We Live in Dragon’s Peak

"My name is Ilia. I am Mary's birth mother."

Apparently, a witch around thirty is Mary's real mother.

So there's a woman about forty standing next to you...?

"My name is Leonora. I am Madeleine's mother and Mary's new mother."

It was just as expected.

Master Leonora is the head of the Varitier family and Madrine's mother. And he is also the one who welcomed Mary as his adopted son.

To put it further, you're also Ilaria's sister.

In front of the front door, I'll say hello again, too.

In the wide lawn garden, Mary ran around chasing Niemia, and the chicken dragon, created by dragon qi, was chasing it. Of course, two little moonlight arrows remain floating over Mary's head.

"Dear Ernea, may I? Isn't Mary noisy?"

Then Master Ilia asked as she followed Mary with her gaze.

I also look back and ask Mary how she seems to be enjoying herself, and I reply.

"It's okay. It's part of my operation."

"Operation, are you"

"Yes, it's an operation"

You honestly accepted my clarification, and Mary's front seat was quickly unraveled. And while continuing his training, he got permission to play with Neemia or Chicken Dragon.

But Ilia, the birth mother, must be worried about Mary. My trials and Mary's busy pursuit of the Niemias.

Oh, I thought.

Send your beloved daughter to another (approximate) home for adoption, albeit her sister. There must be a lot of grief and anxiety. Still, Lady Ilia sent Lady Mary to the Valitiers for adoption.

Master Leonora must have complicated thoughts, too. Though my sister's child, not the dearly raised Madrine, I must succeed the housekeeper to Mary.

Dear Leonora and Ilia. Two, each thought.

I have to accept Madeleine, including the feelings of these people.

So stand up to any trials, and let them overcome no matter how harsh.

And Mary is in my surgery right now!

"Honestly, I'm surprised I can keep that little moonlight arrow for two more days. But honestly, they didn't call it a lasting battle."

Then all you have to do is exhaust Mary and shorten her to a shorter period. That's my operation.

Master Leonora and Master Ilia smile when they hear from me.

"Yeah, I think it's a nice operation"

"In fact, there are as many situations where the technique is disrupted as possible."

This is a test for me and a training for Mary.

So Lady Leonora and Lady Illia accepted my operation without denying it.

"Nevertheless, Master Ernea's technique is so wonderful"

"Chicken...... is it? Like, a little big for that?

"That's a technique that mimics a kind of dragon clan called a chicken dragon. Dragon Peak is home to other Dragon clans who look like them."

"Well, it's lovely!

Then Mary rushed over to see if she heard this conversation. And he looks up at me with his eyes glittering.

"I'd love to visit Dragon Peak, too!

Innocent gaze.

An uninteresting thought, directed upright towards something that aroused interest.

But even if he succeeds the Varitiers, it doesn't mean he'll be involved in anything of interest. Not to mention, Dragon Peak is a very dangerous land.

"I'm sorry, Master Mary. Unfortunately, we cannot take Lady Mary to Dragon Peak. Whoever enters Dragon Peak, even the famous and the royal nobility, will be at their own risk."

"Well, that means I'm still immature, right?

Dear Mary, inflate your cheeks and show your protest posture.

I smile bitterly and forgive Mary.

"Master Mary is such a wonderful witch. But, see. You can't seem to escape my surgery yet, can you?

"Yikes!

Master Mary looks back. There you go, relentlessly attacking, my chicken dragon technique.

Master Mary screamed and ran away.

Chicken dragon dragon art has no aggressive power.

But instead it had a special effect.

If you are a dragon dweller, touching a chicken dragon can restore dragon qi. But when those who do not have dragon power, that is, those other than the Dragons and Dragons, touch the Chicken Dragon, the spirit is exhausted by the amplification and decline of power in an instant.

Being someone who is not an operator is enough to fall asleep with debilitation in some cases.

Lady Mary was also blinded when I put out the chicken dragon technique, inadvertently touching the technique. So now I was in the middle of a desperate run around from a chicken dragon.

And it was also my operation to debilitate Mary and interrupt the concentration of magic.

By the way, if Mary gets Niemia, you're promising to sleep with her. So Master Mary is trying to catch Niemia while fleeing the Chicken Dragon.

Name it, make it tiresome with candy and whip. It's an operation!

"Hehe, thank you for making Mary so fond."

"No, I just told the truth."

Staring at Mary and Niemia running around the lawn garden, we laugh.

"By the way, when will Madeleine be back..."

From the results, my operation ended in failure.

Until evening, Lady Mary was running around fine. But the two little moonlight arrows floating overhead, instead of disappearing, never even became unstable.

Instead, I'm more exhausted than I've ever maintained chicken dragon surgery for so long.

Still, the trials continue.

In the evening, I stayed at the Varitier family because of trials and Madeleine.

"I'll have it. Soo!

After a good prayer, Mary jumps to dinner.

Put Neemia on her lap caught with warmth before sundown.

Of course, there are still moonlight arrows floating over Mary's head, and a chicken dragon wandering behind me.

"It will be a treat. I'll have it!"

I, too, reach for delicious rice lined up at the table.

"Please, don't hesitate"

"You must be tired, right? Eat a lot."

Master Leonora and Master Ilia smile and recommend food and drinks. I won't hesitate. [M]

Or is it?

Master Madrine will not return at night!

If I hadn't distracted myself from visiting the home of the woman who promised me the future, I'd peel my white eyes off nervously.

So this is how you are not hesitating to treat your dinner to make your nervous mind blow out. You're not blinded by the treat in front of you, are you?

"Nyan."

Besides, the ongoing trials with Mary were also a factor in stabilizing my mind.

