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.

It would be best to tackle the important disclaimer at this point:


Not that Riley didn't care enough about the world or anything like that, but there were times in a person's life where it would be hard not to react with a very clear no.


And unfortunately for Riley Hale Dravaryn, who had just spent a blissful week thinking that maybe he could really do this, today was apparently that day.


Because, as he faced what was certainly a colossal corpse with an excavated chest right in front of him, all the black dragon could mutter under his breath was,


Ah, but explaining that would be too confusing even for the most discerning individuals, so to better understand just what the hell that was about, it would be best to go back to two hours prior to such a discovery, where said Riley Hale still felt the warmth of the sun against his skin.


Chapter 375 - The Iron Crypt