He watched amused how Shirayuki ran right at the Shadow Dragon Slayer and she was clinging at him as if her life depened on it when he picked her up. Calling Rogue her mother was something she only did when they weren't in the guild at all or all on their own with the two Exceeds in his Office He'd been honestly surprised this tiny tod noticed the small unspoken things between them. There was something else he'd noticed doing her when she got picked up by one of them. She nuzzled into the neck as if to assure herself her parents are right here with her.
Now that their little angel was quite mobile the moment where she became feverish due to the surplus amount of magic residing within her wasn't appearing so much often. Honestly it was hard to believe that the drained amount of magic was almost a quarter part to their own Dragon Slayer Magic. had explained them once she would be older he would infuse this magic slowly back into her body so that she can adjust to it. He also left the option to them to consider her implanting the lacrima with the stored magic when she would be old enough to survive this kind of surgery.
They have still time left to think and talk about. Shirayuki just turned one year old and besides the surplus amount of magic she cares within her small body, she's quite a healthy little girl for her age. Most of the townspeople could hardly believe she is only one year old. Through their little angel is now as big as their two Exceeds most of them believe her to be at the age of three or four. But now came the time she started to demand. If she wasn't able to get her will at all she falls into an act of defiance. Poor Dobengal was the one member within Sabertooth who got stuck up most of the time pleasing the will of the little girl while she is in this phase.
Rogue always complains she has this behaviour most likely inherited from him but he only smiles about it. Deep inside he knows how stubborn his mate can be and that Shirayuki would most likely be like Rogue. On the other hand she became quite eager to learn. Not only to read and write but also how to handle the magic within her. Rufus turned out to be quite the patient teacher they need for Shirayuki. On some occasions the blond bard loved to tease him she might become a Memory Make Mage too due to her eagerness to learn. ,You can't change a dragon at all' was his mind about his own daughter and therefore he started training her using White Dragon Slayer Magic only when Rogue was out on a mission.
When she was still a baby they made an agreement only to teach her that element of magic she's quite comfortable with and when she would reach the age of six. As far as he could recall themselves they had started learning at this age too when they were raised by Skiadrum and Weisslogia. So it wouldn't hurt at all if she gets a headstart in wielding Dragon Slayer Magic.
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When Rogue finds out he's not sticking at all to their agreement the Shadow Dragon Slayer is angry about him. For a week he's hardly talking to him at all and Shirayuki seems to be distraught about it. During this week she even refuses to stay in bed with one of them and right there a deep sigh leaves his lips. In order of seeing both of them smile he would just have to talk with Rogue and explain why he had started so early with training their little angel how to use Dragon Slayer Magic. As stubborn as both of them are it was also hard for him to apologize at all. It always had been one of his weak spots in life.
Rogue only sighed when he heard him out and his mate shook only his head in disbelieve. But after some agonizing minutes of silence have passed the Shadow Dragon Slayer suggests him to train both elements at the same time now that she's used to the training pattern. His mate had to admit later on it was a good idea because Shirayuki stopped becoming feverish once he decided to train her how to absorb and release the light.
On their first mission as a team again, they only decided to take a job that wouldn't be far away from the guild due to the effect that most of their friends are on missions as well. So therefore their little angel was tagging along with them because no one was around to look after her. In this Job Request they only had to help out with gathering together some stray Buffalos that broke free from their corral.
While the wife of their client was playing with Shirayuki and took care of her, they finished the Job without harming one of the precious Buffalos. They even got an extra bonus on the reward due to their efficiency on the Job. While on their way back to the guild he observed how she played tag with the Exceeds right in front of them and somehow he had to admit to Rogue she started to look a lot like him.
Shortly after this mission Shirayuki also came along when he had to travel to Clover. He had asked Rogue to come along and right there she wanted to travel where ever their parents decided to go. She was in defiance the whole day he prepared his things for going to Clover due to the annual Gathering of the Guild Masters and it was Yukino who persuaded him into taking her with them because the Celestial Mage would come along too. After they had to endure the horror of going by train he noticed one thing right away when they arrived at their destination. Shirayuki suffered more from motion sickness then them two together. While both of them felt better after a couple of hours have passed by their little angel got only better after she had rested a whole day.
„I always thought it only affects the two of you" was Yukino honestly saying to him at the next morning and he nearly choked on the air he just was breathing in. What was she trying to imply here towards him? „It might only be because she never traveled before" was is quick answer towards the Celestial Mage, looking right at her and leaving her with Shirayuki in the small hotel they have rented after his mate was ready to go as well. While the annual Gathering progressed Rogue used the days to walk around with their daughter, Frosch and Yukino in Clover while he also showed her how to move as swift as the shadows itself.
At this Gathering he learned from Makarov it would he his last turn as Master of Fairy Tail because currently Erza would fill in this position. He also learned it would be up to her if she would stay in this position at all or if his grandson Laxus would become officially the next Master of Fairy Tail at all.