Chapter 4: The Real Dragon Daddy Has Arrived

  Crack! Crack!

  Watg the sudden appearance of his "daughter," the dragon whelp, mung away oallic-looking eggshell.

  Matthew could clearly feel the little creature's body growing at an astonishing rate.

  "As expected, this behavior is like how most mammals in my previous life would eat their owa—it's a successful strategy for super creatures like dragons."

  In no time, the little one had finished eating the entire eggshell.

  pared to its initial soft appearahe creature's skin and scales had bee firm and resilient.

  It let out a tented burp, its sapphire-like eyes gleaming, and its round baby teeth gave it an incredibly cute and endearing look.

  Patting the adorable little creature, Matthew tried to unicate with it through telepathy:

  "What's your true name?"

  "Yaya? Daddy, what's a true name? you eat it?"

  The cute little thing affeately crawled to Matthew's feet, lifted its head, and rubbed its tiny belly against his leg, responding with a clear foodie vibe.

  Seeing its not-sht demeanor, Matthew felt a twinge of but then thought, somewhat strangely:

  "This isn't such a big deal; raising this little one should be fihough she might eat a lot iure..."

  After making up his mind, Matthew gently picked her up. The soft little body weighed about ten pounds, like a rge plush toy.

  The little one was very fond of Matthew, letting out a fey sounds before burying her head in his chest and falling asleep within seds.

  A different kind of feeling welled up in Matthew's heart as he gently stroked the little one's head, suddenly realizing how quiet it had bee around him.

  There were no excmations from others, no alerts from Ralph e, and even the faint sound of the wind and the chirping of is had disappeared.

  "What's going on?"

  Matthew turo look around and found everyone frozen like statues, not moving an inch, even the mist floating in the air had halted in pce.

  A feeling of indescribable horror surged in his heart. As a freat Arist who loved maniputing time and space, known as the "Child of Time and Space," Matthew instinctively reized this legendary spell—Nine-Ring Time Stop!

  What impressed Matthew the most was the caster's precision in trolling the spell, isoting only himself from its effects.

  The caster's spell level was at least 25+!

  High-level legendary!

  They have aitle, Demigod!

  With that realization, Matthew rexed his mental guard. If the other party truly wao kill him, it would be no harder than squashing an ant—there was no need for such a voluted approach.

  I'm weak, I'll lie down, no panic at all!

  Sing his surroundings, there was no movement. He looked behind him, but nothing stirred.

  There was only one possibility left!

  Matthew gently patted the soundly sleeping little creature, calmly raised his head, a a pair of enormous vertical pupils!

  In the silver-gray eyes, Matthew's calm face was reflected, abs all the dragon's terrifying aura. Yet, seeing such a super creature up close still left one awestruck.

  Outside the massive, over two-meter-wide eye, deep gray-bck scales shimmered like a mask, c its majestid formidable face!

  Huge dragon horns curved backward, with turbulent, twisted waves of power hidden within, resembling a giant .

  Twelve bck scales arranged in a circur pattern grew unevenly on its body, abs even the gaze, as if dev all the surrounding time.

  Triangur wings, like heaven-reag wings, stretched back, making the entire body look like a giant funnel, rec time.

  A fearsome, sharp giant cw slowly ched in mid-air, an indescribable transparent wave enveloping the area, isoting it from the surroundings.

  Time, under plete trol!

  This was a legendary dragon—a Time Dragon!

  In the face of the colossal super-giant body, Matthew looked as small as a mouse.

  Matthew found it hard to believe. Even with decades of experien his previous life's game, he had never seen such a powerful legendary creature as a Time Dragon in person.

  Only some pyers who ventured into space found traces of a Time Dragoen star regions with god corpses.

  This super-giant Time Dragon, over 50 meters in size, was at least 400 years old, with a rger body and greater strength than other dragons.

  Matthew estimated that eveheril's most powerful on, the Floating City, could be easily dismantled by such a terrifying creature!

  Thinking it over, Matthew cursed the inexplicable luck choi his heart while smiling aly lifted the little creature sleeping in his arms, asking in a calm voice:

  "Mighty Time Dragon, is this little one your offspring?"

  "Ihough she is not a true dragon, she is indeed my offspring."

  A voice filled with majesty and a hint of gravitas echoed in Matthew's mind.

  "Well, I was just mistaken for this little one's daddy, and now the real dragon daddy has shown up."

  "If it's a goon, that's fine. Wait, who am I kidding!"

  "Even if it's a goon, seeing its offspring sign a life pact with a human would make it furious!"

  "So this is Luck 4? Okay, I get it. Meeting a legendary dragon as a 1st-level arist truly requires extraordinary luck!"

  As if sensing something, the cute little one curiously opened her eyes but seemed to see nothing, tilting her head in fusion.

  In the silver-gray eyes of the Time Dragon, a hint ret fshed as it raised another dragon cw, slowly extending it toward Matthew, with an invisible forveloping the little one.

  The little one, feeling sleepy, let out a long yawn, and snuggled bato Matthew's arms to tinue sleeping.

  The previously damaged dragon wings restored themselves, returning to their inal state.

  The little oiced this, fpped her wings happily a couple of times, folded them bato her back, and tio sleep soundly.

  Just as Matthew was about to say something, he felt an invisible force pass through his body, and the previously vaext reappeared in his vision:

  "Fate's Choice 2: Hand over the little one (Misfortune 4), Keep the little one (Luck 4)!"

  "Wow! No matter what choice I make, there's deadly danger?"

  Matthew didn't notice that the luck value had silently returo zero after the little oransformation.

  He didn't have time to sehe ges in his body, as the sed choice of fate forced him to rack his brain once again.

  First, if it wasn't for some urgent matter, or even a life-threatening danger.

  Matthew didn't believe that a high-level Red Robe Mage with a profession level not exceeding 15 had the kind of unbelievable lueeded to steal a dragon egg from a legendary Time Dragon's .

  Wait, acc ton-raising habits, dragon eggs are usually protected by female dragons, and the Time Dragon shouldn't be an exception...

  Whatever hiddeas and dangers y behind this, Matthew quickly cluded that the legendary dragon that went to such great lengths to cast Time Stop to cover up the information must be i danger.

  "Moreover, the Time Dragon just mentiohat the little one is not a true dragon. Its attitude toward her definitely won't be as protective as toward a true dragon offspring..."

  "So, this might actually work!"

  Matthew couldn't imagihe situation behind the whole i, but without hesitation, he decided to take the risk and said:

  "Then, great legendary Time Dragon, my life is now bound to this little one. I will do my best to raise her so that she grows strong and happy."

  Slowly raising its dragon cw, the legendary Time Dragon, os, showed a hint of curiosity in its eyes for the first time.

  It repeatedly examined Matthew's fearless eyes, sensing the subtle and obscure fluctuations within him, p for a moment, then slowly nodded:

  "The pact is sealed. I will watch you through time!"

  As the words fell, the enormous body of the Time Dragon os silently vanished.

  "Gone just like that?"

  Feeling quite relieved, Matthew let out a long breath, gently patted the little one sleeping in his arms, and, thinking of the Time Dragon's terrifying ability to appear and disappear, and the "warning" left behind, muttered with mixed emotions:

  "Well, I’ve just started and already caught the attention of a big shot."

  "Wait, if the Time Dragon always watch over me, does that mean the mysterious person or the forces behind my troubles won’t have a ce?"

  "Could this be the true effect of Luck 4?"

  "So, what will the Luck 4 bring?"

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