Book 15: Chapter 92
Irina never thought she was pregnant. Irina had been diligently working non-stop for the goal. She’d been working day and night for it; however, she lost confidence and hope when her belly never showed any response. Lately, she felt slightly tired and would always space out. Never did she link the symptoms with pregnancy. She thought she was merely tired from toiling day and night. That was why she chose to rest recently. After all, she couldn’t allow her fatigue to impact her life and work. That day, she finally realised her fatigue and lack of concentration was because a dragon egg had formed in her belly.
Normally speaking, a dragon who was in her initial stage of pregnancy wouldn’t show any signs. That allowed them to maintain their overwhelming combat prowess when in the wild, thereby allowing them to protect their child. However, after a certain period of time, the mother dragon would show signs of fatigue and weakness, which was when she’d choose to curl up next to her trustworthy husband and family until she gave birth. The reason the dragon race had a small population was because they had to lay the egg, and then it had to hatch. The egg was a dense mana environment when in the mother’s body, which provided the infant dragon with a safe environment once born and outside its mother’s body. Once the infant expended all the mana the egg provided it, the egg cracked and turned to powder.
You could say it wasn’t a big deal when the infant formed in the egg. Nevertheless, once born, the mother dragon had hatched the egg in her dragon form, for the infant dragon had to see their mother in her dragon form once they emerged from their egg. Only that way would the infant successfully develop to take on its dragon form instead of some strange creature.
“Fantastic, fantastic; Irina, you’re pregnant. You have a dragon egg that’s slowly developing in you now. You have a child now. You still have some time to bid farewell to your friends. Once you’ve done that, Mommy will take you to another cave and take care of you the entire time until you lay the egg.”
With a bright smile, Camille pulled her daughter into her embrace. It was fantastic news to Camille. Just an hour ago, she was concerned for her life; hence, considering using drugs to get Troy infatuated with her daughter to skirt around Sylvanas’ rage. There was no longer any need for that. Sylvanas wouldn’t harm her even if she did come to, as she would have to face Irina, who was pregnant with the hope of the dragon race. As a dragon, a venerated dragon for that matter, Sylvanas would never be hostile to Irina and definitely not the latter’s child. Sylvanas would be able to go home with Troy. Camille didn’t require anybody’s help with raising the child – possibly several children. After all, raising several children was no challenge for Camille. Further, she was still powerful, so what happened before would never happen again.
As a dragon, Camille had to live with dragons. Camille considered Troy dead since he was a dragon who was clueless about their race. Camille wasn’t going to let her daughter become another ignorant Troy. She, therefore, planned to personally raise her daughter’s child.
Irina didn’t show a delighted expression as her mother did, though. To the contrary, she didn’t reveal the gentle look of bliss or joy. She, to the contrary, panicked and was terrified. Irina never thought she’d get pregnant but voila. The news was comparable to lightning on a clear day. It was true that she was dedicated to getting pregnant. When she was actually pregnant, though, fear choked her.
Irina was just an ordinary girl, after all, yet she was abruptly a mother. The sudden good news was perceived as grievous news to her. Irina considered the future to be akin to a drifting and unsettled cloud. She, herself, had no idea where she was headed from there.
“Don’t be scared. Don’t be scared, Honey. Being pregnant is a most honourable thing. Becoming a mother is a great honour and having your own child is a very, very blissful experience. Don’t be scared, Irina. There’s no need for you to feel scared. Mommy will be by your side. Mommy will help you raise your child.”