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

In the Central Street Square of Lionheart City, Lance, who had been asked to leave by the clergy of the Valkyrie Temple, sat beside the square's fountain waterfall... on a bench intended for resting tourists and travelers, recalling the expression of the Temple Valkyrie Statue.

He had shouted three times, "Sophia, pay back the money", but the expression on the Valkyrie Statue... showed no change. Divine statues that sense a believer in the Human World calling out the name of a Deity are supposed to undergo some unbelievable transformations.

Some clergy members could detect this change, while others could not.

The statues in the temples of small cities don't have much divinity; to draw the attention of Deities, one must visit larger cities, like a kingdom's capital, as well as the sacred places of all the major temples, where the divinity of the statues is more substantial.

Calling out to Sophia to return the money should have elicited some response from the Valkyrie Statue.

If Sophia really was the Valkyrie...

Lance grimaced, thinking that if that were true, Sophia would be an old lady who had lived even longer than he, the Black Dragon.

"Your Highness, the Young Dragon... I'm finished... The Valkyrie Temple might never welcome me again," Joanna sat next to the Young Dragon, covering her face with her hands. She couldn't face the Valkyrie Temple anymore after the guest she'd brought suddenly shouted 'Sophia, pay back the money' in front of the Valkyrie Statue.

No matter the reason, the temple wouldn't welcome her for a while.

Just now, the person who took the initiative to carry Lance was the bishop of the Valkyrie Temple, and the other two were a Temple's Golden Feather Knight and a priest.

Such a lineup was too extravagant; even her father hosting a banquet... might not be able to invite all three at once.

The man who claimed to be Teacher Brandon was personally carried out by these three. She had observed the expressions of the bishop, the Golden Feather Knight, and the priest; they were clearly too angry to speak out.

If anyone else dared to be so brazen in the temple, the Golden Feather Knight would definitely show them the might of the Temple Knights.

"It's okay, it's okay, you are a devout believer of the Valkyrie, she will still protect you." After speaking, the Young Dragon turned its head and glanced at Lance, the blasphemous Evil Dragon who was staring at the pigeons 'cooing' in the square.

Still in the mood to watch pigeons, if the Valkyrie got angry, even the Evil Dragon would be out of luck...

The Valkyrie is much stronger than any legendary hero or epic warrior.

It's as simple for the Valkyrie to beat up the Evil Dragon, as it is for the Evil Dragon to beat her up.

"Lance, are we still going back to the City Lord's Mansion for dinner tonight?"

"No, we're not. Tonight, we're eating roast squab."

Coo coo coo...

A plump white pigeon, previously leisurely feasting on scraps in the square, jerked its head up upon hearing the phrase 'roast squab tonight.' Its tiny eyes were filled with disbelief.

This insane human actually wanted to roast and eat it?

It had just thought this human was attracted by its plumpness and pristine feathers, perhaps wanting to feed it.

But that friendly smile was nothing but the smile of a Demon!

Beast!

Would you eat even the white pigeon, a symbol of peace?

This is the Temple grounds.

In a certain sense, it could be considered a white pigeon raised by the clergy of the Temple.

It was a white pigeon with spiritual attributes.

"This white pigeon is plump; it has lots of meat, shall we eat it?"

The Young Dragon also set its sights on the adorable plump white pigeon on the ground, which was making eye contact with the Evil Dragon. The food made by the Evil Dragon was always delicious, and she had never tasted roast squab before, despite her age.

The plump white pigeon was scared; it didn't expect the seemingly silly Young Dragon to be so fierce. Normally, shouldn't a cute fat white pigeon like itself be adored?

The frightened pigeon fluttered its wings, retreated a few steps, cooed a few times, then took off running. It didn't dare fly up to the trees but instead headed into the temple.

Before running away, it warned its foolish brethren to flee; if they were too slow, they would end up as roast squab. It wouldn't be to blame if it hadn't warned them.

"They flew away... How come they all flew away?"

"You spoke too loudly and scared them off. Looks like we won't have roast squab tonight."

Lance had intended to catch that plump white pigeon to roast, but he hadn't expected the little creature to be somewhat spiritual and understand what he said, which frightened it enough to fly into the temple.

The chubby pigeon's life was not supposed to end.

"That... Lance... were you sure just now?"

"Sure about what? Oh, I wasn't sure, but my intuition tells me... Sophia and the Valkyrie must share some significant connection."

"You aren't even sure, and you dare to shout 'Sophia, pay your debts' in front of a statue? Just because they look alike, doesn't mean they are the same person, like people with the same name. Can you say that everyone with the same name is the same person?

Besides, the beautiful Sophia might have become a heroic spirit, sacrificing herself to save the people of an entire city. Even if she didn't save them, there's a great chance she'd become a heroic spirit after her death."

The Young Dragon was scared, fearing that whenever the Evil Dragon got the urge to collect debts, she'd be taken to Valkyrie Temples around the world to demand payment from Valkyrie statues.

The Evil Dragon was not afraid of divine punishment, but she was...

Being a powerless little Young Dragon, a Valkyrie could easily snap her out of existence with just a flick of her little finger...

"You reminded me, I'll try tonight to see if I can summon her from the heroic spirit temple."

"???"

For real?

As a princess of the empire, she knew some of the essential conditions required to summon heroic spirits.

Summoning heroic spirits wasn't for just anyone; ordinary transcendent beings could try, but the heroic spirits would simply ignore them.

Only those who are righteous, strong, honest, trustworthy, and whose names are celebrated within a small region, are qualified to summon heroic spirits.

Oh, and some descendants of the royal family, nobility, legendary heroes, or heroes also have the privilege to summon heroic spirits from the heroic spirit temple.

The Evil Dragon was powerful, but he probably didn't have the qualifications to summon a heroic spirit.

He wasn't a descendant of a legendary hero or hero.

When he turned into a human and played in the Human World, he surely hadn't been a hero, a legendary hero, or done anything to turn the tide of a calamity, right?

If his ancestors had been a hero or royal-level Black Dragon, and they'd had many powerful dependents, then the Evil Dragon might actually be able to summon a heroic spirit from the temple.

The problem is... the impoverished Evil Dragon... really doesn't seem like he comes from a wealthy, noble Dragon Clan.

If he came from a powerful Dragon Clan, the Black Dragon wouldn't have almost been tricked and abducted as a child by that ancient person.

"Can heroic spirits... be summoned just like that?"

"Only those with special conditions can summon heroic spirits, and even if you meet the conditions, whether or not a heroic spirit will respond when you summon them is another matter." Your next read is at empire

"Have you ever summoned a heroic spirit?"

"Once."

"???"

The Evil Dragon actually did summon a heroic spirit?!!

"Did it come?"

"It did, but it got beaten to tears by my opponent's heroic spirit."

"......"

Summoning heroic spirits is random, a gamble of character and luck.

Good character, good luck, and the heroic spirit you summon might be strong.

Bad luck, and the heroic spirit you summon... might just be a mascot.

Lance remembered the heroic spirit he had once summoned.

It made a cool entrance.

Three minutes into the battle: Don't hit my face... Lance, save me!