As for what happened to the little boy afterward, Anvis did not continue to pay attention.
Whether the little boy had been telling the truth or lying was unimportant to him. Personally, he felt it was more likely that the little boy had lied to gain sympathy.
If it was true, then as he had told the Girl, the little boy's family would be taken care of.
If it was false, then after being cured, he would be sent back to the marketplace and given the one Silver Coin tip he had earned for leading the two of them there.
However, there was no need to explain any of that to Fiona. Just as he had said before, the story had reached a "happy" ending.
That was all—
After returning to the Academy, the young dragon Fia temporarily moved back into Anvis's Laboratory.
Having bought enough Oracle Ore, Fia began to feast.
Chunks of pale blue ore rose into the air and entered her mouth, rapidly breaking down into incomparably tiny particles before being absorbed by the vortex at her core.
At the same time, all kinds of detection Magic Arrays in the Laboratory were fully activated, recording every minute detail of the changes within her body. After all, this was extremely precious data on an extraterrestrial high-energy lifeform, with special value as a Magic reference.
After she had eaten nearly all the Oracle Ore, the young dragon Fia finally began to change.
The formerly sky-blue vortex at her core took on a faint blue glow. At the same time, Fia became somewhat listless, looking as though she lacked energy.
Fiona's translation was: Fia said she felt sleepy and wanted to sleep.
As she spoke, the Vortex Dragon sprawled down in the middle of the Laboratory and promptly fell into