This is the second to last day of my holidays, and I decided to just play tomorrow, so I won’t be translating a chapter. I’m going to be a bit busy soon, so I’ll try to keep to my usual schedule of three chapters per week, but I might have to decrease it some weeks. Thanks for reading~
A day pa.s.sed after I received the G.o.d bird"s egg from Miru-jii. Interestingly, it will not be born as a G.o.d bird, but it apparently changes its appearance after receiving the foster parent"s mana and spirit influence.
The G.o.d bird"s egg is a mirror that reflects your heart. It means that a monstrous monster would be born for a wicked person, and a clean monster for a good person. I"m looking forward to what monster it will be born into. I"m going to raise it, so it should be born as an extremely splendid monster.
However, there"s a part I can"t honestly feel delighted about. According to Miru-jii, there is a need to wake up the egg at the start. With weak mana, the egg will not be able to wake up. It seems that half hearted mana is no good.
"To think it wouldn"t even twitch after I pour in all my mana." (Kearuga)
I have already poured in mana once on the day I received the egg, and I splendidly failed. It seems my normal amount of mana is not enough. Therefore, I have made elaborate preparations today. With【Transformation Heal】, I made my status extremely magician based.
Furthermore, even if my MP limit is raised, my aggregate amount isn"t recovered by【Transformation Heal】, so I drank plenty of mana recovery potions, took a deep sleep and recovered my mana till the max. Since that is still not enough, I doped myself to forcibly recover mana until the limit.
"If even this is not good enough, then there"s nothing I can do about it. I will make it receive my best." (Kearuga)
Now, this is my first and last chance. Concentrating my mind, I glare at the egg that"s bigger than my head.
"Kearuga-sama, go for it." (Setsuna)
"Do your best! Kearuga-niisama." (Ellen)
While Setsuna swings her wolf tail, Ellen lets her pink hair flutter in the air and sends encouragement.
Incidentally, Freya and Eve are out shopping. We will finally depart to the G.o.d bird"s trial in three days, so to prepare for the journey, I appointed Freya, who"s used to shopping, and Eve, who is popular with the kokuyoku race to go shopping.
Thanks to us offering them a large quant.i.ty of meat, it feels like they will hand over the necessities. Oops, my concentration was disturbed. I should put in more fighting spirit. I can"t show these two an uncool scene. Alright, this time I will definitely do it!
"… This is my all. Take iiiiiiiiiit!" (Kearuga)
I gather all my mana in my right hand and strike the egg. Due to the sudden disappearance of mana, a tremendous sense of fatigue a.s.saults my body.
Clenching my teeth, I firmly endure it. As if I could stand losing. I will definitely bring forth a monster of divinity and raise it. There"s no way I could abandon something that seems so interesting.
While enduring the sense of fatigue, I keep pouring in mana, but I"m uneasy about my remaining mana. Is it still, is it still not enough!? My remaining mana is 40%, 30%, 20%, 10%… It wasn"t enough… it happened just while I was thinking that. The egg moved.
The throbbing is being transmitted to my palm.
"That gave me a hard time." (Kearuga)
I somehow succeeded. The egg properly woke up and it started breathing. I sit down on the spot, and breath out in relief.
"Kearuga-sama, did your egg properly wake up?" (Setsuna)
Setsuna and Ellen rush over to me.
"Yeah, it properly woke up. You"ll know if you touch it." (Kearuga)
Once I say that, the two of them repeatedly touch the egg with a keen interest in it.
"It"s true, it"s moving. Cute." (Setsuna)
"Kearuga-niisama, when will this child be born?" (Ellen)
That reminds me, I hadn"t asked that. When will that happen? I hear footsteps from the back, and when I turn around, I see Miru-jii.
"Since I felt an unbelievable mana, I came. Oou, as expected of son in law-dono. To think you would truly wake up the egg." (Miru)
… It"s hasty to call me son in law. Since I can"t be bothered to retort it, I"ll ignore it. In any case, it"s good that he appeared just now. I"ll ask him about the egg.
"I just barely made it, but it properly woke up. However, I am at a loss on what to do from now." (Kearuga)
"Umu, as it has started breathing like this, there isn"t really anything you need to do. Now you just have to raise it by letting it arbitrarily suck the mana and spirit that you leak. Let"s see. It was between two to three weeks in the legends." (Miru)
"I see, I can carry it with a peace of mind then." (Kearuga)
I"m saved. Only waking it up demanded an enormous amount of mana, but it seems it won"t be that burdening from now on. It would be tough if it required this much mana everyday. After this, I"ll be able to comfortably spend my time.
"By the way, I am changing the topic, but I heard about it from a someone in the village. It seems you are departing in three days." (Miru)
"The time we have to take the G.o.d bird"s trial is limited. I want to challenge it with as much room as possible." (Kearuga)
If I let this go, Eve said the next one would be in two months. I want to decrease as much risks as I can.
