Mr. Dragon Knight, the dragon girls are chasing you!

The night wind whistled past her ears, but she felt much more relaxed than when she arrived.

She's going to capture her dragon knight.

And then never, ever, ever let him leave.

Eldron stood on the highest observation platform in the dragon's lair, his hands behind his back, watching the black dragon shadow fly away rapidly in the night sky. A helpless yet gratified smile appeared on his aged face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you say you want to capture him and keep him by your side, but in reality, you want to help him, don't you?"

He shook his head, turned and walked down from the observation deck.

"It's so good to be young."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent.

This is the exclusive gathering place of the fire dragon clan. The scorching magma surges year-round, and the raging fire burns all year round. The entire area is shrouded in high temperature and flames, and the air is dry and scorching.

Ordinary creatures cannot survive here, and even high-level magical beasts dare not easily set foot in this territory ruled by fire.

And at the deepest part of this territory stands a magnificent castle built of obsidian and volcanic rock.

The castle walls were covered with fiery vines, and the moat was not filled with water, but with scalding lava, bubbling and emitting the smell of sulfur and fire.

On the top floor of the castle, in a bedroom sealed off by layers of flame barriers.

A slender figure was curled up on a huge throne carved from lava crystal.

She had long, fiery red hair, tied high in a single ponytail, the ends of which swung unconsciously in the air, occasionally scattering a few tiny sparks.

Her features were exquisite and striking, with an innate arrogance and domineering air about her. But now, as she slept, her features softened, and her long eyelashes cast a small shadow on her cheeks.

She wore a fiery red satin dress with a slightly open neckline, revealing a delicate collarbone and a few fine, fiery red scales on her neck.

Her breathing was steady and long, and with each breath, a faint flame-like aura would escape from her slightly parted lips, turning into tiny sparks in the air before slowly dissipating.

She is the current queen of the Fire Dragon clan—

Ignis, the Flame of Heaven.

She has been asleep for several years.

For dragons that live for tens of thousands of years, a few years of slumber is nothing more than a short rest.

But for Ignis, these past few years have been anything but peaceful.

Because in her dreams, the face of that bastard human always appears.

That stinky human with messy hair, an unserious laugh, and the audacity to steal her secret.

Every time Ignis dreams of him, she grits her teeth in her sleep, and then upon waking, she reinforces the empty cage with three more layers.

Although that guy had long since disappeared.

But at that moment, she finally woke up.

The crimson dragon's eyes blinked slightly, half-closed, before narrowing again at the sight of the blinding firelight.

Then, she slowly transformed into human form—or more precisely, into a dragon girl.

Her slender yet powerful arms were raised high above her head, her taut waistline bulging beautifully against the fiery satin-like fabric, and her high red ponytail swung behind her in a passionate arc with each movement.

"Ugh... I'm so tired from sleeping so much, my bones feel like they're going to fall apart..."

She rubbed her eyes, her fiery red hair sticking up messily with a few stray hairs, and she looked lazy and dazed from just waking up.

Then she glanced instinctively toward the cage.

Empty and desolate.

Ignis's rubbing of her eyes suddenly froze in mid-air, and her ahoge (cowlick) stood up with a "snap".

She turned her head sharply, her scarlet eyes wide open, staring at the empty cage that should have been locked up with some bastard human, and froze for three seconds.

Then--

"--ha?!"

A deafening roar instantly ripped off the roof of the entire Flame Castle.

"Where is that guy?! Where is that stinky, messy-haired human?! I've only been sleeping with him for a few years and he's already run away?!"

Ignis leaped up from the fiery throne and rushed barefoot to the empty cage. She peeked inside, gripping the scorching bars, her high ponytail whipping around angrily, the fiery red ends crackling and sparking.

The cage was completely empty; not even a single hair remained.

Only a line of burnt writing remained on the ground, crooked and illegible, clearly hastily written with charcoal:

"The food is terrible, let's go out and find something to eat. —Luo Yeliu"

Ignis stared at the words for a long time.

Then--

"Luo Ye!!!"

Her roar shook the entire castle; the fiery vines on the walls trembled from the sound, and the lava in the moat churned.

"You stole my Achilles' heel! You slept in my dragon's nest! You ate the fire crystal fruit I'd been hoarding for hundreds of years! And then you just left me with the words 'The food was terrible' and ran off?!"

"Do you think this is a free hotel?!"

She was so angry that she spun around in place several times, her fiery red hair whipping out scorching arcs with each movement, leaving a charred footprint on the ground with every step.

"How dare you sneak away while I was asleep?!"

"This queen hasn't... hasn't...!"

She suddenly stopped mid-sentence, two unnatural blushes rising to her cheeks, and her voice abruptly lowered, turning into a soft mutter:

"...We haven't settled that score with him yet."

The flame maidservant beside her trembled as she leaned forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, that human said before he left... that he was starving and was going out to find something to eat, and then he disappeared..."

"Starved to death?!" Ignis turned her head sharply, her scarlet eyes wide open.

"Were those fire crystal fruits I prepared for him just for show? Those are top-grade spiritual fruits that I've treasured for hundreds of years! One of them could keep a human from eating for a month! And he actually said he's starving to death?!"

The Flame Maiden shrank back, her voice even softer: "But... during the years Your Majesty has been asleep, that human has already eaten all the Fire Crystal Fruits you've hoarded..."

Ignis: "..."

She paused for a moment, then silently turned her head to look at the pile of empty boxes in the corner.

Those boxes were originally filled with fire crystal fruits that she had painstakingly collected over hundreds of years. Each fruit contained pure fire elemental spiritual power, making them the most precious cultivation resource of the fire dragon clan.

Now, it's all empty.

Not even a trace was left.

"That bastard..."

Ignis's lips twitched slightly, and her clenched fist trembled slightly at her side.

"He not only stole my mother's most sensitive spot, but he also ate up all my savings from hundreds of years ago..."

She took a deep breath, and then—

"Luo Ye, I'm not done with you yet!!!"

Another deafening roar erupted.

The Flame Maiden huddled in fear, silently lighting an incense stick in her heart for the human warrior she hadn't seen for years.

They dared to steal the Fire Dragon Queen's reverse scale, and even dared to eat all the Fire Crystal Fruits she had hoarded for hundreds of years, before running away with the words "The food was terrible"—

This warrior's audacity cannot be described as merely "great"; it is downright "lawless."