In the year 308 of the Universal Calendar, it was another deep winter with heavy snowfall, just like the beginning of light and shadow. However, the position of the dragon egg, eighty-one years later, was already far away from the original position.
The heavy snow buried the dragon eggs again. Deep in the uninhabited forest, the snow seemed unusually heavy.
But the wild wolf that came to look for food in the heavy snow still dug it out of the snow. Maybe one of its ancestors had done something similar.
The size of the dragon egg remained the same as before, but the color on the surface was slightly paler. Granny Cassandra had just said that this was a sign that the egg was about to break.
The wild wolf tried to bite a few times, but was unable to break the dragon egg, which was older than its age. So it tried to break the egg again, charging and then making the egg shake.
It rolled a few more times in the snow.
The wolf stepped on the snow and walked over to see how his attempt was going, but the egg shook violently, and it was so frightened that it ran away with its tail between its legs.
The egg was indeed shaking because of itself in the snow. It probably felt that it had no chance of hatching, so it shook itself desperately at the last moment of its life.
The wolf happened to push it to the edge of the snow slope. Under the shaking, the dragon egg rolled and fell along the snow slope. Although the snowflakes were very soft, under the snow slope was a tree with a waist larger than Shade's.
A thick tree would probably break into pieces if hit by it in its current state.
Due to its own physical properties, the dragon egg did not stick to the snowflakes when it rolled down. Therefore, the egg rolled faster and faster and was about to hit the tree at an extremely fast speed.
Agelina held Dorothy's hand tightly because she was too nervous. Fortunately, a slightly raised stone on the snow slope caused the egg to fly up in a high-speed rotation.
It drew a parabola and fell into the bare crown of the big tree. After several collisions with the branches, it fell back to the soft snow. The crown of the tree shook due to the impact just now, and during the shaking, only the snowflakes accumulated on the branches fell.
In addition, white mist suddenly emerged from the snow.
"Is this what this tree hole originally looked like? Is that egg going to travel through time?"
Xiwei said softly.
The dragon egg was wrapped in white mist, so the picture became a vast white area and even a bit dazzling. But the mist quickly dissipated, and the egg was still located under the ancient tree. It was just that the tree was now
It looks taller and taller, and the tree crown is full of green and leafy branches.
The surroundings are no longer the middle of winter with heavy snow, but the forest land in midsummer that is full of vitality.
The egg lay there alone, and the time beside it changed to 1457, which was 22 years before the second year 1479 corresponding to the tree hole.
After several days and nights of rapid changes, footsteps were heard, and a young man holding a cane and wearing boots pushed through the grass and passed by. In a casual glance, he saw the half-meter-high giant egg.
"Time stands still!"
Shade pointed at the screen. Unexpectedly, the spell was successfully cast and the floating light and shadow actually solidified. He heard a small complaint from someone unknown, so Shade pretended not to hear it and asked everyone:
"Does anyone recognize this face? It looks like it's the face of a northerner."
The frozen picture showed the young man's face, and the witches were all shaking their heads. Four hundred years ago, cameras had not yet appeared, and even if the oil painting was preserved, it would inevitably be distorted, not to mention that not everyone could keep the oil painting, so who
Don't even know who this is.
"It looks very similar to the face on an oil painting at my uncle's house."
Only Agelina said so, but she was not sure.
Shade released his thaumaturgy and allowed the scene to continue to flow. The young man who discovered the dome was startled and ran into the grass again. When he saw that the egg was not moving, he walked over carefully.
He seemed very interested in the egg. He touched it and knocked it a few times. Although he was frightened again when he found that the egg would shake slightly, he did not run away immediately this time, but studied it for a while.
Leave.
Time fast forwarded, when the light in the light and shadow changed from noon to afternoon, the young man who left struggled to push a wheelbarrow commonly used by porters. It took him a long time to successfully load the egg into the car.
, and then pushed the egg and left here.
The screen continued to move with the egg, and he transported the egg to a hut in the forest. The hut looked less like a hunter's resting place, and more like a temporary vacation spot built by rich people in the forest.
.
The egg continued to shake, trying to move toward the fireplace. After some strenuous "communication" with the egg, the man placed it there.
After another hard work of lighting the fireplace, when the flame began to lick the eggshell, the egg finally stopped shaking. The flame slowly poured into the egg as if it was absorbed by it. The man who was very curious about this was standing by the fire.
