It was already close to dawn yet the sky is still dark. The stars twinkled at the peak when it was near morning due to their distance being closer to the world during this time. Also, the moon already retired ceasing the bright light that covered most of the skies at night. This left the stars reign the remaining time as the world transitioned from slumber to wake.

Lang Yuan is watching the scenery with half-lidded eyes. He was tracing the constellations on his mind, reciting and naming them one by one based on arrangement. One falling star made him react catching the attention of the man nearby him. Yu XueQin walked towards the youth and hoisted him up by his waist.

Lang Yuan is currently soaking on the open bath. He and Yu XueQin made a very rigorous exercise last night that ended when the midnight is already hours past. Lang Yuan fainted due to exhaustion on the last part and fell asleep. A few hours later, Lang Yuan woke up on the bed but with a bathing robe and cleaner sheets. It seems that Yu XueQin has taken good care of the cleaning when he was sleeping.

Yu XueQin then asked him if he wanted to soak on the hot springs, after all this is one of the reason why the emperor chose this place. Lang Yuan nodded and was carried to the hot spring to bath. At first, Lang Yuan felt the sting underneath him but it eventually subsided as the effects of the hot springs calmed his nerves.

The emperor sat down on the corner and carefully position Lang Yuan on his front. He made sure that Lang Yuan's bottom would not get hurt from the contact. After shifting their bodies, Lang Yuan comfortable rested on Yu XueQin's bare chest. The warmth of the dragon is hotter than the springs so he felt like the water is just a cold steam of spring.

"What did you see?" Yu XueQin asked. He nibbled the ears of the youth to tease him.

"A shooting star," Lang Yuan replied.

"A shooting star?" It was Yu XueQin's first time hearing it. "What is a shooting star?"

"It's a rain of stars," Lang Yuan replied. "Look, there's one again!"

Yu XueQin looked up to see what Lang Yuan meant. This must be a lucky night. When Lang Yuan thought that, there are only a few chances where shooting star happens, a meteor shower actually happened. Lang Yuan watched the skies with delight as his eyes twinkled together with the star. Yu XueQin holds not much interest with burning rocks but the expression of Lang Yuan made his heart flutter. Maybe he should make 'meteor showers' often to gift his wife.

Yes, Lang Yuan is not aware that the reason there is a meteor shower right now is due to Yu XueQin's deliberate showing off. The emperor did not know what the names of the burning rocks are but starting today, he would call it as a 'falling star' to credit his wife's happiness. The meteor shower only lasted for a while and the skies returned to its peaceful atmosphere.

[A/N: ...the skies returned to its peaceful atmosphere... ahahaha i could not help but to feel amazed how two descriptions of atmosphere filled the last sentence.]

A sigh of relief can be heard. Lang Yuan played with Yu XueQin's hand, interlocking his fingers on the spaces. Suddenly, a new object appeared on his fingers as well as Yu XueQin's. On the fourth length starting from the thumb, a dull jade ring was placed. The design is simple yet it gives off a powerful connecting breaking Lang Yuan into tears.

"Eh... wha-why?" Lang Yuan also did not know the reason why he was crying as he tried to dry the tears away.

Yu XueQin can feel a powerful aura coming from Lang Yuan. Though, this aura is not hostile, instead, it was filled with power and mild strength. Anyone touching that aura would only feel warmth and happiness. Then it means that Lang Yuan is just simply happy right now. He snaked his one arm around Lang Yuan and hugged him tight. He rested his head on the crook of Lang Yuan's neck.

"Then, can you now tell me?" He asked.

Lang Yuan was still surprised by the placement of the ring so he was startled when Yu XueQin suddenly pulled him to a tight hug. However, this fact only lasted when his mind registered the words. The emperor wanted to know who he is and where he is from. It seems that for the first time of his life, Lang Yuan could not utter some answer.

"I..." What should he say? "I am Lang Yuan..."

The emperor nodded though did not comment anything. It seems that he was waiting for Lang Yuan to continue speaking. The youth picked up the silence and continued

"I am the third son of the Lang Family. My family is poor but both of my parents are kind and hardworking. I am currently studying in a university of City B. I sort of..." died in an accident is what Lang Yuan planning to say. But he is not sure anymore if that is true.

Chang MingYu told him that he has to return. It only means that he is still alive and just waiting for his soul to return. Also, Yu XueQin is releasing an aura that would surely fire if he will say that he died. He decided to just end the phrase there and let everyone guess the next words.

"I... um... I don't know what exactly happened but when I woke up I am suddenly here. That's when I found the egg," Lang Yuan recalled the unfortunate fate he received. "I was in the forbidden forest."

