Chapter 49 (1/2)
A pale blue beast egg.
The surface is elastic and smooth with no protrusions.
”What state is it in, Kaede?”
”It 's alive.”
I never thought I would see a beast egg in such a place.
Now that I think about it, Lord Scotchell was very interested in Panda.
It makes sense that he would have one
”Are you giving this to me?”
”Yes. At worst, I was thinking of selling it to help finance the purchase of an antidote, even though it was given to me by her late Majesty as a token of our friendship. I never wanted to sell it, but at times like this, it's the least I can do.”
”And you still plan to give it to me?!”
I cannot accept it.
Now that's a bad idea.
It is unthinkable to give such a precious object gifted to you by the royal family to a complete stranger.
”It's all right. I didn't have enough magic power to wake it up. If I leave it like this, it will be a waste of a treasure. Besides, I can't stop thinking about it.”
”Aaahhh! Anna!”
”Thank God, I'm glad you're alive!”
I can hear the mother's voice from the second floor.
At the sound of her voice, Lord Scotchell closes his eyes and makes a satisfied expression.
”It is decided, I will hand this egg over to the heroes of the Manyu Brigade.”
”If you insist...”
It would be tactless to say anything more about the man's steadfast determination.
Once he says something, he doesn't regret it, his eyes tell me so.
Frau sits at the table and taps the egg.
”You're telling me there's another creature like Panda in there? That's weird.”
”It's true that they are different from ordinary creatures. I wonder how many types there are in total.”
”As far as I know, thirteen species of eggs have been identified, but there is actually some speculation that there were more types of beasts a long time ago.”
I knew the relic was interesting.
Ancient creature eggs, as much as you hear about them, are full of wonder.
Panda approached the egg and made a gesture as if he was smelling it.
Are you reacting to your new friend?
”Can I wake it up now?”
”It belongs to you. You can do with it whatever you want.”
I hastened to transfer magical power to the egg.
As it is somewhat annoying, I decided to inject it all at once.
”That's a lot of magic. It's distorting space.”
”That's because Master is Master.”
”Kaede, that's not an explanation.”
”Kyui.”
The egg's absorption of my magical power finally ends.
The feeling is similar to that of Panda.
The egg began to leak blood.
Bushuuuuu. Steam came out of it.
The top of the egg opened up into six parts, revealing the interior.
....I can't see anything.
Shu.
Something jumped out of the egg.
It then fell to the ground and bounced.
”It 's a fish.”
”It 's a fish.”
”It 's a fish.”
”Kyui”
It has a light pink body surface and a rather flat head.
The mouth opens and closes repeatedly.
The mouth opens.
The mouth closes.
The mouth stopped moving.
”It 's dying!”
”Water! Water, water!”
We took the fish to a tub of water and I released it in there.
After a while he began to swim slowly.
That was dangerous.
I almost killed him as soon as he was born.
Lord Scotchell is looking into the bathtub, thinking about something.
”It's probably a shark. Definitely.”
”Are you talking about those wild animals that are in the sea?”
”Yes, the appearance is a little different than what I saw, but the body is that of a shark.”
A friend in town showed me a shark in a picture book, but I think it had a scarier face.
His eyes are distant, he has no fangs in his mouth, and he has a vaguely dopey look that makes it hard to tell what he's thinking.
The shark looks at me and opens its mouth.
But if you look closely, it can be charming and beautiful.
”What name do you want to give it?”
”How about SharkBoy, per the shark similarity?”
”That's great! Hi, SharkBoy!”
”It's a strange name any way you look at it, at least we can have some fun with it.”
When I petted Shark Boy, he was happily wagging his tail fin.
I wonder if it will feel comfortable in that environment, since it is not seawater.
And I don't know how it can be of use to me either - is it a support beast or an attack beast?
Kaede gives him an assessment.