The white wolf anxiously looked on, extending its tongue and ceaselessly licking Mengdie's cheek, wiping away the tears at the corner of her eyes. The other three members of the team did not notice Mengdie's abnormal state, continuing with their own tasks. Only Father Cotton looked at her with confusion, puzzled by why she suddenly squatted down.
"Little girl, are you... okay?"
"I'm fine... huff... no... huff huff... I'm fine..."
Finally, Mengdie managed to catch her breath. She rubbed her chest, and only when the pain eased to a bearable level did she stand up straight.
"Father, after hearing your explanation, I understand now. But this doesn't help me at all. I'm not sick, and there's nothing wrong with my mental state. Let's end this topic here; I'm tired, and after eating something, I want to sleep."
Mengdie stood up and stretched lazily. After realizing her own shortcomings, she seemed somewhat dispirited. After all, the male Mengdie had never thought about how a male soul should cooperate with a female body, right? Ha, this is also a unique martial arts challenge unprecedented in the martial world.
Father Cotton stared blankly at Mengdie, looking at her weary face, feeling somewhat reluctant. This world-saving priest lowered his head in thought, then suddenly! He called out to Mengdie as she was about to leave!
"Little girl, if I say... I have a way to greatly enhance your strength in a short period of time. Would you believe me?"
Instantly, a pair of eyes filled with deep doubt and... extreme excitement shot towards the priest! The yellow ears that had been lying on her hair suddenly perked up like radar! Her tail, which had been curled up, instantly stood up, with its fur bristling, making her look rather imposing.
"Increase my strength??? Right, you are a sage! As a sage, you must know many difficult training methods! What is it? Is it to challenge a fierce beast, or to swim upstream against a waterfall?"
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"What nonsense, it's none of those. Little girl, since you want to become stronger, and the limitation you face is that your body and mind are not in unison, then you just need to undergo training to unify your mind and body."
Mengdie was overjoyed! Right! Just train! Unify body and mind! This way, although it might not be possible to exert my original strength, it's definitely feasible to become stronger in a short time!
Mengdie (excitedly): "What kind of training? Sage, what kind of training???"
Father Cotton (calmly): "It's simple. Since your body cannot change, then..."
"Change your mind, let yourself become a woman from the inside out, wouldn't that be unification?"
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Why has the summer wind become so cold...?
"To·be·a·woman——???"
Mengdie's voice turned into a shriek at the overly awkward "training" content! Father Cotton was startled and quickly activated a soundproof magic, enveloping him and Mengdie. Fortunately, the other three didn't seem to hear Mengdie's outburst.
"Don't be so nervous. But this is the fact, child. If you want to become stronger, you must learn to adapt to your body. And for a male mind to adapt to a female body, you must learn how to become a woman. Is there anything wrong with that?"
To be honest, Father Cotton still didn't believe that Mengdie used to be a man and still held the concept of her having "Letomik" disease. And the treatment of this mental illness, apart from medication and magic, largely depends on the guidance of the healer, leading the patient's consciousness to voluntarily align with the gender identification consistent with their body. So, his so-called "stronger training" was completely nonsensical, essentially aimed at treating Mengdie's illness, helping her escape from the "erroneous thoughts" of being male and return to the "normal thoughts" of a female.
But Mengdie didn't know. She was just a warrior, not a doctor, and certainly not a psychotherapist. She might know a bit about physical trauma medicine, but how could she know about this kind of psychological treatment? After hearing Father Cotton's words, apart from being shocked, she actually began to seriously consider it.
"To... to become stronger... I need to be a woman???" Mengdie struggled to finish this utterly embarrassing sentence.
Father Cotton nodded gravely.
"Then... then what should I do? Haha, it must be... it must be to devise a physical training regimen suitable for women and then appropriately reduce the exercise amount, right... haha, it must be?"
The Great Sage shook his head solemnly again.
"This..." Mengdie's mouth twitched, a bad premonition flooding into her mind, turning her face instantly pale, "What... exactly should I do?"
The Sage closed his eyes, his expression serious in thought. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze fell on Edward and Xiu, who were polishing swords and making fire. Then, "The Great Sage" nodded satisfactorily and subtly pointed towards these two men with his hand.
"Little girl, when it comes to becoming psychologically female, the most effective method is in the emotional aspect. In other words, romantic experience."
"!"
"Anything else, men and women can actually ignore their gender to some extent. The only thing that can't ignore gender is falling in love with a man, getting married, being pregnant, and giving birth, continuing the family line."
"!!"
"Having spent some time together, I can see that these two kids have a certain degree of fondness for you. But you've been unresponsive to their advances because of Letomik disease. Instead of finding someone else to have a romance, why not develop a relationship with one of them and experience the unique emotions of a woman?"
"......!!!!!!!!!!!!"