Shade quickly set the small boat in motion from the stern, nimbly steering around the floating ice and heading back the way they had come.
Miss Bister curled up, shivering as she breathed warm air onto her hands. She missed the campfire too. Just as she felt her body temperature returning to normal, she noticed that Miss Wilde, seated opposite her, seemed somewhat dazed. Curious, she asked:
"Miss Wilde, are you all right?"
The Dragon Witch seemed to realize only then what had happened. Instinctively, she wanted to look at Shade again, but her face reddened and she forcibly stopped herself from turning her head.
"It's nothing. I just didn't expect Mr. Hamilton's Transformation Spell to be so exquisite. The Dragon he transformed into just now was really..."
She had wanted to say "handsome," but felt too embarrassed, so she hurriedly changed her words:
"Really lifelike."
Since there was still a great deal of floating ice on the nearby water, Shade carefully chose their route and did not join the young ladies' discussion for the moment.
Iluna, who did not seem cold at all, immediately said:
"Of course. The Dragon Shade transformed into was the most handsome Dragon I've ever seen."
She said what the Dragon Witch had been too embarrassed to say. Gray Wolf Girl immediately nodded as well.
"Yes, yes. I've seen quite a few Dragons too, but the Dragon Mr. Hamilton transformed into was the most handsome. Miss Wilde, you've definitely seen more Dragons than any of us. Are Silver Dragons all that beautiful?"
"That wasn't a Silver Dragon."
Miss Wilde immediately corrected her, though in her heart she was still thinking about the fleeting glimpse she had caught of the Moonlight Dragon. She carefully shifted the subject to what they had encountered in the tower, not