Chapter 188: 187 – Heading Back
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To say that the Dragon Queen, Prince Uno and Princess Una were terribly shocked by this new development would be a gross understatement of facts.
They inched closer to Ren and Fang, trying to look at the little human baby in Ren's arms properly to see if there were any dragon bit visible – what if a claw or a tail popped out suddenly?
Meanwhile, Fang took off his jacket, shook it thoroughly to make sure that it was clean, and then even cast a quick cleaning spell on it before helping Ren wrap up the bare bottomed baby in the jacket.
"It's getting colder," Fang said sheepishly. "We wouldn't want Ray to catch a cold on our way back, would we?"
Not to mention, it would be really embarrassing to carry a baby in its birthday suit all the way back – and when Ray grew up, would he ever forgive his two young fathers for exposing him to half the population of the Dragon Nation like this? Who knew how many people would see them walking back to the imperial palace – and worse still, what if someone took pictures?
Ren smiled slightly. "Thank you, my big darling. You are the best," he said, his golden eyes full of mirth. How could he not know what Fang was thinking?
"Do you want to hold him for a bit?" Ren offered.
Fang nodded eagerly.
Ren handed over the child to Fang gingerly, and Fang held the baby against his own broad chest as if he was the most precious thing in the world.
"But – but how could Ray shift his form so quickly…?" the Dragon Queen murmured.
Ren shrugged. "Magical familiars are special, I think," he said, tapping his chin thoughtfully.
Fang nodded. "Sylvia changed into a human baby immediately after we found her, too," he said, and narrated the details of what had happened back in the Sand Country at the time and how Sylvia had turned into a human baby on their way home. Of course, a few details were left out, like the fact that Sylvia and Ren had actually come from a different world – that was something Fang would never reveal to anyone else. So, it ended up looking like Sylvia had come across Ren's magic and taken him to be her master and had searched and searched for him until she found him.
"Wow," Prince Uno said. "Sylvia and Ray are amazing!"
Ren and Fang smiled proudly. Of course their little ones were amazing!
The group started to make their way back to the imperial palace. It was only halfway down the mountain that Fang realised that Ren had made him carry the baby so that Fang didn't end up carrying Ren down the mountain instead!
Fang glanced at Ren, whose pale skin was flushed and a little sweaty at the moment, and his breathing was also a bit heavy. While walking down a mountain was not even half as strenuous as climbing up a mountain, but Fang could see that Ren was still struggling and holding on because he was a bit too proud.
Recently, because Ren had been ill, they had stopped going for their morning exercises – Fang couldn't bear to wake up Ren in the mornings, so he usually went on his own. The babies sometimes joined him.
Fang frowned slightly. Perhaps they should start Ren's morning exercise routine again. Very light exercise, maybe only ten to fifteen minutes to start with, and then work their way up gradually as Ren got healthier.
Fang slowed down until he finally stopped altogether. Everyone else looked at him curiously.
The Dragon Queen, Princess Una and Prince Uno, especially, stopped and looked at Fang quizzically. They were strong, sturdy people and used to the mountainous terrain of the Dragon Kingdom – none of them had even broken into a sweat. Ren, on the other hand, was visibly tired.
"What happened? Why did you stop, Cousin Fang?" Prince Uno asked.
Princess Una, who saw Ren's pale face and understood what Fang wanted to do, immediately stomped on Prince Uno's foot to shut him up.
"It's a nice place to see the views of our Dragon Kingdom, I think. Little Brother Fang has chosen a good spot, we can actually sit here for a bit and look around," Princess Una said, dragging everyone to the side where there were some stone seats carved. She quickly dusted them with her handkerchief and invited everyone to sit down.
The Dragon Queen sat down immediately, pulling Ren along. Of course, she had understood what Fang and Una were trying to do, and her heart ached when she saw young Ren look so fragile – he was half her age and he was already so tired, while she was full of vigour. Perhaps she could have the imperial physician of traditional medicine take a look at Ren tomorrow. There were some things that modern medicine couldn't comprehend, while the traditional medicine of the Dragon Nation was steeped in magic. May be he could be of some help to Ren.
Ren sat down next to the Dragon Queen and threw Fang a grateful look – how could he not know what Fang was thinking?
Fang flushed and sat down next to Ren. The baby in his arms reached out sleepily towards Ren.
Prince Uno laughed. "Looks like little Ray definitely likes Ren more!" he declared.
Fang chuckled fondly. "All our babies like Ren more," he said, pressing a kiss to Ren's temple. "They have excellent judgement."
