The Blue Mage Raised by Dragons

Book 6: Chapter 38

Tafel exhaled as she put down the papers in her hand. Sometimes, she was jealous of warriors. They didnt have to stay behind desks, charting and writing things down; all they had to do was swing their swords and train their bodies. They didnt have to perform complex calculations to figure out a regions spatial coordinates. Then again, the extra work she had to put in let her do things warriors could only dream about. Tafels horns glowed silver, and a portal appeared beside her. On the other side of the portal, she saw Vur not sleeping?

Tafel put aside her plans to construct her cache. If she needed to store things, Aunties pocket was always available. It was just a bit troublesome to store living things inside of it, an issue that didnt exist with a spatial cache. Tafel tidied up her papers and left them in the corner of her desk which she had found in a neighboring tree. In fact, there was a whole room up in the neighboring trees branches, and Tafel claimed it as her personal space. Vur, what are you doing?

Gluing an egg together, Vur said. His hands were held in front of his chest, his elbows bent. It looked like he was holding a jacket open for someone to put on, but instead of a jacket, white threads were coming out of his hands instead. The threads were wrapped around and manipulating eggshell fragments on the floor in front of him. Garlic broke his on accident.

Tafel wasnt quite sure Vurs last sentence made sense, so she asked a question to clarify. Garlic?

Vurs pinky wiggled, and a thread looped around a small, blue caterpillar before lifting it up. The caterpillar wriggled and shouted, Hey! Being lifted by a thread is embarrassing! Put me down! Im afraid of heights!

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Vurs pinky drooped, and the caterpillar landed safely on the ground. It wasnt very difficult considering it had only been lifted a couple of feet. Vur turned his head towards Tafel. This is Garlic.

It hatched? Tafel asked, raising an eyebrow. That was awfully quick. She squatted down by the caterpillar and blinked upon seeing how large it was compared to the eggshells around it. Why is it so small, and why did you name it Garlic?

He came out too early, Vur said as two pieces of eggshell were combined and stuck together by the silken threads. I didnt name it. Garlic named himself. He gestured towards the motionless ant pupa with his head. Her name is Ginger.

Garlic and Ginger, Tafel said, looking at Vur with a blank expression. Are you sure you didnt name them? Their names sure do sound tasty.

Vur nodded. I didnt give them a name in case I wanted to eat them, he said, but since they have names now, should I just eat a tiny part of them? He shrugged before continuing to repair the egg. With how many strands of thread he was controlling at once, it didnt take long to recreate two halves of the egg. The two halves flew down and trapped Garlic inside before being bound together again. The final result was an egg half-covered in white threads. It looked like the head of a person who had suffered an injury and was bound with multiple bandages. The egg flew up into Vurs hands thanks to the thread, and he lightly tossed it from hand to hand before putting it down. Not bad.

Not bad? Its horrible in here! The lighting is completely messed up! Somehow, Garlic poked his tiny head out of the egg through a patch of silken threads. Everything used to be one continuous color, but now, theres cracks everywhere! Its like Im sleeping in a broken mirror. Have you seen your reflection in a cracked mirror before? Its weird!

How does it know what a mirror is? Tafel asked and glanced around the room. The elves mustve woken up looking like angels and superstars because they didnt have makeup tables or even mirrors around.

Vur pointed at his head. It has the experiences of its ancestors stored inside its mind to help guide it as it grows, he said.

Hey! Are you calling me an it now just because Im inside my egg again? Garlic asked. Im still Garlic. Im still an individual, and I wont let you call me an it. Thats very disrespectful.

Vur ignored the caterpillar, maintaining eye contact with Tafel. Garlic says hell hatch faster if he experiences new things that even his ancestors havent experienced before.

Tafel stared at the repaired egg. Garlic was still poking his head out of it like a worm coming out of a rotten apple. And youre saying he hasnt hatched already? Tafel raised an eyebrow. If an animal can survive outside of its egg, doesnt that mean its ready to hatch? Why did he go back inside?

Vur shrugged. Maybe its comfier inside of there, he said. Garlic wouldnt stop crying until I told him Id fix his egg.

I wasnt crying, excuse you, Garlic said, waving his tiny little legs in the air. I was voicing my displeasure in a way thatd solve my problems! My dad taught me how to do that. Mom says hes a whiny littleoop, shouldnt finish that sentence. Thanks, Grandpa. The caterpillar cleared its throat. Anyway, if you want to raise Ginger and me properly, then the best way to do that is climb the tower and explore each floor to completion! Theres lots of things hidden away on every floor of the tower and discovering those things will be great nutrients for me!

I thought dragon drool was enough to raise the ant pupaGinger, sorry, Tafel said, changing the way she addressed the pupa upon seeing Garlic ball up his little legs into fists. She looked at Vur. Im almost done with everything I need to do. Ill finish by tomorrow at the latest. When Auntie gets back from issuing that mission to find Mary, well make our way to the ninety-first floor. Sounds good?

Vur nodded. After thinking for a bit, he picked up the caterpillar egg and passed it to Tafel. The demon received it with a confused expression on her face. Vur nodded again. You can take care of it for now. Watching you will help it grow.

Tafel glanced down at the caterpillar egg in her hand. Garlics head was out, and he was beaming at her while waving one leg. You just dont want to take care of it, isnt that right?

Yes, Vur said, his expression serious. Im going back to sleep, and Garlic is very noisy. He picked up the ant pupa. Ill take care of Ginger.