail is a scaled-down version of the dragon form's tail.
Its appearance is similar to a dragon-human form that's more human-like than a lizard-like form.
Overall, Ululius's human form can be described as a strikingly beautiful young woman.
"So, isn't this convenient now?"
Ululius happily spun around in front of the crowd, swinging her hands.
Sofia smiled and nodded. "That's right. No more cautious on the boat."
"Haha, that's right," Ululius said happily, then pulled Jason's arm.
"Ah!"
Jason screamed as he was casually pulled to the ground, landing flat on his face.
"Oh, it seems I need to get a little more familiar with how to use force in this position," Alka warned as he watched. Unexpectedly, Ululius looked at her hands, then at Jason, who had fallen at her feet, and picked him up.
"Sorry, I'm not used to this position yet."
With a smile, she kissed Jason's face and even licked it with her tongue.
Jason, who had just been picked up, looked at Ululius in shock, wiping his saliva from his face and Ululius's nonchalant smile.
"What...what are you doing?"
Then, sensing something was wrong, he turned around and saw Alka and the others holding a mirror out to them.
"What are you doing?"
Alka and the others silently put the mirror away, a smile on their faces.
This was what they wanted to see.
"What's wrong with a lick? Do you dislike me?" Ululius asked unhappily, looking at Jason. "No, I mean, how can you lick... No, licking like this... What the hell? Let me sort it out."
Jason was completely confused. He quickly reached out to stop Ululius from speaking. He needed a moment to process the situation.
Ululius had been hatched by him, and she did lick his face from time to time to show affection.
But after all, Ululius was a dragon back then, so Jason didn't see anything wrong with it.
But now that Ululius had become a humanoid girl, such behavior seemed a bit too strange.
And she looked the same age as him.
Although Jason was probably in his 30s, he was a Toucher after all. Due to his enhanced magical powers and physical fitness, he only looked a slightly more mature young man.
"Now that you've taken human form, there are some things you can't do as freely as a dragon. You need to change your way of expressing yourself," Jason said after a moment's thought.
"I suggest you take a look at this book first, and this one," Alka said, creating two mirrors in front of Jason.
Jason looked at the mirrors in his hands, which reflected images of two books.
"What are those?"
Looking at the titles of the books.
"Dragons and Warriors" and "Growth and Transformation"
Looking at the titles, Jason immediately understood. In other words, these two books could explain the current situation, and Alka and the others knew about it in advance because they had seen them before.
Looking at the first book, it looked like a fantasy novel.
But the book actually described dragons and warriors, a detailed explanation of the symbiotic relationship and connection, and its origins.
This was a contractual bond that had existed since ancient times, during the Golden Age.
Dragons were divine creatures in that era, but they weren't the pinnacle of deity, clearly distinguishable from gods.
One can only say that dragons possessed exceptionally strong talents, relying on their inherent divinity to easily become powerful beings.
The term "warrior" refers to those who had established a deep bond and bond with dragons.
This eventually developed into a contract of deep connection.
The reason for such a contract was primarily because the dragon population was truly sparse in that era.
This was the very same contract Jason had signed with Urulius, then still an egg.
It was a very close bond.
Jason read the introduction.
It was like brothers who had grown up together, sisters who had grown up together.
Or, perhaps, like husband and wife.
And so on and so forth.
Jason's composure was unsettled at this point. No, this was completely different from what he had imagined.
He'd always assumed he was a bodyguard or something, perhaps a nanny at best.
So, he wasn't raising children, but rather a wife?
Jason suppressed his emotions and continued flipping through the pages.
This kind of link, originally used in the Golden Age for interspecies brotherhood or intermarriage, was a contractual link.
Seeing this, Jason turned to look at Urulius, who was staring at him with wide, dragon-like eyes, standing beside him.
"Do you know what the contract linking us represents?"
"Yes."
"You've always known?"
"You've always known. Isn't there a legacy?"
"Huh?"
Jason began flipping through the shared legacy in his mind. After all, it wasn't his own, so he'd only skimmed through some of the knowledge and techniques within.
Besides, since it was shared, he easily found the information he needed.
Naturally, he never considered things he hadn't thought about.
The mere thought of it instantly brought him information about the contract, identical to what he had just read in the book.
He quickly took the mirror reflected by the other book and began flipping through it.
It described the life growth of various dragon races and the relationship between Crystal Dragons.
In the Golden Age, there were no growth mechanisms like the Spiral.
Furthermore, dragons were gifted, so meditation was almost nonexistent.
Everyone relied on their talents, eating, drinking, and having fun, and growing naturally.
However, in the era in which Urulius lived, meditation existed, and the changes brought about by the Link had significantly accelerated her growth.
Normally, it takes between 80 and 120 years for a young dragon to grow into an adolescent dragon, with some variation depending on the species.
By this time, an adolescent dragon would essentially be a mature individual.
Adolescent dragons are required to leave their family nest or their parents' nest.
Now, they should become independent individuals.
However, their growing strength allows a dragon to skip this lengthy growth phase, allowing it to grow rapidly without sacrificing its lifespan.
This growth itself is a mechanism for increasing strength.
