“Peika, what’s with your appearance?” I asked.

[My appearance? What do you me… Kyaaaak! When was the seal released!?]

Seeing Peika screaming, I thought back to the moment we made our contract. Peika had said that the small dragon tattoo on her cheek was the creature closest to the essence of my soul. However, when I contracted Ruyue, the tattoo that appeared on her back wasn’t a creature, but some geometric shape. At the time, I just thought it was different for a mad elemental, but…

“Did…you lie?”

Peika sputtered, [L-Lie? …Y-Yes.]

I was told elementals couldn’t lie, but everything was a lie! Wait, come to think of it, elementals were the ones who told me that! Those liars!

She continued sadly, [But I thought you’d hate me if my real body was a dragon!]

“Ai…” I sighed.

[Do you hate me? Uh? Do you hate me?]

I smiled wryly. “Of course not. No matter what you guys really are, you’re still my precious elementals. You don’t need to worry about that.”

Peika looked noticeably relieved as she hugged my arm. It seemed coiling around my arm was her way of expressing affection. In truth, she looked very similar to a snake. If she didn’t have the two horns on her head and her marvelous scales, I wouldn’t have been able to tell she was a dragon.

The wind elemental watched us and acted strangely.

[Hateful…You took her away from me, but you’re together with elementals!]

“I’m not the one who took Pesina away from you!” I protested.

He snarled, [Unforgivable! All humans are the same. Humans took my Pesina away from me! They should all die!]

It’s getting worse! I quickly summoned Talaria and flew up. At the same time, I infused Ruyue into my body since she couldn’t fly when she materialized. For an instant, my body temperature decreased, but...