Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 96: Raising a Daughter Goose, Red Dragon Egg

"What do you mean?"

Noah stared with eyes wide open, looking at the irresponsible couple in front of him in disbelief.
"I'll raise him? What are you doing?"

"You know, Noah, I have a knight group to manage. There are too many things to do. Edith and I are the same. We don't have time, so I can only ask you to do it."

The young man still looked like he was in his early twenties, with a sincere look on his face. The silver-haired girl beside him also bowed slightly. Even though she had given birth, it did not affect her figure and appearance. She still looked young, beautiful and full of vitality.

"Don't you still have..."

Noah was about to refuse, but suddenly he remembered that his adoptive mother was much busier than the young couple in front of him. She was in charge of the affairs of the territory and the construction of the Mage City. Asking her to help take care of the children was just asking for trouble.

As for his adoptive father, he is relatively more relaxed, but only relatively speaking. As a legendary dragon slayer with super-normal combat power, Cassius often receives requests for help or commissions from other countries.

This warrior would ignore any intrigues such as bribery or requests for disciples.

But if they encountered an invasion by legendary monsters or evil forces, Cassius would basically not refuse any request for help and would directly take people there.

Fighting, killing and winning, these are what Noah's adoptive father, who is a pure warrior, desires. Noah even feels unsafe to hand over a few months old baby to him.

"Noah, you are the most suitable choice for us. I really don't trust the others, so I can only ask you for help."

Teddel spoke in an earnest tone. Even after a round of purges, the Augustus family was not small now, but there was not a single member of the family whom he could entrust his own daughter to. He did not trust those people.

"But your baby hasn't been weaned yet, what should I feed her?"

Noah asked in disbelief.

He really could not have imagined that he, a young dragon who had just turned 22 years old, could become the best candidate for a nanny in the eyes of humans.

"I can prepare some. If it's not enough, I can feed it with animal milk. I grew up drinking animal milk when I was a child."

The elf girl next to her hesitated for a moment and responded.

"Okay, I'll take care of the child."

Having said that, Noah had no reason to refuse. After all, he didn't need to do it himself, the big fairy could assist him.

"Great."

Hearing that Noah had agreed, the young man was overjoyed and immediately promised Noah,

"I will definitely send you the red dragon egg you want in a while."

"There really are red dragon eggs?"

Noah was a little surprised, because he had not forgotten what the young man had mentioned, a pair of adult red dragons that were in mating season.

"Not long ago, one of my shadow knights observed a mother dragon laying eggs."

"No wonder you were so eager to throw your daughter to me. It turns out the mother dragon laid eggs."

Noah suddenly realized that although the red dragon was the leader of the colored dragons, even so, it could not escape the characteristics and weaknesses that all living creatures must have.

Even a red dragon will enter a period of weakness after laying dragon eggs. Of course, the so-called weakness is only relative. If there are really reckless adventurers who think that a red dragon in this period is easy to bully, then they will be in big trouble.

"It is a red dragon after all. I am not stupid enough to follow the Eight Virtues of Chivalry when facing a monster."

"Then I'll wait for your red dragon egg."

Noah watched the couple leave and suddenly thought of his parents. He couldn't help but wonder if the golden dragons had abandoned him for similar reasons.

"Whatever it is, it's been almost twenty years. Isn't it time to come back and take a look?"

Jin Long muttered quietly. He turned around and put the matter behind him. He didn't care whether his parents would come back to visit him. To him, it didn't matter.

Noah’s top priority now is to learn how to be a qualified Golden Dragon nanny. He should be worried about how to stabilize the emotions of the baby girl who has left her parents’ arms and prevent her from crying constantly due to loss of security.

"..."

A pair of huge golden dragon pupils looked at a pair of small dark eyes. Then, the owner of the small eyes grinned with his toothless mouth, giggled, and stretched out his little hand to the owner of the big eyes.

"Won't you cry?"

