Guild Boss's Ambition

"I heard from Miss Sora that you found a dragon egg."

After a long while, when my mother went to wash the soup bottles, my father finally got to the point.

I immediately told my father about the contract between me and Teacher Caesar.

My father was silent for a long time. He told me: "I have never encountered such a situation. As a father, I don't want to see you in danger, but I can't give you any useful advice on this matter. You must learn to explore in solitude and grow up in the long loneliness like a dragon. Only you can become yourself."

lonely.

At this moment, I feel lonelier than ever before.

Even with the support of my parents and the encouragement of my teachers and classmates, I was still lonely.

Perhaps from the moment I picked up the dragon egg, I had chosen a road destined to be lonely. It is a road seldom travelled. There will be all kinds of different things on this road, traps that tempt people to fall, loyal guides, or companions. But even with companions, I will still be lonely.

That loneliness is not the loneliness of the heart, that loneliness is the loneliness of belief.

Maybe if children can overcome this loneliness, they will be able to become reliable adults. I really hope I can grow up quickly so that I can shoulder the weight of this entire world. I don’t want to run away anymore. I don’t want to put others in danger anymore. I don’t want to be saved, but to save others, until no one needs to be saved anymore.

I suddenly thought of Lian'er and the others. I should have thought of them earlier.

"Are my team members safe?"

"It's okay. Your friends are all fine. They successfully crossed the plains and returned to the camp at the ranch. They should still be on their school trip. Your teacher, Miss Caesar, is scheduled to return to the camp tonight."

Hearing this, my heart was shocked and I struggled to get up.

My father immediately understood my thoughts: "It's just a school trip, there's no need to work so hard."

I insisted on getting up and standing on the ground: "I don't have the habit of giving up halfway."

My father nodded, looked out the window, and said calmly, "If you want to leave, hurry up. Teacher Caesar and Miss Sora will go back together in a carriage. It's 2:50 now, and there will be a carriage at the corner of the street at 3 o'clock."

"What about the mother—" I asked worriedly.

"I'll take care of it," my father replied calmly.

Although my father said he would handle it himself, he obviously had no way to deal with my mother. When my mother saw the empty bed in the ward, she would inevitably complain to my father. Thinking of my mother's bloodshot eyes and hideous expression, I couldn't help but shudder. It was a very deadly situation both physically and mentally.

"Thank you, father."

After briefly thanking my father, I removed the brace that secured my right arm and hurried out the door.

"Son, where are you going?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as I went out, I ran into my mother head-on.

"Bathroom." I replied immediately.

"I'll accompany you." said the mother with a bright smile.

"No, I can do it myself."

"I don't want someone to go to the bathroom and disappear."

"I promise that won't happen."

Late in the morning on July 1st, I was caught by my mother and it seemed that I would not be able to go on the school trip.

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37. Hatching (Lian Er)

(Lian Er-Lan Nong)

Without the rabbit swordsman Huabi, our school trip became completely different. The other students who were unaware of the situation just thought that Huabi was absent due to illness and had fun in all the game sessions as usual. Only Taimi and I were worried for the past two days and three nights, thinking about Huabi's safety and praying for his injury.

The day after the school trip ends, school will resume.

That morning, Huabi still did not show up for class.

After the noon class, Taimi and I decided to go to Cottontail's house to visit the sick. Triss, who heard our discussion, also said she wanted to join us. We briefly told Triss the whole event of the day. When she learned that we happened to come across the dragon eggs, she seemed a little surprised, and then warned us that it would be better to keep this matter secret, otherwise it might bring trouble to Huabi.

So, after buying the fruit gifts, the three of us came to Cottontail's house.

The one who led the way was Taimi. I heard that she had lived in the dojo of the Cottontail family for a long time in the past. The Cottontail family was a wooden building with a garden style, and there were many bamboos growing inside that were very pleasing to the eye.

Since Cottontail's house is quite large, it is necessary to ring a hanging bell to notify people inside the house.

After we rang the bell, a well-dressed young man came out of the house. He was holding a wooden sword in his hand and was sweating all over. It looked like he was practicing swordsmanship. After Taimi told us the reason why we came, the young man took us to the main hall of the house, where a woman in gorgeous clothes was sitting.

