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"Hmm! Awahh!"
Esmeralda adored the fruit puree, eagerly asking for a second serving and then a third. She also drank some goat milk and seemed to enjoy it, though I suspected she still preferred her mama's milk.
"Well, she certainly liked your idea," Aquarina giggled. "All that talk about it being impossible to have a kid, and yet you're doing just fine as a mom."
"T-That's not true..." I muttered softly. "Esmeralda is only your sister. It's not the same as raising my own child, Aquarina... Anyway, finish your breakfast and get ready. You need to clear the snow."
"Right, right..." Aquarina nodded, quickly eating her meal.
Afterward, we hurried outside together, but Esmeralda followed us.
I tried to stop her, yet she grew upset and struggled to break free.
In the end, I summoned some friends to watch over her.
Ignatius, Alice, Yggdra, and Furoh.
She sat happily on Furoh's fluffy back in his Fenrir form while Ignatius kept her warm with his gentle aura.
