A month has passed since my meeting with the little girl. Since then, I've been devouring anything that I come across; deer, monkeys, plant monsters, birds, and even the fishes and crocodiles in the rivers and lakes. And yet, I still haven't obtained that sleepy sensation once more.

Perhaps it's harder because I'm bigger and more advanced now? I have no idea.

Still, I wish I can hurry this up. I'm really anxious to talk with the humans of this world.

One day, however, something odd happens to my body.

I start to feel nauseous, like I'm going to puke any second. At first, I take a rest to combat it, attributing the disease's appearance due to me overeating and overexerting myself. However, after my rest, the feeling will not go away.

Sick of this, I try to just puke whatever is making me feel like this.

And what comes out is an egg.

No, it's not the bird eggs I've been eating. Sure, the size is about the same but it has a strange purple color to it.

And then, it cracks. One crack, two cracks, three cracks, I can only watch with fascination as it slowly opens itself.

And what's inside is something I would never expect.

A little yellow chick.

Yep, I just gave birth to a chicken.

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After playing with the little bugger for a day, I have discovered an interesting fact about it.

If you look at the cute little thing, it's an ordinary chick no matter how you look at it.

However, I can somehow control its movement. And not just that. If I stretch my mind towards it, I can move my consciousness to it, making me control the chick mainly while my butterfly body is on remote mode.

It's truly fascinating.

And with this, I can infiltrate the human village at last.

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"Hyaa! Hyaa! Come here, little chicken!"

"Ahahahahaha, get them, Nick!"

I run away as fast as I can from the rampaging little monsters. Really, just my luck. I have to stumble upon them right when I enter the village.

I manage to slip into a locked building from the gap at the bottom of the door. I take a long breath, resting my poor legs after running so hard from those darn kids.

Huh, it seems I'm now in the village's warehouse. I see stacks of wheat stored inside. So they have farms around here, it seems.

After making sure I no longer hear the kids' voice outside, I come out from the building.

I gotta find her right away.

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After sneaking into every single house, once or twice driven away from the owner, I now know that she is not in the village right now.

Perhaps she's working in the farms? Should be worth a try.

Logically, the farms should be on the opposite end of the village. I don't think they would risk building them so near to the forest.

Oh, what's that in the distance? Looks like a carriage is about to go.

Carriages, huh? I see this world is still pretty technologically backward.

Quickly, I hitch a ride in the back side.

"That will be all, young man," said the big man with a beard to the young man driving the carriage. "Now, don't forget to give my regards to Katherine, now will ya?"

"Ha, I know! I know! Still not giving up, huh? I don't think Sis will ever marry you. Big strong man like you ain't simply her type, y'know."

"Hah, what do you know about romance, you little brat? You're a mere fifteen and yet you already talk like an adult!"

"Haha, sure, sure!"

The young man laughs as he signals to his horses to start moving. He gives a hearty wave to the old man as he leaves the village.

I myself am just chilling in the back of the carriage.

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The young man whistles cheerfully as he goes past the farms. I stealthily climb left and right on the back of the carriage, looking for any signs of the young girl. So far, I only see adult men and women working. No little girl on sight.

Now I have a choice. Either to stay here and go look for her or just ride along this carriage to its destination, which I believe should be the place where they sell their goods, perhaps a city of some sorts.

Hmm, what to do? What to do?

I can still feel my link to my butterfly body, which I left right at the edge of the forest.

I am not sure what would happen to me if I were to die in this chick body. Would my consciousness be transferred to my butterfly body or would I just go to the netherworld? Obviously, it's too risky to test it.

Also, there's a range limit to this ability of mine. The further both bodies are separated, the weaker the link becomes. At this range, I don't think I can do a full consciousness transfer. I can only vaguely order the butterfly body around.

...Fine, I suppose I'll just...

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

What, what in the...

The loud roar comes from above. I look upwards and I see--

"A-a dragon! I-it's a dragon!" the young man shouts.

He is right. It is indeed a dragon.

A massive one in fact thought what dragon is small anyways?

It is heading straight towards the village.

"It's Lady Mira's dragon! Lady Mira's coming to our village!"

Without spending any second uselessly, the young man jumps off the carriage and runs back towards the village.

...Damn, he just leaves me behind. Now I have to run all the way back too.

But I have no choice in the matter. I am not going to miss what seems to be a major event like this.

Sorry, little girl, but we have to meet a little bit later.