Chapter 17: Companion (1/2)
I juh em that Sylvia entrusted me with
"H-haha…Holy shi+t…" I breathed out as I fell back on ee!
And what used to be an egg was now so that I couldn't put into one word
The first thing that had coon It looked sort of like a dragon to me, but at the same time, it didn't It was all black It kind of re on all fours, studying at me with its head tilted to one side The sclera that would usually be white in the human's eyes was black, like Grandpa Virion when he uses his second forht red instead of yellow The pupils were sharp slits that would nor akin to a small feline animal, it just looked adorable The on like Sylvia and this little… thing was that it had two horns on its head The horns looked identical to the illusion that Sylvia had been before she revealed to on It curved outward around its head and then, sharpening into a point in the front
Its head was shaped like a cat's but the snout was a just a little bit h, looked exactly like Sylvia's tail It was a reptilian tail that had two red spikes at the end Along the spine of this hatchling were also small red spikes that s but where the wings should be located were, instead, two small bumps
I could see that its belly didn't have scales, though; it looked sort of leathery
The newly hatched creature suddenly let out a toothless yawn, toppling on its back after losing balance
And in response, I was flushed with the overwhele to embrace this creature
"Kyu?" It locked its sharp eyes at ence that didn't match its appearance
"H-hi there little fella, I'm Arthur" I stretchedthat needed to know my scent
"KYU!" It ju up at me
I could feel e to squeeze it Unlike the majesty and fearsoerous in a different sense
Unable to hold in the urge, I carefully petted the adorable ly soft and the red spikes that ran down its back felt like rubber I guess young animals, whether hu, closing its eyes
I could feel the tension on h "Hehe…"
It rolled onto its back, asking for a h rub The belly felt like a very soft leather,it very smooth to rub I took a closer look at its claws and found it interesting that it looked closer to paws than actual claws The only thing that was hard were its horns, which were surprisingly sharp as well I couldn't help but compare it to the beak a bird would use to crack itself out if its shell
"Aren't you just a cute lil fella?" My s this adorable newborn, to the point where it see
After a little bit, I couldn't help but think of what to naender of this mysterious creature
"Kyu~!" Suddenly the newborn shot its tongue out and licked the underside of my left forearm
"Ah!" I reflexively tried tosensation, but before I could, a glowing black light began envelopingpain subsided fairly quickly so I just waited The creature pulled its tongue back, revealing a blackon s that covered Sylvia before she passed on her will toJust one open wing, but it was made up of several dashes and sharp curves that branched out,it look very intricate and ht but I already had a tattoo I'm such a rebel
'Ma up at me with its mouth closed
What? I obviously heard a voice just now
'Mama?' This time I heard it clearly inuess I'm your mother But I'm a boy so you should call me papa"
'Papa!' It suddenly jumped up and licked my nose
I'm a rebel with a tattoo and a child
After co with the creature for a bit, I had couess after the mark had appeared on my forearm, a sort telepathic connection was established The voice I heard in irl's so I've decided to name her Sylvie after her real mother
"Syeevy?" she responded with her head tilted
Picking her up and bringing her close to ht! Your name is Sylvie"
She nuzzled her nose toI realized was that Sylvie had a pretty high intelligence for a newborn She already seemed to have the mental capacity of a 2-3 year-old child While we're co telepathically, I knew she's not necessarily talking to lish but I just understood it as that It was a very odd feeling, not knowing the words she's actually saying but knohat she hts she coet the gist of what she meant by how she felt
"Okay Sylvie! I need to wash now Do you want to co her down
"Kyu?" She tilted her head again while she looked up athed and took her withinto the shower, she seemed to cry out 'NOOOOOOO' as she wailed a shrill "KYUU!"
"I guess you don't like water thather down out of the shower
Sylvia shook herself off like a wet dog and plopped down on the floor next to the shower, her tail wagging, observingup
Her behavior sort of reine her lineage to be that of athat she actually Sylvia's child
That got on? She sure looked kind of like a baby dragon…
Why was she completely black when Sylvia was pure white? What baffled me the most was the fact that Sylvie had horns eerily si illusion that Sylvia was at first and also to the deot out of the shower and dried oing to explain this to Graot out of the bathroo athered up the pieces of the shell that Sylvie came out from and set it aside Then I wrapped the feather that was encasing the stone aroundthat little had Sylvie left
Four months In four months, I would be able to see nizeemotion of my parents because she cuddled in close to my face and lickedher horned head, I fell asleep
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"KYAAAAAA!"
"What is it? What happened? Who's there?" I ju my pillow as a osh!+ What is this? It's so CUTE! Kyaa!"
I turnedSylvie
"Kyu!!" It cried 'Papa, help!'
Letting out a defeated breath, I fell back into bed
Come back my beautiful sleep…