Diana’s POV

"Haah.....haaah....phew~."

I guess it should be enough for today.

I looked at the destroyed dummy and felt satisfied with the results, but I couldn’t forget how Zeph deflected my sword a moment ago.

I felt weak.

I wanted to improve my swordsmanship, as it is my only hope with a body that can’t store any mana.

But Zeph has promised me, so I should trust him.

With those thoughts, I made my way out of the training ground and walked towards the boys’ dormitory.

Living as a boy all the time is really uncomfortable. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

I always felt suffocated when tying the cloth around my body, especially in the upper area.

I don’t know how many times I’ve repeated the same thing again and again but, ’you can do it, Diana’, I motivated myself again to not get frustrated with my current situation as one day, I will be able to live my true identity.

I opened the door and entered the room. The mana lamps were closed, ’What was that?’

ZZZ-Zzzzz

Has some animal entered the room?

I can’t believe something could enter the room when I locked it from the outside, as the keys were only with me and Zeph.

’A pig!’

As I turned on the light, I saw a black pig lying on the floor, snoring with a visible bubble of drool.

’What is this thing?’

I saw sudden movement from that thing; maybe that animal is waking up due to the light. I looked into its amethyst-colored eyes.

Is it some special creature? But how did it arrive here?

Boing!

Suddenly, it jumped towards me. I gripped my sheathed sword tightly; maybe it’s attacking me.

"Mommyy~~~"

"W-what!"

’What, mommy?’

Is this animal speaking and calling me mother?

Slurp

What the hell? This pig is licking my face. ’How dare it!’ I threw it against the wall.

THUD

"Mother.....hurts..sniff."

’What’s with that?’ Why is he crying all of a sudden? ’Did I throw it too hard?’

I felt guilty for throwing it like that. I moved towards the little fella and lifted it.

"Okay, sorry, but you startled me by calling me mother, you know."

" kyu~"

’Aah, my eyes, why is he so cute?’

I found it fat, but its eyes were really innocent, slightly wet, and shiny.

"Ok, you can call me whatever you want."

Guess now that I adopted it, I should give it a name. How about Black-Pearl, as it is black and also purple?

Very Nice

I genuinely felt this name was befitting of this cute animal.

"So, from today, you will be Black-Pearl."

...

Chrono’s POV

Tap. Tap.

’Is it human?’

I didn’t want to open my eyes as I heard his footsteps.

It took me two days just to arrive from that place.

He can’t understand how hard it was for me to walk with this body after being thrown to such a faraway place.

’Shit, my eyes. Why does he always disturb my sleep?’ Due to sudden light, I opened my eyes only to find a boy with silver hair and sapphire eyes.

’No, wait.’

Finally!

Someone worth my attention — The sword lady.

How can I forget about her? After all, she was the only woman who understood my pain.

As the first time I met her, she understood my pain and also the burden I had to bear as an ’Almighty dragon’.

Maybe I should put her and the human together.

Boing!

"Motherrrr~~~"

I jumped towards her.

Yes, become my mother and save me from that ungrateful human, who even though chosen by me, doesn’t respect me at all.

"W-what!"

Guess she is surprised. Maybe I should act even cuter.

Slurp

I started to lick her face. Isn’t this what most cute animals do?

’Be grateful, human. I am arranging a mother.’

THUD

’Huh?’

What? Did she just throw me?

Was my cuteness not enough to win her heart?

I guess I’ll have to settle for plan B.

"Mother.....hurts..sniff."

She moved towards me and lifted me again.

’Haha, my acting skills are unparalleled.’

"Okay, sorry, but you startled me by calling me mother, you know."

Now, the final move to completely subdue her. I slightly used mana to lighten my eyes and gave her an innocent look. "kyu~"

’Kekeke, this happens when you can’t even sense mana’, I can’t help but laugh at her weakness of not being able to sense my mana uses, I knew it cause she herself revealed it one day.

"Ok, you can call me whatever you want."

Finally, you are defeated, sword lady.

Now, that human will worship me.

I guess I will forgive his insolence of throwing me by eating only half of his mana.

"So, from today, you will be Black-Pearl."

’Huh?’ What’s with this name? I am ’Little Pumpkin’ Miss

No, wait. Isn’t this name bad to?

Whatever, I just have to wait for that human to feel my surprise

...

’Really, no one can understand girls.’ Zeph moved through the hallway as he reached his dorm room, before sighing and opening the door.

ZZZ-Zzzz

’What the hell,’ As he heard this familiar sound, his already irritated mind from today’s events snapped.

He entered the room and looked at Diana cuddling Chrono’s belly.

’This pig.’

He moved, and to Diana’s surprise, he lifted the dragon while holding its chubby neck, just like a kitten.

"W-what are you doing with my Black-Pearl," Diana exclaimed, standing and looking towards Zeph, trying to get the dragon back.

"Wait a minute, what’s with that shitty name; his name is Little Pumpkin,"

Zeph looked towards Diana, raising his eyebrows, trying to understand this girl’s naming skills.

Diana’s face twitched," Whose naming skill is bad here," as she retaliated against the boy who had already gotten on her nerves the moment he touched her Black-Pearl like that.

"My naming skill is way better than yours, Diana," Zeph shook his head and internally laughed at this woman’s terrible naming skills.

ZZZ-Zzzz

Looking at Zeph’s confidence, Diana couldn’t help but want to say something, but she controlled herself.

Right now, she needed to protect the innocent dragon that had been sleeping all this time.

ZZZ-Zzzz-zzz

’This fucker’

Hearing this loud snoring, Zeph’s mind snapped, as this animal’s snoring was a regular thing, keeping him awake all night while sleeping like it was dead.

SWISH

’Wait, No!’

Diana’s mind was thrown into turmoil as she saw Zeph retracting his hand, assuming a stance to throw.

She couldn’t feel mana but could at least see that Zeph was using all his might to throw a sleeping innocent animal.

BOOM

With a loud sound of air crashing, a strong breeze forced the dragon’s eyes open.

In slow motion, he saw the girl’s hands reaching towards him, but before he could understand what she was saying, he was thrown out of the window.

"No! My Black-Pearl!"