why does the MC feels to me like a lizard and not a dragon. i mean any rando could cut through his scales, apparently he doesn't have wings (even though he is a dragon. maybe he is an eastern dragon?) and his attacks are not that strong)
This is the hardest start to a protagonist's journey I think I've seen in a PancakesWitch novel. Even Kireina as a Caterpillar didn't have to fight this crazy hard to survive!
