Shoved into the backseat of his father's car right after graduation, Riley Hale ended up marching toward a company building with a bagged lunch and a pen.

Still in his toga, the fresh graduate never thought he’d land in the office of the continent’s top lizard, err, dragon, as his aide.

And that would’ve driven any person wishing for a corporate career to tears. After all, who wouldn’t want to serve the fastest ticket up the corporate ladder: Kael Dravaryn, the infamously elegant, unhinged, and extremely overpowered Dragon Lord of the continent?

Well, that would be Riley.

The same Riley who didn’t expect to spend his days dodging fireballs, dressing his boss in robes more complicated than dark magic, and serving as a literal target during morning sparring.

Now trapped in a job he never truly agreed to, the hardworking aide decided to hold out until it was time for his glorious resignation. But leaving a dragon’s clutches could never be easy, especially one with elemental mastery and a finger worth a private army.

Yet, as Riley, who longs to quit, attempts to navigate ancient politics, wyvern threats, and other accidents (many of which are definitely not his fault), he might just hallucinate himself into seeing something beneath his boss’s arrogance and molten glares.

Maybe he’d actually care if Riley got turned to ash.

"Wait. You've become a familiar?!" Riley screeched, claws digging into the floor so hard they left tiny scratches.


"Yes," Thyrran replied without the slightest trace of drama. "My existence now depends on yours. It is not the most ideal situation, because with you starting as a human instead of beginning life as a dragon, your dragon form would actually need to play catch-up. But with enough training, you should be able to reach the next level in the next hundred years if I am being optimistic."


His brain lagged so hard that his ears almost buzzed.


Chapter 244 - The Weight of Becoming