Chapter 273: Hope for Change
With Rotandegilly's early upbringing, his tenacity, and the skills he had secretly learned over the past five years in order to be independent, it wasn't too difficult to find a job to support himself - after all, the current colored dragons no longer had the idea of collecting treasure like their ancestors, and even if the cost of life was indeed more than that of humanoids due to their size, it was not much.
Unfortunately, Rotandegilli was only ten years old when he first left the Dante family, and as a result of this young age, many places were reluctant to take him in, until he met the manager of the Colored Dragon Gathering where he now lives, Topaz Dragon Wilder.
Even if Rotandegilina can be regarded as no longer easily trusting the hearts of others, he has to admit that this gem dragon is the only existence in the world that occupies some weight in his heart at present.
Wilde is over 900 years old this year, and he also worked at the Yamon Chamber of Commerce when he was younger, and if you really look back, you may be considered the predecessor of Rotander's gilly parents. Not only did his parents die young, but he also had no spouse, so he was lonely all his life. After leaving the Chamber of Commerce, he was recommended by the leader and came here to work as an administrator.
I don't know if it's because of the same illness, Wild decided to take in the desperate Rotandergilli and allow him to help with chores in the back kitchen of a friend's small restaurant.
And after Rotander Gili entered his youth, the job he is engaged in now is exactly what Wilder found for him.
Therefore, unless it is to the point where he has no choice, Rotandergilli will not consider changing jobs, even if it has to endure the contempt of "superior people" every day.
If you change to a dragon of the same age, you may really be unable to stand it, but Rotan Deji has the memory of two lives, and his heart is naturally much more mature than others.
After a short break, Rotan de Gili began his evening studies - he was never resigned to ordinary thoughts, but was always enriching himself, waiting for an opportunity.
An opportunity to soar into the sky and see the hope of turning this twisted world upside down.
Therefore, even if he is tired from working during the day, Rotandergilli will try to find time to study all aspects when he returns to his residence. Although much of this knowledge came from humans and metal dragons, Rotander Gili was not a conservative person, understanding that knowledge knows no race.
In this way, from potion to magic materials, from the history of the continent to ancient literature, from advanced mathematics to the languages of various ethnic groups, and then from the knowledge of magic patterns to alchemy......
What are the limits of the dragons?Rotandegilly hadn't thought about it, but he seemed to have given the answer before he knew it.
In the twenty years since the beginning of his independence, Rotandergilli has not limited himself to passing on the knowledge from memory, as most colored dragons do, but has continued to absorb new nutrients. Perhaps those seniors of the Dragon Knights Branch would never know that this seemingly silent and introverted young green dragon possessed a reserve of theoretical knowledge that was equivalent to a professional scholar in every aspect.
After studying, it is a must-do physical exercise for Rotan de Gigli every day. Since the Dragon Sleep Organization and the Dragon Knights forbade people to use magic at will, Rotan Degilli was unable to convert the theoretical knowledge of magic into practical knowledge, so in order not to let his combat power be left too far behind by those who could enter the special academy to study, he relied on his own stupid methods to exercise.
Nothing special about it, it's just finding ways to make yourself more tired, such as flying at high speeds over short distances and practicing melee skills against imaginary enemies.
If this was placed 10,000 years ago, it would definitely be regarded as an outlier by all the dragons, but there is no better way to do it, and the inheritance memory is just a memory, and it is impossible to really transform it into combat power.
If he wants to get stronger, this is really the only way for him to be in his current state.
After finishing the practice and resting for a while, Rotandagi returned to his lodgings, set a time to wake up, and drifted off to sleep.
Speaking of which, this is one of the things that is very different from the dragons of today and 10,000 years ago. 10,000 years ago, even the disadvantaged colored dragon was considered a hegemon, and he could sleep as long as he wanted, and those who dared to wake up the sleeping dragon generally did not end well.
However, everything has changed now, and the colored dragons as the fifth estate have been completely insulated from that leisurely life - few of the people of the other four classes see the colored dragons as citizens of the state, and more precisely, in their eyes, the colored dragons are like slaves.
About 4,000 years ago, all the colorful dragons who needed to beg for a living had to change their original way of life and become "industrious". After another four thousand years of consolidation, this method has become a habit, deeply imprinted in the bones of all colored dragons.
