After a few moments, I woke up from my stupor of memories as the cat lady was still there in front of me. Her name was Miya, she was a young catkin enslaved by the Johnson Estate. The old Daquan had treated her harshly, channeling the rage he had at his father wanting nothing to do with his gift. Miya held through the harsh treatment though. She was a slave so the more she buttered up to me the more likely she could live a comfortable life.

This world was very different than Earth, enslavement of other races was seen as a normal part of the culture. I personally found enslavement barbaric, having grown up as a black man in America. I wanted nothing to do with this disgusting custom.

"Miya, I'm feeling better. From now on you're free. I can't find it in my heart to enslave another living being," I said.

Miya touched her hand on my head as if she was examining me, she must have thought I had a fever or something from the massive change in personality.

"Are you sure you're okay young master," said Miya.

"If you released me and then have second thoughts I would be killed on the spot. I think you should spend some more time recovering. I enjoy serving you young master," said Miya as she fluffed my pillow and gave me some herbal tea to drink.

The tea was some good stuff, I felt my headache going away after only a few minutes of sipping on it.

"Where'd you get this tea Miya?" I said.

"I brewed it with some herbs I found in the local forest young master," said Miya.

"Before I became a slave I was learning to be an apothecary in my clan."

"I'm sorry you had your dreams crushed by my barbaric people. I stand by what I said early, I will not enslave you. From now on I'll pay you a salary to stay by my side," I said.

I figured if I started paying this maid a salary she would eventually get the message that she was no longer a slave. I was rash in my initial outburst, this kind of thing couldn't happen overnight. The me now and the former Daquan were entirely different people. The best way to show my sincerity to her would be through my actions.

I examined the tattered bronze storage bracelet I had to remember my mother by to get some coins to give to Miya. It was sentimental for me. Although I was the new inhabitant of this body, I still was burdened by his longing emotions.

As I examined the bracelet I felt new information rush into my head as a view screen popped up in front of me.

[Dragon System Engaged!] [A dragon must be noble and just.] [You showed compassion where others would only show cruelty.] [You fulfill the minimum requirements to use the Dragon System.] [The average adult has 1 in all stats.] [Please deposit 25 gold in order to create your Dragon Hoard.]

[Daquan's Stats: [Strength: .4] [Agility: .5] [Vitality: .3(.5)]

Daquan is suffering from a mild concussion.

I looked into the storage bracelet and noticed I had 200 gold coins in it.

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How do I deposit 25 gold when there's already 200 gold in there?

[Would you like to move 25 gold from your Vault to your Dragon Hoard?] [(Yes)]/(No)]

I figured I had nothing to lose.

[(Yes)]

[Dragon Hoard created.]

[Dragon Vault: 175 Gold] [Dragon Hoard: 25 Gold]

[A dragon is nothing without his hoard!]

I felt a warm surge of energy flow through my entire body, even warming my groin. I thought I had peed my pants for a second, before I checked them and noticed nothing was a miss.

[Daily Quest Issued:] [Add +25 gold to your Dragon Hoard.]

[Reward:] [+1 Dragon Point]

[Warning: It's ill advised for a dragon to ignore maintaining his Dragon Hoard.]

What the fuck was this, is this some kind of money burning system? At 25 gold a day I'll be broke in a week! What a shameless system, and it even says it's ill advised for me to ignore this 'Dragon Hoard'.

What can I buy with Dragon Points?

[Dragon Points can be used in the Dragon Shop.

To unlock the Dragon Shop you must have 500 gold in your Dragon Hoard.]

What a scam! Whatever I'll just skip the first day and see what happens if I don't add gold. I can't afford to spend 25 gold a day and I don't have anywhere near 500 gold.

Thinking about it in perspective, in this world, a servant like Miya would earn a salary of 10 gold a month. But this greedy system wanted 25 gold a day, not going to happen. The fact I even had 200 gold to start with was thanks to my father gifting me gold for my journey.

"Here Miya," I said as I brought out 10 gold to give to her.

"This is your salary for the month, do not reject it."

[Dragon Vault: 165 Gold] [Dragon Hoard: 25 Gold]

Miya halfheartedly accepted the 10 gold then bowed to me.

"Thank you, young master, I shall not forget your kindness," said Miya.

"I'll just put it right here for safekeeping," said Miya as she tucked the 10 gold I gave her under my pillow.

I must have really been overbearing to this woman for her to have such a response. All wounds heal with time, I can't expect to change our relationship overnight.

I was bedridden for now, unable to leave my carriage. There was definitely a motive for why I was injured. I need to find a way to defend myself before I leave here, so the same thing doesn't happen again. Poor old Daquan lost his life to such foolishness, I would not do the same.

I thought about the breathing exercises my father had taught me, and began to try to practice them. Although the old Daquan never practiced the exercises I had a library of memories of my father teaching me the technique.

Champions were people who had stimulated the inner potential of their bodies. Their attributes were above and beyond what any human on Earth could imagine. Few people had the talent to walk the path of a Mage, but anyone who put enough time and effort could become a Champion!