Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 267: New Husband!?

(Note: Picture of Talis in discord)
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Slowly awakening at the sound of whatever annoying beast was roaring nearby, I opened my eyes. My vision was slightly blurry from the deep sleep, which prompted me to rub my eyes with my wings. While doing so, I noticed the pain in my left wing had vanished.

"Huh, I wonder how long I slept for? I must not have realized I was that tired." Remarked Talis lightly, her soft voice echoing in the air while she yawned afterward, only for her to suddenly freeze.

Quickly grasping my beak, my eyes widened in shock when I didn't feel that familiar beak of mine; it was gone, yet not completely. I still had a mouth; it was just molded into something different, something I knew I just couldn't quite put my wing on it. Shaking my head, I took a deep breath and sat upright, preparing to speak once more, though before I could, my eyes nearly popped out of my skull as I stared at my fluffy, feather body, only it was gone.

In the place of my majestic, fluffy, and feathery body, I saw the featherless skin of my body that now greatly resembled that of Lazuli's or Michelle's.

"W-WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ME!?" Yelled Talis in confusion and terror as she aggressively flapped her wings while gazing at her new body.

Thanks to all of my aggressive movements, I ended up falling off the branch I was sitting on. To my surprise, despite this body of mine being brand new, I was able to perfectly control it as I effortlessly flew through the air. While this was surprising, it was quickly brushed aside by the more pressing matter, such as why my body had suddenly changed.

"I-I need to find a lake!" Stated Yalis urgently as she flapped her wings, causing her to break the sound barrier, speedily flying through the sky while leaving behind a faint trail.

As I flew through the sky, I quickly noticed my eyes were much better than before; I've always been proud of my eyes, despite how inferior they were to Alex's, but now, despite moving at supersonic speeds, everything was clear, I could see everything with vivid clarity, it was no more but a passing blur.

'H-Have I also gotten faster? I'm barely even trying right now; it feels like I'm casually flying.' Thought Talis as she gazed at her significantly larger wings, which allowed her to soar through the air at supersonic speeds with ease.

After a few more moments, I found a small lake, prompting me to close my wings as I dived toward the lake; when I arrived underneath the canopy of the forest, I swiftly spread my wings, bringing my momentum to an immediate halt, I gently landed on the edge of the lake and leaned over, gazing at my reflection in the water.

I didn't really understand the beauty standards of humans as I saw Alex as a normal person, but it seemed like he was pretty good-looking amongst his kind; however, for some reason, I found myself to be completely beautiful.

"Woah, I'm sexy." Muttered Talis softly as she gently rubbed her face with feathery wings while staring at her beautiful face.

Maybe it was because of all the flying I did close to the sun, but my skin was darker—not nearly as dark as Alex's; it was more like a tan, similar to when Michelle would stay out in the sun for too long. I had a thick black line connecting my chin to my eyes and long blonde hair with two thick strands of red hair.

Although I had cried about my featherless body just a few moments ago, once I took a good look at myself, I realized I still had a decent amount of feathers on my body; besides my wings, my shoulders and neck were covered in feather and same for the top half of my legs, the bottom half was were my massive talons lied.

Turning around, I looked behind me, and other than my feathery tail, nothing interesting was going on on my backside; however, as for my body itself, I seemed to take inspiration from Yuki as I was somewhat muscular, though that wasn't all I had taken from her.