"You come from Ishgar?"
"That's right."
"You fought the Black Dragon Acnologia before?"
"That's right. But not alone, I fought alongside the five dragons who had taken the form of soul dragons, led by the Fire Dragon King Igneel."
'He fought Acnologia and survived... Aside from that weapon, Athena, whose location is unknown, he is absolutely the best candidate to fulfill my wish...'
Selene thought silently to herself.
Although she had heard about it while peeping at them before, actually confirming it still made her click her tongue inwardly.
As for the whole matter of Igneel becoming a soul dragon, she did not care.
What she wanted from the start was for dragons to vanish from this world.
In her view, the age of dragons had already reached its end. Acnologia and the Five Dragon Gods had merely extended that age, but she believed that extension itself was wrong.
To summarize it in one sentence:
I don't want to be a dragon anymore! I want to be human!
Selene then said something that surprised Raizel and the others.
"I want to ask you for a favor."
Raizel raised an eyebrow, unsure what Selene was planning.
Naturally, he could not agree immediately, so he chose his words carefully.
"If it is within my ability, I can consider it."
Selene threw out a heavyweight answer.
"Join hands with me and kill the other Dragon Gods, except for myself!"
"Nani?!"
Lucy's eyes widened, and she hurriedly covered her mouth.
Raizel frowned and asked, "Can you explain why?"
Selene answered without changing expression.
"I want to become human, and they will be obstacles blocking my path toward becoming human."
"..."
The air instantly froze.
It became so quiet that even a needle dropping would have been heard.
Selene's answers were more shocking one after another.
A dragon who had been granted the title of god by humans was telling them she wanted to become human.
"How can I be sure you aren't lying to me? What if you've teamed up with the other Dragon Gods and are planning to ambush us?"
"That is true."
Selene thought for a moment.
She did not deny it. Instead, she nodded as if it made perfect sense.
"In that case, let time prove everything."
"Let time prove everything?" Raizel repeated.
Selene pointed at Kurnugi like he was some stranger.
"You were planning to take him back to your guild, were you not? Then bringing one more person should not be a problem, right?"
"..."
Raizel still gave the same answer.
"That is Ishgar. The territory of the Black Dragon Acnologia."
Selene had not spent four hundred years in Guiltina for nothing. During those four hundred years, she had made great progress.
She opened her folding fan with great confidence, and her generous chest trembled along with the motion.
With a soft laugh, she said, "As long as I do not return to my dragon form, he will not be able to find me."
Raizel still shook his head.
"Forgive me, but I cannot agree."
Selene was starting to get angry. Her fist clenched, her brows furrowed, and her tone sank.
"Why?"
"If Kurnugi gets angry, I can control him. But the destructive power you could cause..."
He did not know how strong she was after transforming into a dragon.
Even if Raizel could defeat Selene, her destructive power was still too great.
She was an uncontrollable bomb.
Because of the things Raizel had previously said to Kurnugi about the relationship between humans and dragons, Selene believed Raizel could be reasoned with.
After letting out a breath of frustration, she forced herself to calm down and replied,
"I have only one goal: enjoyment. My attitude toward humans is simple, If they do not attack me, I will not attack them. I have only killed people for self-defense."
"Also, I have maintained this human form for a very long time. You can ask around Guiltina yourself. When has the Moon Dragon God ever taken the initiative to attack a human city?"
These two points were not lies.
The Five Dragon Gods of the northern continent had not appeared openly in a long time.
As for enjoyment, that did indeed fit what Raizel had seen.
She spent every day soaking in hot springs, three times a day no less!
While Raizel was still hesitating, Kurnugi suddenly spoke.
"I can testify to that. Many of the books she left behind were about the coexistence faction. Because I was influenced by those books, I don't really have any ill will toward humans."
Raizel had to admit that Kurnugi's words made the scale in his heart begin to tilt.
And Kurnugi's words matched what he had said before.
On top of that, Ishgar had Acnologia. Selene should not be going there to seek death.
"What do you all think?"
Raizel looked toward Ultear, Mira, and the others.
After hesitating for a moment, Ultear said, "I think we can try."
Ultear thought back to the demons of Galuna Island.
Their appearances were ugly in the eyes of humans, but they were warmhearted and kind.
Among dragons, there were also dragons close to humans, such as Igneel, Grandeeney, and Metalicana.
Selene wanting to become human sounded fantastical, but it was not impossible to accept.
"I agree. I don't sense any malice from her," Wendy said with a firm nod.
"It should be fine," Erza and Kagura said as well.
They could also sense that Selene did not have any hostility.
They could even tell that when Raizel refused her, Selene had grown angry, but she had forced herself to endure it.
And so, another person was added to the carriage.
Selene.
...
After several days of interaction, Ultear and the others started to believe it.
Selene truly wanted to become human.
Because Selene had been observing their behavior and learning from them the entire time.
For example, right now, she sat with one leg crossed over the other, holding a teacup in one hand and a book in the other, reading with great interest and nodding from time to time.
And this book was not some book of Magic.
The title was clearly: Nonviolent Communication.
Beside her was a whole stack of books.
The Power of Communication, The Art and Wisdom of Interpersonal Relationships, and nearly ten other books about human interaction and communication.
Lucy secretly observed Selene with the expression of someone whose eyes had been opened to a whole new world.
"The book says secretly staring at someone is impolite."
Selene looked straight at Lucy, because the book said that when communicating with someone, one should look into their eyes.
If this had been before, and Lucy had secretly observed her, Selene might have assumed Lucy had malicious intent and, without even raising her head, waved a hand and reduced her to dust.
This was the charm of books!
Lucy apologized very obediently.
"Sorry. It's just... this scene feels a little... unique."
A Dragon God Reading a Book!
Selene gave a soft laugh and replied, "You will get used to it."
Then she lowered her head and continued studying.
Ultear, Mira, and the others suddenly found the scene rather funny.
"How do you read this word?"
Selene pointed at a term and asked Wendy.
The books she had read before were all written in dragon language. When reading human books, she often encountered many difficulties.
Fortunately, her comprehension was very high.
"This... I also..."
Wendy's face suddenly turned red.
Selene understood.
This was a Dragon Slayer who did not like studying.
So she turned toward Ultear and the others instead.
"If you don't mind, may I take a look?" Mira asked with a gentle, squinting smile.
"This one."
Selene answered Mira through action.
Mira softly explained the meaning of the word to Selene, then helped her understand the sentence.
Another world-famous painting—A Human Teaching a Dragon!
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