For Young Wizards, Fire Dragons generally existed only in textbooks.
In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by Mr. Scamander, the Care of Magical Creatures professor, the appearances and habits of various Fire Dragons were described in detail, complete with moving illustrations.
But compared to a real Fire Dragon, the impact was nowhere near as great.
In the Young Wizards' eyes, Mr. Wallop's two Hebridean Black Dragons were cool and powerful, but they belonged to Mr. Wallop, after all...
And now, a wild Hebridean Black Dragon was feeding right in front of them. They could even see half a bloodshot deer eye protruding from between the dragon's teeth.
That bloody, wildly primal sight sent everyone's adrenaline soaring.
"Sir, can I tame a Fire Dragon as my pet like you did?" a student asked, unable to contain himself.
Sean, maintaining a wide-area Disillusionment Charm, blinked. "Normally, I should encourage you and leave you some hope—but as a pragmatist, I have to tell you the truth. It's almost impossible."
"To this day, hunting and killing Fire Dragons, capturing Fire Dragons, and similar acts are all too common. Yet whether they're cross-border traffickers secretly hunting Fire Dragons, volunteer wizards in dragon sanctuaries, or the owners of dragon breeding grounds, some of them might earn a dragon's fear through one means or another—but making a Fire Dragon submit is extraordinarily difficult, so difficult that it is nearly impossible."
"There are many kinds of Fire Dragons, but the immense power they are born with has shaped their proud nature. Wild Fire Dragons are not only fierce, but also quite intelligent. In their eyes, if a wizard is weaker and less intelligent than they are, why should they submit?"
Hearing Sean say that, most of them looked disappointed—after all, his Magical Creatures were simply