Everyone laughed at that and Ren swatted Fang's arm.
"Don't be mean," Ren said to Fang, poking the middle of his forehead with a gentle finger. "You know very well how much the babies adore you!"
Fang could only chuckle helplessly.
Ray let out a soft sound, still mostly asleep and wriggled in Fang's arms, clearly wanting to go to Ren.
Fang shook his head and handed the baby to Ren. Almost immediately, Ray settled down and fell into a deep sleep, his small fist clutching at Ren's clothes.
The scene was just too cute. Prince Uno quietly took a picture of Ren, Fang and Ray and sent it off to Pax.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Queen was excitedly showing off the beautiful scenery to Ren and Fang. "We don't come here every day, after all. Ren, Fang, have the two of you seen the panoramic views here? Look, you can see so far – there's our imperial palace, there's the building of the civil court, there's…" she started pointing out the different locations to Ren and Fang from where they sat.
Dragon Nation was a really scenic place, full of natural, verdant beauty. Ren and Fang had seen this even the first time they had come here. And this spot truly was a good place to appreciate the beauty of this country!
Ren was also thankful that he got a chance to catch his breath.
The Dragon Queen and Princess Una pointed out various things around them to Ren and Fang – they spoke softly, taking care that the little baby sleeping peacefully in Ren's arms wouldn't be disturbed by their voices.
Prince Uno, on the other hand, took a lot of pictures, sneaking in shots of Ren, Fang and the new baby and bombarding Pax with them.
Prince Uno was a little frustrated, actually. Pax only replied to one in five messages that Prince Uno sent him. He could see that Pax had not even opened the first picture Prince Uno had sent to him!
So he decided to bombard the busy man with a bunch of pictures until he replied!
Pax, whose was super busy with an urgent deal, felt his phone vibrate non stop in his pocket. Thankfully, he had turned the ring tone off earlier, otherwise it would have been very annoying.
However, this time, it seemed that someone was desperately sending him messages – thinking that there may be an urgent situation, Pax took out his phone from his pocket and opened the messaging application.
Dozens of photos from Prince Uno greeted him as soon as he opened the window.
However, what caught Pax's eye was the beautiful baby boy nestled in Ren's arms!
Pax called Prince Uno right away.
"Who is that baby? Where did Ren pick him up from?" he demanded without even bothering to greet the other man.
Prince Uno huffed. "Shouldn't you at least greet me first, CEO Pax?" he asked lazily.
The next instant, Prince Uno was greeted by the heartless tone of a disconnected call.
Fang's phone rang next. Seeing that it was Pax calling, Fang picked up his phone immediately.
"Pax? What happened?" Fang asked, slightly concerned. After all, Pax's competence was legendary. It was highly doubtful that Pax would call Ren or Fang for anything trivial.
"What is the identity of that baby that looks like Ren?" Pax asked archly.
Fang was stunned. "How did you…?" he began, and then he spotted Prince Uno looking a bit abashed.
"Never mind," Fang murmured. "That baby is Ray, and he is our son.. Our sixth child."
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To say that the Dragon Queen, Prince Uno and Princess Una were terribly shocked by this new development would be a gross understatement of facts.
They inched closer to Ren and Fang, trying to look at the little human baby in Ren's arms properly to see if there were any dragon bit visible – what if a claw or a tail popped out suddenly?
Meanwhile, Fang took off his jacket, shook it thoroughly to make sure that it was clean, and then even cast a quick cleaning spell on it before helping Ren wrap up the bare bottomed baby in the jacket.
"It's getting colder," Fang said sheepishly. "We wouldn't want Ray to catch a cold on our way back, would we?"
Not to mention, it would be really embarrassing to carry a baby in its birthday suit all the way back – and when Ray grew up, would he ever forgive his two young fathers for exposing him to half the population of the Dragon Nation like this? Who knew how many people would see them walking back to the imperial palace – and worse still, what if someone took pictures?
Ren smiled slightly. "Thank you, my big darling. You are the best," he said, his golden eyes full of mirth. How could he not know what Fang was thinking?
"Do you want to hold him for a bit?" Ren offered.
Fang nodded eagerly.
Ren handed over the child to Fang gingerly, and Fang held the baby against his own broad chest as if he was the most precious thing in the world.
"But – but how could Ray shift his form so quickly…?" the Dragon Queen murmured.
Ren shrugged. "Magical familiars are special, I think," he said, tapping his chin thoughtfully.
