Despite having long heard of the discrimination within dragonkind, Li Aoz still felt rather ashamed after experiencing it firsthand.
Generally speaking, discrimination stemmed from differences in wealth, status, appearance, and culture—or simply inequality. But the discrimination within dragonkind came from one's birth.
What kind of system was this similar to?
The discrimination of orthodox God Samurai against Cannon Fodder Gods.
After coming into contact with Earth Culture, Li Aoz could finally give this discriminatory rule an accurate name:
Caste.
Within the dragon lineage, Radiant Dragons stood supreme. Innately noble dragon breeds such as Silver Dragons and Golden Dragons were the unquestioned ruling class beneath them. Whether they wanted to or not, as Golden or Silver Dragons, they had to wield authority according to those rules.
In some remote places, dragons of humble birth were explicitly forbidden from looking directly at or touching high-ranking nobles, even if they had evolved all the way up through their own efforts.
It was not that Li Aoz did not want to disguise himself. He was simply curious whether those rumors were true. After all, if he planned to poach Red King's people in the future, he needed to understand the social foundations first.
Now, it seemed the rumors had not been exaggerated at all. If anything, they had been far too conservative.
Just because he could not be bothered to state his origins and race, two high-born dragons from the Empire and the Holy Temple had started aggressively pressing him, throwing barbed remarks without the slightest hesitation.
They had clearly changed their own nationality, yet they still looked down on a "dragon" whose background they could not even identify.
When Golden Dragon Archer spoke up for him, they even tried to egg him on into condemning Li Aoz as well.
It seemed the Void