I don’t really have anything to do today, so I’m just tending to my fishing tools, when Tiltue comes to visit.
And she’s holding a baby dragon I don’t recognize.
“Tiltue, who is that?”
“I’ve come to ask a favor.”
“Favor…”
“Nah.”
The baby dragon makes that sound while looking up at me with big round adorable eyes.
It’s still a baby, so it definitely needs someone to look after it.
“It’s cute.”
“Yes yes! Did you hear that Aratue!? Darling is a father today!”
“…Aratue?”
“It’s this baby’s name today!”
Why does she keep saying today?
And why is she actually here?
“Anyway, can you explain…”
“Ah, Tiltue! It’s the baby dragon from that time, right!?”
“Geh, Merlin!?”
Merlin sees us talking, and approaches us with broad steps.
It sounds like she knows the baby dragon.
“Nah.”
“Oh my, you remember me?”
The baby dragon called Aratue crawls down from Tiltue’s arms, and towards Merlin.
And Aratue sounds happy to be picked up.
“Ah! Merlin got mine and darling’s baby!”
“Hey, what are you talking about!? What is even going on!?”
Tiltue points with tears in her eyes, and Merlin sounds confused.
She knows the baby dragon, but apparently she doesn’t know what Tiltue is doing either.
“It’s not fair! Reina has Snow, and Wilhelmina has Edinburgh too… I want a kid with darling too!”
““…””
“Nah?”
Merlin and I are dumbfounded, and the baby’s voice echoes around here.
We go inside Merlin’s place, and after hearing some things, we finally understand.
Apparently this baby is a stray Tiltue and Merlin found in the forest, and returned to their parents.
And Tiltue borrowed it to bring it here.
“And you thought you’d make Aratue our baby?”
“Yes! Right, Aratue?”
“Nah.”
“And you told the parents?”
“Of course. They gladly let me have Aratue!”
I get the feeling that dragons don’t really have a choice to say no to an ancient dragon…
Anyway, it looks like this baby dragon really likes her, and there’s no doubt that Tiltue can protect it either.
“Nah, nah, nah.”
“Hn? You want to go to darling?”
“Nah.”
Tiltue let’s go, and Aratue walks over to me with small steps.
I’m sitting cross legged on the floor, and it sits on my lap.
“…Cute.”
“Yes! It’s our kid, after all!”
The way the baby dragon is putting its head on my stomach like it wants to be pampered carries a lot of destructive power.
Merlin is fidgeting too, so I think she wants to hold it.
“Fufufu, now we’ve taken a step forward together.”
“I’m not going to give you a sermon about this but… Why did you even think of this?”
Asks Merlin with an exasperated tone, and Tiltue responds while pouting.
“Edinburgh was bragging… Saying darling was the father and Wilhelmina the mother.”
“And you got jealous.”
“Hm…”
Snow actually calls Reina mommy and me daddy. It’s definitely a family, so not what you’d call simple friends.
And Tiltue wanted the same.
“Then how about we go for a walk with this baby… Aratue?”
“Eh?”
“Like family, right?”
“…Yes!”
“Nah.”
“You’re too soft on her…”
Merlin is a little exasperated again, but they look happy, so it’s fine.
I hold Aratue, who clings to me. The great spirit Snow is the same this way.
“Later, Merlin.”
“Yes yes. Just bring the baby back before it gets dark, so the parents don’t get worried.
“I know!”
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