Part 591: Vaike A

So? How as your first experience riding on the back of a wyvern?

It was amazin'! Everybody looks so tiny from up there!

I'm astonished she trusts you enough to let you ride her back. You two have truly formed a special bond.

Well, I've been feedin' her and givin' her water and cleanin' out her stable, so...

Is that so? Why, thank you, Vaike.

Aw, it's my pleasure! Anythin' to help out a friend, right? ...Heh, I used to think wyverns were hideous lookin', but Minerva's just a big ol' puppy!

It's true-they really are the most adorable creatures around! We've been together for over 10 years, and she's more beautiful than ever.

Wait a second! You were ridin' Minerva back when you were a kid?! How's that possible? And where'd ya get her, anyway?

I met her when I wandered into Wyvern Valley.

Blistern' behemoths! You enter that chasm of horror ALONE? As a KID?!

I wanted to have an adventure.

Minerva was just a baby then, with the cutest round eyes!

That's... kind of amazin'. Okay, so you brought her home, right? What then? Didja fight duels to get to know each other or what?

No exactly. I was training to be a cleric at the time and used a very heavy staff. Whenever she misbehaved, I'd just bonk her on the head.

Soon she was meek as a bunny, and I was riding her to school.

That musta been a handful for your teachers...

Ever since then, Minerva and I have been simply inseparable.

Oh, I forgot-I also apologized for bonking her on the head.

Beautiful, smart, funny, AND kind! You are some woman, Cherche!

Sir, you should know that flattery will get you nowhere with me.

It ain't flattery! It's the truth! Seriously, Ol' Teach ain't bright enough to think up flattery on the spot like that.