The Players and the Protagonist Want to Kill Me – Chapter 296

Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)

Chapter 89: Connie Naorid Vatrus

Unbeknownst to me, it’s already time for it to hatch?

It seems I’ve been negligent for too long.

Xie Wei couldn’t help but feel he owed Connie even more.

He had left Connie, an egg, all alone in the castle’s backyard, constantly surrounded by players strengthening their equipment. Although she was well-fed every day.

But it must have been lonely.

However, there was no other way.

After all, he was busy with affairs during the day and making people at night.

Players also needed Connie’s help to strengthen their equipment.

He couldn’t possibly take Connie with him all the time.

But since it could hatch now.

Connie, who could move freely from now on, would be much more convenient.

“Connie, haven’t you bathed in a while? Shall I take you to the castle bathroom to bathe and then wipe your eggshell for you?”

Xie Wei chuckled as he slowly approached Connie.

He had a kind and bewitching smile on his face.

He looked like a creepy uncle holding a lollipop, ready to lure away a little loli.

Seeing that Xie Wei had already reached her, Connie angrily bounced away, moving a little distance from Xie Wei. As an egg, she faced the wall.

Although Xie Wei couldn’t see Connie’s expression.

Anyone with discerning eyes could tell Connie was sulking.

“Uh, heh heh…”

Xie Wei scratched his hair and gave an awkward laugh.

Then he remembered something, called a castle guard, and whispered a few words.

Soon, the castle guard returned with a small leather bag.

He respectfully handed the leather bag to Xie Wei.

This leather bag contained fire-elemental magic cores, and they were all of no low rank, mostly fifth-grade.

These magic cores were collected by Xie Wei during battles in the Abyss.

The Abyss wasn’t just filled with demons; there were also a large number of lava-elemental monsters. Their magic cores were naturally fire-elemental. When these monsters attacked him along with the demons, he dealt with them all.

Now, they were put to good use.

“Connie~ Hehe, look, your favorite fire-elemental magic cores, high-grade ones~”

Xie Wei grabbed a handful of fire-elemental magic cores and slowly approached Connie. This time, Connie didn’t try to escape. She hesitated in place, her eggshell trembling, seemingly very conflicted.

“How about it? Want to eat?”

Xie Wei dangled the magic cores in front of Connie, circling her.

Abundant fire-elemental magic essence diffused in front of Connie, making her involuntarily follow the magic cores in Xie Wei’s hand with her egg body. As she turned, she turned into Xie Wei’s arms and was caught by him.

“Hehe~ Come on, come with me to bathe, and I’ll wipe your eggshell, then you can hatch.”

Xie Wei chuckled mischievously, carrying Connie, who couldn’t struggle and didn’t really want to struggle, towards the castle bathroom.

A moment later, in the castle’s large bathing pool.

Just now, Xie Wei had carried Connie, whose entire body was red from the egg, and completed wiping the eggshell and bathing as per the system’s request.

Connie’s eggshell was as hot as ever.

However, Xie Wei was now a Champion Knight, and with prior preparation, he had covered himself with a layer of Qi, so holding her didn’t feel like much.

“Ding! The conditions have been met.”

“Hatching begins. The host must hold the mysterious egg tightly during the hatching process, otherwise, it may lead to hatching failure!”

Xie Wei: “…⊙ω⊙?”

Xie Wei was stunned.

Holding Connie made sense, but he also had to hold her tightly, or she might fail to hatch?

What kind of eccentric logic was this?

He felt like he was the one completing the hatching process.

Was this really a dragon egg and not a chicken egg?

Xie Wei couldn’t understand it, but after all, he had been feeding her magic cores for so long. She had eaten no less than seven to eight thousand magic cores. If it failed to hatch, he would be at a total loss.

At this thought, he could only continue to hold Connie’s eggshell tightly as per the system’s instructions.

“Buzz—”

Two energies, one ice and one fire, suddenly appeared on Connie’s eggshell. This elemental energy was so violent that it caused half of the water in the bathtub to freeze and the other half to boil with a “plop plop” sound.

He held her tightly for an unknown amount of time, and Xie Wei was starting to doze off.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of the eggshell breaking.

“Crack, crack.”

Xie Wei was startled, he looked up, and followed the sound.

He saw that Connie’s eggshell had already cracked open, and a pair of watery blue big eyes were peeking out from inside.

Then, there was another “crack, crack” sound.

It seemed Connie inside the egg was struggling with all her might. Soon, she completely broke the eggshell, and a half-human-tall, crystal-clear, light pink young dragon crawled out of the pile of shattered eggshells.

“Connie Naorid Vatrus Stuparac Xi Lersden…”

A soft, sweet voice came, even softer than a loli’s, reciting a long string of her true name.

The light pink young dragon before him seemed to be Connie.

Xie Wei held Connie, his gaze scanning her. He had to admit, Connie’s appearance overturned his perception of the dragon race.

Whether it was a chromatic dragon or a metallic dragon, adult or young, these legendary creatures had nothing to do with cuteness.

But Connie before him was very cute.

Her fair pink skin was dotted with fine scales embedded with gold edges, and her watery blue eyes were as clear as the sky.

Her head was not the typical conical shape of a giant dragon, but more like the oval shape of a snake. Two round, darker pink dragon horns grew from the back of her head.

“So cute!”

Xie Wei praised inwardly. Just as he was about to pick Connie up to observe her further, his hands suddenly felt light.

With a “bang,” a light pink mist erupted.

Xie Wei instinctively closed his eyes.

Then his fingers felt a sharp pain.

Opening his eyes,