"You're curious."
"You want to meet me, too."
"And you want to know... why I chose you."
Kroya, his figure emerging from the light, looked at the boy who had eaten the memory bread and gave him an encouraging smile. "Ask whatever's on your mind. Anything at all."
William looked at Kroya. He did have many things he wanted to ask. Just as Kroya had said, he had so very many questions.
But as he gazed at the warm light surrounding Kroya, so much like the sunlight that warmed his humble home in winter, he opened his mouth and found he still had nothing to say.
Perhaps this gift... really was just like the legends in fairy tales and epics?
In the end, he asked only, "Dora... will it stay with me?"
Even Kroya had not expected that question. The powerful mage fell silent for a moment, then answered, "Yes. It will be your best friend, like ivy leaves, forever green."
"Then I don't have any questions." William held the kitten that had run over to him and gently stroked it a few times.
Cradled in his arms, the little blue cat looked straight at Kroya and meowed twice.
"Oh~"
As though he had heard something interesting, Kroya first looked startled, then gave an indulgent smile tinged with helplessness.
At that moment, inside the little blue cat's body, ivy-like patterns were slowly forming on the blood vessels made from precious metals and the heart shimmering with rainbow-colored light.
They... were neither metal nor magic, but flesh and blood.
[Dora Golem (Flesh and Blood of Friendship)] [When someone loves it without restraint, when it is surrounded by friendship, it will grow flesh and blood.]
The explanation was simple, yet that flesh and blood, and the soul shining within the