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

It wasn't an attempt to curry favor, but Steven was certain he had seen Lance's face in the capital before. As for where exactly... he couldn't recall at the moment.

Young Dragon Lucia grinned; the way this Holy Knight struck up a conversation was so clichéd. In the imperial city, she had seen some young nobles use this tactic to chat up girls. Those born into great noble families wouldn't use such means.

They would introduce themselves openly and tell the girl which family they belonged to; sometimes, they would even show the girl their family crest.

The deeper the heritage and the longer the lineage of a great noble family, the more intricate and glorious their family crest.

Was this Holy Knight using such a line because he feared the Evil Dragon would reject him, and he sought to pique the Evil Dragon's interest?

Alas.

The Evil Dragon always managed to make some incomprehensible matters... turn strange.

Take the business of "borrowing" a Valkyrie Statue, for instance. Normally... the Evil Dragon's identity at this moment should be that of a criminal wanted by the Temple.

However, he was not only not wanted by the Temple, but he had also become the apple of the Temple's eye. The statue he had "borrowed," the bishops no longer wanted it; they even let him keep it....

Just now, the bishop was even arguing with another of the Temple's Holy Knights because of the Evil Dragon.

When she returned to the imperial city and became the emperor, she definitely wanted to write an autobiography. She had already thought of a title: "The Wondrous Adventures of Those Years When I Was Captured by the Evil Dragon"....

She had a premonition that if she really did write it, it would definitely be a bestseller.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"You've seen me in the capital?"

If this had happened to someone else, Lance would think that this Holy Knight said this... as a prelude to the conversation that would follow.

If it happened to him... there was a good chance it was true.

After all, he had lived a long time in the Human World in a human guise, having assumed faces of all ages.

Young Lance, middle-aged Lance, late middle-aged Lance, elderly Lance...

It wouldn't be strange if some ancient families had portraits of him.

Or if his photos had somehow ended up in Norde Kingdom after several rounds of passing hands.

Norde Kingdom...

He did not remember ever coming to this kingdom, this was his first time in this human kingdom.

"Yes, previously my attention was focused entirely on the fact that you... led away the Valkyrie Statue, so I wasn't thinking about other things. It wasn't until I talked to you up close that I realized I seemed to have seen your face in the capital. Your face seemed to have appeared on a bottle..."

A bottle?

Steven clapped his hands together with a laugh, "I've remembered, I really have seen you on a bottle, or to be precise, I've seen your face on a bottle—it was an exquisite perfume bottle.

That perfume brand probably doesn't yet have the capacity to widely station their products throughout the kingdom, and it's only sold in the capital, called 'Blue Moon.'

This brand of perfume appeared in the capital not long ago and, with its excellent quality, it immediately became the darling among new perfume brands.

In the noble circles of the capital, it's all the rage."

"???"

Blue Moon Brand Perfume?

Young Dragon Lucia looked at the Evil Dragon; she had heard Joanna mention this brand of perfume. That day when she heard about this brand, she had subconsciously thought of the Evil Dragon.

Now, a Holy Knight from the capital of Norde Kingdom had mentioned this Blue Moon Brand Perfume, and crucially, the face of the Evil Dragon was printed on the glass bottle...

Could it be that Blue Moon Brand Perfume... was the Evil Dragon's industry for making money in the Human World?

"Lance... you sell perfume too?"

"I don't."

"Then why did the Holy Knight say he saw your face on a perfume bottle in the capital?"

"Not clear at the moment."

Printing his portrait on a glass bottle, had they used him as an endorser?

The problem was, he hadn't received any endorsement fee.

"Just my face on the glass bottle? Is there any text?"

"Let me think... there is... 'Master Blue Moon... please contact us' or something... it seems like a missing person notice.

If you are the person from the perfume bottle, then your status is not simple; you're a young master. If Blue Moon Brand Perfume is a family business... that would be something else... a wealthy nobility..."

Steven couldn't be sure if the young man in front of him was the person that Blue Moon Brand Perfume was looking for, but he really did resemble the person on the perfume bottle.

A runaway noble young master?

Steven's gaze fell on the little dragon beside Lance; being able to afford such a young dragon suggested a high likelihood of a noble background.

Those without money simply couldn't afford a Young Dragon.

As for contract pets or mounts, the majority belong to nobles or military individuals.

