Apology Gift — Dragon Egg

"Knock, knock, knock…"

The knocking sounds were heavy, just like Dorothy's heartbeat.

She bit her lips. Her face was pale and there was cold sweat on her forehead.

"Creak…"

The door opened by itself.

"What's up?"

A cold voice came from within the deepest part of the great hall.

Dorothy looked at the empty and dark great hall and forced herself to say calmly, "Grandpa asked me to send something to you."

"Come on in!"

Dorothy clenched her teeth as she stepped in.

The hall was so empty that she could see everything at a glance.

Dorothy wondered if it was an illusion; she kept feeling that someone was watching her from the side.

She forced herself to get rid of her messy thoughts and walked to the end of the great hall. She looked around for a moment before moving to the side of the screen wall.

As expected, she saw the entrance to the basement on the ground behind the screen wall. The access was dark like a vicious mouth ready to gobble up its victims.

Dorothy stood by the entrance and asked nervously, "Mister A-ajaf, are you in the basement?"

"Mm-hm."

Dorothy almost cried out when she heard the reply.

She remained standing on the spot and hesitated for some time before she clenched her teeth, held up an "Inch of Light" and walked down the spiral staircase.

Once she reached the bottom after going round in circles—

She was stunned.

The scary scenes she had imagined, such as "dark," "horrifying experiments," "rearing magic beasts," etc. weren't there.

Instead, it was an unexpected bright world!

It had four shiny walls, rows and rows of neatly arranged glass boxes and rows after rows of "Inch of Light" castings above their heads.

It made the place look as bright as day.

Since she was standing on the spiral staircase, Dorothy saw Ajaf standing in front of a glass box almost instantly.

She gathered her courage and walked over after a moment of hesitation.

"Mister Ajaf, I came here to apologize. I am very sorry about what happened that day. I truly misbehaved!" Dorothy said out what she had planned for a long time in one breath.

Then, she took out a seed and injected it with magic to activate it.

The seed landed on the ground and sprouted instantly. It grew and bloomed; it was a giant flower that resembled a nepenthe.

The flower moved and spat out a giant egg that was about half a person tall, covered with complex magical engravings.

Yu Sheng'an couldn't move his gaze away after turning around and seeing it.

"This dragon egg is my apology gift to Mister. I hope Mister could forgive me for my reckless behavior," Dorothy said, looking at that dragon egg with a hint of unwillingness.

Yu Sheng'an reached out to feel the egg and said, "This is a dead egg, even though it still has a very faint sign of life."

Dorothy gave a start! This Ajaf is indeed not simple. He unraveled the secret of that dragon egg with just one look.

"Yes," Dorothy acknowledged as she didn't dare to explain.

If it weren't a dead egg, her grandpa would have rather sacrificed her than send him the egg.

One had to know that dragons were the most powerful magic beasts on the Aizea Continent. There was nothing else comparable to them.

Any adult giant dragon would possess an innate dragon language magic that was comparable to a magical deity and a strong physique that was comparable to a combat deity!

Apart from those, they also had an extremely long life.

That was a top species comparable to deities!

Their only weakness was their low fecundity.

In the Aizea Continent, if any country could rely on a giant dragon's protection, it would equal to thousands of years of prosperity.

The Edith Empire for example, to the west of the Aizea Continent. It was a state that was rumored to be protected by a giant dragon.

From this, one could clearly see the meaning of a dragon egg.

Unfortunately, the dragon egg in front of Yu Sheng'an on the verge of dying, although it still had a very faint hint of life.

But, this hint of life most likely only had a symbolic meaning.

Just like the patient who was hanging on with the help of a breathing machine.

However, even like this, no one could deny the value of this dragon egg.

In the hands of Dorothy's grandfather, Dorman, it might have already lost its value. He must have already tried all possible means to revive it but to no avail. That was why he was willing to give it to Yu Sheng'an.

But, if this dragon egg ended up in the hands of the Deity of Life, who was one of the Five Main Righteous Deities, he could imbue it with vitality and revive it effortlessly.

Apart from him, if it landed on the hands of the Deity of Death, who was also one of the Five Main Righteous Deities, he could also transform it into a giant phantom dragon.

In a nutshell, nothing was absolute in that magical world.

"Your grandfather beats you when it comes to being a nice person. I will accept the egg. Go back and tell him that I'm not a petty person… However, I can't be considered as a person when I decide to be petty."

Dorothy, who wanted to nod and pretend to be a good girl, widened out her eyes and almost bit her tongue when she heard the last sentence.

"Yes." Dorothy lowered her head with a weird expression. She finally felt a sense of relief.

She looked at the way Yu Sheng'an caressed the dragon egg and then looked at all the glass boxes. She remained standing where she was, overwhelmed with curiosity.

"Anything else?"

"N-nothing else."

"You can leave if you're done!"

"Okay," Dorothy said, feeling slightly disappointed, as she had to turn and leave.

After Dorothy left, Yu Sheng'an's originally calm expression became excited all of a sudden.

He walked around the dragon egg in circles as he mumbled, "I'm rich! I'm rich!"

"I'm going to be freaking rich this time!"

I actually picked up a dragon egg?

Mamma Mia. If I hatch it and sign a contract with it, I'll never have to be afraid of the Five Main Righteous Deities anymore?

…Ahem, no, still afraid. After all, the dragon still needs to grow, right?

Er, all right. It probably can't beat any of them, even if it was fully grown. But at least I can defend myself, right?

The dragons' reputation of being comparable to the deities was not mindless boasting!

Yu Sheng'an rubbed his hands, knocked on the dragon egg and shouted, "Hi? Can you hear me?"

The dragon egg was silent.

"Fu*k me, is it really a dead egg?" Yu Sheng'an got a little panicked, "It shouldn't be. This faint hint of life might fool others, but not my divinity."

"However, it still doesn't struggle and fight for its life after meeting a deity… It's either a dead egg or it's going to be one soon. I have to save it as quickly as I can."

Yu Sheng'an rubbed his chin as he pondered.

The biggest problem with this dragon egg was—it had lost its vitality.

He wondered whether it had a congenital underdevelopment. Or was it abandoned by its mother?

Or it might have met with some other accidents, like falling into lava or an icy pond, which wore out its vitality.

However, no matter the situation, he would have to infuse it with vitality to save it.

Dorman most surely tried out all the magic he could to recover its vitality.

Therefore, to save this dragon egg, he would have to use drastic measures.

Yu Sheng'an murmured before he placed his right palm on the dragon egg. Numerous words spurted out from his palm and rushed into the dragon egg instantaneously.

Yu Sheng'an lowered his right palm and murmured after a while, "It's still up to you if you want to live! Otherwise, there's nothing I can do."

He was the Deity of Contract, not the Deity of Life. He could only utilize the contract's power so he sent the dragon egg a piece of contract—a life-sharing contract.

If the dragon egg still had a breath of life and still had the will to live, as long as it signed the contract, it wouldn't even die if it wanted to!