I spent a lot of time gathering as many books as possible before deciding that it's enough. I need to continue my mission to seal all 7, and I can always come back to this library later.
So I left the library in search of any of the 7. I've already sealed 3 of them, only 4 more to go and I'll be satisfied.
While walking through the castle, I stumbled upon Valac's room. I must say, it's disgusting. There are so many bizarre things that honestly bother me, from normal sexual things to more absurd ones.
Since he wasn't in the room, I thought about leaving until I found something of immediate interest to me a dragon egg that I recognize well. It was on the bed with a small barrier around it.
However, with my current strength, I broke the barrier after punching it several times, even breaking my fingers in the process. But just being able to break the barrier was enough for me.
I took the egg and checked it, and it's definitely the Aetheris egg. There's no way I could mistake that.
So as soon as I got it, I ignored all the bizarre things in the room and ran outside. But of course, it wouldn't be so easy. As soon as I left the room and started running, I came face to face with Valac.
He stared at the egg for a moment and then at me. I think he's not very happy that I stole the egg, even though he promised to give it to me.
"I didn't know you were so eager to steal a gift that wasn't even ready yet," He said with a fake smile, but I know it's a lie. He's just stalling to not give me the egg.
The first time he gave me this gift very quickly and without hesitation, and now he has all these silly excuses for not giving it to me right away.
"It was mine, I can't believe it's considered theft to take something that is mine," I said to him, hugging the egg as if he could steal it if I didn't hold it tightly enough.
"Wrong, it's not yours yet. It was a gift to be delivered, if it was never delivered, then it's still mine," He said, reaching out his hand for me to hand over the egg, which bothered me.
"I'm not giving it, it's mine," I said, taking steps back. Aetheris is my dragon, and I'm not just going to hand it over to Valac without knowing when I'll have the chance to get it back.
"Little sister, you've been really testing my patience lately. Could you give me this egg before I lose my composure and break it?" He said with a gentle smile, but I didn't give him the egg.
"I don't owe you anything, Valac. This egg is mine," I said boldy, calling him by his name. I'll never call this monster brother again, even though it's not entirely a lie since we were both raised by the same person but with different methods.
So theoretically, we are siblings, but he doesn't deserve that title, and I won't call him that anymore.
"I see you've gotten a little stronger. Is that where your courage to challenge me comes from?" He questioned while I saw the Aetheris egg in his hands, which shocked me.
I know the 7 are stronger than me, but it's ridiculous that the difference is still so great that he could steal the egg from my hands without me noticing. I saw how he squeezed it with force and lack of care as if it could break at any moment.
"Now, little sister, I hope that..." I approached him and kicked him hard in the private parts while taking the egg from his hands and jumping out the window, a somewhat desperate action that wouldn't have made a difference in the past.
My action was so crazy and unexpected that he couldn't even react, probably never expecting that I would strike him, and even if I did, he probably never thought it would hurt.
But from the look of pain on his face, I think I'm strong enough to cause damage, and he deserved that kick a long time ago.
The window I jumped from led straight to the sky, and I'm falling. I didn't calculate well how to escape; I'm not so clever and a little impulsive. I may have made another big mistake as always.
'Great... why do I have to be so stupid...' I didn't want to see him break the Aetheris egg. He probably kept it to use against me in some form of blackmail.
I feel a tremor as the floating window I jumped from shatters, and I see him furious. I don't have time to put Aetheris in the Infinite Sides Prism, and the inventory doesn't accept storing the egg, so I just hold it close while falling.
The window I jumped from led straight to an absurdly high altitude, and I see how Valac prepares a spell, even though I don't know what it's for.
I just hold the egg to protect it from anything while falling. Soon, I'm caught by a giant hand made of pink and transparent mana as big as the castle itself. The hand tightens as I struggle not to be crushed and lose the egg.
'I-I can't reach the prism in this position,' I strain as the giant and transparent hand with a pink color tightens, but soon the hand dissipates as I see Valac being thrown down and realize it was Leviathan who punched him.
