The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life
The first thing I saw when I opened the door was Koruko.
“Here!”
Koruko, who had been on the bed, flapped its wings and flew over to me.
“Koruko, where is Carol?”
“Kyu?”
Carol peeked her head out from the window.
The places where Koruko and Carol were must have been part of their plan.
Right now, Loa was in the wardrobe.
To distract my mother from the wardrobe, Koruko had been on the bed and Carol outside the window.
That way, my mother would first check the bed and, if she didn’t find anything, look outside the window.
If she couldn’t find anything outside, she would probably think Loa escaped outside.
“Hmm. Right.”
But my mother didn’t go to the bed or the window.
She went straight to the wardrobe.
“Huh? Mother?”
“What is it, Luria?”
My mother opened the drawers from the bottom, and when she opened the second one from the bottom…
“…Rya.”
She found Loa easily. Loa was trembling with fear, clutching a wooden doll of Sara’s tightly.
For some reason, Kuro was gently holding Loa in her arms.
“…Luria. Explain.”
Before I could answer, I moved in front of my mother and hugged Loa.
As soon as I did, Kuro silently disappeared across the floor.
She must have been hugging Loa to comfort her.
“Rya~.”
Loa clung tightly to me and nuzzled my stomach.
“Um, well… maybe you’re hungry, so I’ll give you some food before explaining.”
“That’s a good idea. Let her eat.”
I fed Loa the food I had hidden in the same spot. When I brought a sausage to her mouth, Loa happily chewed it, making a “rya-murya” sound.
Sara stroked Loa gently, while Daru licked Loa’s backside.
“…That was from midnight. The owl came.”
“The owl?”
“Yes. Owl, come!”
I called out toward the window, and with a quiet flutter of wings, the owl arrived.
“Thank you, Owl.”
The owl had a nut in its beak and brought it to Loa’s mouth.
“Rya~.”
Loa happily ate the nut.
The owl brought a nut instead of a bug, likely as a way to make a good impression on my mother.
I explained to my mother while showing her how cute Loa looked eating the nut.
“It seems the owl wanted to help this child.”
I wasn’t lying. But I couldn’t tell her everything. I couldn’t tell her that the owl had called me to defeat a sorcerer and save Loa.
“I see. But why didn’t you report this to me?”
“This child is kind and good, but I thought you might be scared if you heard she was a dragon.”
“Yes, normally people would be scared. No, they would revere them.”
“That’s why… I thought I should try to appeal to your sense of how cute dragons are.”
“So you thought if you did that, you’d be accepted?”
“Would the chance of acceptance increase?”
At that moment, Sara put her finger in Loa’s mouth.
“Ryamu.”
Loa sucked on Sara’s finger, chewing on it gently.
“See? She’s a dragon, but she won’t bite. She’s not scary.”
Sara also helped to show how safe Loa was.
“Mother, please! She’s just a baby, if we don’t protect her, she’ll die!”
“Luria, dragons are… ‘No harm befalls those who do not touch a dragon.'”
My mother told me that there had been a kingdom that was destroyed for mistreating a dragon’s baby.
“That’s why even the king, with his noble power, bows to dragons.”
“But Luria has already touched a dragon.”
“Sara touched her too.” “Bauwah!”
Now was the time to press the matter. I boldly declared.
“Even if you tell me to throw the dragon away now, it’s too late!”
“Well, that could make the dragon angry… and that could cause major problems.”
“That’s right! A single swipe of a dragon’s tail can destroy anything!”
If we angered the dragon, there would be great consequences.
My mother stared at us for a moment before sighing.
“…I’ll ask Graf about it.”
“Yay!”
If she was asking my father, it meant my mother had decided to approve of it.
“Calm down. Just because Graf agrees doesn’t mean he will say you can keep her.”
“I know. If he says no, I’ll persuade him.”
My mother crouched down and made eye contact with Sara and me.
“Luria, Sara. This child is cute, but she’s still a dragon.”
“I understand.” “Yes.”
“She’s a great and noble being that deserves respect.”
“Yes.” “Yes.”
“We aren’t keeping her as a pet, we’re just protecting her while she’s a baby. Don’t forget that.”
“I understand.” “What’s the difference?”
My mother gently patted Sara’s head.
“Keeping a pet means you’re the master, like Daru, Carol, and Koruko.”
“Yes.”
“You’ll have to take responsibility and discipline it.”
“Yes.”
“But protecting a dragon isn’t the same as being its master.”
My mother slowly explained to Sara and me.
“Luria, Sara. You mustn’t think about disciplining a dragon. That would be arrogant and presumptuous.”
“What about things like the bathroom?” Sara asked while petting Loa.
“If she makes a mistake with the bathroom, you shouldn’t scold her. You should kindly ask her.”
“Ask her to use the bathroom?”
“Yes. Never forget that she’s a great species. Understood?”
“Understood.” “Understood.”
“Good girls.”
My mother patted Sara’s head again, and then patted mine.
Even though we hadn’t gotten my father’s approval yet, the matter seemed settled for now.
Relieved, I suddenly felt hungry. I had been in the middle of breakfast.
“Mother, let’s eat breakfast. Luria’s hungry!”
“Luria, wait.”
“Huh?”
“There’s still the matter of entering the kitchen.”
“Eek.”
My mother was smiling, but her eyes weren’t laughing.
