Chapter 186: 185 – The Golden Egg
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They reached the caves soon enough, with Fang carrying Ren resolutely, despite the latter's protests. The three royals of the Dragon Nation were quite amused with their antics.
Fang finally put Ren down when they reached the entrance to the ancient caves.
"Ren shouldn't have a problem now," Prince Uno said. "The caves are more or less flat."
Ren didn't even know what to say to that.
"Come in, children," the Dragon Queen said, leading the younger ones inside.
"The magic is very rich in here," Ren murmured as they walked into the cave.
"Indeed," the Dragon Queen said. "These are our ancient ancestral caves, after all. Legend has it that the magic in the Dragon Nation originated from here."
Seeing that both Ren and Fang looked curious about that, she chuckled. "I shall show you the family library tomorrow," she promised. "You will find a lot of unique books there, which do not exist anywhere else in the world."
Ren's golden eyes glowed with joy and Fang smiled as well.
"Ren is a bibliophile," Fang said to his royal aunt.
The Dragon Queen laughed. "I can see that," she said. "I would have thought you are the bookworm between the two of you, Nephew Fang – looks like I was mistaken."
Fang laughed as well. "I like to read, but Ren is the real bookworm," he said. "When we started dating, I was even warned that he may want to marry me in a library."
Ren swatted at Fang's arm and Fang skipped away nimbly.
"That would actually be quite nice," Princess Una said dreamily. "I wouldn't mind getting married in a library, either. At least the annoying people would be forced to remain silent…"
The Dragon Queen sighed. "Una, you are the heir to the throne of the Dragon Nation. You need to have a grand wedding or I would be terribly embarrassed," she said.
"And you need to be able to show off the gorgeous clothes I will design for your wedding!" Prince Uno chipped in right away. "What's the point of looking stunning if no one gets to see you and you don't get to hear people muttering away in jealousy? I'm going to make you and Zeus look like the most beautiful woman and man in the world – no, I will make you look so heavenly that people will think that divine immortals have descended upon the earth!" he boasted.
Princess Una laughed merrily. "Yes, yes, all right," she said, throwing up her hands in a gesture of surrender.
"Good," Prince Uno said with a satisfied nod. Then he rounded upon Ren and Fang. "That is applicable to the two of you as well! I'm going to design your wedding outfits, and I am going to make both of you look so good that everyone else will turn green with envy!" he declared.
"Thank you," Ren said softly.
Prince Uno waved away his thanks. "What are you thanking me for? You are part of the family now," he said with a huff. "But remember, you are not allowed to look for another designer for your wedding clothes! You have to tell me immediately when you decide upon the date of your wedding, and I will make your clothes myself!" He eyed Ren critically and then turned to Fang. "Make him put on a little more weight before you get married – he will look even better, then. He needs to look devastatingly handsome at your wedding! And you, Cousin Fang, must maintain your physique properly. Don't lose any weight like your Ren, and don't put on more than a few pounds unless it's muscle! You have excellent proportions at the moment, and it's best to maintain that as much as possible."
Fang chuckled. "Ren tells me I am a perfect human male specimen, even better than the anatomy model in terms of proportions," he said.
Ren facepalmed. That had been his attempt at giving Fang a romantic compliment on a dare during one of their group meals at SIMS, when Ren had been thrown a dare by their classmates. People had literally rolled around on the floor, clutching their stomachs and laughing so hard that tears dripped down their faces. It had become a trending meme for a while after that.
Princess Una tapped her chin thoughtfully. "That's a weird thing to say, but if it's the two of you, then I can somehow imagine it looking cute, even," she murmured.
The Dragon Queen and Prince Uno laughed at the same time.
The group chatted amicably until they reached the heart of the cave.
A golden egg lay in a shelf that had been carved naturally in the wall of the cave. The golden egg was as big as a football, and it shimmered under the low light as if it was made of solid gold.
"That's the one," the Dragon Queen said quietly, her previous laughter all gone now. She looked at Fang. "When Big Brother died, his magical familiar disappeared and this egg was all that was left behind," she told him.
The egg glowed suddenly, casting a warm glow over both Fang and Ren.
The Dragon Queen's eyes widened. "Go on, both of you," she said to them, a hint of excitement seeping into her voice. "Put your hands on the egg together!"
