Chapter 363: I believe that practice makes perfect
I waited until the tea became cold, before taking Jade to look for Zia. It wasn’t hard, really. There were only two places where she would be when she sulked; the library and her room.
So, there we were, knocking on her room. Zia wasn’t answering, of course, so I employed the best weapon. "Zia? Zia~ Jade want to see Zia..."
We waited for a few seconds before a quiet voice told us that the door wasn’t locked. When we entered the room, Zia was crouching on the armchair near her lit fireplace, hiding her face behind her knees.
Jade ran to the succubus and held Zia’s legs. "Zia, Zia, Jade sorry!" the little boy said. "Jade don’t know why, but Jade sorry that Zia upset..."
Oho--to think my little familiar would be willing to apologize without having to be explained that what he did might be upsetting to others...
You’ve grown, Jade.
"Jade just...Jade just upset because Zia don’t play with Jade anymore these days, don’t draw picture book with Jade anymore..." he fiddled with Zia’s sleeve, looking up with a pair of round green eyes. "Zia just looking at Elf, so Jade thought Zia want to play with Elf more than Jade."
Oh my, look at this very reasonable explanation.
"But Elf only play with Naga, and Jade upset because it make Zia not play with Jade..." the little boy pursed his lips, before taking out a few pieces of candy and putting them on Zia’s palm. "Jade sorry...will Zia forgive Jade?"
Oh, I should totally gave a piece of Gluttony’s candy to Jade later.
Zia lifted her reddened face slightly--of course, she wouldn’t be able to get mad at our cute little Jade. She sighed and let Jade grab her hand. "I’m not upset," she said quietly while I took a seat at another chair. "I’m just..."