At noon, when temperatures were highest on this planet, the conditions were also perfect for incubating giant bird eggs. That was why the giant birds went out to forage during this time, though they did not do so every day.
Naturally, Liliath did not know this, but her luck was fairly good. She had happened to arrive on a day when the giant bird had gone out to forage.
Watching the giant bird spread its wings and leave through her telescope, Liliath flashed and appeared inside the nest, which had been built from all manner of broken wood.
The nest was enormous, with a diameter exceeding a thousand meters. The two golden eggs were not small either; the diameter of their elliptical cross-sections was likely more than twenty or thirty meters. Because she had been so far away before, and because the giant bird and massive nest had served as reference points, Liliath had not thought the eggs were particularly large. Only now, at close range, did she realize they were far bigger than she had imagined.
Without hesitation, Liliath stored both eggs in her Storage Space. She deliberately left behind a strip of cloth from human clothing, then vanished from the nest with a faint smile at the corner of her lips.
With the assistance of the mole she had planted in the castle, Liliath easily infiltrated it once more. She then transferred the two eggs to a bearded man she had hypnotized. Afterward, she found a safe place to hide and waited for the show to begin.
Under Liliath's control, Big Beard walked out of the castle. In an open area before the castle gates, under the astonished gazes of everyone present, he took out the two eggs and smashed them apart with a knife.
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