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

Chapter 307: Chapter 204: I was dug up from underground by Lord Lance and hung on the courtyard wall as a decoration_2

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“I have no idea where he has gone, but he’s definitely not in Red Dragon City. You don’t need to worry about him. Before I came here, he told me that he was just visiting this time, and all affairs of Red Dragon City should still be handled by the current Lord.”

“He also didn’t allow me to meddle in the politics of Red Dragon City, but instructed me to eat, drink, and be merry. If I can’t find a place to sleep at night, he told me to go to the City Lord’s Mansion.”

“He asked me to sleep in the room he used before.”

“The residence of the First City Master has always been kept vacant, Young Master. It’s best for you to return to the place where the First City Master lived at night. Please wait a moment; I will contact a guide elf right now to come and attend to you.”

The Young Dragon didn’t object.

Before coming to Red Dragon City, the Evil Dragon had told her that if her identity was revealed, she could cast aside all concerns and fully enjoy the hospitality of Red Dragon City if the officials warmly welcomed her.

To eat and drink without hesitation.

It wasn’t long before a Flower Elf, the size of a human palm, flew up to her. She was the guide elf that Makao the Terrestrial Dragon had summoned.

So small.

She noticed that the Flower Elves in Red Dragon City were the smallest, with even the largest barely over a meter tall.

“Young Master, my name is Leya, and I am a guide of Red Dragon City. For the following period, I shall follow you and serve you.”

“Thank you.”

“Young Master, you may go wherever you wish in the following days. Even if you get lost, Leya will be right there with you, and in the evening, she will take you to the City Lord’s Mansion.”

“I need to report to the Acting City Master about meeting you, so I’ll take my leave now.”

“Oh, then go ahead.”

Makao nodded to the Young Dragon and turned to leave, heading towards the City Lord’s Mansion. Given that the Young Master had arrived at Red Dragon City, it probably wouldn’t be long before the First City Master also graced Red Dragon City with his presence.

The Acting City Master could finally take a break…

The Young Dragon watched Makao depart, then walked over to the Snake People’s stall, calling Turtle to sit down together and enjoy the stewed bones that were ready.

Turtle didn’t particularly like meat.

He only ate meat cooked by the Evil Dragon.

After enjoying the stewed bones at the Snake People’s stall, the Young Dragon strolled through the streets and alleys of Red Dragon City with Turtle.

By four in the afternoon, most of the officials in Red Dragon City were aware that the [Young City Master] had come—it was an Amethyst Young Dragon.

A small portion of the residents also knew that the First City Master’s offspring had come to Red Dragon City.

The Young Dragon wandered until dusk before, under the guidance of Flower Elf Leya, heading to the residence of the First City Master… which was the dwelling place of the Evil Dragon.

The City Lord’s Mansion was adjacent to the palace where the Evil Dragon lived.

She met with the Acting Lord of Red Dragon City, who was a Skeleton Giant, taller than her.

The Young Dragon guessed that the Skeleton Giant was roughly over ten meters tall.

Covered in a piece of fiery red cloth.

Wearing a fiery red felt hat on his head.@@novelbin@@

The Acting City Master in life might have been one of the Giant’s offspring.

It’s just unclear if he had grown up yet.

A ten-meter-tall Giant… he probably hadn’t reached adulthood, right?

He died in the Dragon Domain before reaching adulthood?

Worthy of a place once inhabited by the Giant Dragon Clan.

The residence where the Evil Dragon lived was known as a palace, but it wasn’t a palace at all.

A house, a small courtyard, with stone tables and chairs placed inside, and grapevines planted.

In a corner of the yard, there was a patch of land.

To the left of the courtyard grew a flaming maple tree.

Seeing the small courtyard where the Evil Dragon lived, it wasn’t hard to imagine how the Evil Dragon had once enjoyed life here.

Handling government affairs?

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible.

It must have been about delegating power.

The courtyard was very clean, without fallen leaves or dust.

The ceramic teawares and the tea stove on the stone table were also spotless.

Gathering around the stove to brew tea.

In Black Dragon Island, in Saint Blue, gathering around the stove to brew tea was the Evil Dragon’s favorite pastime when he was idle.”

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Clutching a book in hand, a pot of tea simmered over the fire, and atop the specialized roasting grid lay some fruits and corn, thoroughly comfortable and cozy.

