Chapter 3 - Lucky? Or a Burden? (3)

[Human…..]

At that moment, the Gold Drake telepathically spoke.

As expected, it was a female voice that resonated. However, the telepathic voice didn't have any strength in it.

It was as if the light was soon to extinguish.

[I have something I want to…..request of you. My child……]

"What?"

[My……child, let me leave him in your care. In return…..I will offer my heart to you.]

The look in the drake's eyes lit up for a moment.

It was her final strength before her death.

Instinctively feeling this, Jade felt perplexed.

"Why do you want to leave your child with me?"

[Please take care of him….at least until he becomes an adult.]

The Gold Drake stared at Jade with earnest.

She was sure that if she died right now, her child wouldn't have a chance to even be born and would become a monster's meal.

Since Jade was strong enough to kill a drake, she was sure that she could leave her child with him until it grew into an adult.

"I understand how you feel….."

[In exchange, I'll give you my heart. I'm not completely sure, but there should be much more energy inside a live heart rather than a dead heart.]

The drake seemed to have a difficult time speaking, but even then, she continued to speak.

Her child wouldn't be able to survive if she didn't somehow convince Jade, so she did all she could to hold on.

She couldn't die until a contract was formed.

"What will you do if I just eat your heart but not form a contract with you?"

[I smell the scent of a spirit….and there's no way someone like you wouldn't hold true to their promise.] (I'm sure this means she can smell that he has a contract with spirits, so she knows he won't break a contract with her.)

"Hmm."

[Please……at least until…..my child becomes independent…..]

Jade's heart grew weak as he watched the Gold Drake put aside her pride.

And, as a human, he had nothing but pity in his heart.

As a person who had lived in the Great Forest by himself, he knew exactly what would happen to the egg if it was left alone.

-Let's help her. As for food, we have the Blake Drake! We can grow the baby by feeding it the enemy! And, I'm sure it'll grow to be helpful to you as well! You can ride it with your Spirit Armor on!

Celestine must have also felt pity for the Gold Drake as she did her best to convince Jade.

Even though it was the first time they were meeting today.

"Alright. I'll accept it. It's not a bad proposal for me either."

[Th, thanks.]

There was a limit to getting strong on his own, so Jade accepted the drake's proposal.

Rip!

As the contract was made, the Gold Drake kept her promise and ripped out her own heart while she was alive.

As huge as her body was, her heart was also big.

It was just as big as Jade.

Jade then summoned a sylph and commanded it to bring the egg out from inside the drake's lair.

"I will keep my promise. Be at east and close your eyes."

[Please…..]

The light in the drake's eyes dimmed at the same time as it lost its focus.

Jade summoned Noes and made a grave for the drake at that exact spot.

Barf!

Jade received internal injuries from excessively using his mana, but he did not stop.

Once the drake was completely buried, he grabbed the egg and the corpse of the Black Drake and headed back to his hideout.

As soon as he arrived back to his hideout, Jade summoned Noes and created a huge cavity underground.

It was for the purpose of preserving the Black Drake's body.

He then summoned an ice spirit had completely froze the Black Drake.

He wanted to preserve the body for as long as he could.

-What about the Black Drake's heart?

"Later. We'll consume the Gold Drake's heart first."

-Yeah, the heart won't spoil if it's frozen and it'll be easier to preserve since it's underground.

Celestine stared at the Black Drake's frozen body with admiration. It was as if it she was staring at her spoils of war.

"Even if I don't eat it, we can just feed it to the baby drake."

-I think that's a smart idea. It's a form of revenge too.

"Won't the baby grow really well too? But the egg is much smaller than I thought."

-That's exactly what I thought too. I thought the egg would be huge since the mom was huge, but it's much cuter than I thought.

Celestine shook her head.

She really did think the same as Jade when she first saw the drake's egg.

"It's even smaller than a wyvern's egg."

-But the energy inside the egg is definitely that of a drake. It's not a dragon type for nothing.

"Hopefully it grows well."

-Did you think of a name yet?

Celestine's eyes s.h.i.+ned brightly.

Her expectations grew as another member was added to their family.

Not only that, but baby monsters were cute.

Her expectations grew even more because the egg wasn't that of just any drake, but that of a rare Gold Drake's.

"We don't even know its gender yet. Oh yeah, how do we figure out a drake's gender?"

-I don't know!

Celestine answered naively, and seeing this, Jade laughed uncontrollably.

"Aren't you being too confident?"

-This is my charm! Hehe!

"Well, we still have time so let's think about it some more."

Having fully preserved the Black Drake in ice, Jade went back up to the surface.

Since he was now done preserving the Black Drake, he wanted to consume the Gold Drake's heart.

-Are we finally starting!

"Yes."

-I'll protect you while you absorb it!

Celestine yelled loudly as she beat her chest.

However, even with those words, Jade did not hold high expectations because he knew that she would just be watching the egg.

"Yeah, yeah."

-I'm serious!

"Yeah, yeah."

-Chet!

Hearing Jade answer back dryly, Celestine pouted and pulled on his hair. However, Jade didn't even blink an eye.

"Let's get started."

Jade entered his hideout and reached for the Gold Drake's frozen heart.

And, as he did, the frozen heart melted and a thick scent filled the room.

-You must eat it whole!

"I don't know if I can eat the whole thing."

Jade was filled with worry.

He wasn't sure how he was supposed to eat a heart that was the same size as him.

However, something shocking happened.

The Gold Drake's heart shrunk in size and was now perfect to be eaten with one bite.

-As I thought, she had arranged this.

"This will make things much easier."

-Don't get swept away by the energy, and make sure you properly control it.

"Of course."

Jade quickly swallowed the heart in one bite, sat down cross legged, then closed his eyes.

He was attempting to absorb the Gold Drake's heart completely with his mana technique.

Pa ji ji jik!

Unlike its thick scent, the drake's heart did not taste bad.

If anything, it was as sweet as chocolate from his original world. However, he was only able to taste the flavor for a short period of time.

The energy from the drake's heart filled Jade's body in an instant.

'Eup!'

Jade made a sound as he felt a tingling sensation course through his body.

However, even though his body was in pain, Jade began absorbing the energy with his mana technique.

It was all in order to contain as much energy within his body as possible.

If he didn't take control of the heart's energy now, he wouldn't be able to acc.u.mulate much of it inside his body.

Crack!

His head felt like it was going to split but Jade continued to persevere.

Competed - Chapter (3)