Page 306 of The War God’s Favorite

“Something like a fish, huh... Which color was it?”

“I don’t know... perhaps grey...”

“Ha... Gotcha!”

She suddenly dived, making Lorey panic a bit. Where had she gone to! For a while, her friend had completely disappeared from the surface, and despite her fear, Lorey took a few steps forward to try and see her.

“...Who are you?”

Lorey froze and turned around, embarrassed to death.

A tall and beautiful man in a blue robe was looking at her. Lorey gasped. He had the outfit of scholars, but he was wearing a lot of jewelry, and his long hair wasn’t very orderly for someone working there... He had his arms crossed and was looking at her, a bit surprised but not angry.

“I... I am sorry, I...”

Before she could think of a proper excuse, Kiera suddenly emerged, a bit further away from where she had dived. Not only that, but her friend was obviously playing with some large creature. Lorey’s jaw dropped. That wasn’t a fish, but a dragon! A proper, grey-scaled dragon! The beautiful creature was wrapping its body around the girl’s playing around with her and trying to escape her grip. Kiera was laughing so loudly and so focused on catching it that she didn’t realize who else was there.

“So it’s you, Kiera,” sighed the man.

“Oh, hi uncle!”

“You little stray cat, did you ditch your brothers again to come to play here?”

“Yup!”

To Lorey’s surprise, Kiera’s uncle smiled, looking a bit proud.

“What about your grandma?”

“They are all at the Diamond Palace at the moment because mom is about to have another baby, it’s boring...”

“So that’s why you came all the way here to play. Your brother is going to scold you.”

Kiera answered with a wry smile.

“He can’t scold me if he can’t find me!”

Her uncle laughed.

“True. But if I were you, I’d at least great her Highness, or she’ll kick you out once your brother comes here.”

Kiera nodded, and just with that, her uncle left. Lorey had a lot of questions, but Kiera was still playing with the young dragon, and she didn’t dare ask any. After a while though, her friend noticed her confusion.

“Oh, sorry. Come on, Kiki!”

The grey dragon turned its head towards her friend, and finally, ended her little fight with Kiera. Kiki swam swiftly into the water, and Lorey couldn’t help but feel a bit scared as she saw the long, snake-like body come towards here. Kiki was as big as her thigh, and probably twice her arm’s length too. However, the dragon gently swam around her, until Lorey relaxed a little. She extended her hand, and Kiki swam past her fingers to get caressed.

“It’s so smooth...” She couldn’t help but whisper.

“Right? My Kiki is so pretty!”

“You’re... part of the imperial family?” Lorey finally asked.

“Yep. I only come here to play, though! My aunt is the one doing all the hard work. My dad says he’s retired now!”

“I know! And so, your mom is the Lady of the Mountain?”

Kara was the one surprised, for once.

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