Chapter 118

"Is his life force draining from his body again?"

"Yes, I'll give him a little more strength."

I looked at Dominic and nodded.

'Ha. It's not strange that he could die at any moment.'

Although he continued to testify, it was clear that his vitality was draining. If someone as talented as Dominic hadn't used his strength to help, his lifeline would have been cut off.

"He's guilty trash, but he must not die until all of Sheria's sins are revealed."

Dominic made eye contact with me and nodded solemnly. "It may take a little longer. It's not as easy as I think to increase Tern's lifespan."

I listened to Dominic and was lost in thought. So, could I try to hatch it by myself while Dominic was not around?

"Well, Dominic. If I try to hatch a dragon egg by myself, the stationery store will be destroyed, or I'll be in danger, right?"

In the past, when dragon eggs hatched for a short time, they weren't so dangerous. But at that time, I remembered that there were quite a few people around me who could help, including Dominic.

Dominic paused for a moment and said with a disappointed face, "Then... Mel, do you remember the secret laboratory of the Mage Tower that I borrowed for a while when I was inventing something last time?"

"The secret laboratory of the Mage Tower? I remember."

It was a laboratory that was safe, secure, and probably allowed Isaac to use it at any time. I nodded, and Dominic replied vigorously, "Yes, why don't you try hatching there? There are wizards around, and that... there are some squirrels you don't like! It's not dangerous!"

If it's a guy you don't like, he was talking about Isaac.

"At least if you're in the Mage Tower Lab, you'll be less likely to be in danger because of dragons."

Dominic nodded with the video ball in his hand. "Okay, I'll take you to the Mage Tower, and I'll go to Tern."

That's how I entered the secret laboratory of the Mage Tower that Isaac had kindly given me not long ago. The lab was only twice the size of my stationery store, and I could see bubbling lab tools on a rectangular table just below the window. I simply placed the dragon egg on the table.

Okay, now I was on a daunting task: to hatch a dragon egg.

"I think it woke up when I held my hand like this." Basil's words that if I touched him, a dragon egg would hatch, crossed my mind.

'According to Basil, I am a direct blood relative who has been properly blessed by the dragon, so if I reach it, it will hatch.'

However, what he said was half right and half wrong. At that time, when my hand touched the dragon's egg, it hatched for a while and then hid in the egg again.

'There may be another hatching condition.'

I didn't know what the other hatching conditions were, so I decided to try my hand first. I carefully placed my hand on the surface of the dragon's egg.

"Nothing happens today as long as I can reach it." I let out a sigh. After all, if the egg wanted to hatch, something would have happened when I picked up the dragon egg and moved it to the Mage Tower. I sighed and stared at the egg.

"Wake up quickly, are you listening to me?" I decided to say something to the air. "I need you." As I spoke, I sighed.

'Is the dragon in this place listening to me in the first place?'

But as soon as I finished speaking, I heard a small pop in my ear.

Paji, Pajiji!

A small popping sound was heard, and the surface of the egg began to crack. I frowned and touched the crack again.

'Hatch so easily? Of course, it hatched quite easily last time, but it's suspicious.'

I tried to sweep through the cracks in the dragon egg. Just then.

Gripping!

"Ugh!"

A strong pain from the crack was transmitted to my body. My whole body started to ache as if I had been struck by lightning. I could clearly see the flashing light in front of me. I closed my eyes tightly. It was such an intense light that even when I closed my eyes, there were traces of light left in front of me.

And I realized that something was burning with a thud.

"What, what!"

I was the one who was burning. My body was burning! I touched the corners of my face. Instead of smooth skin, something rough came to my fingertips. An ominous premonition swept over my body.

"No, this is...!"

Even now, I could barely speak!

'I don't think there's anything wrong with my body.'

Did the dragon's egg activate its own protective barrier? I glared at the egg as I was about to break it.

"Mirror..."

I looked around. Fortunately, there was a small mirror next to the window. I looked at my face in the mirror and was shocked.

"...Hey, it's a dream, isn't it?"

