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

"It seems that the Dragon Cub is becoming more and more greedy," Lance said, feeling something was slightly amiss.

It seemed that all intelligent beings liked gold and jewels—humans loved money, Dwarves loved money, Orcs loved money, and even Elves had a bit of a fondness for money...

As for them, the Giants Dragons, they simply enjoyed collecting gold and jewels, making rational use of such treasures... was quite difficult.

Dressed in a blue robe, Lance descended from the sky with the young dragon, appearing in Dragon Temple Square.

The Knights stationed around Dragon Temple Square, upon seeing that it was their own Viscount and the young dragon, showed a dazed expression on their faces. It took them a moment to recognize that the visitors were indeed their Viscount and the young dragon.

"Welcome, Viscount, welcome, young dragon."

The Knights around Dragon Temple Square placed their right hands on their chests, bowed slightly, and saluted Lance.

"There's no need for such formalities; continue with your tasks and don't worry about me."

"At your command."

The young dragon at Lance's side grinned and waved to the surrounding Knights.

It seemed that the Knights of Saint Blue had acknowledged her [young dragon] identity, though they used a somewhat strange form of address.

Calling the Evil Dragon "Viscount" and her "young dragon."

Well, in the hearts of the citizens of Saint Blue, regardless of how Lance's status might change, he would always be the Viscount who had led them to prosperity and wealth.

The young dragon's gaze was soon attracted by the shimmering gold exterior walls of the Dragon Temple. She trotted over to the wall, initially poking it gently with her dragon claw, then scraping it lightly with her claws, gradually seeming to get a bit carried away.

She moved to an angled edge of the outer wall of the Dragon Temple, opened her mouth, and gently bit the wall a few times, feeling her dragon teeth easily sinking into the shimmering surface and becoming excited.

"Lance, Lance, it's real gold, real gold! If Saint Blue is ever short on money, you wouldn't need to leave Saint Blue to work; just scrape off the gold from these temple walls, and at the very least, you could melt down tens of thousands of Gold Coins."

Lance tapped the young dragon's head lightly with his hand. "Don't talk like that outside the temple; it might be seen as disrespectful to the deity."

"But if the citizens of Saint Blue truly couldn't survive, the deity, in their mercy, would naturally not mind such mundane matter being stripped from the temple walls."

The young dragon's cheeks puffed up; she meant exactly that.

In her heart, any deity was merciful.

The Evil Dragon often taught her not to think too badly of the deities, nor to view them as stingy.

"This gold on the outer walls of the temple wasn't put there by Tixia and her people, was it?"

"Saint Blue is practical and wouldn't engage in such frivolous acts. It's very likely that the Giant Dragons had covered the temple walls."

Giant Dragons?

That was a possibility.

Since returning from the Abyss, information about the Giant Dragons had begun to spread throughout the Human World. In the Alchemical City, it was possible to get hold of any explosive news at the earliest opportunity.

The Giant Dragons were waking up from their slumbers one after another and beginning to stir in the Human World.

The frequency of Abyssal Demon invasions into the Human World was steadily increasing.

Either piece of news was quite sensational.

"Was the Dragon Temple built by a Giant Dragon who had signed a Dragon Knight contract with the temple? Or was it one who had awakened from sleep and started moving throughout the Human World... an Evil Dragon?"

"I'm not sure, just ask Tixia, and she would know."

Shortly after Lance spoke, Tixia, dressed in blue and gold Knight's casual attire, along with Leia, appeared in Dragon Temple Square.

Seeing Lance, they both jogged up to him, placed their right hands on their chests, knelt on one knee, and saluted.

Lance extended his hand to help them up. "In the future, when you see me, unless absolutely necessary, there's no need to kneel; a chest salute will suffice."

He wasn't very concerned about such formalities.

"Viscount, you've finally come back; I thought you were going to leave for several years like you did initially."

"I was working abroad to earn money; hearing you resolved the crisis in Saint Blue, I've come back to enjoy life."

Temporarily, there was no need to take the Dragon Cub on trips away from Saint Blue; they first went to the Alchemical City, and then, not long after, mysteriously fell into the Abyss.

Allowing the Dragon Cub to digest all of this, and considering the Giant Dragons had been appearing consecutively recently, he planned to stay in Saint Blue for a while to better understand the current situation.

The young dragon's curriculum also needed updating; preparations were to be made to put her in contact with the dragons of Dragon Island at any time.

"Viscount, the citizens of Saint Blue have wished for you to stay in Saint Blue after so many years of toiling abroad."

Staying permanently in Saint Blue was not an option; he didn't want to be buried by the citizens of Saint Blue.

"What's with the temple outer walls? Who covered them with a layer of gold?"

"Viscount, it was a Giant Dragon, no... rather, it's more accurate to say an Evil Dragon. An Evil Dragon has descended onto Saint Blue, and overnight, covered the Dragon Temple walls with gold."

"An Evil Dragon?"

"Yes, an Evil Dragon. Viscount, did you see that message I sent you a while ago?"

"I saw it; you said... the era of Giant Dragons has arrived. I think that's a bit of an exaggeration. Dragon Island hasn't emerged yet; the frequency of Giant Dragon appearances doesn't match the frequency of Abyssal Demons appearing. Describing it as the era of Giant Dragons... is too exaggerated."

"Not at all."

Tixia glanced around, realized they were in a temple, and felt it might be inappropriate to discuss information about dragons with her own Viscount there. After a pause, she suggested, "Viscount, how about we go back to where you're staying? You can have some tea while I explain?"