I returned to my cold, desolate domain, though I only made it as far as the riverbank.

Without my divine power, I couldn’t even submerge myself in the water.

The turtle had already turned into a human.

He had transformed into a handsome young man and was playing with a frisbee by the river.

I asked him, “Where did you get that frisbee? And why did you suddenly turn into a handsome guy!”

The turtle-boy gave a shy smile. “A group of female college students came here for an outing the other day. One of the girls threw her frisbee into the river, and I brought it back to her.”

My voice trembled with shock. “So you turned into a human because she kissed you?!”

The turtle-boy grew even more bashful. “Yeah. She said thank you, and I told her if she wanted to repay me, she had to give me a kiss.”

“And she agreed?”

“She didn’t want to at first, so I told her if she didn’t kiss me, I’d secretly follow her home and crawl into her bed every night!”

“Then she kissed me.”

I asked, “And the curse on you was broken?”

The turtle fidgeted. “Yeah, she’s my girlfriend now.”

As soon as I heard the word “girlfriend,” my interest waned. “Oh.”

The turtle asked, “What about your boyfriend?! When is he going to marry you?”

I returned to my cold territory, but I only stayed by the riverbank.

Without my divine power, I couldn’t even enter the river.

The turtle had already turned into a human.

He had become a handsome youth and was playing with a discus by the river.

I asked him, “Where did you get that discus? And why did you suddenly turn into a handsome youth!?”

The handsome turtle youth gave a bashful smile: “The other day, a group of female college students came here for an outing. One girl’s discus fell into the river, and I helped her find it.”

I asked, my voice trembling with shock: “So you turned human because she kissed you?!”

The handsome turtle youth became even more bashful: “Yeah. She said thank you, and I told her to repay me by giving me a kiss.”

“And she agreed?”

Turtle: “She didn’t agree at first, so I said if you don’t kiss me, I’ll quietly follow you home and crawl into your bed every day!

“Then she kissed me.”

I: “And the curse on you was broken?”

The turtle fidgeted: “Yeah, and now she’s my girlfriend.”

As soon as I heard about the boyfriend-girlfriend thing, my interest vanished: “Oh.”

Turtle: “What about your boyfriend?! When is he going to marry you?”

I returned to my cold, desolate territory, but I could only stay by the riverbank.

Without my divine power, I couldn’t even enter the water.

The turtle had already turned into a human.

He had become a handsome young man, playing with a discus by the river.

I asked him: “Where did you get that discus? And why did you suddenly turn into a handsome guy!”

The handsome turtle-boy smiled bashfully: “A group of female college students came here for an outing the other day. One girl threw her discus into the river, and I helped her find it.”

I asked, my voice trembling with shock: “So you turned into a human because she kissed you?!”

The handsome turtle-boy grew even shyer: “Yeah. She said thank you, and I told her she had to repay me by giving me a kiss.”

“And she agreed?”

Turtle: “She didn’t want to, so I told her if she didn’t kiss me, I’d secretly follow her home and crawl into her bed every day!

Then she kissed me.”

I: “And the evil curse on you was broken?”

Turtle fidgeted: “Yeah, she’s my girlfriend now.”

As soon as I heard the word “girlfriend,” I lost all interest: “Oh.”

Turtle: “What about your boyfriend?! When is he going to marry you?”

I returned to my cold, desolate territory, but I could only stay by the riverbank.

Without my divine power, I couldn’t even enter the water.

The turtle had already turned into a human.

He had become a handsome young man, playing with a discus by the river.

I asked him: “Where did you get that discus? And why did you suddenly turn into a handsome boy!”

The turtle-boy gave a shy smile: “A group of college girls came here for an outing the other day. One of them threw her discus into the river, and I brought it back to her.”

I asked, my voice trembling in shock: “So you turned into a human because she kissed you?!”

The turtle-boy looked even more bashful: “Yeah. She said thank you, and I told her to repay me by giving me a kiss.”

“And she agreed?”

Turtle: “She didn’t want to, so I told her if she didn’t kiss me, I’d secretly follow her home and crawl into her bed every day!

“Then she kissed me.”

I: “And the evil curse on you was broken?”

Turtle fidgeted: “Yeah, she’s my girlfriend now.”

As soon as I heard the words “boyfriend and girlfriend,” I lost interest: “Oh.”

Turtle: “What about your boyfriend?! When is he going to marry you?”