Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

The Evil Dragon really didn't treat him as an outsider at all.

He bossed the maid around as if she were his own dependant, and that maid named Jennice was obedient, doing whatever the Evil Dragon said.

Silly child, have you ever considered the feelings of your miss, Joanna?

"Little Dragon, go have some juice and take a break."

The little Young Dragon of the Lance family was so capable, picking up a shovel and working away tirelessly, not at all fragile, able to speak, and even help with the work...

She really wanted to raise a Young Dragon like that too.

"Miss Joanna, please address me as Princess Lucia."

The Evil Dragon could call her Young Dragon or Dragon Whelp, but others could not, for she was the second in line to the Phalan Empire's throne.

Allowing a human girl to address her as "Princess Lucia," the Evil Dragon wouldn't notice anything, at most he might think she was just a Young Dragon eager to experience what it felt like to be an emperor.

As for the humans addressing her as Princess Lucia, they would only mistakenly assume she was a noble among the Giant Dragons, or think she was a Young Dragon vain for glory, never imagining that she might be a princess of the Phalan Empire.

In the Norde Kingdom, she had never even heard of the kingdom while she was in the imperial city, and the people of this kingdom might not have heard of the Phalan Empire either.

The nobles of the Norde Kingdom, some may have heard of the Phalan Empire.

Well, maybe they hadn't heard of it either; the Phalan Empire wasn't yet so powerful that it was famous throughout the world.

Wow.

So cute.

The tsundere attitude of the Young Dragon was so adorable.

Want to raise...

"Little Dragon Princess Lucia, I'm offering you juice."

"Joanna... you're too well-behaved, I like a girl like you. For your sake of calling me princess, I'll treat you to a giant banana!"

"Thank you, Little Dragon Your Highness."

Didn't she add the three words 'Princess Lucia'?

Well, Little Dragon Your Highness will do.

The Young Dragon removed the gloves from her Dragon Claw, threw the shovel onto the handcart, and, leading Joanna away from the garden, came to sit beside the Evil Dragon Lance, crouching on the ground, and pulled out a banana over a meter long from her Lucky Coin hung around her neck.

After drinking the Evil Dragon's potion to shrink, she swiftly went from over ten meters to about one meter fifty-six.

The banana she brought from the island and lain on the ground just reached her chin.

A banana one meter twenty-three long, I ask you, isn't that huge?

Cute little beings, shocked, aren't you?

A specialty from Black Dragon Island, aren't you all envious?

The Young Dragon was showing off as she peeled the banana skin with her Dragon Claw, her eyes and ears observing the expressions of the surrounding maids and Joanna.

When gasps of surprise and various incredulous sounds reached her ears, she bit into the banana proudly, squinting her eyes and grinning, enjoying the envious and greedy gazes from the people in the City Lord's Mansion.

"Come on, Joanna, I have another one here. Take it and eat, don't be shy; it's very sweet, much tastier than the bananas in the Human World."

The Young Dragon took another banana from the Lucky Coin and handed it to Joanna.

It really was a giant banana!

That's just too big.

Joanna barely kept her balance when she got the banana, and if the maid Jennice hadn't hurried forward to help hold it, she nearly would have been toppled by the banana.

The banana standing on the ground reached her chin, and it was as thick... as almost as thick as her thigh...

In the world... there were bananas this big?!!

How... how do you eat this?

Such a large banana... just a small slice... would be enough to fill her.

After finishing this one... no, don't even mention one, after finishing half of it... she was afraid she would burst from fullness...

Little Dragon Your Highness is too generous!

Just for this banana, taking it to sell, getting four or five Nuojin would be no problem!

If it were those rich merchants and nobles in the city, selling it for ten Nuojin would be doable!

And perhaps even higher!

Value comes from scarcity.

The princes and nobles of the capital probably haven't seen such a large banana.

Opulence.

Little Dragon Your Highness is too opulent.

Lance, reclining on the rocking chair, felt a slight pang of regret, but no matter, as long as the Dragon Whelp was happy, she had performed well these past few days.

