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

Chapter 258: Chapter 180: He is not only the creditor of the Valkyrie, but also the friend of the Valkyrie…._2

Seeking divine revelation…. How does one seek divine revelation?

If possible, she would have liked to directly take out 132 Gold Coins and give them to that man named Lance, so that he would stop telling everyone he meets [Your Valkyrie owes me money]…@@novelbin@@

[Invoking the Deity in Dreams]…

At night, Saintess Aurora bathed and changed her clothes, tied up her long hair, went to the temple, sat cross-legged under the Valkyrie Statue, and in her heart silently recited the [Concentration Spell] from the “Sacred Canon,” clearing all miscellaneous thoughts from her mind, before slowly closing her eyes.

She cast the [Invoking the Deity in Dreams] divine art.

The body of Saintess Aurora was shrouded in Holy Light.

About a few minutes later…. A strand of golden light emerged from Saintess Aurora’s forehead and drifted slowly toward the Valkyrie Statue.

Hum——

As the golden light that emerged from the forehead of Saintess Aurora touched the Valkyrie Statue, a visibly divine Holy Gold radiance spread out from the temple, extending outward, and in a moment, it enveloped the entire Sacred Mountain.

Pope Victorio, who was sitting in the pavilion at the center of the lake and chatting with Holy Knight Steven, saw the divine Holy Gold envelop the Sacred Mountain and then collapsed onto the stone table…. entering into a dream.

Holy Knight Steven, before Pope Victorio, collapsed at the moment the golden light swept over his body…. and entered into a dream.

……

“Where is this?”

“Didn’t I perform the [Invoking the Deity in Dreams] divine art to see if I could get a chance to communicate with my God? Why am I in this… strange city with large snowflakes drifting down?”

“Is this someone’s dream?”

Saintess Aurora looked up at the night sky with large snowflakes drifting down, then down at her surroundings—a strange city.

It was snowing heavily, there were few pedestrians on the streets, and the accumulated snow was somewhat thick.

Huh?

Why was she glowing and floating in midair?

Saintess Aurora was puzzled, but soon her gaze was drawn to a girl with snow-white hair on the ground.

On such a cold night, the girl’s clothes were very thin. She carried a flower basket, appearing to be… selling matches?

The girl’s small feet were bare, standing on snow deep enough to drown half a shoe.

Each time a pedestrian passed by the girl, she asked if they would like to buy matches.

Some would buy a few boxes, others would shake their heads and decline. Since there were hardly any pedestrians, the girl could barely sell any matches.

“Sir, buy a box of matches, please.”

Saintess Aurora saw a black-haired young man appear by the match-selling girl’s side.

“How much are the matches?”

“Three boxes for a copper coin, how many would you like, sir?”

“Do you have a grandmother?”

“My grandmother has passed away.”

“Can you see your grandmother who went to heaven when you light your matches?”

“???”

Floating in the night sky, Saintess Aurora was dumbfounded. How could this fairly good-looking black-haired young man utter such strange nonsense?

If you’re not buying, then leave.

What about matches that let you see your grandmother who went to heaven?

Picking a fight, bullying the match-selling girl, right?

Take my punch.

Saintess Aurora floated next to the black-haired young man and punched him on the head.

“Sir, I can’t see my grandmother in heaven when I light my matches.”

“Then your matches are no good.”

“Are you buying or not?”

“You’re wearing so little… Aren’t you cold?”

“Cold.”

“Then I really can’t bear to buy away your last means of warmth.”

“Sir, if you keep this up… I’m going to… I’m going to… Eh? You you… you…”

The black-haired young man took off the cotton coat he was wearing for warmth and draped it over the match-selling girl.

He also took out a new pair of cotton shoes from the Spatial Ring, squatted down, and placed them by the match-selling girl’s feet.

“My name is Lance, a wanderer. I arrived in this city not long ago and spent some money to rent a small villa. Only the master bedroom in the small villa has been cleaned, with other places not yet tidied up.

Having been accustomed to being served previously, I haven’t adjusted yet. If you have nowhere to live, you can stay in the villa I rented.

Of course, there’s no free lunch. I’ll provide you with a place to stay, and you’ll help me clean and tidy up the villa. If you agree, then follow me.”

