Since I finished naming them, I decided to give them food and took out the materials.
　The food taken out of the item box was based on demon meat, but I also prepared meat that is usually eaten by livestock and other animals.

''Val, here, do you want something to eat?''

　He put the meat on the plate he had prepared.
　However, Val didn't try to show much interest.
　........hmmm, what does that mean?

　Isn't he a carnivore?
　He knew that there were herbivorous dragons, but there were very few of them.
　He could at least prepare some medicinal herbs, but would they be happy with that?

　It's not good for him to go without eating anything.
　We can't let him starve to death.
　It can't be helped.
　I took a potion and turned it into a herb.

　I handed it to Val and she gobbled it up.

"Va!

　Val's eyes sparkled with deliciousness.
　The herb in his hand was soon finished and he looked at me as if demanding a refill.

　Herbivore, is that what you mean?
　I point the herb at Val again, but she shakes her head.

　Then he points to the raw meat that had been sliced and diced.
　You want to eat it?　But Val doesn't speak.

　He stares at me.
　....no way.

　I have a theory.
　I destroy the meat that was being used as a rough guide with a hammer and retrieve the meat.
　Then I used my magic to create the demon meat and pointed it at Val.

　Val's eyes lit up and she took a bite of that meat.
　

''No, no, you can't eat too much.

　I pay attention to Val, and she looks disappointed and ducks her head.
　As I watched Val run around the room, I remembered the answer I'd arrived at.

　Perhaps Val wanted to eat what I had created?
　I glanced at Val and snacked on the meat that had been left behind.

　No, you can eat it.
　But compared to when they ate my meat, they didn't react particularly well.

　The meat I created would be of a higher rank.
　In contrast, the meat obtained from defeating demons is all of a low rank.
　Maybe it was simply because Val's tongue wanted to eat something tastier, so she demanded it from me.

　........The only thing that bothers me is that Val knows what I'm capable of.
　If it's because I created it, it's conceivable.
　Well, whatever. Val is cute. That's all.

"Can Val be a fighter?

　I've heard that even newborn dragons are stronger than the average goblin.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the next few days.

"Valu!
You're confident?

　He shakes his head up and down.

"I've got the whole day off today. Can we go outside and hunt some demons?
Val!

　Val shuffled and shook out her paw.
　........I was also a little curious how we would fight, so let's go together.
　I don't intend to fight a demon that strong.

　We can go and kill some goblins as usual.
　I also wanted to try out the other blueprinted weapon.
　I take out the handgun I created.

　I roughly understand how to use it when I destroy the blueprint.
　You can put magic in this cylinder and pull the trigger to fire a bullet, right?

　I stepped out into the hallway with Val. Val flaps her little wings as hard as she can and gets on my head.
　It's usually heavy, so I walk over to hold Val in my arms.

　The people at work are just as empty.
　I'll let everyone know later, I thought, which is fine.

　I was just about to walk out the back door when I met my mother-in-law who was packing up the trash.

'Oh, that's Lelius!　That's the dragon that she wanted to keep!

　My mother-in-law's eyes were shining. I took my hand off Val and she was flying hard, flapping in front of her mother-in-law.

'Oh. His name is Val.
Val!　Cute!

　Her mother-in-law hugged her tightly.
　Val seemed a little nervous at first, but she soon got used to her stepmother.

　.........Val, I thought she was quite friendly, but it seems that there is a part of her that gets nervous for everyone but me.
　Maybe it's because I created it, in case you're wondering.

''Oh, is Lelius going out today?''

　My mother-in-law looked at me as she tilted her head.

''I'm thinking of going demon hunting for a bit. Val seems to be pretty good at fighting, too.
'Oh, really?　It's only a dragon, after all.

　Her mother-in-law stroked Val's head and she purred comfortingly.
　We parted from my mother-in-law there and walked down the street.
　As expected, people might be surprised if I was flying Val around, so I asked her to stay still in my arms.

　They looked like lizards while they lingered in his arms.
　Val looked at the city with interest. When he saw a large building, he would purr happily and turn his head to look at it.
　As we walked through the gate and out, I released Val.

　Val moved her wings and looked closer.
　'I'll have to check one thing before the battle.

'How is Val going to fight?'

　Speaking of dragons, they are basically attacking either by using their strong bodies for proximity or by using breaths and the like.
　However, the current Val is still a child.
　I'm sure it's not easy to fight with a newborn, but it would be difficult to fight with melee.

''Var.''

　The next time I squeaked that, Val burst into fire.

'You mean you can do a breath attack?'
Va!

　Val blew a few more breaths.
　
　Heh, a dragon can do so many things.

　As I was looking at Val's breaths, I found a goblin.

''Val!

　Val glared at the goblins as if he wanted to fight them.
　The goblins were already closing in on us.
　There were two of them.

　I just wanted to experiment and try them out.

'Well then, Val, since I'm attracting one of them, why don't you try fighting one first?
Val!

　As soon as Val nodded, he pattered closer.

'If you're in danger, fly high and get away, okay?
Va!

　I followed Val and approached the goblins.