"It... it wasn't... Yesterday, I clearly... clearly had it in my arms."
Natsu tearfully defended himself.
Seeing Natsu on the verge of tears, Erza could not help saying, "Natsu, don't cry. Mira, was it really not you?"
"I... I wasn't crying." Natsu wiped his snot and sniffled.
Lisanna hurried over to comfort him. This made Mira unable to endure it any longer. Unable to vent her anger on her younger sister, she could only direct it at Erza.
"It must have been this stiff woman who took the egg."
Erza immediately shot back, "You damn flat-chested woman, who are you calling stiff?"
Seeing that the two were about to start fighting like usual, Lisanna tried to comfort Natsu while also persuading her sister not to fight.
But it was hard to say the attempt had no effect; it was simply negligible. Just as she was anxiously about to cry—
Elfman, his belly bulging, timidly said, "A-actually... I took the egg."
"Because it rained yesterday, and Natsu, your sleeping posture was terrible. You didn't hold the egg properly, so I was afraid it would get cold and took it away."
As he spoke, he pulled the egg out from beneath his clothes and handed it to Natsu.
Overjoyed to have it back, Natsu then remembered what Elfman had said and could not help feeling embarrassed. After thanking Elfman, he hugged the egg tightly to his chest.
At that moment, a crack suddenly appeared on the egg in Natsu's arms.
"Ahhh, the egg... the egg cracked!"
Having just made up his mind to protect the egg properly, Natsu stared at the crack and said in panic, "What do I do? What do I do?"
At that moment, his heart felt like that crack, growing wider and wider.
Cain walked over. Sensing the