For the groom to take a walk around the city before fetching his bride was a famous tradition in the city.
Previously, this tradition had started to allow the entire Garth to witness the wedding. However, as the city expanded, only those from wealthier families continued this tradition. When Leon had arrived in Garth, such an undertaking became all the more impossible as he himself had built a third layer to the city on its existing two to create the capital, inner city and outer city. Today, if one were to want to complete the entire city’s land on foot, it would take a full day unless one were to ride a horse.
Even if a wedding was a big event that would require some assertion, no one would expect the groom to mount a horse early in the morning and travel through the freezing cold.
That wouldn’t be a wedding, that would be torture!
If the groom were to be unhealthy, such a trip would cause his death.
Thus, the citizens usually ignored this tradition during their weddings. Even the most traditional families only requested for the groom to complete one of the three layers. Each of the layers had their own wide paths which supported this tradition well.
However, Leon was an extremely consistent person and wanted to complete the full route as he had already promised Kalisa that they would have a fully traditional wedding.
Thus, with the accompaniment of his guests and friends, he left the capital to meet a horse for his journey.
Of course, this horse was not any random horse but a unique one that possessed monster blood. As long as it had had enough food and rest, it could travel for two days and two nights without stopping.
As Leon was about to mount the horse, a wild roar from the skies could be heard and a green shadow whooshed to the ground.
That was a green dragon. It wasn’t especially big but was long and each scale on its body appeared to have been polished as they were gleaming like mirrors. Normal dragons had dirty and damaged scales, but this dragon was clean and graceful. If it were not for the sharp and evil-looking horn on its head, it could even be said to be beautiful.
The dragon’s back had a silver dragon saddle and this saddle even had pockets for hanging weapons, signalling that it was not a normal dragon but rather one for a knight to ride on.
Actually, it was waiting for Leon to mount it.
“Hey! Did you make a mistake? You’re the “Shadow of the Poisonous Marsh” of Garth City knight and this wedding is such an important one, how could you ride such a lowly horse instead of me?” The dragon yelled in a reedy voice once it touched down to the ground.
Leon froze, then smiled.
“You’re right! But… the tradition is that we walk one round around the city, not fly… Are you sure you specialize in running?”
The green dragon laughed and said, “I’m a grand dragon, don’t underestimate me!”
As the dragon spoke those words, green light was emitted from his body and with this light, most of the harder parts of his body shrunk until he became a horse with green fur.
“Get up. Let us quickly take our trip so we don’t keep you bride waiting!” The green dragon shook his head and smiled in a human-like way.
Leon had smiled and waved goodbye to everyone before mounting the horse. Without needing him to utter any command, the green horse happily started running like the wind and they vanished almost instantly.
For today’s ceremony, the roads around Garth City had been cleared or specially created for Leon’s horse thus he did not have to worry about colliding into anyone.
Seeing as the duo had disappeared, everyone recovered from their initial confusion and began to gossip about the situation they had just witnessed.
“Leader, that dragon could evolve itself! Such a large dragon became a horse, wow! Can your dragon do that?” A few young men pulled Gerald aside and exclaimed in glee.
As one out of the Garth City church’s two knights, the knight leader Gerald also owned a dragon. In fact, it was a green dragon just like Leon’s. It was thus no wonder that his underlings would think that their dragons could perform the same functions.
Gerald smiled and shook his head, “Talay Stone is a mountain dragon, Galstoby is a thorny dragon. Thus, their functions are different. Thorny dragons specialize in magic, but mountain dragons are warriors. This doesn’t mean either is stronger than another, but it would definitely be hard for Talay Stone to do what Galstoby just did!”
The young men understood and sighed.
Although Gerald had explained that his dragon would not lose to Leon’s, the novelty of changing bodies was still fresh in their minds and Talay Stone’s inability to do so still seemed like a disparity nevertheless.
To be honest, Leon’s dragon was really superior to Gerald’s. There were a few kinds of dragons – the higher ups and the lower ups. Mountain dragons were only slightly better than the lower ups, but thorny dragons were closer to the higherup status. If not for Talay Stone’s age and growth, it would be far less strong than Galstoby.
Even though Talay Stone was much older, it also could not defeat Galstoby in battle. This could be seen from their social status. Talay Stone could only be a king in isolated and faraway areas yet Galstoby could be king for almost two hundred years off the coast of Garth City. Unlike Talay Stone who lived peacefully in a far-off area, Galstoby also experienced life challenges, including those from Garth City, where there were countless female gods’ churches. If Galstoby hadn’t wised up over the years, he would have been killed by Garth City’s Legendary Masters long ago.
However, even though it visibly had stronger powers, Galstoby still depended on Goddess of Marsh for his safety and life.
Goddess of Marsh and Goddess of Bumper Harvest’s relationship was rocky and to oppose the Goddess of Bumper Harvest’s church, she often accepted bribes. As her underling, Galstoby also received these benefits and was able to live in safety and peace.
One could say that Talay Stone was inferior to Galstoby because of his lack of wit and not powers.
This could be seen just by Galstoby rushing over to participate in Leon’s wedding. By grasping this good opportunity, it demonstrated the difference between someone with integrity and someone with brains.