The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life
The day after Marion arrived at the lakeside villa.
After having breakfast, we went out into the garden to play.
Near the garden, there was a place where the servants were gathered, and there were many of them.
So, my mother gave me permission to play in the garden, thinking it would be safe.
“It’s such a nice day, Luria-chan!”
Sara, holding a wooden stick doll, said happily. The heavy rain from yesterday seemed like a lie, and the sky was perfectly clear, without a single cloud.
“You’re right! It feels nice!”
I walked, tapping the ground with the wooden stick I held in my right hand just to be cautious. This stick was a cool one I had gotten when we first arrived at the lakeside villa.
“Ryaa~!”
“Loa, do you feel good too? You should enjoy the sunshine!”
I placed Loa, the spirit king and red baby dragon, on my head with my left hand. Loa fluttered his wings happily.
A humanoid water dragon prince followed us from behind.
“The blue of the sky is so beautiful…”
The water dragon prince was swaying his tail, taking deep breaths as if enjoying the air.
“The air is delicious too…”
The water dragon prince had been sealed away for hundreds or even thousands of years. He was freed only yesterday.
So, the blue sky and the breeze that brushed against his skin must have felt so refreshing to him.
“You should breathe in a lot of air.”
“Wafu~ wafu wafu wafu!”
Darw, a prairie dog, was playfully tugging at the water dragon prince’s tail. Though Darw was larger than the humanoid water dragon prince, he didn’t seem to mind at all.
Without even looking at Darw, the water dragon prince used his tail to swat at Darw in a casual manner. He was quite skilled with his tail.
“Kyu kyu~” “Kokko”
Behind Darw, there were Carro, the prairie dog, and Koruko, the chicken.
Carro told Darw, “Don’t get too excited,” and Koruko warned, “You’re going to get all muddy.”
“Wafu~~”
But Darw didn’t care at all. Thanks to yesterday’s heavy rain, there were many puddles in the garden.
–Splash, splash!
Darw happily played in the puddles, tugging at the water dragon prince’s tail without a care.
“…Now you’re all brown.”
Darw’s body was about 70% covered in mud now. It would be a hassle to clean him up. I was sure my mother would scold him, and when that happened, I’d have to defend him.
I should have warned him not to get dirty before going out into the garden. But it was already too late.
“No, I need to figure out a way to clean him up…”
If there was clean water, I could wash off the mud from Darw. I just hoped I could get away with it before my mother noticed.
“Hmm.”
“Luria-chan, what shall we play?”
“…First, we need to explore the garden.”
“Explore? What do you do with that?”
“We look for traps and pitfalls… and also for clean water.”
I walked, tapping the ground with my wooden stick.
“Water? Why?”
“To wash Darw.”
“Ah… I see.”
Sara seemed to agree with that.
I carefully walked, making sure not to dirty my clothes.
“Luria, why do you keep hitting the ground with the stick?”
“To find any pitfalls…”
“Pitfalls!”
The water dragon prince seemed excited by the word “pitfall” and wagged his tail vigorously. As a result, Darw became even more energetic, getting dirtier.
“Darw, you’re making the water dragon prince all muddy!”
“Wafu?”
“Don’t worry! I’ll make sure you and Sara’s clothes don’t get dirty, but you should be careful with the mud!”
As expected, the water dragon prince’s clothes didn’t have a single speck of mud on them.
“…I guess he’s dodging the mud at an invisible speed?”
“Water dragon prince, you’re amazing.”
Sara gazed at him with admiration.
“Sara-chan, we have to be careful not to get our clothes dirty.”
“Yeah, it would be hard to wash them.”
The clothes I was wearing were hand-me-downs from my older brother, Gilberto. They were easy to move in and had lots of pockets, which I liked.
“Sara-chan, your clothes are cute too.”
“Do you think so? Hehe.”
Sara was wearing a new set of exercise clothes that had just arrived this morning, made especially for her. The design was similar to the clothes I wore, which were my brother’s hand-me-downs.
However, the big difference was that her clothes had a hole for a tail. The clothes the water dragon prince wore also resembled men’s clothes like the ones we were wearing.
They were completely different from the clothes he wore yesterday.
“Where did the water dragon prince get his clothes?”
“Yeah, his clothes look nice today too.”
“Heh? Hehe. Is that so? I made them myself.”
“Wow!”
“Wait, you made them? Did you sew them?”
Sara’s eyes sparkled.
“No, just watch.”
At the same time, the water dragon prince’s clothes transformed into the ones from yesterday.
“Eh? Amazing!” “Wah!”
“Wafu wafu wafu!”
Not only were we amazed, but even Darw was excited.
The water dragon prince’s clothes immediately returned to the men’s style we had seen today.
“I make my clothes using magic.”
“Ohh… Magic.”
“Magic can do even that?”
“Yes. Because I’m big, regular cloth clothes would tear.”
“That’s true…” “That’s true…”
Sara and I nodded at the same time.
Every time he transformed from humanoid to dragon form, his clothes would rip. It was such a waste.
“Thanks to magic, I don’t need to do laundry, and my clothes never get dirty with mud!”
“Wow, that’s enviable.”
“I’m jealous. You can wear cute things as much as you like.”
Sara and I were both envious, but for different reasons. My jealousy was about being able to play in the mud.
“…Maybe I should try practicing magic for clothes too.”
“Hmm? I can teach you if you want.”
“Really? Are you sure you’re not too busy?”
After thinking for a moment, the water dragon prince muttered.
“Just wait a bit.”
He looked serious.
“Wafu~ wafu wafu wafu.”
Darw and the others surrounded him, asking, “What’s wrong, what’s wrong?”
Koruko was sitting on top of the water dragon prince’s head, and Carro was perched on his shoulder.
“Water dragon prince, what happened?”
“That ‘water dragon prince’ is too formal! I want to be called properly!”
“Water dragon prince-chan?”
When Sara said that, the water dragon prince vigorously shook his head.
At the same time, his tail swayed, and Darw was happy.
“No, no! The title ‘water dragon prince’ is like a role or a position in human terms!”
“That’s true…” “That’s true…”
Sara and I muttered at the same time.
“Just like calling the king ‘King-chan’, right?”
It’s like how I call my father ‘Grand Duke-chan’.
“Yes, exactly. Sara is very smart.”
“Does the water dragon prince have a name?”
“No, I don’t have one. I’d like you to think of one for me.”
That was a difficult question.
“Hmm. How about a dragon-like name?”
“I want a cute name.”
“I also want a cute name.”
“Woof woof!” “Kokko” “Kyu~” “Ryaa~”
Even Darw and the others were thinking hard.
“Bau!”
“Bau-chan doesn’t seem to fit.” “I don’t think it works.”
“Ko Korko ?”
“Ko Korko -chan might sound nice.”
“No, I’m not sure about that.”
“How about Leonardo?”
“That’s something Mom likes. It’s not cute.”
After thinking for about five minutes, I said whatever came to mind.
“Sui, sui… dragon prince… Sui-chan!”
Sui-chan felt right. It was a name based on water, so it worked well for the water dragon prince.
“Oh, that might be cute.”
“It’s cute! I like it!”
“Wafu? Kyu?”
The name Sui was chosen for the water dragon prince.