"In that case, I will give you one more charm. … The kokuyoku race keep the remaining souls of their brethren in their wings. In other words, our wings have the power to lock up spirits and mana." (Miru)
"I know about that." (Kearuga)
… That"s why I picked up the feathers Eve would occasionally shed. It seems like feathers that carry mana and spirits can"t come out, but since the other feathers extremely rarely fall out, I was securing it because it can be used as material for a good weapon. However, I had some difficulty because I didn"t quite understand the manufacturing method. I can"t make it a weapon as it is.
“This feather is a charm. It uses our nature, and is a feather arrow that is loaded with plenty of mana. While using magic, a first-rate magician can shoulder the amount of mana another consumes. Apart from that, if you throw it while shouting【Kururina】, it can be used as a bomb replacement." (Miru)
I was pa.s.sed a bundle of ten feathers. It seems it has been manufactured into a weapon, and it"s even loaded with mana. The usability is good, and above all, it"s great if I can learn the manufacturing method. If I study this, I should be able to use Eve"s feathers as weapons.
"Thank you very much for everything." (Kearuga)
"No, we are grateful. You got Eve-sama"s smiling face back. Since she became a demon king candidate, she became unable to smile. No matter what Eve-sama says, she trusts you." (Miru)
After just saying that, Miru-jii leaves. … Without exaggeration, he"s a good person. He loves Eve from the bottom of his heart, and since I"m the person Eve trusts, he even believed me, despite the fact that I’m human. I have taken a slight liking towards that person.
"My chest is noisy." (Kearuga)
However, I have a jinx. The people I am pleased with end up dying.
Anna-san, my first love, and Caruman, the merchant who was my close friend, were the same. It"s ironic. Only the good guys keep dying.
I should pray so he won"t end up like that. If we see this village destroyed by the demon king army when we return from the G.o.d bird"s trial… if that happens, this battle will not be to help Eve, but for my revenge. At that time, I will become a revenge oni and will probably punish the current demon king of my own will.
And finally, the day of departure has come. We have raised our level everyday after coming to this village, and everyone has become stronger.
Especially Setsuna"s growth is remarkable. Because this is territory that the demons control, strong monsters appear, which means that we can earn a large quant.i.ty of EXP. I have frequently raised Setsuna"s level limit, and by pouring EXP there, she has finally reached level 41.
Far from the a demi-human"s average, it"s a value that has even exceeded a human"s average. She was already blessed with high talent values, abilities, skills and a fighting sense, so if she reaches this level, Setsuna wouldn"t fall behind most people.
Speaking of growth, Eve has also achieved a great transformation. Thanks to instructor Setsuna"s special, h.e.l.l-like training, she"s finally gotten stamina. Moreover, the improvement of her magic precision is terrific. By having the experience of seriously firing her magic once, she learnt that sensation and kept practicing until her precision improved. The current Eve can be counted as a splendid fighting force.
"Kearuga-niisama! It has finally come!" (Ellen)
While making a clenched fist, Ellen roughly breathes through her nose. As expected, I still can"t count Ellen as part of our fighting power. Even so, she is steadily getting stronger, although slowly.
"Ellen, I"m not counting on you as fighting power. However, you’re smart and good at observing. Warily look at the surroundings, to see if it"s suspicious or strange. If you think so, report it to me." (Kearuga)
"Yes, please leave it to me!" (Ellen)
I can count on Ellen"s intellect. After all, she was princess Norn who tormented me plenty. Well, right now she has to use all her might to follow us and probably doesn"t have the room to observe the surroundings, but I"ll look at it with a long-term view.
"Kearuga-dono! Eve-sama and everyone… I wish you luck in battle!"
I look in the direction I heard the voice, despite it being early morning, the kokuyoku race has come to see us off. When I came here, I was surrounded with hostility, but to think they would come see us off when we"re leaving… that"s quite amusing.
"I"m off. I will definitely subdue the G.o.d bird! And then, once the G.o.d bird accompanies us, we will counterattack! After this, I won"t let the demon king do as he pleases!" (Kearuga)
The kokuyoku race raises shouts of joy at my voice. I got some gooseb.u.mps. … It"s because I unusually said a hero-like phrase.
We split up and ride on the two raptors. Of course, I am properly carrying the G.o.d bird"s egg. I made a dedicated backpack for it, so that I can carry it without if falling. Putting in the whip, I make the raptor run.
I"ll take the G.o.d bird"s trial or whatever it"s called. It"s a trial that only Eve"s ancestor succeeded in doing. I"m itching to put my skills to use. It truly seems interesting. To obtain a cute pet, I hasten the raptor.