Time is long, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ember is the name that Little Red Dragon learned from his inherited memories, but there is no other information about his identity.

The origin of the dragon egg was thoroughly investigated by the Stan family, and it was concluded that it was only discovered by an expedition team on an uninhabited island overseas, and no useful information was obtained.

Normally, it takes hundreds of years for a young dragon to reach adulthood, but Ember has shortened the growth period to a level similar to that of a human under the old mage's special method, and there are no side effects, which shows the old mage's efforts to make a comeback in this regard.

Still, Ember didn't have the dragon's signature wings.

In the past ten years, the Stan family has not had a good life, first ten years ago, the Duchess unfortunately died of illness after giving birth to her second child, and since that day, Duke Brown's face has aged a little. Another heavy blow came when the old mage Mock died in an accident five years ago, and from that day on, the Duke's face was clouded and no one saw his smile again.

When the old mage was there, the people in the Duke's palace were somewhat restrained, but since the old mage died, Ember Yan was pointed at everywhere he went, and his wisdom was no less than that of a human being, and he could only endure it silently until he met that person.

When Bright saw Ember hiding in a corner, he ran over and hugged the little red dragon, and this enthusiasm touched the red dragon's almost dead heart.

...

Today, as usual, was an ordinary Monday, and Ember had arrived in front of Bright's room early, the crimson dragon scales shining in the morning light.

Ember was now about the size of a horse, and even without wings, the dragon's majesty was revealed, with its white sharp teeth, sharp claws, and thick tail.

On the back of the red dragon, a saddle and several saddle bags were placed, and there were also several staggered straps on its body—it was now the companion and mount of His Royal Highness Childe. This is entirely voluntary for the Red Dragon, as for now, there are no other options for himself other than to be a mount.

After waiting for some time, Bright pushed the door and walked out, patted the red dragon on the neck and said, "Sorry to keep you waiting" and then stepped on the dragon's back and walked out. There is no such thing as reins and chews, and the red dragon is completely free to move.

Fifteen-year-old Bright was already a fifth-year student at the Imperial Royal Academy, and it only took seven years to reach the strength of a silver swordsman, and he was already one of the best geniuses in the empire.

"I don't want to go to class, how about we go out of town today?" said Bright as he walked along the way.

Red Dragon shook his head helplessly, Brett is a genius in combat, but in terms of cultural learning, it can be described as a mess, not that he is stupid and can't learn, but he is not interested in learning and refuses to learn, and would rather play in class than listen to lectures. It used to be okay, but now the red dragon is too big and was not allowed to enter the classroom by the strict teacher after breaking the classroom door once, and since then, Bright Boy has been unrestrained in class.

"Absolutely not, Lord Duke said, if you skip class again, you will sign a marriage contract with the Mengji family. The personal guard who followed on horseback said calmly.

Feeling the tremor on his back, Ember smiled slightly: If there is anything else in this imperial capital that can make the genius Stan Gongzi afraid, it is only the "dinosaur" of the Mengji family.

Soon arrived at the gate of the academy, and saw Bright walk through the door, Ember and the two personal guards turned to leave, the next few days were "hard" for the students, and for the students' guards, it was the holidays. The academy is the safest and most serious place in the Empire, and the guards of the noble students are not allowed to follow unless necessary, even the prince.

However, the red dragon is a special case, there are many people in the academy who are interested in the dragon, and after following Bright for several months of classes, Rao is the red dragon is also annoyed by all kinds of harassing people, and is reluctant to step into the academy again.

Walking to a less crowded place, the two guards dismounted and skillfully helped the red dragon unsaddle and other miscellaneous items, Ember nodded to them, flicked his tail to show goodbye, and left alone.

Ember knows the lingua franca of the mainland, but he doesn't like to talk very much, in fact, the dragons have very few words, and most dragons think that a single roar is enough to deal with most situations, and this is true. Although Ember was born and raised in human society, it is basically impossible for the dragon to integrate into human society due to various factors, and the red dragon feels that he cannot find the direction of dragon life here.

Looking at the magnificent building in front of him, the red dragon's eyes showed a hint of excitement, this is one of the few places in the capital that can be liked by the dragon - the gladiatorial arena.

Gladiatorial fighting is synonymous with violence and gore, and is one of the few forms of entertainment in human society, the gladiatorial arena stipulates that all extraordinary powers such as magic and fighting spirit cannot be used, and gladiators are only allowed to use their own bodies and cold weapons to engage in life-and-death duels to please boring and crazy spectators.

In addition to gladiators, there are all kinds of fierce beasts and even magical beasts captured from all over the gladiatorial arena, gladiators are generally criminal slaves and desperate warriors, who have lost their freedom, and defeating powerful beasts is the only way for gladiators to get free, otherwise no matter how powerful the gladiators are, they will one day fall on the field and never stand up again.

In addition to gladiators and beasts who lost their freedom, there was also a kind of free man in the gladiatorial arena, usually a nobleman who personally defeated a weak beast in exchange for applause in order to attract people's attention, and sometimes there were strong people who were paid for by the gladiatorial arena.

The red dragon walked into the gladiatorial arena, and immediately a chubby middle-aged man walked over: "Venerable Lord Ember, you haven't been here for a long time, we will arrange your gladiatorial fight immediately." The fat man spoke with a flattering expression, but for the dragon, this set had no effect in the slightest.

Hearing the amplified magic broadcast outside, the red dragon frowned: "You know I don't like the feeling of being watched. ”

"But you like gold!" the fat man's beard curled, "I can pay you twice as much this time." ”

The red dragon's eyes suddenly lit up, and the surroundings seemed to light up a little. Licking his lips, almost all dragons had close to zero resistance to gold coins, and Ember was naturally not surprised. It's just a matter of being watched, how can there be a shiny gold coin that matters!(It's not the first time)

After a while, the fat man took a register from the person behind him, put on his monocle and looked at it, then closed the notebook, looked up and said to the red dragon seriously:

"This time, your opponent is..."

"Alone. ”