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

Lost in a moment, the children dared not to sleep for fear of nightmares, having lost over a hundred thousand Gold Coins in revenue.

They probably would have persevered if he hadn't come to Norde Kingdom.

Olienna and several clerks had their eyes mist over, knowing their mistakes had cost Saint Blue to lose over a hundred thousand Gold Coins. Yet, the first thing Viscount did upon arriving in Nord Kingdom Capital wasn't to blame them but to offer comfort, urging them to get some good sleep.

Guessing they were afraid to sleep, he even offered to watch over them through the night.

Serving such a person was their honor.

"Viscount, you...."

"First, get a good night's sleep. Anything you want to say can wait until you wake up. Seeing you like this, I'm genuinely afraid you might die suddenly. If that happened, I'd have to issue your mourning stipends, so please, just go to sleep."

Lance took a few steps forward to Olienna and the clerks and gently patted their heads. With various emotions disturbing their minds, Olienna and the clerks, overcome by drowsiness, slowly collapsed to the ground and closed their eyes.

The soft, warm, and sparkling grass exuded a faint warmth, ensuring one wouldn't catch a cold while sleeping on it, and it also had the effect of inducing peaceful, calming sleep.

The young Dragon found a comfortable spot and lay down to sleep.

She didn't stay up late.

With Evil Dragon Lance around, she had no need to keep vigil, and regarding the possibility that Nightmare Evil Dragon Koln might invade her dreams while she slept and steal her valuables, she felt such situations would not occur as long as Evil Dragon was there.

In her heart, Nightmare Evil Dragon Koln was no match for Evil Dragon Lance, not even if he were an ancient Evil Dragon.

Indeed, it was comforting to sleep with Evil Dragon Lance guarding her.

Very magical.

When she had been snatched by Evil Dragon Lance from the skies above Farolan Empire Capital and taken to Black Dragon Island, she used to have nightmares and sometimes woke up from them in fright.

But after spending more time with Evil Dragon Lance, being away from him and left to sleep on her own made her feel insecure and as if something was missing.

"Are you going to sleep too?"

"Can't I sleep?"

The young Dragon looked at Evil Dragon Lance quizzically, wondering if he wanted her to stay up with him.

"Should I sleep later and keep you company for a chat?"

"It's late, you should sleep."

"Oh, good night."

The young Dragon smiled, took a blanket from her Lucky Coin, covered herself, curled up, closed her eyes, and began to drift toward sleep.

It wasn't cold; the fluorescent green grass warmed her body as it touched the skin, making her feel comfortable and warm.

Hoping she wouldn't have any nightmares that night.

If she did have a nightmare, she would just call out for Evil Dragon Lance in her dream.

After musing for a while, the young Dragon fell asleep quickly.

Lance sealed the shop with an Array and sat down not far from the young Dragon, pulling out a portrait of Sophia from his Spatial Ring.

He placed Sophia's portrait on the grass in front of him and gazed at it for a while, a strange thought suddenly occurring to him.

He suddenly found Sophia quite beautiful.

Strange.

He never thought she looked that good when he was with her before.

Why did he find her attractive in her portrait now?

Lance thought there must be something wrong with his thinking. Sitting on the ground and pondering for a while, he realized why he had suddenly found Sophia attractive.

The portrait retained a hint of divinity, and with the Valkyrie's several divine visitations, the Sophia in the painting seemed more vivid and spirited.

Another reason... pertained to him.

At three thousand four hundred fifty-six years old, he had reached maturity, and at his age, seeing a female of similar age would subconsciously make him consider if she'd be a suitable partner.

Well, more precisely, whether he could abduct her.

Can't help it, that's the nature of an Evil Dragon.

If he were to unleash his true nature...

Lance thought... he might abduct all the attractive people of the opposite sex to Black Dragon Island...

Of the weak water of the vast seas, he prefers to take not just a single dipperful...

To him, once he'd unleashed his true nature, there was no such thing.

Either take none or take it all.

Who could blame him for being an Evil Dragon?

After three thousand years, as he grew stronger, so too did his desires.

When Lance's gaze fell upon the sleeping young Dragon, all the tumultuous thoughts in his mind ceased.

Abducting the opposite sex was not as amusing as raising the young.

Raising the young was happiness.

Having a mate meant needing to cajole.

Raising the young was simple; disobedience was met with punishment, tantrums with punishment, refusing to eat properly with punishment, rebellion with punishment...

The young Dragon was quite easy to raise.

Whatever she did, she ate.

She was very focused when eating.

He had picked up an easy-to-raise youngster.

Quite lucky indeed.

"You are desecrating a Deity."

A cold voice suddenly rang in Lance's ear. He recognized the familiar tone, halted his pretense of dozing off, and looked at Sophia in the portrait.

The Valkyrie, having nothing better to do, had descended once again.

"Sophia is not a Deity."

"Oh, right. I'm not a Deity, and Sophia is dead, so what you were just doing then, was desecrating the deceased."

"..."

This woman... after becoming a deity, sure dares to say anything.

"Don't talk nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense. I just sensed an evil thought. Following it, I saw you sitting here gazing at [me] with such a thought emanating from you. What exactly were you thinking just now?"

"I wasn't thinking anything."

"Find a partner. Otherwise, your evil thoughts will only grow stronger."