Blessing Of Yuri Goddess-Chapter 404 - 112 - That was... Evolution Effect?
I sat kneeling in front of my mother, who seemed to want to scold me, but her anger was diverted by her curiosity to examine the hen spurs. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
The exploding spurs of the hen are currently became the center of attention for those who witnessed the exploding incident.
"Lily, can you explain this?"
"Why did this happen?" my mother asked, her eyes widening with a curious look.
I knew that I had made a fatal mistake that made my mother panic and release a high-level magic spell that formed a protective dome over the sky.
After experiencing a surprise attack from a flock of dragons controlled by tamer magic, my mother had prepared a protective magic spell ready to be used at any time. Due to the explosive sound coming from the hen’s spurs, that high-level magic spell was wasted in vain.
I felt a little bit guilty about this and volunteered to take responsibility.
"I don’t know, Mama," I answered while looking at my mother, who was standing in front of me.
"I didn’t know that two spurs from... f-from a hen... would explode like that," I said, providing additional context so that my mother would understand my point of views, for not knowing that hen spurs could explode.
"At first, I just talked to this hen about the problem I must overcome. The problem of me, who wanting to create a new secret weapon to carry out a surprise attack."
"This hen gave me an idea by giving me a mysterious, sharp spur. The moment I received the spur that contained some of her magical energy, the hen took a stance to attack Mio from a distance."
"I know... the attack that this hen wants to do is aimed to Mio, and not very deadly for a throwing spur. I believe... Mio can parry or evade it."
"However, my hand moved reflexively to block that attack using the spur provided by the hen... by throwing it and exploded," I said while explaining what had happened from my perspective.
Quite a detailed explanation and covering some important parts...
After all, I was the one who caused this problem as both the perpetrator and the eyewitness...
It’s really funny, isn’t it?
My mother shrugged her shoulders after hearing my explanation, which was filled with various illogical and made-up reasons.
"If it were to save Mio, I think it’s a reasonable thing..."
"But why is the sound of the hen’s spurs so loud that they create a huge fireball in the sky?" my mother continued to ask, pressing her words and gazing at the morning sky that was starting to be illuminated by the light of the almost-rising sun.
I glanced at the hen and made a hand gesture to ask for her explosive spurs.
By moving my finger to ask for some pieces of spurs growing on her legs, the hen understood my intention and showed me her legs filled with explosive spurs.
As the hen showed off her legs filled with explosive spurs, my eyes saw residual magical energy coming from the hen’s spurs.
Seeing that, I began to realize that this hen’s spurs were in a critical phase and were not safe to use for close-range attacks.
Is that why this hen uses ranged attacks like throwing projectiles from her feet?
That makes sense to me...
If a hen’s spurs are unstable, the powerful explosive effect will naturally injure her. In contrast, a rooster’s spurs are relatively stable and strong, making them best suited for close-range attacks.
Cttaakkk...
Cttaaakkk...
After showing off the spurs growing on her legs using unstable magical energy, the hen beside me crowed confidently.
"Peekkook!!"
Because the conditions at this time were still in the early morning and the hen wanted to welcome the sunrise, she crowed out of loud, and the rooster also crowed when the hen beside me crowed.
"Kkuukkuurruuyyuukk!!" The loud cry of the rooster was in tune with the crowing of the hen.
In the early hours of this cold morning, I saw the romantic action of a pair of rooster and hen, while I was being judged after making a mistake.
"To be honest, I don’t know either, Mama."
"If you want, there are some samples you can examine."
I quickly picked up some of the hen’s spurs that had fallen off the hen legs and reached out my hand to hand over them to my mother, while still maintaining my kneeling position on the ground.
My eyes, who sensitive to magical energy, had already detected residual magical energy leaking from the hen’s spurs.
By design, I believe, it has something to do with the explosive effect that is easily triggered by small vibrations that damage the structure of the hen’s spurs.
I wouldn’t confirm that further without further research.
Since my mother is curious about this explosive spur, I will hand over this hen’s spur for my mother to examine.
"S-Some samples to examine?" my mother replied, reaching out to take the hen’s spurs from my hand.
My mother immediately examined one of the hen’s spurs, which looked different from the rooster’s. Its distinct size and shape piqued her curiosity, make her to cast an analysis spell.
However, after casting a high-level protective dome spell, she only examined it visually and save her magical energy for other use.
"Usually, hens don’t have spurs, right?" my mother asked, curious about this.
"Y-Yes?" I replied in a tone that was unsure of my own answer.
"As far as I remember, a hen’s spurs were very small and almost invisible to the naked eye. But seeing a hen’s spurs like this... doesn’t it look more like an arrowhead, Lily?" my mother continued, a wide smile on her face.
