Knight Lords: Infinite Simulation and the Path of Light

Chapter 164 An Egg
"The branches of the Tree of Life, Haven, once they have grown normally for a period of time, they will be able to secrete the sap of life normally!"

Not quite understanding why he was rejected, Heyman assumed that Havent didn't understand the value and function of this ancient tree branch of life, so he explained it to Havent very seriously.

"Forget it then. By the time something of this level grows up, my cousin's bones will probably be rotten."

Hearing Haven's words, He-Man raised an eyebrow with a strange expression. Although what he said was true, it sounded so crude.

"Hmm~ this~ hmm~ although~"
"Okay, Haven, you're right, this is clearly not a very good wedding gift. Let's look at something else. This room has about two hundred valuable items of all kinds; we're sure to find something suitable."

Ten minutes passed.

Heman, who had been explaining things for a while, felt his mouth was getting dry, so he turned and waved to the servant standing in front of the metal door of the vault.

"Bring me some drinks. Also, have the supervisor turn on the air conditioning here; it's so hot!"

After looking at more than thirty rare items from various places, Haven still couldn't find one that satisfied him; each one seemed a little lacking.

Feeling a bit tired, Heman plopped down on a display case, his heavy body making the case creak.

"Havent, take a look for yourself first. I'm going to rest for a bit. Whew, it's so stuffy in here. I'll definitely have someone improve the ventilation in there later."

"Okay, I'll take a look myself. To be honest, Heman, what you just introduced was really good. Like that big pearl from the sea tribe, I think it's really nice, but it's a bit too big. It's about half the size of a human head. I can't even imagine what the jewelry made from it would look like."

Without waiting for Heyman's reply, Haven continued walking inside, talking to himself. It was an extremely pleasant thing to wander aimlessly, with his body instinctively controlling his brain to organize its activities. It was like the freedom of casually picking an apple off a shelf in a supermarket.

"Huh? This is it?"

While strolling around the shelves, Haven suddenly felt a faint connection, as if something was tugging at his thoughts.

Turning around, I saw a dusty gray egg lying quietly on a blanket, staring at me as if it had eyes.

"He-Man? What's that?"

Upon hearing Haven's words, He-Man, who had just taken a couple of sips of iced lemon tea, turned his head and glanced at Haven's location.

"Huh~ You mean that one~"

As he spoke, he got up from the booth and walked over.

"Here you go. I remember you like Blackthorn Wine. This egg... well, that's a long story."

"What, you're planning to give this to your cousin?"

"How could that be? Giving this is not as good as giving me the branch of the ancient tree of life that you told me about at the beginning."

Upon hearing Haven's words, He-Man's face lit up with excitement.

"Right, right? I just know my judgment is definitely right."

Look, on such an important day as your cousin's wedding, you presented a branch of the Tree of Life in front of everyone. Just thinking about it makes you feel important.

My father often said that the dignity and face of us nobles are sometimes more important than our lives.

Sensing that Heman was about to go on and on, Haven quickly put his hand on the chubby boy's body to stop him from continuing.

"Okay, okay, I got it. So, what kind of egg is this? I feel like it's looking at me."

"Looking at you?"

Hearing Havent's words, Seaman was a little surprised, after all, so many tests had been done before, and none of the descriptions matched this.

"That might mean there's a special connection between you, something like telepathy."

The chubby boy answered hesitantly.

"Speaking of which, this egg has been around for at least a hundred years. It is said that my father's grandfather acquired it from a traveling merchant from the Western Continent."

According to the wandering merchant, he bought it from a group of mercenaries who said they found it in an abandoned dragon's nest, and it might be a dragon egg.

"Dragon egg?"

Speaking of dragons, Haven had already seen them twice. Once was the red dragon Nagre, who was controlled by the Church of Death, and Nagre taught him a very useful dragon language spell, 'Unyielding Power'.

The other one is Alice's red dragon companion, Odawijn. According to Alice, Odawijn is only about ten years old, which is quite young considering the long lifespan of dragons.

Aodaweiying is equivalent to a human baby dragon that is only a few days old; it is a true baby dragon.

Even though it's a baby dragon that doesn't know any dragon language or magic and can only rely on its instinctive breath and physical strength, Odawiing is still incredibly powerful. At least Havent has no chance of fighting back against a baby dragon.

Thinking about the dragon egg that was over ten meters long, and then looking at the one in front of him that was about the size of a watermelon, Haven couldn't help but ask a question.

