I Became the Demon King of Lust

This bundle of light floated there in the air for a bit before suddenly flying out to stop in front of me.

I couldn't see what this bundle of light was at first, but when the light slowly faded, I was able to see the true appearance of this bundle of light.

It was an egg.

It wasn't that large of an egg, it was just around the size of a large watermelon.

But I could feel the heat that was coming from it, showing that it wasn't a normal egg.

Since it was an egg that came from the dragon, it was most likely one of the dragon's eggs.

"You're a female?" I couldn't help asking in a surprised voice.

The small dragon gave a chuckle before saying, "You humans always seem to care so much about gender. But I'm not a female, I'm a male. This is an egg that came from my wife and me."

"Wife?" I repeated in a softer voice.

It turned out that dragons also had the concept of marriage that they called each other wife and husband.

It really was a strange thing learning about the customs of the dragon like this, but there was something that was more important to figure out.

What did the small dragon mean by giving him this egg?

As if it could guess what I was thinking, the small dragon said, "This egg is one of many that my wife has laid. However, it is one of the weaker ones that doesn't have a chance to become a true dragon. Normally, we would abandon this egg and let it fend for itself, but it is still our child in the end. I want to at least provide a safe place for it, even if it is temporary." Read new chapters at empire

"Temporary?" I asked when I heard this.

The small dragon gave a shrug as if it didn't really care before saying, "It can be temporary or it can be for longer. That is all up to you since this child will not have any prospects in the future."

I shook my head with a bitter smile.

A dragon regardless was an A Rank Monster, that was not something that could be ignored.

So I would of course never abandon this thing if it was offered to me.

Instead, I asked the small dragon, "Why me? Why do you want to build a relationship with me?"

The small dragon just revealed a faint smile before saying, "I have a good feeling about you. I'll be waiting for you when you leave this place and come to the real world."

"Huh?" I was confused when I heard this, but I didn't get a chance to ask anything else.

That was because before I could react, there was something that suddenly sent me flying.

When I looked down, I saw that it was the egg that had pushed me away.

This egg had suddenly slammed into me as if it was trying to hug me, but all that did was push me right into the portal that was behind me.

When the small dragon saw us flying away like this, it raised a hand and waved it to say goodbye.

Once they had disappeared, the small dragon suddenly said, "That feeling around that child…It should be the feeling of the world that he belongs to. I hope that he will be able to resist the invasion and come up to the stars."

Then the figure of the small dragon faded before disappearing without a trace.

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I was standing in front of the portal on the forty ninth floor.

It had been a hard journey making it all the way here and I even had to use all of the chances to skip a round that the token gave me.

So I couldn't help feeling a bit helpless as I stood in front of this portal.

After all, there was no way to skip this next trial and it was a trial that held an old acquaintance of the small dragon.

That small dragon came from a dragon that was a S Ranked Monster, so the old acquaintance of this small dragon shouldn't be weak. It wouldn't be strange if this old acquaintance was also a S Ranked Monster.

Other than the twenty fifth floor, there hadn't been another S Ranked Monster.

It was all A Ranked Monsters in every fifth room that I reached.

Though I did have to use the token for three of them.

They really were just too hard for me to beat on my own.

Not to mention…the egg kept getting in the way.

This egg kept floating on its own and getting in the way, so I really had no choice but to use the token to skip those rounds.

As for the treasure on the thirty seventh floor, it was just a bunch of trash…

When I opened up the tile with an expectant look on my face, all I found were a feather, a scale, a tuft of white fur, and what seemed to be a fragment of some kind of shell. At first, I had thought that it was some kind of dried turd, but it turned out to be a piece of shell.

I really didn't understand what the small dragon was talking about when it referred to these things as treasures.

After all, there were no signs of energy coming from these 'treasures' of his.

They didn't seem like they were items that had any form of magic in them.

So I really couldn't help feeling disappointed.

After taking a deep breath to calm myself, I looked at the egg beside me and asked, "Are you ready?"

The egg moved up and down as if it was giving a nod.

I wasn't surprised by this anymore since I had long figured out that the egg was able to understand what I was saying and could respond even though it didn't hatch.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Taking another deep breath, I walked through the portal.

The moment that I did, I was hit with the heat that came from in front of me.