Royal Dragon

Ten years ago, Luckas Pent Drago survived a night that took everything from him. A forbidden cave beneath the quiet village of Fulgeya. A sword that should never have been touched. Friends who vanished before he could understand what happened. And a woman who gave everything to keep him alive. Now twenty-one, Luckas lives under the name Jacky, far from the ruins of his childhood. To most, he is simply a B-rank adventurer from the remote northern city of Astervale—a skilled swordsman with a talent for finding trouble, a sharp tongue, and no interest in becoming anyone important. He would prefer to keep it that way. But nightmares are beginning to return. Demons are appearing where they should not. Forgotten powers are stirring. A mysterious pendant waits for the day he is finally ready to receive it, and fragments of a past deliberately hidden from him are beginning to surface. Jacky does not know why the name Veyrathal follows the edges of his memories. He does not know why a corrupted sword once chose him. And he certainly does not know why the dying wish of the woman who raised him was for him to one day become a king. All Jacky wants is to survive his next job. Unfortunately, the world has been waiting for the Dragon Heir to return.