Growling happily at the first creature that it saw since it hatched from its egg, the young wood dragon swipes its tails in order to splash water on the approaching upbeat young man, its attack effectively hitting the young man as waters splashes all over his body, drenching his entire being.
As the upbeat young man falls into the water, he couldn't help but shake his head while looking at the young hatchling clearly laughing at him, prompting him to swim towards it before tackling it as well, the two of them playing around without any care in the world, this state lasting for quite a while before the upbeat young man decided to stop due to exhaustion.
Tiredly cleaning his body, the upbeat young man removes all the clothes and garments around his body, his appearance finally revealing to himself as everything is removed, causing him to nod in admiration as he appreciates his current form.
Albeit leaning on a bit thinner build, the upbeat young man has quite the body, standing at a tall height all while having broad shoulders, a good V-shaped torso and long slightly muscular legs, probably from how much he is exploring all year round. His body, while lacking the buff, is still extremely streamlined and fit, with its shape being more pronounced as water flow down from it.
Looking at his own face, the upbeat young man nods once again as he takes something from his spatial pouch, a scissor that has cutting his hair as its sole purpose, the young man proceeds to trim a bit of his hair, already falling down below his shoulders, cutting it just enough to let it fall to hide his ears, the wavy hair flowing along with the air blowing out of nowhere in the Draconic Realm.
After pulling the hair covering his face towards the top of his head, his face is finally revealed in the water, the reflection showing a slightly filthy, yet youthful and handsome face void of any imperfections, the only thing staining his appearance being the dirt on his face.
What stands out the most to the young man though is his eyes filled with life, the brightness from his gaze feeling like someone who had never encountered a single bad thing in his entire time alive, like someone who was never out and never experienced the tragic game that is life.
Rubbing on his straight tall nose that is stained by the most dirt, the upbeat young man starts cleaning himself, the water of the habitat magically dissolves all the dirt he is expunging in it, making him marvel on its magical property, his curiosity starting again but just refusing to ask it to the Dragon Herding System as it feels like this is just too irrelevant and unimportant thing to ask.
While the hatchling and the human continues playing around and cleaning themselves in the water, time passed as they enjoy the happy moments, the passing of time causing the upbeat young man to realize that the magical Draconic Realm is also capable of simulating a day and night cycle, testament to that fact the starry skies him and his first dragon, Yggdrasil, is watching together, the young creature lying flat on its back, exposing his belly in the air in an attempt to mimic the upbeat young man.
Spending time like this, just playing, lazing around and eating the Magic Fruit whenever they can, days quickly passed and the new week already arrive, the first thing that the upbeat young man saw in the morning being the young hatchling encased in a massive chrysalis, clearly facilitating its growth to an adolescent form, causing the young man to smile in joy as he remembered the thing that the Dragon Herding System once told him.
"This means that Yggdrasil is among the more talented dragons even with the Draconic Realm's standards, right?" the upbeat young man asked towards the air, causing a floating gray screen to appear right in front of him, showing an answer that he pretty much expected already as he saw the growing Yggdrasil.
[Indeed, the wood dragon Yggdrasil seems to be one of the really talented ones given the days it took for it to acquire an adolescent form, however, you must be reminded that talent is only one factor of a dragon, and even any creature's growth, one must still temper themselves through countless challenges to grow into a bona fide expert]
Reading the answer to his question pasted along with a good intentioned yet demoralizing advice, the upbeat young man nods towards the floating gray screen, he himself knowing the validity of its claim as he's among the people who can fight against those talented nobles in his city since he put efforts far harder than what anyone else can imagine.
'Now that I have the talent as well, it is only a matter of time…' as he thinks about something else, the upbeat young man got a bit distracted, causing him to be caught in a surprise as he feels a powerful wave of mana surging out from the wood dragon's chrysalis, causing him to wonder in worry about what is happening to his first dragon.
[The wood dragon Yggdrasil is currently undergoing the final stage of growth to adolescent age, it is expunging all the impure mana from its entire system and will start taking in mana from the surroundings, it is highly recommended that you stay a bit far away from the wood dragon as it will suck the mana around it dry during this process]
Reading the words of warning from the Dragon Herding System, the upbeat young man immediately wills the mana around him and inside his body to carry him away from Yggdrasil, his legs exploding powerfully as the wind in the surrounding whirls around him, guiding his path away from the once mana filled area being dried out by Yggdrasil's growth.
While the mana continues to dry out in the area though, seemingly massive amount of mana comes out from somewhere within the Draconic Realm, patching up the mess that the young Yggdrasil is making, keeping all the living beings, trees, grass and plants alike, to continue living even if they are around it.
After a few more minutes of such spectacular event, the rapid absorption from the wood dragon's body starts to slow down until it comes into a total stop, even the vigorous life force always oozing out of its body completely disappearing, the only assurance to the upbeat young man's mind that this friend of his is still alive being the fact that he can still sense their connection from its blessing.
Making him wait in worry for a while, the chrysalis encasing the entirety of its body finally starts cracking, the cracks appearing from everywhere in its body quickly spreading all throughout it, its figure gradually appearing from the cover once again, revealing its majestic self underneath.
Standing up at more than twenty meters tall now, the young Yggdrasil bows its head, landing its face right in front of the upbeat young man, its eyes that bears deep intelligence now, still has that deeply ingrained worship to the person who feed and nurture it, as well as give it care for its entire infancy.
Feeling the breath coming out of the huge dragon, the upbeat young man couldn't help but gasp in disbelief as the vigorous surge of life force brush through his entire being, a newfound power coming from the young dragon's blessing coursing through his body, seemingly molding his entire being anew, the wood element mana around him more apparent than ever.
Before he focused on his own growth though, he starts appreciating Yggdrasil more, reaching out his hand to touch the tip of its nose, the young dragon breathing his vitality filled breath once again as he feels his benefactor, or rather, his liege's and father's touch, its tails wagging like it always do during the week that it is still a small dragon.
Seeing how Yggdrasil acts, the upbeat young man couldn't help but shake his head as he fails to see the dignity of the dragon race from the young dragon, causing him to start talking to it about what it's currently doing.
"Listen Ygg, outside, you must always show the dignity of your race in front of others, especially if you don't want to be looked down by other creatures outside" looking at the young dragon eye to eye, the upbeat young man advised, prompting the dragon to raise its head up but not before nodding at him, knowing what he is talking about.
Dragons has this innate pride in them that is etched not only into their bones, but also in their blood and their very being, making them really angered at disdain from others, the only bad opinions towards them that they accept are the ones from the people they genuinely and wholeheartedly respect.
Hence why it immediately nods at what the upbeat young man is saying, showing his agreement by spreading its now majestic, huge wing completely and pointing its head to the sky, letting out a loud roar that makes even the strong space of the Draconic Realm tremble.