Noah, who was already prepared, was a little puzzled when he saw the baby girl was so well-behaved, even happier than in her parents' arms.

However, Noah soon realized that there was no human baby in the world who would not cry, and the reason why his eldest niece Gwendolen did not cry was because of his existence.

Golden dragons emit a pleasant smell similar to mixed incense. As a reverting golden dragon, Noah's smell is even better.

It's just that Noah usually doesn't realize it, even though his adoptive mother often hugs him and even praises him for his good smell many times, after all, it happens too many times and he doesn't care at all.

But it was not until now, after becoming a dad, that Noah realized how useful his smell is and how perfect it is for soothing babies.

At first, Noah thought that his eldest niece was born heartless and would not be afraid at all even if she was separated from her parents.

But when Noah fed the little one and waited until she fell asleep in the rocking bed, the little one started to make a fuss and cried non-stop.

However, as long as the golden dragon approached, the little girl's crying would gradually subside, and she would fall asleep peacefully. After several attempts, Noah was completely sure that it was the smell emanating from his body that made his eldest niece feel at peace and stop crying or making a fuss.

In this way, Noah could only bring his eldest niece with him. Anyway, he had nowhere to go. But as time went on, the little girl, who was only three or four months old, developed a bad habit on Jinlong that she could not completely get rid of.

At least that was the case in the eyes of the Golden Dragon, because after the little girl regained consciousness, she was unwilling to sleep on a bed covered with fur. Even a small mountain of velvet could not attract her.

The third generation inheritor of the Augustus family likes to sleep with the golden dragon's tail in his arms. He won't sleep unless he is allowed to sleep with the golden dragon in his arms. After several confrontations, Noah, who couldn't understand at all, gave in.
"What's so good about a tail? Why do you have to hold it while sleeping?"

Jin Long really couldn't figure it out, but he also let him complain.
"It is because you are young that you are allowed to do what your father wanted to do but failed to do."

In this way, the man and the dragon got along more and more harmoniously. In the end, even the golden dragon himself got used to it and often had a little guy lying on his tail.

So, when Teddle and Edith returned to the Duke's Mansion again, what they saw was an extremely warm and harmonious scene.

Anyone who sets foot in the Duke's mansion can see it just by looking up: under the stars and the moon, a golden dragon with its scales reflecting the glittering luster lies on top of the tallest and most magnificent palace in the mansion, with its gorgeous wings folded in, looking lazy, comfortable and at ease.

On the tail of this majestic golden dragon, the baby girl, about half a year old, has a round and delicate face, and is like a sloth. She hugs the round and thick dragon tail under her body tightly with her limbs. Her eyelashes tremble slightly and she breathes evenly, as if she is having a sweet dream.

The moonlight fell on the golden dragon and the baby, like a thin veil, warm and harmonious, and the stars in the sky added a sense of tranquility and beauty to the scene. But this was the perspective of someone who had nothing to do with it, because it was completely unrelated, so they could appreciate the beauty of it, but from Teddel's perspective, from the perspective of his father, it was a completely different scene.

He believed wholeheartedly that the golden dragon entrusted with an important task irresponsibly brought his daughter, who was not even one year old, to the roof that towered like a mountain, and let his daughter sleep hugging a cold, hard and thick tail on this cold night. And this extremely irresponsible bastard golden dragon could actually sleep soundly with a clear conscience.

Therefore, in just a breath of time, the young man, who still had a faint expectant smile on his face, quickly turned red because of anger.

This was because he saw his daughter being treated with disrespect, but also because he felt unwilling and unbelievable that his trust had been betrayed.

"Noah, is this how you treat my daughter?"

The young man came to the sleeping Golden Dragon and questioned him.

"What did she do wrong?"

"You can try to pick her up."

Seeing the young man running up to him with an angry face to question him, Noah was quite calm, as he had expected this situation.

Before knowing that his daughter had this strange habit, it was a normal reaction for a father to think that his daughter had been abused in some way.

