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

No one knew if the temples would make a move.

Before the two Evil Dragons caused trouble, the major temples probably wouldn't deal with these prehistoric Evil Dragons.

It would be great if Thunder Dragon Erinna were still in Saint Blue.

To see how much she knew about these two Evil Dragons.

"Viscount, do you have any plans or arrangements for the future development of Saint Blue?"

"I do not, I refrain from interfering in the political affairs of Saint Blue."

Tixia's eyes flickered with a hint of regret, wishing the Viscount would have planned the future development of Saint Blue. With their current power, the Domain could continue to expand bit by bit.

Leia glanced at Tixia beside her. It was good that Lance refrained from interfering in the governance of Saint Blue. If he did, given the Viscount's personality, Saint Blue might become even more prosperous and powerful.

But the territory of Saint Blue would never be as large as it is now.

Saint Blue... is now a duchy.

A duchy recognized by the past of the Red Maple Kingdom.

The next step for the duchy is to become a kingdom.

Currently, the high echelons of Saint Blue are pondering how to gradually encroach the remaining territory of the Red Maple Kingdom, to elevate the Holy Blue Duchy to the Kingdom of Holy Blue.

To elevate the current Viscount to the throne.

Given the current momentum of Saint Blue, even if it does not expand aggressively, the Red Maple Kingdom won't let Saint Blue be.

The recent financial crisis was a chess move by the Red Maple Kingdom intended to drag Saint Blue down.

Fortunately, Saint Blue survived.

It was her first time seeing a duke of a duchy taking his reared Dragon Cubs out to work for money to support his citizens.

If it were other dukes of other duchies, they would only think of ways to collect hefty taxes or exploit and oppress other minor nobles to relieve the financial crisis.

Would a duke dig into his own pockets to fix the duchy's problems?

Very few dukes could do such a thing.

Honestly, she was somewhat excited about the prospects of Saint Blue pushing the current Viscount onto the throne.

From a minor viscount slowly rising to become the King of a kingdom.

If Saint Blue really replaced the Red Maple Kingdom, then the current Viscount was destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

After staring at the Viscount's face for a while, Leia's cheeks flushed with a rush of red, remembering what her subordinates had once told her.

Her subordinates wanted her to become the Viscount's wife.

Plainly speaking, they wanted her to become the "Queen."

The citizens of Saint Blue and her followers all wanted Saint Blue to replace the Red Maple Kingdom.

In the eyes of the citizens of Saint Blue, if their Viscount could not become the King, it would be their fault.

"Leia, why are you blushing? Are you ill?"

"Ah? No... no... no, it's probably just too hot in the hall."

"Take care to rest, don't overwork yourself, I don't have such high expectations of you, or of Saint Blue."

"Understood, rest assured, Lord Lance."

"Saint Blue could establish a Yuanli Technology Institute, recruit some Alchemists, Mechanics, and develop airships, aircraft carriers."

"Yes, we in Saint Blue have already developed airships, and we have opened a few routes recently, but... our Domain is quite small... the use of airships isn't significant."

"Then develop tourism, maybe start some homestays."

"Understood."

"Is Saint Blue currently in need of money? If so, you can strip off the Gold plated on the outer walls of the Dragon God Temple..."

"We are not in need, not in need at all, Saint Blue's finances have returned to their previous state."

Tixia and Leia thought Lance was too bold, even thinking of stripping the Gold from the exterior walls of the Dragon God Temple.

Isn't he afraid of offending the Dragon God?

The Dragon God could bless their Saint Blue.

Not to mention not lacking money, even if they really were short on money, they couldn't strip the layer of Gold from the outer walls of the Dragon God Temple.

After chatting leisurely with Lance for about two hours, Tixia and Leia stood up, leaving the royal palace and returned to Saint Blue City.

They still had governmental affairs to handle.

Lance originally wanted to bring the Dragon Cub to Saint Blue City to set up a stall and have the Dragon Cub remember the hardships and appreciate the better days.

The Dragon Cub said that the Lucky Coin was out of ingredients, and if they wanted to set up a stall, they needed to prepare some ingredients, but those ingredients from Saint Blue City... the dishes made from them... always tasted a bit lacking.

With no ingredients, there was nothing they could do, so he had the Dragon Cub review lessons and recite the Dragon Curse silently.

