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

A golden-haired girl wearing a blue and gold robe approached Steven. She was tall, with faint traces of elemental energy fluctuations around her, marking her as an extraordinary being.

The girl appeared quite young, about seventeen or eighteen, and to have become the owner of a Blue Moon franchise at such a tender age, it seemed the Blue Moon Family held great trust in this young lady.

What did this young lady just say?

Lance isn't a young noble from the Blue Moon Family, but a lord?

So young and already a lord?

"Young lady, are you certain that the boy on the perfume bottle... isn't your Blue Moon Family's young noble but is in fact a lord?"

"Absolutely. When I was eleven, this gentleman was already our [Blue Moon]'s lord. That time... Lord Lance even patted me on the head and gave me a lollipop."

Olienna was somewhat excited; throughout her life, her emotions had fluctuated so intensely only thrice.

The first time was when the gentle viscount touched her head and gave her a lollipop.

The second was when she learned that the kingdom was planning to remove the viscount's title and seize his territory.

The third was when she angrily joined the army that was sent to campaign against the kingdom, fighting to protect the viscount's title and lands.

Today marked the fourth time; she had just learned news about Viscount Lance from this knight before her.

It has been almost six years since the viscount left his territory. Over in Saint Blue City, everyone is worried about him, afraid that he has suffered outside.

They also fear that the viscount might have been dazzled by the wider world and would no longer wish to return to Saint Blue City.

She wanted to ask this knight before her if the person he saw in Lionheart City... was his clothes clean?

Did he have money on him?

Did he have a place to stay in Lionheart City?

She wanted to ask but dared not, for she feared she wouldn't be able to accept the answers.

"Your Blue Moon's young noble... the lord named Lance, the guy I met also called Lance, looking exactly like him, it looks like I'm not wrong, the young man I met in Lionheart City... really could be your Blue Moon's lord.

Seeing your reaction, it seems Lord Lance hasn't arrived in the capital yet. It looks like I've come too early."

Steven put the perfume bottle back in its place. Lord Lance hasn't come to the capital yet, and who knows if he's on his way...

Or perhaps he has arrived in the capital and just hasn't had time to visit Blue Moon on Holy Origin Central Commercial Street yet.

He should be quite short on money, according to Bishop Franco. At night, the Young Dragon following him even has to set up a stall selling takoyaki.

The young lady from Lionheart City Lord's Mansion even lent a hand.

If he wasn't short on money, Lord Lance certainly wouldn't have had the Amethyst Dragon setting up a stall to support him.

Blue Moon is the nouveau riche of the perfume industry in the capital.

If Lord Lance is truly the Blue Moon Family's lord, then coming to the capital with little money and visiting his family's perfume shop to get some spending money... would be quite normal, wouldn't it?

"Sir, did you come to our shop today looking for our lord?"

"Yes, it seems I've come too early."

"When you saw that gentleman named Lance in Lionheart City, did you... tell him about our situation here?"

"I told him about his image being printed on the perfume bottles of Blue Moon."

That's all, huh.

Olienna felt a tinge of disappointment; the knight hadn't revealed much information, and Viscount Lance might not realize that the new power in the capital's perfume world, Blue Moon, belonged to his territory.

"Sir, the Lance you saw... did he seem like a wealthy man?"

"Not at all, he sets up a stall at night to make money. As the Valkyrie Temple's high priestess said in Lionheart City, he sells takoyaki at night."

Street... setting up a stall on the street to sell takoyaki to make money...

Olienna covered her mouth with her hand. Lord Lance... was a viscount...

The viscount setting up a stall on the street to sell takoyaki to make money... the viscount must have done this... surely to avoid burdening his people...

When he left, his subjects had just begun to have enough to eat, and every year for five or six years, he remembered to send valuable dragon dung to his land.

She couldn't believe the viscount was unaware of the value of dragon dung. Knowing the value of dragon dung, yet not using it to get rich himself, but leaving this opportunity for his subjects to improve their lives...

With no money at hand, he'd rather sell takoyaki on the street than ask his subjects for money.

Viscount... my lord...

Olienna's eyes moistened... what kind of viscount would have such a spirit of dedication?

No, she must tell Tixia about this, let her know how hard the viscount has had it outside.

And let the people of the territory and the soldiers defending the land know what kind of life their viscount has been living outside.

He's been wandering.

Though a viscount of the Red Maple Kingdom, he's been wandering the world. These past five or six years... how much suffering has the viscount endured... o(╥﹏╥)o...