I was shocked when I looked at my face in the mirror. My white skin had disappeared, and my entire face had turned black. What about my hair! My well-textured blonde hair was curly like a bomb had hit it, obscuring my vision. I had been struck by lightning, and my body was burned like a whole chicken.

There was one difference from being struck by lightning: I was just panicked, but my body didn't hurt at all! I looked away from the mirror and glared at the dragon egg. The cracks on the surface of the egg had disappeared and returned to their original state. As if nothing had happened.

"What is this! You, you. Aren't you a crazy dragon?"

At my words, the dragon's egg jumped out of its place as if protesting.

"What are you doing!"

But the egg was silent. Before I could vent my anger, the door opened quickly with a bang.

"Is Mary in the lab today? Not today... Ugh!"

It was Henry.

"...Henry."

I looked at Henry with my head burned as if I had been struck by lightning. I tried to say hello as calmly as possible...

"Hey."

Henry's white, wheat bread-like hand fell to the floor. The eagerness of opening the door wide was overshadowed by Henry's hesitation and taking a step back.

"A dog, a dog."

...Dogs? I was stunned by the unexpected words. It's not the word I guessed, is it?

"Boo, it's definitely a Mel suit! It's a monster!"

Embarrassed, Henry's glasses rolled to the floor. Apparently, now I was misunderstood as the monster who ate Meldenik.

"I..."

I tried to correct the misunderstanding, but my voice didn't come out well. Henry took a step back and started scolding me. A small, plump hand with crumbs on it pointed at me, as if he had just picked up a snack.

"Dog, dog water Mel, you monster!"

At Henry's words, I opened my mouth.

'No, that's not the case!'

But now I couldn't even speak well. This was because even my tongue became stiff, as if I had taken the wrong experimental drug.

"What kind of monster is a monster, heh!" Carat came in behind Henry and opened his mouth wide enough to see his uvula. "It's real! The villainous Duke Hesmann and Princess Sheria are here to take revenge!"

...No, guys. It's me. Me!

But my tongue was still stuck to the roof of my mouth, so I couldn't speak. I took a step closer to the children with a sad heart.

"Huh, heh, come and attack us!"

"Oh,..."

"J-just call reinforcements, call them!"

In the end, Carat and Henry ran out the door. Finally, I was left alone in the small laboratory.

"It's miserable."

I looked at myself in the mirror and glared at the dragon egg. The shells of the eggs were gathered as if they had cracked.

'You don't curse me, do you? Why are you doing that all of a sudden?'

I felt like I had to have a proper conversation with Dominic.

While I was frustrated, Carat and Henry, who quickly ran away from me, calling me a monster, brought back Prince Axion and Princess Mirissa, who were working on their academy homework in the Mage Tower.

"Dogs, dogs over there!" Henry scolded me, and Axion clicked his tongue and said, "What are you talking about? What kind of monster?"

Mirissa responded brightly. "It's Sister Mel! Sister, were you experimenting?"

"...Huh?" The children's eyes became so big that they couldn't get any bigger.

Carat smirked. "...Do you have any evidence?"

Mirissa shook her head, raised her palms, and folded her fingers one by one to justify her actions.

"Yes, one, that gorgeous blonde!"

Not. It is a charred bombshell head.

"Two, green eyes that resemble green greenery!"

...Can you see my pupils? Was it grimly hidden in the bomb's head?

"Three, the corners of your mouth smiling beautifully!"

It looked hideous in the mirror!

"Anyone can see that she's Mel's sister! Sister!" Mirissa squeezed in towards me.

The children who were staying at the house collapsed on the floor when I stroked Mirisa's head.

"Mi, Mirisa. Mary."

"You made a mistake! Mel!"

I continued to speak to the children in a gentle and kind manner like an adult. "Gangcha. You may be mistaken... No, it's my mantle girl. Jincha."

"Sister,... cute." Henry, who had called me a monster, now found me cute.

Perhaps Mirisa's bean pod is probably the best of all the people here.