"Meow?"
Hearing the cat's cry, the two of them looked towards Little Mia. The cat was awkwardly pinning her own tail beneath her front paws, staring in astonishment at the flame on Miss Fiona's tail.
Shade roughly understood what the clever cat was thinking:
"Your tail mustn't touch flames. Even though you have the Sun Child's bloodline, if you recklessly touch fire, your tail will still be burned bare. That wouldn't be pretty at all. Fiona... isn't an ordinary person."
But Mia apparently could not yet understand such a complicated sentence and continued staring at the Red Dragon Young Lady's tail.
That tail slowly reached towards Shade:
"If you're curious, try touching it. Only once."
Fiona emphasized this, though Shade felt that what he was doing was somewhat improper.
So you know that too.
Although he knew his behavior was somewhat improper, Shade still could not suppress his curiosity and reached out to grab the tail.
He had actually touched the tail back at the café last time, but that had only been a fleeting touch. This time, he had been permitted to grasp it directly.
The tail, covered in patterns resembling dragon scales, was softer than Shade had imagined. Perhaps because it was absorbing Sun Fire, its temperature was far higher than normal body heat. It also appeared to be densely covered in nerve endings for sensing its surroundings, because Shade noticed that the moment he gave it a gentle squeeze, Fiona's face immediately flushed red, and the tail slipped straight out of his hand.
"All right, your curiosity should be satisfied now."
Fiona turned sideways so Shade would not see her flushed face, making him feel even more that he had probably done something extraordinary.
Fortunately, this was the Fifth Epoch, and Fiona would not spread the matter