When they returned to the island, she would grant her a Pure Silver "Clumsy Dragon Pioneers" Award to make her happy.

To encourage her, lest she always wish to be an idle Young Dragon.

"Lord Lance... Your Highness the Young Dragon gifted me these bananas, may I save them for tonight to share with my father when he returns?"

"You may do as you wish," Lance replied.

"Lord Lance... please make sure to stay tonight, so my father and I can have the opportunity to host a banquet in your honor."

Lance tapped the head of the young dragon nibbling on a banana. "Would you like to go out for dinner tonight, or would you prefer to stay here and enjoy a sumptuous noble feast?" Enjoy exclusive chapters from empire

"I'd like to wander the streets and snack," the young dragon said.

Sophia had eaten too many luxurious noble banquets in the capital; they weren't that appealing, certainly not compared to the inexpensive and delicious street food.

It was wonderful to be able to eat while walking the streets, try on beautiful clothes if she saw any, and try on cute hats as well.

If she liked something, she could simply buy it and take it home.

Right, she should also look for clothes that Er Gouzi could wear, and if she found any, she could buy one for him as well...

Oh no, she seemed to be out of money...

The Evil Dragon didn't have much money either...

Deflated, the young dragon said, "Let's just eat at the City Lord's Mansion then."

"What's the matter?" Lance asked.

"You don't have much money," she pointed out.

"No worries, we can set up a stall and make money," Lance suggested.

The Princess of the Farolan Empire setting up a stall to make money? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

"We'll split the money we earn, and I'll give you half for your pocket money," Lance said.

"Great! Let's eat dinner early tonight, and then set up our stall," the young dragon agreed eagerly.

The Evil Dragon was so considerate, even thinking to give her some spending money.

"What shall we sell at our stall?" she inquired.

"You can sell octopus balls, and I'll sell pill concoctions, potions, and Source Energy Cards not far from you."

"....."

Could the octopus balls she made even be edible?

"Lord Lance, if you want to set up a stall on the street tonight, then I'll take you around Lionheart City this afternoon and show you our Valkyrie Temple," she offered.

"Sure, let's go to the temple to pray for blessings. May the Valkyrie bless my young dragon so that he becomes as brave as her when he grows up," Lance said.

Envy gleamed in Joanna's eyes; Lord Lance really doted on the Young Dragon.

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At three in the afternoon, inside the Valkyrie Temple on Lionheart Central Street.

With devout reverence, Joanna knelt on the cushion in the center of the temple's hall, praying with her eyes closed to the Valkyrie.

The young dragon also wanted to kneel and pray, but Lance stopped her.

A young dragon praying to the Valkyrie? She wasn't the Dragon God.

There was something else that preoccupied Lance; he couldn't shake the feeling that the statue of the Valkyrie in the temple... looked familiar....

The young dragon saw the Evil Dragon staring intently at the Valkyrie statue and became scared.

She feared the Evil Dragon might fall in love with the deity...

"Dragon Whelp, don't you think... this Valkyrie... looks familiar?" Lance mused aloud.

"???"

Panic washed over the young dragon. This was the Valkyrie Temple, after all; the Evil Dragon shouldn't spout nonsense. Even if he had lived for ages... he couldn't possibly know a deity.

"Don't talk nonsense... the Deity is watching you," she warned.

"I'm not talking nonsense; look for yourself if you don't believe me," Lance insisted.

"One should not look directly at the image of a Deity."

Lance moved behind the young dragon and forcibly opened her eyes to make her look at the Valkyrie statue.

The young dragon was nearly in tears, afraid she would go blind from gazing directly at the deity's image...

Huh?

It did look somewhat familiar, like she had seen it somewhere before...

Where had she seen it before?

The young dragon pondered for a moment and then, struck by a sudden realization, it came to her—the painting in the Evil Dragon's study!

Sophia!

The beautiful sister who owed the Evil Dragon money!!!