Two hours later, everyone was settled into their rooms, refreshed and fed for an afternoon of training.
Flicker, the Divine Fire Dragon, was quickly becoming Rue’s new best friend, as Karl had promised. But it was impossible to tell whether it was against her will or not.
As soon as she had come out of her room to find him, she had been grabbed and abducted by Cara, who wanted someone for Rue to spar with who was also a mage, and not too much physically larger than the Princess.
Of course, the dragon was Mythic Ranked, as Divine Fire Dragons were normally born as Overlords. But Cara didn’t mind, and Rue was happy to adopt her with Cara’s recommendation.
"Karl, meet my friend Flicker. She’s going to stay here as an Alchemist. Isn’t that awesome? You know Alchemy, right? Will you be teaching her too?" Rue asked.
"Of course. She’s already got Alchemy as a Trade Skill, so I will help her upgrade it and teach her some new recipes, so she can make even better potions to help everyone grow.
Then, when you catch up to her level, you can both work on becoming Immortals together." Karl agreed.
The Divine Fire Dragon stared at Karl in shock. She didn’t expect that he would have such high expectations for the Princess. But she had been away from the Palace for a while, and she hadn’t had time to get all caught up on the gossip before coming here, where she found the infamous "useless Princess" to actually be incredibly skilled, and almost ready to advance again.
But Flicker’s species innately understood the Fundamental Rule of Fire, so she was guaranteed to advance to Immortality as she grew.
The question was only if Rue had the comprehension abilities to allow her to keep up.
"Perhaps we can continue this sparring session after I have had some time to work with Lord Karl on my skills?" Flicker asked.
Cara shrugged. "I don’t have a problem with that. There are more dragons here to play with, and Rue needs to learn how to spar with all of them, not just our combat bunnies."
Flicker’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she was relieved from her duties, then turned serious as she faced Karl, who had promised her new skills.
For a species that was bound to become Immortal, rare skills were everything. If nothing went wrong, they had forever to practice them, so the chance to learn something rare or forgotten by most of society would give them an edge when they did reach Immortality and had to move to the Immortal Realm to continue their growth.
I was no secret to the Divine Fire Dragons that while their potential was immense, they were still looked down on by many species for being born Mortal.
So, to distinguish themselves, they needed something that would put them above the hatchlings of species born in the Immortal Realm, where they were innately Immortal Ranked from birth.
"So, how does this teaching process work?" Flicker asked as Karl walked toward her.
"It’s simple really. I will ask the World Dragon to help us out, pat your head, and you will get a System Notice."
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