Prince Uno and Princess Una stood on either side of the Dragon Queen, looking excited as well. The egg had never glowed before! This was the first time they had seen any magic or activity around the egg at all.
Ren and Fang looked at each other. Fang swallowed nervously, his purple eyes gleaming with emotion. Ren took his hand and laced his own fingers through Fang's and then squeezed lightly.
"Shall we, my big darling?" he whispered in a soft voice.
Fang nodded wordlessly, and the two of them walked towards the egg with slow steps, hand in hand.
Ren didn't let go of Fang's hand when they reached the egg. Instead, he lifted his free hand to touch the egg, and Fang did the same.
The moment the two of them touched the golden egg, there was a blinding flash of golden light and a loud cracking sound.
All the five humans closed their eyes instinctively when this happened. A moment later, when they opened their eyes, they saw that there was a big crack right across the middle of the egg.
Then the egg broke open, and a small golden head poked out of it.
"Daddy?" a small, sweet voice echoed in Ren's head and the little creature that was peeking out of the golden egg opened its beautiful golden eyes to look at him.
Ren almost squealed in delight at the sight of the cut little thing.
The little creature shook itself, trying to break the egg shell apart, and continued to gaze at Ren until the human gave in and rubbed the little golden head with a gentle finger. The creature purred and nuzzled its head against Ren's finger.
Then the little thing looked at Fang, and Fang heard the same sweet voice that Ren had heard before in his head, except that this time, the voice said, "Papa?"
Fang's face softened and he reached out to touch the little golden head as well.
Bit by bit, the little thing broke free from its egg and stretched out its golden wings, which shimmered like a veil of gold.
"A dragon…" Fang murmured. "It really is a dragon, just like Miccan43 had said…"
Ren blinked at Fang. "Miccan43? What does this have to do with…?" he began, but he was interrupted by a small cry from the little golden dragon in front of them.
"Daddy! Papa! Hungry!" the little dragon demanded imperiously.
Ren and Fang looked helplessly at each other. They turned to the Dragon Queen.
"Er – Auntie, what do little dragons eat? He says that he is hungry," Fang asked her.
The Dragon Queen's eyes were glowing with joy already. "You can speak to him? Good, good! And he has acknowledged you as well, great!" she said happily. She pulled out a small bag of sweet and sour candies from her pocket – it was one of the specialities of the Dragon Nation and Ren, Fang and all the babies really loved it. "We will feed him properly once we are back in the imperial palace – for the time being, you can just feed him some candy. Don't let him eat too much, dragon babies tend to get a sugar high just like human babies!" she said, handing over the bag of sweet and sour candies to Fang.
"You can also feed him a little bit of your magic," Princess Una said quietly. "Father used to do that."
The Dragon Queen looked at Princess Una in shock. "Una, you…" her voice trailed off.
Princess Una hugged the Dragon Queen. "I know that I am Fang's biological older sister," she whispered. "But you are definitely my mother, de facto.. It doesn't matter that I was born your niece."
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They reached the caves soon enough, with Fang carrying Ren resolutely, despite the latter's protests. The three royals of the Dragon Nation were quite amused with their antics.
Fang finally put Ren down when they reached the entrance to the ancient caves.
"Ren shouldn't have a problem now," Prince Uno said. "The caves are more or less flat."
Ren didn't even know what to say to that.
"Come in, children," the Dragon Queen said, leading the younger ones inside.
"The magic is very rich in here," Ren murmured as they walked into the cave.
"Indeed," the Dragon Queen said. "These are our ancient ancestral caves, after all. Legend has it that the magic in the Dragon Nation originated from here."
Seeing that both Ren and Fang looked curious about that, she chuckled. "I shall show you the family library tomorrow," she promised. "You will find a lot of unique books there, which do not exist anywhere else in the world."
Ren's golden eyes glowed with joy and Fang smiled as well.
"Ren is a bibliophile," Fang said to his royal aunt.
The Dragon Queen laughed. "I can see that," she said. "I would have thought you are the bookworm between the two of you, Nephew Fang – looks like I was mistaken."
Fang laughed as well. "I like to read, but Ren is the real bookworm," he said. "When we started dating, I was even warned that he may want to marry me in a library."
Ren swatted at Fang's arm and Fang skipped away nimbly.