Yu XueQin hummed. "It seems that that placed had brought something over again. Well, it's not that I hate it."

"Again...? You mean that somebody also managed to transmigrate to this world?" Maybe the emperor knows the whereabouts of the 'third transmigrator'?

"Yes, however, that person immediately left. It seems that its existence is not worthy," Yu XueQin held the hands that were interlocked with matching rings decorating both fingers.

"What do you mean that its existence is not worthy?"

"There's a law that has been established before the existence of the gods. And that is 'Objects that is not made of this world shall not exist'. Anything that did not belong here will never belong to this place. They will be caught by The Rules and thus evicted from the stage," the emperor said.

"Then... does that mean that I will also..." Will he also be gone?

"Your case is different. Like what I have said earlier, that person's existence did not worth anything. Well, I can't be biased," Yu XueQin leaned to kiss the ring on Lang Yuan's fingers. "It seems that The Rules are too late in catching you. Before The Rules made its move, you already bonded with my egg."

"The bond that I made with JiDan?"

"Yes," he nodded. "So let's say that the reason why you are still here is because of that bond. JiDan has become your anchor. With or without you, this world will remain unchanged. However, the moment you brought out an individual that may play a very huge role in the future, things started to fall into chaos shifting this world's view."

This must be the reason why Lang Yuan's fate in this world is full of struggles. The trouble is attracted to his foreign soul, bringing all the misfortunes in one go. Though, not all things are bad for the taste. There is also the attraction that came from Yu XueQin and all the dragons around him.

For every misfortune he collects also comes the advantage of catching too much luck.

Lang Yuan never thought that his existence holds such importance. He was just a mob character on his previous world. Even though he is smart and skilled, his 'abnormality' caught the stereotypical discrimination. He never thought that he could be a protagonist of some story.

The two figures remained seated on their position for a while. The night is cold but due to the steam of the hot spring brought a comfortable tepid temperature. Lang Yuan fiddled with the hands holding the ring, interlocking and unlocking the fingers to his delight. Yu XueQin is enjoying the view of his wife happily resting on his lap.

"How... how did you know that I am not from here?" Lang Yuan asked after the long silence.

"It's your lack of presence."

"Lack of presence? What do you mean?"

"Somehow, the things in this world have their own footprint. Once you recognize that print, you would always think of the place where it belongs. However, yours are different. You have the life and soul of man yet there is something lacking into it. It is as if you are not here, but somewhere else."

Lang Yuan was surprised. Is that how all of these people view him?

"Is that true?" He asked.

"Yes, you always have this presence that says that the moment we blink our eyes, you will be gone," Yu XueQin tightened his hold to the youth. "That's why I am thankful that you were locked in this world before you and the Rules know realized it. In this way, I could always lock you out away from the world.

"That's stupid," Lang Yuan commented. "I am not some bird that you can cage."

"That is the reason why I wanted to lock you more."

Lang Yuan tried to stop his face to blush. Thankfully, Yu XueQin was behind him so he wasn't able to see the reddening face the youth have. Little did Lang Yuan know that his blush is pretty visible from his ears. He forgot to hide his tail when he went hiding.

This information is something that clicked within Lang Yuan's train of thoughts. He knows that the emperor would not lie about him and things seem to be fit with the logic. Though, he never thought that instead of answers more question came to flood his brain.

The first question: is there a possibility of multiple transmigration? Yu XueQin told him that long ago a person transmigrated in this world. The period of stay might be short but the fact that a human managed to cross-worlds is already not an easy feat. It could now be considered as godly as they were able to negate the laws of the natural world.

Then here comes the next question, why did he transmigrate?

Is it because he was already facing death? Most of the transmigration stories have this feat. To be able to transmigrate, the person must experience a very near death experience - so close to the point that they are knocking very loudly on the grim reaper's door. The grim reaper is just busy so he is taking some time to open it.

In order for an individual to travel, he must be able to open that door that separates the life and death. That little slip could give a lot of chances.

But what is the reason why Yan JiaYi transferred? The third person too. How are they able to transfer on the same world? Yan JiaYi arrived a bit earlier though.

"What are you thinking?" Yu XueQin asked. He snuggled back to the youth's neck grazing the smooth skin under his skin. This feeling really soothes him very well.

"Does the current god killer related to my arrival here?" Lang Yuan said.

"What made you think of that?"

"Well, seeing how most of the people act, it seems that this thing only happened once before. And that event must have been so long past in the history that even the oldest dragons could no longer remember..." he said.

Lang Yuan moved from his position and shifted to the side to face Yu XueQin. The emperor is watching him and Lang Yuan accepted the gesture. He focused his sight to the deep golden orbs of the older man.

