502 Dragon Egg
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“An… egg?”
Lucifer looked at the egg in front of us. It was no ordinary egg either, it was bigger than that of an ostrich egg, covered by scales and glowing with a small aura. It was very faint, but this egg was not dead nor fossilized, it was… alive.
Suddenly, Lucifer fell to his knees, his face twisted in pain, he seemed to be remembering something as he saw that egg. I also noticed something, some later drawings that the little Acacia did included a big red egg with them, they always had that egg…
…Could it be?!
“I remember now…” Lucifer muttered, slowly looking up into the egg. “This egg is… this egg is… My youngest child… The last egg Crystal laid before I flew away… I can’t believe it… Brunhild! D-Did you rescued this egg?!”
“Crystal gave it to me.” Said Brunhild. “After I woke up, she was dead, but she died protecting the egg, which was still alive and safe below her body…”
“Ahhh… Crystal…” Lucifer smiled while trying to contain his tears, he had cried too much already, so tears were hardly coming out anymore. “You’re… an incredible mother, until the very end…”
“Since then that I’ve been taking care of the egg, but over all these years, it seemed to have entered a state of hibernation. Its temperature had dropped drastically. No matter how much I tried to heat the egg with my body heat… It never worked.” Said Brunhild. “Yet… although the temperature of the egg had gone down little by little, it still somewhat alive. I don’t know what the conditions for the egg to hatch… I am sorry.”
Lucifer seemed to smile.
“It’s fine. This is also Crystal’s doing.” Said Lucifer.
“Eh?” Brunhild asked.
“She had a special magic named Sealing Magic.” Said Lucifer, caressing the egg. “She was able to seal things through time and space. She somehow wanted the egg to be found by someone related to our family. You could had hatched it before, have you never tried infusing Mana into it? Crystal’s seals break with mana.” Said Lucifer, Brunhild’s face grew paler, as she facepalmed.
“Ahh… I never tried it; I was so afraid the baby inside would die that I never did anything rash…” Sighed Brunhild. “This happens to me because I never was as mother myself…”
“Well, it’s not because of that, Crystal’s magic was done so the egg would survive no matter what. Sadly, it seems she could only cast it in a single target at the same time…” Sighed Lucifer. “Nonetheless, with this egg alone, we could… quite possibly… Maria, everyone.”
pA n,dan(-)0ve1.c0m Lucifer suddenly looked at all of us with eyes filled with determination.
“I want you all to help me… Let’s bring this egg back home and hatch it together.” Said Lucifer.
“Together?” I asked. “W-What do you mean?”
“If we all infuse Mana together, the egg will gain our characteristics and part of our powers. It was one of Crystal’s Sealing Magic abilities, it can drain energy from whatever unseals it. As a result, she planned for this egg to not only hatch when someone with the dragon bloodline infused mana into it, but she also wanted this egg to become the strongest of our family… I can tell now, so this was her plan all along…” Lucifer said.
“T-The strongest dragon?!” Partner asked.
“Is that really something that could happen?” Wondered Emeraldine.
“We have to try and see what happens.” I said. “Sure thing, Lucifer, let’s bring the egg back home and hatch it there.”
Lucifer nodded happily, as he gently held the egg.
“Can you bring it with yourself? You’re the most suited to carry it.” he said, handling the egg to me.
“S-Sure…” I said with a smile, feeling nervous as I held the egg, it was very heavy, probably weighing over fifty kilograms.
I suddenly realized I had now an even bigger mission. The mission of taking care of this beautiful egg, this child that has survived all these years, waiting to hatch one day… Maybe I’ve finally found yet another purpose to my new life.
Like that, we took off into the skies, leaving the cave where a big dragon family once lived in harmony and happiness. I gave a last glance at the drawings of the little Acacia, as I smiled.
“Thank you for everything.” I whispered, flying away.
Lucifer quickly let us jump over his back, as we flew off into the skies as fast as possible. I saved the egg inside of my own shadows, it couldn’t be more safe than in there. In just an hour and a half, we reached our village, finding that everything was alright. I noticed a large group of goblins working around the walls, they were repairing them using Earth Magic and the instructions of the chief.
“Ah! It is Maria! Lady Maria!” The Chief said.
“Everyone! They’re back!”
“They’re finally back!”
Dozens of goblins wearing very warm clothes for the cold ran towards us, greeting us all.
“Welcome home Lady Maria!” the chief said happily.
“Hey, glad to be back!” I said. “We had a lot of fun and brought a new friend. Say hello to Brunhild, this is Lucifer’s big sister.” I presented Brunhild hiding behind us.
She timidly looked at everybody and waved her hand.
“N-Nice to meet you all…” She said timidly.
“Ooh…!”
“Is she a dragon?!”
“Lady Brunhild!”
“An Ancient Dragon…”
“She’s so beautiful as well!”
The goblins all kneeled in the floor as they saw her beautiful grace. She was like a goddess by how beautiful and graceful her aura was. The goblins naturally kneeled before her. Many were instantly charmed by her adorable and timid personality too.
“T-They’re rather expressive, aren’t they?” Brunhild whispered to me.
“Well yeah, get used to them. They’re nice people though, don’t worry.” I said.
Like that, we made our way back home and quickly meet up with everyone in the hall, the citizens were all happy to see us, as I began unpacking a lot of things we brought, it was a massive haul!
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