The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 223

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Part 2, Chapter 30 (223)
I wondered if Blake might disappear somewhere while my eyes were closed.
Though a flicker of suspicion crossed my mind, I quietly lowered my eyelids.
In that instant, moonlight wrapped warmly around my skin, and the energy of everything around me shifted dramatically.
As if the air itself held its breath in perfect silence, something large and weighty was carefully placed into my hands.
And it was even warm!
“You can open your eyes now.”
Rasifer chuckled warmly, his voice tinged with playfulness.
At his words, I slowly opened my eyes.
“…!”
Before me lay something beautiful and mysterious—a sight I had never witnessed anywhere in this world.
Or should I say… a living thing?
Within a five-colored shell suffused with soft luminescence, iridescent waves rippled and undulated like something breathing.
It was small enough that I could barely cradle it in both hands.
It radiated such warmth that I could feel its life force, and even a gentle, rhythmic pulse transmitted through my palms.
“This is… could it possibly be… a Dragon egg?”
“To be precise, an Opal Dragon egg. You guessed correctly.”
Rasifer smiled with evident pride.
“It’s an ancient divine dragon thought to be extinct. Now there’s only one in existence in this world. I managed to obtain that egg.”
“How… how on earth did you…?!”
Dragons had long since departed from this world.
They existed in ancient times, but everyone knew they no longer existed!
“I made an effort to obtain it in time for your coming-of-age birthday. Do you like it?”
“Like it? There are no words to describe whether I like it or not. My goodness… I can’t believe this.”
The shock was so overwhelming that I cradled the egg protectively against myself.
The Spirit Kings were in absolute uproar.
[The Chaos Spirit King ‘■■■■’ is flabbergasted and reeling.]
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ is rubbing their eyes in disbelief.]
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ drops their jaw and awards points to Rasifer Laximon.]
[The Flame Spirit King ‘Flammeus’ declares this gift cannot be surpassed.]
[The Air Spirit King ‘Shapasi’ shows tremendous favor toward Rasifer Laximon.]
[The Water Spirit King ‘Aurora’ marvels that it’s not even a dead egg.]
Glowing text cascaded down in torrents.
I pushed the glowing messages aside and examined the Opal Dragon’s shell more carefully.
“It really is opal. How incredible.”
“Yes. When it awakens, its scales will be opal too. When light strikes them, they’ll shimmer in countless colors—it suits you perfectly.”
Joy radiated across Rasifer’s face.
“When I first obtained this egg, I could only think of you. I was certain that if a dragon could ever be awakened, it had to be by you.”
“Why?”
“Because dragons consider the first thing they see after birth to be their mother and grow to resemble them. If it resembled something wicked, that would be catastrophic. And it absolutely cannot resemble me.”
An Opal Dragon.
A species I’d only glimpsed in passing through history books, a mere footnote in the grand narrative.
‘Will I be able to raise it properly?’
Worry seized me, but the Spirit Kings reassured me with their enthusiastic insistence that it would be fine.
[Air Spirit King Shapasi explains.]
[Opal Dragons are fundamentally human-friendly by nature, so you’ll have no trouble. Their breath doesn’t carry destructive force—instead, it’s imbued with the power of recovery and healing.]
[Flame Spirit King Flammeus adds.]
[Though that very trait led to their extinction. Humans and countless other races coveted their eggs. But with you, there’s nothing to fear.]
I’m aware that because they weren’t aggressive, they were hunted for their eggs until the species vanished entirely.
[Chaos Spirit King ■■■■ interjects, noting that truly dangerous ones are creatures like Black Diamond Dragons.]
[Black Diamond Dragons are impossible to tame, but Opal Dragons? That’s a different story.]
Beneath the shimmering text, the eggshell gleamed as though crushed opal or mother-of-pearl had been carefully inlaid into its surface.
– Peep…
That was when it happened.
From somewhere, an incredibly faint cry reached my ears.
Startled, I lifted the egg and pressed it against my ear.
“Shu?”
