Nina nodded happily.
"Okay!"
At this moment, the system's voice, which had been silent for a long time, rang in Elashia's mind again as she was about to take a step!
[System Task Issued]
[Task One: Use the slave contract to make Nina do "those things" with you in front of other soldiers in the Iron Empire camp—"Miss Nina... I suddenly want to do some interesting things now..."]
[Task Reward: Wrath of the Red Dragon (Spell)]
[Task Two: Looking at cute Miss Nina, you suddenly have the urge to tease her—"Miss Nina... can you use cheering magic on me, with both hands making a heart shape? And you must use a cute tone~"]
[Task Reward: Knight's Sword (Weapon)]
[Task Three: Take Miss Nina's little hand—"Well then, Miss Nina, let's go now!"]
[Task Reward: Mage level up by one]
Uh...
Looking at the three tasks.
Since this involved core character choices, she still had to prioritize stability.
So Task One was routinely excluded.
Task Two... uh... not quite appropriate.
Although from mother's contract perspective, she was also one of Nina's masters, she had only met Nina once after all.
Moreover, poor Miss Nina had already been teased many times in her interactions with mother... Although she hit it off extremely well with her after meeting her for the first time, making such jokes at this time really wasn't good...
And the Knight's Sword wasn't that great a weapon either, only slightly better than leveling up once for Elashia.
Then well...
Task Three was something Elashia had wanted to do for a long time!
In the storyline, although Nina wasn't mistreated by mother after coming to the Iron Empire, she actually didn't live very happily.
The reason was simple—like Chris, she came alone to a strange country and directly took on important duties due to her outstanding abilities.
The unfamiliar country where she knew no one and busy duties meant she had almost no one to communicate with except her subordinate officers and Alexandra.
Let alone having friends.
Seeing such a cute and lively dragon girl living so lonely in the Iron Empire in the storyline, then making heroic sacrifices for the world, Elashia felt so heartbroken!
Moreover, helping Nina wasn't like helping Chris.
Chris was much more mature than herself, and years of consul experience made it difficult for her to open her heart to others frequently. Besides work, Elashia could hardly communicate with her about anything.
If Elashia insisted on staying with her every day, it would actually make her uncomfortable.
So Elashia could only "find friends" for her.
But Nina was different!
Nina was about her age, and had a very outgoing and lively personality outside of work!
She could completely become Nina's good friend!
Moreover... Nina's little hand would definitely feel comfortable to hold!
So Elashia immediately chose Task Three!
Elashia smiled gently at Nina.
"Well then, let's go now!"
Elashia proactively took Nina's little hand.
She knew Nina wasn't an introverted girl, so she didn't suppress her own thoughts.
Although Nina was somewhat surprised by Elashia's enthusiastic personality, she didn't feel uncomfortable because of Elashia's enthusiasm.
On the contrary... she had a very good feeling.
She... might soon have what humans called—"friends"!
Looking at the pink-haired girl gently holding her little hand, Nina suddenly discovered she and herself really had many compatible traits!
She was about the same age as herself, and her personality was as bright and cheerful as her own!
So Nina's speech became cheerful along with her heart!
"Okay! Young Mistress!"
......
The two girls walked hand in hand toward Alexandra's mobile city-state.
Their interactions along the way made both Elashia and Nina extremely happy.
But Elashia felt somewhat uncomfortable always hearing Nina call her "Young Mistress."
After all, she wanted to become Nina's friend, not her master!
Elashia felt she needed to correct Nina's wrong way of addressing her at their first meeting, otherwise it would be hard to change once it became a habit.
So Elashia immediately said to Nina:
"Um... Nina..."
Hearing Elashia's voice, Nina said in a cheerful tone:
"What is it? Young Mistress?"
Elashia said embarrassedly:
"Could you not call me 'Young Mistress'..."
"Eh?"
Nina's smile immediately froze on her face.
Did the Young Mistress dislike her?
Seeing Nina's expression, Elashia immediately knew she had been misunderstood.
So Elashia quickly said:
"It's just... I feel... I don't want to be called that..."
Somewhat embarrassed, Elashia lowered her head slightly and said to Nina with a red face:
"I want to become your friend..."
Seeing Elashia's shy appearance, Nina finally understood Elashia's thoughts.
Nina also smiled gently.
It seemed... this Young Mistress was indeed very gentle...
Friends... huh?
"Then Young Mistress... um... how would Princess want me to address you?"
Elashia thought for a moment.
"Could you just call me 'Elashia' directly?"
Nina pouted.
She didn't want to.
Directly calling someone's name was super boring!
Elashia thought about it and felt her suggestion was indeed not good.
What good friends called each other by their full names!
So Elashia thought again...
In the game, didn't Elashia also have very good friends... how did she address Elashia...
Ah!
Elashia remembered!
When she was little, Ileina always liked to call Elashia "Little Shia."
Couldn't this be used directly!
"Um... Miss Nina can call me Little Shia."
Elashia quickly gave her answer.
Nina happily accepted.
"Okay! Then I'll call you Little Shia when we're in private!"
However, looking at the mobile fortress in the distance, Nina said again:
"But... Little Shia, in front of Master I still have to call you Young Mistress, otherwise Master might be unhappy..."
Elashia nodded somewhat helplessly.
"Mm, I know."
Great, now Nina had four ways to address her.
Little Shia in private, Young Mistress in front of mother, Princess in Iron Empire public occasions, Her Majesty the Radiant Emperor in Elasian public occasions...
So confusing...
Nina thought for a moment, then cutely scratched her hair and said to Elashia:
"Then... how should Little Shia address me?"
This question stumped Elashia.
How should she address Nina?
If she called herself "Little Shia," calling her "Miss Nina" seemed somewhat off?
Elashia thought about it.
"Can I... call you Nana?"
"Nana?"
Nina smiled.
This name sounded very cute!
"Yes yes!"
"Then Little Shia can call me Nana from now on!"