Chapter 998: Chapter 548: Triple Joy Arrives, United with Father

When Byron, who had only ever been a husband and a son, heard the news, he couldn’t quite process this sudden "surprise," and his mind was still somewhat in a daze.

Important things echoing thrice in his ears:

"Catherine laid an egg for him!"

"Catherine laid an egg for him!!"

"Catherine laid an egg for him!!!"

It wasn’t until Violet gave him a push that he turned into a whirlwind, gusting from the gates of Ganquan Palace all the way to the door of Catherine’s bedroom.

The first half was as swift as lightning, sweeping a trail of blooming Red Rose petals to the ground.

Landing soundlessly, he made sure the whirlwind behind him was entirely gone and wouldn’t blow onto his sister before carefully opening the door.

There he saw Catherine, wearing silver silk pajamas, sitting on the bed, cradling a Dragon Egg with her face full of maternal radiance.

"Sister!"

The girl saw Byron rushing over, her bright emerald eyes full of gentle smiles, lifting the egg in her hand as if showing off a treasure.

"Byron, look, isn’t our egg beautiful?"

The sister, who had just laid the egg, looked remarkably well.

Her sunny golden hair was tied into a bun at the back of her head, pinned with a gemstone hairpin; a strand of gold thread hung from her jade-white, rosy cheek, giving her a lazy and artistic look.

Her long legs, almost unable to be tucked away, were positioned in a duck-sitting posture on either side of her body, glistening with a pristine delicacy.

Just like when he left at dawn, she was full of youthful vitality.

As if she hadn’t personally laid this egg, but like many parents tell their children, she picked it up by the roadside.

Of course, this egg was probably laid by Catherine in her tens-of-meters-long Mithril Dragon form, which wasn’t any burden for her.

Once Byron confirmed that his sister’s body was completely fine, and she could continue laying eggs whenever she wanted.

He refocused his attention on the egg in her arms.

The Dragon Egg was as tall as a three or four-year-old child, entirely silvery white like Mithril, with the Ouroboros’s somewhat dull dark scale-like patterns.

It blended the appearance traits of both parents.

Noble, mysterious, and clearly very... valuable at first glance!

Byron carefully took the Dragon Egg from Catherine’s hands, which was strongly connected to him by blood, and examined it closely under the whale oil lamp in the room, his expression continually changing.

"So, what do you think?"

Catherine never doubted Byron’s biological expertise.

The Fourth Order Secret Spell [Bloodline River] nearly earned him the title of [Father of Monsters], and after ascending to godhood, almost no one in the Material World could surpass him in this realm.

Seeing him scrutinize for so long, she couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

Byron withdrew his gaze, nodding solemnly to Catherine:

"Sister, after my research, this egg... it’s not double-yolked."

Slap!

A sharp slap landed on his arm, and the egg in his hand was swiftly snatched back by Catherine.

The girl glared at him, this still so unruly man despite becoming a father, hugging her egg back angrily, carefully pressing it against her stomach.

Actually, as a Dragon Egg, even if chopped or slashed by mortals, it would remain unscathed; only the parents would consider it a fragile baby needing careful protection.

Byron’s face was awkward.

"Actually, I had mentally prepared myself for being a father.

Furthermore, Pureblood Dragons are reptiles, and the Ouroboros is also a reptile; it’s quite reasonable to reproduce oviparously... damn it!

My sister laying an egg for me is filled with absurdity from beginning to end."

The process where an animal’s fertilized egg develops independently outside the mother’s body is called oviparous.

In the Mortal World, common species like birds, reptiles (lizards, snakes, etc.), most fish, and insects are mostly oviparous animals.

Among the Extraordinary Species, Sub-dragon Species like Multicolored Dragon Lizards and all kinds of purebred Giant Dragons are also oviparous animals.

For both Catherine and Byron, their human form isn’t their true body; it’s merely their perceived racial identity.

The mythical form is their true material existence.

Catherine is undoubtedly a Fourth Order Peak young Mithril Dragon, with a spirituality score of 20, ready to break through at any moment.

Byron’s forbidden path reached the Fifth Order achievement of Night Demon Monarch, with a unique mythical form as "∞" Ouroboros, the only one in this world.

Both seemingly belong to reptiles.

Additionally, Byron’s adaptive "transformation" is unparalleled, with no reproductive isolation from any creature; laying an egg also seems mysticism-like.

Byron never deliberately controlled it, letting it happen naturally, spending the night with three people under the same blanket.

He and Violet left before dawn, and by the time they returned in the evening, his sister had laid the egg, quite comparable to a crocodile’s efficiency.

Of course, while he avoided the human hassle of a ten-month pregnancy, the subsequent developmental period of the egg inside the shell was unavoidable.

Whether by his Authority of Creation or the observations from the Sailing Logbook, everything was clear:

"Mithril Dragon Egg, female infant, born at the Third Order.

The developmental period is about three years, depending on the spiritual energy supplemented from the external environment.

If energy is abundant, the incubation period can be significantly shortened; if energy is insufficient, it may extend greatly.

If it cannot hatch within ten years, there will be life-threatening risks."