A powerful desire to possess it surged through Gauss.
He had no idea where this emotion came from or why it had arisen.
He considered himself a fairly levelheaded person.
Yet his heart was pounding wildly, and it felt as if a voice inside him kept urging him to act.
"Don't rush."
Gauss pressed a hand lightly to his chest, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself.
"Gauss, are you all right?"
Alya had been watching him closely. Thinking something was wrong, she hurriedly asked with concern.
"I'm fine. Nothing feels wrong. I'm just a little excited. It's good news."
"Oh." Alya nodded, not quite understanding.
But when she saw that Gauss didn't look like he was in pain or discomfort, she relaxed.
That was probably what they meant by being too worried about someone to think straight.
Theron, by contrast, seemed much calmer. He glanced at Gauss, then returned his attention to their surroundings and kept watch.
Of course, it was also possible that his training as a priest gave him some special way of sensing changes in Gauss's condition, so he wasn't overly worried.
"I saw it just now. There's a pond in the middle of that grove, and a one-meter-tall Giant Egg is floating above it. But three enormous Treants are guarding the area. They're probably beyond what we can handle right now. Besides, there's also..."
Gauss told his two companions everything he had learned.
"A Giant Egg? One meter tall?" Alya held her breath. "Could it be the offspring of some extraordinary monster?"
"A white egg."
As a Druid, she had the ability to form pacts with companions, which made her naturally more sensitive to objects like this.
"Could it be a Sacred Unicorn?" she wondered, letting her imagination run wild.
The Sacred Unicorn