Although the threads of fate had already linked Keli, the gourd Great Elf, with Ryze, the Royal Blue Sapphire Dragon, Liszt only discovered after careful questioning that Keli's opportunity for evolution was still faint. It had not truly come to like the beautiful Gem Dragon.
"I don't know, Liszt. I think it... Ryze, is beautiful, special, but I don't know whether I like it."
"Mm, I understand, Keli. Right now, you only have a certain fondness for Ryze because the two of you have not yet become familiar with each other." Liszt comforted it. In truth, he suspected that Keli had become a Great Elf too recently, and its body had not yet fully "developed."
That was why its opportunity for evolution remained so vague.
Yet the power of fate had already caught the bond between it and Ryze, which meant that one day, it would truly come to like Ryze.
So he added, "How about this? Come back with me for now. Whenever I come here to train with Ryze, you can come along too, until you truly like it. Then you can move here for long-term contact."
"Alright. I really do need time to process this... I really hope I can evolve into a Dragon Elf before that bastard Zyra!" Keli clenched its fists and narrowed its eyes, beginning to imagine how it should treat Zyra once it became a Dragon Elf—beat it up badly, or beat it up badly?
Very soon.
The noisy Great Elves left Anchor Island as the Invisible Dragon Bard rose into the sky.
The Royal Blue Sapphire Dragon gazed at the tranquil sky and let out a long breath. "I can breathe free, sweet air again."
The weather grew increasingly hot in June.
The Flame Kingdom was developing steadily, and Liszt's focus