Chapter 186 The Birth Of The Silver Dragon

The barren land above the secret lab was dyed in fresh blood. Monsters were attracted to the place, but they moved away seeing there was nothing to consume.

Within the control center, Zick patiently looked at the dragon's egg above the seat in silence.

Slowly the cracks on the silver egg intensified, it was almost time for it to hatch.

Looking at it, A certain memory within Zick awakened.

It was from when he was still back on Earth. The first and the last 'birth of a life' he saw wasn't that pretty.

...

Though it was rare, Zick still left his apartment to buy groceries.

At a particular point in time, he came across a certain incident.

Following down the railway that had a single road nearby, one would end up at a shanty town called Zeirrel, which had very few citizens living in it. The place was almost like a ghost town with beggars here and there.

Zick or more specifically Noah, who had visited that place to find something he needed, coincidentally discovered a pregnant woman painted in dirt and blood, giving birth in the middle of an empty plot of land during broad daylight.

There was an ambulance that was just a few meters from the woman, which had fallen to the side. There were signs of blood in the driver's seat. It was clear as day that an accident had occurred here.

Zick after struggling internally with the bag in his hand, he started walking toward the pregnant woman. He knew that the women had a very low chance of giving birth.

The surrounding town's conditions were also anything but good.

There was not even a proper sewage system, and the roads were filthy and contaminated while it was a conflict zone where refugees weren't even allowed to dig up wells. The pregnant woman wailed and screamed. Giving birth was a second priority as she cried in pain for help.

Although there were many onlookers, there was not a single one approaching her. Her appearance as she screamed from the depths of her lungs with an extremely thin body was very horrifying and the ignorant ones watched from a distance while treating her like a pandemic.

This wasn't weird, most of the people here were beggars or vagrants, to begin with.

The only one that approached her was a sick, hungry wild dog, tilting its head and wondering when this will become its food.

Following the strange feeling inside him, Zick called the ambulance for the woman who didn't even have the capability of moving.

But...It was too late, the woman was already in the last state of giving birth.

Her expression appeared to be seconds away from having something large escape it but she lacked strength at the last minute. In the end, her breath that barely held on soon stopped.

But when the woman stopped her movement, a baby flowed out along with a discharge of blood. Surprised, Zick moved a step forward, but the baby was already dead for some reason.

A dead woman gave birth to a dead baby.

With a dazed look on his face, Zick walked away.

It wasn't a great experience and he had never been reminded of that incident ever again. But…

Crack. Crackk–

Why did memories of that time resurface in his head while seeing the cracking egg of the Silver Dragon? This memory was long forgotten.

Crack…

The hatch was slow and the crevice slowly continued cracking in the shape of a cobweb.

Sitting silently in the control room, Zick waited until the dragon could leave its shell on its own. Next to him was Yuriel who also waited patiently like him, now held her breath and watched over the birth of life.

Drop

A fragment of the broken egg fell on the ground.

Soon, a small head of a reptile soared out from the hole. With a swollen face and eyes that couldn't even open yet, the baby dragon slowly turned its face over to the surroundings.

At this moment, The silver dragon had been born.

At that instant, the mystical connection between the silver dragon and Zick strengthened. Zick could feel the presence of the silver dragon better than ever.

Crack...crack~

The Silver Dragon broke the crevice of the egg, spilling the albumen, the yellow liquid.

Zick could feel the goodwill that was transmitted to him like crazy.

'More than goodwill, affection would be a better word....' Zick picked up the silver dragon and held it in hand.

Instinctually, Zick knew that this dragon was a girl.

She was heavy. Whenever it wriggled its body, its movement clearly reached him through the Silver skin and when he held it into his arms, he felt the loud beating of its heart.

Zick took out a clean white cloth and started cleaning the liquid off the silver dragon's body. Starting from the dragon's white stomach, he cleaned up towards the chest, and then the wings, as well as the tiny head. The small horn on its head was also fully cleaned.

