The reserve food raised is the Elf King

"Dysplasia??!"

Six pairs of big round eyes looked at Carlos.

Be quiet and stare——

The fox was so stressed that his fur almost stood on end. He raised his hand weakly: "Well, I'm just inferring..."

After all, no one has ever raised a dragon cub.

Be quiet, stay quiet.

Arthur thought for a while and suddenly realized: "Ah, I understand, you mean Bella's tail is bigger than her body?"

Isabella also suddenly realized, "Ah, I understand too!"

She turned around and patted her tail, making two crisp sounds of "pop, pop" and it felt very elastic.

"It's really big and heavy."

He looked at Carlos with bright eyes and raised his tail to show off, "But don't you think my tail is beautiful?"

The cub said proudly, "The mighty dragon lady should have a mighty tail."

When fighting, he can also whip the bad guy thousands of miles away with one tail.

"Yeah!" Arthur nodded enthusiastically in agreement.

He liked Isabella's tail so much that he wanted to get his hands on it no matter what.

The big tail is super cute!

Carlos stroked his forehead: "..."

This one person and one dragon really misses the point when the critical moment comes.

Seeing the topic being taken further and further away by the two little guys, Carlos opened his mouth to bring it back to the topic.

Lancelot, who had been quiet all this time, put down the soup bowl in his hand.

He looked solemn.

Just now, I will carefully recall from the first day I met Isabella in the Victro Dragon Territory to the present, not letting go of any detail that may be missing.

But none of them figured out why Isabella was stunted?

This is a big deal.

The feeling of guilt kept rising in his heart, almost swallowing up the responsible elf entirely.

But fortunately, the elf firmly believes that there will be a remedy.

The blond elf gently put his hands on the cub's shoulders and gently turned her eyes to bring her attention back to him.

He asked gently: "Bella, have you ever tried to stand up and walk after you transformed?"

The cub shook its head like a rattle

Of course not.

"Then do you want to try to stand up?"

The elf had learned from a book on cub raising that stunted development was divided into congenital defects and acquired bad habits.

Most congenital deficiencies are related to the parents, and problems exist during the embryonic stage. There are a wide range of acquired causes, including lack of certain essential nutrients, psychological disorders of the cubs themselves, etc., which may affect normal development.

The specific manifestation of stunted growth in orc cubs is that the cubs are unable to coordinate and balance after taking shape.

In short, unable to walk normally.

"Huh?" Isabella tilted her head.

But she didn't refuse.

The cub raised its feet carelessly and was about to kick off the quilt.

The elf quickly stretched out his hand, grabbed the half-lifted and precarious hem of her skirt, and carefully covered all the skin from her knees to her ankles.

Smooth out every wrinkle on the skirt and make sure there is no chance of them sticking up.

"Ahem...let's take our time, don't be in a hurry."

The elf's body temperature was on the low side, and the back of his hand gently brushed against the warm skin of the dragon cub, causing him to tremble slightly inadvertently.

The cub didn't miss this little detail.

She looked up.

Sure enough, Lancelot's face turned slightly red, and a slight blush crept onto his cold, white skin.

Extraordinarily alluring.

If I take a bite, will it become redder...

"That--"

The cub drawled slowly, "Lance, please protect me."

The little silver-haired girl looked up at the brilliant elf in front of her. Under her curled eyelashes, a pair of foggy blue eyes blinked.

Hiding a mischievous smile deep in his eyes.

She seems to be...

I thought of something more fun.

Isabella twisted her round waist, pinched her little breasts and said softly: "If I fall, I hope I can fall into Lance's arms~"

The cub smiled sweetly, holding its cheeks with a few chubby little fingers, and its face was slightly bulging, like a piece of milky white and transparent jelly.

Sudden, sudden act of coquettishness?

Arthur: "..."

Carlos: "..."

Arthur tugged on Carlos's sleeve and asked suspiciously in a low voice, "Senior, you taught me this?"

Carlos shook his head wildly and refused three times in a row: "No, it's impossible, I don't."

The charming temperament is inherited from his family, and every fox is beautiful because of its enchanting appearance.

Isabella was so sweet and chirping, as if she was stuffing someone into a candy jar. He definitely could not have taught her!

As a fox who claims to have a strong "charming ability", Carlos felt that Isabella's performance at this time was simply eye-catching.

She suddenly behaves in a coquettish way that doesn't suit her character. No one with a brain would believe it!

Especially since Lancelot's brain is so smart that he can definitely tell at a glance that the cub is deliberately acting coquettishly and cutely because he doesn't want to tire himself -

"it is good."

