"...?"

'What the hell?' I wake up expecting to see the dark place of the tree, but when I open my eyes, I see that I am inside a cage, with my hands bound in handcuffs, and my wings tied tightly.

"...Hmm" I try to speak, but there is some kind of muzzle on my mouth that prevents me from opening it completely, making it difficult to say anything beyond strange moans.

'How did I end up in this situation?' This doesn't make sense, and paranoia soon attacks me. Am I going to be killed? Or in this case, will I be tortured or something like that? They are treating me like a wild and dangerous animal.

"I see you've woken up," someone comes up to where I am, and I see a tall man with white hair and red eyes. He looks at me strangely while my vision seems to change momentarily.

Everything becomes "blue" while he turns red and yellow, and I am surprised to be seeing body temperature, but I also see a strange aura covering his body before my eyes return to normal.

"Are you evaluating my magic? As expected of an Alpha, not that evaluating me will help you, after all, knowing how much magic I have is useless for someone as weak as you," he says, touching the cage.

'Is this magic? And what the hell did he mean by alpha?' I try to speak, but obviously I can't because of the muzzle.

"Don't waste time, you know? We're on a trip, and if you decide to act violently, I may be forced to restrain you in a more unpleasant way," he says, shaking my cage and checking something.

"..." I remain quiet. It's no use reacting when I'm already trapped, and on the bright side, I'm out of that dangerous forest. I don't know how this guy got me out of there, but maybe this is good?

After all, escaping should be possible using the power of misfortune. I just need to find something useful to free myself, and escaping shouldn't be a problem.

"Do you understand me?" he asks, and I nod my head, although I move my tail to try to hide my breasts and bring my legs together to try to hide my intimate parts.

"Great, here's the deal: I'll take care of you, and in return, you obey. Simple, right? If you do well, I'll reward you, and if you fail me or do something wrong, I'll punish you. Think of me as your caretaker instead of your deceased mother. If you understand, nod positively." I can only agree.

"Yes, that's the attitude I like. If you behave, I'll remove the muzzle, but if you try to spit fire, you can be sure I'll make you regret it," he threatens, and I nod my head, a little scared.

'What a situation...' I don't even know when I was kidnapped; it just happened, and I was already here. This seems terrible in many ways.

"Lunchtime will be soon. I'll come back here with your food. Also, my name is Kaelan, not that I expect you to call me that. Just don't forget who your owner is now," he says as he leaves, leaving me alone.

'Escape... okay... escaping shouldn't be too difficult, but I need to be free first.' Trying to use the power of misfortune while I'm trapped can result in problems for me.

For example, imagine if everything caught fire. Trapped here, that would be a horrible outcome. To use my power and escape first, I have to have my full mobility.

For now, I decide to just wait. It's all I can do. I just hope this ends soon. Anyway, it's not like I'm not used to obeying and pretending.

I just need to be smart. I won't repeat stupid mistakes from the past. I just hope Nyzz shows up soon to give me some direct support.

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...

...

"..." I leave the area where I trapped that dragon and return outside, fueling the engine of this machine with magic. This is my means of transportation, a magical relic that feeds on magic to move at high speed.

It's a bit larger than two carriages and moves fast enough to allow me to reach distant locations quickly. Thanks to this, I can easily and quickly move this dragon.

It's like a 7-room house on wheels that moves quickly, an incredible invention that is larger on the inside than on the outside, using some kind of spatial magic.

"..." I go to the supply area to get food for the dragon. I'm not hungry, so feeding her and moving on is the plan. I cut the meat into various small pieces and then start grinding it.

At the same time, I mix in some medicinal herbs to ensure the dragon's maximum health and add milk while mixing everything to form a kind of meat porridge.

Nutritious, easy to make, and quick enough to do at any time if I have the ingredients.

'A gold mine...' I think with a smile. Dragons don't have a very high power at the beginning, but when they grow up, they become powerful.

But when they reach adulthood without contact with humans, they become untamable and too dangerous. That's why hatchlings are necessary, but it's very rare to get one.

