novelno Chapter 591 Secrets
Chapter 591 Secrets
The giant egg that fell from the sky shattered the peaceful life of the sparrow couple.
They curiously examined the giant black-striped egg that had smashed their gate—it was almost as tall as a five- or six-year-old child. Could such a huge egg have been laid by a couple in Sparrow Village? It seemed unlikely.
The sparrow couple collected the giant egg, and the next morning they pushed their cart all over town, shouting and trying to find out who had lost this enormous egg.
People gathered around as if they were seeing something extraordinary, and everyone was excitedly discussing how the sparrow couple in the south of the city had found a huge egg in their yard, but no one went to claim it.
"We searched the whole city but no one claimed it, so we adopted the egg," the sparrow father continued.
"At first, we had a hard time adjusting to the incubation process—it was so big that our incubation bed at home couldn't fit it at all. So we laid out a new, large incubation bed on the floor inside the house and wrapped it in our wings together every night."
"Back then, we were wondering what the egg would look like after it hatched? Would it be a boy or a girl?"
"If it's a boy, I'll name him... um... Yuanyuan, and he'll come with me to learn how to do business."
"If it hatches into a girl, we'll name her Sasha. Her mom will teach her how to train. With an egg this big, she'll definitely be able to fly and fight. She'll be absolutely amazing."
Sparrow Dad picked up his paper cup, took a sip of water, and moistened his throat.
"……later."
"One night, I was selling goods in the next town and staying in a hotel when I received a call from her. She said that the giant eggs in the incubator were moving."
"I immediately bought the earliest train ticket for the next morning and rushed back to the village to stay with her and watch over the egg, cheering on the little one inside."
"Sasha was quite determined back then. We didn't give her any help, and she tore the eggshell open from the inside all by herself. I still remember the look in her eyes when she poked her head out with half of the eggshell on her head."
"Her eyes are amber, with dark and bright pupils. When she was little, her face was round, and her neck could turn 180 degrees. She was about the same height as a five-year-old in the family when she was just hatched, and by the time she was six, she was as tall as her mother."
Sparrow Dad's face was filled with joy.
"Her feathers were fully grown when she was three years old, and she learned to fly with her mother when she was three and a half. When she was five, she could fly across the village and back without stopping. When she was eight, she could fly around the village without touching the ground."
"When Sasha was little, her favorite thing to do was fly around the village. When she got tired, she would find a high place to rest and help the passing aunties carry some goods to higher places. She was also a first-class needleworker and could easily alter a few clothes. Everyone in the village liked her very much."
"The only pity is her strange illness that prevented her from flying that night... We tried many medications and saw many doctors, but none of them could help."
"...Aside from that strange illness, those days were the happiest time of our lives."
At this point, Sparrow Dad couldn't help but close his eyes, letting out a pleasant chirping sound, as if humming a traditional folk song.
The village gradually grew and prospered, lovers finally got married, and their children grew up happily and started their own families. The adopted little daughter, although she was quite big, was also very promising and popular. It sounded like a happy and fulfilling story.
It was indeed a wonderful time.
……but.
As she thought about what happened next, Su Tianqing's smile gradually disappeared, her brows furrowed, and she became serious.
"Just last month."
After humming the tune, Sparrow Dad opened his eyes, stared blankly at the ceiling, and said softly.
"That night I was selling goods in the city, and for some reason I couldn't fall asleep no matter how much I tossed and turned."
Suddenly, I received a call from Sasha. She kept crying on the phone, and it was very noisy and chaotic around us.
"Sasa said that she encountered a terrifying shadowy monster on her way home from school. The monster attacked the school and the village, destroyed the amusement park and shopping mall, smashed the village's largest movie theater, and caused trees to wither and houses to burn wherever it went."
"I told Sasha to hurry up and escape with her mother, brother and sister. Sasha can see clearly at night and can lead everyone to escape up the mountain."
"later…………"
Sparrow Dad didn't continue.
The conference room door was pushed open from the outside at some point, and the eagle owl girl stood at the door listening quietly, her lips pursed, her eyebrows lowered, her ear feathers and wings drooping, looking depressed and dejected.
"Sasha, when did you get here?"
"I'll take care of what happens next," the winged girl said softly.
Sparrow Dad's mouth was slightly open as everyone in the conference room watched the winged girl walk to her father's side and sit down. Staring at the paper cup of water on the table, she recounted everything that had happened that night:
"It appeared from the hill behind the school."
"It landed in front of the school gate from the sky. I had just walked out of the school gate and was about to take off to go home before sunset. I was startled by it."
