Chapter 18: This Is a Superpower Magic Bracelet.

“This is a superpower magic bracelet. As long as you wear it, you’ll gain the ability to never expose your identity unless you intentionally choose to.”

“Wow! That’s amazing!”

Sal gave a big thumbs up in admiration.

“Not only that… It can also absorb and store the draconic magic in your body, and release it when you need it. The process is practically zero delay.”

“As long as you strike the designated pose, and recite the designated line with feeling, you can release the stored magic at double strength!”

“That’s great! This is exactly what I’ve always wanted!”

Sal raised both hands high in excitement.

“Right? So with this thing on, there’s absolutely no downside.”

“……”

Sal’s expression changed instantly.
He crossed his arms and looked extremely serious.

“There’s more.”

“More? No, that’s it.”

“No more… heh. Hehehehe…”

Sal let out a cold laugh and completely tore off the friendly façade.

“Then please explain to me: WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED TO ME?!”

With Sal’s roar, the view shifted upward from the bracelet on her wrist — its gemstone glowing faintly gold-red.

Sal, who had trusted Rein and put the bracelet on early, had indeed experienced the two functions Rein described.

But she also immediately discovered the bracelet’s third function.

Which, to Sal, was absolutely a side effect.

“Why did this bracelet turn me into this?! And why can’t I take it off now that I’ve put it on?!”

Sal fired off questions like rapid arrows while grabbing Rein’s collar and shaking him back and forth violently.

So… what did the bracelet turn Sal into?

Hmm…

Let’s put it simply: the same appearance as the girl illustration from Chapter 2.

Soft, fragrant, fluffy little dragon-girl.
Dragon horns and slit-pupils were hidden due to transformation magic, but everything else was nearly identical.

In short — fully transformed into a girl. (Emotionlessly stated.)

Compared to Rein’s calm and composed expression, Sal was definitely not calm.

He— no, she — had every reason to believe this was Rein’s carefully engineered plan.

The academy? Arranged by him.
The bracelet? Given by him.

And now Rein claims to know nothing about the bracelet’s “side effect”?
Sal absolutely would not believe that.

“Either take this bracelet off right now, or I will transform back into a full dragon and drag you to hell with me!”

From Rein’s perspective, even though Sal looked human now, the killing intent in her eyes was very real.

However—

“You say that, but… can you really strike the pose and chant the activation line before I restrain you?”

Rein squinted slightly, exposing the truth.

“……”

Sal continued to grip his collar while looking down, genuinely analyzing the possibility.

But that was a mistake.

The moment she looked down, she saw a very different view than before.

From afar, her new body didn’t seem particularly exaggerated.
But up close, without any clothing support… well… the effect was very obvious.

One glance — just one — was enough to utterly short-circuit Sal’s mind.

After all, in her previous life she was single.
And even in this world, the only woman she had ever interacted with closely was her mother.

So she was completely unprepared.

Rein noticed immediately — Sal’s grip on his collar suddenly weakened.

Then he saw Sal lowering her head, staring downward for a long time without moving.

Rein wondered what she was looking at.
Until he caught a faint scent of blood in the air.

Wait.
Blood?

He followed her line of sight — and saw a trail of bright red droplets.

Coming from Sal’s nose.

“You’re—”

Rein stopped halfway, and Sal, snapping back to awareness, also touched her nose.

Her hand came away covered in bright, red dragon blood.
She jerked her head up, her long golden hair swishing, now stained with a few red drops.

Sal realized she had overestimated her self-control.
Just a little accidental glimpse of herself like this — and she reacted like that?!

It was humiliating.

So when Rein kindly offered tissues and asked if she was okay, Sal took the tissues but rejected the concern — plugging her nose and blaming it on “being so angry that you gave me a nosebleed,” which was extremely unconvincing.

Afterward, Sal fell silent — fuming in place like a Halloween child denied candy.

Rein took advantage of this rare moment of peace to check the time, then spoke:

They had to handle Sal’s enrollment today.
If they delayed until tomorrow, Rein would likely end up sleeping on the floor.

They had just arrived in the capital the previous night, staying in an inn Rein booked.
Capital inns were always full, especially at night.

Even after Rein paid triple price for “priority queue,” they barely got a standard twin room.

Back then, Sal hadn’t put on the bracelet yet, so the two of them just slept on opposite sides of the double bed like normal.

Then, in the morning, Sal was persuaded to put on the bracelet…

And everything afterward happened because of that.

While Rein prepared their things, Sal sat on the bed, staring at him — then at the bracelet on her wrist.

“…Tell me. Why are you doing all this?”

Rein didn’t answer, but his slight pause showed he heard her.

He just didn’t respond.

So Sal made her own guess.

From discovering she was a pureblood, to guiding her into the academy, to turning her into a girl and binding her…

“Don’t tell me you did all this because you’re attracted to my body?”

The thought alone made her shiver in revulsion.

She had no interest in men — not until she had to fulfill her mother’s mission someday.

She needed love, yes.
But she never said she wanted to become a woman and receive “love” from a man.

Rein’s response was—

“Don’t worry.”

Hearing that, Sal let out a breath of relief.

But what she couldn’t see was Rein’s expression:

He was smiling.

The exact same smile as Yagami Light.