Fang nodded. "Sylvia changed into a human baby immediately after we found her, too," he said, and narrated the details of what had happened back in the Sand Country at the time and how Sylvia had turned into a human baby on their way home. Of course, a few details were left out, like the fact that Sylvia and Ren had actually come from a different world – that was something Fang would never reveal to anyone else. So, it ended up looking like Sylvia had come across Ren's magic and taken him to be her master and had searched and searched for him until she found him.
"Wow," Prince Uno said. "Sylvia and Ray are amazing!"
Ren and Fang smiled proudly. Of course their little ones were amazing!
The group started to make their way back to the imperial palace. It was only halfway down the mountain that Fang realised that Ren had made him carry the baby so that Fang didn't end up carrying Ren down the mountain instead!
Fang glanced at Ren, whose pale skin was flushed and a little sweaty at the moment, and his breathing was also a bit heavy. While walking down a mountain was not even half as strenuous as climbing up a mountain, but Fang could see that Ren was still struggling and holding on because he was a bit too proud.
Recently, because Ren had been ill, they had stopped going for their morning exercises – Fang couldn't bear to wake up Ren in the mornings, so he usually went on his own. The babies sometimes joined him.
Fang frowned slightly. Perhaps they should start Ren's morning exercise routine again. Very light exercise, maybe only ten to fifteen minutes to start with, and then work their way up gradually as Ren got healthier.
Fang slowed down until he finally stopped altogether. Everyone else looked at him curiously.
The Dragon Queen, Princess Una and Prince Uno, especially, stopped and looked at Fang quizzically. They were strong, sturdy people and used to the mountainous terrain of the Dragon Kingdom – none of them had even broken into a sweat. Ren, on the other hand, was visibly tired.
"What happened? Why did you stop, Cousin Fang?" Prince Uno asked.
Princess Una, who saw Ren's pale face and understood what Fang wanted to do, immediately stomped on Prince Uno's foot to shut him up.
"It's a nice place to see the views of our Dragon Kingdom, I think. Little Brother Fang has chosen a good spot, we can actually sit here for a bit and look around," Princess Una said, dragging everyone to the side where there were some stone seats carved. She quickly dusted them with her handkerchief and invited everyone to sit down.
The Dragon Queen sat down immediately, pulling Ren along. Of course, she had understood what Fang and Una were trying to do, and her heart ached when she saw young Ren look so fragile – he was half her age and he was already so tired, while she was full of vigour. Perhaps she could have the imperial physician of traditional medicine take a look at Ren tomorrow. There were some things that modern medicine couldn't comprehend, while the traditional medicine of the Dragon Nation was steeped in magic. May be he could be of some help to Ren.
Ren sat down next to the Dragon Queen and threw Fang a grateful look – how could he not know what Fang was thinking?
Fang flushed and sat down next to Ren. The baby in his arms reached out sleepily towards Ren.
Prince Uno laughed. "Looks like little Ray definitely likes Ren more!" he declared.
Fang chuckled fondly. "All our babies like Ren more," he said, pressing a kiss to Ren's temple. "They have excellent judgement."
Everyone laughed at that and Ren swatted Fang's arm.
"Don't be mean," Ren said to Fang, poking the middle of his forehead with a gentle finger. "You know very well how much the babies adore you!"
Fang could only chuckle helplessly.
Ray let out a soft sound, still mostly asleep and wriggled in Fang's arms, clearly wanting to go to Ren.
Fang shook his head and handed the baby to Ren. Almost immediately, Ray settled down and fell into a deep sleep, his small fist clutching at Ren's clothes.
The scene was just too cute. Prince Uno quietly took a picture of Ren, Fang and Ray and sent it off to Pax.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Queen was excitedly showing off the beautiful scenery to Ren and Fang. "We don't come here every day, after all. Ren, Fang, have the two of you seen the panoramic views here? Look, you can see so far – there's our imperial palace, there's the building of the civil court, there's…" she started pointing out the different locations to Ren and Fang from where they sat.
Dragon Nation was a really scenic place, full of natural, verdant beauty. Ren and Fang had seen this even the first time they had come here. And this spot truly was a good place to appreciate the beauty of this country!
Ren was also thankful that he got a chance to catch his breath.
The Dragon Queen and Princess Una pointed out various things around them to Ren and Fang – they spoke softly, taking care that the little baby sleeping peacefully in Ren's arms wouldn't be disturbed by their voices.
Prince Uno, on the other hand, took a lot of pictures, sneaking in shots of Ren, Fang and the new baby and bombarding Pax with them.
