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Chapter 45: Angelic Form

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"Let's go," Ian said to Tashigi, noticing the conflicted look in her eyes.

"It's alright," Ian said, gently patting Tashigi's head. He understood her concern.

She was worried about the large white dog. Even though she had tamed it, it had once been a pet and mount of one of Skypiea's former gods. Now that both Skypiea and the Shandia were below, it would likely be captured if it ventured down.

A dog's bite was always the owner's responsibility, unless it was a rabid animal. But even then, it reflected poorly on the owner.

While both Ian and Gan Fall had assured her of the dog's safety, traveling with such a large creature could be troublesome. Ian opened a small Reject Dial, a dark portal leading back to the Blue Sea.

From within, he retrieved a Devil Fruit and, addressing the dog, Holy, instructed it to open its mouth. He tossed the fruit in, and Holy swallowed it whole.

The large white dog's body began to shrink rapidly until it was no bigger than a small puppy, a few inches tall.

The Mini-Mini Fruit. It had appeared in the One Piece Film: Z, granting its user, a giant chef, the ability to shrink his massive body to the size of a dwarf. Or perhaps it should be called the Size-Size Fruit.

It allowed the giant to become as small as a dwarf, but Tashigi, with her extensive knowledge, recognized its potential for both shrinking and enlarging, though the upper and lower limits were unknown.

It was similar to the Magic of Brandish μ, a member of the Spriggan 12, one of the strongest mages in the Alvarez Empire in the Fairy Tail universe. At its peak, her magic could manipulate the size of anything, even shrinking tumors within a human body, saving the protagonist, Natsu Dragneel, from certain death.

Luffy's Gomu-Gomu Fruit and the Akimichi clan's Multi-Size Technique could enlarge the body but not shrink it, making Brandish's magic far superior.

"That's great!" Tashigi exclaimed, playing with the small puppy now perched on her shoulder, her face beaming with joy.

They had obtained the Devil Fruit from a pirate crew they had encountered during their journey. Ian hadn't expected it to actually exist, but now Tashigi's expression turned somber.

"Will it be cursed by the sea too?" she asked, concerned. Dogs were natural swimmers.

Fishmen, too, were incredibly fast underwater, surpassing even some Sea Kings. But Devil Fruit users were rendered helpless in water, a cruel irony that seemed incredibly unfair.

"Don't worry, it won't. It's a secret," Ian reassured her with a smile. He had taken the liberty of feeding Tashigi the Clear-Clear Fruit, and the young woman had initially confronted him about it. While the fruit was perfect for a swordswoman, granting near-invisibility when combined with Soru and Observation Haki, he had forgotten that she was also a woman, and women, given the opportunity, enjoyed showcasing their figures.

After testing her newfound abilities, Tashigi had discovered that seawater had no effect on her, much to her surprise.

She had reasoned that if even inanimate objects like swords could consume Devil Fruits and overcome the weakness to water, it wasn't entirely unreasonable for a human to achieve the same feat. She wondered if Seastone would also be ineffective, but Ian knew for certain that it would.