Smoothie: "If this Ain girl can't use the mage Ultear template Arton just got, then that means he can keep it for later, right?"
Stussy: "A template that involves time... that has to be powerful. If I had a template like that, there are a lot of things I could do with it."
Kalifa: "Ice aside, time itself is a terrifying power."
The diary-copy holders like Smoothie and Kalifa all had at least a rough idea of how strong a power involving time could be.
As long as the limitations weren't too severe, an ability like that was never going to be weak.
Especially for agents like Kalifa and Stussy.
Just thinking about it for a moment, they could already come up with dozens of ways a power that controlled time could be used.
If a template like that landed in their hands, Kalifa and Stussy were absolutely certain they could play with it in incredible ways.
That was exactly why they were hoping Ain wouldn't be compatible with Ultear's template.
If that happened, then they might still have a chance to get their own hands on it.
Of course, they also knew perfectly well that even if Ain couldn't use Ultear's template, that didn't mean they would necessarily be able to use it either.
Setting aside the fact that they hadn't even met Arton yet and had no chance to ask him for a template, they also didn't possess attributes related to ice and time, so they might not match Ultear all that easily.
At the same time, over in Wano, Hiyori—still disguised as an oiran—watched the scene playing out in Arton's diary copy with a complicated expression.
"If Mother were still alive... would she have been able to use a template like this?"
Hiyori pressed her lips together and murmured softly.
…
"Captain... can I use Ultear's template?"
Ain clasped her hands together and looked at Arton with naked hope in her eyes.
The moment she asked, her heart tightened with nerves.
She desperately wanted to hear a satisfying answer from Arton.
But at the same time, she was afraid the answer he gave wouldn't be the one she wanted.
For a while, Ain's heart was a complete mess.
The other members of the Flameblade Pirates were also staring intently at Arton.
Whether they already had templates or not, everyone cared about whether Ain would be able to use the new template Arton had just drawn.
Especially Robin.
As someone who had once worked together with Ain to please Arton and secure her place aboard the Flameblade Pirates in the truest sense, Robin genuinely hoped Ain would get a template.
If that happened, then maybe in the future the two of them could work together again and give Arton a different kind of pleasure.
For example, Robin could activate her template to one hundred percent and take on the full form of the Signora, while Ain could do the same and become Ultear.
That way, they could give Arton an entirely different experience.
Once Arton got worked up, maybe he would mention their names in the diary more often too, letting them earn more points and grow even stronger through those points.
Robin firmly believed that, in Ain's current state, she would be more than willing to cooperate with her—kneeling together in front of Arton and pleasing him.
After all, the two of them already had experience working together before.
Chapter 662: Ain's Growth
"Ultear's template carries attributes like ice, time, long black hair, woman, sexy, beautiful, and respectful toward teachers, among others. Ain, which of those do you think you have?"
Arton smiled as he looked at the clearly excited Ain.
Hearing his question, Ain froze for a second, then hurriedly started going through the possible attributes in her head.
Little by little, her eyes lit up brighter and brighter.
"Looks like you've already figured it out, Ain."
Arton smiled.
"That's right. You do have attributes like woman, time, and respectful toward teachers. In other words... you can use this template."
"That's wonderful!"
In her excitement, Ain threw herself straight into Arton's arms.
Her hands wrapped tightly around his back, and she kept bouncing in place in pure joy.
Which naturally meant her breasts kept smacking right into him over and over.
Luckily, Arton was very tolerant when it came to Ain, so not only did he not scold her for such scandalous behavior, he was perfectly happy to record the whole thing in his diary.
[Even if Ain using her breasts to slam into me isn't exactly proper, I can't say I don't understand. She's just that happy right now.]
[Come to think of it, is it just me, or has Ain grown a little lately? Feels like her chest has gotten fuller.]
[Did she use her rewind fruit on herself before and make her body a little smaller?]
[No, that doesn't sound right. Her ability should rewind a person's overall age, not just shrink one specific part.]
[Then again, if a Devil Fruit user becomes skilled enough, they probably can make their power affect only part of their own body—or someone else's.]
[So has Ain improved so much over this period of training that even her Devil Fruit ability has developed too?]
Hina: "Ain's strength has grown? Well, that makes sense. Staying by Arton's side gives her more chances to earn points and grow stronger, so it wouldn't be strange if her Devil Fruit ability developed too."
Doll: "Even so, this still feels a little weird. Did Ain really need to develop her ability to the point where it only made her chest bigger?"
Kujaku: "D-Don't tell me Ain developed her power in this direction just to please Arton as much as possible?"
Gion: "Or maybe it's simpler than that. Maybe Ain's chest just grew because she's been using it so much to service Arton."
Kalifa: "If you use them often enough, they probably do get bigger and stronger to some degree, right?"
At that thought, the women all found themselves instinctively lowering their heads to look at the culprits that kept them from seeing their own feet.
They had never personally verified it, of course, but Arton's derivative works had occasionally touched on the subject before.
The mentions were brief, but there had definitely been explanations here and there.
Thinking about that, Kalifa, Gion, and the others had no choice but to start suspecting that Ain had already done some pretty intense things with Arton.
"If it's Ain, then it wouldn't be strange for her to go that far."
Hina let out a long sigh and thought that to herself.
After all, even she herself had occasionally found herself thinking that if she could buy her freedom by paying Arton a certain price, she would be willing to pay it.
And Ain... Ain wanted that badly to be able to help Teacher Zephyr in the future.
Given that, Hina was the first one willing to believe Ain would absolutely throw herself all the way in.
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