The big draconian lunged forward towards Luke with her claws, he dodged out of the way causing the claws to hit the chair he was sitting on, instantly destroying it, Vina who was right next to luke already jumped out of hers and is standing on another customers table absolutely confusing the people who we're sitting there, as for the People inside the tavern they all got up at the sound and started cheering for a fight but quickly calmed down as they seem to realize one of the contestants is a 3 and half meters tall dragon, so rather than watching or joining the fight they all ran for the front door, or backdoor or jumped out the windows.

"Wait! We can talk about this!"

"Only if you give me that ring!""

"What? No! I work hard for this!"

"Luke! Just give her the ring!"

"Never!"

"Fine, your crotch is not the first i've ever burned"

"Wait what"

A fireball suddenly came out of the draconians mouth and headed towards Luke who jumped over it, she was aiming for his crotch.

"What the hell was that?!"

"Dis-couragement"

"Luke! Give her the ring and we'll walk out of this!"

"No! I stand my ground!"

"Listen to your friend, she is quite smart, unless you want to be unfertilized forever"

Another fireball came and Luke jumped over it again.

"Stop aiming for that part! You witch!"

"I'm a royal archmage you peasant! Not a witch!"

"No difference!"

"Luke! Stop!"

The dragon jumped at Luke instead of hurling another fireball this time which caught him off gurad, he didn't dodge in time and got pinned down by her massive claws.

"Got you little rat!"

"Let me go!"

"Just let me burn your face a little and take your ring then i should let you go.. ow!"

An Arrow hit the side of the dragon's head, it bounced but definitely got her attention.

"Get off him!"

"This is none of your business! Now get out! Let me teach your friend here a bit about manners"

"He doesn't have the ring"

"What"

"Here!" Vina lifted up something in the air and waved it around, it looked nothing like a ring to Luke but apparently it convinced the lady currently holding him down

"i took it from him when you started shouting about it!"

"GIVE ME THAT!"

She let's go of Luke and charged at Vina, but the wolf is faster than the dragon they said, Luke watched as the huge dragon lady started chasing around his furry companion like a weird game of cat and mouse with Vina zipping between pillars and tables with the dragon plowing through anything in her way, both moving really fast while occasionally going on all-fours.

"Luke!"

"Huh?"

"Do.. Ah! Something!"

"Give me the ring or i'm gonna burn your fur! Stop moving so much!"

"NOW!"

Luke pulled out the ring that was the cause of all this trouble and looked at the front door ajar, he can see a crowd of people on front of the tavern through the gaps and Saw something, town guards, he had an idea and stood in front of the entrance.

"Hey! Fat lizard!"

The dragon who was chasing Vina stopped dead in her tracks and growled at him.

"What did you call me!?"

"I call you fat, you witch, over here look! I have the real ring!"

"Luke what are you doing?"

"Come here witch! You want this ring right?"

"Stop calling me a witch!"

"Ugly. Fat. Witch!"

"AAAAHHHH I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

"Well come here then, taste my ass!"

She charged at Luke with rage filled Roar and blinding speed, Luke managed to get out of the way before she hits the door, burst through it and into a pack of guards waiting outside the tavern, and one of the guards just happened to be a true draconian Like her, she looked up slowly as she realized what just happened in her moment of anger and Saw the exasperated face of a draconian guard.

"Hehe... Officer..."

"Sigh i knew it, it must be you again, trying to abuse the universal tavern rule again huh? By the gods Sylvia This the sixth time already! And this is the second time you did it NAKED!"

"i did nothing wrong! Those two are to blame!"

She pointed to the busted tavern door where luke and a tired Vina stood watching everything unfold.

"You blame every people you attacked every time this happened Sylvia! i'm not falling for it!"

"Oh come on drako... You know me right??? Please??"

"Let me pull up a list of your crimes here, ehm... '17 assault, 13 attempts of stealing, 43 attempts of escaping public Service, 23 Attempts of scamming, 7 attempts of fake quest making, identity fraud, 4 attempts of illegal magic item smuggling' and many more, what do you have to say this time?"

"Uhh... Hehe... Come on drako those are along time ago, we can just forget it right?"

"You did all this in a span of two years you're on this town Sylvia! TWO YEARS! You're going to jail this time!"

"Wait! Please no! I can't pay the sanctions anymore! Is there anything i can do?"

"There is nothing you can do this time"

"I.. i.. i.. umm i can suck your..."

"No"

"But what about our relationship?"

"Those days are over, now you're coming to jail with me"

The black scaled draconian pulled out what must be the biggest handcuff Luke had ever seen with the Dinky thing normal handcuffs call chain replaced with what looked like a ship-grade version of it, she must be a real challenge to capture.

"Wow you hear that? How the hell did she not get caught all this time?"

"She is a true draconian Luke, you Saw what she can do, seems like she's pretty popular with the guards too"

"Good for her"

They observed as the draconian gets dragged kicking and screaming by the one named drako, she stopped resisting for a moment and looked their way, Luke can practically feel the hate emanating from those eyes.