Incidentally, at this stage, the so-called transformation occurs. As mentioned in the link above, this transformation is more likely to involve a mate.
Dragons of the Golden Age rarely used this transformation.
After all, dragons back then were so proud that, even though their numbers were small, they had no problem absorbing alien races into their ranks. However, their pride made them rarely choose mates from other races.
At this age, they had reached what humans would call the age of starting a family and establishing a career.
He read for a while, finally absorbing some of the important information from the two books that he needed to know.
His entire expression became dazed.
It wasn't so-called resistance, but she was completely taken aback.
He looked at the eyes of Alka and the others.
"You're so mean."
"No, no, no, you can't say that. You don't even bother to learn such important information. We all know more than you do. And you still say you care about Ululius?" Alka retorted bluntly.
"How could that be? I just..."
Jason didn't know how to explain himself, and could only look helplessly at Ululius beside him.
Ululius had already arrived in front of Sofia and the others, being ravaged by several women.
They were rubbing against each other.
"Your horn is so beautiful." Julia looked at the dragon horn on Ululius's head. It could almost be considered an accessory, shimmering like a crown, truly beautiful.
"Hehe, I think so too." Ululius, the dragon's characteristic conceit, fully manifested itself. She readily embraced any compliments.
"Alright, let's go out."
Arka said, opening the portal. Everyone emerged and stepped onto the deck.
Ululius, upon arriving on deck, gazed at the Voice of the Dawn, experiencing a complete transformation from her former self.
She ran around the deck, letting out an inexplicably joyful laugh.
The unfamiliar member attracted the attention of the puppet girls on the ship, who flocked from all directions to gather around the beautiful girl.
"Who are you?"
"It's Ululius, isn't it?"
Some of the quick-witted puppet girls recognized Ululius based on her humanoid form.
"Yes, yes."
"You've grown so small, just like us."
"Your hair is so pretty, and your clothes are so pretty."
Ululius' transformation was a novelty to the puppet girls.
"Ah, just like when I was a kid."
Ululius looked at the changes and the feel of the entire ship, and it reminded her of her childhood, when she could still be held in their arms.
Watching Ululius happily interacting with the puppet girls on the deck, Alka and the others sat down next to Jason.
Jason leaned against the edge of the ship, watching this familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar girl.
"What are you going to do?"
"What do you mean?" Jason asked, looking at Alka.
"Are you ready to become Ululius's spouse?"
"What spouse? That's so rude," Jason said, sighing.
He simply stared up at the azure sky, his thoughts uncertain.
Dragons have slightly different habits.
But Crystal Dragons, as scholars and recorders of history, begin searching for mates when they're young. Slower dragons might search endlessly, only finding a suitable one when they reach adulthood.
After all, the dragon race's fertility rate is inversely proportional to their powerful racial traits.
For the continuation of the race, finding a suitable mate is a serious and rigorous matter.
Crystal Dragons, a race of scholars, are inherently loyal to their mates, a marked difference from some other dragons within the Dragon Clan.
And these dragons are the reason why there are so many dragon species in this world.
"That's weird! I feel like an animal," Jason suddenly said.
"No, because of our heritage, dragons seem to mature very quickly," Simon said, glancing at the mirror in his hand.
"And according to the tradition, Ululius should have considered you her mate since childhood, right?
According to theories of human growth and aging, Ululius's normal age should be over 30,000 years old now."
These words made several people turn to look at him.
"Why are you looking at me? Isn't that right? She's just been an egg for tens of thousands of years. She's just dormant, and it must have been more than a decade since she hatched."
"The dissolute life is over," Alka said with a smile as she sat beside him.
"And haven't you noticed? Ululius's human form is somewhat biased towards your preferences, hahaha."
Alka and the others had been with Jason for so long, so they naturally knew some of his little preferences. They could tell at a glance that Ululius's human form had characteristics that really appealed to him.
As they chatted, the sky suddenly darkened.
As the sky darkened, Ululius ran over.
Come, dragging Jason towards the stern deck.
"Hurry, take me to my room. I haven't been in there since I was a kid.
Did you hide any treasures in there? Bring those gems over and spread them on the bed. I want to sleep on them."
Hearing these words, looking at Ululius's active back.
"What does she mean? Does that mean she's going to share a room with Jason from now on? They're going to share a room!"
Juanlu said, thinking of something.
At this moment, Sofia also came over and sat next to Alka.
"Well, the room we prepared earlier is no longer needed. Ululius said she wants to share a room with Jason.
She said that it was a break before due to performance issues, but now they have to live together."
Sofia said somewhat helplessly.
"And she also said she wanted to fuse that fusion-capable treasure into a pair of rings."
Hearing this, Alka nodded.
It seems Urulius isn't completely clueless. Jason's going to have a hard time.
They knew all along, and did it on purpose? As expected of a powerful divine race.
The so-called experience gained through age is no problem for these powerful races.
Time and experience won't be their weaknesses.
Alka thought, feeling a gaze from the side.
Turning around, she saw the eyes of Sofia and Lucilia on her shoulder.
"...Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Hmph!" The two snorted.
They stood up and walked away.