With that, he vanished without a trace.
After Cloud Incarnate Dust's consciousness dispersed, the entire courtyard gradually faded away as well, leaving behind only darkness.
Before long, Torikaze slowly opened his eyes. He sat up and looked around, only to find himself at home.
He was not sure whether everything that had just happened had been a dream or reality.
But then he noticed the two gleaming white eggs beside him, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"It wasn't a dream. The two Celestial Crane Eggs are still here."
He carefully picked up the two Celestial Crane Eggs and checked them over. Seeing that they had not been damaged, Torikaze finally relaxed.
But then a fatal problem presented itself before him.
There was nothing wrong with the Celestial Crane Eggs, but how was he supposed to hatch them?
Torikaze certainly could not do it himself. He could not exactly tuck them against his chest and carry them around every day, could he?
A thought surfaced in Torikaze's mind: What about finding an old hen? Let it do me this little favor?
"I remember Auntie Kato's family has an old hen. Should I go borrow it tomorrow?"
The two families were so close that Mrs. Kato probably would not mind. After all, he was merely asking her old hen to incubate some eggs.
To have the chance to hatch Cranes, it would not have lived its life in vain.
Right, no time like the present!
At that moment, the old hen at Mrs. Kato's house was strolling around the yard, utterly unaware that it was about to become a mother without warning.
If it could speak, it would surely say, "You're asking too much of this old hen."
Torikaze opened the System Shop and searched through it again, hoping