Chapter 4186: Night Dragon

Emilia and Ai Li were found by Danister to prevent emergencies. Although Xia De couldn't think of what kind of emergency could happen tonight, it was good to have two Chosen Ones present.

Winnie made a dinner that suited everyone's taste. At the dining table, Danister even wanted to invite Luweiya and Winnie to the academy to take a look. Although they had not touched the road signs on the underground level of the library, she had a way to take them to the academy.

It's just that Luweiya and Winnie both refused. They knew that tonight was very important to Danister, so they didn't disturb her.

"Then let's go~"

At 7:00 PM, the four returned to the academy library. At this time, it was already possible to open the tree hole, but on the way out of the library, Danister met a professor from the Library Management Academy who was looking for her to review and sign documents.

The other party wanted to borrow a Sage-level relic as a research object for the upcoming senior course. The previous approvals were all finished, leaving only Danister's signature.

Danister actually wanted to deal with this matter tomorrow, but seeing that her old colleague came to find her so late, she delayed for half an hour to check those documents, and only after confirming that there was no problem did she sign her name and stamp the seal.

And during this period, Emilia and Ai Li took Xia De to wander around the library, and by the time the four finally came to the dragon blood tree in the central courtyard, it was almost 8:00 PM.

"Xia De said that the source of fire is the reason why this tree's vitality is so vigorous. If we take the things inside, will it cause this tree to die immediately?"

Emilia, who was very sympathetic, asked this question before Xia De took action. Danister shook her head:

"It should just make its vitality not as strong as before. In a small probability, if the tree really dies, I will write a report."

A simple fence isolated the tree. After Danister tore off the seal, she took everyone in. After Xia De crossed the fence that was already there, he directly put his hand on the trunk.

The fire source mark lit up on his palm. At the same time the mark touched the bark, fire flowed out from his palm, outlining a black area the size of a tree hole on the bark.

The color of that black area was as deep as the night, and there were light marks on it. Xia De felt that this was clearly a piece of the night sky that had been cut off and covered on the trunk.

Seeing that the tree hole entrance was still blocked by the night, Danister thought it was a failure at first, but then she saw Xia De touch the night, and then he instinctively understood what he needed to do. The entrance had been opened, and all he needed was to uncover the final barrier:

"Technique: Veil of Night."

The effect of this technique was just to call the night in a certain area, but with his casting this time, the night on the trunk surface was really uncovered, and then Xia De's hand passed through that layer of "night" and reached into the trunk.

The manager lady held her breath, and Emilia also widened her eyes to look carefully. It was just that the unicorn girl was thinking about whether to eat apple pie or a few apple candies for a midnight snack later.

"What a deep night, as if the night had solidified in the tree hole."

Xia De said softly, and his hand easily touched something in the tree hole, but he didn't immediately take out the item he touched, but groped other areas inside the tree hole again:

"There is only one item inside."

He said, and took out the egg-shaped object.

When the pitch-black dragon egg appeared under the tree, Emilia suspected for a moment that the egg had been left for too long and had gone bad. But soon she realized that the dragon egg was not black, but the color of the night.

The night wrapped the eggshell, and the light of the stars flickered between the pitch black. And at the very top of the dragon egg, the metal eye-shaped fire source was embedded on the eggshell, and the faint fire light was scattered on the metal surface, which was the light of the life fire.

The tree hole disappeared. The tree hole that had carried this egg for thousands of years completed its mission, and the crown of the dragon blood tree also rustled at this moment, as if saying goodbye, and as if rejoicing.

However, Danister didn't have time to care about this tree. She came to Xia De's side and looked at the egg held by him, her voice trembling:

"It's a bit bigger, but this color..."

"Put your hand on it and feel it."

Xia De, who was in a good mood, reminded with a smile, and Danister immediately put her hand on the outside of the night eggshell—

Thump thump~ thump thump~ thump thump~

She felt it too, that was the pulse of life.

Before the moon egg was sent away, although Xia De and Danister were sure that the egg had life, they could not feel any characteristics of the egg as a life other than the life force that was sprouting.

And when the current "Night Egg" returned, that strong heartbeat had already proved that after thousands of years of time, the returned egg was very different from the past.

Danister almost wept with joy. She held the egg handed by Xia De very carefully. After confirming that the tree hole on the dragon blood tree disappeared, she wanted to return to the library immediately to check what state the egg was in now.

