Countless black balls appear in the sky in the grassy plain near the Royal Capital . The move was random, one by one they shot from the ground . The black ball was Ryuus dragons breath . The colour of the dragon and the breath was also black .

Aah, its getting pretty fast .

I was playing a mimic clay shooting with Ryuu . I prepared the target and Ryuu will aim at it .

When I praised him, he butted his head in delight .

Youre already growing spoiled, huh?

Its not that I dislike it, I lift Ryuus huge body and spin him around . The cat-like purring in his throat is really cute .

This is the story that I heard later in the day . Recently a dragon has been spotted spinning near the Royal Capitals plain, while their roar shook the ground . The eyewitness reportedly nearly paralyzed with terror before running away .

Theres no mistake it was Ryuu, the eyewitnesses mustve disliked animal . Its like some people love dogs, and some are afraid of them .

Today I have a meeting with a dragon tamer . He agreed to meet, and I think Ryuu should have some friends .

Right now, there are three dragons familiar in the Balshine Kingdom . One of them is Ryuu, and the other two belong to the National Army .

Today Im going to meet one of them . Usually, he was in a military establishment in the Royal Capitals outskirts, considering the danger of their violent behaviour, the other day we were planning to meet at the grassy plain .

From my seat in Ryuus back, I can see our meeting place from the sky, they already arrived . There was a wingless dragon with earth attribute . Compared to Ryuu, he looks small .

A man in military uniform stands beside the dragon . Hes someone who hatched the dragons egg just like me .

Ryuu, get off there .

As Ryuu began to descend, the dragon on the ground changed its appearance . The man tried to soothe the dragon that began to act violently, but it didnt work . The dragon started to run, and by the time we landed, it had gone out of our sight .

When I jumped down from Ryuu, the flustered man approaches me .

Are you Yumiela-san? Its nice to meet you .

Im Yumiela Dolknes . This is Ryuu .

My name is Roland . And the one who ran away is Gregory .

Roland was a middle-aged man with a gentle face . Since he hatched an earth attribute dragon, he must be an excellent wizard with earth attribute .

What happened to Gregory?

I wonder if they are afraid of strangers or another dragon? Gregory-chan is so cute . They may feel embarrassed to appear in front of my handsome Ryuu .

Apparently, Ryuu-kun Are you okay? It seems they become scared of Ryuu-kun .

Can even a dragon get scared? I realize that I didnt want anyone to look at my child like that .

Did he ever gets afraid of other dragons?

No, Gregory is a calm dragon, or how should I put this Hes thick-headed? I havent seen anything like this before .

Roland-san scratched his head with a bitter smile . He worries about Gregory-kun, who was running away with great speed .

Is it okay that we dont follow him?

Gregory cant fly, and they are never going out alone . Will he able to return home

Ryuu often goes out alone, but he will always return as soon as I called him, Gregory didnt seem to be like that .

Shall we ride Ryuu and looking for him? I dont think he will run away anymore if Ryu doesnt approach too closely .

Thank you for your help . Im sorry that this happened . I was hoping to deepen the friendship between the dragon tamers .

Roland joined her on Ryuus back, and their search for Gregory has begun .

After a short time flying following the direction where Gregory is running away, they found him . He didnt notice Ryuu in the sky, and he still keeps running .

It looks like hes still running . When he stops, I want you to drop me off a little further away .

Then we must wait for Gregory to stop before we can approach, but it doesnt seem that way .

I see a village over there!

There are several small villages scattered in the Royal Capitals outskirts . One of them was in Gregorys travelling direction . At this rate, the village building would collapse, and the villagers will suffer the damage .

Thats not good . Gregory, stop!

Roland shouts, but theres no sign that Gregory heard him . Should I get down and guide it in another direction? No, theres no point since theres a village in that direction .

Ill get off here . Ryuu, drop off Roland-san a little farther away .

Get off? How do you Hey! What do you mean

Despite his restraint, I jumped off from Ryuu . Adjusting my posture with magic jet to make sure I landed in between Gregory and the village .

