Variant Fruit

"So she is Poseidon, I did not expect that the ancient Poseidon is actually a little mermaid," Hancock said while looking at Poseidon and Shirahoshi playing.

"Well we don't know what Poseidon really is, some thought that Poseidon is a kind of weapon but no one knows what kind of weapon," Xin said.

"Poseidon is one of the three Ancient Weapons, alongside Pluto and Uranus. Except for Pluton that said that its a huge and highly advanced warship capable of mass destruction no one know what is the look of other weapons,"

"Rather than thinking that Poseidon is a weapon, we can tell she is an inanimate object like usual weapons, Poseidon was a mermaid belonging to the Ryugu Kingdom's royal bloodline."

"Butt because i take her out from the current holder of her, we can tell that Poseidon is a whole new form,"

"The only thing problem is, how do we teach this kid how to use her own ability, she looks pure like a clean white paper,"

"Don't worry, there's a bunch of literature in the Royal Library, we can teach her about her identity," Otohiem said.

"Or maybe we can just let her grow up like a normal child without letting her know what she really is or what her ability is," Neptune said.

"That's good too," Xin said while Hancock nodded.

Shirahoshi who was playing with Poseidon suddenly walked at Xin and others and sadly said,'' Mother, Father…. Why is Poseidon-sama so small?"

"Well Poseidon is a Goldfish mermaid, except for her looks that are exactly the same as you, she is actually your small version," Otohime said.

"But I want to hug her, but she is too small for me to hug, I'm scared that I accidentally hurt her," Shirahoshi sadly said.

"Well we don't really know how to help you about that, your height actually comes from your father while your other brothers come to me," Otohime said.

"So this is all father fault?" Shirahoshi looked at Neptune badly.

Neptune, of course, can't help it, her genies are accidentally inherited from him, if he wants to choose he will want his daughter to be in the same normal height as other mermaids.

"Do you want to be the same as Poseidon?" Xin suddenly asked.

"Of course Xin-sama, if I can become Poseidon height, I can do many things like hugging her while I'm sleeping, pulling her while playing and many more," Shirahoshi said.

"Then eat this," Xin takes out a strange-looking mushroom, it's a fist-size pink-colored mushroom with strange markings all over its skin.

"What's this?" Otohime ask.

"Maybe food from the surface?" Neptune doubtfully said.

"No you're wrong, this is a devil fruit," Hancock said.

"Devil Fruit?" Both Otohime and Neptune are confused about what kind of fruit is a Devil Fruit.

Shirahoshi hurriedly grabbed the fruit and put it in her mouth. After chewing it, her face suddenly became pale and sobbing, asking," What kind of fruit is that Xin-sama? Why it tastes nasty,"

"Well that's the natural taste of Devil Fruit, just endure it," Xin said.

Shirahoshi helplessly chews the fruit and gulps with a crying face. She then hurriedly took a glass of water to remove the taste.

"So what kind of fruit is a Devil Fruit?" Neptune asks.

"Devil Fruits are mystical and mysterious fruits found throughout the world that, when consumed, grant the eater a special super-human power, at the cost of the water's ability to swim," Hancock said.

"But i think swimming is not a problem to Shirahoshi, after all, she is a merman,"

"Do you get the information about the fruit that you eat?" Xin asked.

Shirahoshi doubtfully said," I think I know what kind of fruit I eat, it's called Daishou Daishou no Mi but a variant type."

"What variant type?" Hancock asks.

"The fruit actually has a simple ability, and that is to help me either grow or shrink on my will," Shirahoshi said then her body starts to shrink until she stops at the same height as Poseidon.

Otohime hurriedly ran to Shirahoshi and hugged her lovable baby girl," Finally, I can now fully hug my baby girl."

Neptune feels gratified, he can now touch his daughter like normal without thinking about the size and height of her.

"So what about the variant?" Hancock impatiently asks.

"I will show you," Shirahoshi's tail suddenly shines then they see that her tail suddenly splits into two making her fishtail transform into a 2 pair of feet.

"Y-You can actually split your tale!" Neptune was shocked to see what happened.

Mermaids split their tail when they turn thirty, but the problem is, Shirahoshi is not that old to gain this ability.

"This is the effect of variant type, I can fully transform into a normal human," Shirahoshi proudly said then jump to Xin and hug him joyfully.

"This is all thanks to Xin-sama, I really love you Xin-sama," Shirahoshi giggle said.

Xin feels that the Shirahoshi that he knows is vastly different to Shirahoshi right now, in the original story Shirahoshi has a very fragile personality. She is easily frightened and quickly breaks out into crying fits whenever she gets upset.

But from what he sees, Shirahoshi is a jolly little kid, maybe Shirahoshi changes because of what happened to her mother.

"Ok that's enough , you already hugged my baby daughter enough," Neptune gloomily said, trying to separate his daughter from Xin.

He feels that her daughter is too close to Xin, maybe someday this kid will take his daughter away from him.

Hancock only hugs Xin from behind, she doesn't have time to get jealous of a small kid for Xin's attention.

"Ok that enough, come at me tomorrow Xin, I want you to see the new start of the Fishman Island," Otohiem said.

"Sure, i will come with you tomorrow," Xin said.

"And me too, mother," Shirahoshi said.

"Me! Me," Poseidon raises her hand indicating she wants to come too.