Book 15: Chapter 88
“Ah, hello… Sorry. mm… That’s right. Hello, you must be the male dragon, King Troy, right? I’m Irina’s friend. I came here specially to see Irina. Is she here?”
I had never before seen the dragon in front of me, but she looked around Irina’s age. She was slightly chubby, but her round face and smile looked cute. Her excited expression changed upon seeing me, but she didn’t show obvious interest. Instead, she poked her head behind me to scan the room.
“Sorry, Irina isn’t here at the moment.”
I didn’t know if I should let her in or not, but upon remembering Mommy Sylvanas was still sleeping in Irina’s room, I figured it was better not to allow her in. Once Mom was discovered, it’d be bad news for Camille, Irina and me.
“I see,” remarked the young girl, with a nod. She didn’t show signs of losing interest. She, instead, continued looking inside and then stamped her feet. She looked at me with a smile and asked, “You don’t plan to invite me in for a drink? It’s somewhat rude to just send a guest away in this fashion, right, King Troy?”
“Ah… But…”
It wasn’t my house… If it was my house, I’d be fine with giving a reception, but I couldn’t bring a young girl I didn’t even know into a house that wasn’t even mine…
The chubby young girl just shoved me aside and squeezed through. She then giggled: “Hehe, sorry for intruding. Ah, this place is the same as it was before, huh…”
I couldn’t stop her in time and certainly couldn’t stop her. If I forcefully drove her away, it might have repercussions for Irina and Camille. Once news of my predicament left the doors, the two would be harshly criticised. Therefore, I had no choice, but to take care of the girl for a bit. All I could do was pray that Irina came back earlier, or the girl ran out of patience and left… I didn’t think she was likely to leave on her own accord, however… After all, from her mental-breakdown inducing knocking, I wasn’t convinced that boredom was a persuasive reason for her to leave. To me, she was a stranger, but if she was Irina’s good friend, I couldn’t be rude.