68 hatching
Since the grand appearance of their little prince who had been missing for many years at the birthday party a few days ago, everyone noticed the changes in the castle, the haze that had loomed in the royal heart disappeared, and everyone became cheerful, and there was nothing better than this.
But the impact of the little prince who changed his nickname to Izumi is not limited to these.
It was the coolest and mildest morning of the day, but the people who guarded the royal castle found it dazzling.
The royal guards are still dutifully guarding their posts, but as long as you pay attention, you will find that whenever a team of guards approaches the courtyard, their eyes always involuntarily drift in the direction of the colonnade, as if they are expecting something, or afraid of something.
The guards standing on the towers and walls were lucky because they could see the changes throughout the courtyard.
When the time for the royal breakfast passed, there was movement on the colonnade.
"It's coming!"
Somebody shouted, and everyone who could see the colonnade cast their eyes over and waited with bated breath.
First, a brown-yellow figure slammed down the colonnade into the courtyard, followed by another figure with similar fur but shinier than gold, and the latter had a ten-year-old girl hanging on her body, and the laughter spread all the way, who else was not their little princess Angela.
And behind them, the light green reptilian beast walked slowly and lazily, not like the eerie horror of ordinary snakes, its beautiful posture was more noble and majestic than that of a king.
Behind the Creeping Beast hangs a string of humans and beasts, and their beautiful Queen Majesty leads the little prince who has just returned to walk among the people/beasts, talking to a beautiful and elegant noble girl beside her, but a closer look reveals that it is not a real human girl.
A cute demonic beast with the external characteristics of a cat and a fox, with ears and tails like green leaves, jumped around in front of them, as if urging them to go faster, Her Majesty the Queen smiled and let go of the little prince, watching the little prince with a smile on his face speeding up his pace to chase the cute demonic beast Moreover, behind him, the tall cloaked young man was inseparable.
A little further behind them, a pink egg-shaped beast and a beige humanoid beast dressed in green leaves walked together, one holding a flower pot and the other holding a container containing a large egg, as if discussing something.
And further behind this group of people and monsters, followed by a group of maids in the distance, each holding something in their hands, looking at the group of people/beasts in front of them cautiously and excitedly.
In fact, it was not only they who were so curious and scared, when they saw such a scene for the first time, if it were not for the order of His Majesty the Emperor, the royal guards would have almost raised their weapons and launched an attack on those demonic beasts.
It was five days ago, the day after the birthday party, and Izumi listened to Electrolux and finally confessed to his family at dinner that he had a lot of monsters with him.
At that time, it was really a sentence that caused a storm, and the whole royal family was shocked to lose their former demeanor, thinking that they had auditory hallucinations.
Fortunately, as Electrolux said, after the initial shock, the royal people quickly accepted Izumi's little friends, in addition to Izumi's oaths and assurances, the cute appearance and wisdom of the elves were also one of the reasons for their quick acceptance.
Seeing those magical beasts that are either beautiful and cute, or handsome and majestic, and at the same time able to communicate, it is really difficult to raise fear and vigilance against them. The two sides have reached a preliminary agreement on peaceful coexistence.
After Raymond gave orders to everyone in the castle, the elves had the right to come and go freely, but Izumi also knew that most people would not accept them so quickly, so he also restrained his elves from running out of his sight.
That's why every morning, after breakfast, we have a group activity – a walk in the courtyard and bask in the sun.
After Quan chased the leaf elf to play with it for a while, he was a little physically exhausted, and simply begged for mercy to take a rest, although the leaf elf was not happy, but seeing that he was sweating, he didn't force it anymore, and after calling "Migu" carefully, he caught up with the wind speed dog and flash in front.
Seeing that the spring was sweating profusely, the monarch snake swam over and asked if he needed to take him with him.
"No, I'll just take a break." Izumi wasn't actually too tired, but now that the weather is starting to get hotter, he sweats when he moves, which is uncomfortable.
"Drink some water." Electrolux handed him the kettle he had with him.
Izumi thanked him, opened the lid and looked up with a big mouthful, and looked at the wind speed dog that stopped in front of him and waited for the leaf elf.
The wind dog's belly is already very large, and Izumi expects his delivery to be just a few days away, so he has been paying more and more attention to his situation recently.
Behind her, Miranda walked over slowly, sat down in a flower-filled pavilion as she had done the other day, took a bunch of papers from the maid's hand and processed them, and looked up from time to time at her two children playing with the monsters on the lawn outside the pavilion, and smiled knowingly.
Madame Bajin waved the maids to bring snacks and tea, and when she saw the smile on the hostess's face, she also smiled: "Since the return of His Royal Highness Ismail, the whole castle has been much more lively. ”
"yes." Miranda nodded in response, "It's a lovely bunch of kids. ”
Madame Ba Jin knew that she was talking not only about the little prince and the little princess, but also about those magical beasts.