Prince Uno was a little frustrated, actually. Pax only replied to one in five messages that Prince Uno sent him. He could see that Pax had not even opened the first picture Prince Uno had sent to him!
So he decided to bombard the busy man with a bunch of pictures until he replied!
Pax, whose was super busy with an urgent deal, felt his phone vibrate non stop in his pocket. Thankfully, he had turned the ring tone off earlier, otherwise it would have been very annoying.
However, this time, it seemed that someone was desperately sending him messages – thinking that there may be an urgent situation, Pax took out his phone from his pocket and opened the messaging application.
Dozens of photos from Prince Uno greeted him as soon as he opened the window.
However, what caught Pax's eye was the beautiful baby boy nestled in Ren's arms!
Pax called Prince Uno right away.
"Who is that baby? Where did Ren pick him up from?" he demanded without even bothering to greet the other man.
Prince Uno huffed. "Shouldn't you at least greet me first, CEO Pax?" he asked lazily.
The next instant, Prince Uno was greeted by the heartless tone of a disconnected call.
Fang's phone rang next. Seeing that it was Pax calling, Fang picked up his phone immediately.
"Pax? What happened?" Fang asked, slightly concerned. After all, Pax's competence was legendary. It was highly doubtful that Pax would call Ren or Fang for anything trivial.
"What is the identity of that baby that looks like Ren?" Pax asked archly.
Fang was stunned. "How did you…?" he began, and then he spotted Prince Uno looking a bit abashed.
"Never mind," Fang murmured. "That baby is Ray, and he is our son.. Our sixth child."
To say that the Dragon Queen, Prince Uno and Princess Una were terribly shocked by this new development would be a gross understatement of facts.They inched closer to Ren and Fang, trying to look at the little human baby in Ren's arms properly to see if there were any dragon bit visible what if a claw or a tail popped out suddenly?Meanwhile, Fang took off his jacket, shook it thoroughly to make sure that it was clean, and then even cast a quick cleaning spell on it before helping Ren wrap up the bare bottomed baby in the jacket."It's getting colder," Fang said sheepishly. "We wouldn't want Ray to catch a cold on our way back, would we?"Not to mention, it would be really embarrassing to carry a baby in its birthday suit all the way back and when Ray grew up, would he ever forgive his two young fathers for exposing him to half the population of the Dragon Nation like this? Who knew how many people would see them walking back to the imperial palace and worse still, what if someone took pictures?Ren smiled slightly. "Thank you, my big darling. You are the best," he said, his golden eyes full of mirth. How could he not know what Fang was thinking?"Do you want to hold him for a bit?" Ren offered.Fang nodded eagerly.Ren handed over the child to Fang gingerly, and Fang held the baby against his own broad chest as if he was the most precious thing in the world."But but how could Ray shift his form so quickly?" the Dragon Queen murmured.Ren shrugged. "Magical familiars are special, I think," he said, tapping his chin thoughtfully.Fang nodded. "Sylvia changed into a human baby immediately after we found her, too," he said, and narrated the details of what had happened back in the Sand Country at the time and how Sylvia had turned into a human baby on their way home. Of course, a few details were left out, like the fact that Sylvia and Ren had actually come from a different world that was something Fang would never reveal to anyone else. So, it ended up looking like Sylvia had come across Ren's magic and taken him to be her master and had searched and searched for him until she found him."Wow," Prince Uno said. "Sylvia and Ray are amazing!"Ren and Fang smiled proudly. Of course their little ones were amazing!The group started to make their way back to the imperial palace. It was only halfway down the mountain that Fang realised that Ren had made him carry the baby so that Fang didn't end up carrying Ren down the mountain instead!Fang glanced at Ren, whose pale skin was flushed and a little sweaty at the moment, and his breathing was also a bit heavy. While walking down a mountain was not even half as strenuous as climbing up a mountain, but Fang could see that Ren was still struggling and holding on because he was a bit too proud.Recently, because Ren had been ill, they had stopped going for their morning exercises Fang couldn't bear to wake up Ren in the mornings, so he usually went on his own. The babies sometimes joined him.Fang frowned slightly. Perhaps they should start Ren's morning exercise routine again. Very light exercise, maybe only ten to fifteen minutes to start with, and then work their way up gradually as Ren got healthier.Fang slowed down until he finally stopped altogether. Everyone else looked at him curiously.The Dragon Queen, Princess Una and Prince