"I won't let you fall, trust me."

The elf's voice was ethereal and firm, as serious as if he was making a solemn promise. In the next second, he would stand under the Pope's Holy Temple of Light to take the oath.

Carlos: "..." Stuck.

I feel like I was slapped hard by the air_

Carlos raised his hands to cover his eyes: Lancelot seemed to be under a spell by a witch, and he had no brain left when he met Isabella.

Holding the pot in one hand and Arthur in the other, "Let's go, let's go out to eat."

"Hey, why?"

The simple boy is still confused.

The reason why the cubs are stunted hasn’t been figured out yet!

Carlos: "Don't you feel redundant in this room right now?"

"……Oh."

Let that stupid elf fend for itself!

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Lancelot didn't pay attention to what the red furry fox was saying noisily on the side. He looked at Isabella intently and stretched out his right hand and handed it to the cub.

"Bella, let me help you."

Isabella obeyed and obediently stretched out her fist and placed it in his palm.

Comparing his hands, it was as if Lancelot had a round glutinous rice ball in his palm.

"...My hands are so fat." Isabella frowned in disgust.

Short and fat, one poke makes a nest.

It doesn't look like a giant dragon.

Isabella also wanted slender and long fingers like the elves.

The elf smiled gently, "Bella's fingers will become longer when she grows up."

Isabella was not comforted.

But another very important question comes to mind: "When will I grow up? I will be as big as you, Arthur, and senior Carlos."

Even the elf didn't know this simple question.

Before he could think of an answer, the cub asked the next question.

She suddenly looked at the elf with a worried look on her face, grabbed one of the elf's fingers with both hands, and held it in her arms nervously: "Lance, is it possible that you will be old before I grow up?"

"When you get older, will your hair turn white?"

Isabella became anxious at the sight.

What if Lancelot’s hair turned white, wouldn’t that mean——

Before she could enjoy this delicious reserve food, it expired early! !

Oh my god!

Why haven't I thought about this before?

Isabella wanted to stamp her feet anxiously.

Listening to the cub repeating the words "When you get old" in his ears, the perfect smile on Lancelot's face cracked.

"...Bella, you don't have to worry about this issue." No matter how good-tempered the elf is, he still doesn't want to be talked about his age.

Although the dragon clan can live a long, long time, when you think about it, he is already two thousand years older than the cub in front of you. When Isabella grows up, he will always be two thousand years older than her.

Lancelot couldn't help but doubt himself, whether he was really old.

--No! He is not old!

Lancelot immediately shook the absurd statement from his mind.

Among the elves, he has not yet reached adulthood!

What old age!

The blond elf took a deep breath to calm down, trying not to be hurt by the cub's "childlike words". He pulled the cub out of the quilt with a smile and let her stand on the bed with her legs.

Just skip the age topic.

"Are you ready? Bella, take a step forward and give it a try."

The cub nodded solemnly.

Unaccustomed to it, she stretched out one foot and took a step forward.

I stepped on it, but before I could stand firmly, I sat down and swayed to the right.

"boom!"

He just sat back on the bed.

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Compared with the stubby and more robust hind limbs of the giant dragons, the two legs after transforming into a human cub are like two chubby and slender white radishes. There are no sharp scales on the skin, it feels smooth and tender, and it is all soft and fleshy.

But the bones are very thin, and they don't look like they can bear the weight of a big tail at all.

Isabella pursed her lips and said unhappily: "Useless beautiful waste, I really want to cut it off and eat it!"

The elf quickly comforted the cub, "It's okay. Maybe the bed is too soft and it's difficult to put effort on. Let's try it on the floor."

He carried the cub to the ground, put on lace socks and black leather shoes of the same style as the clothes, and stood up on the floor again.

"Bella, try again." The blond elf encouraged.

"Good~"

However, the result is the same.

As soon as the elf let go, the cub was like a top without a fulcrum, completely unable to maintain balance.

Lancelot quickly reached out and hugged Isabella from behind to prevent her from sitting on the ground.

"..." The two of them fell into deep thought.

The room fell silent, and Carlos's voice sounded slowly outside the door.

"Hey, you two in the room, are you two done flirting?"

The fox leaned on the door enchantingly, with its charming peach blossom eyes. He was leisurely raising his hand to knock on the door again.

"Shh-"

The door suddenly opened.

The elf's face was cold and holy, and he was holding a humanoid cub with a tail in his arms. A big, plump and shiny silver tail was raised, leaning against the elf's arms with the cub.

Elf blonde hair enveloped her.

Lancelot's cheeks were slightly red, and he tried to put on a serious expression and warned: "Don't talk nonsense, Carlos."

