I returned to my apartment.

I was still full of thoughts. Sometimes I wondered if I made the right choice. I wasn't going to change my mind, but still...

I sat down in the chair and started reading.

'Primals spotted on one of the border worlds, Niafell, please be alert.' the title of the article says.

I started reading. A hole appeared in space, from which a horde of at least 500 primals burst out... The monsters killed at least 3000 inhabitants of the nearest town. Terrible! The Exceed Light Squad number 9 arrived within 5 minutes and took control of the situation, killing almost all the monsters, and a few captured specimens will be used for research.

At least they caught a few alive... They also showed the video. It shows a black creature that looks like it was molded from tar. The beast tried to attack everyone nearby, but its movements were limited by a magical barrier. The red eyes looked crazy... and bloodthirsty.

Shivers ran down my spine. I didn't want to meet this thing... Light magic training should also give me the ability to defend myself... If I ever get good enough at this. Sunny is my hope...

After a few hours of staring at the ceiling and analyzing the events so far, I went to train... I had nothing else to do at the moment, and lying there thinking about it wouldn't do me any good.

No one was here at the moment, so I had the whole place to myself. Of course, I stood in my favorite corner and started practicing. I found out that this move is called fire armor. Masters are able to surround themselves with full armor of fire. And the same can be done with shadow magic. And even with light magic, but it doesn't block any physical attacks.

I continued my training. By the time I saw it, it was already evening. I fell into a kind of trance focused on improving my abilities.

I also felt very tired. I had no breaks. I didn't eat anything. I was at the end of my strength. I sat down on the ground and took a candy bar out of my bag. Exceeds love sweets, so all of their sweets were incredibly well-crafted!

My mom would go crazy for them... Yes, a candy-loving dentist! That's my mom, though she'd never admit it, but everyone knew it. That's why my dad always had sweets in his nightstand... And well, they seemed to "magically" disappear from time to time.

I smiled at the memory. But it was a bit of a sad smile.

I started my way back to the apartment. I also made a purchase decision. I will buy a piece of land off the beaten path and have a greenhouse built there. And I'm going to save up more money to build a house. Greenhouse is more important because of Sunny's needs.

On my way, I noticed some "friends" - Exceeds and a fox.

They looked at me nervously.

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"Don't come near us!" - they shouted.

I looked at them clearly surprised.

"What? You attacked me once... Don't you want revenge or something?" - I asked.

"NO! But tell us what the hell did you do? My hand is not healing, the wound is black..." - foxman said.

"Huh? Really? Let me check... Um... Until you don't try to hurt me... I will not hurt you" I assured them.

After a moment's hesitation, they nodded and I walked over to see the foxman's wound. It really looked... Ugly. And I was aware that my heart is sometimes too soft. I could also clearly feel my magic from that wound... Is shadow magic capable of such things? But I had a strange feeling that I could undo it.

"I think that I can help you with this..."

I touched the wound and suddenly felt all the darkness from it come back to me... And the foxman's hand looked much better! The wound was still there but I couldn't see a trace of darkness anymore. After that, I backed away from them sharply. It was still better to be careful.

"Well... Thank you?" - one of the Exceeds finally said to me, and they quickly left the place. After a while, I noticed why.

A member of the guard approached me.

"Everything is ok? They weren't a problem? We've been seeing them a lot lately..."

"No... I mean, some time ago we had a small argument, but now everything is OK" - I assured him.

I didn't want it to appear that I had done something bad with magic. I didn't need problems.

"Okay, just in case, remember you can call the guards for help."

"Yes, sure. I remember about this option in my crystal tablet..." - just sometimes this is too risky to use it in front of someone...

After that, he went his way, and after a few minutes I got to the apartment ... WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!

Is this some sort of burglary? What happened here? Things are overturned, cupboards open... What just fell out of one of the boxes?! The thing then crashed into me with a happy squeak, and I fell to the floor. I was attacked by licking! Happy licking!

"Sunny?! Oh... Hello... You did it very fast" - I said very surprised.

The dragon looked at me very happy.

To be honest, Sunny doesn't look the way I wanted... She looked like she was still kinda on her way to evolve. Long body, and small front legs... No hind legs... The head was quite round.

But it was incomparably better than a fat larva! Sunny was also covered with colorful spots in a pastel shade. Yellow, blue, and green.

"You look so pretty and cute!" - I hugged her. - "And it looks like you ate almost everything... We need to go shopping, are you hungry? Such rapid evolution must have required a lot of energy."

She squealed affirmatively.

I got up. She was half the size she was before.

There was still a lot of cocoon thread under the bed. I took some pictures and sent them to Lily. Maybe something can be made of this. Of course, I will keep it.

I quickly cleaned up the mess made by Sunny. It took me almost an hour anyway and she finished the rest of food I had here.

It was already quite late. Fortunately, I knew where the 24-hour shop was.

The walk took me half an hour. I was tired, and on top of all that, Sunny sat on my shoulder. She was hanging from it on either side, but she insisted on sitting there.

*Food, foood!* she repeated happily via our mental connection. Yes... She learned a few words.

In the store, I threw a lot of cheaper and caloric things into the shopping cart. I also took some things that Sunny desired most. Of course, she wanted expensive ones.

The whole purchase cost me almost 2000 coins, but the bag was full. I hoped it would be enough for her for a while.

After returning to the apartment, I let Sunny eat.

I made myself baked sausages and ate them with spicy sauce. I didn't even notice when spicy food began to be pleasant for me.

I cleaned up after my meal and took a long bath... Sunny, did you try to drink bath liquid? Well, I think she was tempted by the fruity smell.

When I lay down in bed, Sunny quickly found herself on top of me.

"Of course... Good night you little monster..." - I yawned and fell asleep.