POV: Director of the Intelligence Department
“SEERIO! The beloved child is here!” Serafi excitedly flew in circles around me the moment she laid eyes on Lady Nefertima. “This is incredible! I never thought I would see the fire dragon, a blue pegasus, and Lars all in one place…”
It wasn’t just Serafi; all of the elemental spirits in the area were excited.
Not only was the beloved child here, but a veritable army of holy beasts accompanied her.
When we arrive in the imperial city there will be another blue pegasus and an earth tiger in the imperial palace, as well. I hope the elemental spirits don’t get too excited and accidentally cause minor natural disasters!
“Hey, Seerio… Let’s go talk to the beloved child!”
“Okay, fine. But you behave yourself, got it?”
Serafi and I made our way over to Lady Nefertima, who was speaking with a besotted-looking Dan.
Yeesh, is he still staring at the fire dragon?
I explained Dan’s situation to Lady Nefertima, and all was going well until it came time to introduce ourselves.
After that, Serafi began clinging to Lady Nefertima, repeatedly exclaiming how “Cuuuute!” she was. She wasn’t doing anything too bad, just patting Lady Nefertima’s hair and poking her cheeks, but she should’ve known the hell this would unleash…
Just as I’d feared, the other elemental spirits all began clinging to Lady Nefertima as well.
Gradually, I lost sight of the tiny noblewoman among the crowd of eager elemental spirits gathered around her. There were several intermediate-level elemental spirits and an uncountable number of low-level elemental spirits jostling to get close to her.
You have no idea how hard it was to keep from laughing at that moment.
His Highness, who could also see the elemental spirits, surprised me by laughing out loud, something I’d never heard him do before.
Following the young prince’s lead, His Imperial Majesty also began laughing.
If Lars hadn’t stepped in, the elemental spirits probably would’ve never let her go.