𝘿𝙖𝙢𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙠! ⏱ ᴮᵒᵇᵒⁱᵇᵒʸ ᴳᵃˡᵃˣʸ

XXXI

Chapter XXXI: Gratitude

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WITH A HAND SUPPORTING HIS CHEEK, he let out a sigh while he acted like he was listening to Gopal. The molecular manipulator was busy talking about what happened when the dragon was supposed to attack both him and Fang. Gopal got so engrossed with his story that he didn't notice the blank look plastered on Boboiboy's face as his mind drifted off to something else. The elemental hero's other hand was casually grabbing a fry from Gopal's bowl of random food while eating it soon after with an emotionless face.

Fang didn't even care one bit about the story but still listened to him nonetheless. Yaya and Ying were engaging theirselves on a casual conversation while they ate their breakfast. Yesterday was a long day after all, they get to rest now since they've finished their mission on Planet Pyro. Papa Zola was hanging out with his 'disciple', Cosmo. He told everyone that he was going to tell the pegasus guardian about his experiences about prevailing justice. Cosmo was quite excited about that.

Captain Papa Zola's students don't really get what's exciting about that, most especially Gopal, Ying and Fang. Cosmo indeed needs to be exposed more to new things that they think are fun, the pegasus would love to see new things from Earth. Currently, it isn't time for that. Perhaps next time when they finish the whole Glamouran mission they can finally show the two Lluminarians their home planet.

"─and then, Yaya and Ying were going to intervene but, before the dragon could approach me─I accidentally let out a scream," Gopal rambled out with various of hand gestures that was quite hard to understand. "Accidentally? You considered that an accident?" Fang commented with a look of disagreement on his visage. Gopal gave the shadow manipulator a sassy expression before ignoring him to continue his story.

"As I was saying, after I screamed─the dragon thought I was communicating with it. I don't know what I said to it but it seems like the dragon worshipped me after that!" Gopal beamed, yellow sparkles beginning to appear from around him. Fang shook his head before rolling his eyes in disbelief due to Gopal's exaggeration. Boboiboy munched on a piece of french fry before nodding slowly with a light hum.

"I was really sad that we needed to leave it back at Planet Pyro, I wanted to bring it along with us. Wouldn't it be amazing to have a dragon as a pet? Imagine the look on the faces of those cool kids in school when they see the fire dragon with us. Heh, who's cool now?!" Gopal spouted nonsense while brushing the tip of his nose with his thumb. "I don't think Boboiboy needs a cool pet so that everyone in school will think that he's cool. He's already too popular for that, plus, he's not the type of person to value popularity," Ying suddenly joined in.

Gopal was about to shoot a statement but got cutted of by Fang who sounded offended at Ying's comment. "Tch, don't make it sound like Boboiboy is that popular," Fang crossed his arms after clicking his tongue in jealousy. "Hmm, just admit that you're jealous. By the way, I was talking about myself! Everybody will think I'm cool like Fang and Boboiboy if they see my dragon," Gopal shrugged out. "Hm, yeah, yeah," Ying and Fang blankly stated in unison, unamused at his comment.