She of Many Dragons by Honour Rae

Author:Honour Rae [Rae, Honour]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

Afterward, she returned to her cabin to see Numi sprawled out on the bed, wings, arms, and talons in all directions, and looking utterly miserable.

Alice went to her side and stroked her poor green dragon. Out of all of them, Numi was the one who suffered from seasickness. If she were not already green, she most certainly would have turned so by now. As soon as the ship had left the harbor and the waves rolled under the bow, Numi coughed up coins.

Now her spatial storage was completely empty, as was her stomach, because she flat out refused to eat anything.

“Oh, Numi, dear,” Alice said as she pulled the dragon onto her lap. “You should have come up to the deck with us. The air would have been good for you, I think.”

“No,” the dragon groaned, “I think the rolling would be even worse up at the top, and I can’t stand the thought of it.” She closed her eyes.

Alice gestured to Prim toward the stack of coins that sat nearby on a table. Prim handed her a copper, and Alice tried to coax Numi into taking a bite. Eventually, Numi gave in, taking a reluctant nip of the coin as if it were a disgusting cookie. She refused a second try.

“At least some food is better than none,” Alice said, though she watched her carefully and hoped that she would be able to keep the partial coin down this time.

Soon enough, there came a knock at the door.

At this point, everybody was practiced in what to do. Iggy and Spark went over to Prim, who raised her wings as if to shield them. Alice scooped Numi up and deposited her with them, while Numi protested every movement along the way.

Alice shushed her, then glanced over her shoulder to make sure that Prim’s illusion was firmly on. Where had once been a squat dresser with an empty top now showed a vase of flowers to conceal the dragons.

Alice opened the cabin door, accepted the food, and provided a generous tip of two silvers. It was a bit more of a tip than what she had come to consider as usual, but considering it was the dead of night and the kitchen folk had stopped their work to attend to her, she thought it was justified. Telling the Attendant that she could set up her table herself, she closed the door and brought the fish bake in.

Despite the fact that she was tired enough for bed, the fish smelled divine. They had deboned the fish, breaded the filets, and fried them. Then they had placed them on a bed of potatoes, which was roasted in oil and salt, and added a nice spring salad on the side.

Alice had yet to get used to how much fresh greens were always available to the higher classers.

Prim’s illusion dropped immediately, and she, Iggy, and Spark flew over to hover around the plate even before Alice had managed to set it up on the table, though Spark held back the most.

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