"Meow?"
After hearing the cat's cry, the two looked at Mia. The cat was stepping on its tail with its front paws in an awkward position, looking at the flame on Miss Fiona's tail with surprise.
Shade probably understood what this clever cat was thinking:
"Your tail cannot come into contact with fire. Although you have the bloodline of the Son of the Sun, if you rashly come into contact with fire, your tail will still be burned into a bald tail, which is not beautiful. Fiona... is not an ordinary person."
But Mia seemed unable to understand such a complicated sentence and was still staring at the red dragon girl's tail.
And that tail slowly stretched towards Xia De:
"If you're curious, try touching it... just once."
Fiona emphasized that although Shade felt that his behavior was a little abnormal...
So you knew it too.
Although he knew that what he was doing was a little abnormal, Xia De couldn't control his curiosity and reached out to grab the tail.
In fact, Xia De had touched the tail last time in the cafe, but that time it was only a momentary touch, but this time he was allowed to grab it directly.
The tail, which was covered with dragon scale marks, was softer than Shade had expected, and it was not known whether it was because it was absorbing the fire of the sun, so the temperature was much higher than normal body temperature. It seemed that the tail was also densely covered with nerve endings to sense the environment, because Shade noticed that as he gently grabbed it, Fiona's face immediately turned red, and the tail was directly pulled out of his hand:
"Well, your curiosity should be satisfied."
Fiona turned her body sideways to prevent Shad from looking at her blushing face, which made Shad feel even more that he might have done something really extraordinary.
Fortunately, this is the Fifth Age, and Fiona will not spread this matter. If this matter gets to the ears of the girls around him, he will probably be teased for many years like Professor Manning.
The sight of Fiona's tail burning with flames still made the cat fall into deep thought. And Shade did not waste time because of the soft tail. He touched his pocket and brought the sand of time soaked by the night.
"Look, I got this."
Fiona took the jar and examined it in amazement, and was curious about why Shad put them in a pepper shaker:
"I actually have one more thing to say."
She returned the sands of time to Shade and touched her head embarrassedly:
"The moon dream has the power to heal the mind and soul. I am not sure how long I fell into this sleep after you left, but it did allow me to recover some of my lost memories."
Without waiting for Xia De to ask, she took the initiative to say:
"Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod asked me to come here to set up the academy."
She looked at Xia De with a flushed face, this was an excited expression:
"Shade, you and the teachers met the great one Yaobianmen in the Thousand Trees Forest. The gods gave the teachers the knowledge to open up a permanent space to establish a permanent safe zone in any dangerous place. Afterwards, with the knowledge obtained from the Gaddis Library, Miss Feliana identified a location on each of the five continents where she could establish an academy. These locations are remote and dangerous, but they fully meet Miss Feliana's requirements."
"Is Evernight City one of them?"
"Yes."
The red-haired girl nodded quickly:
"Ms. Feliana and Mr. Olanord went to other places for inspection respectively. The place assigned to me is relatively safe. The teacher even said that if I succeed, he would let me be the second principal. I don't have the ability to do so. Mr. Olanord was probably trying to comfort me... ... Unfortunately, I lost my luggage."
The big tail with burning flames swept the ground unconsciously.
Now Shade was completely certain that the place where they were standing at the moment was most likely the location of Saint Byrons in the Sixth Epoch. However, Shade still didn't know how Fiona persuaded the God of Night to give this land to Saint Byrons.
"Be more confident. Since Miss Olanord chose you as her apprentice, she must have seen your strengths. Even if you don't believe in yourself, you should believe in Miss Olanord."
Speaking of which, Shade often encounters young witches who are not so confident. After all, the teachers of young witches are sometimes too dazzling, or in other words, there are too many geniuses in the profession of witches.
Xia De thought he was comforting Fiona, but he didn't expect that Fiona became even more depressed after hearing his words:
"The teacher chose me... Teacher Orlan Nord once told me privately... that you are the most ideal apprentice in her mind."
Before Shade could figure out how to continue the conversation, Fiona continued:
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to exist in our time and space for a long time, and the teacher wouldn't have chosen me as his apprentice."
