Chapter 50 (2/2)

It was enough to launch the 9-year-old Laura.

「Uwaa〜, Uwaaaaa〜〜!!」

If she was a little calmer, there might have not been any problem by using flight magic, but her head was full of the worries towards her homework and the strange flowing object. And in that condition, she took a surprise attack from behind, so she had no leisure to use flight magic.

Laura fell into the river in vain.

*Pochan*

「Laursan?!! Laursaaaaa〜〜〜n!!」

「This is bad……the flow is faster than usual, so she might get carried up to the sea」

「I'm not!」

Laura finally activated her flight magic and safely returned to the road.

Her whole body is drenched, but there should be no problem with using flame magic to dry her.

Rather than thatーー.

「Laursan, thank goodness that you're fine. By the way, that thing that you are holding……?」

「I'm also not exactly sure, but. It was being swept away so I picked it up. I stopped earlier because I saw this」

The thing that Laura is holding with an embrace is an egg-shaped object.

It has a light cream color and light blue stripes.

It is quite large, about twice Laura's head.

If it is really an egg, it would be quite a large organism.

「Don't tell me, you're planning on bringing it back?」

Anna whispered that, and *Juru*, gulped her saliva.

「If it's an egg this huge, lots of omelettes would be made……hey, I won't eat it! I'm sure that it is a rare organism's egg. I'll investigate this, and submit it as the homework for free research!」

「What a nice idea desu wa, Laursan. If we make it as joint research with the three of us, the free research shall be finished quickly」

Charlotte brightened her eyes.

She is someone who is more serious than anybody when it comes to magic training but it seems like she plans on finis.h.i.+ng her homework in an unserious way.

「But, what will you do if it's not an egg?」

「T-That is……」

Laura could not find her words with what Anna pointed out.

If they submit a research result about the ident.i.ty of the thing that was flowing in the river was just an egg-shaped object, Emilisensei would not be convinced.

However, that was a needless worry.

Because.

「Wa! This egg, it moved right now!」

The thing inside the egg moved that Laura who is embracing it with her arms could clearly tell.

There is no doubt that there is a living thing inside.

The problem wasーーwhat is inside?

「What will you do if the thing inside is a tremendous monster?」

Anna said a simple question.

「If it's really a monster, the more it is that we cannot leave it here. We must bring it to the school where the princ.i.p.al and I is in!」

「Well, that is true」

Anna was convinced.

「Fu, fu, fu. I am also around desu wa!」

「T-That is true……!」

And so with that, it was decided that they would return with the egg.

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