Of course, metal dragons can still keep their previous way of life, such as sleeping for a few years at a time, after all, they are a noble first class, and no one dares to point fingers at them.
"O dragon god, if you really exist......" Before falling asleep, Rotandergilli subconsciously began his usual prayer, "Please let me see hope as soon as possible...... With such a heavy memory and such a reality to face, I really don't know how long I can hold on......"
For more than twenty years, Rotanda Gilli prayed to the nihilistic dragon god every night, even though he knew that there was no dragon god in the list of believable gods published by the Dragon Sleep Organization, but he still insisted on this almost fanatical piety.
Because, this is really the biggest spiritual pillar in his heart.
A dreamless night.
The next day, Rotandergilli woke up early and set out again on his way to the branch building – a slight time advantage over his human colleagues, that is, he could go days without eating after a meal.
In this way, it will naturally reduce some of the defects that his residence is too far from the city center.
Arriving at his place of work, Rotander Gili opened the combination lock with ease, first took out a large number of documents that he had not turned in yesterday, and then handed the thick stack to the silver dragon Werner in another office.
"I've been amazed once again by your efficiency, Rotandegilly. Sitting in the form of a man in his thirties, the silver dragon looked too small for Rotan de Gigli, took the papers from a window, flipped through them casually, and then looked satisfied.
"Keep up the good work, I think you're a better fit for the job than your predecessor. Warner smiled and said, "Don't look down on you from those people upstairs, in fact, there are several branch managers who are very optimistic about you." If you keep up the good work, you'll become the first colored dragon here to have a Dragon Knight partner. ”
Werner appears to be only over two hundred years old, but his actual age is said to be in his five hundred. As the dragon assistant of this branch, Werner is the only dragon in Rothander Gili who has a slight affection for him.
Because Werner, although he is a metal dragon, he has no prejudice against colored dragons - at least for Rotandergilli, and he is mature, steady, and reliable, fully fitting the image of a trustworthy predecessor, and has indeed given Rotandergilli a lot of help and guidance in his work.
Rotandergilli believes that if he hadn't met Werner, he would have needed more time to familiarise himself with this rare job.
"You've won the prize, Mr. Werner. ”
Rotandergilly replied without humility or arrogance, "I just want to do what I am doing now, Dragon Knight or something, I haven't thought about it for the time being......"
Despite his calmness, Werner saw a hint of longing and reluctance in the depths of Rodandergilli's eyes.
He knew that the news he brought should not be the wrong person.
"Rotandergilli, I would say that hard work doesn't always lead to success, but it's never possible to succeed without hard work. Werner's expression became a little serious, "I don't think you look like the kind of guy who likes to mess around, and you're still young." So, give it a try. Although you still have room to improve in terms of strength, but in terms of mentality, you have surpassed many people. ”
"As for me personally," said Werner at last, looking up into the eyes of the green dragon, "your future will not be confined to this small city, Rotandegi. ”
Rotandergilli smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Mr. Werner, you really think highly of me......"
To be honest, in the face of this silver dragon that never regarded itself as an upper class, but got along with him on an equal footing, Rotandergilli was also very wary of the other party's possible attempts at first. However, after more than two years of getting along, he gradually found that the other party seemed to really regard himself as an ordinary junior, without any consideration of interests.
This is so precious in the entire Eastern Continent, which is full of injustice.
For this reason, Rotandergilli also retains some gratitude to Werner, and he has seriously considered many of Werner's suggestions.
Only this time, things seem to be different.
Because for a colored dragon like himself, becoming a partner of a dragon knight is indeed the fastest way to get rid of the label of "inferior class", and there are not no such colored dragons in the Eastern Continent, and even every such colored dragon has a relatively brilliant future, and their stories are regarded as a model of success by more young colored dragons, and then work hard for it.
However, there are more than 5,000 age-appropriate colored dragons in the Eastern Continent, and there are only 10 such successful cases so far, and the success rate of 0.2% really can't make people optimistic.
What's more, unlike metal dragons, once a colored dragon has a dragon knight partner, it is essentially just a "normal slave" to a "high-level slave". It's rare for a dragon knight to care about their colored dragon partners as friends from the bottom of their hearts, and even if those dragons are nominally like them, they still see them as a fluke and a coincidence.
Rotandergilli wants to get out of his current life, but he doesn't want to do it in such a way that borders on "selling himself".
So he was very distressed by Werner's serious advice.