"Everyone around was scared... It was very black, very big, and looked like a large black bird, except its eyes were... were..."
After a brief hesitation, Sasha switched to a less practiced description:
"Its eyes are as bright as golden embers, it can let out a terrifying howl with a single mouthful, and it can swallow people on the roadside into its darkness with a single flap of its wings."
"When it spotted me, it ran straight toward me."
The winged girl instinctively wrapped her wings tightly around her body, her face deathly pale, as if she was still terrified by the scene.
"I was so scared, so I kept running and running, and the monster kept chasing me..."
"Later...later I thought I had gotten rid of it. I was very scared at that time, so I called my dad and ran home to call my mom and my older brother and sister to escape to the mountain together."
"It was completely dark by then, and everyone could only barely see the road with flashlights, so I led my mom and the others as we ran—"
"...Just when we were about to reach the mountain pass, that pitch-black monster blocked our way."
"It grew to be enormous, several stories high, and everyone was terrified and scattered. I didn't know what to do next."
"But, but...!"
Sasha raised her head and looked at Messiah, Su Tianqing, and the other two across the table. Her eyes were filled with tears, which were now streaming down her cheeks in large drops.
"My mom stood in front of me."
"She told me to run away quickly, saying she couldn't see anything at night and would only be a burden to me, and told me to run up the mountain alone..."
"Mom...she...she finally..."
"Waaaaah, waaaaahhhhhh..."
Tears streamed down her face. The girl, finally unable to contain her overwhelming grief, buried her head in her wings and sobbed, trembling as she whimpered:
"She lunged at the monster... Even though my mother couldn't see anything at night, she still bit and kicked at the monster..."
"She screamed for me to run, but I soon couldn't hear her anymore—she sank into the shadows surrounding the monster, the monster... that ate my mother..."
Hearing this, Su Tianqing broke out in a cold sweat.
I could feel Sasha's intense sadness and fear, but for some reason, a strange...anger welled up inside me.
The fox's tail stopped swaying and grew much thicker. The entire fox trembled slightly in this complex emotional resonance, and had to take several deep breaths to calm its restless heart.
"It's okay, Sasha, all of that is in the past."
Messiah was the first to calm down from the emotional shock, speaking to comfort them before turning her gaze to Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu.
"You two should know what happened next. The magical girl Akayuki, who was living in the area, rushed to the scene and fought a fierce battle with the monster that attacked the village, defeating and eliminating it. Akayuki herself was also seriously injured and has only recently recovered and been discharged from the hospital."
The half-true, half-false message about the Messiah actually sounds quite reasonable.
After calming Sasha down, the people around the conference table quickly discussed the details of the upcoming funding.
Sasha was initially quite surprised by her sponsors, Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu, but quickly accepted the situation after Messiah's explanation. Since they were already acquaintances, they had a pleasant conversation, and the specific sponsorship projects were quickly finalized.
With the association's subsidies and the funds provided by sponsors, a total of 100,000 yuan in scholarships and living expenses were deposited into the account every month, which was similar to the amount of money Wang Xiaowang received during his project.
Sparrow Dad was moved to tears and hopped around Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu for a long time, saying he wanted to sing the chirping sparrow song from his hometown to express his gratitude. However, Sasha smiled wryly and pulled him back under the eagle owl's wings to muffle his voice, so he could only make soft chirping sounds.
"Sister Tianqing, Sister Jiayu, thank you both so much!"
"Oh, why say all this? You are, after all, Karin's good friend. Just think of it as your older sisters' high hopes for you~"
Su Tianqing smiled and said goodbye after a brief exchange of pleasantries. She watched the winged father and daughter, who depended on each other for survival, take off and leave from the rooftop.
Once the two figures had completely disappeared from sight, Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu exchanged a glance, their smiles vanishing almost instantly and replaced by a tacitly serious expression.
"Little Fish, what do you think?"
"I think we need to contact Inari Red Rose and the others immediately; this matter can't be delayed," Nan Jiayu replied.
"Okay, let's do it this way. Xiaoyu, you call Rabbit and Dog, and I'll contact Inari and the others."
With a flick of its tail, the fox activated a teleportation spell, and the two instantly disappeared from the Mutual Aid Association rooftop, returning to the villainous Temple of Heaven meeting room as Heart Moon Fox and Hellcat.
"Hey, Inari-san."
"Yes, we asked for more details."
"...There's a lot of mixed news. You should come to my rooftop right away so we can talk in person."