Her hands were clasped together in front of her chest, her thumbs rubbing together.
Mia was still looking at the tip of her tail.
"I don't actually have a talent for the moon. Look at how long I've been practicing my Moon Dream, and you can tell from the results I've achieved so far."
Fiona's voice got deeper and deeper as she spoke:
"I'm probably just a substitute. The teacher treats me as your substitute. Every time we talk about you, the teacher and Miss Felena will praise you... ... Except for when I prepared dinner and smashed rocks with my fists, the teacher rarely praised me."
Xia De looked at her little fist quietly and remembered that his "Red Dragon Power" came from the girl in front of him.
As for Fiona's behavior at this time, it was obvious that the thoughts she had in her mind were magnified by the special environment of Evernight City. He had seen this kind of scene many times. This special area was not suitable for normal people to stay in. Once they stayed in it for too long, it was normal for them to have mental problems.
Fiona Drago is only level eleven after all.
"Miss Felina and Miss Orlanod don't like me more than you. You are by their side, but I am not. Memory will beautify a person's image. Besides, they are probably not used to praising their students in front of their students. If I am around them often, they will also find many of my shortcomings."
Shade said, seeing Fiona looking at him curiously, he coughed:
"For example, I like playing card games very much. I play regardless of the occasion. As long as it is not a matter of life and death, I can ask to play cards at any time. Also, my life schedule is very irregular. I often go to bed very late and don't want to get up the next day."
He slightly exaggerated his shortcomings.
"It's nothing."
The red dragon girl whispered, and Shade said:
"But there is no comparison between you and me. We are different after all. It's like my cat's tail is incomparable to your tail."
"So, I am the cat's tail... There is no comparison at all, right?"
The Red Dragon girl's voice became deeper and deeper.
"No, no, no, what I mean is that I am the only man the witch can get in touch with. Do you understand? No matter how outstanding you are, no matter how much you win the favor of Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanoed, you can never be the same as me."
Fiona looked up at him, blinking as she looked at him, while Shad had already sorted out his thoughts;
"Fiona, answer me a question honestly: You will definitely have your own apprentice in the future. So, will your feelings and views towards your apprentice be the same as your feelings towards me? Even if the other person is very outstanding, very outstanding."
The tail wagged gently:
"Of course not. No matter how outstanding she is, with you..."
The young girl raised her head suddenly when she was halfway through her speech, and a look of sudden enlightenment appeared on her face.
"See, you get it."
Shade said with a smile, and Fiona explained:
"But that's because I'm... "
She lowered her head again, not wanting to continue. The kiss in the library of Gaddis was something the Red Dragon girl would never forget in her life:
"But Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod are not... um..."
She understood again, and kept her head down, but looked up. Only a teenage girl would look good in this pose:
"I see. I see."
The young girl looked at Shade with a dangerous look, and Shade was quite familiar with this look:
"what you up to?"
The witches of the Fifth Epoch were much bolder than the ladies of the Sixth Epoch who had all kinds of concerns because of the times and the surrounding environment. As for Fiona, since she knew what she wanted, she naturally would not hide her thoughts in her heart and wait for Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod to rely on their status to "eliminate" her.
So just as Xia De thought, the red dragon girl reached out and hugged his neck, then leaped up slightly and kissed him.
This time, Xia De really couldn't break free. No matter how good his physical fitness was, he couldn't compete with the hybrid red dragon in strength.
"Meow~"
Taking this opportunity, Mia jumped from Shad's shoulder to Fiona's shoulder, then looked down and continued to stare at the burning tail.
"Thanks for explaining all this to me, Shade."
After letting Shade go, Fiona's mood seemed to have completely returned to normal. Not only did her complexion become much better, she even smiled from the bottom of her heart:
"Now I am not confused at all. You are right. It is meaningless to compare myself with you. What I should really compare myself with are the teacher's other apprentices."
She had a bright smile on her face, and was obviously quite satisfied with what she had done:
"Then let's keep going. Oh, you said you would accompany me to the end of this journey and send me outside safely, Shade, remember to keep your promise."
As she spoke, she kissed Xia De on the side of his face again. Her ability to adjust herself mentally was better than anyone Xia De had ever seen.