Chapter 194: People From Utar
The giant white snowflakes settled heavily on the window panes of the castle; their intricate patterns shimmering under the lazy attempts of the winter sun to peek through the gray canvas of the thick clouds.
The orange flames inside the reading room’s fireplace danced to the tune of their own crackling sound, from time to time reacting to the noise made by the little blue creature sitting on the plush white carpet before it.
Taru, his big curious eyes widening with new emotions, was playing with a big ball of blue yarn and kept releasing cute astonished noises every time the yarn rolled to the side, responding to his playful touch.
"Waa!" The little dragon exclaimed once again as the ball of yarn jumped in his tiny hands and fell back onto the carpet.
Safie, who had been watching Taru all this time with her eyes firmly fixed on his every movement, furrowed her eyebrows but remained silent. She still couldn’t get used to the appearance of this new creature and was reluctant to believe that it was safe for them to be close to it.
Ahspid, who had been watching Safie instead, smirked and returned to reading his book. Finally, the maid turned to the mage and asked in a careful voice, "Is he really a snow dragon?"
Without moving his eyes away from the old pages of the book, Ahspid confirmed her assumption with a nod. Safie, clearly unsatisfied with such an indifferent response, turned her face back to Taru and tilted he head to the side, resuming her careful watch over the creature.
After a few long moments of silence, she said again, "He looks so small... Will he grow bigger?"
Ahspid, desperately trying to conceal his irritation, closed the book rather loudly and offered the maid a fake smile, "Of course he will. He is a dragon, after all. All dragons are big. Don’t you know that?"