Part 1The Dragon Egg Runaway

After giving birth to the Celestial Lord’s twin dragon eggs, I faked my death and fled with one of them.

Three hundred years later, I had to run an errand. I gave my young son, who had just taken human form, a stern warning.

"My dearest, you be a good boy and wait for Mommy at home. I'll be right back."

He nodded obediently.

The moment my back was turned, he secretly followed me to the mortal realm.

When I found him, I had no choice but to bring him along.

Until one day, as I was leading him home by the hand, a figure barrelled toward the entrance of our valley.

"Mommy! What took you so long? I've been waiting for a whole month!"

I froze.

My son was at home?

Then who was I holding hands with?

* * *

Truthfully, I’d noticed something was off with Kai about two weeks ago.

He was the undisputed little demon king of Silvermist Valley. Everything from the mountain spirits to the birds and bugs had suffered his "tyranny" at one point or another.

But on this trip to the mortal realm, he was being... unnervingly well-behaved.

He'd even mastered the aura-concealing art I'd spent half a month trying to teach him.

"Oh, my boy, if you'd told me you were this good at hiding your presence, I would've brought you out ages ago!" I exclaimed, overjoyed. I cupped his face in my hands, squishing his cheeks.

Normally, he'd squawk, "Mom, stop squishing my face!"

But this time, he just let me maul him, his face flushing red, his eyes wide and bright.

Strange. Very strange.

But I didn't suspect a thing. I just figured my lessons had finally sunk in.

And so, we spent a wonderfully "harmonious" month together in the mortal realm.