As my speed steadily increased, the ground is coming closer . Just a moment before landing, I cast magic downward to compensate for the falling force . But its still not enough to kill the momentum of my landing, and the dust flew everywhere . At least there is no crater on where she lands .

Gregory, who was still in a state of fright, didnt see his surroundings, he was rushing in my direction .

Dark Bind .

Countless hands reached out from Gregorys shadow, grabbing his body . He gradually became unable to move against the power of shadows .

It wasnt long before Roland comes and calms Gregory .

There, there . I know its scary, but Ryuu-kun isnt here anymore .

Gregory gradually regains his composure but, in my heart, I was somewhat unhappy because it made it like my child was a bully .

When Gregory was no longer violent and calm, I removed the dark bind that restrains him .

Thank you for helping . Gregory, who was supposed to protect the kingdom, almost hurt its citizens . But, please stop jumping off all of a sudden, its terrible for my heart .

My pleasure . I dont want Gregory-kun hurting other people .

Gregory was overall giving off the impression as a rugged and unrefined dragon with a gentle atmosphere .

Thats true, though, hes not good at fighting . He cant fly, and he carries people and cargo in the military .

He is so modest; the speed and the amount of the cargo must be different from the normal carriage .

What a good child . Too bad, it would have been nice if he could be friends with Ryuu . Um, can I pet Gregory?

Aa, you can pet him .

When he permitted me to pet Gregory, I approached him slowly so as dont startle him .

The moment I reached to pet him, he began to struggle and started running away .

Hey, Gregory, whats the matter now! Ryuu-kun isnt here .

Roland-san chase and call after Gregory who keeps speeding without stopping .

Gregory, stop!

I instinctively run up to him and grab his thick tail to prevent him from running away again .

When his movement suddenly stopped, he tried to roll his tail to escape from my hold, but neither his tail or body moved .

It took a while for Roland-san to calm Gregory again .

Gregory-kun, whats wrong?

Aa, maybe hes afraid of Yumiela-san . If you dont get too close

I didnt even consider the dragons would be scared . Well, wouldnt it be scary if youre restrained by someone who was falling in front of you?

Thats why Ryuus attempt at making friendships failed .

Id like him to meet the other dragon, but the dragon is busy since hes the only means of flying transportation for the National Army .

Later, according to the story I heard from Roland-san in the Royal Capital, the wind attribute dragon seems very nervous . It may be hopeless hoping him to get along with Ryuu, and theyre so much smaller than Ryuu .

Hey, Patrick, do you know anyone who would be friends with Ryuu?

Im afraid to say that I dont have any dragons acquaintance .

As usual, I told Patrick the whole story .

It can be a person, as long as they can play with Ryuu .

Well, I cant do that .

Patrick turns down my offer to become Ryuus friend . He must be feeling uncomfortable being Ryuus friend .

Isnt it strange that your friends are your mothers friends too? Oh, the idea that I become Patricks mothers friend and stop being Patricks friend

Not like that . How about the dragon tamer that you met? He isnt afraid of Ryuu, isnt he?

Ahh, etto, what was his name again

Oh, Gregory-kuns papa . Ryuu seems to think of him as a father, etto He and Gregory-kun havent meet properly .

I totally forgot his name . He might have forgotten my name already . Its enough to call us Ryuu-kuns mama and Gregory-kuns papa .

Ryuus father? In that case, you are the mother

Patrick burst into a panic, and I wanted to give him a peace of mind .

Its fine, you can be his father . Gregory-kuns papa, etto Is like Ryuus uncle?

We already shared the moment from the moment Ryuu was born . I think you can call yourself a father .

I-Im the father?! Then, you and I are like No, I cant think about Yumiela like that .

Patrick is losing his composure again . Thats a natural reaction when he was told that he becomes a father at the age of 16 .

Whats that?

Its nothing!

I think its a good thing to have friends . I hope Ryuu can make friends soon .