That's not nonsense.

Look at you two!

Carlos curled his lips secretly, but didn't dare to mess with the elf anymore.

He made a gesture of sealing his mouth and blinked obediently.

"Push!"

The fox's actions made Isabella laugh.

The little girl's face turned red when she smiled, which was comparable to the blush that had not faded away from the elf's face.

One dragon and one elf look particularly harmonious.

Carlos laughed too.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

After making the cub happy, Carlos put away his smile and looked serious.

"The size of Miss Bella's tail has not changed before and after she transformed. However, the size of the human form does not match the size of the tail, which means that your human form development has not kept up with the beast form."

"It may sound a bit convoluted, but the principle is very simple. Miss Bella is missing a certain step that she must go through during her early development."

At this point, Carlos paused slightly.

He suddenly remembered that the elf had said before that cubs would not eat any green leafy food.

At that time, he never found a chance to verify whether the dragon tribe really didn't eat vegetables...

Lancelot saw through Carlos's thoughts and said calmly: "Daily diet will not cause the current stunted growth."

Subtext: You are not allowed to ask.

The fox stopped and said "oh" silently.

Isabella didn't understand and asked proactively, "Hey, Lance, what are you talking about?"

Lancelot smiled slightly. He never had any reservations about Isabella and said frankly: "I mentioned to Carlos before that you don't eat leaves. He suspected that you were lying to me."

Isabella: “………………!!!”

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Good guy, when did she say that.

She herself had forgotten.

"Ah...well, how could that be possible?" Isabella laughed dryly, and immediately fell into the elf's arms, burying her whole head in his chest and rubbing her head against it.

Heng Heng Ji said coquettishly, "I like Lance the most, and I would never lie to you~"

The elf's heart melted after being coaxed by the cub.

He bent his eyes, and it seemed as if the sun was shining behind him, bright and gentle.

"Of course I believe you," said the elf.

"..."

Oh, it's completely hopeless.

Believe Isabella, not him? !

The boat of friendship over so many years has capsized at every turn!

Carlos laughed angrily.

If it doesn't help, just give up the treatment.

Carlos decided never to remind Lancelot, an innocent elf, that the cub was most likely deceiving him.

There will be plenty of places for him to cry in the future!

Anyway, Carlos has no conscience - of course! He is a fox!

A fox has the greatest conscience if he doesn’t lie to others!

Carlos continued: "If there is a problem with the transformation process, the energy of the beast form cannot be smoothly converted to the human form."

Isabella: "What should we do?"

If you don't have energy, you won't be able to win a fight! ! ?

She won't become the world's first waste dragon!

Frightened!

Carlos quickly comforted the cub.

Lancelot, the elf who forgot his friends.

Isabella is still a very cute cub!

The fox raised his hand and gently rubbed the top of the cub's hair.

His smoothing movements were very skillful, and Isabella rubbed her hands comfortably against his palms.

But Carlos didn't dare touch it too much.

Looking at the elf's silent but cold golden eyes, Carlos felt so spineless that he retracted his claws tremblingly.

He put his hands behind his back, quietly savoring the feel of his hands.

If Carlos changes back to his animal form at this moment, you can see the big fox's tail wagging happily.

Woo hoo mom, I’m complete!

I touched the dragon's hair! !

Lancelot's eyes became colder and colder, as if if Carlos didn't do his job, he would kick him away.

The red fox quickly coughed and re-activated the expert mode of raising cubs:

"I know an old turtle who has lived for a long time, named Turto. I heard that his uncle once settled near the territory of the dragon Victro. It is said that he also had an encounter with the dragon Eric."

"Huh?" With Eric?

Isabella vaguely felt that this story sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember it.

It happened that she hadn't contacted Eric for a while, so she wanted to find an opportunity to leave a message to Eric tonight to share the good news about her transformation.

"...But those are all rumors from thousands of years ago." Carlos's voice brought the cub's attention back.

"What I want to say is that the turtle tribe is also an egg-laying orc tribe. They may know better than I do some of the things that an egg-laying baby needs during its growth."

"Certain customs are as commonplace for certain races as eating and drinking. Therefore, in the parenting books they write for common study by all races in the mainland, these details will be unconsciously omitted."

"So, the best way is to find the person involved and ask him personally."

Lancelot: "Carlos, I remember you and the Turtles are neighbors?"

Carlos nodded, "Yes, we all live in the northern region. Coincidentally, his home is closer than mine to the Talsha Mountains where we are going on this mission."

"After we finish the task, we can go to Turto and ask about Miss Bella's situation."