A few moments later, after the soldiers had filed back out of the room, everyone sat down again around the table to discuss the war with the giant kingdom. Once everything was clear, it turned out that the reason Murmic was at war—and why Hardim had asked for Ard and Eva's help to stop it—was that the crown prince, named Elmar Goldshield, had fled the kingdom with his lover, a princess of the giant kingdom. They had taken a national treasure with them: the last Githiess egg remaining in the world, which was being preserved so it would not hatch.
Murmic assumed Elmar was in the giant kingdom, but in reality, he didn't know where his son was hiding with the giant princess after they had placed the Githiess egg in the kingdom of the giants, where it was now being worshiped.
"So the reason the Githiess egg is there is because of your son's actions?" Ard asked.