Actually, it's draining a lot of concentration.

I can't believe we're going to keep the dragon technique so continuous, even though it's chicken dragon technique. If I stay alert, I'm going to erase my technique before Mary does.

"Dear Elnea, may I speak to your sister?"

"Mary? Good behavior during meals, isn't it?

"Well, then, Master Mary. Shall we talk after dinner?"

"It's lovely!

Lady Mary is obsessed with her sister Madeleine.

As soon as something happens, he wants to hear from Madeleine, and he wants to question me and the witches about when they'll be back.

Yes, yes. There are no servants or servants in the Varitier family. Instead, it looks like the witches before you were baptized are serving you.

Serve at the Varitier family. I personally thought it would be so hard for the witches. When I asked them, they said they could also watch the training while serving in a famous home, and the competitive multiplier for hiring was very high.

Apprentice witches bringing hot dishes from the kitchen. Neemia and I did not hesitate to eat until we were full.

"Ku...... I wondered how you would sleep while maintaining your technique..."

And stay up late.

Let me take a bath, and we'll be in the living room.

In a relaxed bench, Leonora and Ilia blossom into sisterhood stories with generosity and pleasure.

Me and Mary were sitting on the floor talking about Madeleine and her previous adventures.

But whenever you say, "Mary, it's bedtime, isn't it?" The word doesn't fly from the two mothers. So, I questioned it and asked.

"Master Ernea, what are you talking about? If you fall asleep, you won't be able to sustain it."

"Yeah, does that mean...?

What do you take for granted, Mary, who sees me?

I have a bad feeling and look at Leonora and Ilaria. Then the two women smiled back.

"Some rituals performed in the temple span several days"

"I don't sleep, because it's part of my training."

"If you ask me, Louiseine, I wasn't asleep the day before or after I was having a full moon ritual, either"

"You're a shooting star's wife. We've heard more from the witches who returned earlier."

A full moon night is a very important time for the clergy.

The moon symbolizes the goddess of creation. So on full moon nights we perform rituals throughout the night and pray to the goddess. Our family also spend full moon nights with Louiseine and Madeleine.

Such a Luiseine or Madrine is not like sleeping in the morning because the ritual is over. In the morning, we enter again from the water, as usual, for a regular day.

Besides, I don't even take a nap or anything before the ritual.

In retrospect, there are certainly days when Louiseine and Madeleine do not sleep.

Even though Mary is only about ten years old, she will inherit the Varitier family. So you're repeating these trainings now.

And I found out why I was a little wondering, "I can maintain my magic for two days".

In other words, Lady Mary can continue to maintain her surgery without sleeping.

Which means, by the way, I can't sleep either during the trial!

Anyway, if I fell asleep, I wouldn't be able to sustain it.

I'm in a deep hurry for the harshness of an unexpected trial.

"Nah."

Hang in there, Niemia looked up to me, and just tired from the long journey, she made a big stretch (yawn).

"Master Niemia, please sleep on my lap"

Lady Mary has a crush on Niemia.

He takes care of her diligently, holding Neemia as cute as a kitten without leaving her skin. Neemia became round on Mary's lap so that she could also sweeten.

But then.

"I'm back now"

Master Madeleine is finally home.

Immediately after.

"Welcome home, sister -!

Psst! And Mary, who stood up, jumped at Madeleine with a swine rush.

"Mary, I'm home. But Niemia's surprised, isn't she?

Neemia, bouncing from above her knees, howled and flew over Mary-like's head.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

To Lady Mary, who apologizes in haste, Niemia responds with a long tail shaken loosely.

"Mother, Dear Ilia, I'm back now. And, Mr. Elnea. Sorry to keep you waiting."

"Welcome home, Madeleine."

Lady Madrine enters the living room, gently stroking Lady Mary and Neemia.

"Madeleine, what were you doing waiting for your lords?

Sitting in a bench as recommended by his mother, Lady Leonora, Madeleine looks over the living room with a bitter smile.

In the living room are Lady Leonora and Lady Ilia, seated in a bench, and Lady Madrine. On a rugged carpet, laid on the floor, I relaxed, and Mary, with two little moonlight arrows floating over her head, hugs Madeleine. Neemia is over Mary's head. And walking around the large living room is a chicken dragon created by my dragon technique.

Master Madrine stared at those people and nodded, yeah.

"Actually, I heard a lot from Mr. Mist and the twins. Ernea, if I let you act alone, I will definitely attract problems."

"What!?

No way...

Why did Madeleine send me to the Valitiers' house alone?

"Ernea, you attract the problem. I'll take care of that with you and me! That's what I was looking for."

"What a trap!?

If I was alarmed that Lyla wasn't here, more importantly, Master Madrine was planning to run out!

"Shit, sister, that's a nice idea. Excellent. Excellent and sooo!

Unlike me, who is disappointed to hear about Madeleine's trap, Mary is thrilled.

I can't wait to hear that Mary likes Madeleine.

"Well, Mr. Elnea,"

Master Madeleine seemed to realize something when she saw the moonlight arrow over her head and the chicken dragon wandering through the living room, refraining from making a fuss about Mary if she had to hug herself.

"I didn't mean to attract a big problem, but it looks like you had a problem with it as you read it?

"Knock. If only we could spot Master Madeleine's trap..."

How am I supposed to maintain the chicken dragon technique for two more days of insomnia?

It's not a problem that you two solve, as Madeleine hoped, but a trial that I personally have to overcome.

Looking at me like that, what should I do with Madeleine, my eyes glowing with pleasure, and Mary is excited about the return of her beloved sister.

And while watching us gently, Lady Leonora and Lady Ilia smiled quietly.