About Episode — Frothar

The first time I saw Frothar after its evolution…

I honestly thought I was dreaming.

One second Fregalis was floating beside the sanctuary pond like always, happily chirping and splashing foam everywhere…

and the next?

The entire underground sanctuary was glowing with rainbow mist.

Now Frothar drifts through the halls of the pyramid sanctuary like some ancient spirit from the deep marshes of Nibiru. Its long ribbon-like tail trails behind it gracefully while tiny bubbles float around its body nonstop.

But despite looking elegant and mysterious…

Frothar is still unbelievably sweet.

It follows me everywhere.

Sometimes I’ll wake up in the middle of the night only to find it hovering near the ceiling watching over the room while everybody sleeps. Aura Beak pretends he isn’t scared of it, but every time Frothar suddenly appears from the fog he jumps three feet into the air.

Luna still laughs about that.

One of the strangest things about Frothar is its foam.

The bubbles it creates aren’t normal.

When they pop, people sometimes see memories.

Not illusions…

actual memories.

The first time it happened to me, one of the bubbles burst against my hand and suddenly I was reliving the moment I first arrived at Luan Academy. I could hear the engines of the rover docks, smell the metal rain in the mountain air, and even hear Professor Lang yelling because I nearly fell off the transport rails.

Professor Lang became obsessed with studying Frothar after that.

Apparently there are almost no records of one ever existing inside a human sanctuary.

Most ancient writings describe Frothar as guardians of hidden waters and forgotten ruins deep beneath Nibiru’s marshlands.

Which honestly explains why it acts so protective.

Whenever danger gets close to the sanctuary, Frothar immediately changes.

The soft smile disappears.

The bubbles stop floating.

And those giant spoon-like arms begin glowing crimson red.

I saw it happen when rogue scavengers tried sneaking into the lower greenhouse chambers looking for Blue Carnivora Bloom seeds.

Frothar floated silently into the hallway…

and the entire corridor filled with thick foam.

Nobody could move.

Nobody could even see.

The scavengers ran screaming after Frothar’s haunting Marsh Song echoed through the halls.

Afterward?

Frothar went right back to floating peacefully beside the pond like nothing happened.

That’s just who it is.

A peaceful guardian.

A living memory keeper.

And honestly?

Even after evolving into something ancient and powerful…

it still curls around me exactly the same way Fregalis used to.