He then left the hall, went into the courtyard, lay on the rocking chair, asked Ingrid for some newspapers, and enjoyed this rare leisure time.

Recent times had kept him very busy, and it was time to relax properly.

As for the Evil Dragon that appeared out of nowhere,

as long as those Evil Dragons didn't come to Saint Blue to cause trouble, he didn't want to meddle in their affairs. Evil Dragons had their lives, and he had his; it was best not to intersect.

In the following half a month, Lance felt that his life had finally gotten back on track, spending nights with the Dragon Cub back on Black Dragon Island.

During the day, he would come to Saint Blue to drink tea, enjoy the greenery, and if he fancied fish, he would take his fishing rod to a river not far from the royal palace and cast a few lines.

The water flow was too strong, and he couldn't catch any fish.

But no worries, he had a scoop net, and he could go down to the river to scoop up some fish.

The Dragon Cub who had finished her lessons also wanted to go down the river to scoop fish, but as soon as she entered the river... she was swept away by the river.

Now that Saint Blue was in the rainy season and the river had risen, the Dragon Cub had been swept away as soon as she got in...

Lance originally wanted to go and fetch the Dragon Cub, but then thought it unnecessary. If the Dragon Cub could swim freely in the sea, there was no reason why she couldn't conquer a small river. Even if she was truly swept into the lake, it was fine.

The fish in the lake couldn't eat the Dragon Cub.

The physical condition of the Dragon Cub was good, stronger by countless times than a year ago. When she reached his age, her fighting abilities should only be a little weaker than his.

But still, he hoped that the Dragon Cub would surpass the teacher.

The lessons he assigned to the Dragon Cub were still based on her learning progress without rushing her.

The appearance of the Evil Dragon didn't make him feel much of a crisis.

He watched over the Dragon Cub, letting her grow healthy and strong.

As for the Evil Dragon, with the Dragon God Temple around, if the Evil Dragon came to Saint Blue, it wouldn't cause chaos.

If the Evil Dragon dared cause chaos, he would dare to seal those Evil Dragons for a thousand years.

If all else failed, he would summon the Heroic Spirit God-King to beat the Evil Dragon.

He had connections and strength, so... what was there to fear?

If the Evil Dragon was so powerful that even he couldn't defeat it, no worries, he could always summon someone.

Hero Reg.

If one hero wasn't enough, he'd summon more.

When visiting the Dragon Domain recently, hadn't they mentioned a new human hero had appeared near Red Dragon City?

He guessed that this young guy also had the ability to fight above their level, to grow stronger through confrontation, and if unable to kill... to forcibly trigger a plot twist.

This day, Lance was fishing on the lake not far from the Dragon God Temple with the Dragon Cub.

Under his influence, the Dragon Cub had also developed a bit of interest in fishing.

Actually, the Dragon Cub wasn't really interested in fishing. She followed the Evil Dragon to fish, merely wanting to see if fishing was really that difficult and if it was possible to sit for several hours without catching a single fish.

As it turned out, fishing didn't seem that hard after all. In just two hours, she had already caught three fish, each weighing eight or nine pounds.

In the middle, she had even snapped her line once. Lance said... the fish that got away must have weighed at least sixty pounds.

She felt it might've been more than sixty pounds because just as she had pulled the rod, the line broke, and she was almost dragged into the lake by that big fish...

"Three fish now, we can have Boiled Fish Slices tonight, let's head back."

Lance packed up his rod; in two hours, he hadn't caught a single fish, but the Dragon Cub, on her first time fishing, caught three and lost one.

Fishing with the Dragon Cub, who was in her beginner's protection period, was no fun.

She didn't even know how to adjust the float, and the fish she caught were all because she was in the beginner's protection period.

"Why are you taking fish from my fish protector?"

"Give me two, and keep one for yourself. When we go back, just say that these two fish were caught by me."

"???"

The Dragon Cub was puzzled, but she quickly understood—the Evil Dragon was afraid of losing face...

Just as Lance was about to take the fish, he suddenly saw his Spatial Ring on his finger light up. In Saint Blue, he would disguise the Diamond Talisman as a Spatial Ring. Someone was contacting him; with a thought, a Bronze Token flew out, hovering over the lake.

Bronze Guild's receptionist, bunny-eared Meredith, appeared in the projected screen, "Old master, we've got a bounty task to investigate Evil Dragons."