For some reason…when the Cardinal Heroes were summoned, only three of them were human. The fourth was just a green egg with a shield attached.
Everyone sweat-dropped at the strange sight while the heroes were curious about what could hatch out of the egg.
When before the King, Motoyasu was the one to carry the egg there.
"Hm…it seems to be a monster egg. We have no idea what'll hatch from it, but…" the King says.
Ren, Itsuki, and Motoyasu all agree to take turns carrying the egg and taking care of whatever's inside.
After some time before the first Wave, the egg finally hatches. It's a black filolial with green eyes. Motoyasu's the first to cuddle him, "So cute~!"
Itsuki pets it's soft fluffy feathers, as does Ren. According to the status menu, his name is Naofumi Iwatani.
"Nao-chan!" Motoyasu yells before he's pecked hard, "Ow!"
Itsuki and Ren now know not to call him that.
As the chick grows up as they level, Naofumi eventually grows into his King Filolial shape, becoming a huge bird, though he never liked pulling wagons.
At this point, Ren and Itsuki just give Motoyasu this look like "How much did you feed him?" as it's mainly Motoyasu who feeds his monstrous appetite.
Then poof, a naked kid appears the very next day, and then the three of them start to panic.
The noise was bothersome, so the boy glares at them, "About time, idiots!"
"Naofumi-san? Is that really you?" Itsuki asks.
"Yes…for some reason, I'm a bird instead of a human," Naofumi sighs.
Motoyasu quickly gets to work making clothes for him to wear, preferably in green.
After the first Wave, during the party, Naofumi eats his fill.
Meanwhile, Myne sighs, "I don't think I can get the Shield Hero in any trouble. I'm scared he'll try to eat me."
Naofumi smirks, 'That's not a bad idea. If she harasses the kids, I'll threaten to eat her.'
Even the Church is reluctant!
A Church official asks, "Can we even harass the Shield Hero? He's a freakin' Filolial King!"
As the Pope sweat-drops, "I-i don't think so…"
Then the King says, "And since the shield hero is a Filolial, he won't be getting any reward money."
Naofumi glares, "Hey!"
Motoyasu argues, "But Naofumi did as much work as any of us! He deserves to be paid."
Ren adds, "Also he's eating up out of our wallet."
As does Itsuki, "And size-changing clothes or armor isn't cheap so…"
But it's left on deaf ears.
Queen Mirellia pride herself as a just and fair queen, but everyone knows that out of the four heroes Filolial Naofumi is the one she favors the most. So…
She asks, "What's this I hear about you trying to not pay the Shield Hero?"
The King, his husband, tries to argue, "He's just a Filolial, He-urk!"
She gives him a levelling, the death glare to end all death glares, "PAY HIM, OR ELSE…"
And so, Naofumi got paid.
Omake:
Ren asks, "Where's Motoyasu?"
Naofumi says, "Enjoying my fluff."
"~Fluffy!" he hears.
Ren silently pets Naofumi's fluff too.
At some point Itsuki, Ren and Motoyasu all decided to sleep on Naofumi because his fluff is just too comfortable.
Omake 2:
However, when Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu went out and raised their own filolials, Naofumi just pouted, especially when they began giving their own filolials head pats but not him. He's the Shield Hero! He should get head pats too. But every time the other heroes notice his depressed mood, they give him the head pats he deserves, which makes him happy