“Didn’t you just hear that? There was a sound!”
“Hmm? I didn’t hear anything at all.”
But I definitely heard it cry, didn’t I?
Yet Blake, standing as though swallowed by darkness, shook his head as well.
“Can only I hear it?”
[Water Spirit King Aurora says the baby Opal Dragon seems to have taken a liking to you.]
[It’s only a guess, but since you’re beloved by nature enough to contract with Spirit Kings, it seems you alone can hear it.]
Wow!
Hearing the cry made the egg feel infinitely more precious, and I tightened my grip protectively.
I worried it might break, but since the surface is opal, even if I dropped it, it should be safe… right?
– Peep peep!
As if reading my thoughts, an urgent cry sounded again.
I couldn’t help but laugh softly, gently stroking the egg.
“Don’t worry. I’ll never drop you.”
[Air Spirit King Shapasi sends the lesser spirit Podungi.]
[Even if you do drop it, these creatures will catch it. Have no fear.]
‘Thank you, Shapasi.’
The Podungi that appeared beside me embraced the egg tightly.
With them around, I have nothing to worry about.
“Happy birthday, Superti.”
“I’m truly grateful, Pel.”
“Seeing you happy makes me happy too. Will you give it a name? They say the hatchling has a higher chance of awakening if you call it by name.”
So what should I name it?
Growing serious, I first recalled my own name and Rasifer’s name.
It would be nice to take the name from the person who gave me the gift, after all.
And Rasifer would feel more proud that way too.
“We both have ‘fer’ in our names, don’t we, Pel?”
“Yes, that’s true.”
“What if we change it slightly… How about Pir?”
“That’s an excellent name.”
In the ancient language, ‘Pir’ means ‘birth’.
If this child ever awakens, it would be a truly fitting name.
Perhaps the bloodline of the Opal Dragon might even continue.
Even if it begins as a hybrid.
‘I once learned how to preserve the lineage of an extinct ancient race.’
Even if the second generation is hybrid, the third generation can be born as pure-blooded.
They call that atavism, and it apparently happens occasionally among higher races.
When I learned that, I wondered if I’d ever use this knowledge… but here we are?
“If I were to… this child would protect you. I would take you somewhere I could never find you again.”
Then, Rasifer, who had been quietly observing me, spoke in the softest of whispers.
“That’s what my heart wants, Shu. It’s enough if you’re happy. I’m fine.”
“What are you saying? You need to be happy too, and so do I.”
“Just in case—if I were to become corrupted. It’s like insurance.”
Corrupted? I didn’t quite understand what he meant.
But I could sense that Rasifer was afraid of something.
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ is poking you insistently.]
Quest!
(Marriage Contract) Choose Your Husband
The Emotion Spirit King has given you an assignment!
✔
Lovers should have no secrets between them. Discover the secret that ‘Rasifer Laximon’ is hiding from you!
Reward for Success
★You Did Wonderfully★ 1 Stamp.
Could what Rasifer had said so faintly earlier be connected to this secret?
I wanted to ask, but Blake was here too.
Since the terrace was so open, the location wasn’t appropriate either.
If Rasifer was deliberately keeping a secret, he surely didn’t want anyone else to know about it.
So I brought up a different topic instead.
I’d been delayed by the gift shower, but this was something I absolutely had to discuss.
“There’s something I want to tell you both discreetly. I spotted an Elf in the Banquet Hall earlier.”
I turned my gaze toward Blake and opened my mouth.
“I attached a low-ranking Air Spirit to them, and since Elves can see spirits too, they’ve apparently gone into hiding now.”
“An Elf, you say?”
“Yes. Elves are a race that shouldn’t be present in the Imperial Palace right now.”
Blake’s expression darkened immediately.
“Unlike humans, Elves can completely suppress their presence, so we can’t search for them openly. I’ll hide their trail.”
“How intriguing. An Elf in the Imperial Palace at this time of all moments….”
“If we capture the Elf, wouldn’t that prove the connection with the First Prince?”

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