I, Valon, am frantically searching for my mother.

"What are you babbling about? Don't you know you're annoying?!"

With an extremely impatient and furious roar, a huge dragon claw covered in thick crimson scales and exuding a scorching aura ruthlessly kicked Bella, who was still overwhelmed with grief, from the side.

"Bang!"

"Ugh!"

Bella only had time to let out a short cry of pain before she was kicked away by a flying kick.

It tumbled several times in the air before crashing heavily into a pile of rubble some distance away, instantly losing consciousness.

The one who made the move was Red Dragon Cody, who had been getting impatient for a while.

Cody was already annoyed that Bella had gotten the first fight, but then she just stood there crying instead of fighting, which made him even more irritable.

"If you're going to fight, just do it already! All this dawdling and crying is driving me crazy!"

Cody scratched his ear with his paw, looking disdainfully in the direction where Bella had collapsed.

"Do you know that I've been waiting here for ages, just waiting to reclaim the throne?!"

"Who wants to listen to your crying and whining, which is wasting time!"

Cody turned his head, his crimson vertical pupils locking onto Daphne, who was still standing there, seemingly bewildered by the series of changes.

"Daphne, is that right?"

Cody grinned.

"Very good. For a white dragon to still be able to speak at this age, a white dragon like you truly deserves to be remembered by a great red dragon like me."

But Cody quickly shook his head again, his crimson vertical pupils filled with contempt.

"However, unfortunately, that's where it ends."

"In the end, the white dragon... is nothing more than a low-level dragon."

Cody's voice rose, carrying an arrogant air as if he were proclaiming a truth:

"You just wait and see, Daphne!"

"You were born a low-ranking dragon, and as long as you are a low-ranking dragon, you will be a low-ranking dragon for life!"

As he spoke, Cody took a step forward.

"If you don't hurry up and give up your seat and apologize for your previous overstepping..."

"Then prepare to enjoy the wrath of the future Red Dragon Emperor!"

Before the words were finished—

"boom!"

Cody suddenly exerted force with all four limbs, and his huge, crimson body did not charge clumsily, but rather like a ignited, roaring, fiery meteor, carrying scorching heat and terrifying speed, fiercely rushing towards Daphne!

The Red Dragon's fighting style is simple, direct, and full of the aesthetics of power and destruction! She will use absolute power and momentum to teach this arrogant White Scale a lesson!

then……

next second.

"Whoosh—Bang!!!"

A crimson arc shot out backward at an even faster speed than during the charge!

The moment she made contact with the other person, just like Bella before, she was powerless to resist, rising into the air and tracing a "graceful" parabola, and then...

"Ouch...!"

Cody landed flat on his back on the ground more than ten meters away, kicking up a cloud of dust.

She rubbed her sore bottom, her crimson vertical pupils filled with utter bewilderment and disbelief as she stared blankly at the white figure still standing in the distance, seemingly having only slightly raised its paw.

No...not possible!

I...I was actually...swatted away by a...lowly white dragon...with a single claw?!

I didn't even see how it flew out!

"That doesn't count!"

Cody sprang to his feet, shaking his slightly dizzy head to forcefully suppress the absurdity, replacing it with a violent and humiliating rage!

"I haven't even said 'start' yet! This time... this time I'm really serious!"

She took a deep breath, and beneath her crimson scales, magma seemed to flow, a blinding red light emanating from deep within her throat! She held nothing back, pushing the power of the red dragon to its current limit!

"roar--!"

Another all-out charge! This time, it was faster, more powerful, and more ferocious! Cody even used his thick tail to aid in balance and increase the impact force!

then……

"Whoosh—Bang!!!"

It was another beautiful, familiar crimson arc.

Cody was jolted face-first again, landing in almost the same spot, and the crater he made was even deeper than before.

"..."

The open space was completely silent.

Only Cody's heavy, angry, and unwilling breathing could be heard.

Cody was truly furious this time.

Her crimson vertical pupils were practically spitting fire! Boundless shame and frustration, mixed with the red dragon's indomitable nature, drove her completely insane!

She couldn't accept it! Absolutely couldn't accept it! She, the noble red dragon, destined to become emperor, was being so easily swatted away, like a fly, time and time again, by a lowly, contemptible white dragon?!

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!!! Why can't I defeat a lowly white dragon?"

Cody roared furiously, struggling to his feet. Ignoring the numerous scrapes and pains on his body, he used all his strength to try again, a third time, a fourth time, a fifth time…

Then, one after another, they flew back in various postures.

Daphne, however, remained standing still, only slightly adjusting her blocking or pushing stance. Her pale blue eyes grew increasingly filled with confusion and bewilderment.

That's really strange...

She used very little force, yet everyone was sent flying one after another!

Is it because... Baby Wayne is making everyone act with me for my sake?

On the other side, Cody was panting heavily, looking resentfully at Daphne, who seemed to haven't even taken a breath.

In fact, after being knocked away for the third time, Cody had already vaguely realized deep down that he was no match for this white dragon.

This difference in power is something that Red Dragon Cody, being a numerical monster, can best understand.

The sheer difference in power made it feel less like facing a young white dragon and more like dealing with a fully grown red dragon.

It was a feeling of utter invincibility.

Since Cody was born, only her mother, Wayne, and the white dragon in front of her had ever given her this feeling.

Other dragons, although Queen Anna could defeat her, it was only due to her age and skill advantages, not an absolute difference in strength.

Even so, Cody still refused to admit that he had actually been defeated by a white dragon!

She simply couldn't find a suitable reason to convince herself to admit defeat to a inferior white dragon!

until……

Cody realized what was going on when he saw Wayne with golden scales not far behind Daphne.

Daphne...

She is not a white dragon at all!

Like His Majesty Wayne... she is a pure and powerful red dragon hidden beneath her exotic appearance!

Only this explanation can account for why she can speak and possesses such terrifying power!

After all, only they, the Red Dragons, could possess such pure, tyrannical, and unreasonable physical power!

Furthermore, if Daphne wasn't a red dragon, why would she be favored by Vayne, the Red Dragon Emperor?

Why are there so many Shiny Red Dragons lately?

Oh dear, this can't go on!

What if people mistake us red dragons for other lower-class dragons of different colors?

Having figured this out, the little dragon Cody no longer hesitated and, with her last ounce of strength, submitted to Daphne before her:

"I, Cody, hereby swear an oath!"

"From this day forward, I pledge my allegiance to the great Acting Emperor, Red Dragon Daphne!"

……