Gluupp...
I immediately swallowed my saliva after seeing my mother’s wide smile, a dangerous smile that would only happen when my mother thought of a strange idea in her head.
"This will be a fun experiment," my mother said, smiling and playing with her fingers as if she were doing a light warm-up for something.
I, who was still sitting kneeling on the ground as an apology, was pulled by my mother to stand up immediately.
"I’ll turn a blind eye to this, as long as Lily helps Mama do something," my mother said while still smiling broadly.
I can feel a bad feeling about this.
Nod...
Without the freedom to refuse my own mother’s words, I nodded my head in agreement.
"Good answer, Lily."
"Now... show it to your mother, the effect of the hen’s spurs exploding with the target of the attack... Hmm, it will fun if the target is... the magic protective dome that is currently active, right?"
My mother’s orders were as extreme as usual, to the point that I was speechless.
"Y-Yeeess..." in an obedient tone, I immediately took the hen spur that was in my mother’s hand.
"Mom’s not angry, Lily. I was just surprised..." my mother whispered as my hand reached for the spur of the hen she was holding.
"Um, yeah, I know that, Mama," I replied awkwardly.
After my hand held the hen’s spur, I could feel the unstable flow of the hen magical energy and the residual magical energy slipping out.
"This residual leakage of this spur... is the main problem cause, huh?" I muttered softly and took some preparation to throw the hen’s spur at the target my mother had designated.
Since this was a test of the explosive spurs made by the hen, I could see her flapping her wings as if she was supporting me to throw her explosive spurs with all her might.
Its shape, which is similar to the sharp point of an arrow, has given me a brilliant idea in my head. By whispering and reciting a spell that gathers a whirlwind at the tip of my index finger, I try to point my index finger upwards.
My magic incantation was almost complete, and a large whirlpool of wind had appeared at the tip of my index finger.
"Oh, using the wind pressure to create a vortex to throw the hen’s spurs. That’s a brilliant idea, Lily!" my mother praised, keeping her eyes on me, watching the test being conducted on the hen’s spurs.
Several hen’s spurs flew through the air and gathered at the center of the vortex around my index finger. By raising my hand upward, I quickly released the air pressure gathering at the tip of my index finger and prepared to withstand the impending explosion.
Blaassttt!!
As the wind pressure shot upwards and carried the hen’s explosive spurs, I immediately used Sakura Dash and Sakura Vanish to quickly escape the blast radius.
Swaasshhh...
Swssaahhh...
The moment I was in a safe place, my ears were immediately filled with the sound of a loud explosion that echoed through the air.
BAAAAMMM!!
BAAAMMM!!
The explosion was far louder than the explosive effect of two hen’s spurs exploding simultaneously. The unstable residual magical energy was too dangerous for anyone to misuse.
My question at this point is, why does a hen that has evolved into a monster have such terrifying abilities like this?
I know that monster evolution aims to provide a chance of survival in extreme environments.
However, for this explosive spur...
Isn’t the evolution experienced by these two chickens too extreme?
A rooster’s spurs that can cut through hard dragon scales and a hen’s spurs that can explode, wouldn’t that be considered too extreme... for an evolution?
I don’t want to think that their evolution is a bad thing, because the stealth slime herd also experienced the same thing when they all evolved and had a body shape similar to humans.
"Uwwaahh... that explosion effect is no joke," I muttered after successfully saving myself from the radius of the explosion effect and leaving my mother, who was affected by the explosion blast.
"That was a serious explosion effect, Lily-sama," said someone beside me.
As soon as I turned to the side, I could see Mio and Madam Estelle sitting together in a place safe from the effects of the explosion.
The person who talked to me earlier was Madam Estelle, and she approached me slowly, together with Mio.
"Lily-sama, has Marchioness Amagi finished scolding Lily-sama?" Mio asked as she tried to peek from a safe spot.
Without me realizing it, the safe place I was heading to was behind the central command tent, which contained various kinds of supply equipment.
Mio, who was recently affected by the blasts of the explosion, was being treated by Madam Estelle behind the central command tent.
From Mio’s appearance, who not wear any bandages and the smell of her body containing herbal medicines, looks so fine.
"Y-Yes, Mama has finished scolding me and is curious about the exploding spurs of the hen," I replied while watching Mio’s face, which was smiling with sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness, fortunately, Marchioness Amagi wasn’t too angry with Lily-sama."
"Y-Yeah, that’s a good thing. More importantly... I’m sorry I hurt you, Mio."
Unconsciously, I said a sentence containing an apology to Mio.
It’s because...
I feel guilty after hurting and involving her...
