Call Me Big Brother (First Update)

The Fire Seed-form little Fire Dragon was clearly not a true young dragon yet.

This meant that the Fire Dragon he had been anticipating had not truly been born, and he was still a long way from becoming a Dragon Rider. Yet this mere Fire Seed-form little Fire Dragon had already scared Liszt half to death.

It already took so many resources to keep it alive now. Once it was truly gestated and became a tangible little Fire Dragon, wouldn't it bankrupt him?

"How exactly do other Dragon Riders ride dragons?"

"Could it be that when they say Dragon Riders can suppress a nation's fortune, they don't mean a dragon is powerful enough to protect a country on its own, but that it takes the resources of an entire nation to feed one?"

Thinking about it that way, it really did seem to be the case. Basically, dragons were controlled by the various nations across the continent; he had never heard of anyone privately raising a dragon.

"Most importantly, the dragons of every nation seem to be Gem Dragons and Metal Dragons. There are only one or two dragons said to be Elemental Dragons." His mind drifted, and sorrow filled him even more. "The Fire Dragon is an Elemental Dragon, and most Elemental Dragons are evil dragons. They don't engage in production and can't contribute anything to me. Wouldn't keeping it be even more expensive?"

Gem Dragons could produce gemstones, and selling gemstones was absolutely a tremendous source of profit; Metal Dragons could produce metal, and metal was an even more fiercely contested resource among nations.

What could a Fire Dragon do?

Produce volcanoes? Or stoke boilers?

But as soon as that thought arose, Liszt had a flash of inspiration. "It really could stoke boilers, couldn't it? The Fire Dragon