10. Going Out
“Little Cal, how long is Celes’s weaning period?”
In early August, two weeks after Celes hatched, Reina asked this question.
She held a pen in one hand and patted Celes’s small head with the other.
It was the little dragon’s developmental period, and her body was already as big as Reina’s entire body.
“Didn’t the book say that a dragon whelp’s nursing period will last for ten years or even longer, but it’s related to the dragon species and the dragon egg period…”
“Then how long was your weaning period?”
“Ehehe~”
She gave Calysia’s head a chop.
She looked down at Celes, who was gradually growing up on her, and for a moment, a new anxiety arose…
The lifespan of dragons was very long. High-ranking dragons and dragon species with strong genes were even destined for immortality from birth. Even low-ranking dragons had a lifespan of thousands of years.
Celes was only two weeks old and could already grow so big. If she continued at this speed, she would become a super-giant dragon of several hundred meters in ten years.
“Little Cal, did you drink dragon milk when you were a child?”
“I did, but I don’t remember much.”
“Isn’t that just…”
Reina suddenly realized that she had asked a rather stupid question, and the bad habit that almost slipped out had to be corrected in time.
She discovered that to perfect her prenatal care books, she still needed more improvements.
Reina was worried, and Calysia secretly leaned on her shoulder, looked at the book on her belly, and said with a smile:
“《A Dragon Mother’s Guide》? Little Reina, what a cute name.”
“Ah, ah, don’t look!”
Reina immediately put away the notebook.
“It’s not finished yet. Do you want to show off your semi-finished product everywhere?”
“Why not?”
“Forget it, you’re not a dragon. Of course you wouldn’t understand.”
It seemed that their conversation had woken up Celes. The little dragon rubbed her eyes… actually, she just put her two cute little hands on her eyes and rubbed them, although it didn’t have much effect. Then she yawned and stretched… After a series of “combos,” she looked at Mother Reina and continued to rest her chin on her chest, as if guarding her treasure.
—This little one never looked at gold coins!
After ten minutes, Reina looked at Calysia and asked, “When are we going to teach Celes to fly?”
“Reina is in a hurry. How long has it been?”
“Mmph…”
“…Actually, Reina, you want to go out yourself, right?” Calysia asked after a few more minutes.
“Go out? I don’t want to. I just want to incubate the egg now.” Reina felt that her thoughts had been seen through and was embarrassed. She could only shake her head and deny Calysia’s words, pretending not to have been caught.
But…
She really wanted to go out.
“Even if you don’t want to go out, Agnes and Light are about to be born. I don’t know when the next incubation will be.”
“But I think… Celes should stay at home…” Reina’s heart agreed with Calysia, as if she were making a final psychological struggle—Celes was still small. Isn’t it dangerous to go out?
“Don’t worry, we’ll protect Celes together, and I’ll protect you too,” Calysia said with a smile.
….
To ensure that Celes wouldn’t be harmed, Reina entrusted Calysia to make many gravity magic shields. Reina herself also found a way to use her residual magic power to strengthen her body to prevent accidents. She even had two teleportation scrolls hidden in her dress, and just to be safe, she also gave two to Calysia.
Before going out, Reina even stood at the door for a long time, as if danger would appear as soon as she took a step.
“Reina, is there anything in this world that can threaten your mother?”
Calysia, who was walking in front, hurried back to comfort Reina.
“I… I don’t know…”
“With all due respect, the contract magic within the dragon race has been completely eradicated, the blood race’s forbidden magic has also been completely abolished, and although the elven kingdom hasn’t been completely eliminated, it’s on the agenda. And the only variable now is humanity.”
“Are there very dangerous humans now?”
Calysia wore a little black dress, like a little girl’s outfit for a day out, and even had some… energy?
Reina, on the other hand, wore a looser dress, but no matter what, her swollen belly was an undeniable fact.
“Awoo, Mama!” Celes opened her mouth… This little dummy definitely didn’t understand anything!
“I don’t know, but if I had to say… Pesa…”
The human who had gathered the power of the four guardians was arguably Reina’s biggest threat at the moment, but she was also under the surveillance of Calysia’s subordinates.
“You don’t understand…”
Reina protected Celes and even took a few steps back, her eyes welling up with two drops of tears as she looked at the scene outside the Dragon King’s Palace.
Celes wrapped her arms around Reina’s neck and licked the tears from the corners of her eyes.
“Mommy?”
So, Reina, who had just reached the door, went back like that.
But the next second, Celes said:
“Mommy, I want to go outside.”
“Eh?”
Reina stopped, reached out and patted the little dragon on her shoulder, but just as she was about to explain something, to find a reason to refuse Celes, she was at a loss for words. At the critical moment, Calysia also came to her side and leaned on her shoulder, saying with a smile, “I also want to go out and play, Mama~”
“You bad master!”
Reina was both anxious and angry.
“Just this once, we’ll go out for a couple of rounds and then come back!”
“My wife is so good to me.”
“Mommy is so good to me!” Celes repeated Calysia’s words.
Only then did Reina have the courage to go out.
Calysia transformed into a giant dragon and took the two of them out. For the first time, she chose to go to the largest central park in the Silver Dragon Airspace.
There were many dragons who had come here to recuperate. It was a recreation area specially designed for dragons, dozens of times larger than the so-called “parks” of humans. On this floating island, it was the most famous scenery.
Her belly was a little heavy, which made Reina remember the time when she had just grown a tail and her center of gravity was unstable. Not going out for a long time, plus being pregnant, had made her mobility worse than before. Not to mention teaching the little dragon to fly, now even going down the stairs, she had to be supported by Calysia.
“Be careful, Reina~”
“Be careful, Mommy!”
“I know.”
Reina said, blushing.
As these words were spoken, the dragons who were out for a walk all cast their gazes over, not knowing whether they were envious or mocking the Dragon Queen’s pathetic appearance.
No, it shouldn’t be mockery.
After all, they didn’t know that I used to be the Goddess of Light.
Reina could clearly hear the discussion of the passing dragons:
“Is that their child?”
“What a beautiful dragon. As expected of a silver dragon and an azure dragon…”
“I also want a child…”
“What’s the princess’s name? How old is she now…”
As expected.
“Reina, are you happy to be out this time?”
“Dummy, we haven’t even left the Dragon Realm. Of course there’s no problem,” Reina said, a little embarrassed.
Reina placed her hand on the stone pier of the pavilion.
“I’m very happy. Thank you, Master.”
