#also lilia vanrouge w his MARTYR COMPLEX

[chernabogs]

Ok ik we talk abt how it took Malleus so long to hatch and how Lilia must've lost magic trying to get him to hatch but like... what if it was lost trying to delay Malleus from hatching? What if, because it's easier to guard an egg then raise a child in a war, Lilia tried to keep Malleus as an egg until things died down? After all, would it not be better to raise him post-war then during a war, especially because he likely would have become involved directly (as crown prince) if born and raised right away?