Now that I have this dragon, in 3 to 5 years at most, she will have incredible and feared power, and as an alpha, she can give orders to lesser dragons in the hierarchy.

So with her, I'm not just gaining a dragon, I'm gaining a small army of dragons, but I need to keep the information limited.

If those cursed kingdom people find out I've captured an alpha, they'll try to take her for themselves, after all, dragons are just instinctive beasts, and if well cared for and trained, they learn to obey.

"I think that's enough," I put the porridge in a bowl and start taking it to that dragon, thinking about it, I have to give her a name, but I wonder what a good name would be.

"Hey, dragon, it's time to eat," I say, entering the room and seeing the dragon standing still, observing me. Her body seems to be trembling with the cold, but it doesn't matter.

If she wants clothes, she'll have to deserve them, and besides, I don't have any girls' clothes. I never imagined I'd capture a humanoid dragon.

"Listen to the rules. I'm going to take off your muzzle, give you food, and wait. After you eat, I'm going to put the muzzle back on. If you try to bite me, try to spit fire, or try to escape, I'll break your teeth," I don't need her biting my hand. She nods her head.

"Great." I go to the cage, opening the front with one hand. She's chained up anyway, so she won't be able to do much.

I remove her muzzle and lock the door again, leaving her trapped with the food. She looks at the bowl and then at me, as if questioning what it is.

"It's your food. You can eat."

"Grrahr, Graaggh, ghhrar" She emits growling sounds, and I look at her as if she's strange. I don't understand the language of a dragon, so I obviously have no idea what that weird babbling means.

'Will I have to give her lessons? To start, can humanoid dragons learn human language?' I don't know, I'll have to think about that later.

"I don't understand what you're saying. If you want to talk, just nod, and start eating, because we have to keep going," I say as her eyes tremble while she leans her body forward, burying her face in the bowl. She seems to be hating this, but it doesn't matter. She's just a dangerous beast that doesn't have many rights.

"You should be grateful. Do you know what happens to dragons without a mother? They become food, and even an alpha like you isn't safe from that fate. I saved your life," she was alone at night.

Obviously, she had no one, or she would have died of starvation inside that tree, or some dragon would have killed her. And if no snakes had climbed up and found her, the snakes would have fed on the dragon hatchling.

"That's right, eat it all," I watch as she eats. She doesn't know how lucky she was to be caught by me. The chances of her getting out alive on her own were almost 0.

"..." Soon she finishes eating and looks at me. I open the cage, taking the bowl while grabbing the muzzle and putting it back on her face. She just accepts it calmly as I close the lock.

As I close her cage, I notice something I hadn't noticed before on her body.

"You... are quite attractive for a wild beast." Her body is undoubtedly very good, considering that she is a dragon. She has some scales here and there, but that's easy to overlook.

If she could speak and wasn't an aggressive monster, she could easily be considered a normal girl.

'I wonder if her body is very different from a human's inside as well?' Only alphas have a humanoid appearance, so there aren't many records about an alpha's body.

'What madness am I thinking? Fucking the damn dragon? Has the heat finally fried my brain?' I take the bowl and leave the room. She's attractive without a doubt, but she's still a wild beast that would kill me if she had the chance.

Although... with a muzzle and her hands restrained, the safety aspect is quite easy. But I decide to leave that aside. I don't want to ruin my golden goose so soon.

And even though she's beautiful, beauty doesn't matter if she doesn't have power. I'm not taking her with me to have a sex slave; I'm taking her with me so she can be strong and help me.

Anyway, I'll need to take care of her for a while and form a bond, since dragons are instinctively loyal beings. Even if she wants to, she won't be able to abandon me or attack me.

And she won't obey anyone else but me, in short, the perfect weapon to kill and destroy. And although the cost of maintaining one is expensive, it's something I can afford, as money is not a problem.

Anyway, quality meat is enough for a meal. She's a dragon, and they don't care much as long as the food satisfies them.