I look over the eggs but one peculiar egg catches my eye, the white one with the gold markings. I pick it up and as I do, the markings start to glow and then shift and transform into different markings.
"I'll buy this one." I say while closer inspecting the markings. The tent kobald nods and puts out his hand, "That will be two gold please." I take two more gold from my pouch and start walking back over. I hand him the gold while I input mana into my coat and create a pocket for the egg on my right peck with a button over on it. I put the egg in and pick up my books.
"Thank you, have a good day." I say while looking back. The kobald waves and goes back to reading his book, I get a closer look and the title reads, "How to survive in the world of Arckáro, a fantasy book by Dom Gadmin." I leave the tent and start walking back home while carrying the new books I got.
I walk through the serene park and make it back home with no troubles. I walk into the door and dad looks over at me from in the living room. "So how was your trip?"
I look back at him and smile, "It was fun! I explored the town a bit and bought some things." Ping!
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"New Quest"
"Adventurous Soul."
"This is your first time exploring you new world, maybe your town is a good start!"
Goal: Explore and return before dinner
Reward: 2 Gold
Completed
Click to redeem reward(s)
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'Accept.'
"I can see that, but what is that thing in your chest pocket?" He asks while motioning his head at the leather covering on my coat. I look back at him after accepting the mission reward and putting the gold back in my pockets.
"This is an egg I bought from a kobald. I am gonna try to hatch it."
"Can I look at it, there are many scammers after all."
I look at the egg covered in the pouch, "Sorry no, I want to keep it a secret for now, I bought a book about magic beasts so I might have a chance to find out what it is."
He nods, "Alright, but if it's a dangerous creature, please tell me."
I nod back and run up to my room and I set down my new books on the desk. I then look around till I find some clean clothes and I curl them up into a little nest which I put the egg in.
'Now that I have an egg, how the hell do I take care of one?' "Meow....." goes Winter, unsure how to answer his master. I think for a bit before going out and knocking on Aeron's door.
He peaks out and looks at me, "Hey there little brother, what do you need?"
"Do you know how to take care an egg?" I ask him, hoping against hope he will know.
He looks at me for a moment, his face confused. "Why didn't you go ask mom to scramble it?"
I stare at him dumbfounded. "I meant raise."
He frowns, realizing his misunderstanding. "I have the equipment to take care of one but never have, do you want to borrow it?"
I nod. "Alright, give me a minute and I'll help you set it up in your room." He says as he opens the door the full way and walks over to a cabinet in his room. I look around, astonished at everything. He has diagrams of what I assume to be magic circles, alchemy sets everywhere with all different types of colors in them. He taps me on my shoulder after I was mesmerized by his equipment.
"Let's go to your room and get this thing set up." I walk behind him as we walk down the hall and into my room, he sets what looks like a giant box on my dresser with a glass window and hits a button, making an orange glow in the middle from the top.
"This is how you activate it, it uses a fire crystal to keep the egg heated and this.." he points to a knob. "..changes the temperature in it. I recommend medium temperature since we don't know what egg your hatching. Speaking of, where is it?" He says while looking around, I tap his shoulder before he sees it and grab his attention, "I don't want to show people because I don't know it's value, so please don't look at it."
He shakes his head and turns around, walking out the door. "Thank you!" I say as he leaves. He reenters his room and shuts the door, not another word uttered from him. I shut the door, And then I walk over and grab the egg from it's makeshift nest and put it in the incubator. Letting it stay warm.
I then walk over to my desk and grab the magic creature book, checking the index. 'Da da da da...here it is, egg hatched creatures.' I flip through the section and stop at one page, this page shows an egg in the bottom right corner, a white one with gold markings on it, in the middle of shifting.
"This creature egg is sought after by many but seen by few. The type of creature that will come out varies on the person themself, but the creature is usually a powerful storm of nature. Some species can only come from this egg. If you are the owner of one of these beauties, be careful. This egg will usually hatch within three days of continuous good conditions and will bond with its owner so strongly that it is inseparable."
I sit there silently, wondering what the hell I just bought.
'Should I tell my dad? He has seen weird and horror but this....I'm not sure. Okay, I'm keeping this a secret for now....wait a minute. That kobald....he knew about this! He had to having this book!' I am in awe at that realization, but then a question occurs to me.
'But then why did he sell it to me and for two gold no less?' I sit there and ponder for a bit but come up with nothing. 'I'll ask him next time I see him....if I see him again.' I glance at the egg.
'Guess all I can do is wait.'