When Tania returned to Landen's residential area, Black Rabbit immediately nuzzled her way over. "Tania! Tania, I missed you to death!"
Naturally, Black Rabbit was the one in the territory who missed Tania most. As her primary mount during her Great Fairy days, Black Rabbit had been far from happy these past two months. Landen usually rode Blaze when he went out, while Frost-Wolf and Magic Pattern Tiger had gone to the front lines.
Black Rabbit alone remained in Queen Padmira's Duke's Residential Area. Officially, she stayed with the girls, but in truth, she was bored stiff most days. Even Great Fairy travel within the territory now relied on Magic Furnaces. Black Rabbit was only used as an Earth School Senior Mage, joining the Gallop Family's mages in city construction—digging foundations, hauling earth, and the like. She was basically a Magic Beast excavator, with no fun in it at all.
"Black Rabbit!" The Fairy Queen still held deep affection for the people and things that had accompanied her since her days as a Magic Fairy. The moment she saw Black Rabbit in the residential area, she pulled her into her arms. "Why does it feel like you haven't improved much this past month? I just saw Blaze—she's gotten sturdier."
"Landen never takes me out, Tania. If you're going to the Imperial Capital, take me with you." Black Rabbit, with her two tiny horns, burrowed hard into the Fairy Queen's embrace. Though Tania's current height was about the same as an ordinary Mana-Wielder's, Black Rabbit was still far larger than her.
"You can't fly, so it's perfectly normal for Landen not to take you. You should study more Earth School magic, so you can help Theresa and the others later." Tania fondly stroked her beast. Wherever her delicate hand passed over