Evening.
Hotel room.
Olivia stood by the bed, her silver-white hair draped over her shoulders, the ends still damp from her recent bath.
She had taken off her cat-ear hat and hairpins, placing them on the nightstand.
The pale blue glass beads glowed faintly under the lamplight.
She looked at the bed.
It wasn’t big.
It was a size smaller than the double bed in Zijiang’s room.
Because Genitswa’s Special Championship was so popular, all the ordinary hotel rooms had been booked up.
There were no spare rooms, so Zijiang had added an extra bed for Liliana, while Olivia was still using her own room.
But Liliana had said she wanted to sleep with her, saying something about how peers could strengthen their friendship.
The bathroom door was closed, and the sound of running water filled the room.
“Liliana. Are you done washing?”
“Almost, almost, don’t rush, nya~”
The water stopped.
After a moment, the door opened.
Liliana walked out of the bathroom.
Her short green hair clung wetly to her neck, and the downy fur on her cat ears was dotted with water droplets.
She was wearing the hotel’s white bathrobe, the collar loosely crossed, the sash not tied very tightly.
She held a towel in her hand, tilting her head to dry her hair.
She walked to the bed and hung the towel over the back of the chair.
“Olivia. You sleep on this side.”
She pointed to the side near the window.
“No. I sleep on this side.”
Olivia pointed to the side near the door.
“Nya~ Not leaving me any space at all, huh.”
Liliana’s cat ears twitched.
“This is my bed.”
Olivia plopped down on the side near the door, hands propping herself up.
Her silver-white hair spread across the bedsheet.
Liliana looked at her for a while.
Then she climbed onto the bed from the other side.
The hem of her bathrobe spread on the sheet, and she pulled the blanket up to her waist, her short green hair fanning out on the pillow.
After several days of contact, Olivia had lowered her guard against Liliana.
The other girl was probably just an ordinary cat tribe girl.
Her combat ability was completely at the level of a total pushover.
When that dart flew over in the market, she had stood frozen in place, not even knowing how to dodge.
After Olivia had tackled her, she had asked, “What are you doing, nya?”
How could someone like that be any kind of expert?
She was just an ordinary kid.
The president was probably elected because of that strange election system in the Federation.
“Little Olivia.”
“Hmm?”
“Silver dragons aren’t allowed to leave before coming of age, right? You…”
Liliana turned on her side, her green round pupils fixed on Olivia.
Olivia’s fingers tightened on the bedsheet.
“Um… I…”
“You’re in your rebellious phase, aren’t you?”
Liliana’s cat ears perked up a little.
Olivia stared at the ceiling.
‘Rebellious phase my ass. I didn’t even want to bring up this topic in the first place.’
Ever since she became Olivia, she had been especially wary of this subject.
‘Is it funny that I lost a battle and turned into the Silver Dragon Princess?’
At least this green-haired loli didn’t know.
She just thought Olivia was a young dragon who had snuck out of the Silver Dragon territory.
“How old are you?”
Olivia lowered her gaze from the ceiling.
“You tell me first.”
Liliana pulled the blanket up a little.
“I’m… I’m twelve years old, nya.”
Olivia’s mind stalled for a moment.
Twelve years old.
President.
She stared at Liliana.
Short green hair, green round pupils, cat ears.
Twelve years old.
‘What was I doing at that age? I think I was an apprentice at a blacksmith shop in Delfort.’
But a twelve-year-old president—
She felt her worldview might have shattered.
“I, I’m twenty.”
Liliana looked at her.
Her green round pupils blinked once.
Then blinked again.
Then the corners of her mouth curled up.
“Pfft. Don’t take me for ignorant, nya.”
She lifted the blanket a little.
“Dragonkind only enters their growth period at two years old. Growth is fastest at three. After that, their appearance stabilizes, nya~”
“With your small frame, at most two years old, nya.”
Olivia opened her mouth.
Then closed it.
“You… how do you know so much about dragons?”
“I’ve read books, nya~ That’s how the first adventurers recorded it when they first arrived in dragon territory, nya~”
Liliana pulled the blanket back up to her chin.
Her green cat ears twitched on the pillow, finding a comfortable position.
Olivia hadn’t expected this loli cat to know so much.
The first adventurer.
Cedric.
The one who discovered the eastern side of the Rift four hundred years ago.
His records.
About the growth period of dragons.
Enter growth period at two, fastest at three, then appearance stabilizes.
Her current appearance looked twelve years old.
By dragon reckoning, two years old.
So from now on…
“Time to sleep, nya. Ah, I’m sleepy.”