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THE BAD BAD DRAGON? That's me! And that's how I got here:
I'm broke and waiting for the debt collectors. Here is my old grimoire from when I was a role-player. Spell: Become a dragon. Well, I'll try it for fun... Ah, winning the...
Mandrake took us to a brighter wing of the castle, we reached the ground floor and the invocation was done in a secret room below the castle. It is a beautiful castle but it is still a fortress.
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Its large round towers on a rocky spur make it a very solid fortress and the characteristics of the towers is that there are no roofs but platforms.
But why such an architecture???
I ask Mandrake and he tells me, you'll soon find out.
Fort Rock is also the castle of the dragon king!
We breed and train dragons here. Part of the mission is to find the eggs and bring them back. Often we have to kill the dragons but some of them get caught and we break them and when they are ready, we train them or use them for breeding.
Mandrake, do you have many dragons?
- We have 10 that are ridden by the elite knights or dragon riders. They have built an almost psychic link with their mount. The others are in their cages and are either growing or being trained or bred.
Me: And they don't say anything?
Mandrake: A talking dragon? It's never been seen before. They are predators like Lions who live in tribes in the mountains and fight for the hunting territory among themselves. But apart from that they are stupid animals. If they could talk, their vocabulary would be very limited. Why? Are you interested in dragons? Anyway, you can't escape them.
But now, if you have some things to tidy up, here is your room and the one next to it for your children. The children will have to work in the castle as serfs if they don't have the skills to be a hero. In this case they can stay with you. Only.
You will be received by the King. You NEVER ask a member of the royal family any questions. Even if it is unfair to you or your children.
We are not barbarians but consider that your life is at their fingertips. The people here crawl at the mere sight of them.
Here you are nothing, neither noble nor even a serf. You are a slave.
It is only out of pity and good heart that Princess Luxia, seeing that you have 3 children to feed, did not insist on the collar of submission.
I myself saw how you crushed this precious artifact. You could be charged with hard labor just for breaking one of these necklaces.
I look forward to your comments and be careful what you say!
Me:
I'm sorry, we are on the run and Saint Hubert helped us get to this world and when we took refuge in an old ruin near a mountain, we appeared here! The children are orphans and I decided to be their mother. I am sorry for your necklaces and my arrogance. Where we come from, princes and princesses have nothing to say and are like extras in a political show. It is the ministers who have the power and the financial secret societies. Our technology is very, very advanced but magic does not exist.
