OBS Chapter 4231 Night Dragon
Chapter 4231 Night Dragon
Chapter 4231 Night Dragon
Emilia and Ellie were found by Daniste to prevent any unforeseen circumstances. Although Shad couldn't imagine what kind of unforeseen circumstances might occur tonight, it was good to have the two chosen ones present.
Winnie prepared a dinner to suit everyone's tastes, and at the table, Denise invited Luvia and Winnie to visit the House as well. Although they hadn't encountered the signs for the library's underground levels, she had a way to get them to the House.
Luvia and Winnie both declined, knowing that tonight was important to Danist, so they didn't want to disturb them.
"Then let's go!"
At 7 p.m., the group of four returned to the college library. It was time to open the Confession Hole, but on her way out of the library, Denise encountered a professor from the School of Library Science who was there to review and sign documents.
The other party wants to borrow a Sage-level relic as a research subject for their upcoming advanced courses. All previous approvals have been completed, and only Daniste's signature remains.
Denise actually wanted to deal with this matter tomorrow, but seeing that her old colleague was still coming to see her so late, she wasted another half hour checking the documents. Only after confirming that there were no problems did she sign her name and affix her seal.
Meanwhile, Emilia and Ellie took Shad for a casual stroll in the library. By the time the four of them finally arrived at the dragon blood tree in the central courtyard, it was almost eight o'clock.
"Shad said the spark is the reason this tree is so vibrant. If we take something away from it, will it kill the tree instantly?"
The very compassionate Emilia asked this question before Shad made his move, and Daniste shook her head:
"It should just mean that its vitality isn't as strong as before. If, in the unlikely event, the tree actually dies, I will write a report."
A simple fence separated the tree from the view, and Denise tore off the seal and led everyone inside. Shad stepped over the existing fence and placed his hand directly on the tree trunk.
The Fire Source Mark lit up in his palm. As the mark touched the bark, a stream of fire flowed from his palm, outlining a black area the size of a tree hole on the bark.
The black area was as deep as the night sky, with specks of light on it. Xia De felt as if a piece of the night sky had been cut off and covered the tree trunk.
Seeing that the entrance to the tree hollow was still blocked by the night, Denise initially thought it was a failure. But then she saw Shad's hand touch the darkness, and he instinctively understood what he had to do. The entrance was open; all he needed to do was remove the final barrier:
"Miraculous Art: Veil of Night".
The effect of this magic was only to summon night in a certain area, but with his casting of the spell, the night curtain on the surface of the tree trunk was actually lifted, and then Shad's hand passed through that "night curtain" and reached into the tree trunk.
The caretaker held her breath, and Emilia stared intently, while the unicorn girl pondered whether to have apple pie or a few candied apples for her midnight snack.
"The night was so deep, it was as if the darkness had frozen inside the tree hollow."
Shad spoke softly, his hand easily finding something inside the tree hollow. However, he didn't immediately remove the item he touched, but instead explored the rest of the tree hollow:
There is only one item inside.
As he spoke, he took out the egg-shaped object.
When the pitch-black dragon egg appeared under the tree, Emilia for a fleeting moment suspected that it had spoiled from being left out for too long. But she quickly realized that the dragon egg wasn't black; it was the color of night.
Night enveloped the eggshell, and starlight flickered in the darkness. At the very top of the dragon egg, a metallic, eye-shaped spark was embedded in the shell, its faint glow spreading across the metal surface—the light of the spark of life.
The tree hole disappeared, having carried the egg for thousands of years, and the tree hole had completed its mission. The crown of the dragon blood tree rustled at this moment, as if saying goodbye, or as if celebrating.
But Daniste had no time to care about the tree; she went to Shad's side and looked at the egg he was holding, her voice trembling:
"It's gotten a bit bigger, but the color..."
"Put your hand on it and feel it."
In a good mood, Shad smiled and reminded her, and Daniste immediately placed her hand on the outside of the eggshell covered in night—
Thump thump~ Thump thump~ Thump thump~
She felt it too; it was the pulse of life.
Before the Moon Egg was sent away, although Shad and Danist were certain that the egg was alive, they could not sense any characteristics of the egg as a living being other than the budding life force.
When the "Night Egg" returned, its strong and powerful heartbeat proved that after thousands of years, the returned egg is very different from the one before.
Daniste almost cried with joy as she carefully cradled the egg Shad had handed her. After confirming the hole in the dragon's blood tree had disappeared, she wanted to immediately return to the library to check on the egg's current condition.
