Erlan's sudden competition was halted by the royal committee. He's now in jail, awaiting trial for using illegal drugs, participating despite disqualification, and facing serious charges for assaulting participants and the competition committee.Meanwhile, Zorka is in recovery, and Azurks visits at night to help. On the third day, Zorka wakes up to find a dragon, now cat-sized, curled up near his shoulder.Daralam, the competition committee head, checks on Zorka after his fight with Erlan."Feeling better?" Daralam asks, concerned, seeing Zorka sitting in the hospital bed.Zorka nods slowly."You should've reported directly to the committee instead of facing Erlan and his beastmasters," Daralam says with worry in his eyes. "If the committee you helped didn't report in time, who knows what could've happened to Erlan."Zorka looks puzzled. He remembers wanting to kill Erlan but blacked out after that."What was I supposed to do to him? Last I recall, I wanted to kill him, but honestly,
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