Ah, hello Sorry. mm Thats right. Hello, you must be the male dragon, King Troy, right? Im Irinas friend. I ca here specially to see Irina. Is she here?
I had never before seen the dragon in front of , but she looked around Irinas age. She was slightly chubby, but her round face and smile looked cute. Her excited expression changed upon seeing , but she didnt show obvious interest. Instead, she poked her head behind to scan the room.
Sorry, Irina isnt here at the mont.
I didnt know if I should let her in or not, but upon rembering Mommy Sylvanas was still sleeping in Irinas room, I figured it was better not to allow her in. Once Mom was discovered, itd be bad news for Camille, Irina and .
I see, remarked the young girl, with a nod. She didnt show signs of losing interest. She, instead, continued looking inside and then stamped her feet. She looked at with a smile and asked, You dont plan to invite in for a drink? Its sowhat rude to just send a guest away in this fashion, right, King Troy?
Ah But
It wasnt my house If it was my house, Id be fine with giving a reception, but I couldnt bring a young girl I didnt even know into a house that wasnt even mine
The chubby young girl just shoved aside and squeezed through. She then giggled: Hehe, sorry for intruding. Ah, this place is the sa as it was before, huh
I couldnt stop her in ti and certainly couldnt stop her. If I forcefully drove her away, it might have repercussions for Irina and Camille. Once news of my predicant left the doors, the two would be harshly criticised. Therefore, I had no choice, but to take care of the girl for a bit. All I could do was pray that Irina ca back earlier, or the girl ran out of patience and left I didnt think she was likely to leave on her own accord, however After all, from her ntal-breakdown inducing knocking, I wasnt convinced that boredom was a persuasive reason for her to leave. To , she was a stranger, but if she was Irinas good friend, I couldnt be rude.
She casually sat on the sofa and stretched her back out. She looked around before settling her eyes on . She curiously scanned and remarked, Im very curious as to why you like this form. Dont you like your dragon form?
I guess not. I prefer my current form more. My mom gave this body. I dont want to forsake it.
I see. She nodded and then shifted her attention away from my appearance. She, instead, fiddled with her long elven ears. She was at the age she started to mind her appearance. Looking ahead, she said, Dont you plan to serve a drink? I really like elven tea. It gives the feeling of returning to my hotown. While I live here, the place that left the deepest impression on is the elven forest.
Sorry, I dont know where the elven tea is, so if you want tea, apologies, but I dont know where to get it. If you want water, though, I can give you a cup.
She reacted surprised. She didnt understand a thing I said. She tilted her head: Youre joking. Havent you been with Irina for a long ti now? Well, you havent been together for a month, I guess. Regardless, have you not adapted to life here yet? Even if you dont know this entire house yet, you should at least know where tea is, right? Or has Irina done such a good job of looking after you that you dont even need to leave your room?
Thats exactly it.
She was spot on; she just didnt guess the underlying reason. I, indeed, hadnt left my room, not because Irina took care of , but because she locked up Or rather, Camille locked up. Irina did take care of , but not as my wife.
Irina must like you a lot, then. Indeed, that checks out. After all, weve never had a male dragon before. My father was an elf. Ive never seen a male dragon. I think Irina must be incredibly proud. Its blissful to be able to have a pure-blooded dragon as a husband. Irina agrees with that. That must be why she brags to us every day, geez. She made us so eager to co see you, but she never let us see you.
So, you knew that Irina wasnt ho and actually ca to see ?!
She titled her head again: Not entirely. Visiting you was just a matter of convenience. After all, youre Irinas husband, yet shes never allowed us to et you. Of course, theres one more thing, and thats this, which Ive been searching for all this ti. I discovered this at the tree trunk outside our house, so I ca here specifically to give it to her.
She took out a mushroom that was particularly similar to lingzhi mushroom from her basket, and then placed it on the table. I was certain it wasnt a mushroom, though. I had yet to see a mushroom that wriggled around after being picked. As a matter of fact, it appeared as though itd bite my hand if I tried to touch it
After she placed it on the table, footsteps ca from outside. The door opened. A flurry of consecutive footsteps sped in. Irina tossed her small basket aside and ignored it to rush to the guest room. The young girl gave Irina a smile. She extended forth her hand to greet her: Hi, Irina. Long-ti no see. It seems that youre very busy these days.
Why are you here, Janet?!! Why are you here?!
What do you an? Of course Id be here. Youre my friend; its only natural that I co see you. Furthermore, wasnt it you who ca to ask for it?
Janet judged Irinas emotional reaction to be startling excessive. To be honest, that was the first ti Id seen Irina with such a contorted expression. Irina looked very irritated. She took in a deep breath and then swept the mushroom into her basket. She then pulled up her friend and pushed her friend. She loudly said, Thank you very much, then. Thank you, Janet. Thank you very much. I apologise for the inadequate reception today, and I wont have a chance to serve you a cup of tea. Im very sorry. I shall compensate you at a later date, but not now.
Hey, hey, hey! You cant do this!! You dont need to overreact! I just wanted one look. You wont lose anything from one glance. Youre already married, yet you didnt notify us. We were worried! I want to see your husband this ti Irina, you dont have to overreact this way. I wont steal him You dont need to be so tense, do you?!
Thats exactly what Im worried about!! Dont tell anybody. Ill pay you back another ti! Ill go to your place to pay you back another ti. You can have anything you want, but not him!
Janet desperately tried to struggle to turn around to look at with a smile. She waved at before she reluctantly left. Irina slamd the door shut, locking her friend outside. She then took in a deep breath and scrubbed her hair into a ss. She stomped back inside. She fud, Why did you thoughtlessly let sobody in?! Do you not know that allowing people in will reveal your presence?! If youre revealed, a big horde of dragons will soon co looking for you! If they try to steal you when were not around, what are you going to do?!! I told you we will protect you, but they wont!! Janet will tell everybody about you! Now that shes seen you, shes bound to bring a horde over to see you. You were lucky you havent touched her yet, but if you accidently touched her, she wouldve been straddling you and rocking her hips on top of you by the ti I was back!!!
Id never seen Irina so angry before. I was startled to the point that I couldnt speak. She irritably paced back and forth. She appeared to want to continue thundering at but surrendered to her rationality, thereby stopping herself. She took in another deep breath and then turned back to . She looked as though she was forcibly suppressing her anger. She exclaid, King Troy, I must repeat myself: while we allow you to freely move about in the house, it does not an you can co into contact with any dragon as you please. Please do not touch a dragon! You are mine! I do not want to share you with anybody, do you understand?!
There was sothing different to Irinas rage. It wasnt just the anger of potentially touching another dragon but more so because I interacted with another dragon. I suddenly realised that, though Irina was a dragon, dragons werent particularly jealous creatures. Having said that, she grew up in the elven lands. As Janet said, their hotown was the elven forests; hence, they possessed the intense jealous nature of elves.
Understood.
I genuinely understood elves and their jealousy.
I hope you do. Do not open the door if sobody knocks in the future. Do not co into contact with any dragons. They are the sa as . If you touch them, they will feel aroused! They will not take care of you as I do. From their perspectives, you are rely a tool for them to relieve themselves!
Glossary
*Lingzhi mushroom is also known as Reishi Mushroom. I opted for Lingzhi for the sake of the series being a Chinese one.
**When Irina raged at Troy, she dropped the formal language, hence the use of contractions in her speech.
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