491-As expected it is unexpected






 A small pile of boxes towering in front of me....If this thing collapses, there's going to be an avalanche. No, well, it's the Sixth King's Festival and it's protected by a magical artefact?
 Now, this kind of lottery is a very perceptive way of looking at it. The box in the center of this huge mountain, or in a position where you can't reach it, must be the winner....
 However, it seems that this monster lottery is supervised by Mr. Magnawell, and the placement of the box seems to be completely random.

 Therefore, anyone has a chance of winning the special prize, but... well, out of the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, only one special prize is unlikely to be awarded.
 What I'm aiming for is the 10% of this pile the one with the demon egg in it. If possible, I'd like to pull the one that makes Zeke-san happy, but.......

 With Lilia-san and the others' gaze on my back, I approach the pile of boxes. It's completely random and the weight of the box doesn't change since it's a random box. If that's the case, the act of choosing and taking it would be pointless.
 At a time like this, I don't think about anything extra, just take it at random.......okay, here it is!

 For now, I take one box and show it to the attendants who are arranged around the pile of boxes. When the attendant pointed what appeared to be a magic tool in his hand to me, a '1' was displayed there.
 Probably, it is a magic tool to prevent fraud. Is it like detecting the reaction of this random box and checking the number of pieces? Anyway, I handed a gold coin to the attendant and then headed to Lilia's place.

 Zeke's budget is three gold coins... that means you can draw the lottery three times, but it would be a problem if you win three eggs, so I'm going to take them one by one to see what's inside.
 It's wishful thinking, but if the demon's egg wins with this one, it will leave two gold coins on hand, and considering the cost of keeping it, that would be better.

''........Here you go. Go ahead, Zeke-san.
Yes, sir.

 He received the random box I offered him with a nervous look, and then Zeke closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
 Although my financial sense is becoming numb lately, a single gold coin is quite a lot of money for Zeke-san. Since he had dreamed of owning a demon someday, and had been steadily saving up, the tension was natural.

''So, then, I'll open it.''

 After taking a deep breath for about ten seconds, Zeke looked around and made sure Lilia and the others nodded, then he placed the random box on the ground and lightly touched it with his hand.
 Then a blinding light was emitted from the random box, and when it subsided.....a giant egg about a meter long appeared there.

''Miss! This is.....
'Yes, I'm sure of its size! 'Large species'!

 Hearing the words that Luna-san and Lilia-san excitedly tell us, it seems that this demon's egg is of a large species. Demons are basically higher in large species than in small species.
 By the way, most dragon species are classified as large species, so this egg could be a dragon........................It's not surprising that Lilia-san is excited.

''Thank you, Kite, thank you! Really, thank you! You'll thank me for this.
No, no, don't worry about it.

 I was rather relieved that I was able to pull a demon egg. Now we just need to see if a demon is born that Zeke-san will like........

''So, let's continue............and let it 'hatch'.
'What? Hatching? Does it hatch that quickly?
'Oh, I see, you don't know that, Miyama-kun. A demon's egg is a special type of egg that hatches by pouring magic power into it. And it recognizes the person you poured magic power into as the parent. By the way, for those who can't use magic, there is a magic tool for hatching.
...I see.
Well, Belle there are some species like the behemoths that aren't oviparous.

 When I tilted my head, Fea-sensei explained it to me in a simple way. Do you recognize the person you poured your magic power on as a parent........I see, that's why demon eggs are easy to raise and popular.......

 When I nodded my head in agreement, Sieg-san confirmed it and touched the egg. With the attention of not only Lilia-san and the others, but also the attention of the surroundings, the egg that Zeke-san's magical power poured into it emits light several times and the shell begins to crack.
 And after a while, a 'dragon' of about 70cm emerged from inside and slowly spread its wings.

 
 .........Could this be.......

''Oh, oh, miss! Here, here, this can't be right!
''Yes, well no, I've never seen the real thing because it's too rare, but according to the literature, the rainbow dragon is a dragon with 'rainbow-colored wings'... ...

 I knew this was a special prize rainbow dragon! Well, seriously.....

........no.
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 Hearing Luna-san and Lilia-san's words, I thought the Rainbow Dragon had hit it, but soon after, Fea-sensei muttered with a serious expression that it wasn't.

''........Eh? Fia-sensei I don't know much about this, but isn't that a rainbow dragon?
I'm sure it's a rainbow dragon. But, you know........normally rainbow dragons have a 'white body'. And the coloration of their wing membranes wasn't this dark and distinct...
I mean...?

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 Dear Mom, Dad - Of course, I was hoping that I could draw a good one. It's just a fortuitous thing that I was able to draw a demon egg in one shot.......but yeah. The first ever special individual to come out - as expected, it was unexpected.