And it was already past nine o'clock when Xia De returned home that night. Except for Luweiya who was still at home, Xivi also appeared here tonight.

Seeing Xia De return alone, Luweiya asked curiously:

"How is it, did you find it?"

"Found it, both the egg and the fire source were found."

He changed his clothes and briefly described the state of the egg and the fire source:

"The fire source is the one I made in the 【Polluted Blood Factory】, and the eggshell has turned into the color of the night."

"Hasn't the egg hatched?"

Xivi asked curiously. The witches also knew about the egg.

Xia De shook his head:

"The state of that egg is hard to describe. Putting your hand on the eggshell, you can feel the pulse of life, and the soul in the egg also has an instinctive reaction to the outside world. Compared with the original moon egg, this egg... is alive, which is the best way to describe it.

Danister has been cramming a lot of dragon egg hatching knowledge for it recently. According to Danister's understanding, the egg is currently in the 'eve of hatching', and it may hatch at any time."

Xivi didn't understand:

"But didn't you say that the black dragon maid existed in the early days of St. Byrons in the Fifth Era? How could it still be an egg."

Luweiya had a guess:

"Two possibilities. First, the hatching in the Fifth Era was not complete. She still needs a long sleep and massive life force to completely hatch. The dragon maid who appeared in the Fifth Era was actually just a projection of some soul in the egg. Miss Feilian's soul awakened in her era, and in our era, we need to wake up her body as well."

Xivi suddenly realized:

"This possibility is the greatest."

"The second possibility, mortal things cannot easily cross eras. The known cases—Grace and Helen sisters, Miss Elesser, Ai Li—all have their own particularity. Maybe the egg successfully hatched in the Fifth Era, but even Miss Feilian and the others couldn't make her return in the state after hatching, so the ancient witches used some means to make her turn back into an egg."

Luweiya said, and Xia De nodded:

"Danister also guessed this way. We will know the answer after Miss Carter completely hatches. In short, the state of that egg is much better than before.

As for the discoloration of the eggshell, Ai Li said that it is the young life beginning to show its soul essence, so it dyed the original universal eggshell color into its own unique color, which is a manifestation of the soul affecting the body. This represents that the soul in the egg is very powerful and has completely awakened. Maybe even if we do nothing, she will be able to break the shell soon."

"Ai Li knows this? I remember unicorns are also viviparous, right?"

Xivi asked with a smile.

"Ai Li said this is what she heard from those chocobos when she was in the Fifth Era. Some chocobos will show elemental talent, and at this time, the color of their eggshells will change."

Xia De explained, continuing to talk about the situation of the egg:

"Danister probably won't sleep tonight. She wants to thoroughly check the situation of the egg. Luweiya, I will ask Danister to find a way to bring the egg tomorrow morning. You can confirm whether the egg is a candidate by then."

Luweiya nodded with a smile. If the egg was, it meant that among the candidates this time, another one was someone they were familiar with:

"Of course no problem, but I thought you would stay in the academy to accompany them."

"I originally wanted to stay, but Danister drove me back. She said I definitely have things to do during the day tomorrow, so don't stay up late with her."

Xia De said and picked up Little Mia:

"But I have a feeling that the hatching of that egg may still require us to do something ourselves. But it shouldn't be complicated. Now only a trigger is missing. Miss Feilian and Blaney have done everything, and Gina has played her role well as a dragon maid who raises babies. They won't leave the most complicated problem to me."

"If that egg successfully hatches, then the new life born should not be a black dragon."

Xivi thought of this question again:

"Is this a new dragon species?"

"It's likely not even a dragon. After all, the essence of that egg is the seed produced by the 'Cursed Tree'. But you can temporarily call this new life 'Night Dragon'. This is the name discussed by Emilia and Ai Li, and Danister agreed."

Xia De said. Although the name is concise, it sounds very smooth.

The things that needed to be busy on this Thursday were all finished. Xia De didn't expect the action at night to be so smooth. He originally thought there would be some twists and turns.

And after being busy, it was naturally rest time. Xivi appearing at home so late was definitely not because she missed Little Mia. She claimed to be here to tell Xia De the investigation progress of finding the traces of the 【Scarlet Sect】—nothing was found, but in fact, the witch lady with big wavy brown hair also had her own needs. ===== CHAPTER 4187 =====