"That fight really didn't last long"

"Why are you saying that? Do you want to be turned into burned ribbons by her?"

"No of course not"

"How is your wound?"

"I didn't get hit at all so it should be ok, although that pin she did might did something"

"Let's go to Eryn to check it, she should be back at the inn by now"

"What should we do with these stuff though? Especially the ring, can't believe the guards let us take all this and we didn't even have to pay for the damage"

"We can probably just sell it"

"Maybe the necklace and the crystals, but i have a feeling this ring is special, what do you think?"

"What i think what?"

"What this ring can do, that draconian really wanted it, do you think it has special powers or something? Like.. it's not just a regular magical ring?"

"Maybe, magical rings in general are a luxury to have, not to mention a powerful one"

"Maybe we can ask eryn about it"

"Let's go back then"

----~----

"Eryn! Are you back?"

"Come in"

Luke opened the door to the room and found Eryn on her bed writing something in her notebook.

"Do you need anything Luke? Where is Vina?"

"Vina is off buying stuff and uhh i need help on my wounds"

"Did something happen?"

"You know the quest we accepted right? Well me and Vina went to meet the one who Made it and... Turns out she's a criminal looking for easy money from dungeon loot"

"What happen then?"

"We reported what we find and when i was pulling out this ring we found, she went mad and started attacking us, she's a true draconian Soo yeah the tavern where we supposed to meet is basically destroyed but she's in jail now"

"That's horrible, did your wound open again?"

"I don't know, i didn't really get hit so i went here to check to the professional i guess"

"Thank you for that but i'm far from a professional"

"But you're good at it, i Mean that plant magic thing is awesome"

She chuckled "i suppose it is, come here let me check it"

Luke sat right next to her in bed and unwrapped his bandages, the wound looked fine enough But he wants to make sure because he had came this far and it would be lame if he died from a simple infection.

"Hey do you know anyhing about magic rings? I want to ask about this ring i have"

"The ring that cause you all this trouble?"

"Yeah, here do you like recognize it or anything?"

Luke pulled out the gold ring and Eryn inspected it, after while she gave it back to Luke with a hint of disgust on her face.

"Ring of greed, no wonder whoever that scammer was went berserk"

"What does it do?"

"people that wear it are bound to be really lucky and get rich but..."

"But?"

"It makes you depend on it, make you addicted to a point you never want to take it off and if it is you Will die instantly and people that are already greedy in general usually go insane near it"

"Wow alright can't believe i'm holding something so Sinister"

"Did you find this in the dungeon i was supposed to go to?"

"Yeah"

"Must be a terrible place, now i'm glad i didn't actually go to it"

"Welp, you can see what it can do, just look at me"

"Nearly cut in half... I'm finished, nothing is wrong with your wound"

"Thanks, Do you know what i'm supposed to do with this ring now? I feel like selling it wouldn't be wise"

"It would be stupid to sell it, i suggest destroying it or give it to authority"

"But i worked hard for this"

Eryn stopped what she was doing and looked at Luke straight in the eyes, it was kind of unnerving

"Hold still"

Eryn held up a hand to luke's face and started chanting.

"What are you.... AAAAAA"

A sudden and bright flash came out of her hand, it burns his eyes and Made him feel a constant tingle all over his body.

"AH! What was that for?"

"I forgot to mention, that ring also influence you even when you didn't wear it albeit at a slower Pace, sorry i had to do that"

"Why do you have to flash me like that?"

"That's a mind purification spell, it's clasiffied as holy magic, and every single one of Them has a bright light in one way or another"

That statement made Luke curious

"Wait, You say holy magic, how many types are there?"

"Well if you're counting sub-types there would be countless, as for the main types they are simple really, there are 4 types: light, dark, elemental and nature"

"And this 'purification' is on light?"

"No, holy magic is a light sub-type, light magic might sound like a magic that only include good things but trust me you don't want to be hit by a spell called Spears of light or Beam of light... Or smite"

"What about dark then? It sounds evil, hell it is evil"

"Not really, it has good things like necromancy'"

"Wait what? Isn't it evil though?"

"I think you're talking about twisted necromancy, a normal one revive people back from the dead but it fully restore Them, not turn Them into an Undead slave, intact necromancy was nearly reclassified as holy magic, but the twisted version of it Made people change their mind"

"Oh wow i guess you learn something new everyday, Soo dark is basically good magic with a dark side?"

"Not entirely correct, every magic has an unpleasant side, but dark types in particular took it to an extreme"

"Huh ok... So you specialise in nature and light? With the growing plants out of the ground and healing magic and all that?"

"Are you really that new to magic?"

'ah shit' Luke thought, now she Will be suspicious again about what he is, he tried to think about a lie, but decided to a tell her the a bit of the truth with heavy edit here and there

"I'll be honest with you, i haven't seen a lot of magic in my life"

"I know you said you we're rejected by your clan so you probably lives mostly in isolation, but to this degree?"

"Well.. This whole partnering up thing with Vina has only been going on for like a month"

"So you just recently stopped isolating yourself?"

