Little Light thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, I feel like, Second Sister, instead of joining their date, you might as well secretly follow their date."
"Eh? Why?"
"Three people dating together always feels kind of weird. You'd also have to stay on guard against Helena all the time, which is troublesome."
Luna scratched her head, "But stalking them doesn't make any sense either, I can only watch from far away."
"No, that's not it. While you're following them, you can write down all the activities of their date, and later recreate the same date one-on-one with Big Sis. The same date activities, but with a different person, then in Big Sis's heart won't there be a clear distinction?"
Hearing this, Luna's eyes lit up, "Great idea, Little Light! Let's do it your way!"
Little Light smiled, secretly letting out a sigh of relief.
Actually, she was just making things up.
Second Sister was silly, always thinking that as long as she inserted herself between Big Sis and Helena, she'd be able to keep Big Sis by her side.
But that wasn't how it worked.
First of all, Big Sis would never leave Second Sister, so there wasn't even the possibility of Helena "taking her away." Besides, that little sea dragon girl had no such intentions at all; she and Big Sis were purely good friends.
And then, this time it really was Helena who brought up wanting to hang out with Noah. If Second Sister forcefully joined, although on the surface nothing might happen, the end result would definitely be that none of the three had any fun.
Little Light didn't want to see that happen.
So she had to bend her words around, fooling Second Sister into secretly following instead of disturbing Big Sis and Helena.
At the same time, she also planted the seed of a "next date" in Second Sister's heart, raising her expectations a little. That way her attention would shift, and she wouldn't get lost in pointless overthinking.
Finally, after saying all the "emotional and selfless" stuff, here came the "selfish" side.
Little Light had already seen plenty of three-person dates before. She was long tired of that kind of fun.
But she had never seen the fun of "stalking a date."
So, taking advantage of this chance, let this Dragon of Delight have a taste of this deliciously fresh new fun.
While the two sisters were discussing, they heard the sound of flapping wings in the sky.
Looking up, it was a juvenile Leviathan, much smaller than the "school bus" of St. Heath Academy.
This type of Leviathan acted as a "special ride" among dragonkind.
Helena still couldn't transform into a dragon to fly, and Claudia was busy with work, so she could only call a "special ride" to send her daughter out.
"Oh, she's here. Second Sister, let's hide quickly!"
"Okay!"
The two little dragon girls hid in the grass nearby.
The Leviathan put Helena down at the front yard gate of the Silver Dragon Sanctuary. Helena took a golden crystal from her crossbody bag at her waist and gave it to the Leviathan's mouth as the "fare."
Then, she stepped inside, her face carrying an expectant smile.
"Wow, Second Sister, she dressed up so beautifully today."
"Shut up, Little Light."
"Okay, Second Sister."
Just as Little Light said, Helena really had dressed up specially today.
On her head was a fluffy, playful wave hat, with a cosmos flower pinned to the brim, swaying lightly in the morning breeze.
Her smooth, flowing blue hair reached down to her waist, shining like rippling sea waves under the sunlight, bright and enchanting.
Her blue-and-white dress brought out her energetic, youthful charm. Beneath the cotton hem, a pair of slender, graceful legs wrapped in white stockings revealed a figure with nearly perfect proportions.
On her shoulder hung a crossbody bag in the shape of a cute little donkey, looking handmade.
Normally she lived in school life, so Helena rarely ever dressed up.
But today was her very first "bestie date" with Noah, of course she had to be a bit formal.
"You're here, Helena."
Noah's voice came from the sanctuary entrance.
"Good morning, Noah-chan, remember we agreed, once the assessment ended, we'd go on a date~"
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The bestie date's location was within the Silver Dragon tribe.
Although the word "tribe" might make people think of some ancient, primitive "clan," everyone wearing animal skin shorts, holding ancient spears, chanting nonsense around a bonfire, in reality, the dragons' tribal life could definitely be called prosperous and well-off.
Because their numbers weren't large, and resources were plentiful, everyone's living standard was high.
In the Silver Dragon tribe, both the residential area and the entertainment area could pretty much satisfy any need.
Of course, if you wanted broader horizons or richer entertainment, you still had to go to Sky City.
But Noah and Helena didn't intend to go through that trouble. Just walking around and playing within the tribe was enough.
It also let Helena experience a bit of Silver Dragon "local dragon customs."
