The Odd Dragon Out

s neatly demarcated, with areas for pedestrians

er than him, and some thinner, Ginger had started to slowly learn a few things about this world,

that almost every boy and girl who looked rem

bjects he was horrified to eavesdrop on. Young boys had an air of firmness abo

every one of the dragonlings walking on this bridge towards the

e a dragon. For one, he hadn't thought about it before, but unlike the slit-li

eet Mana Essence in an

ngled him

he even

the rig

y for getting him int

mes where you end up saying, 'Grave miscalculation

m feel even worse. He felt his colon perform a breakdanc

hing his thigh when nervous would kick in, though he had to stifle the urge, in case he gave o

over the horizon. Said waters served as a good distraction from time to time, but the best

chool

inger got a clearer view of t

-meter distance. Burly buildings of different shapes peeked from over the wall, with the greate

er g

xiety

ped mountain that dwarfed both it and the high wall in siz

in the middle by something huge because a dar

ut this place,' Ginger though

nificent as this in the Wild, at least

onling marveling and nearly bursting into

the gate, he saw ano

and surprise of the other dragonlings, as mos

xcessively large square gap in

d into the form of a fearsome beast that Ancor had shown Ginger to be

. A broad, heavy body rose with thick muscles under the depiction of scales, at one end of it, a l

dragon wasn't as Ginger rec

types, but this one... his Sha

a hawk. Sharp eyes carved using a precious stone akin to red diamond mounted the face, along with a long, intr

ompleted the beast, the siz

tue, was a large, si

x Institute for

h and kept all words he would

en around him, h

e that! I can't wait for Fourth Year! Ah,

t's more impressive than the one in the books. Did you know t

e! The others a

nt frantically to his left, where, far from

ery long, serpent-like form with four short limbs that ended with claws. Its vermillion hue

fferent..." Ginge

is one with an azure vibrance, a heavy jaw, a rather stoc

Ginger intended to make a quick run to sate his curiosity, he heard a l

don't have all day!" shouted a

his head, a long black coat made of soft f

d his impressions in to maintain a straight face when he saw the man'

n wore no scarf or co

h were of a vibrant cerulean hu

mp of scales Ginger ha

asses out of here. And that fees better have been paid too, otherwise, we'll send you

, but the parents of all the children said their goodb

dragonlings. Those that knew each other formed groups and walked towards t

stured towards th

ushed past him and pass

hrough... suddenly disappeared. He had expected to see them pass

Is it some kind of i

nd Ginger felt like an idiot for being the only one

in place as th

s yell, "Don't dare try to pass through if you don't know whether your fees were paid in

he should, since Ancor had told him to find someon

od, was to approach the gr

ally didn

e for eternity w

slow-moving dragonlings and gulped hard. He bit his upper

in a high-pitched voice. His man

o him aggressively

ed in to cool

or someone. Could you hel

bit mellow at his appro

l it,

erked up

name of Ira Otus. Could you pl

owed his eye

e you looking for me? And how cou

turned