The powerful kingdoms need not be mentioned, as their military forces have entered a stage of diversification, incorporating elemental energy and some extraordinary materials into the military field.

"Lance, my boy, if you haven't settled down in Lionheart City, why not come with me to the Royal Capital? The Royal Capital is more prosperous than Lionheart City, and with your talent... you're bound to thrive there.

By the way, you can check whether the Blue Moon Brand Perfume is your family's business while we're there. Of course, even in the Royal Capital, you'll still be a distinguished guest of the Valkyrie Temple."

Go to the Royal Capital?

Lance was indifferent; now that he had started to bring the young dragon around in the human world, he didn't mind taking the young dragon to see more bustling human cities.

In some kingdoms that have entered the semi-industrial age, elemental steam engines have been developed and applied to civilian life.

Elemental steam trains, elemental sedans.

The Royal Capital of the Norde Kingdom should have short-range elemental steam trains, and within the Capital... there should be elemental sedans.

It would be quite nice to take the dragon whelp for a ride in an elemental sedan around the Royal Capital.

Let her witness the forefront of elemental technology in the human world.

Nowadays, the human world is far more prosperous than when he was a minor, with various technologies, professions, and skills progressing and evolving.

And the collision of various ideas...

Sometimes he wondered, given the rapid development of the human world, if Dragon Island, which had been isolated from the human world for so many years, would be astonished by the changes upon reappearing in the human world...

Oh... I forgot... all the great temples have pureblood dragons on their Sacred Mountains. I wonder if these pureblood dragons have any connection with Dragon Island. If they do, Dragon Island could be informed of the changes on this side of the human world.

If not...

Beautiful Dragon Island... may it continue to be beautiful on its own...

In the future, when my dragon whelp is grown, I'll have it take you all on a tour of Dragon Island.

"Does your Valkyrie Temple Holy Mountain have any giant dragons?"

"Pureblood ones? No, but we do have a Golden Dragon that is close to evolving into a pureblood giant dragon."

The Valkyrie Temple lacks prestige; it doesn't even have a pureblood dragon.

Their Divinity must be insufficient.

Look at those main god-level temples; each Sacred Mountain has pureblood dragons. What's this?

This is heritage.

"Dragon whelp, do you want to check out the Royal Capital?"

"Do you have enough money for the journey?"

"It should be enough; I lent Louis and the others one hundred fifty Nuojin, and I still have nearly two hundred Nuojin on me. If we don't have enough to cover our stay in the Royal Capital, we can set up a stall to earn some money."

"......."

Without the 'they,' it's me, the young dragon, who'll be running a stall to make money, while you, Evil Dragon, sit in a café, drinking wine and eating desserts...

"Lance, my boy, I think you've forgotten what I said before. If you are indeed the young master of the Blue Moon family, you definitely won't be short of money in the Royal Capital... Blue Moon's turnover is still quite impressive.

Moreover, the cost of living in the Royal Capital isn't as terrifying as you imagine. Two hundred Nuojin... if you spend it sparingly, you could enjoy yourself for half a month without a problem."

"Lance, my boy, if you want to go to the Royal Capital, I'll sponsor you three hundred Nuojin..."

Fat Bishop Franco felt that he couldn't just stand by without any gesture, especially since the Valkyrie portrait painted by Lance alone was worth the money.

No, it's actually beyond monetary value.

A painting that showcases the Valkyrie's charm and temperament... For the temple, it really cannot be measured in terms of money.

Lance was tempted, but that was all.

If the Fat Bishop had spoken earlier, he would have accepted it.

He had already told the Valkyrie in person that it was a gift for Sophia; if he took the Fat Bishop's money now... it would be going back on his word.

No money doesn't mean he's really short of it.

"No need, I've said already, it's a gift for Sophia. You don't have to feel indebted to me."

"Lance, my boy, you are generous."

It was quite good to save three hundred Nuojin; actually, he, the Bishop, didn't have much money either.

"Lance... So are we going to the Royal Capital?"

"Let's go. When a windfall falls from the sky, one must not refuse."

A windfall from endorsement fees; there's no reason to decline.

"So, have we completed Brandon's commission?"

"We've exceeded it. Joanna has emerged from her sorrow, the cracks in her soul have mended, and the garden where she invested her emotions... we helped her repair and rebuild it. We can say goodbye now.

This fleeting friendship, you can record in your diary. For you, there are bound to be many people who will be mere passersby in your life."