Chapter 40 - Eggs

Geraldine is now standing in front of large ice and dropping the poison tablets on the ground which makes the red glowing light appeared inside and reached towards the tablets and goes back inside.

She tried to lean in order to see what's inside the ice, it was foggy but she could see something from inside and that was enough for her to know that it was indeed the lair of the poisonous butterfly eggs.

"I wonder why that person wasn't able to obtain these eggs," she murmured to herself as for her, she didn't really encounter extreme hardships while going up but she didn't realize that no one can stay alive from the level of her location due to the height and the coldness.

If a normal person would climb that high or a magic user that doesn't have enough mana to sustain her/himself then that person wouldn't likely survive because of frostbite and hypothermia.

But because Geraldine contains a lot of stored mana inside, the cold didn't affect her much and with the help of the heating stones, it was a piece of cake for her.

The only problem now is how can she obtain the eggs without damaging them.

Geraldine looked around the ice to see if there's a passage but she accidentally put her hand on the ice and that caused the red glow to bit her skin, causing her to bleed.

"Ouch!" She winched in pain but then she saw that the red glow absorbed her blood as they tasted poison mixed with it and that gives her an idea.

She put her palm over the ice and the series of red glowing lights goes to her palm and sucked her blood. It was painful but she bears it all for them to familiarize with her blood and makes them their master.

After a couple of minutes of feeding them with her blood, she took it away and the red glowing light becomes abnormal as it was yearning for her blood.

"I, Geraldine Gauthier wished to be your master and take care of your needs," She announced with a loud voice but there's no reaction from them. Then she puts her hand with blood dripping on the ice again but before they could absorb the poison, she draws it back.

"If you let me become your master, you don't have to worry about your thirst for poison, after all, this blood of mine will become your food but you'll have to do what I've asked for," She continued and pressed back her hands on the ice and this caused the glowing light to rampage towards her as they wanted to fill their needs.

The ice that was used as a barrier between Geraldine and their nest started to crumble which gives her way to enter inside but it's also a sign that they've accepted her to become their master.

Going inside, Geraldine could see three red eggs with a different color combination that indicates their uses.

The sight of it all makes her emotional as she pinched herself to make her realize that it was all real and she's not dreaming. 

The inside is series of red glowing lights dancing around the walls and it was the one that was feeding the eggs to help it survive but it was not enough. The eggs don't look healthy and there's a black shadow forming on the side which indicates that it was dying.

Geraldine upon seeing the situation hurriedly went to the eggs and squeeze her hands to draw out blood to feed them. When her blood touches the shells of the eggs, it absorbs her blood and Geraldine could hear fluttering sounds, like tiny wings flying behind her ears but when she looks back, there's nothing around.

After completing to feed the eggs with her blood, Geraldine felt dizzy causing her to fall on the ground with labored breathing.

"It was worth it," She murmured before she started to lose her consciousness.

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The pain in her hand startled her awake, her body is aching like she has been thrown away multiple times. When she opened her eyes, she was no longer inside the cave but in the forest where she left her horse.

"Oh sh*t, was it all a dream?" She muttered in nervousness but then the pain on her palm makes her realize that it wasn't a dream. 

That's when she looked at the side and saw the three eggs sitting comfortably on the hays with the red glowing light moving around them. 

"How do I get down from here!?"