Problematic Dragon slayers

After talking about the various things that Zeref found out about the dragon slaying magic. Damian was left speechless since the deduction that he had about the process that the dragon slayers were going through was very different.

"...So this dragon seed thing that you just told me about is changing all the magic in their body to draconic nature and is responsible for the dragonification." said Damian.

"As far as I know, yes. When a dragon enchants it's magic in a human a very small but new source of magic is added in the ether nano pool of the mages, which turns their magic to that of the dragon slayer of the nature that the dragon itself possessed. The thing is that this source which I call as the dragon see starts growing bigger and bigger converting all the magic in the mage's body to that of a dragon and finally in the end, in order to hold that much power in the body the mage is forcibly transformed into a dragon." said Zeref.

'...Hmm so this change is not genetic, like I though it was. It's related more to the magic side of the things.... Looks like I need to start from the beginning once again.' thought Damian.

"Incidentally do you know of a way to turn back those dragons back to humans?" asked Damian.

"No, the mages that have turned into dragons have all their magic change to that of a dragon, so it is very difficult to convert it back to how it originally was. Plus even if you were somehow able to do it, the dragon seed in the person's body will start working on the transformation once again." said Zeref.

"...So as of now, there is no way to turn them back to normal." said Damian with a sad tone.

"Sorry, I know of a way that it can be prevented from the get go, but knowing what the problem you are having that method is of no use." said Zeref.

"There is a method to prevent it?"

"Yes, there is a method to prevent the dragon slayers from turning into dragons. For that the dragon whose magic is enchantment into that person's ethernano pool, needs to be sealed within the person's should before the dragon seed starts turning the mage into a dragon." said Zeref.

'.... Belserion is already dead and even if he was not, Irene herself has already started dragonification.' thought Damian.

"....I know that this talk was not that helpful and I am sorry about that." said Zeref.

"It's fine. I came to know a lot of things that I don't think I could have known on my own about the problems I was facing. Still it is very frustrating." said Damian.

"Yeah, I know how frustrating it can be when you cannot help your loved ones. Especially when you even have a solution to that problem." said Zeref with a sad tone as he thought about his dead parents and the brother whom he revived.

"Hey Zeref, what if one has a way to heal those dragons genetically....as in able to change back their bodies back to their human form. Do you think that it will work?" asked Damian.

"Hmm....I don't think so, like I told you, even if you change their bodies back to normal, they would still not be able to hold the huge powers in their bodies. They will either turn back to dragons or in the worst case, they will die." said Zeref.

"You need to somehow deal with that dragon seed, which I don't think is a good idea since that is way too risky. I asked Igneel the same thing when he made Natsu his dragon slayer, but he too said that it was not possible." said Zeref.

"...Hmm? Wait you know Igneel and Natsu?" asked Damian.

"Yeah, Natsu is my brother though because of my curse I don't have any contact with him and most probably he too have forgotten about me." said Zeref.

"Then does that mean you know where Igneel and Natsu are right? If so I think it should be better if we go to them since if Acnologia get a hold of them then he will kill them for sure." said Damian with a serious look on his face.

"It's fine. He will not get his claws on them any time soon." said Zeref with a mysterious tone.

"...Wait, but if Natsu is a dragon slayer and you know about this dragonification. Then that means Igneel..."

"Yeah, he should have already sealed himself into Natsu inorder to protect him." said Zeref as he thought about his little brother feeling sad about leaving him to fend for himself all alone.

But Zeref soon shook his head as he saw Damian thinking about various stuff with a frown on his face.

"Damian, worry too much won't help you. Think about the problems calmly. You will find solutions to you problem in due time." said Zeref.

"Time is the only thing that I am short on you know. And aside from my personal problems there is Acnologia as well that is to be dealt with." said Damian.

"Then I should say that you have a good luck.....or should I call it bad luck. Well it can be thought of in both ways. Anyway Acnologia as we both know is on a conquest of killing all the dragons. We also know that he is terrifyingly strong and is able to accomplish that goal as well. He even killed all the dragons that were fighting against each other in the recent war as well ending it, leaving both the sides as the losers." said Zeref.

"...I don't want to hear it's accomplishments." said Damian.

"But after all this despite his great power the dragon slayer have sustained injuries, you know." said Zeref.

"...You mean to say that it is currently weak." said Damian.

"I would not say weak, but yeah it is currently not in its top form. Not to mention, dragon slaying magic is very taxing on the body as well." said Zeref.

"So we should aim for this chance and kill him when he is weak." said Damian.

"Haha, it's not that simple my friend. That Acnologia seems to have hidden himself somewhere and I have not been able to get any information about his whereabouts for a week now. It's magic signature just disappeared. It's as if he is already dead." said Zeref.

"....Which I don't think is possible at all." said Damian with a frown.

"Yeah, I have the same opinion as you. He must be currently resting and recovering from his injuries, which for better or worse will take quite some time to do since dragon's are not known for having great recovery speed." said Zeref.

"Great, now I have a new point added to my list of problems." said Damian.

"Damian....I know that it is not my place to say this, since unlike you I don't have a personal motive to defeat Acnologia. But I think that you should focus more on your personal problem, since that will hurt you more if you are not able to solve it." said Zeref.

Damian massaged his temples and thought, 'What to do, I don't know how much time is left for Irene. And now there is this Acnologia as well, which too I don't now when he will show up. The kingdom is collapsing as well.....though I don't care about it that much.'

"*sigh* why the hell are these dragon slayers causing me so much trouble." said Damian.

"Hmm....well, I don't know what to say about it." said Zeref with an awkward smile on his face.

"You are way too relaxed Zeref. What are you going to do about Natsu, if you cannot be near him because of your curse and Igneel is not there anymore won't it be problematic for the kid." asked Damian.

"Hmm....yeah it will be, but I can't help it he will have to survive and live. I can just hope that his life will be a happy one. And it's not like he is alone, the other kids should be together with him as well, not to mention a guardian should be together with them too." said Zeref.

"Hmm if you say so. But if you want I can look out for them as well." said Damian.

"It's fine, you should worry more about your family before thinking about helping others right now. Though I am grateful for your thoughts" said Zeref.

Damian nooded and then stood up from his seat.

"Well then I should get going now." said Damian.

Zeref started at Damian for a while and then sighed before he stood up as well.

"I am sorry that I was not that much of a help. Hope you would be able to find a solution to your problem." said Zeref.

"Hm...I hope so as well." said Damian as he and Zeref walked out of Zeref's hideout after which Damian flew off back to Dragonof.