The girl settled in the temple.
She lived a simple life, venturing out once a day to gather berries and fruits to sate her hunger.
Most of her time was spent in the temple, kneeling before the white dragon statue, praying with heartfelt devotion.
Before the statue, she placed piles of carefully chosen fruits... the finest offerings she could find. She hoped these tributes would soon earn a response from the god.
But they didn't.
For a whole week, she saw no sign of the mythical white baby dragon.
This left her deeply disappointed.
She realized mere prayers might not be enough... she needed to do something for the god to truly catch its attention.
"But what can I do for it?"
Frowning, the girl in the temple struggled to decide.
Then, from outside, came the sound of light footsteps and a cheerful call.
"Babydrago? Babydrago?"
The unreserved voice made her heart skip a beat.
"Oh no!"
Hiding in the temple, Winna instinctively assumed her tribespeople had returned, searching for the dragon god.
"I have to stop them! Make them leave before they anger the dragon god!"
Desperate to prevent her kin from dying before her eyes, she rushed to the temple's entrance and pushed the heavy stone door open a crack.
"There's no dragon here, please leave... "
"Eh?"
…
Stepping out, Winna stared in astonishment at the scene outside.
... It wasn't the bustling crowd of tribespeople she'd imagined.
Instead, a golden-haired… girl? stood on the lush green grass, gazing at her with curious eyes.
The girl's emerald eyes and the ahoge atop her head, curling into a "?" Shape, were striking.
Winna studied this "uninvited guest" with curiosity, silently wondering how she knew of the baby dragon and what her relationship with it might be.
But her curiosity lasted only a second.
The moment she closely observed the golden-haired girl, a terrifying aura surged from her. The overwhelming dragon's majesty swept over the slope, engulfing Winna, who had no idea what was happening.
In that instant, she felt like a leaf caught in a tidal wave... ready to be swept away, swallowed by an endless sea.
"What is this?"
Heart pounding with fear, Winna couldn't bear to look at the girl and lowered her head.
She nearly collapsed to her knees... but for some reason, just as her body was about to give out, another force surged within her, propping up her trembling legs, keeping her upright.
Yet, what truly steadied her, allowing her to stand before a "Dragon King" without crumbling, was a bright dragon's roar from the sky.
"Roar... "
A white figure dove from the cliff.
It drew the golden-haired girl's attention... and instantly eased the pressure on Winna.
"She's a dragon too?"
"No wonder, no wonder…"
Watching the white and red dragons embrace, Winna clutched her chest, gasping for breath.
In that moment, she truly grasped the difference between dragons and humans.
... No need for action.
A single glance could have ended her life.
…
Artoria and the baby dragon hadn't seen each other in over two months.
For Alaric, two months was hardly long… but since his birth, this was the first time he'd been apart from Artoria for so long.
The longer the separation, the greater the joy of reunion.
"Hey, it's not raining here? Did you do that?"
"So impressive!"
Alaric eagerly recounted how he'd flown into the sky and used his power to dispel the clouds.
Hearing this, Artoria's eyes widened in surprise, then her delicate face took on a thoughtful expression.
"So it can be done like that!"
Clearly, she was entertaining some mischievous ideas.
As a "wind" Dragon King, she couldn't dispel clouds with light like the white dragon... but blowing them away with wind didn't seem too hard, did it?
"And this girl? What's her story?"
Artoria had, of course, noticed Winna.
Though Winna was older, Artoria somehow felt like the elder when facing her.
"She… well, she led a group here, ate my fish, and then just stayed."
Mentioning the girl, the previously cheerful Alaric turned cold.
He vaguely explained her origins, barely hiding his disdain for someone who'd benefited from his help yet lingered.
Artoria was taken aback.
"True dragon's blood can do that?"
"What's her situation now? Is she still human? What's her plan?"
Looking at the flustered girl, Artoria felt nervous.
She realized this was Alaric's first real contact with humans... and they'd left a terrible impression.
This wasn't good.
As the destined King of Britain, she didn't expect Alaric to love humans as she did. But at the very least, he shouldn't grow to despise them, right?
"Hm, I need to get him to interact with humans, to shift this hostility."
"This girl seems like a good start?"
With that thought, watching the girl standing aside, head bowed, trying to fade into the background, Artoria saw an opportunity.
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