It took Annan several minutes to make Leila understand that the Blue Dragon was only his friend.
“But aren’t we the Fire Dragon Family?”
“That just means our ancestors made a Contract with a Fire Dragon. It doesn’t mean they slept with one, or that one slept with them!”
Her misconceptions about Sorcerers made Leila more frightened the more she thought about it. “You’re not allowed to attend the Dragon Banquet!”
Annan readily agreed. The Fire Dragon Family, the Dragon Banquet... Either sounded like a good way to expose his identity.
“But I wonder if that Blue Dragon would be beautiful in human form...”
“Beautiful... Is it a female Dragon?”
Thump!
"I knew you were up to no good! I'm telling Eldest Sister!"
Leila punched Annan, then ran out of the Troop Training Ground to tell on him first.
Annan still wasn’t used to that sort of “closeness.” After taking a moment to recover, he cast Lesser Elemental Summoning again. He had no Elemental Creature friends, so perhaps it would bring him a surprise—
A humanoid shape nearly three meters tall appeared atop the Summoning Array, its body formed from Water Elemental that flowed like a clear spring. It was the large Water Elemental he had summoned for the last time before leaving Star-Moon Bay.
Lesser Elemental Summoning had become Moderate Elemental Summoning.
But Annan was thinking about how his Sorcerer talent summoned beings he had come into contact with, regardless of their strength. Just as the Lesser Summoning Spell could summon the Blue Dragon, could he theoretically summon a God if he ever came into contact with one?
For now, one problem stood before him: when the low-level Elemental Summoning expired, the large Water Elemental remained, just as Wood once had.
A permanent Elemental guard?
"Water Blade."
The large