Chapter 742 - Meeting Another Sleeping Beauty (Part 1)

Chapter 742: Chapter 742 - Meeting Another Sleeping Beauty (Part 1)

As I walked closer and closer to the platform, I started hearing soft cracking sounds from where the sleeping man was. As I tried to figure out where the sound came from, I heard the heartbeats which were previously weak and faint, getting louder by the second. It was so loud now that it was already started to create echos, bouncing on the walls of the underground cave.

As I looked more closely, it seemed like cracks are starting to form on the surface of the calcified egg and the dull gray mud-like coating was starting to peel off bit by bit. Some faint yellow light was starting to seep out and shine through those gaps and cracks. Altair and I ended up looking at each other, surprise and a little panic showing in both our eyes. We don’t know what to do with this situation!

We decided to wait cautiously, not even attempting to take even a single step forward after the peculiar situation started to unfold. What if the sleeping guy suddenly wakes up and lashes out violently at us, thinking we are threatening his life and that of the egg he was protecting?

Just when we thought that the cracks on the surface of the egg will eventually stop, the dragon egg started to vibrate as if trying to free itself from the embrace of the man currently protecting it. After a few seconds, the egg freed itself, not only from the arms of the man but from the calcified covering it previously had.

A bronze colored egg floated in mid-air unsteadily for a few seconds then it started to drop down to the ground all of a sudden! I was so nervous that without thinking, I started sprinting forward to catch it!

Altair ran after me, intending to protect me from any danger. He quickly realized what I was about to do and after I successfully caught and hugged the egg in my arms, he placed himself in front of me in a protective manner. He must have seen what was about to happen through his abilities, at that moment when I made a decision to touch the egg.

The moment the egg dropped into my arms, the man that was previously unconscious started stirring as I heard a soft hoarse grunt from him. His eyelashes started to flutter and his body squirmed, signs that he is definitely about to awaken from his slumber which lasted for who knows how long.

The position that I and Altair are currently in is quite incriminating if you ask me. He was blocking me as if he is purposely hiding the egg that was now cradled in my arms. We both looked like total egg thieves or even kidnappers.

We stayed still bracing for whatever is going to happen next. Even if I wanted to return the egg to its owner, it is now too late.

Finally, the sleeping man who was squirming and stirring earlier opened his eyes slowly. From him, I saw the most beautiful shade of hazel pupils with the characteristic draconic vertical slit in gold.

He was looking around like he is lost and in grief. His face slowly morphed, showing the realization dawning on him that he was alone inside a cave and whatever he was protecting earlier was not in his arms anymore.

He hastily stood up in panic but ended up falling back on the platform with a thud. He did not seem to care if he can fall any minute and can get hurt as he used his elbows to break his fall. With his limbs being weak though, using his elbows to break the fall did not help that much.

He looked around once more then that was when he finally noticed Altair and then me who was standing right behind the latter. I saw him squint as he noticed that I was partially being covered by the other man’s wide shoulders.

The man propped up his body again using his hands this time, trying to pull from whatever strength he had left inside his body. We waited quietly as the unknowmn dragon finally was able to stand on his own two feet with jelly-like legs, all shaking and unsteady.

He looked towards us without fear or anger as he started speaking in full draconic using his ethereal and deep voice full of sadness, "Tepoha wux ocuirtor sia opsola kagh sia myvish? Petranas letoclo ve ehtah astahi." (Have you seen my father and my sister? Please help me find them.)

Altair looked back at me then sent me a telepathic message that he doesn’t understand anything that the other guy just said. Well, it is not like he had the obligation to learn every single mystique language just to manage his own territory.

I smiled towards Altair then looked back at the obviously confused dragon. I answered in full draconic for his sake of getting humisbtrust, "Dout opsola ui thric drongilt persvek nomeno treskri. Ui dout myvish nomeno vrantvrak batobot wihsirma citrel ve?" (Your father is no longer in this world. Is your sister this egg that floated towards me?)

I know I lied about the egg floating towards me but STILL it definitely floated and I saved it from dropping directly to the ground. It is now nestling comfortably in my arms now and even vibrating once in a while as if it was telling me that it is happy and contented right where it is.

Altair was looking at me with eyes filled with awe and admiration. On the other hand, the dragon in front of me was stunned. It might have been the fact that I speak draconic when I am clearly not the dragon or it maybe the content of my response.

He was smiling while looking at the egg in my arms but tears started falling from his eyes crwting thin streams downhis cheeks. There was a sadness and longing in his expression. He started walking towards us but just as he has only taken about two to three steps forwars, he stumbled and fell to the ground weakly again.

He looked up towards me and spoke, "Batobot ui sia myvish. Sva gekip, si mi ti loaw. Vucoti sia opsola geou qe spical." (That is my sister. At least, I am not alone. I know my father will be back.)

He smiled weakly while looking at me. He stretched his arm and his hand forward as if reaching for the egg but then I saw his eyes slowly losing focus then close. He slumped back to the ground, unconscious once more.

(A/N: Thanking draconic.twilightrealm.com for their draconic translator!)