"This can be a dragon egg? A dragon egg is so small? I think even the eggs of slightly larger bird-like magical beasts are bigger than this one."

He-Man scratched his nose awkwardly when he heard Havent's doubts, after all, he himself didn't quite believe it was a dragon egg.

At first, the family was full of expectations for the mysterious egg they had acquired, and to this end, they hired the most outstanding dragon culture scholar at the time to conduct a careful appraisal.

But in the end, this scholar of dragon culture only gave an ambiguous answer, neither denying nor affirming it.

Later, after several other appraisers and experts made their judgments, they were still unable to make an accurate assessment of this mysterious egg.

However, during the inspection, it was found that the egg's material was extremely solid, and even using a level 3 sharp engraving knife, no significant marks were left on the egg's surface.

This is why the Hoylund family, despite not being entirely sure what the item was, still chose to put it in their vault. "Hmm..."

Anyway, this egg—no, this dragon egg—is definitely real. Our family has invested a lot of resources in this egg.

While it's uncertain whether it's a dragon egg, it's certain that it's a magical beast whose strength is no less than that of a high-level magical beast like a dragon.

Hearing Heyman's explanation, Haven raised an eyebrow and examined the seemingly unremarkable egg again more closely.

'Hello'

"Huh? Who's talking?"

The sudden voice in his mind startled Haven, who quickly looked around but found nothing unusual.

Serena showed no interest in these precious items and immediately sat on the floor eating the snacks Haven had brought her as soon as she entered.

As for Lori, the alchemy-obsessed boy was currently watching a miniature dwarven airship with great interest, probably oblivious even if someone pulled down his pants.

"Huh? What's wrong, Haven?"

Heman looked at the other person blankly, clearly not understanding what was wrong with Haven, who had suddenly become so easily startled.

"Didn't you hear someone speaking?"

Faced with Haven's question, He-Man looked around in confusion, and indeed there were only a few of them in the vault.

"No, Haven. You must be hallucinating. Didn't you get enough sleep last night?"

Haven thought about it and realized that he was probably just too tired from dreaming.

"Maybe so. But never mind, let's look at the others. This egg is definitely not suitable as a wedding gift."

Just as the two were leaving to look at other items, the voice rang out again.

'Havent! Here! Here!'

Having heard clearly this time, Haven immediately adopted the starting stance of Wing Chun.

"Who's here? Step forward. Don't try to scare me with your superstitious talk. I, Hai, am not easily frightened."

Seeing Haven suddenly react like a cat, the chubby little He-Man was so frightened that the fat on his face trembled.

"What happened!"

Hearing the commotion, Serena put down her snacks and looked over. Seeing Havet preparing to attack, she instantly unleashed her immense magical power and floated up.

Floating in mid-air, its large, pale blue eyes scanned the surroundings a few times but found nothing, before descending again.

'Havent! Here I am, behind you.'

Hearing that childlike voice again, Haven looked behind him in confusion.

Among all the items, the most eye-catching was that dusty gray egg.

"Are you talking to me?"

Heman watched Havent talking to the dragon egg. Although he felt something was strange, it was better than the unknown and inexplicable fear. He swallowed and said.

"Havent, are you talking to this dragon egg?"
"Hey...it's me! It's me! Haven!"

You've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you for so long.

Hearing that childlike voice again, Haven jumped back in fright.

Heman, who was standing to the side, was hit in the nose by Havent's elbow, and blood immediately started flowing from his nose like a faucet.

"Wow, it really is you talking."

Haven seemed somewhat agitated after confirming that he was not hallucinating.

"He-Man, He-Man, can you hear me? Can you hear me?"

However, with blood still flowing from both nostrils, Heman clearly didn't have time to answer Havent's questions.

"What are you? Why do you say you've been waiting for me for so long?"

However, after Haven finished speaking, the egg remained silent for a long time, so long that Haven thought he was hallucinating again.

'I don't know who I am either. But I was definitely waiting for you. I woke up the moment you stepped into this room.'

"Forehead……"

Hearing the explanation for the egg, Haven couldn't help but fall into deep thought. This felt like a honey trap.

"Okay, now that we've met, I'll be going. I have something to do."

Faced with something that appears out of nowhere and with an unclear purpose, the cautious Haven simply ran away. According to the plot of other scenarios, this kind of thing is usually a trap.

'Oh, oh, oh. Don't go, you have to take me with you.'

　Only 3,000 today, more flood control efforts.
　
(End of this chapter)