Drawn Mochi Volume 3 Chapter 17.1: The Mysterious Egg*1

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　The giant robin grabbed me and flew away. It’s probably heading toward the nest.

“Hey wait, Tougo!” (Croix)

“It’s okay! Don’t worry! I’m probably just going to warm up the eggs! Oh, um, I’ll explain in a letter later!” (Tougo)

　Ms. Croix seems to be in a great hurry, so… uh, I’ll have a letter delivered by Pipe Fox or Houou later. Yeah.

　The bird grabbed me and flew away. And eventually, I arrived at the bird’s nest.

　As soon as the bird arrived at the bird’s nest, it threw me into the nest. The bird’s nest, full of thin branches and soft dried grass, held me securely, and I felt almost no pain.

“Um, sorry to bother you… No, am I bothering you…?” (Nyango)

　Yes. I will bother you. You are bothering me, actually.

　I think this is kidnapping, no matter how you look at it. I’ve been kidnapped by a bird.

“Am I holding eggs this time, too?” (Tougo)

　When I asked it, the bird let out an acknowledging chirp. Yeah, well, it’s probably the egg.

　After all, there are eggs in the bird’s nest. This time there are three.

　…However, the appearance of the eggs was a little different. Two of the three eggs were the same beautiful robin’s egg blue as before, but the other egg… was white and had a pearly sheen. I wonder what kind of egg this is.

　I’m going to ask the Pipe Fox to carry a letter to Laocles and Ms. Croix since they will be worried about me.

“Let me at least write a letter.” (Tougo)

　The giant bird seemed uninterested as it left the nest. I wondered if it had gone away to the nest to get some more fruits from that plant.

　Well, it can’t be helped. Now that the bird has kidnapped me, I have to stray home with the eggs. The eggs are here. If I don’t warm them up, they might die. …Yup.

　First, I lie down to hold the eggs, and when I get into a position where I can warm them up a little, I write a letter as soon as possible.

　I was very confused about the text of the letter, but I decided to write about what happened as it is.

　First of all, I was kidnapped by the big bird that was bathing in the spring, and I am now in the bird’s nest, where the bird is making me warm its eggs.

　As for the egg-warming, I have already done it once before I met Laocles and Fay, so it will probably be all right. But he would like the Houou to bring a blanket if possible. Probably because it would be better to have it while warming the eggs.

　…and a simple map to this bird’s nest. I think it’s safer to know where I am. yes.

“Well then, please take care of me.” (Tougo)

　I pulled out the Houou from the opal… and tried to tie the letter to the Houou’s leg, but it seems I don’t need to do that. The Houou dexterously grabbed the letter with its foot and flew towards the house.

　…yeah. The summon beasts that can fly, I’m really glad I materialized them early.

　A little while later the bird came back.

　… And sure enough, he brought the fruits.

“Um, do I really have to eat it?” (Tougo)

　I hate these fruits because they taste like spicy persimmons, they don’t taste very good, and they give me a fever when I eat them…

“Ah, yeah, okay. Okay, I’ll eat it.” (Tougo)

　But the bird doesn’t seem to have any intention of letting me go. It keeps pushing the fruit in its beak into my mouth. I can’t help it.

　… I ate it anyway. Yes, it was not tasty. It didn’t taste good, but I ate it.

“Look, I ate it.” (Tougo)

　As soon as I ate it, my body started to feel hot. Well, I can’t get used to this feeling.

　The bird, on the other hand, seemed satisfied to see me like this. I guess I’m a little resentful.

“Oh, you’re giving me this one too?” (Tougo)

　Then the bird gave me another fruit. Well, this one is delicious.

　It’s also very quenching, and I’m grateful for the fruits. …Fresh, sweet and sour, delicious. Yes. They taste even better when you have a fever. It’s that kind of thing.

　… And so, after the bird finished feeding me the fruits, it left the nest and went away again. …I wondered where it had gone.

　The eggs are still slippery, and I can’t get enough of them. The eggs were still smooth and comfortable to touch. Especially the pearly one. This egg, a new face, was especially comfortable to touch. What is this?

　…I was just stroking the eggs when I suddenly felt a strange sensation in my body.

“Huh……” (Tougo)

　Itchy. There is such a sensation deep inside my body. The feeling is similar to the feeling I had when I was practicing magic control.

　I sat still and wondered what it was, and then the itchiness started again. This time, I concentrated and tried to find out what the itch could be.

