"Heh... when the child is hungry, he looks for his mother..."
The Ink Drake sighed, its great maw curling open again into a half-smile.
"That situation you're worried about won't happen."
"Huh? Is it because he's inside your body and can absorb nutrients from you, so he won't go hungry?" Babayak guessed aloud. "Or do you have some other way to feed the child? I mean Black Star."
"Because he hasn't been born yet." The Ink Drake swayed its head, then gave an answer that left every Goblin present utterly stunned.
"Didn't Lady Evelina already give birth to him? How can you say Black Star hasn't been born yet..." Babayak was completely baffled.
"Evelina merely 'gave birth' to Black Star's shell." As the Ink Drake replied, it subconsciously raised its head toward the sky.
It seemed to sense that the gaze overhead had never faded, not even for a moment.
The Ink Drake's mood began to lose its previous calm, and it grew somewhat anxious. "As for the details, just ask Evelina directly after she returns from the God Realm."
"I need to get out of here. If I stay with you any longer, something's bound to go wrong!"
With that, without waiting for Babayak's response, the Ink Drake turned its head and began moving its massive body.
Yet just as all the Goblins, Babayak included, thought the Ink Drake was about to leave—
That enormous snake head stopped at a certain spot.
Hegros looked up at the massive head hanging above him. His eyes met the three pairs of snake pupils glimmering with a cold, eerie light, and his expression was full of confusion.
Was he in the way?
He instinctively cast Babayak a questioning look. After receiving a nod of approval, Hegros took several large steps sideways.
But