After leaving the warmth of the house, he stepped outside into the bone-chilling cold and saw Cindy and her group making a snowman. When the little girl saw him, she dropped the snow in her hand, running towards him.
As usual, she threw herself with utmost trust that he would catch her.
"You gained some weight, Cindy. I can barely lift you" Michael pretended to be struggling as the little girl laughed.
"I've grown stronger. Teacher Claire said I would soon reach the Foundation stage" she flexed her biceps before locking her gaze with the baby dragon, her eyes sparkled as she reached her hands out to grab Nightmare.
"Brother can I please please please hug him?" she pleaded to Michael, seeing Nightmare swiftly avoiding her little hands.
"Come on Nightmare, don't disappoint a cute little fudge like Cindy"
"Yeah, be a good pet hehehe" Gaya chuckled embarrassing Nightmare but before he could do or say anything, Michael gently grabbed the little dragon and handed him over to Cindy.
"He's sooooooo cuuuuuteeeee!" Cindy squeezed him against her chest, showering Nightmare with kisses.
"Come on little….human...stop...it" but no matter how hard he protested, Cindy did not stop kissing him.
"Who would have thought a terrifying dragon would be showered with kisses by a little girl?" Nightmare pleadingly looked at Michael asking him wordlessly to save him from this embarrassment.
However, this scene was too cute for Michael to stop. He just carried Cindy in his arms, walking towards the herbal garden to plant the new rare herbs he picked from the treacherous ocean.
On his way to the herbal garden, he noticed the renovation work was 70% completed and ready to move onto constructing new buildings. A couple of disciples ran through the snow carrying firewood from the nearby forest to their student quarters.
"How're you doing, Senior?"
"Greetings, Sister Aelia"
"Hiya Cindy"
The disciples happily greeted them before continuing their work. None of them seemed to notice Michael's cultivation level though or they would have freaked out immediately. He noticed the disciples weren't wearing suitable clothes for winter but wearing their usual uniforms.
Thinking about this, he just nodded at them with a smile while Cindy gave them a short wave as she was busy squeezing Nightmare. After strolling through the snow, Michael came to his herbal garden where a group of disciples shoveled the snow from the garden under the supervision of Elder Reiner. Just like the disciples he met before, the disciples who were working in the garden too did not wear winter clothes and even Elder Reiner wore normal clothes. Although a cultivator could use Arch Energy to keep the body temperature unchanged, it was a waste of energy to constantly use it to keep the body warm rather than just simply wearing suitable clothes.
Even Michael felt it would be a waste of energy to keep his body warm using Arch energy rather than wearing winter clothes. Yet until he could actually buy some winter clothes, he had no choice but to use Arch energy so he wouldn't freeze to death in this climate.
"Ghost, you're back, I heard what happened to the baby dragon, is he alright now?" Elder Reiner's eyes were filled with concern and worry. He quickly placed his palm on the baby dragon's head like he's checking the baby dragon's body temperature.
"human save me!" Elder Reiner took back his hand in lightning-fast and stared at the baby dragon trembling in shock.
"So it's true, even the baby dragons can communicate using human tongue"
"Of course I can talk, now help me human!" Nightmare tried to get out of Cindy's clutches by asking elder Reiner to save him.
"Come here, little fellow"
"Let me hug him just a little more" Nightmare sighed in relief but to his shock, Elder Reiner too acted like Cindy, squeezing him before kissing him on the forehead.
"What is... with you humans...squeezing...me?"
"Elder Reiner, I bought some new herbs, how about we plant them now?"
"Really?! Here take him" Elder Reiner's face brightened up in excitement. He quickly gave back Nightmare to Cindy before Nightmare could escape.
"I assume you took them from the Treacherous Ocean" Elder Reiner calmly asked and his calmness really surprised both Gaya and Michael.
"Yes, Elder Reiner. You seem awfully calm about that" Michael said.
Elder Reiner just patted Michael on the shoulder,
"Youngbloods like you need to take risks like that. Besides, I knew you would survive that place"
It was a breath of fresh air for Michael to see Elder Reiner act so calm even after hearing that he went to the Treacherous ocean. The vote of confidence made Michael like Elder Reiner more than the other elders.
"Elder Reiner, where are the other elders? And have you seen Claire?"
Gaya asked, doubting that Elder Reiner still has no idea about the return of Claire's grandfather.
"They are in seclusion, I think they won't be available for another three days and Claire, she's in her home. Why do you ask?"
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