Stayed all night.
When dawn came the next day, the originally fragile skin of the egg had returned to its thick appearance.
After that, time moved forward again quickly, and the man could not stay here forever. He suddenly disappeared one day and did not appear the next day, leaving only the lonely egg lying alone in the ashes of the fireplace.
But when autumn came this year, the man in hunting clothes opened the door of the cabin again. He was surprised to see that the egg was still here, and lit the fire again. After going out to hunt, on this day
Sitting in front of the fireplace at night, eating prey, and telling the egg about his life.
Because time flows very fast, he spoke at an alarming speed, but everyone present except Agelina was at least a middle-level person, so the people at the table also heard that he was indeed a member of the Jindel family.
At this time, the Jindel family had already bred a generation in Ximu Town, so the young man was born in Ximu Town and did not know his distant hometown in the north.
Time continued to move forward. Starting from 1457, the man would come to the woods to live alone for a period of time every spring and autumn. Even in 1459, he temporarily hid the dragon egg and then found it from the town.
Workers came and renovated the hut, adding a stove that could burn for a while even if the owner was away for a long time.
Because of the careful care, the dragon egg started to show signs of hatching in the fifth year after it was picked up by a man. This was almost impossible in the eyes of Granny Cassandra who was familiar with exotic creatures:
"The egg was so badly damaged in the early stage that it should theoretically have no chance of hatching. Maybe it's really a miracle."
But since 1462, the egg that seemed to be hatching has never actually hatched. Year after year, time flashes quickly in the light and shadow. The appearance of the dragon egg has no longer changed, but the man has become more and more...
old.
To the people in the banquet hall, only five minutes had passed, but the young man had already become middle-aged. He still maintained the habit of going into the woods every spring and autumn, and had already adapted to taking care of the egg and talking about it.
It tells its troubles.
The accelerated time finally stopped again in 1479. At this time, 22 years had passed since the dragon egg was picked up by a man. The dragon egg itself had experienced 103 years, and 1252 years had passed since it first appeared in the middle of winter.
In the spring of this year, the man who had already shown signs of aging came to the woods alone as usual. On the third night of his arrival, the sound of clicking woke him up from his sleep.
He woke up from the bed in the wooden house and walked towards the fireplace where the sound came from. He saw cracks on the dragon egg that was shaking violently.
The surprised man subconsciously wanted to retreat, but immediately stepped forward again:
"Do you need my help?"
He asked. Over the years, he had mastered the ability to judge the meaning of the other party through the shaking of the dragon egg. After confirming that the egg did not need help, he sat down in front of the fireplace with his clothes on, and then continued to pour charcoal.
and firewood were thrown into the fireplace to make the flames in the fireplace more intense.
He waited expectantly, just like the night he picked up the egg. But he was no longer young after all, and soon fell asleep in the light of the fire.
At dawn that day, as the little claws tore the eggshell apart, the dark "little dragon" was finally truly born into the world.
In the light and shadow, the dragon beast that emerged from the eggshell was not as deformed as Shade's impression. Although it is not very good-looking, at least it is not ugly from a human aesthetic perspective. It is an ordinary street cat and dog.
level.
The hatched black dragon beast, still covered in mucus, fell into the fire. The man who was awakened was so frightened that he hurried to get the fire tongs to rescue it, but found that it was not injured in the fire.
The wings that were close to the back finally opened with great effort, and then it flew up unsteadily, and then crashed into the man's arms. The man hugged the newborn little guy with a look of surprise on his face:
"I knew you would be able to hatch. Look at what you look like now. I'm going to give you a name. How about Kingsley? Kingsley Kindall! My eldest son who died young was named that, but you will definitely be able to hatch."
Thrive!"
"Oh~"
Agelina at the table looked at this scene and sighed softly:
"At least up to this point, it's a really nice story. But think about how this little dragon will turn into something so crazy and disgusting in the end."
Then she didn't dare to continue talking, because the witches at the table all looked at her. Of course everyone knew the ending, but no one wanted to hear Agelina say it again at this time.
The appearance of the hatched dragon beast is very similar to that of a real young dragon. The bloodline it inherited from the other parent is not obvious. The man is just an ordinary person, but he also understands that this thing may be a dragon, so he calls it "Jins".
"Lai" prepared fresh meat and fruits to fill the little guy's belly.