Theresa and the others smiled as they approached Lumine and Paimon. Kachina also watched with curiosity and a slight blush as the astonishingly charming girls came over to her.
"Oh my, who is this little cutie?"
Theresa smiled, crouched down, and patted Kachina's head before asking Lumine and Paimon.
"Hehe! You might not believe this, Theresa, but the Traveler and I are Kachina's masters now!"
With great pride, Paimon recounted how, after she and the Traveler teleported to the Natlan region, they had met Kachina, who was searching everywhere for teammates. Seeing the girl repeatedly rebuffed, put off, or treated with disdain, they had softened and offered to join Kachina's team and give her special training to help her grow stronger.
At first, Kachina had hardly believed that anyone would be willing to team up with her without looking down on her. But after Lumine offered to let Kachina challenge her, she had easily defeated Kachina, finally convincing the girl that Lumine really was powerful.
Won over by Lumine's strength, Kachina had asked whether she could become Lumine's disciple, wanting to grow stronger. Lumine had thought it over. Having a little fangirl of her own was a rare experience and seemed rather interesting, so she had agreed to Kachina's request and become her master, helping her with special training.
And so, over the next five days, Lumine and Paimon had taken Kachina all over to fight various monsters, from weak Hilichurls to little dragons such as Featherflames, then stronger Hilichurl Shamans and Axe Mitachurls.
As an aside, most people in Natlan got along quite well with dragons. This was actually also because Natlan's dragons were already an extremely weakened version, their bloodlines having degenerated until they no longer had powerful bodies, instead becoming small pet dragons like Pokémon.
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