"Chirp~"
The newborn mechanical dragon turned curiously through half a circle in midair, then quickly locked onto the human straight ahead whose soul was bound to it by blood.
It fluttered its tiny cooling wings joyfully, becoming a streak of silvery-white light as it dove straight toward Yūki.
Yūki instinctively raised his left hand.
The little dragon landed nimbly on the back of his hand, then smoothly coiled its long, cool mechanical body around his wrist.
Its exquisite, snug fit made it look like a silver mechanical bracelet handcrafted and polished by a master artisan!
The little dragon raised its streamlined head and affectionately rubbed its cool, smooth faceplate against Yūki's thumb, making happy little "click, click" sounds like delicate gears meshing.
Yūki reached out with his other hand and gently stroked its chin.
It felt slightly cool, with metal's distinctive hardness and smoothness, yet beneath that alloy shell, he could clearly sense a vigorously pulsing, warm and blazing core of LIGHT life energy.
"You're shiny all over, and you were born from Cyber Dragon..."
Yūki smiled and stroked its mechanical spine a few times.
"From now on, I'll call you Little Silver."
"Chirp!"
Little Silver's rice-grain-sized ruby eyes suddenly glowed with delight, and its little tail patted Yūki's wrist excitedly. It was clearly utterly satisfied with the name.
"Wah! Wah!"
Just then, two soft, anxious cries came from the other end of the bed.
Little Red, a palm-sized creature with a round, obsidian-black body, scrambled out from under the covers on two chubby legs so short they were almost invisible.
As Lava Golem's newborn spirit, Little Red usually liked curling into a ball and sleeping inside the deck.
But now, wisps of excited smoke rose from the two miniature horns on the round little demon's head. Its fleshy paws