Chapter 385: The way to children’s heart is through amusement ride
"Whoaa--AAAH--Oh, my Goddess!"
The sound of Illian’s scream filled the air above the Lair as Vrida took off. For the first few minutes, the boy kept shouting and shouting, until the flight finally stabilized and Ignis slapped the screaming paladin in the cheek to get the boy back to his senses.
When he opened his eyes, however, the boy froze in stunned for a whole minute; just staring at the scenery with unblinking eyes.
And then he laughed, and he continued laughing for the rest of the flight. In the end, he became no different than Jade--and I had an inkling he would sit between Vrida’s horn if he was small enough while screaming ’wheeeee’ with both arms up in the air.
"Is it fun?"
"Yes, Sir!" Illian laughed, looking as much as a boy that he was. But then he got startled and clasped his mouth. "Oh--umm...what...uh, what should I call you?"
Ah, right. He used to call Valmeier ’brother’, but it was probably weird for him to call me that without the same attachment. But it also felt weird being called ’Sir’ like a total stranger when I had this attachment--no matter how slight--to him through Valmeier’s feelings.
"You can just call me by my name--my real name," I shrugged.
"That’s..."
"Weird? Well, just do what you want then."
How complicated, just thinking about what to call. I didn’t care anymore as long as he didn’t call me ’Your Highness’ or something--