Melee Mage

Chapter 15: Dragon Information

With a practice subject at hand, Adrian naturally wouldn't waste any time. Moreover, seeing how much the little creature was enjoying the Moisturizing Technique, there was nothing more to be said. One after another, Adrian performed the spell, pouring it onto the little creature's body. The little creature cooperated by lying limp in Adrian's hand, looking at him with eyes that could be described as alluring.

Since Adrian now had an Ice Frost Dragon as a pet, it was only natural to learn more about it. The next day, after noon classes ended, Adrian hurried to the school library to search for information about Ice Frost Dragons.

Ice Frost Dragons were the most powerful creatures on the continent, also known as Diamond Dragons or Thousand-Year Dragons. A fully grown Ice Frost Dragon could easily defeat ten Black Dragons, making it the strongest known creature.

A newly born Ice Frost Dragon is called a Hatchling and is extremely weak, even weaker than the lowest-ranking monster, Slime. All monsters can easily kill a Hatchling Ice Frost Dragon. Moreover, the Hatchling stage of an Ice Frost Dragon, which possesses nearly limitless lifespan, lasts for a staggering ten years!

After ten years, an Ice Frost Dragon enters the Juvenile stage, during which it already possesses a certain level of power and the basic ability to freeze. Its power is comparable to that of an average intermediate-level magical beast.

Basically, in a person's lifetime, they can only rely on the power of a Juvenile Ice Frost Dragon because the Juvenile stage of an Ice Frost Dragon coincides with the limit of human life, 100 years! Although the latter stages of the Juvenile Ice Frost Dragon's development can surpass the realm of advanced magical pets, how many people can live up to a hundred years?

A hundred-year-old Ice Frost Dragon enters the Growth stage, and in its later stages, its power can rival that of the Black Dragon King. During this period, the Ice Frost Dragon continues to grow and learns more combat techniques. After thousands of years, their bodies solidify into a diamond-like structure, becoming invincible, true Ice Frost Dragons. There are almost no creatures in this world that can harm them!

Closing the book gently and taking a long breath, Adrian was unsure whether choosing an Ice Frost Dragon as a pet was the right decision. Although their lifespan was indeed long, the time required for their growth was equally extensive.

Ten years for the Hatchling stage, a hundred years for the Juvenile stage, and a thousand years for the Growth stage. Yet, the lifespan of a human was only a hundred years, which meant that in Adrian's lifetime, the Ice Frost Dragon would only be an intermediate-level pet. He would have to live to the age of 100 to see it fully mature.

Lowering his head, Adrian looked at the little creature sleeping soundly in his arms. He truly envied it. This little creature spent its days receiving moisturization and the rest of the time peacefully asleep.

Leaving the library, Adrian returned to the classroom. There was still a long time until afternoon classes. The girls in the class gathered in small groups, chatting and laughing. When they saw Adrian enter, everyone instinctively glanced at him but no one paid him any attention.

At this age, the young girls were not experiencing the blossoming of love yet. However, they were already aware of the differences between boys and girls, even though they didn't fully understand the specifics. Vaguely, to some extent, they knew a little bit.

During this period, the girls' favorite game was playing house. It didn't involve any romantic feelings; they simply enjoyed imitating their parents and found it fun.

Initially, although Adrian was quite cute, after all, children are not known for being ugly. However, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have attracted so much attention from the girls. The reason Adrian was receiving so much attention now was solely because he was the "little speck of green" among all the flowers.

Although Saint Light Academy didn't force students to live on campus, these one hundred girls came from various cities in the Saint Light Empire, and not a single girl was from the city of Saint Light. So even though living on campus wasn't mandatory, there was no other option for them but to reside in the dormitory building.

Saint Light Academy, although called a school on the surface, was actually vast in size. It was divided into 167 campuses, with each major having its own campus. The entire area of Saint Light Academy could rival that of a city with a population of ten thousand.

Basically, the girls present spent their days either attending classes or playing in the dormitory building. Not to mention not seeing other boys, they rarely even saw other girls.

The management of Saint Light Academy was very strict. If you didn't live on campus, that was one thing, but once you lived on campus, the parents entrusted their children to the school, and they had to take responsibility. Otherwise, if something happened, who could bear the consequences?

Those who could enter Saint Light Academy must have great talent, and children with great talent undoubtedly had parents with strong abilities and high status. Therefore, unless it was during vacation, these girls were like birds in a cage or princesses in an ivory tower—completely devoid of freedom.

There's a saying that goes, "A sow beats a Diao Chan if ten years without seeing a woman." Similarly, these girls rarely saw other boys and could only see Adrian every day. Even if he was slightly ugly, he would still be cherished. Moreover, Adrian was undeniably adorable and charming, causing the hearts of the group of young girls to flutter. How could they not take a few more glances?

Scarcity creates value. When there was only Adrian as the sole boy in the class, naturally, he became a treasure. Basically, all the girls wished to talk to Adrian, but their shyness held them back. With so many people watching, what if he ignored them?

Adrian, completely unaware of the girls' thoughts, returned to his seat and gently closed his eyes, silently resting. In the library's lounge earlier, he had performed the Nurturing Spell on the Diamond Dragon 28 times.

After two days of training, Adrian's progress was evident. Two days ago, he could only perform the Nurturing Spell a maximum of 25 times in one go. But today, two days later, he could smoothly cast 28 Nurturing Spells, and it wasn't even halfway through the day yet.

"Hey!" Just as Adrian was resting with his eyes closed, a sweet voice sounded next to his ear. Weary, he opened his eyes and followed the voice to see the blue-haired girl from earlier smiling at him.

Seeing Adrian look over, Xue'er nervously swallowed and grinned, "Adrian, there's still plenty of time before class. Shall we go to the training ground together and practice? Do you want to come?"

Slightly furrowing his brow, Adrian really wanted to decline Xue'er's invitation. Eight-year-old Adrian didn't have any notions of boys and girls. To him, girls were just people with long hair, wearing dresses, and smelling nice. Besides that, there was nothing more to it.

Adrian wanted to refuse the invitation. He was tired, how could he have the energy to play with them? Just as he was about to refuse, his mother's smiling face suddenly appeared in Adrian's mind, and her words softly replayed, "Adrian, when you go to school, you must get along well with your classmates. You can't continue to be aloof. It breaks Mommy's heart. Mommy hopes you have many, many friends. If you can be friends with every classmate, Mommy will be very, very happy!"

Opening his mouth, Adrian swallowed back the refusal that was already on his lips. At the same time, his mother's voice continued to replay, "Adrian, when you interact with your classmates, remember to smile, be polite, learn to be considerate and forgiving. When someone asks you for help, as long as it's within your ability, never refuse!"

In contemplation, Adrian's smile bloomed like a flower. He nodded gently and said, "Okay, since everyone wants to go, how can I, as a member of the class, not go?"

As he spoke, Adrian gracefully stood up and smiled warmly, "Thank you for inviting me. I'm really happy about your invitation. I was worried that you would exclude me because I'm a boy."

"Wow! How could... How could we exclude you?" Seeing Adrian, who usually had a cold expression, suddenly being so genteel, several innocent and playful girls in the class immediately surrounded him. They chattered and expressed their attitudes, not wanting to be misunderstood by him, if nothing else.