When Shad got home that evening, it was already past nine o'clock. Besides Luvia, who was still at home, Sylvie was also there that night.
Seeing that Shad had returned alone, Luvia asked curiously:
"So, did you find it?"
"Found it, the egg and the source of fire have been found."
He changed his clothes and briefly described the state of the egg and the spark:
"The spark source is the one I made in the [Bloodstained Factory], and the egg's shell has turned the color of the night sky."
"Didn't the egg hatch?"
Sylvie asked curiously, "The witches all know about that egg."
Shade shook his head:
"The state of that egg is hard to describe. You can feel the pulse of life when you put your hand on the shell, and the soul inside the egg also reacts instinctively to the outside world. Compared to the original moon egg, this egg is alive, which is the best way to describe it."
Daniste has recently been cramming on dragon egg hatching techniques, and according to her understanding, this egg is currently on the 'eve of hatching,' meaning it could hatch at any moment.
Hivi didn't understand:
"But didn't you say that the Black Dragon Maid existed in the early days of Saint Byron in the Fifth Age? How could she still be an egg?"
Luvia did have some guesses:
"There are two possibilities. First, the hatching of the Fifth Age was incomplete. She still needs a long slumber and abundant life force to fully hatch. The dragon maid who appeared in the Fifth Age was actually just a projection of some kind of soul inside an egg. Her soul awakened in Miss Feliananna's time, but in our time, we need to awaken her body as well."
Sylvie suddenly realized:
"That's the most likely possibility."
"The second possibility is that mortals cannot easily cross eras. The known cases so far—the Grace and Helen sisters, Miss Elizabeth, and Ellie—each have their own unique circumstances. Perhaps the egg successfully hatched in the Fifth Era, but even Miss Feliananna and the others could not return it to its hatched state. Therefore, the ancient witch used some means to turn it back into an egg."
Luvia said, and Shad nodded:
"Dannister thought so too, and we'll know the answer once Ms. Carter has fully hatched it. In any case, the egg is in much better condition than before."
As for the color change of the eggshell, Ellie said it was because the young life was beginning to reveal its true soul, thus staining the normally common eggshell color with its own unique hue—a manifestation of the soul influencing the body. This indicates that the soul within the egg is very powerful and has fully awakened; perhaps even if we do nothing, it will soon hatch on its own.
"Ellie knows about this? I remember unicorns are also viviparous, right?"
"I asked with a smile," Sylvie asked.
“Ellie said that she heard it from the chocobos back in the Fifth Age. Some chocobos would show elemental talents, and at that time their eggshell color would change.”
Shad explained, continuing to describe the egg:
“Daniste probably won’t be sleeping tonight; she needs to thoroughly examine the egg. Luvia, I’ve asked Daniste to find a way to bring the egg over tomorrow morning. You can then confirm whether the egg is a candidate.”
Luvia nodded with a smile. If the egg was indeed there, then it meant that among this year's candidates, there was another familiar face.
"Of course, no problem. But I thought you would stay at the academy with them."
“I originally wanted to stay, but Daniste sent me back. She said I definitely had things to do during the day tomorrow, so I shouldn’t stay up with her all night.”
As he spoke, Shad picked up Mia:
“But I have a feeling that we’ll need to do some things ourselves to hatch that egg. It shouldn’t be complicated, though; we just need the right opportunity. Miss Feliananna and Britney have already done everything, and Gina, as the nursery dragon’s maid, has also done her job well. They won’t leave the most complicated problems to me.”
"If that egg successfully hatches, then the new life that emerges should not be a black dragon."
Sevier thought of this question again:
"Is this considered a new type of dragon?"
"It's highly unlikely to even qualify as a dragon, since the egg is essentially a seed from the 'Cursed Tree.' But we can temporarily call this new life form 'Night Dragon,' a name Emilia and Ellie came up with after discussing it together, and Daniste also agreed."
Xia De said that although the name was simple, it sounded quite catchy.
All the busy work for this Thursday was over, and Xia De didn't expect the operation to go so smoothly that night. He had originally thought there would be some twists and turns.
After a busy period, it's time to rest. Sylvie's late appearance at home certainly wasn't because she missed Mia. She claimed to be there to inform Shad about the progress of the investigation into the Crimson Order—currently yielding nothing. But in reality, the witch with long, wavy brown hair also had her own needs.