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

Had it not been for Brude Donnahue, the kingdoms of the Human World would still require the Divine Court to appoint their kings.

The true purpose of this man, who instigated the war among the gods, was to encourage humanity to become stronger.

Humans could admire and worship the deities, but they must not lose their sense of self.

He succeeded... but not completely.

More than two thousand years later, most kingdoms in the Human World still pay taxes to the temple every year.

As for those principalities, it's even worse; the temple can directly appoint the heir to a principality.

Still, you can't really call the temple the antagonist.

The temples capable of appointing heirs to principalities carry the duty to protect them. When a principality faces war, or if a town is invaded by foreign races, savage beasts, or magical beasts, the temple will send knights to assist the principality's soldiers in defending the city.

There are good and evil clergy within the temples.

Because of a small number of bad apples, you can't completely deny the contributions that the temples have made for humanity.

As a Black Dragon, Lance didn't dislike the clergy of the great temples, nor was he very fond of them.

As for the conflicts between human kingdoms, principalities, and temples, they had little to do with him as a Black Dragon.

He never interfered in the disputes within the Human World.

He lacked the strength and the time to do so.

"You hate him so much... When he died... were you sitting at his doorstep... watching him die?"

"No, that didn't happen. He was the king of a kingdom in the Human World and also the first pope of the War God's temple; many strong followers were loyal to him, and I, not yet a thousand years old, didn't have the power."

He truly became powerful after more than two thousand years; before that age, his power was average, only slightly stronger than those ordinary powerhouses in the Human World.

At the age of eleven hundred, he began to take on a human form and went to learn in the Human World—combat techniques, swordsmanship, magic, card crafting, beast taming...

Well... beast taming wasn't necessary; Giant Dragons naturally dominated all beasts, and upon reaching adulthood, a Giant Dragon could easily command them.

Ordering hordes of beasts to attack human towns wasn't a problem at all.

Pureblood Dragons seldom do such things.

Pureblood Dragons prefer to keep to themselves.

"Lance, after his death... would he go to heaven? Or to hell? Or perhaps was he taken to 'The Hall of Valor'?"

"If you ask me, I hope he went to hell after he died."

"......"

The Evil Dragon really doesn't hide his disdain for this ancient man.

The relationship between the Evil Dragon and that ancient man seems more complex than mere "enmity."

I always have the feeling... the relationship between the Evil Dragon and that ancient man is one of being both enemies and friends...

They were friends and also adversaries.

After all, that ancient man had beaten up the Evil Dragon during his youth.

What luck.

If she had encountered the Evil Dragon in his youth, she surely would have been able to forcibly pat the young Evil Dragon on the head too...

"Aren't you a trainee Grim Reaper? Haven't you tried summoning him before?"

Lucia suddenly thought, since the Evil Dragon Lance was a trainee Grim Reaper, if it were confirmed that the ancient person had gone to hell after death, with his vengeful nature, he surely would have tried summoning that person before.

"Before today, I never had such a thought. If I had thought of this, I would have acted on it long ago. It's only because you reminded me tonight that I tried summoning Sophia."

Indeed, he used necromancy to summon the undead to fight for him, but it had never occurred to him to use necromancy to summon a former friend.

Or... should I try to summon that guy, Brude Donnahue, from hell?

Lance felt somewhat tempted.

However, when he thought of Brude Donnahue's deeds in life, he felt... necromancy might not be enough to summon that guy back.

Isn't there a saying: "A hero in life, a hero in death."

Someone like Brude Donnahue going to hell after death would definitely not be an ordinary spirit.

Considering this, Evil Dragon Lance felt somewhat disinterested.

"What's... what's wrong?"

Why does it seem like the Evil Dragon suddenly lost his vigor?

Just a moment ago, he looked ready to summon that ancient person at any time; how come in a blink... he's become like this?

The young dragon was puzzled.

"I just thought of a saying."

"What saying?"

"To live as a hero among men, to die as a mighty spirit among ghosts."

"!!"

The Evil Dragon inadvertently showcased his talent again!

Damn it, why is the Evil Dragon's literary cultivation so strong?

Lucia took a notebook out of the lucky coin on her chest, flipped to a brand new page, and in front of the Evil Dragon, she wrote down the phrase he just said: "To live as a hero among men, to die as a mighty spirit among ghosts."

She thought this saying fit perfectly for promotion among the imperial troops.

Soldiers should have that kind of spirit.

Especially the soldiers of the Phalan Empire, they needed to have this spirit all the more!

It was very fitting for the Evil Dragon to use this saying to describe that historical figure.

With the ancient man's fierce tales, he truly was a hero of his age.

And there was also that phrase from the Evil Dragon, "The Peach Blossom Black Dragon plants peach trees, and then snaps off branches to sell for wine money."

This saying also had a deep artistic conception, she should write it down, write it down.

She must be a princess who is clever and eager to learn.

"What are you writing this for?"

"I want to become an Evil Dragon like you who has a literary cultivation."

"That's possible, the job of changing mankind's view of Evil Dragons falls on your shoulders."

"Lance, I have another question."

"Ask."

"When you were an apprentice Grim Reaper, and you signed a contract with the Hell Grim Reaper, did you sign the contract as a 'human' with the Hell Grim Reaper?"

"Hmm."

"Did the Hell Grim Reaper ever discover that you were the Black Dragon?"

"I don't know, remember this phrase, don't be smug, and don't take others for fools. Having lived so long, Hell was bound to suspect my identity, as to whether they can guess I'm the Black Dragon... I don't know...

For now, it seems my previous partner, the temporary boss Death God Solomon, doesn't seem to have suspected me of being a Giant Dragon yet. You also heard, he suspects I might be a legendary immortal."

"Immortals... Lance, have you ever seen an immortal?"

"No."

Wait, are immortals the real focus here?

Shouldn't the focus be on his statement, which was full of educational and cautionary meaning?

Why does it feel like the young dragon she picked up isn't good at grasping the main point?

"We still have time, let's continue learning the phonetic alphabet."

"Oh."

Lucia put away her notebook and stood up to walk towards the hall.

Compared to studying, she preferred to hear the Evil Dragon talk about the loves and hates of his youth...

With so many portraits on the study's walls, she didn't believe the Evil Dragon never had his heart touched by any human girl.

"Initials, simple finals, you already learned them this morning. Aside from a few inaccurate pronunciations, there are no other big issues.

Tonight I'll teach you front finals, nasal finals, and back nasal finals; all are quite simple.

Let's start with compound finals, come, follow me: ai...."

"Love...."

An hour later.

The young dragon excitedly called out: "Lance, I can read the 'Dragon' from 'Giant Dragon' in dragon language now.

Don't believe me? Listen: e-weng-lung... The 'Dragon' of 'Giant Dragon,' e-weng-lung... The 'Dragon' of 'Black Dragon,' e-weng-lung... The 'Dragon' of 'Evil Dragon'..."

"......."