"Yeah, that whole accepting what i am thing i told you back at the forest"

"I understand, these things must be difficult and yes i specialise in nature and light"

"Cool, what else can you do?"

"Not a lot, i studied more in nature than light, now that i think back about it i only study light to get healing and purification, i'm not exactly a high rank mage"

"What? But that bush was amazing"

She chuckled "Luke, trust me, growing a plant is the most basic form of nature magic, and that bush would be pretty pathetic compared to what high ranked nature mages can do"

"Basic? So what's the advanced one? Make plants attack for you?"

"That is absolutely correct"

"So you can make plants fight for you?"

She blushed and her voice went lower, almost a whisper, clearly she doesn't really want to talk about this one

"Well... Not really.. i can make spiky vines attack you like a whip but that's the best i can do, i only have two ways to attack"

"And the other one?"

"Well... Umm i improvise"

"How?"

"I.. uhh... Make trees uproot themselves to fall on you?"

"How does it work?"

"It's actually used to help trees grow by making the roots bigger but if you overdo it..."

"You get an attack, smart"

"No it's not! It's stupid!"

"Why would it be stupid?"

"Because that's not what it's for, if other mages see you do that they will laugh at you"

"Huh ok.. you know, when we first met, i thought you were an expert or something, but turns out you're a rookie?"

She looked down dejectedly "yes"

"Well that's fine, rank doesn't really matter to me"

"Thank you Luke"

"Wait, if rank for mages exist, who decides that?"

"The nivarian magiae guild, it's managed by a council of archmages, there are thousands of Them, but only 1 archmage from each species"

"So this guild like manage magic?"

"It's more like a secondary agreement for every species but it's main purpose is to teach an advertise magic and also punish people who use magic for crime and what not"

"Ha that's funny"

"The draconian we fought on the tavern claimed she's an archmage, well the guards did list identity fraud in her crime so i'm not surprised"

"Do you know her name?"

"I think the guards called her Sylvia?"

She dropped the book she was reading and looked at him with panic in her eyes "WHAT?"

"What?"

"Is her scale red?"

"Yeah why?"

"Does she have a scar on her face?"

"Well i don't really pay attention to her face but i think she does?"

"Oh God, oh my God!"

"What is it?"

"You're in danger! She's an actual archmage and a fugitive! She's popular in the magic community for being extremely unethical in her practice"

Luke thought back to what the dragon lady said back at the tavern 'you're not the first crotch i've burned' and shivered as the reality crashed on him

"But the guards called her that name like it's an everyday thing"

"There is more than one people to be named Sylvia!"

"Oh.. yeah that makes sense"

"And you said she got jailed right?

"Yeah i did..."

"Oh no..."

"I just Made the most evil and feared archmage my enemy didn't i?"

"Yes you did! And one other thing she's popular for is that she's persistent in her goals!"

"Fuck"

----~----

Sylvia looked out of the hardened steel bar that makes the Cell she being held on, it was designed to hold true draconians like her, but she smiles as she knew it's not rated to take hits from an archmage like her.

She was thinking of what to use to break out and mangle that pest that called itself Luke when she heard a familiar voice behind her.

"Sylvia, i know what you're thinking"

"Oh, it's you, how are you drako?"

"Not good at all, you know you can't keep doing this right Syl?"

"Do what?"

"These crimes! If you keep doing it we're going to be noticed by the alliance and if they find out you're here they're going to send everything to get you!"

"Who cares, that was a long time ago, they probably forgot"

"The magiae guild isn't the type to forget and you know that"

"I don't care, you can't tell me what to do, you said it yourself that our relationship is over"

"That was just a play to enforce a lie i told Them about you! The guards know for a fact and already accepts that you are my ex and trust me to get you! I can't risk that! You just have to play along!"

"If you care so much then WHY AM I HERE!"

"You were here so you can stop hurting people, seriously Syl, why are you still doing this? I have enough money for us both to have a life and you still goes out of your way to do this... Pointless Shit!"

"It's none of your business, now go away!"

"Sigh i shouldn't have saved you that day..."

"YOU-"

he slammed his hands on the steel bar and Made a loud echo, he has a look fury in his face and it scared her.

"I WHAT? HUH? AN IMBECILE? A PEASANT? A MORON? NO! YOU ARE! I LEFT SO MUCH OF MY LIFE TO SUPPORT YOU! TO KEEP YOU SAFE! and you... It's like you don't care..."

"I..."

"Don't say anything!"

He reached for his belt and revealed the Cell key

"I give you one more chance to make it right... Or disappear or whatever! but this is the last one you hear me?"

"Okay"

"Good... Don't betray me, i'm going to report that you escaped by stealing the key when i talk to you ok?"

"I.. i'm sorry"

"For what!"

"I don't know"

"Whatever, now go!"

She got out of the Cell and went the usual route of escape she took everytime he releases her, she looked back to found draco leaning his head at the Cell and she can see tears running down his snout, but she waved it off and disappeared into the night