“I agree.”

“`

“A wise choice, and by the way, what’s your name?”

“Sophia.”

From high above in the night sky, Saint Orla observed the girl named Sophia putting on the cotton shoes given to her by the black-haired youth and following him.

Lance?

This black-haired youth’s name… isn’t it the same as the one mentioned by Your Holiness who claimed our deity owed him money?

Wait… Could it be that this black-haired youth… is the one who said “Your Valkyrie owes me money” as stated by Your Holiness?

Had she entered the dream of Lance, the Valkyrie’s debtor…?

Sophia moved into the small villa that Lance rented, and on that very night, while Lance was asleep, she searched the villa as if looking for something.

Only after confirming that there were no hidden mechanisms or secret passages in the villa did she return to the first floor, lie on the sofa, cover herself with Lance’s cotton jacket, and fall into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Sophia returned the cotton jacket and shoes to Lance and revealed her identity to him.

She was an adventurer. Dressing as a match-selling girl for the past few days was a guise because she had accepted a bounty quest to capture kidnappers targeting girls.

She wanted to use herself to lure the thieves out.

Lance smiled and praised Sophia’s self-sacrificing spirit, then he reminded her to clean the villa before she left… as they had agreed upon the previous night.

Due to a misunderstanding, Sophia and Lance had met.

Several days later, when Lance appeared in the adventurers’ guild as an adventurer, Sophia invited him to join a team.

They became teammates.

In the dream, Lance seemed very wealthy, and Sophia, when she had no money, would borrow from Lance.

Saint Orla noticed that whenever Sophia borrowed money from Lance, if she went out to complete a quest, Lance would definitely follow her…

At the same time, she realized that her vision seemed to be locked onto Sophia…

So, was this not Lance’s dream?

But… Sophia’s dream?

Time in the dream passed quickly, mostly consisting of moments Sophia spent with Lance.

Saint Orla couldn’t understand why she appeared in this dream until the day in the dream when Sophia borrowed 132 Gold Coins from Lance…

She finally understood why she appeared in this dream…

….

The next day, the morning sunlight filtered through the treetops, casting a mottled pattern on the green stone slabs of the pavilion.

In the pavilion, Pope Victorio, who had spent the night slumped across the stone table, got up.

Before him danced the shadows of flowers, and the melody of birdsong filled the air.

But what emerged in his mind was the dream he experienced the previous night.

Holy Knight Steven also awoke, still dazed from sleep. Seeing Your Holiness beside him, his gaze gradually became lucid and alert.

Last night he too had entered a strange dream, a dream where he saw Lance and also a peculiar girl named Sophia…

The dream seemed to revolve almost entirely around “Sophia”, with Lance also playing a significant role in it.

“You’re awake.”

“Your Holiness… I had a strange dream last night.”

“Coincidentally, I also had a strange dream last night.”

“???”

“Your Holiness, did we… appear in the same dream?”

“It seems so.”

“Your Holiness, why would we end up in that girl’s dream? The girl named ‘Sophia’? And to make matters worse, Lance was also in her dream.”

Holy Knight Steven stood up and walked over to Pope Victorio, his eyes filled with confusion. What was the relationship between “Sophia” and Lance?

The only relationship… perhaps was that of debtor and creditor?

In the dream, “Sophia” had borrowed 132 Gold Coins from Lance before she died in battle while protecting a city’s people; she had also borrowed money from Lance on and off before… but she always paid it back.

This time… she borrowed from Lance and died in battle before she could wait for him, hence unable to return those 132 Gold Coins to Lance…

Wait a minute!!!

132 Gold Coins?

The amount the Valkyrie owed Lance… was also exactly 132 Gold Coins…

Could it be that Sophia in the dream… is actually the Valkyrie?!!!

“Your Holiness… the girl named Sophia in the dream… could it be that she is… our deity?”

“It took you long enough to consider that possibility.”

“Is it… really true?”

“It is… and it isn’t…,” sighed Pope Victorio, his face showing a troubled expression, “But since we saw ‘Sophia’ and Lance together last night in the dream… that confirms… that our deity acknowledges the debt to Lance…”

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