"That would actually be quite nice," Princess Una said dreamily. "I wouldn't mind getting married in a library, either. At least the annoying people would be forced to remain silent…"
The Dragon Queen sighed. "Una, you are the heir to the throne of the Dragon Nation. You need to have a grand wedding or I would be terribly embarrassed," she said.
"And you need to be able to show off the gorgeous clothes I will design for your wedding!" Prince Uno chipped in right away. "What's the point of looking stunning if no one gets to see you and you don't get to hear people muttering away in jealousy? I'm going to make you and Zeus look like the most beautiful woman and man in the world – no, I will make you look so heavenly that people will think that divine immortals have descended upon the earth!" he boasted.
Princess Una laughed merrily. "Yes, yes, all right," she said, throwing up her hands in a gesture of surrender.
"Good," Prince Uno said with a satisfied nod. Then he rounded upon Ren and Fang. "That is applicable to the two of you as well! I'm going to design your wedding outfits, and I am going to make both of you look so good that everyone else will turn green with envy!" he declared.
"Thank you," Ren said softly.
Prince Uno waved away his thanks. "What are you thanking me for? You are part of the family now," he said with a huff. "But remember, you are not allowed to look for another designer for your wedding clothes! You have to tell me immediately when you decide upon the date of your wedding, and I will make your clothes myself!" He eyed Ren critically and then turned to Fang. "Make him put on a little more weight before you get married – he will look even better, then. He needs to look devastatingly handsome at your wedding! And you, Cousin Fang, must maintain your physique properly. Don't lose any weight like your Ren, and don't put on more than a few pounds unless it's muscle! You have excellent proportions at the moment, and it's best to maintain that as much as possible."
Fang chuckled. "Ren tells me I am a perfect human male specimen, even better than the anatomy model in terms of proportions," he said.
Ren facepalmed. That had been his attempt at giving Fang a romantic compliment on a dare during one of their group meals at SIMS, when Ren had been thrown a dare by their classmates. People had literally rolled around on the floor, clutching their stomachs and laughing so hard that tears dripped down their faces. It had become a trending meme for a while after that.
Princess Una tapped her chin thoughtfully. "That's a weird thing to say, but if it's the two of you, then I can somehow imagine it looking cute, even," she murmured.
The Dragon Queen and Prince Uno laughed at the same time.
The group chatted amicably until they reached the heart of the cave.
A golden egg lay in a shelf that had been carved naturally in the wall of the cave. The golden egg was as big as a football, and it shimmered under the low light as if it was made of solid gold.
"That's the one," the Dragon Queen said quietly, her previous laughter all gone now. She looked at Fang. "When Big Brother died, his magical familiar disappeared and this egg was all that was left behind," she told him.
The egg glowed suddenly, casting a warm glow over both Fang and Ren.
The Dragon Queen's eyes widened. "Go on, both of you," she said to them, a hint of excitement seeping into her voice. "Put your hands on the egg together!"
Prince Uno and Princess Una stood on either side of the Dragon Queen, looking excited as well. The egg had never glowed before! This was the first time they had seen any magic or activity around the egg at all.
Ren and Fang looked at each other. Fang swallowed nervously, his purple eyes gleaming with emotion. Ren took his hand and laced his own fingers through Fang's and then squeezed lightly.
"Shall we, my big darling?" he whispered in a soft voice.
Fang nodded wordlessly, and the two of them walked towards the egg with slow steps, hand in hand.
Ren didn't let go of Fang's hand when they reached the egg. Instead, he lifted his free hand to touch the egg, and Fang did the same.
The moment the two of them touched the golden egg, there was a blinding flash of golden light and a loud cracking sound.
All the five humans closed their eyes instinctively when this happened. A moment later, when they opened their eyes, they saw that there was a big crack right across the middle of the egg.
Then the egg broke open, and a small golden head poked out of it.
"Daddy?" a small, sweet voice echoed in Ren's head and the little creature that was peeking out of the golden egg opened its beautiful golden eyes to look at him.
Ren almost squealed in delight at the sight of the cut little thing.
The little creature shook itself, trying to break the egg shell apart, and continued to gaze at Ren until the human gave in and rubbed the little golden head with a gentle finger. The creature purred and nuzzled its head against Ren's finger.
Then the little thing looked at Fang, and Fang heard the same sweet voice that Ren had heard before in his head, except that this time, the voice said, "Papa?"
