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Yggdra gently grabbed Andromeda and began breastfeeding her without a care.

Andromeda drank greedily. She was such a gluttonous girl. Her belly was already big and full of fish, yet she still wanted milk to go with it.

As I looked back at Aquarina, I found her eating nonstop. "Sylphy, join in!" she called.

"Ah, right. I was hungry too," I nodded. I had been so focused on everyone else for too long that I had forgotten about myself. "Okay, let’s eat!"

I joined the lunch with everyone else.

The flavors of everything were delicious. We ate fish, crab, mollusks, and even octopus.

My mom had prepared so many colorful side dishes that we never ran out of them.

I continued eating and eating until I realized I had a truly bottomless stomach.

Without noticing, I had already devoured all the meat from one of the giant eels I had slain.

Just how was that even possible?

And yet I still felt rather hungry, so I kept going. I devoured two more in just an hour, then moved on to eat half of a giant kraken.

"You sure eat a lot!" Ignatius laughed. He was in his largest form, his stomach bulging as he ate a giant meat skewer using a long palm tree as a stick. Three giant beasts roared within his own flames. "Gahahah!"

"Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Why is that even possible?" I asked. "I used to eat a lot, but never this much! I literally ate several hundred tons of meat!"

"Hah!" he laughed. "I guess you haven’t realized it yet. Beyond being human, you are also a dragon, and we dragons eat a lot. On top of that, you are a goddess, so you eat even more."

"But where does all the food go?" I wondered. "I don’t even feel the need to go to the bathroom yet..."

"It goes to your True Stomach, which exists within your Physique," Ignatius explained. "You have evolved into an almost purely magical and divine being. Your stomach has expanded many times over to handle all the energy you require every day just to function."

"Oh!" I nodded. "I see, so that’s it... Wait, but still, I’m eating as if I were a giant monster."

"Well, aren’t you?" he laughed. "Your ’true form’ is no longer the one you walk around with all the time. The same goes for everyone present here. You are simply used to your human form because that is how you were born."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, growing intrigued.

"If you use all your skills, combine with all of us, and unleash everything, absolutely everything you have... what exactly do you think will happen?" Ignatius grinned.

"Ah!" My eyes widened.

"Yeah, you will become a giant being!" he laughed. "All the gods you know have forms that are just illusions. Every one of them is actually a gigantic creature. Some are monstrous, others majestic."

"So I have a ’true form’ now? That’s so weird... What can I do with it?" I asked.

"You can choose to ignore it," Ignatius shrugged. "Or you can choose to embrace it, channel its power more and more, learn about it, and evolve it."

"Evolve it?" I repeated.

"Beyond Physiques and Magic Circles, how do you think non-human beings grow stronger?" he asked.

"Ah, right. Their core... Mana Core?" I wondered.

"Aside from that, Dragons have Dragon Hearts!" he said. "Giants have Titan Hearts, and so on. Unlike weak humans, we were already born with a special organ that makes us stronger."

"What about my Spiritual Heart though?" I asked, tilting my head. "Isn’t that it?"

"Spirits have them, and so do Spiritual Races," he explained. "So no, it does not count. I am talking about completely non-human, non-spirit beings, Sylphy! You are now a dragon too... and a lot of other things, I suppose."

"W-What...?" I was shocked to be learning this right now, in this casual moment instead of some epic scene. "I see..."

"So you’re talking to her about her true form, huh?" Beelzebub flew to my side. "We demons also vary greatly... though we are not beasts like Ignatius! But for example, me. I was born with a Demon Heart. I did not need magic circles or physiques, though I developed them on top of my heart anyway."

"I suppose it’s all about having the best of both worlds?" I laughed.

"Maybe," Yggdra said. "My true form is that giant tree, after all."

"Hmm..." I nodded, rubbing my chin. "So you are all implying I have a giant true form that can evolve by developing a unique organ?"

"Indeed. That is called Monster Evolution! Maybe we could develop a System for that," Alice suddenly spoke from my side after she finished snacking on a mountain of food. Her belly was so big in her fairy form that she looked pregnant. "You have gathered so much EXP right now. We could develop something like that right away, but... Burp— Ah! Excuse me... I mean, you could get one right away. First, however, you should ’find’ your true form, channel it, transform, and get used to it."

"Hmm, I see..." I nodded confidently. "I guess I can do that later then. It sounds really cool though... Ah, right. I also need to evolve everyone... I suppose I can do that tomorrow. It is already getting late, isn’t it?"

Even inside the dungeon, the sun had already set. We were now under the starry night sky. Combined with the bonfires, the sea, and everything else, it made for a truly magical experience.

"Yeah, tomorrow is best," said Ignatius. "The more you delay it, the better. Where is my evolution at?!" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Calm down. It will be epic, I promise!" I said. "We just have to clear the smaller dungeons, then the bigger ones, and finally go where we can hopefully find materials from a true dragon for you to use. It is better to use those than to let you evolve with dragon monster materials, which are much more inferior."

"Nnnggh..." he growled, but he nodded. "You are not wrong. My evolution must be perfect. Even if we must use the remains of the corpse of one of my brethren... it must be done."

I nodded and rejoined everyone else at the feast. I drank plenty of wine and then beer, more than I thought possible after eating so much.

Although status effects did not affect me, I still felt a little tipsy. It was probably a combination of exhaustion and feeling way too full.

"Ah... Aquarina..."

When I opened my eyes, Aquarina was carrying me back home, walking out of the dungeon. She placed me gently on my bed, kissed my forehead, and I drifted off to sleep.

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