Chapter 359: Reasoning with children is an art; and not everyone mastered it
"Wha-child?!" I clasped the black pendant on my chest tightly in reflex.
"Huh?" Neel tilted her head in confusion. "Isn’t the little one your child? The one with the Lord of Greed."
Oh...that. I was worried for a second that someone managed to find out about Shwa. I forgot that people easily thought Jade was my child since it only happened the first time.
"Hmm...but looking at your reaction, it seems I was mistaken, but then..." Neel moved her head left and right, holding her chin and frowning as if she were in deep contemplation.
"Ah, no. Jade is my--"
"Clone?" she suddenly gasped, lifting her head to look at me with widened eyes. "Is that little one your clone?" she stood up; her demeanor was similar to when she found out about the golems. "Do you find a way to create a--"
"Stop!" I raised my palm to shut her up. Beside me, Zia was trying so hard to not laugh until her shoulder was shaking.
I let out a long exhausted sigh. "Jade is not my child--not in that sense anyway," I told the curious half-naga. "Jade is my familiar."
"...you used human as familiar?" Neel widened her eyes and scooted back.
At this point, Zia could no longer hold back and just laughed heartily while smacking the couch. Again, a sigh escaped my lips. "Jade is an elemental bird."
Neel blinked and looked even more confused than before. "The one...flying up there?"