Aira thought that little Vir might be looking for something to eat. But that seemed impossible given that the pile of bones had turned white, meaning there wasn't a fistful of meat left. Also, all the skeletons had been there for a long time.
Little Vir had trouble taking a step because he had sprained one leg, but he seemed to ignore that and then approached the Black Dracael skeleton.
Not only because the size of the legendary dragon's bones was much larger than the other bones there, but also because the color was very unique, pitch black. Even on the broken parts of the bones, the black color also reached the inside of the bone itself.
Aira frowned and sped up the scene of the real event that little Vir had experienced in the underground cave.
It turned out that little Vir had only taken three Black Dracael bone bars at random.
One that was longer and was a solid bone, the very tip of the tailbone of the dragon skeleton itself, was placed on the outer side of his dislocated leg. The other two were shorter and placed on the inner side of his leg.
Vir tied the three bones together to hold his dislocated leg, the ropes he got by ripping off his clothes.
Aira smiled at the sight. Who would have guessed that little Vir could think so far ahead when he was only six years old? At least, this is what Aira thought.
Thus, Aira came to know that Vir had actually obtained Black Dracael's solid bones completely by accident. He didn't even know the specialty of the legendary dragon at all. Yes, it was too special even if it was just an inch of bone.
The only reason why he chose those bones to support his sprained leg was probably that they were a different color from the other bones.
After bandaging his dislocated leg, and bare-chested, little Vir scanned the huge underground cave once more. However, his instinct to survive forced him to ignore all the pain in his body.
Little Vir explored the other side of the cave, albeit with hobbled steps, and while holding on to the cave wall, he kept going.
Aira followed little Vir by hovering quietly behind him. She again sped up the scene before her eyes.
And little Vir was again seen moving swiftly around in the huge cave, from one corner to another until he found a spring in one corner of the elongated cave.
Vir drank from it to quench his thirst. He coughed, got up, and continued on his way until he came to the edge of an underground river.
The scene continues with the confused little Vir trying to find his way out of the cave. Without knowing the exact destination, little Vir plunges into the underground river, swimming desperately to stay afloat, following the current.
Aira's body floats up and through the cave walls until she reaches a point, outside the cave.
And it turned out to be a cliff. Aira was a little taken aback when she saw Vir, who was screaming in terror as he realized that he had been carried by the river to the edge of the cliff.
"Help!" Little Vir tried to reach out for something. "Help me! Help..."
Unpreventably, little Vir fell with tons of water that formed a waterfall, and it was quite high.
Aira let out a deep breath, but she did not follow little Vir to float down.
At that point, the nine-year-old girl understood quite well what would happen next. To that end, she chanted one more spell.
In the next instant, Aira seemed to be pulled by a great force upwards, higher and higher, and then disappeared, leaving behind a thin bluish mist.
The little girl gasped with a rumbling chest, but she still managed to control herself so that she did not touch the forehead of the adult Vir who was still groaning in his sleep.
Aira took another breath to calm her rumbling chest.
As soon as she withdrew her right hand, Vir suddenly became calmer, no longer groaning in his sleep.
After that, Aira got up and climbed back onto the bed. Taking one more look at Vir, she smiled and then resumed her sleep.
***
Early that morning, when Aira woke up, she did not find Vir in the room. So she got out of bed, walked out of the room, and went straight to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Aira saw Daisy busy preparing breakfast for them. But Vir wasn't there.
"Hi," Daisy greeted, "you just woke up?"
And instantly, the nine-year-old girl gasped and turned pale.
Daisy realized what had made the little girl turn pale and suddenly worried like that.
"He didn't leave you," she said, flipping the bread on the skillet before her. "Did you hear the water?"
Aira followed Daisy's direction. From behind the door on the right side of the kitchen came the sound of splashing water, and only then did the little girl feel relieved. Vir seems to be taking a bath in there, she thought.
"Sit down, breakfast will be ready in a minute."
Aira smiled. "Good morning, Daisy."
Daisy glanced at the little girl, then laughed silently. "Morning, Aira."
Well, a little late to greet the woman, Aira felt herself a fool. She had forgotten a bit of etiquette just because she was afraid of being left behind by Vir.
"How did you sleep?" asked Daisy as she set three plates on the table, then filled them with a piece of toast each. "Did you sleep well?"
The little girl smiled again and nodded. "Thank you."
Aira felt a gust of wind gently hit her back. It seemed like Daisy had already opened her little shop even though it was still dim outside.
"Hey, Daisy, are you in there?"
A male voice came from the front. It seemed to be the customer Daisy had mentioned last night, Aira thought.
"Just a minute, I'll be right there!" Daisy replied a little louder. "Hey," she said to Aira, "if you want to have breakfast first, go ahead. I have to serve my customers!"
Daisy walked away, rubbing Aira's head before leaving her there alone.
"One moment!" Daisy said again to her customer.
Aira smiled widely at how nimble the woman was. She found that breakfast for the three of them was ready, it was just a matter of eating, she thought. So were the drinks in the three large cups of hot tea.
Then Vir came out of the bathroom looking more refreshed. "Aah, there you are."
"Yeah," Aira grinned. "Good morning!" She stifled her laughter as she remembered how ridiculous her behavior had been to Daisy.
Vir snorted. "Damn it!" he snorted. "What a great start to the morning. You've just woken up and you're already sniping at me. Oh, what am I supposed to do with you?!"
Aira shifted her stool and then strode towards the bathroom without a care in the world for Vir.
The man could only sigh deeply as he watched the little girl enter the bathroom, then close the door.
"Yuck!" Vir snorted. "Damn, little girl!"
"You've prepared everything, huh?" Daisy's customer voice reached the kitchen. "This is great!"
Vir turned his gaze towards the front, although it was blocked by the wall he knew that Daisy was serving her customers.
"Early in the morning, huh?" muttered Vir half inaudibly. Then he sat down on one of the benches, next to the one Aira had previously sat on. "Hmm..." Vir sniffed the aroma of the toast in front of him. "What a tantalizing aroma."
But Vir didn't want to get ahead of himself. Although it might not be a big deal to Daisy, he felt that it was rude. Better to wait for Daisy and Aira first, he thought.
Yeah, having breakfast together is much better.
"Well, I've been preparing everything since yesterday afternoon," came Daisy's voice.
"Thank you," said the male customer. "You did a really good job. Hey, how about you become my wife?"
Vir widened his eyes when he heard that. "Damn it!" he muttered. "Even this early he has the nerve to seduce my future wife!"
"Oh my God," Daisy said, "You already have two wives, Mr. Harrison!"
The man named Harrison laughed as he handed Daisy a bag of money. "I was just trying," he said. "You refused, no problem. If you want to, that's even better."
"Thank you," Daisy said, cradling the bag of money she had just received from Harrison.
Outside, a male slave was arranging something into a cart pulled by two horses. The carriage belonged to Harrison.