The Fire Seed state of the Little Fire Dragon was clearly not a true young dragon yet.
It meant that the anticipated Fire Dragon had not truly been born, and there was still a significant distance before becoming a Dragon Knight. Yet the mere Fire Seed state of the Little Fire Dragon had already scared Liszt half to death.
Maintaining it now required such a vast amount of resources; what if it truly hatched, becoming a tangible Little Fire Dragon? Would that not lead to bankruptcy?
"How exactly do other Dragon Knights ride dragons?"
"Could it be that Dragon Knights can suppress the fortune of a nation, not because a dragon's strength can protect a nation alone, but because it requires the resources of an entire nation to sustain it?"
Thinking like this, it seemed to really be the case; basically, dragons were controlled by the various countries of the continent, and there were no known cases of private dragon ownership.
