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

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No wonder that even after knowing you stole the Valkyrie Statue, he still didn't fly into a rage and maintained a certain degree of respect for you.

"He could tell with one glance that you're not to be trifled with."

Steven withdrew his spear, and a source energy array flickered with black and red light appeared at Lance's feet.

"However, that's no reason for Lord Lance to speak disrespectfully of the Valkyrie. As a Holy Knight of the Valkyrie Temple... I still hope that Lord Lance can give me a satisfactory explanation."

"Your Valkyrie owes me money."

"???!!!"

This guy... How is he still talking nonsense, still tarnishing the Valkyrie's reputation...

Telling everyone in front of so many people that the Valkyrie owes him money...

"Lord Lance, such words are not only disrespectful toward the Valkyrie but also extremely rude."

"If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask the Temple Pontiff of your Valkyrie Temple or let the Saintess communicate with the Valkyrie, and see if She owes a human named Lance any money..."

Steven, don't you understand yet? The reason I dare to speak so brazenly in front of you is not only because your Valkyrie owes me money... but also because the Valkyrie and I were once good friends.

Otherwise... do you think those knights who offended me behind you... would still be alive? In my eyes... you little ones... are like disobedient children from a friend's house. At most, I might teach you a lesson with my hands.

Or scold you verbally, but certainly not kill you."

Lance sat cross-legged in the air, looking at Holy Knight Steven, whose confidence seemed to be crumbling.

For the first time, he realized... it feels pretty good when a friend doesn't pay back the money they owe.

"Words are no proof, show me the evidence."

"Would you have a friend write you an IOU when they borrow money from you?"

"..."

"How much does She owe you?"

"132 Gold Coins."

"Alright, I can't tell the truth of your words right now, but I'll give you the 132 Gold Coins for the time being."

Steven took out the Gold Coins stored in the Spatial Ring; there seemed to be only 29 Gold Coins, but that's okay, he'll just borrow some from a brother behind him.

"Lord Lance, can you please let go of these brothers behind me first?"

Lance snapped his fingers, and the Temple Knights who were pressing down on their mounts suddenly felt the "mountain" on their backs disappear; they gasped for air.

"Which one of you brothers has a hundred Gold Coins? I need to borrow some."

"Sir Steven, I have five Gold Coins."

"I have seven Gold Coins."

"I have three Gold Coins."

"I have..."

The Temple Knights all took out the Gold Coins they had on them, and something embarrassing happened... more than thirty Temple Knights... all their Gold Coins put together didn't amount to 132 Gold Coins...

Some knights only had one Gold Coin, while some didn't have any at all...

Steven felt so moved he wanted to cry, they are all good kids who look after the home, good husbands, they carry... less than ten Gold Coins on them when they are out...

Not enough to make up the 132 Gold Coins...

What to do if it's not enough?

He silently put away his own 29 Gold Coins and gestured for the Temple Knights to put away the Gold Coins in their hands too.

"I still don't believe that the Valkyrie owes Lord Lance any money."

Lance laughed: "It's not that you don't believe the Valkyrie owes me money; you just can't make up the amount She owes me... Go back and remove 'The Lost Golden City' from your Valkyrie Temple's mission board."

"Until my students have violated the interests of any temple, no temple has the right to judge my students, including your Valkyrie Temple and any other temples."

"Lord Lance, you might not be aware why your student is being hunted by temples. He sold his soul to a Demon."

"That's easy; I'll just get his soul back from the Demon."

"...."

Do you think you can be so domineering and tyrannical without the Demon knowing?

Does my Valkyrie know about this?

Given the strength that Lance has shown so far... it's possible he could reclaim Andre's soul contract from the Demon.

"I really can't imagine how the Valkyrie could owe you money."

"Go back and let your Temple Pontiff ask, and you'll know."

"Lord Lance, I can retreat, but you need to understand one thing: if I return and learn that the Valkyrie has never owed you money, then I might come to find you, asking you to make a trip to Valkyrie's Divine Mountain, to apologize in front of the Valkyrie Statue... to my Valkyrie."

