Chapter 84

When I opened the door, the first thing I saw was Corco.

"Here I am!"

Corco, who was on the bed, flapped his wings and came over to me.

"Corco. Where’s Caro?"

"Qu?"

Caro’s face appeared from outside the window.

The place where Corco and Caro are must be part of their plan.

Right now, Roa is inside the wardrobe.

To divert Mother’s attention from the wardrobe, Corco was on the bed, and Caro was outside the window.

This way, Mother would first check the bed, and if she didn’t find anything, she would check outside the window.

If she didn’t find anything outside the window, she would surely think Roa had escaped outside.

"Hmm. Yes."

However, Mother didn’t go to the bed or the window.

She went straight to the wardrobe.

"Eh? Mother?"

"What’s the matter? Lulia."

Mother opened the drawers from the bottom, and when she opened the second one from the bottom,

"…lya"

she easily found Roa. Roa was trembling in fear.

For some reason, Crow was hugging Roa, who was tightly holding a wooden doll.

"…Lulia. Explain."

Before I could answer, I stepped in front of Mother and hugged Roa.

When I hugged Roa, Crow quietly disappeared.

He must have been hugging Roa to calm her down.

"Lyaa"

Roa clung to me tightly and rubbed her cheek against my stomach.

"Um, well. Ah, maybe she’s hungry, so I’ll give her something to eat before explaining."

"Yes. Feed her."

I fed Roa the food I had hidden in the same place.

When I brought a sausage to her mouth, Roa ate it deliciously, saying "lyam lyam."

Sara stroked Roa worriedly, and Daru licked Roa’s bottom.

"…That was at midnight. An owl came."

"An owl?"

"Yes. Owl, come here."

When I shouted out the window, the owl arrived with a quiet flutter of wings.

"Thank you, owl."

The owl had a nut in its mouth. It brought it to Roa’s mouth.

"Lyaa"

Roa happily ate the nut.

The owl bringing a nut instead of a bug was probably to avoid giving Mother a bad impression.

I showed Mother the cute Roa eating the nut while explaining.

"The owl seemed to want us to help this child."

I wasn’t lying, but I couldn’t tell the whole truth.

I couldn’t say that I was called by the owl, defeated a curse-caster, and saved Roa.

"Yes, I see. Then why didn’t you report to Mother?"

"This child is kind and good, but I thought you might be scared if you heard it was a dragon."

"Yes, people are usually scared, no, they fear dragons."

"That’s why… I thought I’d try to appeal to Mother about how cute dragons are."

"If I did, you would understand, right?"

"Would that increase the chances?"

At that moment, Sara put her finger in Roa’s mouth.

"Lyam"

Roa sucked on Sara’s finger.

"See? Even though she’s a dragon, it’s okay. She’s not scary."

Sara also helped to show that she was safe.

"Mother, please! She’s a baby, so if you don’t protect her, she’ll die!"

"Lulia, dragons… There’s a saying, ‘No harm comes to a dragon left alone.’"

Mother told us about a country that was destroyed because it had done terrible things to a baby dragon.

"That’s why even the king bows to dragons with noble power."

"But Lulia has already touched the dragon."

"Sara has too." "Bauwaf!"

Now was the time to push. I declared firmly.

"It’s too late to tell me to abandon the dragon now!"

"Yes, that might indeed provoke the dragon’s anger…"

"Exactly! A dragon’s tail strike can destroy everything!"

If we angered the dragon, it could cause great damage.

Mother looked at us intently and sighed.

"…I’ll ask Graf."

"Yay!"

If Mother was going to ask Father, it meant she had decided to allow it.

"Calm down. Graf hasn’t said it’s okay to keep, or rather, protect it yet."

"I understand. If he says no, I’ll comply."

Mother squatted down and looked me and Sara in the eyes.

"Lulia, Sara, this child is cute, but she’s a dragon."

"I understand." "Yes."

"She’s a great and revered being."

"Okay." "Yes."

"We’re not keeping her, just protecting her while she’s a baby. Don’t forget that, okay?"

"Understood." "What’s the difference?"

Mother gently stroked Sara’s head.

"Keeping means treating her like Daru, Caro, and Corco, with Lulia as the master."

"Okay."

"Lulia has to take responsibility for training her."

"Yes."

"But protecting a dragon doesn’t mean becoming the master."

Mother explained slowly to Sara and me.

"Lulia, Sara, don’t even think about training the dragon. It’s presumptuous and arrogant."

"Then what about the bathroom?"

Sara asked while stroking Roa.

"If she has an accident, you must ask her nicely, not scold her."

"Ask her to use the bathroom?"

"Yes. Always remember she’s a great species. Understand?"

"Understood." "Understood."

"Good girls."

Mother stroked Sara’s head again, then mine.

Father’s permission hasn’t been given yet, but the matter is settled.

Feeling relieved, I realized I was hungry. I was still in the middle of breakfast.

"Mother, let’s have breakfast. Lulia is so hungry~"

"Lulia, wait."

"Huh?"

"The matter of you entering the kitchen isn’t over yet."

"Ah!"

Mother was smiling, but her eyes weren’t.

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