"Papa!"
*Sobs
A young girl named Aurora sat in Velian's bedroom room, tears streaming down her face. Her mothers had just given her a soft spanking for not listening to Velian and their words, under the orders of Velian, her benevolent father.
"Aurora, I told you to stay in the cave hidden, until I ask you to come out," scolded her father, who is normally not so stern with her.
But this time Velian was a little angry because she put herself in danger, even though she did it to support him.
"Mama!" cried Aurora, rubbing her bottom where her mothers had lightly spanked her.
"Veli, isn't that enough? She looks like she's in pain," Daphnia and Sariya both gave a begging look hoping he would just leave her alone, but Velian just touched his head not knowing whether to be impressed or sad.
"That girl is acting! There's no way, humans can hurt her, that's why I asked you girls to do it since my spanking might hurt her,"
Everyone looked at Aurora, who quickly stopped crying and tried to run away, knowing that her lie is exposed.
"When did she become this cunning and playful?" Elda asked.
"Well, I know whose behaviour she takes after," Daphnia answered her and looked at Velian, but Velian quickly coughed and changed the topic.
"Aurora, you shouldn't act on your impulse? You should listen to what I say at least until you become an adult," Patting Aurora's head, Velian said and looked at Delviny.
"I requested one year to train her and make her a full-fledged dragon, she will beat every challenge they give her, until then we should protect her,"
Everyone nodded their heads.
"But Veli, did you see her fire spell? It was magnificent," Daphnia was surprised, but at the same time she wasn't because what did she know about dragons? She just saw Aurora as her daughter, and sometimes she somewhat forgot that she isn't human.
"That is not a spell, it's called dragon breathe, it is the most powerful skill of a dragon, it's exactly not a fire spell," Velian explained things to Daphnia.
"The reason that dragon acknowledged me taking care of her was because of how easily she eloped her dragon breathe,
"Although even if that dragon didn't say anything, I was going to do what I have to,"
Delviny understood what Vekian said. He meant that he was ready to kill the dragon if he didn't allow Velian to keep Aurora.
While they were thinking all this, Velian suddenly heard a knock on the door, and he already knew who it was.
"Lyra, come in,"
Lyra opened the door of Velian's room, her heart beating a little faster than usual. When Lyra saw the group in front of her, she couldn't help but smile at the sight of Velian playing with their daughter Aurora.
"Hey, Lyra," Velian said, looking up from the game he was playing with Aurora.
Lyra thought it was a game, but she didn't know that Aurora was getting spanked for what she did.
"What's up? Is everything okay? If you want help ask me,"
Lyra took a deep breath and tried to keep her face neutral.
"I just wanted to let you know that the tournament is going to be held in a week."
Velian's eyes widened in surprise.
"That soon? Are we ready? What about the venue?"
"Our group is working on it, we already cleaned a huge empty space for it," Lyra replied confidently.
Then Velian looked at Delviny like he was asking whether she was okay with this date. He didn't like to favour her, but the least he can do is extend the deadline if Delviny want.
"I've been practising every day, and I think I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Seeing his face, she answered without even taking a single minute showing how deep their bond is.
Velian nodded thoughtfully.
"Well, I'm sure you'll both do great. And we'll be here to cheer you on."
Lyra felt a warmth spread through her chest at his words.
"Thank you," she said, smiling at him. Delviny also did the same, but she had doubts.
"Is there an opponent to beat me? I don't think even Remi can beat me now, the only possible one is Juno, but she's not interested,"
Velian looked down at Aurora, who was now trying to climb onto his lap after her punishment.
"Looks like someone wants to play some more," he said, chuckling taking Aurora's hand and pulling her.
Aurora just cuddled into his embrace even though she was crying a few seconds ago. She pretended as if nothing happened and it really worked as none of them wanted to punish her anymore, seeing her cute face.
She used the power of her cuteness to avoid getting punished, and her offensive power was too high for doting parents like Daphnia and Sariya.
All the girls watched as Velian scooped up their daughter and held her close, feeling a pang of longing in their hearts. They wanted nothing more than to be with Velian and their daughter, to join in their game and hold Aurora close.
But Lyra knew she had to focus on the tournament. It was her chance to prove herself, to show everyone what she was capable of.
And Delciny wasn't the type to dote on someone even if she wanted to.
So she took a deep breath and turned to leave, knowing that she had work to do. But as she walked away, she couldn't help but feel a sense of joy at the thought of Velian and Aurora, playing together and laughing, while she chased her dreams.
Sariya also left the room with Lyra after giving a little kiss to Elda, Velian and Aurora since she wanted to see whether everything is okay.
"Lyra, take a record of everyone that's participating and send me notes, I don't want anyone making a problem on that day," Velian said to which Lyra nodded her head and left the room.