"Okay, they've set off. Little Light, go go go!"
The dragon girl special forces, mobilized again.
The first project of Noah and Helena's date was feeding pigeons in the tribal plaza.
The sun was warm, the breeze gentle. Plenty of people were gathered in the square, some exercising, some passing the time.
At the stall selling pigeon feed, when the owner saw it was the princess, of course he didn't charge.
But Noah still insisted on paying in full.
Once the two bought their feed, they held hands and went to the center of the square, where a big flock of pigeons was already waiting to be fed.
"They won't bite my hand, right?", Helena worried a little.
"Nope."
Noah crouched down, poured some grain into her palm, and stretched her hand toward the pigeons. They rushed forward to peck at it, but even so, none of them hurt or pained her.
"These pigeons are used to being fed all year round, they won't bite. Helena, you've never fed pigeons before?"
Helena shook her head, then crouched down too, imitating Noah's posture to feed the pigeons.
"There aren't pigeons under the sea."
She paused, then added, "But I often feed donkeys."
"Donkeys?"
Noah did know of "donkeys."
Because her dad, when chatting daily with her mom, sometimes mentioned this animal.
Though Noah didn't know why, her curiosity once led her to check books in the library about donkeys.
They were a very old kind of domestic animal, kept by many races, though not by dragons.
But why did Helena often feed donkeys?
"Mm-hm, like this."
Saying that, Helena picked up her crossbody bag, a cute donkey-shaped design.
"Ohh, cute~"
Noah pinched the zipper, which was the donkey's "tail", "Did Auntie Claudia sew this for you?"
Helena shook her head, "My aunt made it for me."
"Aunt? I've never heard you had an aunt."
"Ah… my aunt was away for a long time, and only just recently came back home."
Helena glanced around left and right, then quickly raised her hand to point elsewhere, "Let's go feed the pigeons over there."
"Okay."
She had shifted the topic.
Because her mother said not to mention her aunt outside whenever possible.
Luckily, Noah didn't ask more.
The two besties held hands and went to the other side of the square.
Right after, two small sneaky figures appeared where Noah and Helena had just fed the pigeons.
A certain pigeon thought food had come again, so it ran up for feeding.
Luna crouched down, one arm hugging her knee, the other slowly reaching toward the pigeon.
Pigeon: 'Yay~ a fulfilling breakfast, ehya!'
But Luna's hand held no grain. She reached only to gently pinch the pigeon's beak.
"Spit out the grain Helena fed you!"
Pigeon: ?
'Wh-what the hell?'
"Ehya, Second Sister, why are you picking a fight with a little pigeon? Hurry up and follow them, or Big Sis and Helena will disappear."
Luna let go of the pigeon, but before leaving, she compensated it with a handful of high-grade rice, then seriously warned,
"Silver Dragon pigeons can only eat food fed by Silver Dragons, got it?"
Pigeon: "..."
"Coo—"
"Good, understood. Let's go, Little Light."
The tailing duo continued stalking.
The second project of the bestie date was eating ice cream together.
"I'll have an orange flavor. Helena, what about you?"
"Then I'll also have orange."
"Okay."
The ice cream seller scooped two orange cones and handed them over.
As before, the seller didn't want to charge Noah, but she still insisted on paying normally.
After leaving the stand, Noah muttered under her breath, "If I'd known, I should've worn a shirt that said 'I'm Not a Princess' this morning."
She rarely went out, but everyone in the tribe knew their princess, so of course no one would take her money.
But Noah was just like her dad and mom, upright and proper. Rules were rules. She would never take advantage of her identity for little perks.
Helena chuckled softly, licked her ice cream, then said, "So tasty."
"Right? Orange ice cream is the best."
"I used to never eat these simple fruit flavors, never thought they'd taste this good. Do you really love oranges that much, Noah-chan?"
Noah thought a moment, then replied, "Sort of. Actually, I used to feel nothing about snacks like this either. But my dad often bought orange-flavored things for Mom. One day I suddenly wanted to try it too, and found it was indeed delicious."
"Ohh, so your family's eating habits run in the bloodline too," Helena teased.
Noah narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Come on, I'll take you to see the fountain over there."
"Okay."
After the two besties left, Luna and Little Light showed up at the ice cream stand.
"Boss, ten ice creams, the same flavor my sister and them just ordered."
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