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

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Wu wu... Squid Mother?

Spending money to buy a squid leg from Squid Mother?

Do sea monsters and beasts in the deep sea also engage in trade?

Unbelievable. Leaving aside the Evil Dragon, she had thought that the sea monsters and beasts in the deep sea domain only engaged in attacking, devouring, and hunting each other to fight for control of their domain.

Squid Mother, the name sounds like a cute Deep Sea Beast, and she must have a decent personality too; otherwise, the Evil Dragon wouldn't have business dealings with her.

But buying a squid leg from Squid Mother sounds weird, like some sort of code.

The Evil Dragon is truly kind to Young Dragons.

"Squid Mother? Lance, Lance... you actually call that terrifying creature 'Squid Mother'? Only you would dare to address that fearsome creature by such a name. If any other sea monster from the deep sea domain did so, the deep sea would boil.

Speaking of which, it's because of that creature that I met you, Lance, such an outstanding marriage prospect. If it hadn't been for it hunting me down, chasing me into the domain you inhabited, and had it not been for you, I might have been eaten by that fearsome creature already.

Although after you rescued me, I almost ended up on your grill... Thankfully, you eventually spared me, and didn't actually roast and eat me."

Andrea would never forget the image of Black Dragon Lance wanting to roast her along with the Lord of the Black Sea.

Luckily, she was not strong enough. Confronting the Lord of the Black Sea, she had no choice but to flee. If she had been powerful enough to fight the Lord of the Black Sea head-on...

Back then, Black Dragon Lance would definitely have taken advantage of their duel to the death to finish them off and gleefully put them on that over one thousand meters long grill...

It was also that day that she realized, in this deep sea domain, there actually lived a Giant Dragon.

He is the Ruler of this deep sea domain.

Any Sea Beast that intrudes into his domain is raised by him as food.

He would kill and eat the stronger deep sea monsters...

Black Dragon Lance says... this is to maintain the ecological balance of the domain.

To prevent the domain from becoming unbalanced.

Perhaps because the Lord of the Black Sea is too powerful, Lance wasn't able to put the Lord of the Black Sea on the grill. Instead, he used that unknowably long grill to chop off one of the Lord's tentacles.

It was because she wanted to eat the Lord of the Black Sea's fallen tentacle that she nearly ended up on Black Dragon Lance's grill.

Black Dragon Lance protects his food.

If you steal his food, you'd better be ready to be put on his grill.

The Lord of the Black Sea is the Squid Mother referred to by Black Dragon Lance.

Despite being an extremely terrifying Deep Sea Siren, Black Dragon Lance insisted on giving that fearsome creature such an adorable name.

Hehe, speaking of which, sometimes Lance also calls her Whale Mother...

Whale Mother...

It makes her feel cute as well.

"Evil... Evil Dragon almost roasted you?"

Lucia was dumbfounded.

The killer whale Sea Beast that wanted to marry the Evil Dragon... was almost roasted and eaten by him before?

The Evil Dragon's appetite... is frighteningly, unnervingly large.

A killer whale Sea Beast that floats on the surface and is as big as four or five Turtles... Such a large Sea Beast... And the Evil Dragon actually wanted to roast and eat it...

That's outrageous.

Such a big killer whale Sea Beast... How many days would it take to eat it all?

If she and the Evil Dragon ate it together, they'd probably have to eat for many days as well, right?

"Yep, Lance said he loves seafood. Me, and that Squid Mother in Lance's mouth, we are both his 'seafood.' I'm still okay; this big a lump, if he dares to chop me with one sword slash, I'd dare to die right in front of him.

Squid Mother had it worse though; its regenerative capabilities are strong. When Lance feels like eating seafood, the first thing that comes to his mind is it.

Squid Mother is strong. Young Dragon, you'd better not follow Lance there; otherwise, you might end up being rolled up by Squid Mother and eaten."

"Ah? Really strong? Evil... can't Lance beat Squid Mother?"

"If he could overpower and beat Squid Mother, it would have been roasted on the grill long ago."

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Evil Dragon was not invincible in this deep sea region.

It made sense, after all. If Evil Dragon could dominate the deep sea freely, it would not fear legendary heroes and epic champions seeking to beat it up…

The squid mother was very powerful, but so was Evil Dragon.

To risk its life for a bite to eat—it just wasn't worth it.

Evil Dragon was so good to the Young Dragon. If Evil Dragon got hurt because she desired roasted squid, as a Young Dragon… how could she ever repay Evil Dragon's kindness?

Whether Evil Dragon was kind to Princess Lucia or not, she did not know.

But Evil Dragon was truly kind to the Young Dragon Lucia, teaching her Dragon Script, feeding her medicine, and imparting the Body Refining Technique to her.

Even extracting his own memories and legacy to put directly into her mind… just so she could master Dragon Script as soon as possible.

Despite it being only the fourth day of their acquaintance, and despite still being somewhat afraid of Evil Dragon… she still didn't wish for Evil Dragon to get hurt because of her…

Not being able to repay Evil Dragon's kindness was already bad enough.

Letting Evil Dragon get hurt over a bit of food… That wouldn't just be selfish... but heartless...

"I suddenly feel... that roasted squid isn't that tasty after all, Lance. Should we… head back? Didn't you say you could fish? Why don't we go back and fish instead?"

Need,... need… need… If you disdain the Er Gouzi brand fish bait, I... I… I... I can offer myself as an occasional Young Dragon brand fish bait..."

The condition is that you must ensure that I won't actually be eaten by Sea Beasts as bait…"

If Evil Dragon was willing to risk an encounter with the formidable squid mother for her to enjoy a bite of roasted squid, then she, as a Young Dragon, could accept being used as bait by Evil Dragon occasionally…

Evil Dragon spared no effort for her sake.

Then she, as a Young Dragon, could also risk her life for Evil Dragon once…

She couldn't keep enjoying Evil Dragon's kindness with a guilt-free conscience forever…

It was just being bait, after all...

If Er Gouzi could live until now… then surely, she could also live until she returned to the imperial city to become Empress… Discover hidden stories at empire

Not afraid…

She wasn't scared at all.

If worst comes to worst, she would drag Er Gouzi with her when she became bait.

There were two hooks on the fishing line, weren't there?

Perfect—one hook for her and one hook for Er Gouzi.

With Er Gouzi present to guide her, she might not end up being eaten by Sea Beasts...

"For a bite to eat... you're willing to be bait... Little Dragon... It's fortunate you stumbled upon me... If you really found a human princess to raise you... she probably couldn't afford to keep you..."

Despite being scared to death, she could muster the courage to talk about being bait… Tsk… Had the Young Dragon she picked up become afraid for him, that he would be killed by the squid mother?

After raising her for four days, the Young Dragon had already learned to worry about him… cough… learned to care for him, the adult Black Dragon.

Given a few more decades, or a hundred years, the Young Dragon might even tentatively call him "Dad".

Now that I think about it... being cared for by a picked-up whelp doesn't feel too bad...

Skip dating, and go straight to raising a kid... seems pretty interesting...

When the kid he found grows up, he will get married and have children of his own.

By then, he could let the grown-up Young Dragon help him look after his little ones...

He and his future wife could travel the world.

This dream... might be possible.

Black Dragon Lance's future dreams.

1: To have the Young Dragon he picked up call him Dad.

2: To have the grown-up Young Dragon help him raise his dragon whelps.

A bright future lays ahead in the Dragon's life....