I look down, falling, but the area below is like a snowy mountain, a place I recognize as Leviathan's food store, who must have sensed Valac's mana and thought it was an attack on his territory.
'Saved by pure chance, or perhaps because of my passive ability.' I can't know; I just fall at high speed, hitting the snowy mountain with my back. It hurts a little, but the egg is protected.
And thanks to my new resistance, this fall wasn't a big deal for me. I see Valac and Leviathan arguing; Leviathan seems not to have noticed my presence.
And Valac is too furious for a rational conversation at the moment. I take the chance to run with the egg in hand. I wanted to store the egg in the Infinite Sides Prism.
But I don't want any of them to see me using that weapon as it could ruin everything, so unintentionally, I have to risk the egg's safety.
Running with all I can, I manage to descend quickly from the mountain while holding the egg, but by pure bad luck, when I'm finally below the mountain, Valac and Leviathan appear.
Leviathan has a smirk as if he heard something extremely funny while Valac is furious, perhaps kicking him where it hurts was worse than I thought.
"Okay, little one, could you say why you're so determined to be rebellious? I thought we were treating you better lately," Leviathan takes a step forward, speaking to me.
"...I just want to protect this egg. Valac promised to give it to me, but he stalled and clearly wanted to break it." Normally, I would have tried to pretend to be patient until sealing Valac, but the Aetheris egg is one of the few good things in this world.
"Listen, Valac is angry with you, as you can see, and he's ready to break this egg. I believe you don't have the capacity to defend it. I notice it's a dragon egg, so how about an agreement," Leviathan speaks as I pay attention.
"Go on."
"I had a brief conversation with Valac about what happened, and we reached an understanding of what to do about your rebellion."
"We'll let you feed the egg with all your mana, but we'll send the egg to a safe place, far away from you, and we won't return it. If you refuse, the egg will be destroyed," he says the last part seriously.
"Where will you put it?" I consider the options, but suddenly, we are in an isolated place on top of a mountain. This place seems to be outside the castle since from here, I see the castle structure in the distance.
"It can be here," Leviathan says.
"Fine..." I wanted to have Aetheris with me, but his safety is what matters most, even if I can't take care of him personally. The egg needs a lot of mana, but with all the power I currently have, I can supply all the mana needed for its birth.
I start feeding my mana to the egg while Leviathan forms a barrier and teleports some monster corpses. But Valac's irritated look makes it clear that it won't be so easy.
"Leviathan... could you make the barrier work automatically even if you're not here?" I question; Leviathan just nods affirmatively and throws a mana stone on the ground, which will probably become the catalyst.
We spend a few minutes until the egg has enough mana that putting more would be dangerous. I place the egg in a hidden corner while protecting it with pieces of my torn clothes.
It's a resilient egg, with a significant portion of my mana and, of course, Aetheris being very strong, he will be able to survive on his own. I'm just unsatisfied that I can't be the one taking care of him.
I feel like a mother abandoning her child because she wants to protect him, but still wants to be part of his life.
But even before I say goodbye, we're back in the castle in my room. I just sigh; I can reunite with Aetheris in the future if I search well. I just hope he recognizes my mana.
"Am I in trouble?" It seems they made an agreement to punish me together. Leviathan nods as he starts removing his clothes.
'Well... if both are going to have sex with me... I can seal them both at the same time,' I just remove the rest of my clothes and lie on the bed, waiting. At least I know that Aetheris will be safe with my mana.
I must not pass out; I need to seal them before they finish whatever they're going to do with me. I notice Valac also undressing; I think this is the first time I see these two together in anything.
"I see you're already wet," Leviathan says, looking at my private parts. I can't deny it; I'm irredeemably perverted, and even though I hate them, sex excites me even when it's with them.
It shouldn't be a problem to enjoy the moment a bit to seal them. Anyway, I had already planned to have sex to seal them if necessary; I just didn't imagine it would be with both of them at the same time.
'Should I consider myself lucky?'