In the winter, fishing on the lake’s surface, he would sometimes gather around the stove to brew tea.

The nobles of the capital had no idea how to enjoy life like the Evil Dragon did.

The slack-off Evil Dragon lived more comfortably than anyone else.

“Young Master, before Lord Lance went out to travel, he usually liked to stay in this small courtyard. When Lord Lance first dug me out, I also stayed in this courtyard for a long time,” the small Giant said as he looked at every plant and tree in the courtyard, his face showing a reflective nostalgia.

Despite having no flesh, the Young Dragon could still see from the expression of Makao the Terrestrial Dragon, that he was reminiscing about the times he spent with the Evil Dragon.

“Just call me Lucia,” said the Red Dragon City Acting City Master when he addressed her as Young Master. It felt awkward, and it was clear that the Evil Dragon approved of the small Giant. If he hadn’t, he wouldn’t have let him be the second Lord of Red Dragon City.

The Evil Dragon definitely wouldn’t become the Lord of Red Dragon City; he didn’t even want to be the lord of Saint Blue, so the role as the city lord of Red Dragon City was likely even less desirable to him.

“You said you were dug out by Lance?”

“Yes.”

“….”

The Evil Dragon really did something like grave digging.

“Why did he dig you out?”

“Lord Lance didn’t intentionally dig me out from underground. Before constructing this small courtyard, he didn’t know I was buried beneath this land.

Then, while he was laying the foundation, he dug me out from underneath, cleaned all the dirt and various other messy things off my bones, and hung me up in the courtyard as a decoration,” the skeleton Giant explained with a crystal-clear, jade-like finger pointing towards the left wall of the small courtyard.

“I was hung there by Lord Lance. He would sit there during the day and night to read and chant, and occasionally he would draw and write on the ground.

Over time, those images entered my mind. I used to think I developed consciousness because I was incredible, but now that I think about it… it must have been because of Lord Lance that I gained awareness.

Lord Lance liked to cultivate there, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. I don’t quite understand his cultivation technique.”

“???”

Outrageous.

The Young Dragon felt that Lance’s choice to build a house in this area was definitely not a matter of random selection.

He might have used divination or feng shui to determine that constructing a home here would be beneficial, hence his choice of this location.

And by digging the foundations, he just happened to unearth the small Giant before him.

A normal person finding a Giant’s skeleton would surely think it a bad omen.

But when the Evil Dragon dug out the Giant, he might have been thrilled, perhaps chuckling and saying, “The place I chose is indeed a treasured land of feng shui.”

Given the nature of the Evil Dragon, this is a very likely truth.

The Evil Dragon’s moves can be quite slick sometimes.

Normal people… no… don’t say normal people, a normal Giant Dragon encountering a skeleton would definitely not think of cleaning it with a brush and hanging it on the wall of a courtyard as a decoration.

They would just breathe out Dragon Breath and burn the discovered skeleton to ash.

The fact that the Evil Dragon did so indicates that he might have had some suspicions when he chose this land.

He knew too much.

It’s very likely that he had preemptively learned something through divination.

“When Lance hung you up on the courtyard wall, you had no consciousness?”

“No, but when I became conscious, I remembered everything that Lord Lance did in the courtyard.”

“Incredible.”

“It is quite incredible, Lucia. I want to see Lord Lance. It’s been a while since I last saw him, and I miss him a bit.”

“Not with me anymore, wait a bit. Once he’s done being busy, he might come back to Red Dragon City after a while. Don’t even think about returning the position of City Lord to him, he’s not interested in the title of Lord of Red Dragon City.

Maybe when he dug you up from beneath the ground, he had already thought of having you inherit his position as the city lord.”

“That’s possible. During the years since Lord Lance left, I’ve occasionally recalled bits and pieces of our time together, and I’ve realized that he had imparted knowledge about governing Red Dragon City to me long ago.

When he became the Lord of Red Dragon City, he didn’t take managing the city too seriously, and left it all to me to handle…”

He said it was because he trusted me. Now that I think about it, Lord Lance was clearly exploiting me…”

“He was definitely exploiting you. Did he pay you a salary?”

“He never paid me a salary. He just applied medicine oil to my bones every month and then let me earn money to support him.

Oh right, Lucia, do you know how to read the eight characters on the token?”

“Yes, ‘ordained by Heaven, may you live long and prosper.'”

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