In her memory, the viscount was elegant and amiable, always clean-cut, his clothes always spotless and dust-free.

Such a cleanliness-loving viscount went down to the fields himself to teach his subjects how to cultivate the land.

Who among his subjects could say the viscount wasn't a qualified lord?

"Sir... sir, did you make any arrangements with Lord Lance? Like a meeting place for when he arrives in the capital? Honestly, I... I would like to ask you to take me to meet Lord Lance."

This girl... choked up with excitement?

How long had it been since they'd last seen the young... lord of the Blue Moon Family?

"Sorry, I invited him to the Valkyrie Temple, but unfortunately, Mister Lance declined. He must be used to being free and easy, and doesn't want to be restricted.

He should come to the capital, but as for whether he will come here to find you or go to the Valkyrie Temple to pray, I can't guarantee that at the moment."

"Thank you..."

"It's nothing; I didn't really help you much."

Holy Knight Steven prepared to leave. With Mister Lance not around, there was no point in staying here. He had left the temple for Mister Lance.

Bishop Franco treated the portrait of the Valkyrie as something sacred; even he, a Holy Knight, did not dare to take it by force.

Probably only the Pope from Sacred Mountain could exchange for the Valkyrie portrait from Bishop Franco's hands.

Yes, exchange.

Otherwise, he might not even be able to borrow it.

"Since Mister Lance hasn't come yet, I'll come back another day."

"Uncle, please leave your name. If Mister Lance you spoke of comes here looking for us, I will tell him that you came here looking for him."

"Temple Knight Steven."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I've got it."

Holy Knight Steven left.

Olienna watched Steven leave, then immediately contacted Saint Blue City to inform Lady Tixia that Viscount Lance was in Lionheart City of Norde Kingdom, selling octopus balls at a street stall.

.......

"The capital is much more bustling than Lionheart City. This source-powered tram... is more comfortable than a carriage, running along the well-laid tracks in the city center... it's both scenery and a way for passengers to enjoy the view."

Upon entering the capital, Lance saw the source-powered trams and casually found a platform, taking the Young Dragon aboard.

The Young Dragon sat by the window, and when the source-powered tram passed through the bustling and spacious streets, she would stick her bald head out of the window.

Previously, when she had stuck her head out of the window, she forgot about the hat on her head, which almost got blown away by the wind.

Luckily, she managed to catch it in time.

Different from the last trip to Lionheart City, this time upon arriving in the capital, the Evil Dragon took her shopping first.

He bought her a pair of pink, loose-fitting wide-leg pants, an off-white tank top, and a pink little vest for outerwear.

He also got her an off-white sun hat.

To make her look cooler, the Evil Dragon also paired her with a pair of large frog sunglasses.

I must say, wearing the outfit that the Evil Dragon bought for her, she felt that she looked both handsome and cool.

It's just that the Evil Dragon also bought himself a set of matching pink casual clothes, with a design just like what she was wearing.

Damn, the Evil Dragon must be playing at nurturing.

A couple's outfit, nonetheless.

A man wearing a set of pink casual clothes, and not at all embarrassed.

As soon as he got on the tram, he attracted the attention of many girls.

Definitely drawn by his flamboyant outfit.

The key is some aunties, upon seeing the Evil Dragon's attire, smiled and praised him, saying the Evil Dragon had a great quality, that he could even pull off such a color in clothing.

A little girl even murmured softly that the Evil Dragon must be a graceful young lord from an ancient family.

There were also a few young girls who put their hands together, occasionally stealing glances at the Evil Dragon with shyness.

"Lance... where do we get off?"

"Wherever these little girls who praise me for being cool and handsome get off, we'll get off there."

"????"

"Why?"

"I want to go where there are lots of people, to hear the honest praise from cute little girls. It's the secret to staying young and keeps me happy and cheerful all day."

Having answered the Young Dragon's question, Lance turned and waved to the cute little girls in the next seats, "Thank you for your compliments; you are all very cute too."

A few girls blushed and even seemed a little excited upon hearing Lance's praise.

They probably didn't expect Lance to be so straightforward and unconstrained.

"We we are going to Holy Origin Central Commercial Street to shop... are you going too?"

"Sure, I'll take my Dragon Whelp for a stroll; she likes shopping too."

"That that... may I ask... are you a Dragon Knight?"

"No."

"I get it, you must be the 'Daddy' of the little dragon."

Young Dragon: "????"