This bonus chapter is for "Sharp Little Fangs" and their 10,000 reward.
"Wuwa!"
The instant he stepped into Thorn Castle, a familiar cry rang out in his heart. Then he saw Zyra, the Thorn Sprite, flying down the stairwell and throwing herself straight into Liszt's arms.
This bad-tempered little sprite was probably the most emotionally expressive of all sprites.
"Has Zyra behaved herself these past few days?" Liszt caught the palm-sized Zyra and asked with a smile. Ever since the Bramble Auxiliary Potion had been born, Zyra's value had soared to rival that of the Giant Kelp Great Elf. Coupled with Liszt's personal favor, this had given Zyra a special status within the castle.
"My lord, Zyra has been quite well-behaved these past few days. Other than routinely scolding the sprites in the other bug rooms, she has not shown much of a temper. But since she cannot enter the other bug rooms, she is probably feeling stifled. She often flies to the bramble plantation and scatters bramble seedlings everywhere."
Butler Carter answered earnestly.
Yet beneath his composed expression, his body trembled faintly with excitement. Whenever he thought of how his lord was actually a great dragonrider, the loyal old butler could not contain his exhilaration. When he had been assigned to that rural little town, how could he ever have imagined that he would become a dragonrider's butler?
It was not only him. When the news had arrived the day before yesterday, Mrs. Morson, Mrs. Abby, and the earliest batch of servants had all been too excited to sleep.
Even after two days, they still could not calm their excited emotions.
"That's good." Liszt rubbed Zyra's head. "Carefully inspect the bramble seedlings that were scattered about before uprooting them. Make sure none are magical plants or mutated new