"But the moment I arrived here... am I that drop that caused the ripple on the still waters?"

Yu XueQin is the kind of person that could answer as quickly when he wanted, and never when he did not want it. Lang Yuan heaved a sigh after seeing that the emperor has no plans in answering him. He decided to move out from the water because his skin is starting to get wrinkly but Yu XueQin suddenly pulled him down. He even has the guts to grope that one thing down there!

"What the-" Lang Yuan quickly sat down and glared at the emperor. "W-what are you d-doing?"

"Touching the family jewels," Yu XueQin said with a smug.

"Wh-why would you suddenly do that?" Lang Yuan's face has become very red. He was really surprised to what the emperor did. Plus, he was still sensitive on that part. After all, they have done it like rabbits earlier.

"I'm not allowed to do it? It's not that I haven't seen it a lot of times-"

It must be the courage of the hundred men that Lang Yuan took the guts of attacking the emperor by splashing the hot water into him. Well, the water in the hot spring is indeed hot but for a dragon like Yu XueQin? Bah, it must only feel like ice-cold water to him. So Lang Yuan is not worried at all.

Well, should he not really?

The attack is as fast as Lang Yuan's regret to do so. Things suddenly turned in circles as he was pulled down to the side of the spring with Yu XueQin mounting above him. Lang Yuan knows this position so well as he madly punched the older man on his chest.

Yu XueQin: Well, that tickles.

Lang Yuan: T_T

One hand crawled into that intimate part down there and started stroking. The resisting poor soul quickly submitted as he started moaning for once again. Lang Yuan's voice is already a bit hoarse since earlier, and now he was singing the songs of pleasure again. Ah, Yu XueQin is really very sadistic!

"Ahn.. mnn... No.. please...." Lang Yuan bit the back of his hand trying to hide the moans.

"Hmmm? What should I stop?" Yu XueQin nipped his reddening ears. This sensation only caused Lang Yuan to jolt releasing a dry orgasm. Yu XueQin chuckled.

"Your mouth says no but your body agrees with me..."

"Well, of course! It's a psychological response against pleasur-"

Yu XueQin covered his mouth. Lang Yuan was stunned when the emperor's face is suddenly before him. Two pairs of eyes watched each other, their breathing light for a while. The smile form the older man made the world to suddenly stop especially to the person who received such sight.

"I can somehow guess what you are trying to say," he whispered. "But at least this time, just be honest to yourself. After all, it's only us here. Understand?"

The youth nodded. Yu XueQin let go of his hand. "Good."

The sun broke the night sky bright. The transition between these two parts of day showed a beautiful hue of red and orange. The once silent town has started to reboot with each houses filled with cooking noises. Housewives started their activity with cleaning and warming the dirty stoves while the men had stepped out to hunt a living. The streets has become bustling with people again as the hope for another came to give out opportunities.

Yu XueQin caressed the pale cheeks of his wife. Breathing lightly, Lang Yuan is sleeping comfortably under the covers snuggling properly to the emperor. He was totally exhausted from the post-exercise and only wished to take a whole day off to rest. The emperor leaned down to kiss the forehead of the youth before sliding out from the bed.

On the conjoined room, a group of half-kneeling shadow guards is waiting. To not wake Lang Yuan up, Yu XueQin gestured his palm up to stop them from making a noise. He sat down to the cushion facing the low table. There are already dishes prepared brought by the morning service.

Yu XueQin needs not to eat the human food but he still took a bite to have some taste. Indeed, the food from this place is good. Lang Yuan made a right choice of staying in this place. He ate a few bites before wiping the sides of his mouth clean. He gave a look to the kneeling guards asking them for their report.

"Your majesty, we did not found anything inside the library," the spokesperson of the group said. "Like what your majesty said, the things are really too clean. It is as if somebody is trying to hide its tracks by not placing foreign on the place."

"Hmmm..." Yu XueQin nodded. Though, his face showed indifference as if he was expecting this to happen. "Are there any more discoveries inside the room?"

"Yes, your majesty. We found out that Empress has managed to enter the secret room of the library."

"The secret room?" Yu XueQin's eyes suddenly gave off a sharp glint. "That secret room..."

"Yes, your majesty. The room that once used by the 'unknown'."

For all the things that he mentioned towards Lang Yuan, none of them is lies. But not all of them are complete. He told the human that the first 'transmigrator' only remained for a short while - a short while compared to the living life span of a dragon.

To all the dragons, a human life is only a few days. It only takes almost three years before finishing a whole two generations of humans. So when he said that the transmigrator returned quickly after arriving can be translated that "The otherworldly appeared one day, and after a few years of stay, that person is suddenly gone off!"

