Chapter 39: Got an extra daughter

  "No! What I'm concerned about isn't this!" Dis's gaze never left Dolores "This girl, she doesn't exist at all in my little universe!"

  "What...?!" Francis was taken aback, and even Dis's small universe couldn't detect how she did it. But then again, I also relied on intuition to sense that someone was behind me, and my spiritual power didn't notice her either. Looking at Saber and Eriol, the two were also shaking their heads in surprise, apparently they also couldn't detect Dorothea.

  Dolores was picked up from behind, but the girl struggled and ran into Francis' arms again. Francis had no choice but to let her stay in his own arms.

  "Wow, I didn't even notice Deloris just now. How did you manage to hide yourself without being discovered?" Francis asked with a smile, stroking Deloris' head.

  "Uh-huh!…… It's the necklace Mom left me, look!" Dorothea pointed to her neck like a child showing off a treasure, and slowly, a chain appeared on her neck. "As long as I want it to, the necklace can help me hide!"

  Francis looked at the blue sapphire necklace on Dolores' neck, and it seemed that the necklace could also automatically hide its shape. When the necklace appeared, Francis' spiritual power only felt the girl's shadow. Looking up at the three of them, they also sensed the girl's existence now. Picking up the girl's necklace from her neck, this necklace was probably a divine artifact, even Dis' seven senses couldn't detect it, let alone ordinary gods who might not be able to discover anything!

  "Mother!" Dolores pulled Francis' hair, waking him from his thoughts.

  "What's wrong, Dolores?"

  "Dolores is so hungry, she hasn't eaten for three days!" Dolores pointed at the bear on the fire frame, looking pitifully at Francis.

  "Alright! Dish, hurry up with the barbecue, let's eat first!"

  "Oh! It's already fine, this kind of thing is still quite fast for me and Aeolus!"

  "Let's eat first!" Francis walked to the front of the fire pit and sat down cross-legged, with Dolores sitting in front of him.

  "Master, what are you going to do with this little thing!" Dais said, looking at Deloris who was nestled in Francis' arms.

  "I don't know either! But at least let her have dinner first!" Chong Ai stroked Deloris' head, somehow he really liked this girl, feeling like she was his own little sister.

  "Hey little one! Eat something first!" Francis handed a piece of meat to Dolores "How could you go three days without eating?"

  "Because Mom... you guys ran too fast... Delores flew desperately to keep up!" The girl was devouring the roasted meat Francis had given her, and soon finished it off. She pointed at the meat "I want more!"

  "Are you saying you've been following us for three days?" Francis was astonished, hadn't they just entered the Beast Country three days ago?! He handed another piece of roasted meat to Dolores "Did you used to live there?"

  "Hmm! Mom said that place is hard to find, so let Dolores wait for you there, but you didn't come for a long, long time!" Dolores kept devouring the roasted meat in her hand. "That day, I suddenly felt mom's dragon aura and chased out to see!"

  "What! Dragon Might!" Francis and Dis exchanged a glance, three days ago, he seemed to have shown off his tyrannical aura to Dis, could it be that this little girl had mistaken him for the real Dragon Might? This girl... was she from the dragon tribe?

  "Is Deloris a dragon?" Francis asked in surprise, how could there be dragons on the outskirts of the Beast Country.

  "Is that so! Isn't Mom also from the Dragon Clan?" Deloris finished eating the roasted meat in her hand, and her greasy little finger pointed at the fire rack "More, more!"

  Saber handed a piece of roasted meat to Deloris, who looked at Saber and confirmed that the person in front of her was a good person before taking the meat, sweetly saying "Thank you, sister!"

  Francis smiled wryly and said: "I'm not a dragon! I'm human!"

  Dolores looked at Francis and followed him saying: "Then I am human too!" It seems she has already caught up with Francis!

  "More!" Delores finished off the roasted meat in her hand and looked at Francis.

  Francis didn't say anything either, looking at the girl's pleading eyes, pointing to the fire frame. "Take as much as you want!"

  "Mother is the best!" Dorothea jumped down from Francis' arms, thought for a moment, and then jumped back into Francis' arms "No, let mother give it to me! What if it runs away again?"

  Looking at the girl's pitiful appearance, Francis was deeply sympathetic and really wanted to take the girl with him. But if the girl's mother, that giant dragon, came back and saw that her child was gone, Francis would probably be accused of kidnapping by the dragon clan.