So, Teddel, with an indignant look on his face, picked up his daughter, and when he heard his daughter's loud crying, he couldn't help but look stunned.

"You can put her down now."

Noah reminded the stunned young man, and Teddel slowly put his daughter down somewhat at a loss. Then the young man watched his daughter, who was crying and making a fuss, climb up with her hands and feet the moment she touched the golden dragon's tail, hugged it tightly, and regained her composure in a very short time. She even rubbed her face against the hard dragon scales, with a look of dependence and attachment.

"Don't ask me what's going on. I don't know either. I can't understand why your daughter has such a quirk."

Noah spoke in advance, blocking the question that the young man, who was full of confusion and doubt, wanted to ask.

"She is sleeping now..."

Teddel's face was full of disbelief and his face turned even redder, but this was due to his embarrassment and awkwardness. After holding it in for a long while, he couldn't help but start asking about his daughter's usual condition.

"Every day is like what you see now. She can't sleep without my tail."

When introducing the situation, Noah also had a helpless look on his face. He was afraid that there was no other golden dragon's tail in the world that could be used to take care of a baby.

"How could this be?"

The young man found it hard to understand, but Edith, who came back with him, came to the roof quietly and commented on it.
"Maybe it's your obsession. Wasn't your childhood dream to hold Noah while you sleep? Now Gwen has accomplished your childhood goal."

"How can such a thing happen?"

The young man retorted subconsciously, but he couldn't think of a better explanation.

"You still haven't apologized to Noah?"

Edith reminded.

"Noah, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."

Teddel also realized this immediately. He was anxious and emotional because his daughter appeared at an inappropriate time and in an inappropriate place. He questioned Jinlong. Now that he knew the reason, it was obviously his fault.

"How many times do I need to repeat this to you before you can remember that an apology requires sincerity. Where is your sincerity?"

Noah stretched out his dragon claw and tapped the eaves with the tip of his index finger.

"Wait a minute, I brought you a gift this time."

Having said this, the young man jumped down and rushed to the gate of the mansion. Then he came to Noah holding two dragon eggs, each half a person's height and covered with red scales, in his left and right hands.

"Noah, look, this is the red dragon egg I said I would bring you. It won't be long before it hatches."

"Only two?"

Noah looked at the two dragon eggs that were full of vitality and nodded slightly, but seemed a little confused.

"Of course not. There were three dragon eggs in total, but one was taken away by my mother."

There was a look of regret on Taidel's face.

"Aunt also went to your dragon-slaying battlefield?"

Noah looked surprised.

"Yes, she stopped us when we were about to chop off the red dragon's head, and took away both adult dragons."

There was an indescribable depression in Taidel's tone.

"It seems that your plan is under her control from beginning to end. However, Auntie is right. A living red dragon can create more value than a dead one."

Noah felt that this result was not bad. It was not that he sympathized with the red dragon, although it was indeed not easy for a red dragon to survive to adulthood. Rather, a living red dragon had a higher economic value. However, under normal circumstances, no wizard would dare to do this.

"I thought I could get the title of Dragon Slayer this time, but I didn't expect it, oh!"

The young man sighed and couldn't help but take a look at the two dragon eggs he brought back.
"If I hadn't promised to bring you dragon eggs, I probably wouldn't have been able to take these two eggs with me."

"So, your only apology is these two red dragon eggs that you promised me long ago?"

Noah was not satisfied because the red dragon egg he had been thinking about for a while appeared in front of him, although he did not care about this little misunderstanding.

"Uh, Noah, what else do you want?"

"You actually asked a dragon what it wanted. Isn't the answer obvious?"

Jin Long tilted his head and asked back.

"Noah, the combined wealth of the knights led by Edith and I is not as much as yours. How can I possibly give you a treasure that will satisfy you?"

Taidel couldn't help but sigh,

"Even at the border of the territory where I am stationed, I can see clay golems made by goblins. In terms of wealth, perhaps only my mother can surpass you."

(End of this chapter)