"Madam, this is a guest looking for your son."

"Yeah, thank you, Jarvan, you can go down now."

After bringing us to the main hall, the young man quickly turned around and left.

After looking at the woman, Taimi guessed, "Excuse me, are you Huabi's mother, Mrs. Cottontail?"

As soon as Taimi said this, Tris showed an expression of unbearable pain.

The lady in fancy clothes opposite was also startled, then smiled: "Madam? That's right! I am Madam Cottontail. You three are here to visit Huabi's classmates, right? The doctor said that his injury has completely healed, but he is still a little tired, so we didn't let him go to school today. You can go to the study to find him."

"Oh! Okay!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Taimi took a step forward.

Mrs. Cottontail immediately stopped the reckless girl and said, "Wait! Do you know the way?"

Taimi stopped walking, her expression changing constantly, and she said in a panic, "I know! Huabi brought me here once before, so I just happened to remember where the study is! Then, I won't bother Mrs. Cottontail to lead the way here!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Taimi ran away.

"What's wrong with her?" Seeing this, Mrs. Cottontail asked me and Trish in silence.

"We also want to know what happened to her."

Trish and I couldn't help but look at each other.

So, in order to make up for Taimi's serious lack of etiquette, Trish and I stayed to greet Mrs. Cottontail and introduce ourselves, and then followed Mrs. Cottontail to Huabi's study.

After sending us to the study, Mrs. Cottontail said she was going to take care of her own things, but I guess that was just her excuse for not wanting to disturb our gathering of young people. Sometimes when the adults were doing serious things, I would pretend to be bored and run out to play. In that way, everyone would not have to care about my emotions and could talk about those profound topics to their heart's content.

After arriving at the study, Tris immediately started to question Taimi.

"Um... Taimi-san... the way you just acted... wasn't that nice?"

There is no doubt that the thoughtful Tris has something to say about Taimi's rude behavior just now. No matter which country's culture it is, it is disrespectful for a guest to ignore the host. Even though Mrs. Cottontail still looked pleasant just now, she must have felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

"Well - I admit that it was indeed my fault! But -"

Taimi didn't seem to be used to being criticized by her peers. She gave an awkward giggle and then tried to change the subject in an exaggerated tone, exclaiming, "Look at this one first! It's a live dragon egg! It's so big, it must have great nutritional value! How about we cook it and eat it now?"

We followed Taimi's gaze and saw a giant egg sitting quietly on the cotton wool. Next to the dragon egg was a rabbit boy who looked very upset.

"Please do not approach this dragon egg without permission!"

The rabbit boy scolded coldly and sternly slapped away Taimi's evil hand.

Taimi was not angry even though her hand was slapped away. She put on a lewd expression and asked teasingly, "Warby! Warby! Are you planning to hatch this egg yourself and become a father? Have you thought of a name for the child? What about clothes and bottles? Have you bought them all? I heard that single-parent families are not good for children's growth. Are you planning to find a wife? Our Tris is a good one!"

Tris, who was lying down and was shot, twitched her eyelids and shrewdly refused to make any response.

The young man, who could not stand the provocation, immediately reacted violently: "Nonsense! Even if I succeed in hatching the dragon egg, I will at most be the caretaker of the baby dragon. To say that I am its father is a great insult to its biological father! Moreover, dragons are not mammals, and most of their young do not drink milk."

After hearing Huabi's rebuttal, Taimi smiled slyly and said, "You sound like a professional, but is it really okay to leave this dragon egg like this? Don't you think it really needs love and warmth? And when it comes to hatching eggs, according to convention, shouldn't you take off your clothes and then use your body temperature to care for it?"

Strip? Care?

I tried to imagine the scene that Taimi described.

Unexpectedly cute!

That makes me feel that Huabi has become completely cute!

I immediately took out my writing pad to support the loving bunny boy.

"Come on, Huabi! You can definitely be a good father!"

"I told you! I'm not the father! Just the caregiver!"

"It's just a name anyway. All in all, I think the most important thing is to try the body temperature incubation method. Do you think what I say makes sense, Tris?"

"I...I think what Taimi said is right, but you don't have to take off your clothes."

