Seeing Wizet's flushed face, Luna couldn't help but laugh.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Wizet rarely showed such embarrassment. Feigning ignorance, he asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Luna giggled. "I think it's like a wizard fighting a dragon. No matter how exquisite the wizard's magic is, as long as the dragon opens its eyes and glares at him, the wizard gets scared."
"All right! Since it's come to this, I suppose I can only admit defeat..." Wizet conceded readily. "Now the wizard can only let the dragon have its way with him. So, what does the dragon intend to do?"
Faced with that question, Luna was a little unsure how to answer.
It had only been a metaphor. She couldn't really do something to Wizet like a vicious dragon, could she?
Whatever she did, she would feel sorry for him.
Besides... if it were only one dragon, it seemed it wouldn't be enough to pose a threat to Wizet.
With that thought, she tossed the question back at him. "If you were the dragon, what would you do?"
"I'd still admit defeat..." Wizet said as though it were only natural. "How could I bear to do anything?"
Hearing him say that, ripples stirred in Luna's heart. In a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, she said, "Me too."
Luna's voice was too quiet for Wizet to hear clearly. "What did you say?"
This time, Luna raised her voice. Blushing, she turned her head away and denied it. "Nothing! I didn't say anything!"
"Really?" Wizet leaned closer, narrowing the distance between them even further.
"Nothing!" Luna denied it again, turning sideways so that her back faced Wizet.
Wizet blinked and pressed on in a recollective tone. "But I think I just heard..."
With Wizet teasing her again and again, Luna thought