Fang's face softened and he reached out to touch the little golden head as well.
Bit by bit, the little thing broke free from its egg and stretched out its golden wings, which shimmered like a veil of gold.
"A dragon…" Fang murmured. "It really is a dragon, just like Miccan43 had said…"
Ren blinked at Fang. "Miccan43? What does this have to do with…?" he began, but he was interrupted by a small cry from the little golden dragon in front of them.
"Daddy! Papa! Hungry!" the little dragon demanded imperiously.
Ren and Fang looked helplessly at each other. They turned to the Dragon Queen.
"Er – Auntie, what do little dragons eat? He says that he is hungry," Fang asked her.
The Dragon Queen's eyes were glowing with joy already. "You can speak to him? Good, good! And he has acknowledged you as well, great!" she said happily. She pulled out a small bag of sweet and sour candies from her pocket – it was one of the specialities of the Dragon Nation and Ren, Fang and all the babies really loved it. "We will feed him properly once we are back in the imperial palace – for the time being, you can just feed him some candy. Don't let him eat too much, dragon babies tend to get a sugar high just like human babies!" she said, handing over the bag of sweet and sour candies to Fang.
"You can also feed him a little bit of your magic," Princess Una said quietly. "Father used to do that."
The Dragon Queen looked at Princess Una in shock. "Una, you…" her voice trailed off.
Princess Una hugged the Dragon Queen. "I know that I am Fang's biological older sister," she whispered. "But you are definitely my mother, de facto.. It doesn't matter that I was born your niece."
They reached the caves soon enough, with Fang carrying Ren resolutely, despite the latter's protests. The three royals of the Dragon Nation were quite amused with their antics.Fang finally put Ren down when they reached the entrance to the ancient caves."Ren shouldn't have a problem now," Prince Uno said. "The caves are more or less flat."Ren didn't even know what to say to that."Come in, children," the Dragon Queen said, leading the younger ones inside."The magic is very rich in here," Ren murmured as they walked into the cave."Indeed," the Dragon Queen said. "These are our ancient ancestral caves, after all. Legend has it that the magic in the Dragon Nation originated from here."Seeing that both Ren and Fang looked curious about that, she chuckled. "I shall show you the family library tomorrow," she promised. "You will find a lot of unique books there, which do not exist anywhere else in the world."Ren's golden eyes glowed with joy and Fang smiled as well."Ren is a bibliophile," Fang said to his royal aunt.The Dragon Queen laughed. "I can see that," she said. "I would have thought you are the bookworm between the two of you, Nephew Fang looks like I was mistaken."Fang laughed as well. "I like to read, but Ren is the real bookworm," he said. "When we started dating, I was even warned that he may want to marry me in a library."Ren swatted at Fang's arm and Fang skipped away nimbly."That would actually be quite nice," Princess Una said dreamily. "I wouldn't mind getting married in a library, either. At least the annoying people would be forced to remain silent"The Dragon Queen sighed. "Una, you are the heir to the throne of the Dragon Nation. You need to have a grand wedding or I would be terribly embarrassed," she said."And you need to be able to show off the gorgeous clothes I will design for your wedding!" Prince Uno chipped in right away. "What's the point of looking stunning if no one gets to see you and you don't get to hear people muttering away in jealousy? I'm going to make you and Zeus look like the most beautiful woman and man in the world no, I will make you look so heavenly that people will think that divine immortals have descended upon the earth!" he boasted.Princess Una laughed merrily. "Yes, yes, all right," she said, throwing up her hands in a gesture of surrender."Good," Prince Uno said with a satisfied nod. Then he rounded upon Ren and Fang. "That is applicable to the two of you as well! I'm going to design your wedding outfits, and I am going to make both of you look so good that everyone else will turn green with envy!" he declared."Thank you," Ren said softly.Prince Uno waved away his thanks. "What are you thanking me for? You are part of the family now," he said with a huff. "But remember, you are not allowed to look for another designer for your wedding clothes! You have to tell me immediately when you decide upon the date of your wedding, and I will make your clothes myself!" He eyed Ren critically and then turned to Fang. "Make him put on a little more weight before you get married he will look even better, then. He needs to look devastatingly handsome at your wedding! And you, Cousin Fang, must maintain your physique properly. Don't lose any weight like your Ren, and