Chapter 993: The Basilisk Breaks the Shell
Arriving at the tower, Alan made a beeline for the topmost floor.
The stars were running on the ceiling, and in the middle of the yellow and blue nebulae lay a mat embroidered with magical scripts, and Leif was imprisoned in this mat, sedentary, with plenty of food around it, and its belly was round and swollen to look a few laps larger than it had been at Hogwarts - but Maggie, though somewhat influenced by Dobby, had not been trained by Hermione after all, and at least seemed to be within Neville's acceptable range.
Luna was crouching in front of Lef, staring at the bulging-eyed Lef.
Helena and Luna were much closer than usual, clasping her hands in front of her as she watched her mother and Levif look at each otherβit seemed that the Muggle movie she had seen last night was too terrifying.
Alan casually said hello and went over to crouch down, only to find that the male egg didn't even have a crack under Rifou.
"It doesn't seem to be much different from usual?" Alan asked, confused, and then heard a dull thud of tuk-tuk from inside. But the male egg just shook and didn't move, "Okay, it looks like it's going to take a while." β
"I guess it's not too strong guy. Luna tapped her hand on the eggshell in exchange for a little more intense movement.
"After squatting for a long time, your legs are numb, so let's sit for a while. Alan commanded the sofa in the room to move behind him, reached out and helped Luna, who was actually a little numb in her legs, to sit on the sofa and continue to wait, looking at the rickety male egg, Alan put his hand into his waist bag and took out a red slave gem, "I hope it will have a big enough head after birth, if it is too small, it will have to be raised for a while." β
Luna took the Servitude Gem, tossed it up, and caught it with her palm, "It's not too much of a threat when it's born, especially for them who have been sucking souls for a long time. β
"As long as there is enough food, they grow very fast and can live for a long time without taking elixir. Alan recalled what he knew about the basilisk, "There aren't many books about them, and even less about them in their childhood, but if you say that, it doesn't matter if Daisy and the others look at it directly now?"
"When I grow up, I will see that the monkey face will become proficient in raising it. Luna responded, "I don't have any pets. β
"Father, mother, Kreacher doesn't think so. Helena thought about the situation at home and reminded, "He's too old... He had also been persuading Maggie that if their dead heads could be hung on the walls of their homes, it would be the highest reward they could get. β
"He's too old, too stubborn. Alan nodded to Helena, "Helena, you're right, if Kreacher directly looks at the basilisk, it will probably kill him, even if the basilisk is just born." β
The male egg swayed under Rifou's body for so long that Rifle moved his body uncomfortably several times. From time to time, there was the sound of "tuk tuk tuk" tapping on the eggshell. But perhaps the eggshell was too hard for the baby basilisk to be born.
Finally, after even Alan changed positions on the couch several times with some impatience, Luna jumped down from the couch again and crouched in front of Rifle in the same position that Eren had seen when he had just returned.
This time, Luna grabbed Levle with her bare hands and threw it aside, causing the toad to "croak" in dissatisfaction, and Luna who didn't care about it stretched out her fingers to the male egg, and her fingers lightly touched the top of the egg, and turned it around directly on the male egg, and then she knocked it hard, and the male egg cracked.
Alan also squatted over after seeing Luna's movements, "Huh, is there nothing wrong with this?"
"Anyway, it's formed, and some problems can be cured. Luna replied, her hand moving without stopping, but continuing to peel off the eggshell.
Finally, when the bright light of the starry sky above its head penetrated through the gap, a small emerald green basilisk with a soft body crawled out of the egg shell with the slime on its body, and it straightened up, the bright red feather on its head swayed from side to side with its swaying head, and its ignorant watery yellow eyes looked curiously at Luna and Allen.
Alan felt a stream of heat gushing out of his nose, sticky, and a hint of rust, and when he realized what it was, he stopped looking at the basilisk's eyes, but quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped it to clean his nosebleed.
