Act 6

After leaving the village, we again entered the woods. I left the village because I had to go to the northern continent as soon as possible.

"Looks like the sun's going to set soon."

"I better hunt something to eat for the night."

I tightened the baby on my back with the scarf that I got from the village. and put a sleeping spell on her.

"Let's go deep into the woods to hunt down something." 

When I went deep into the forest, I heard lots of animal noises coming from every direction.

But I had some uncomfortable feelings, because I feel like something is watching over me from the woods.

"Oh, a deer!"

When I spotted the deer, I approached it slowly without making a sound.

And when I got close enough, I dashed toward it, and with the help of the sword, I sliced its head off. I did not even give it a chance to react.

"Well, you're going to be my meal for two days."

Rustling

"What the!?"

"I think something is approaching us." I tightened the sword in my grip.

*Whoosh* 

*BOOM* 

"_"

*Growl*Growl* 

*Hiss*Hiss* 

"What the!? "Whyis there a magical beast in this forest, and not one but two?"

*Hiss*Hiss* 

*Growl*Growl* 

"A serpent with wings and a wolf!"

"Why are they clashing with each other?"

*!?* 

"Hmm, oh, look, a demon brat."

"What the!? "It's just talk."

"Yeah, your right, and what is he doing in our domain?"

"The serpent also spoke!" I don't know what's going on, but with the aura they are imitating, they are dangerous.

They slowly walked toward me, and without even realizing it, I dashed toward them and swung a sword at both of them.

*Clank* 

"What, not even a scratch!"

"Hey brat, calm down. You don't need to jump at us like that. We won't eat you."

With their voices, they both look to be female.

"Then what are you going to do with me?" I asked nervously.

"Well, to be exactly... nothing."

"Huh!?" I was surprised by what the female serpent just said.

"Oh, you have a little human baby on your back."

"Wait a moment, why do demons have a human baby?" The female wolf became angry when she saw the baby on my back.

"Oh, she? "I found her when the bandits attacked her family."

"And so what happened to her family?" Wolf asked.

"They were killed by bandits."

"So how did you get her then.." This time, serpent was the one who asked.

"Well, to tell the truth...." After that, I explained everything that happened, even what happened to my family. I tell them everything.

"Hmm, so you are a demon prince then, huh!?"

"Well, I was but not now." When I say that, the two magical beasts looked at each other and nodded their heads.

"Oh yeah, that's right. Well, anyway, come with us."

"Come where?"

"We take you to our home." After that, I followed them deeper into the forest.

*********** 

"This is our home."

"What the!?". I can't believe what I was seeing before my eyes.

"As you can see, Leo, we are already dead."

"We are just spirits now."

*!?* 

In front of me, there were two dead magical beasts... the dead magical beasts have lots of missing parts, like their heads, and it was an unpleasant site to see. 

"But how did this happen!?"

"It's because of those damn human hunters."

"They are a lot stronger than us."

"We can't even leave a scratch on them. They're like invincible."

"Anyway, forget about that Leo; we brought you here because we want you to do something for us."

"Hmmm, and what's that thing you want me to do?"

"Come with us inside the cave."

There was a big cave in front of us, but I did not see that when we came here.

When we entered the cave, I saw two glowing stones.

"What are those stones?"

"That's not a stone; that's an egg."

"What!?"

"This is what we asked you to do. They are our eggs. So would you please take care of them for us?"

"In the future, they will be a great help to you."

"So, will you do that for us?" The serpent asked in a low voice.

"We know it's a selfish request to make, but we can't protect them all the time."

"Hmmm, okay!" After thinking for a moment, I decided to take care of them.

"But why are you both trusting me with your eggs?"

"Well, it's simple. Your family was killed by humans, but you are still taking care of the human baby that you have never met... that reason is enough for us to trust you," Wolf said with a joyful voice.

"But I have another question: why did the human hunters not take your baby? And why were you two fighting earlier? Oh, and the wolf also lays eggs."

"Boy, calm down." "Don't ask so many questions at once."

"Oh, sorry, I got carried away."

"Well, anyways, the first question is answered by saying that this cave can't be seen that easily because we cast a spell that will not let anyone see it, and that's why the hunters didn't take the eggs."

"And for the second question... we got bored, so we decided to fight with each other to kill the time."

"And for the last question, yes, we wolves lay eggs, but only magical wolves, not ordinary wolves."

"So Leo, will you please take good care of our babies? It will take 5 years to hatch them; magical beasts are different from normal wild beasts after all."

"And don't worry. In return, we will give you something for taking care of our babies."

"And what is that?"

"We know that you want to be strong to kill the demigods."

"So it will help you."

"Oh, okay."

"So are you ready, Leo? This is going to be our last farewell.."

"Yeah, I'm ready."

After that, they suddenly went inside me.

Leo's eyes became like a serpent's eyes, and his body was filled with the strength that the wolf has.

*Huff *huff* 

"Damn, I'm out of breath."

"So this is what they mean by help... I can feel a big change in my body."

"Well, Leo, we hope you gave our babies lots of love and care." A voice of a wolf and serpent echoed inside the cave.

"Yeah, I won't worry."

-to be continued.