"I was shocked at first." Mrs. Ba Jin patted her chest with palpitations, "Whose demonic beasts are not in cages?" But these magical beasts of His Royal Highness Ismail don't need to be shut up, and they are very obedient, and they have never been seen hurt anyone. ”
Miranda smiled as she listened to her talk about the excellence of these monsters, nodding her head in response from time to time, and the master and servant chatted happily while working.
But there were some minor accidents on the lawn.
Angela came down to play with her brother after running a few laps on the flash, she was much more cheerful now than before, and she was less repulsive to the people, although she still didn't like the maid to follow, but she wouldn't go out of her way to avoid it.
She saw that Quan was holding a little elf egg to care for it, so she came to the happy egg to see the lily root loosening soil it gave herself, the pink and round happy egg was very popular with the little girl, and the two leaned together although the language was different, but they also got along very happily.
Happy Egg is now loosening the soil for it, and it is also necessary to check the condition of the elf egg, but in a few days, the elf egg under the lily root has grown a lot, and they have to let them replace the lily root with a bigger new pot every day.
Then, as they watched, a glimmer of light leaked from the pot's soil.
Angela's eyes widened, and then she called out to her brother in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Izumi walked over with the hatcher containing the elf eggs.
"Brother, the doll is glowing! Is the doll coming out? ”
Izumi once told Anjieya that the elf eggs glow when they hatch, so as soon as Anjieya saw the lily root glowing, she thought that the elf eggs inside were about to hatch.
Izumi hurriedly picked up the soil layer on the surface of the pot, and sure enough, he saw the glowing elf egg underneath.
"Well, it's going to hatch." He carefully dug through the fluffy dirt and took out the elf egg inside.
The flashing elf egg quickly attracted everyone's attention, and everyone gathered around, even Miranda took her skirt and walked over, "What's wrong?" ”
Her eyes were fixed on the glowing egg in her youngest son's hand, she knew that Izumi had given An Jieya a flower that would hatch a demonic beast, and at this time the egg was shining one by one, and the plants on the egg had already fallen off automatically in the flash.
"It's the egg that's about to hatch."
Izumi and Happy Egg checked the situation of the elf egg together, and after making sure that they didn't see any problems, they breathed a sigh of relief. But I still feel a little uneasy in my heart.
The speed of this egg is only faster, and Izumi's own elf egg was born earlier than this one, and it has not yet hatched, but this one has already started, probably because he asked the wood magician to give birth before.
Of course, it is not excluded that his own elf egg has been kept in the backpack, and the time flow in the backpack is slower than the outside world, which also affects the speed of egg hatching.
After doing the examination, Izumi put the elf egg in Anjieya's arms, "Hold it, wait for the light of this egg to become very bright, you can close your eyes, but don't let go of it, you know?" ”
"Well, I'm not letting go." Angela nodded vigorously.
The frequency of the lily root's egg glowing faster and faster, and the movement here also attracted other people, I don't know when a lot of servant guards have gathered around them, even His Majesty Raymond and the two princes, as well as Balthazar, who is still a guest in the castle, appeared, they whispered about Miranda's situation here, and after the latter told them, everyone did not leave, just waited to see how the glowing egg hatched.
Originally, they had never heard of or seen that the eggs of demonic beasts grow on the roots of plants, and they even glow when they hatch, so since such a thing has been encountered, of course, they have to look carefully.
Then, the flash of the egg suddenly turned into a burst of light, and the irritated people couldn't open their eyes, and when they regained their sight, the elf egg that Anjieya was holding in her arms was gone, replaced by a small green doll with closed eyes.
Under everyone's gaze, it opened its eyes.
It was a cute three-headed doll that looked like a plant, its body was mostly light green, and it had three oval dark green leaves on its head, which was the shape of a lily leaf, and the small round head with stripes looked like the bulb of an onion plant, which was what the lily should look like, and its face was white, with slender and vertical ovoid brown eyes, and it couldn't see the nose and mouth, not nothing, but it was generally not visible - otherwise how to eat.
He has petal-shaped "bibs" around his neck in the same color as the leaves on his head, and five stubby stakes on his body underneath, two of which resemble arms and two resemble legs.
It opened its eyes, and An Jieya's figure was reflected in it, and looked at it quietly for a while. It stretched out its two short arms and shouted "doll, doll" at Angela.
That cute appearance not only fascinated the onlookers, but also made An Jieya can't help but rub it hard and be happy.
It seems to feel her love, and the lily root doll began to call "doll~" again, and if you look closely, you can find that the face that originally had no mouth pulled up a thin arc, and a pair of eyes also bent up with a smile.
Izumi smiled on the side, "Looks like it likes you very much." "If he heard it right, the lily root doll is called by her mother.
But this is also the name of the first creature that the newly hatched elf usually refers to, and everyone is the same.
An Jieya smiled and nodded: "I like it too, thank you brother for giving it to me, the doll is really cute!" ”