----Heartbeat Team----
"Be careful, Mana. Don't cut your hand."
"I know~ Rikka, you worry too much like an old mom."
It sounded like an ordinary conversation the two might have had in the kitchen about cooking, but the actual sight was horrifyingly different—several girls threw their arms open, timed it perfectly, and lunged forward to seize Dark Dragreder, which was charging straight at them while spewing flames, with their bare hands!
"Everyone, push—!" Their hands suppressed the sparks blasting from between the dragon's sharp teeth, and the six girls endured the scorching heat. Just as the forcibly muzzled dragon was about to push them into the sky, their heels scraped long furrows into the ground. With a final click, they forcibly combined their strength and suppressed the dragon's power!
"Get down!" The girls clenched their fists together and slammed down with all their strength, nearly knocking Dark Dragreder's eyes out in an exaggerated cartoon-like fashion.
"Phew..." Looking at the dragon now lying silent amid the dust, Aida Mana sighed in relief and thought of the one she kept in the mirror at home. "Little Black at my house is much better behaved~"
"Wait, wait, Mana, are you saying you've already even given it a name—"
"Since I'm the one who takes care of it all the time, of course I named it." Faced with her companions' belated surprise, Ai wore a sly little smile. "Little Black is pretty rough when it eats, but it's always very well-behaved otherwise. Sometimes it even wants me to pet it first~"
It even said that if I went into the mirror again, it would be willing to take me flying to some fun places~ Well, I'll save that part for later with Ash! We promised, after all.
*You can certainly have fun with that