I opened my right hand gingerly in front of Nana’s face, who still can’t give up her apple juice.
“Uu?”
Okay.
She’s caught, right?
“Au, da, dah.”
Then, I shook it.
She stretched out her small hand as best she could and tried to grab my hand.
Yeah, that should keep her occupied for a while.
“Au. Dah!”
Oops, I guess I got caught.
Nana chasing my hand was so cute that I let my guard down.
“Ummm, hmmm.”
She grabbed my finger and happily sucked on it.
It’s a good thing I washed my hands before coming here.
You can’t put too much of anything in your mouth, right? When you’re a little older, you’ll be properly trained in this area.
Right now? It’s okay for now. It’s so cute.
“Ahm, uuh.”
She’s biting me so sweetly.
It doesn’t hurt as much as Jaja’s bite, so I’ll let her play like this.
If this were Jaja, it would be more than just a sweet bite.
It’s the kind of pain that would make a grown man scream.
“What do you mean, she’s too healthy?”
It’s good to be healthy.
I’m just happy to see Nana healthy, because she was so pitiful and weak yesterday.
“Let’s see. I wonder what I should say.”
The rat sage scratched his cheek with his staff.
Hm? … What?
It’s not the same as usual, it feels like he’s being evasive.
“You’re right. Of course, it’s good to be healthy, but it’s too good. It’s a bit abnormal…”
He started to squirm.
When I looked at Aoi, wondering at Alba’s appearance, she shook her head a few times with a puzzled look on her face.
“Something’s wrong with you, uncle.”
“That’s right.”
If Aoi, who’s known Alba longer than I have, says so, so I’m sure of it.
It’s not the usual smug rat face.
“Hey, Alba.”
“But it doesn’t have any adverse effect on Nana’s body. It’s just that, well, you know. It’s just that, you know, when we get overexcited, it happens to us too, right? So it happens all the time, doesn’t it?”
“Alba?”
“Yeah. So, let’s take care of it as soon as possible. If we don’t, this room is going to blow up, and the spirits are getting more active.”
“Hey, Alba Germain!”
You just casually said something that can’t be allowed to pass!
What do you mean the room is going to blow up?
“Ah, haha. What’s wrong? You look so scary.”
“… Do you have something to be guilty of?”
That’s a little out of character for you, don’t you think?
Normally, you would be more interested in stimulating my stress gauge with smugness and small talk.
“Ah. That’s right. Can you please listen to me without getting angry?”
“Depends on what you’re talking about.”
You can’t make a decision without hearing it, right?
“Uncle, what’s going on? Do you have any idea what happened to Nana?”
“Come on, spit it out.”
Aoi and I both questioned him.
“I have an idea or something. You know that medicine I gave you for Nana?”
Alba crossed his arms and adopted a thoughtful posture.
“Yes. That suppository, right?”
Aoi pointed to the makeup bag on the mirror stand.
“Yes, that’s it. That’s it, right?”
Stop putting on airs and just tell me what’s going on.
Nana is going to get tired of my fingers soon.
“Sorry, I made a little mistake.”
“Eh?”
“Huh?”
Aoi and I both stiffened at the unexpected words.
“With the medicine?”
The medicine, right?
I can’t believe I’m using the wrong medicine for such a small child…
“Yes, but…”
“Oh, my God!”
“N-Nana! Are you okay? Is there anything wrong with you?”
“Amu?”
Ignoring Alba, who was about to say something, we hurried to check Nana’s body.
The actual person in question tilted her head curiously.
Mom and dad are panicking, you should have some sense of urgency!
I slowly took the hand that Nana was holding in her mouth and placed it directly on her forehead.
“No fever.”
“Ah”
“She had a normal poop this morning.”
“She seems to have a good appetite, and her legs and hands are working well, aren’t they?”
“Nana, show Mommy your eyes, will you?”
“Dah.”
“Are her wings and tail normal?”
“Yes, there’s nothing wrong with them. Hold still, Nana. I’ll give you a little pat.”
“Uuh?”
From the head to the tail, to the feet, to the stomach and back.
Aoi and I checked Nana over and over again, trying not to miss even the slightest change.
“Kyakya!”
I wondered if she was ticklish or just amused by the situation.
Nana laughed happily, ignoring our concerns.
No, that’s not it, princess.
We’re worried about you.
“Calm down, you two.”
“How can we be calm about this?”
“That’s right!”
We disagreed with Alba’s calm words.
What the hell is wrong with you, you quack?
“I want you to listen to me, okay? When I say that I made a mistake, it’s not a mistake that will directly affect her body. I’m not senile enough to make that mistake.”
“But there is something wrong!”
This room is still overflowing with spirits!