The Silver dragon let Zick do anything he wanted without any resistance at all.

Zick lightly held the silver dragon, he was wholly interested in this being before him. It was his first time coming across a real dragon.

Soon, the Silver Dragon's eyes quivered before being carefully lifted up.

It stared at Zick.

And Zick stared back.

After thinking silently for a second, Zick spoke while directly looking into the Silver dragon's eyes: " Arianell, that will be your name from now."

Zick wanted to give it a proper name, but he really was no good in that sense. Therefore, he named it Arianell, which literally means silver in a certain language of Earth.

Shortly, Zick started feeding milk through a bottle with a passive look.

Gulping the milk down her throat, Arianell stared back and forth between The silent Yuriel and Zick. Although he had no talent for reading the expression of dragons, Zick knew that the dragon was happy thanks to his connection with it.

'I wonder If she can be a match to the demon lord after fully growing up....' Guilt rose within Zick, he was after all Arianell's father in a way.

But, Zick had straight priorities, he was sure that he would sacrifice her if there was a moment when his life was in any danger.

'Still, it's funny feeling this emotion after such a long time...' Zick was lost in nostalgia for a second.

Zick looked at Arianell before him after finishing the feeding session. He placed her on the ground.

Closing his eyes, he sent an instruction to her: "Use Polymorph to turn into your human form."

It was sent to Arianell like a wavelength.

Arianell knew what Zick meant instantly, closing her small eyes, she started concentrating. At that instant, with a dazzling silver light, Arianell's body shape started changing rapidly.

In no time, Arianell, in her polymorphed state, entered Zick's sight.

Curly long silver hair in an unkempt, messy state, and Other than that, a small body, a small head, and an even smaller shoulder. Her skin was pale and she had two vertical silver eyes.

The child that took the form of a human was sitting on the floor tilting its head in every direction. Zick quietly approached the child and crouched down before calling it.

"Hello."

Arianell turned to Zick.

There seemed to be exhaustion and sleepiness hanging on her large, clear, silver eyes. Zick knew the reason for this exhaustion.

According to the data stored in the lab, the dragon at their early age slept more than half of the day.

But the moment Arianell's eyes found Zick's eyes, a smile instantaneously flooded her expression. Making a bright smile, Arianell moved her lips but stuttered, perhaps because she didn't know how to speak yet.

Arianell, who looked no different than a three to four year old child, got up on her feet. Dragon grows rapidly, she would have the same age as Zick in three years. And then her body would stop aging outwardly, keeping the youthful look for thousands of years.

Looking at her, First Zick made Arianell wear the clothes he brought beforehand. It was a simple dress in black color.

Just when Zick was thinking about what to do next, Arianell lifted both of her hands toward Zick.

"...." Zick picked her up slowly, As Zick was about to raise Arianell up for a hug, she threw her arms wide open towards him. When he remained still blankly, she leaned forward and held Zick's two cheeks before pulling him towards herself.

A small forehead reached and touched Zick's forehead.

In that small distance with touching foreheads, the pair of silver eyes blinked and looked directly at Zick.

Zick smiled: 'Is this the way for it to show its affection?'

Seeing the sleepiness in The silver eyes, Zick separated with Arianell: "Let's put you to sleep now."

Using the silver wing system, Zick along with Arianell teleported to his room. By the moment he placed her on the bed, she was already fast asleep.

Leaving Arianell to sleep, Zick went back to the control center. Yuriel stood there with a dazed expression.

"What? Was seeing the birth of life for the first time such a shocking thing to you?" Zick asked.

Yuriel snapped out of her daze, looking at Zick with a confused look.

She didn't know why but she was fascinated by the process of coming into life.

Yuriel answered: "I don't know."

Zick breathed out loudly and looked at the monitor.

'Next would be the Lectic mountain region.'

He had a lot of work to take care of now, but no sign of expansion appeared within Zick.

It was thanks to him becoming a peak-rank mage and a master swordsman. The fact that he was not suppressing his emotions also played a part in it.