Reincarnated as a Dragon's Egg

349 – Death Throes

I land next to the basilisk’s head.

My partner looks around restlessly and then upon seeing the face-up nightmare, cries out “Gaah”. The nightmare is wrapped in the light of [High Rest]. Its legs stop squirming, then after a few seconds, gets up. Great, it looks like it’s fine.

Still in the same posture that it fell in, poison dribbles from the basilisk’s mouth as its body convulses. Only its deep red eyeballs move freely, glaring at me.

Now then, how do you feel about returning my treant-san to normal? My foreleg is fine. I can cut it off later and grow a new one.

I feel something wriggling inside my mouth. It’s Aro. To be on the safe side, I’d prefer it if you stayed there a bit longer…

“No…more, I’m at my limit…”

I hear her feeble voice. I-I see… Well, the basilisk shouldn’t be able to do anything any more.

While my partner watches over the basilisk, I lower my head away from it and open my mouth and stick out my tongue. Aro rolls out, covered in saliva. She gets to her feet, her expression loose with relief.