After the three of us persuaded him with our own ulterior motives, the rabbit boy who had just recovered from a serious injury finally agreed to the fantastic proposal of incubating eggs at body temperature with some hesitation. Just as I imagined, Huabi's attitude towards the dragon eggs was as gentle as Sister Berlane taking care of flowers and plants. It seemed to be a different kind of healing.

For the first time, the boy carefully wrapped the dragon egg with a towel and fixed it...

Then, he took off the jacket with metal patches, leaving only a fitted black vest...

Then he placed the dragon egg in place with both hands, walked slowly to the ground and sat down, and placed the dragon egg in his arms...

Finally, the boy curled up his body, merging himself and the dragon egg into one.

Click!

I used a recording crystal to take a picture of the scene at this moment.

Snap! Snap!

I found two other better angles and took two more photos, intending to enter them in a photography competition.

Similar to my candid photography, Taimi also had a pretty good sense of aesthetics. When she saw a good picture, she immediately took out a pen and paper to practice sketching. But Huabi wasn't stupid either. When he noticed what we were doing, he showed an unwilling expression: "No! This is meaningless!"

"Who said it's meaningless! You gave up after less than two minutes! You are so weak!"

"Who said I don't have perseverance?"

After being scolded by Taimi, Huabi immediately returned to the cross-legged position holding the eggs. This rabbit boy has such a strong personality and his self-esteem cannot stand provocation, but he still did not give up on the matter of human incubation of eggs: "I say, are you sure this method is really feasible? Reptiles should not need to incubate eggs by themselves, right?"

That's right!

Although it is not taught in the school curriculum, Sister Xiaolan told me that, except for a few exceptions, most reptiles hatch their eggs with soil and sunlight. The dragons we know are also a kind of reptiles. When we found this dragon egg, it was originally buried in the soil.

With this in mind, I couldn't help but worry about the health of the dragon egg.

Is it really okay to just expose it to the air like this?

and also……

I skipped the topic of incubation and asked, "Where are its parents?"

Huabi answered as a matter of course, "Dragons are solitary individuals most of the time. They only gather together for a short period of time, except during breeding and war. As for dragon eggs, they lay them wherever they go, and they don't take special care of them after they are born. Therefore, the birth rate of dragons has always been very low."

It turns out that the dragons are all irresponsible parents!

I was surprised by this fact but didn't express my feelings. I just suggested writing: "Sister Xiaolan said that the most important thing for the incubation of fertilized eggs is temperature. For chicks, it is about 37.5 degrees, and for snakes, it is 20 to 30 degrees. Moreover, the temperature seems to directly affect the sex of reptiles at birth."

Hearing this, Huabi's face turned pale. "You're so particular! My father clearly told me that if I just leave it there, it will pop out by itself! Oh my! The weather is so hot now, it's over 30 degrees. Could this dragon egg be cooked inside? Do you want to soak it in some ice water?"

While Huabi was panicking, Taimi also started to panic: "Let's not talk about the temperature first, Huabi, you idiot! Stop it! Don't hold the dragon egg so tightly! Look! You've even made cracks on the egg!"

Huabi screamed, "What! I clearly didn't use any force!"

Taimi held her head and screamed, "Hey, hey, hey, the cracks are still expanding! Oh my god, the dragon is going to die!"

Tris stammered as she tried to tell the truth: "You two... I think... this is... because..."

I witnessed the truth beneath the cracks.

With a click, a brown head with an eggshell on top came into our world.

The baby dragon has hatched.

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38. How to raise a baby dragon (Lian Er)

(Lian Er-Lan Nong)

During a test of human incubation, a baby dragon jumped out of the egg.

The baby dragon was about the size of two palms. It took half a minute for it to open its eyes. Its eyes were blue-green and its scales were dark brown. It was very energetic just after being born and ate up all of its eggshells in the first place. In stark contrast to this leisurely baby dragon, we children were scared to death by its sudden birth.

"I...I'm going to find your mother!"

Taimi came back to her senses and immediately ran out of the study and called Mrs. Cottontail to take charge of the situation.

"Just as your father said, the dragon eggs will indeed hatch within these few days."