23 Episode 23: Forest Sites, Eggs and Moffmoff (1/2)
We crusaded the enchant plant, dismantling the body and packing it in a magic bag.
”I wouldn't be surprised how much you put in that bag.”
And Liliera squeaks watching me put in the branch of the enchant plant.
”The amount of magic bags can be stored with the precision of the first procedure. This bag will fit a pile or so.”
”Mountain”
Well, I didn't get very good material, so I could only make bags of this degree of capacity.
”Oh, if you want Liliera too, I'll make it.”
”I want”
”Okay. Then I'll make it for you next time.”
”I can do it in a little while...”
Well, the structure itself isn't that difficult.
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”I wonder if it's like this”
Finally, the Enchant Plant and I finally finished storing the Elder Plant took a breather.
I was just wondering if the Enchant Plant would be all right, but Mr. Lilliera has been strongly suggesting that the Elder Plant should also be brought back.
I don't think it's going to be much money though.
”Will you go home after you've made this neighborhood more comfortable?”
”Well, I'm surprised for another lifetime today, so I want to go home soon.... I feel surprised for the last few days for the rest of my life.”
Haha, you're exaggerating.
”But I'm surprised that such a big demon was in the heart of this forest.”
Liliera stared at the hole where the enchant plant had been until just now.
When the Enchant Plant rose, it was a hole made of its great roots being pulled out.
Naturally it's such a hole, so there's nothing inside.
On the contrary, there is a risk of collapse if it is bad.
”Unfortunately, if such a big man were sitting there, there could be no treasure at the center.”
Uh, maybe when they say that.
One of the reasons I originally came here was the treasure hunt in the heart of the woods.
But what actually happened was not a treasure, but a demon of Oki, so I can't help but be disappointed.
”Uh, speaking of which, we're gonna have to keep it in the ground.”
If we're going to make this the center of the street, we need to block the big hole that the enchant plant was made of when it broke out.
”Earth Shaker!”
I use the magic of the ground to flatten the surrounding ground.
”Wow, another earthquake!?”
”No, it's just magically even the ground. It looks like the roots of the enchanted plant were stretched deep, so it feels like an earthquake with soil poured into it.”
I'm surprised to explain the landscape to Mr. Liliera.
”Wow, okay, but if all this ground rocked, wouldn't it be the same as an earthquake already?
”Haha, maybe when they say that,”
”I don't think it's funny...”
And that's when I found something strange on the ground that was getting even.
”Hmm? What are you talking about?
When I realized it, I interrupted the magic and ran over to it.
”What's going on?
Liliera asks me questions as she follows me.
”I saw something white over there.”
”Huh? Where?
”I think I'm buried in the dirt now”
Coming to a place where I could see a white mass earlier, I discover it half buried in the soil.
”This is it.”
When the soil on the surface is washed away by hand, a white object represents itself.
”What's this? Eggs?”
”Looks like it.”
What we found was an egg about 30 cm in size.
”That's pretty big. Could it be a demonic egg or something?
”Considering this is the Forest of Warcraft, that's likely.”
I don't know what to do. If this is a demonic egg, maybe you should crack the egg while you're at it.
That was when I thought so, the eggs suddenly swayed grassy.
”Huh!? What!?”
For a moment I thought the eggs had fallen out of balance, but apparently not.
Eggs continue to shake with gras today.
”Apparently it hatches.”
”Is hatching okay?”
”You don't have to worry so much if you were born”
I understand Mr. Liliera's worries, but if she's just born, it's not hard to defeat even dangerous demons.
If you're a dragon egg or something, sometimes they attack you for meat the moment you're born, but dragon eggs aren't this small.
This would be another demon egg.
Even while we were talking that way, there was a piki and a crack in the egg, and at the next moment the shell bounced off the inside.
”This guy is surprisingly powerful.”
An egg is also armor that protects the chick inside.
So it's normal for chicks to take the time to break the egg shell and come out, but he destroyed it with one blow.
To think about it, I decide that this demon will be powerful when it grows up.
”Mr. Liliera, stay back.”
”Yeah, yeah.”
As we were on guard, a demonic child appeared from inside the egg shell.
”... cu”
”Huh?”
What came out of it was a little moffy hairball.
There was no shard of horror at all in its appearance, and at first glance it was like a dog or cat with long hair breeds.
”Or cute!
And I heard Mr. Liliera from behind.
”It wasn't! What are you going to do with her?”
Um, yeah.
Being born near the heart of the forest means that he is likely to grow into a dangerous demon in the future.
Considering that, I should get rid of it by now...
”Cuuuu”
For some reason, I don't feel any danger from him.
I mean, I've never even seen a demon like this.
”Cuck!”
As I think about it, Moffmoff rubs against my feet.
Oh, I fell with my leg.
”Danger!!”
Mr. Liliera speaks up vigilantly.
”No, it's okay.”
Moffmoff pushes his body against my leg.
”Maybe you think of me as a parent?
”Huh? What do you mean?
”I think it's probably the same habit as bird chicks to think of the moving things you see in the beginning as parents. There are demons of that kind, and they have a vocation to raise and obey such demons since they were eggs.”
”Heh, I have a profession like that”