when faes got up and got ready for the day, she decided to show sky and aiden the space. when she got to the kitchen she found aiden and sky in the kitchen. they too seem to have just arrived, sky was in aiden's arms while aiden was smiling happily.
"good morning, papa! sky!" faes greeted
"good morning!" aiden replied smiling while sky gave a light roar which seem to mean the same,
"what are we gonna eat? what can sky eat?" faes asked curious. sky was just born or hatched from the egg! from what faes had learned in her past life, newborns can't eat regular things no matter which species they are, which made faes wonder what can sky eat. she was a dragon and this just made her more curious. hearing what faes said sky too looked at aiden curious as what is she going to eat.
"sky is just born so she cant eat regular food. sky have to drink milk for few months after that she can eat normal food" aiden said as he smiled sadly
"eh? milk?" faes asked confused glancing at sky as sky too glanced at faes blinking her bright reddish purple eyes in confusion.
"i know that new born are fed mother's milk but what kind of milk is sky going to drink?" faes asked cautious. she know that aiden's wife died giving birth so where were they going to bring the milk from? new born's cant drink just any kind of milk it have to be rich in nutrients and antibiotics and other antibodies.
"don't worry sky's mother prepared milk for her children ever since she knew she was pregnant. dragons body can't produce milk but dragon children are fed a special milk that only a special kind of common mana less wolf females produce. their milk is collected and then mixed with mana from dragon female making it safer to consume for the dragon child, so she collected milk daily for our children preparing it in advance, who would have known she wont be here to feed sky with me" aiden sighed lost in sadness. both sky and faes sensed that as faes hugged his waist and sky nudged aiden with her nose.
aiden smiled at his two daughters who were trying to cheer him up and then patted their head.
"i have the milk in my spacial ring, I will prepare it for you sky!" aiden said patting sky and then handing her to faes who stood still with sky in her hands. faes haven't taken sky in her hands till now as she was not sure how to handle a new born dragon.
'what if she accidentally hurt it?' were her thoughts but now that aiden placed sky in her hands she wasn't sure what to do anymore. faes just glanced at aiden with confused and pleading eyes.
"why are you making that face? i know you wont hurt sky even accidentally now come on see how i prepare the milk for her so that you know what to do" aiden just laughed at faes and took out a bottle of milk from his spacial ring and began preparing it.
faes glanced at sky who made herself comfortable wrapping her tail around her arms for support.
as aiden prepared the milk and put it in a bowl faes watched aiden's all actions, imprinting them in her mind. faes knew why aiden was teaching her everything he can and she was not happy about it. when faes was searching and learning how to make pills she even tried to find a cure for aiden's poison and also found one but her cultivation level was still low so she cant refine that pill.
the pill was a tier 8 detoxication pill and it had many major and minor herbs and medicinal plants. faes was sure she can collect the ingredients with aiden's identity and her's but she was not able to refine it as it was a high level pill not even aiden can refine himself as his cultivation in spirit power was low too.
after thinking for a long time faes asked aiden about that pill and aiden's reply had left her in tears, his reply was-
"we cant refine that pill even when we collect the ingredients as our cultivation and refining level are low. i know we can find someone who can refine it for me but after the world divided into two all the powerful people who can refine this kind of pills vanished so no one that i know are powerful enough to help us. you don't have to worry even if i had that pill i wont take it, my life is going on just due to the desire of seeing my child before i go and join my love in the afterlife. once my child is born and i am assured that both of you are safe and healthy i can die in peace! don't fret over it as i neither have desire nor time to live anymore"
aiden had said that all with a smile but faes had felt the sadness and longing in his voice. she had finally found someone who she can call family and they were going to leave her this soon.
faes had vowed to learn everything aiden taught her and take care of sky in his place so that his soul can rest in peace.
"he! he! sky your whole face is covered in milk!" faes laughed as she saw sky drinking milk hungrily from the bowl. when aiden had prepared the milk he had given it to sky who jumped to drink it and had ended up covered in milk when she dipped her whole head in the bowl.
"baby you have to drink slowly and also do not dip your whole head just use your tongue and mouth" aiden also laughed while wiping sky who had tears in her eyes now.
when sky was clean she again tried to drink the milk from the bowl this time slowly and using her tongue making faes bite her tongue as not to laugh watching sky being cautious. 'its so amusing!' faes saw as sky took her first sip of milk and her eyes sparkled with delight.
"very good now finish it while i prepare breakfast for faes and me" aiden said as he went to prepare their breakfast. faes stayed with sky watching over her as she drank the milk with satisfaction. faes also wanted to taste the milk but didn't as she didn't knew if it might be right for her as she was not a dragon child.
when sky was finished aiden had already prepared their breakfast and they had begun eating.
"roar!" sky licked aiden's cheek as to say the milk was delicious and then she jumped in faes lap making herself comfortable before going to sleep.
aiden laughed while faes just blinked in confusion. 'why was sky sleeping in her lap and not aiden's?' faes was confused still she just let sky be and continued her breakfast as faes was starving.
"sky likes you more than me i think" aiden commented
"she loves both of us equally, i just think that maybe i make a nice bed?" faes replied making aiden laugh
"that and you are so soft and warm she thinks of you as her mother figure" aiden's comment made faes almost choke.
'she was barely ten years old in this world and twenty in her past life how can she become a mother?' but faes didn't said anything and just continued her breakfast.
whole day faes and aiden spent with sky playing and watching movies and teaching various things to sky.
faes had to carry sky most of the time as she learnt that sky cant walk properly and will only be able to walk after about a month. sky will learn how to fly after she turns a year old so she cant even fly. faes found it amusing as sky refused to stay with aiden much and spent most of her day in her arms either playing drinking milk or sleeping!
aiden was both amused and relieved as he saw sky getting along with faes. he was also laughing hard inside as he saw how faes carefully held sky and fed her and played and talked with her. in any case she was still just ten years old little girl!
"from tomorrow sky will begin her cultivation practice too even when she cant do much she can still learn many things in theory and magic" aiden told faes as he took a sleepy sky from faes
"is it really fine to let her study just a day after she is born?" faes asked unsure
"dragons have higher intelligence than other species, they have innate knowledge from their bloodline and have to learn how to control themselves and their aura. though they are just born they can be considered equal to a five year old human child in intelligence" aiden replied smiling
"cool!"
faes had forgotten to scan sky and see her details! faes also forgot to take aiden and sky to show the space.
"i wanted to show you something" faes told aiden who smiled at her apologetically.
"can we do it tomorrow? sky is already asleep and you should sleep too!" aiden patted her head.
"promise? tomorrow morning!" faes replied not disappointed at all
"promise we will see it tomorrow morning!" aiden replied before sending faes to sleep.
"system scan sky and show me her details" faes said just before aiden went in the room with sky
[scanning..... scan complete]