Chapter 9: My Brother...

Chapter 9: My Brother...

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After letting my mother and sister let out their tears for a while, mother finally calmed down and sister had fallen asleep.

"So.. what all did I miss.." Managing to put my thoughts about the dream to the side for a moment, I tried to make sure nothing major happened.

Mother stood up and started walking to the side of the room. "Well, Krystallo went into her dragon sleep a little over two months after you did, hers lasted 4 months, which was already much longer than average.."

"Well she seems to have grown quite a bit, she can speak somewhat fluently now."

"Haha.. she definitely didn't change as much as a certain someone though." she looked back at me with a face of worry before continuing. "How long.. did you know how to speak."

"Well..." there was a moment of silence while I was thinking about what to do before deciding to just be honest.. "since I hatched mother.." I held my head low, feeling a little guilty after deceiving my own mother.

"You really are an oddball aren't you.." A heartwarming smile reappeared on her face.

But it quickly disappeared when I asked a question I shouldn't have. "What about my other sibling? The 3rd egg."

Her face was completely washed with sadness, it only took me a moment to realize what that meant.

"Oh... I'm sorry I shouldn't hav-"

Mother interrupted me. "He.. never hatched.." Female dragons can only lay eggs once in their life, and even the luckiest of mothers can only lay 4 eggs.

She was already proud to have my sister and I but not having the 3rd egg hatch brought her pain.

Mother stopped walking and sat down in front of a large silver egg on a pedestal. -So mother has already made a memorial..-

There was text on the base of the white pedestal, 'In memory of Fengari Ragnarok' my younger brother.

I leaned down and gave a small prayer that he was in a better place now. -I got reincarnated so anything is possible.. I just hope his future is a bright one..-

"Are you nervous Krystallo?" I tried asking in a normal tone but it sounded mocking.

"Hmph.. why would I be nervous" She desperately tried to hide her nervousness now that I pointed it out.

Turning back to the massive doors at the end of the hallway, my heart was racing, my eyes filled with curiosity..

The doors slowly swung open. -It looks.. oddly beautiful..- Although I was kind of disappointed at the plain sight, my incredibly improved vision made the sight beautiful.

I hadn't had the chance to appreciate it since I have been inside this whole time, but my vision was genuinely incredible.

Every bug on a tree, how many veins each leaf had, I could even see extreme details in the bark on the tree line.

"Wow.." the words slipped from my mouth as I observed the beauty in the details of the forest in front of the cave, but my sister didn't seem to share my enthusiasm.

"Id wather lay on the pile of mothers tweasure.."

Mother responded before I could. "If you want to go back in, you can, but I'm going to stay out with Vasilias a little longer."

"Hmph, fine then, I shall stay here to pwotect bwother." A face filled with confidence as she sat in the shade of the cave entrance.

I decided to walk out of the cave to feel the sun but as soon as I stepped out of the shade a wave of warmth and comfort washed over me, to the point where I just plopped down.

Just suddenly plopping down without warning scared mother and sister though. "Vasilias!"

"Bwother!"

As they run over to me I just lift up my head. "I'm fine.. the sun just feels.. really good."

Mother understood my words but Krystallo was still in panic, seemingly misunderstanding. "Bwother! Don't you dare die on me!!!!"