  Saber handed over another piece of roasted meat, and Dolores took it and started eating again. Watching Dolores gobble down the food, Francis smiled: "Eat slowly, there's a lot more!"

  "Mmm!" Delores gazed at Francis with shining eyes "It's been ages since I've had something that tastes so good!"

  "Long time no see! How long has it been?" Francis was indignant, such a lovely little girl, and her mother didn't care at all.

  "Since Mom left?"

  "Oh! How long has your mom been gone!" Francis felt that the girl's mother was also too irresponsible! Such a small child was left here, although she was a dragon and had that divine instrument to protect her, but after all, she was still just a little kid!

  "I don't remember!" Deloris thought for a moment "About 7 or 8 years! Deloris remembered that the fruit trees in front of the cave had ripened 7 or 8 times!"

  "What?" Saber looked at Francis "Seven or eight years! Young master, her mother..."

  "Has Dolores always been alone?" Francis patted the girl's head sympathetically, "Seven or eight years without returning, Dolores' mother was probably..."

  "Hmm! The candies that Mother left for Dolores have been eaten up, so Dolores has to go find food herself, but Dolores can't beat those guys! Often goes hungry!"

  "Is that so! ...Then follow me from now on!" Francis looked at the strong little girl, the girl didn't use the power of the pendant, Francis could feel the girl's strength, a dragon that had just been born not many years ago, was too weak! Francis felt a surge of desire to protect her from his heart.

  "It's settled then! Deloris won't leave Mommy again!" Deloris buried her oily face in Francis' chest, rubbing back and forth. Francis didn't mind either, hugging Deloris and saying "But there's one thing, if you want to be with me, absolutely don't call me Mommy! Change your way of addressing me! How about calling me Brother?"

  "Oh no, I won't! Go tell Mommy!" Doloris wriggled free from Francis's grasp and ran back into Francis's arms.

  "What about Father? This will also do!" Francis lowered his demands.

  "No, no, just no! I'm going to call Mom!" Deloris said stubbornly.

  "Right! How did Deloris transform into a human, isn't it that dragons need to reach the Sacred Realm to take on human form?" Dis was puzzled by how Deloris, who was still young and not very powerful, could easily transform into a human.

  "I don't know! Deloris could transform into a human form when she was very little! Mom even said I'm a genius!" Deloris boasted, waving her hand.

  "Full!" Delores patted her own belly and snuggled into a comfortable spot in Francis' arms.

  Dis's face looked unpleasant as he glanced at the bones on the ground: "Young Master! Are you sure you and she don't have any blood relation?" Even Ai Olos and Saber, who were usually serious, looked at Francis with suspicion. This girl's appetite was quite similar to Francis', and her hair color was also very similar.

  "Absolutely not!" Francis said firmly, feeling that his words were not very convincing, and added: "The dragon family? Eating a little more is also understandable!"

  "Are you full already?" Francis jiggled Dolores in his arms, but she didn't respond to him. Francis looked down and saw that Dolores had fallen asleep in his arms.

  "Master, are you really going to bring this girl along?" Dais asked.

  "Hmm! I don't know why, but I really like her. From today on, she's my little sister!" Francis said, stroking Dolores' head.

  "Ah! It's a daughter!" Dais corrected from beside him.

  "......" Francis.

  "But since the young master has decided, we won't have any opinions!" Dais said casually. Now is not the past, and Dais still had great confidence in his two teammates' abilities. Protecting the two was no problem at all!

  "Hmm! Let's move forward for two more days! Find a place with water source, clean up the surroundings, and from now on, that will be our base!" Francis thought for a moment, now that he had an extra 'daughter', he couldn't just run around like before.

  "The young master and I think alike! In the past few days, I've also found some sort of pattern. According to the frequency at which we encounter magical beasts, the stronger they are, the larger their territory is. Our goal is those sacred beasts, their territories must be huge, and taking down one would give us a large area of activity! Then, using this place as our base, we can look for some magical beasts with decent strength to practice on!" Dais said his thoughts out loud, and the other three didn't have any objections. Among them, his strength was the highest, and Francis also trusted his judgment.

  "Alright! Let's get going! First, let's find the sacred beast's territory and then we can slowly investigate the rest!" Francis said as he hugged his 'daughter' tightly.

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