Uno, especially, stopped and looked at Fang quizzically. They were strong, sturdy people and used to the mountainous terrain of the Dragon Kingdom none of them had even broken into a sweat. Ren, on the other hand, was visibly tired."What happened? Why did you stop, Cousin Fang?" Prince Uno asked.Princess Una, who saw Ren's pale face and understood what Fang wanted to do, immediately stomped on Prince Uno's foot to shut him up."It's a nice place to see the views of our Dragon Kingdom, I think. Little Brother Fang has chosen a good spot, we can actually sit here for a bit and look around," Princess Una said, dragging everyone to the side where there were some stone seats carved. She quickly dusted them with her handkerchief and invited everyone to sit down.The Dragon Queen sat down immediately, pulling Ren along. Of course, she had understood what Fang and Una were trying to do, and her heart ached when she saw young Ren look so fragile he was half her age and he was already so tired, while she was full of vigour. Perhaps she could have the imperial physician of traditional medicine take a look at Ren tomorrow. There were some things that modern medicine couldn't comprehend, while the traditional medicine of the Dragon Nation was steeped in magic. May be he could be of some help to Ren.Ren sat down next to the Dragon Queen and threw Fang a grateful look how could he not know what Fang was thinking?Fang flushed and sat down next to Ren. The baby in his arms reached out sleepily towards Ren.Prince Uno laughed. "Looks like little Ray definitely likes Ren more!" he declared.Fang chuckled fondly. "All our babies like Ren more," he said, pressing a kiss to Ren's temple. "They have excellent judgement."Everyone laughed at that and Ren swatted Fang's arm."Don't be mean," Ren said to Fang, poking the middle of his forehead with a gentle finger. "You know very well how much the babies adore you!"Fang could only chuckle helplessly.Ray let out a soft sound, still mostly asleep and wriggled in Fang's arms, clearly wanting to go to Ren.Fang shook his head and handed the baby to Ren. Almost immediately, Ray settled down and fell into a deep sleep, his small fist clutching at Ren's clothes.The scene was just too cute. Prince Uno quietly took a picture of Ren, Fang and Ray and sent it off to Pax.Meanwhile, the Dragon Queen was excitedly showing off the beautiful scenery to Ren and Fang. "We don't come here every day, after all. Ren, Fang, have the two of you seen the panoramic views here? Look, you can see so far there's our imperial palace, there's the building of the civil court, there's" she started pointing out the different locations to Ren and Fang from where they sat.Dragon Nation was a really scenic place, full of natural, verdant beauty. Ren and Fang had seen this even the first time they had come here. And this spot truly was a good place to appreciate the beauty of this country!Ren was also thankful that he got a chance to catch his breath.The Dragon Queen and Princess Una pointed out various things around them to Ren and Fang they spoke softly, taking care that the little baby sleeping peacefully in Ren's arms wouldn't be disturbed by their voices.Prince Uno, on the other hand, took a lot of pictures, sneaking in shots of Ren, Fang and the new baby and bombarding Pax with them.Prince Uno was a little frustrated, actually. Pax only replied to one in five messages that Prince Uno sent him. He could see that Pax had not even opened the first picture Prince Uno had sent to him!So he decided to bombard the busy man with a bunch of pictures until he replied!Pax, whose was super busy with an urgent deal, felt his phone vibrate non stop in his pocket. Thankfully, he had turned the ring tone off earlier, otherwise it would have been very annoying.However, this time, it seemed that someone was desperately sending him messages thinking that there may be an urgent situation, Pax took out his phone from his pocket and opened the messaging application.Dozens of photos from Prince Uno greeted him as soon as he opened the window.However, what caught Pax's eye was the beautiful baby boy nestled in Ren's arms!Pax called Prince Uno right away."Who is that baby? Where did Ren pick him up from?" he demanded without even bothering to greet the other man.Prince Uno huffed. "Shouldn't you at least greet me first, CEO Pax?" he asked lazily.The next instant, Prince Uno was greeted by the heartless tone of a disconnected call.Fang's phone rang next. Seeing that it was Pax calling, Fang picked up his phone immediately."Pax? What happened?" Fang asked, slightly concerned. After all, Pax's competence was legendary. It was highly doubtful that Pax would call Ren or Fang for anything trivial."What is the identity of that baby that looks like Ren?" Pax asked archly.Fang was stunned. "How did you?" he began, and then he spotted Prince Uno looking a bit abashed."Never mind," Fang murmured. "That baby is Ray, and he is our son.. Our sixth child."