The existence of [The World] has been so long that emperors with thousands of lifetimes had managed properly. Yu XueQin is one of the farthest direct relative. The sects and the religious corner of [The World] is older than Yu XueQin, as well as the established rules. This secret room was created far older than Yu XueQin was so he has no qualms about the contents inside it.

When the records say that the 'unknown' arrived for a very long time, it means that it could be originated to the very first ruler of [The World] when the dimension was created. There is only a little information about its existence because its appearance is closer to that of the normal humans. The only difference would be is the fact that this 'unknown' holds knowledge that is far more advance than the royal scholars.

The 'secret room' has the mechanism so advance that nobody could simply open. Yu XueQin suspected that only the kind of Lang Yuan could open it since he was from that world and the mechanism is familiar. This also leads to the facts that the person the Emperor is hunting is also a close relative to Lang Yuan.

It could be that he was trying to get Lang Yuan to return to their world.

"What else did you found?" Yu XueQin is thinking of one thing.

"Your Majesty, we found traces of spirit flame being used."

That last phrase ignited a very strong force within. Suddenly, the skies darkened creating a whirl of clouds. The people who are just idly living their lives noticed the disturbance and look up to see the storm forming. This one is not big but the way in which it was formed is really bad.

This is the sign of bad luck, as well as the emperor's wrath.

There is one thing that Lang Yuan did not know when he entered the library. That is because he wasn't from this world, the barrier will never recognize his kind ignoring him as he pass. JiDan is Yu XueQin's son, why is he not able to enter? Even though he is Yu XueQin's son, why is he stopped?

Yu XueQin did not answer Lang Yuan's question to him earlier because he knows that there's only one word to satisfy that, and that is YES.

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The Author has something to say:

Author: This story indeed had gone so far that I somehow recalled the first version of the plot of the story. Actually, you would wonder why the title is written like this [That day I found the strangest Egg]. Well, the reason is that it was related to my first plot that got revised over time.

Author: I dunno if anyone could still remember or somebody ever caught the very first description of the story before I changed it after posting the fourth chapter of this book.

Author: The description says that Lang Yuan is a 23 year old obese guy who died from overeating. He choked on an egg yolk when he was eating one day killing him by suffocation. As he was so large, nobody were able to bring him up to the hospital and died instantly. He broke the table where he landed when he fainted.

Author: Well, you know what happened next. He suddenly transmigrated to a foreign word that has a historical setting. He found his self wrapped in leaves lying on a caved trunk of a tree. He thought that he was given a new life. The Lang Yuan in this world is the exact opposite of his former body. He was so skinny that one could use him as an anatomy model in showing how many bones does a human have.

Author: However, that did not stop him from eating. The body that he was occupying died from hunger and so he was really very hungry. He wandered around to look for food when he found a carriage attacked by some bandits. The survivors had already fled the area leaving the decapitated cart behind. He slowly approached the left carts and searched for food.

Author: Though, he did not found food. Instead, while he was rumagging a locked chest, he found a large egg wrapped in an expensive silk inside. He took it out and thought that it was an ostrich's egg and decided to cook it. He had long forgotten that the reason of his death is by chocking on an egg.

Author: And that's where the title originated from. He wanted to eat the egg so he tried breaking it but the shell is too hard. He actually used every method to cook it but the egg remained intact. He thought that 'what a strange egg' and gave up. He just tucked the egg beside a furnace when he found an old cabin unoccupied.

Author: He left the egg on that place for so long that he had almost forgot about it. He never thought that the egg is being fed from the warmth of the fire developing it inside. He just freaked out when the egg started to gain consciousness following him around like a chick. Though, he somehow liked the company of the strange egg as he tried to survive within the forest.

Author: Well, that's the run of the story. Lang Yuan is from the modern world so his catching methods of trapping the prey in the forest attracted attention to the hunters. One of the hunters is Yu XueQin who is a person of a noble's birth. Yu XueQin found cabin seeing Lang Yuan talking to a large egg.

Author: JiDan is not supposed to hatch until the end of the story. He became the only child of the couple after finally marrying each other after a few funny struggles and so on...

Author: Well, that went long than I expected. Somehow, something happened in the middle that I have to change the run of the story. If you would read the first parts carefully, you will actually noticed the path of the first plot before revision. Also, there are two versions of chapter one that I really did posted before editing it.

Author: Ha ha ha, I wonder if my first readers remembered it. The first chapter was posted 24 hours before I changed it.

Author: Then, that's all. Ha ha ha, I am really having fun writing this story. The end is still far but the next chapter comes the opening arc before the climax. I will now show you that hints that dropped all the way from the first chapter up to here. Ha ha ha, have fun gathering them!

Author: For now, that's all. Thank you :D