“…is it magic power after all?” (tOUGO)

　But the more I thought about it, the more I felt like this was the itchiness I felt when I was practicing magic control. It is like when I borrowed the candle from Fay that lit up using magic power when I was itching when Fay stopped my magic.

　…The more I concentrate and think about it, the stronger the feeling that the magic is going round and round with nowhere to go. It’s as if the magic is overflowing, but I can’t get it out.

　What is this? What is happening? …I wonder if this is what happened to me the last time I had a fever when I wasn’t aware of my magical power?

　Still, this is a bit painful. The magical power is stagnating inside my body, and I’m itching because of it, so I thought it would be nice to let the magical power escape, but strangely enough, the magical power wouldn’t come out.

　I try holding the magic candle I had in my bag, but the light just flickers unstably, and I can’t consume magic as I thought.

　While I’m doing this, the itchiness is getting stronger. Why is this? Could it be that my magic power is increasing? If so, what in the world are those fruits?

　…I feel hot, my body is burning, I feel sluggish, and my whole body is itching. Even if I hold a magic candle or draw a picture on a notepad and try to materialize it, the magic that is circling inside my body does not come out properly. It is very painful to want to let it out but not be able to.

“That bird…” (Tougo)

　That mean-spirited bird is becoming even more mean. I think this is probably a fruit that makes the magic in my body go haywire, and that it generates heat to warm me up and make me the right temperature for egg-hatching. That’s why that bird is feeding me those fruits.

　I can at least help warm the eggs, but why do I have to generate heat? Why don’t you just use a hot water bottle or something? I’ll make you one if you want.

　I couldn’t help but accept the itchy feeling, so I just lay down and warmed the eggs when I heard a cry, “Kyururu.” Then there’s the sound of the wings.

“Ah, Houou… that’s good.” (Tougo)

　It was Houou that flew near me. He is holding the blanket firmly on his leg. …About three pieces.

“…wasn’t it heavy?” (Tougo)

　Three blankets are quite heavy. I’m not sure how they carried them. …I was expecting blankets, thin blankets, or something like that. I didn’t expect three thick, fluffy blankets.

“Oh, these are the two blankets in the guest room and the blanket from Laocles!” (Tougo)

　I could understand the one in the guest room, but why Laocles’ blanket? He must be cold when he sleeps tonight. Oh, sorry…

　But anyway, the blankets arrived, so I covered him with them. I put the blanket over the eggs and wrap them up tightly. Then I roll the eggs around, so they warm up evenly.

　…And after adjusting to a good position.

“Tougo!” (Croix)

　I was startled when someone suddenly called out to me.

　I looked up with surprise and saw Ms. Croix there… And Laocles was there, too. It seems that they came to me on an alicorn.

“Are you okay…?” (Crooix)

“Eh, oh, yeah, sort of…” (Tougo)

　I put my hand on the edge of the nest and waved to Ms. Croix, who was calling to me from outside the nest, to show her that I was fine, even if just a little. Yeah, I’m fine. Just a little itchy inside.

“…I didn’t understand the situation even after reading the letter, but no way, are you really warming the bird’s eggs?” (Croix)

“Yeah, it’s unexpected…” (Laocles)

　Laocles also looked into the nest and looked like he was at a loss as if he was hallucinating. I probably made that face the first time too. After all, I never thought that I would warm a bird’s egg myself.

“How are you feeling?” (Croix)

“Well, I feel really weird. The bird has been feeding me strange fruits, and when I eat them, I get a fever, but this time I had this feeling that the magic was going around in my body like it had lost its way…” (Tougo)

　I explained it while thinking to myself that it wasn’t a very good explanation. Then Ms. Croix looked at me quizzically while tilting her head.

“You have a fever, and your magic is spinning. I have never heard of such a poisonous fruit. I don’t know what to say. I’m sorry, I wish I could get you some kind of antidote…” (Croix)

“Oh, no, it’s fine. It’s a little troublesome, but it will go away in a day or so. Besides, the warmer I am, the warmer the eggs will be. ” (Tougo)

　…How can I say it, it’s really troublesome, but it can’t be helped. It will settle down after a while. Besides, it’s a matter of being patient until the egg hatches.

“Um, I think I’m going to stay in this nest for a while… okay?” (Tougo)

“If you’re okay with that, I don’t mind… how long does it do you think it will take?” (Laocles)

“Last time it took me about two days.” (Tougo)