If that’s not strange, I don’t know what is!
“That’s right! I’ve never seen such a large number of spirits gather on their own before!”
See!
This is coming from a professional with 250 years of experience in the field of spirits.
There’s no doubt that something strange is going on!
“So calm down. I assure you. Nana is fine. If she wasn’t okay, we wouldn’t be having this long conversation.”
“Even if you say so.”
Nana and Jaja are unprecedented even for dragons.
With the human element of me in the mix, the possibility of a small problem becoming a big deal is extremely high.
We’ve been living in fear of that ever since the twins were born, you know?
And the signs are already there.
From being able to fly faster than other sky dragon species to storing the spirit of life in their bodies, Jaja and Nana are clearly special twins.
“I’m going to make this a little easier for you, so please listen to me carefully. I’m sure this was my mistake, but I still took the utmost care in preparing the medicine.”
Alba waved his staff in front of Nana’s eyes.
“Uh.”
Nana’s eyes swayed as she was distracted by the staff.
“It was the first time for me too. The human part and dragon part, I thought I’d taken care to make it easy on both parts…”
Alba glanced at me as he waved his staff.
“Hm?”
“No, it seems the twins are more special than I imagined.”
Why did he just look at me like that?
“So, what’s going on with Nana now?”
That’s the most important thing.
What’s causing all these spirits to gather and flock to Nana, and how can we improve this situation? If we don’t know that, then that’ll be troubling.
In any case, the spirits are still rubbing their wings against each other and creating a crisp electrical discharge phenomenon.
“Yes, Nana’s many characteristics as a dragon species are being emphasized right now. I think this is a side effect of my medicine that boosted the dragon’s recovery power. If she was a normal dragon, she would be able to recover from magic sickness in a day, but because of her human part, she didn’t have that much strength.”
“Characteristics of a dragon… ah, so that’s why the spirit, huh?”
I don’t understand any of this, but Aoi seems to get it.
“Well…”
“It seems that we dragons are the only living species that can communicate with spirits. I guess that’s our characteristic.”
When I was scratching my cheek because it was difficult to say I didn’t understand, Aoi explained it to me.
I see, I’m starting to get the idea.
“Hm, then why isn’t the spirit of life here this time?”
The room was filled with sky spirits formed by white light.
The spirits of life are also in the form of butterflies, but they emit green light.
I took a quick look around, but I could only find a few of them, though they were faintly mixed in.
“Oh, the spirit of life has more to do with the ‘it’s Jaja and Nana’ part than as a dragon. It’s a characteristic of being half human and half dragon.”
“… I don’t really get it, but I’m assuming you can handle it?”
“Of course.”
That’s good.
Yeah.
“Hm, sorry for the wait, I’ve brought it.”
The door to the next room opened and Rouge brought out a stick-shaped object wrapped in cloth.
The contents are the Dragon Fang sword, which I borrowed from Alba.
It’s a dangerous thing that has no decorations on it, not even a guard, and has an amazing whiteness and sharpness.
If you carry it around with you, you’re sure to get caught by the police.
It’s good that Officers Doggy and Inoue know about it, but I guess there is no excuse for the other police in this country.
“Thank you, Rouge.”
“Hmm. I’m taking refuge in the next room with Jaja, so if there’s anything I can do to help, just let me know.”
I took it for Alba.
The sword is about six times the height of this rat.
It’s usually stored away in a mysterious magical space, but I wonder how he’s going to use it.
“Is Jaja in bed?”
“Yes. She’s a little woozy, so I think she’ll be asleep soon. I’ll bring her some milk, okay?”
Ah, well, it’s already noon. Is it time for a nap?
We haven’t had lunch yet either, right?
“Yes, I’ll get it ready.”
Aoi went to the sterilizer on the mirror table to boil the baby bottles.
“It’s okay Aoi, I’ll do it.”
Rouge followed her.
Nana had just woken up, hadn’t she? She won’t sleep for a while.
“So, what do you want me to do?”
Holding the sword in my right hand, I asked Alba on my left shoulder while holding Nana with my left arm.
He said that if we don’t do something quickly, this room will blow up.
Alba still looks like there is plenty of time, but I want to get that dangerous thing over with.
“Yes, first…”
Alba scurries around the room, looking around.
With the noon sun shining through the window, the room was much brighter.
The mansion is well-lit, even though the sunlight is coming from many places on the ceiling that symbolizes the sphere continent.
Well, it’s a royal residence, right? The location must be pretty good.
“Let’s go outside.”
“Outside?”
Is it something we can’t do indoors?
“Is there someplace big and empty… where the damage will be minimal?”
Hey.
Did you just say ‘damage’?
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