Alan wiped it indiscriminately, and turned his head to notice that Luna was in a similar situation to him, but the somewhat sloppy crazy girl directly raised the back of her hand and rubbed it lightly on her nose, and the back of her hand was stained with a touch of blood, and under her nose, the nosebleed also blurred and rubbed against her face.
Seeing Luna's casual posture and embarrassed appearance, Alan took a breath in disgust, leaned over, threw the handkerchief he had just used in his hand on the other party's face, and wiped Luna's cheeks indiscriminately to help her clean up.
After wiping, Luna rubbed her nose a little uncomfortably: "You didn't wipe me so hard before." β
"Who told you to scare me. Alan replied without looking up, and then used a clean hand on his handkerchief.
The two of them who were bickering with each other forgot about the ghost daughter behind them.
Helena, who was on the side just now, also saw the clear eyes of the little basilisk, and then almost instantly, she felt that she could no longer control her body, and it was no longer milky white and transparent, although it was not to the point of black and smoky Nick, who was almost headless in Allen's second year, but the color had also turned gray, and she was standing motionless and suspended three inches above the ground.
Helena was not completely petrified, but her whole body was paralyzed and fixed in place, but only the consciousness of her brain was still awake, she thought that her parents would notice her situation and relieve herself of this state, but she did not expect that after her father cleaned up for her mother, the two of them focused all their attention on the little basilisk again.
Alan put the handkerchief back down and said to Luna, "This guy seems to be better than you expected." β
Luna still rubbed her nose: "The body is not strong enough, but the magic ability is stronger than average." β
Alan nodded: "If you want to be strong, you just need to eat enough, if you feed a thing like a basilisk too much, it will only grow faster and bigger, and it is a good thing that the magic ability is naturally so strong, otherwise there is nothing that can help it improve." β
Luna suggested, "Let Hermione or her Dobby feed it." β
"She's really talented... Let Dobby come, Hermione at the Umbrella has been too busy lately. Alan nodded approvingly, "It's good that it's about the same proportions as the Slytherin one, and it has a big head that can use gems." β
Helena watched as they began to talk about the newborn life, and seemed to have left her behind - but the paralyzed Helena couldn't make a sound now.
The little basilisk looked at Alan and Luna who were talking with his confused eyes, and when he saw that they ignored him, he crawled and tried to change directions, but at this time Alan and Luna were already on guard, and they had just turned their heads away from looking at its eyes. Eren summoned the clone and prepared for the clone to deal with it, so that the main body would naturally not be harmed by it again.
The little basilisk opened its mouth, gently spitting out the forked snake letter, looking curiously and uneasily at this unknown world, after Eren split in two, it had just come out of the eggshell, and the white bubbles in those eggshells were still hanging on its body, but it was already able to support its body and make a defensive gesture.
"Don't be afraid, you're safe......" Allen's doppelganger, who also had a bright red nosebleed on his nose, let out a creepy-sounding hissing Parseltongue to appease the little basilisk.
The little basilisk shook his little head cutely, and lowered his body, his fleshy little body coiled together.
Alan took out a red enslavement gem from his waist bag and handed it to the doppelganger Alan, who took the enslavement gem and gently pressed the enslavement gem on the little basilisk while constantly appeasing the little basilisk with a parseltongue, and then with a command, the little basilisk obediently stopped shaking and closed his eyes.
After dissolving the clone that looked a little pale, Eren and Luna turned their gaze back to the basilisk.
Alan touched his chin and looked at the ugly guy and said, "This little basilisk's magic is stronger than we expected... It's not an option to keep it closed... With Emily's soul strength facing the basilisk's gaze, they shouldn't have to worry about their lives being threatened... But it is estimated that petrification is inevitable, and there is Gaia at the bottom of the tower... Maggie, they can't bear it... To be on the safe side, we'll have to put goggles on it to reduce the lethality of its sight..."
Luna stared at the basilisk with her bulging eyes closed: "Make it blue." β