Chapter 264: Tales (2/2)

And then… everyone realized at the same time what it could truly be.

”Wait a minute…” they all said at the same time.

”EH?!”

CRASH!

However, Nesephise broke the mood right away as she came here looking for the kids, and suddenly ended dropping and breaking the plates she brought with herself, as she looked at the massive egg.

”T-That's… That's… a Giant Frog Egg?! Where did you get this?! You can't have this around! H-How did you got this?!” she asked in horror.

”I… Let me explain…” sighed Abyss.

Abyss then went into an extensive explanation to how this egg even came to be to Nesephise, while also realizing herself and everyone else that this egg was the Giant Frog Egg.

”Perhaps this was why it was so angry, because they stole her egg?” asked Yuki.

”I think the same. Maybe they really stole her poor little egg… Damn, these bastards were really the worst! How can they even steal an egg like that? This is seriously the worst…” sighed Erebus.

”Indeed, if I ever had an egg I wouldn't want it to be stolen.” Said Boxxy.

”Well, we had stolen eggs from monsters to eat them before, haven't we? We all got those chickens we usually get eggs from…” said Ifrit.

”Eh? B-But that's completely different!” said Lilith.

”…” sighed Ifrit.

”Actually, leaving aside empathy or anything of that regard, I think this is very dangerous. Having this egg here means that the mother will be most likely looking for it.” sighed Abyss.

”Indeed! I heard from tales that long ago there was a race of our ancestors named the Frog-kin… the Frog-kin had a big empire where they were living in harmony with nature and at the side of the giant frog… until the day their prince suddenly decided to steal the egg of the giant frog to raise it as a pet… And well, it is said that when he did, the giant frog moved towards their empire and destroyed everything, afterwards, she swallowed everything, including the frog-kin while grabbing back her egg… I think it is said that the prince was spared for some reason, mostly to leave him suffering because he lost everything he had…” said Nesephise.

”That's quite the tale, but I guess it can be real… That frog is really strong, it swallowed my beloved and that one idiot, and it hasn't vomited them yet!” said Abyss.

”W-What?! It… did?!” asked Nesephise.

As everyone was gathering around the table eating, with all the children enjoying grilled fish and herbal tea, Abyss revealed this truth to Nesephise.

”Actually… we came here looking for a way to free them. Anything you know would be of use, even if very little.” Said Erebus.

”To release… them? I… I don't really know, there is no such thing nor tale about the frog ever vomiting something it swallowed. It always eats and never gives it back…” sighed Nesephise.

”Ugh, this is certainly quite a pain… Are you sure there's nothing?” asked Abyss.

”Hmmm… Maybe the Elder could know something.” said Nesephise.

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