don't put on more than a few pounds unless it's muscle! You have excellent proportions at the moment, and it's best to maintain that as much as possible."Fang chuckled. "Ren tells me I am a perfect human male specimen, even better than the anatomy model in terms of proportions," he said.Ren facepalmed. That had been his attempt at giving Fang a romantic compliment on a dare during one of their group meals at SIMS, when Ren had been thrown a dare by their classmates. People had literally rolled around on the floor, clutching their stomachs and laughing so hard that tears dripped down their faces. It had become a trending meme for a while after that.Princess Una tapped her chin thoughtfully. "That's a weird thing to say, but if it's the two of you, then I can somehow imagine it looking cute, even," she murmured.The Dragon Queen and Prince Uno laughed at the same time.The group chatted amicably until they reached the heart of the cave.A golden egg lay in a shelf that had been carved naturally in the wall of the cave. The golden egg was as big as a football, and it shimmered under the low light as if it was made of solid gold."That's the one," the Dragon Queen said quietly, her previous laughter all gone now. She looked at Fang. "When Big Brother died, his magical familiar disappeared and this egg was all that was left behind," she told him.The egg glowed suddenly, casting a warm glow over both Fang and Ren.The Dragon Queen's eyes widened. "Go on, both of you," she said to them, a hint of excitement seeping into her voice. "Put your hands on the egg together!"Prince Uno and Princess Una stood on either side of the Dragon Queen, looking excited as well. The egg had never glowed before! This was the first time they had seen any magic or activity around the egg at all.Ren and Fang looked at each other. Fang swallowed nervously, his purple eyes gleaming with emotion. Ren took his hand and laced his own fingers through Fang's and then squeezed lightly."Shall we, my big darling?" he whispered in a soft voice.Fang nodded wordlessly, and the two of them walked towards the egg with slow steps, hand in hand.Ren didn't let go of Fang's hand when they reached the egg. Instead, he lifted his free hand to touch the egg, and Fang did the same.The moment the two of them touched the golden egg, there was a blinding flash of golden light and a loud cracking sound.All the five humans closed their eyes instinctively when this happened. A moment later, when they opened their eyes, they saw that there was a big crack right across the middle of the egg.Then the egg broke open, and a small golden head poked out of it."Daddy?" a small, sweet voice echoed in Ren's head and the little creature that was peeking out of the golden egg opened its beautiful golden eyes to look at him.Ren almost squealed in delight at the sight of the cut little thing.The little creature shook itself, trying to break the egg shell apart, and continued to gaze at Ren until the human gave in and rubbed the little golden head with a gentle finger. The creature purred and nuzzled its head against Ren's finger.Then the little thing looked at Fang, and Fang heard the same sweet voice that Ren had heard before in his head, except that this time, the voice said, "Papa?"Fang's face softened and he reached out to touch the little golden head as well.Bit by bit, the little thing broke free from its egg and stretched out its golden wings, which shimmered like a veil of gold."A dragon" Fang murmured. "It really is a dragon, just like Miccan43 had said"Ren blinked at Fang. "Miccan43? What does this have to do with?" he began, but he was interrupted by a small cry from the little golden dragon in front of them."Daddy! Papa! Hungry!" the little dragon demanded imperiously.Ren and Fang looked helplessly at each other. They turned to the Dragon Queen."Er Auntie, what do little dragons eat? He says that he is hungry," Fang asked her.The Dragon Queen's eyes were glowing with joy already. "You can speak to him? Good, good! And he has acknowledged you as well, great!" she said happily. She pulled out a small bag of sweet and sour candies from her pocket it was one of the specialities of the Dragon Nation and Ren, Fang and all the babies really loved it. "We will feed him properly once we are back in the imperial palace for the time being, you can just feed him some candy. Don't let him eat too much, dragon babies tend to get a sugar high just like human babies!" she said, handing over the bag of sweet and sour candies to Fang."You can also feed him a little bit of your magic," Princess Una said quietly. "Father used to do that."The Dragon Queen looked at Princess Una in shock. "Una, you" her voice trailed off.Princess Una hugged the Dragon Queen. "I know that I am Fang's biological older sister," she whispered. "But you are definitely my mother, de facto.. It doesn't matter that I was born your niece."