"Sure, don't think about paying back the debt for your Valkyrie. It was your Valkyrie who borrowed from me; it can only be your Valkyrie who pays me back."

"....."

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Could it be that the Valkyrie really owes this guy money?

Steven was starting to feel unsure.

He would have to go back and investigate, he couldn't confirm it himself, the Temple Pontiff and Saintess might be able to confirm it.

"Lord Lance, I hope when we meet again... we won't become enemies,"

"You may look forward to it."

Steven sheathed his lance, patted the unicorn horn under him, turned around, and was ready to leave.

"Wait, the medical expenses... You're not going to compensate for wounding my student's soldiers?"

"..." Steven threw the remaining 29 gold coins he had to Lance, encountering a fellow with unknown strength... Not keeping some medical expenses... He really might not make it out.

It was fortunate that he had held back earlier and not struck a lethal blow...

Steven retreated.

He came with the radiance of Holy Light, and he left without a whisper...

The young dragon Lucia, who had been flapping her wings above Lance's head, saw the knights of the Valkyrie Temple retreating, folded her wings, and landed on the dark red source energy array at the feet of the Evil Dragon to see if she could stand on it...

No sooner had the dragon's claw touched the source energy array than she crushed the dark red array pattern... and fell from the sky...

She tumbled to the ground, creating a shallow pit where she landed...

Looking up at the Evil Dragon who was still sitting on the dark red source energy array...

The Evil Dragon definitely did it on purpose!

How mischievous.

An inherently naughty and playful Evil Dragon.

Talking about fearing the violence of the world, being introverted, enjoying farming... enjoying kindness towards others...

Well, indeed, fearing the violence of the world is true; the Evil Dragon had hidden in the deep sea regions to avoid being harmed by violence.

Before she spent time with Evil Dragon Lance, if the Evil Dragon described himself this way, she would have surely thought that Evil Dragon Lance was lying.

After spending so much time with Evil Dragon Lance, she thought that the words he used to describe himself... sort of fit.

Introverted personality.

Enjoying solitude... that must count as being introverted, right?

Enjoying farming.

The crops and fruits on Black Dragon Island... prove that he indeed enjoys farming.

Enjoying kindness towards humans...

Evil Dragon Lance seems ferocious, but he hasn't really actively harmed people, at least, during the time she's been with him, she hasn't seen the Evil Dragon harm humans of his own will.

"Andre... long time no see."

Lance stood up, stepped through the Void, and slowly walked toward Andre in the courtyard. Along the way, the Golden Yin Soldiers and the Northern Border's army clad in black heavy armor all pressed their left hands to their chests and saluted Lance.

As soon as he confidently stepped onto the golden path and his feet touched the golden surface, he subconsciously crouched down and knocked on the golden pathway with his hand to see if it was really paved with gold.

After a few knocks, he couldn't tell.

He turned around and beckoned to the Dragon Whelp: "Dragon Whelp, come here."

The young dragon got up and trotted over to Evil Dragon Lance's side, crouched down and, imitating the Evil Dragon, lightly tapped the gold beneath her with her Dragon Claw...

"...I heard that gold is soft... Shall I saw off a piece for you to bite?"

A saw suddenly appeared in the young dragon's claw.

"Don't saw... we might be able to carry it away whole later."

"Oh, oh, that makes sense."

The young dragon put away the saw; the Evil Dragon was right, a whole piece would have more value as a collectible.

The Golden Yin Soldiers standing beside the golden path saw this scene and quickly raised their heads, looking straight ahead.

Lord Lance still loved gold and jewels as ever.

That was definitely Lord Lance...

Lance got up and walked toward Elusha on the golden path.

From the moment he entered this underground realm, he had seen Princess Elusha.

Her originally fiery red hair had taken on a shade of aqua-purple, and her skin had also turned aqua-purple.

Had she turned herself into an undead...?

"Long... long... long time no see... Lance... don't don't don't... don't look at me, I'm not not not not pretty in this state."

"Unattractive? I think this new skin of yours looks quite cool."