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

So, Valkyrie, never think that my first meeting with that little Black Dragon from the Human World was today. As I said, we've known each other from long ago, and our relationship from the time we first met was both adversarial and friendly... Now, the relationship has become rather subtle.

You could describe our relationship as either [old friends] or [both enemies and friends].

However, Black Dragon Lance sent me to collect his debt from you, more to... show off to you, or to display his connections.

He wants to give you a bit of a shock."

Guessing the reason for the Valkyrie's displeasure, Donnash chuckled and shared his relationship with Lance with the Valkyrie.

He didn't want the Valkyrie to think that Black Dragon Lance was a Giant Dragon who [can't keep his mouth shut]; that guy wasn't like that.

Having him ask the Valkyrie for a debt surely contained an element of boasting.

And it was a dual boast.

He wanted to show off to the Valkyrie that the God of Judgement in the Divine Realm was someone he knew in the Human World.

And to show off to him that he knew a Valkyrie from the Divine Realm...

It was normal for Black Dragon Lance to have such thoughts; having them meant he didn't regard this God of Judgement or the Valkyrie as strangers.

He knew the little Black Dragon well; towards those he wasn't familiar with, he didn't even have the interest to meet them, let alone talk...

And his caution was extraordinarily strong.

Back when he was a King and interacted with the Black Dragon, the Dragon hadn't shown any intentions of being close to him.

Now... even if a Deity approached him, the Dragon probably wouldn't give a strange Deity the chance to get close.

He feared the Deities would trick him...

Gone.

The displeasure that the Valkyrie had been radiating... disappeared.

"Lance, in his youth... you knew him then?"

The Valkyrie, standing atop a phoenix, showed a hint of curiosity in her eyes; Sophia had never seen Lance in his youth.

When Sophia met Lance, he was already quite strong, and going on adventures with him meant there was a high chance of returning alive.

What was Lance like in his youth?

"Do you still remember what he looked like as a young dragon?"

"I remember some, let me show you."

Donnash directly pulled out the memory of his first meeting with the Black Dragon from his own mind and projected that segment of the memory into the void.

A dense aura of divine light spread throughout the void, and a young Black Dragon Lance appeared on the divine screen.

At this time, Black Dragon Lance was probably only around twelve to thirteen meters long, a true Young Dragon.

A young Black Dragon Lance stood at the edge of a dense forest, on the precipice of a cliff.

Behind him was an endless primeval forest, and in the distance below the cliff edge in front of him was a bustling human city.

Still not yet a mature Deity, Donnash was at this point still an energetic young man; he stood opposite the Young Dragon, trying to coax the not yet matured Young Dragon to come back home.

The Young Dragon was very cautious, positioning himself in such a way that he could advance to attack or retreat to defend.

"My name is Bruce Donnash, and I'm a Prince. You, a young and adorable little Black Dragon, why have you appeared here all alone? Have you become separated from your parents?

If that's the case, I can help you return to your parents, if you remember the way home."

The young Bruce Donnash showed a fresh and clean smile on his face.

"Disgusting..."

The young Black Dragon stared at the young Bruce Donnash's face for a while, turned his head to the side, and muttered softly.

Seeing this scene, the Valkyrie's lips slightly curled up, and her face revealed a faint smile.

She didn't expect young Lance to be so interesting.

That fresh and clean smile of Donnash's... actually made him feel [disgusted].

He must have sensed the trap in Donnash's words.

When Donnash asked the Young Dragon if he had become separated from his parents, he was actually probing to see if Black Dragon Lance's parents were in the area.

If they were, it would be best to sign a Dragon Knight Contract with the young dragon's parents; if not, it would be best to take the parentless Young Dragon home with him.

The young Lance's ability to see through Donnash's intentions proved that he was indeed not foolish, just as Donnash had said.

"My parents are feeding below the cliff, didn't you see them when you came up?"

The young Donnash was clearly startled, and he instinctively glanced toward the cliff's edge. In the moment he turned his head, the Young Dragon flew beside him, kicked him, and tried to kick him off the cliff...

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to narrowly avoid it, yet even so, his clothes were torn by the young Black Dragon...

The young Black Dragon, failing to kick this ill-intentioned human off the cliff, simply took flight and ran away.

The memory displayed on the divine screen came to an abrupt halt at this point.

Bruce Donnash shared this memory simply to tell the Valkyrie that he wasn't lying; he truly knew Black Dragon Lance, and had known him since a long time ago.

By the way, it showed the Valkyrie just how nasty the young Black Dragon's character was.

At their first meeting, he almost kicked him off a cliff, looking harmless on the outside but with a heart as dark as night.

A cunning one.

"Didn't you go after him?"

"I did chase him, but I couldn't catch up. Later, I went a few more times, and luckily ran into the young Black Dragon Lance several times. The number of times I got the better of him was almost the same as the number of times I lost out to him. It's too hard to take advantage of him when he's young.

Back then, I even thought all the Dragon Cubs were that tough to deal with. It wasn't until I encountered a certain adult Pureblood Dragon that I realized not all Pureblood Dragons were as difficult as the young Black Dragon.

Some adult Dragons were even easier to deal with."

"I see, I probably understand why he had you come to me to collect his debt."

"No, there's something I don't understand. How could you, a Valkyrie who has never left the Divine Realm, owe Black Dragon Lance money? There shouldn't be any interaction between you and Black Dragon Lance."

"I once sent a fragment of my Divine Soul to the Human World to live as a human for a while; it was during this period that I met Lance.

However, the Lance that Sophia knew was human, not a Black Dragon. Sophia's debtor was also a human, not a Black Dragon.

So, Sophia doesn't owe Black Dragon Lance money; she owes human Lance the money. Black Dragon Lance sent you to collect a debt from me that I will definitely not pay.

Go back and tell him that Sophia doesn't owe Black Dragon Lance any money."

"....."

What a player.

Bruce Donnash could see that the Valkyrie had no intention of paying back Black Dragon Lance, unless Black Dragon Lance personally came to the Divine Realm to demand his debt.

132 Gold Coins; it's not that the Valkyrie couldn't afford to pay it back, she simply didn't want to let Black Dragon Lance get his way.

Playing games.

But the friendship between the Valkyrie and Black Dragon Lance... seemed to be a little deeper than he had thought.

He guessed that Black Dragon Lance never really expected to get his money back from the Valkyrie.

"Okay, next time I see Black Dragon Lance, I will pass on your message to him exactly as you said. I won't disturb the Valkyrie any longer, I'm heading back now."

"Wait."

"Do you have a message for Black Dragon Lance?"

"Do you know that Black Dragon Lance once wrote a piece of entertainment reading?"

"I wasn't aware."

The Valkyrie waved her right hand, and a golden light flew towards Bruce Donnash, transforming into a book right before his eyes.

"This book was written by Black Dragon Lance as entertainment reading. Take it back with you and have a look."

"Alright."

Taking the book offered by the Valkyrie, Bruce Donnash turned and left.

It seems like Ilya doesn't stand a chance; she likes Black Dragon Lance, but Black Dragon Lance sees her as a junior.

And now... the Valkyrie has a connection to Black Dragon Lance.

It's not to say that the Valkyrie likes Black Dragon Lance; there are too few divinities with love on the brain, especially deities like the Valkyrie, who hardly have such inclinations.

He feared that Black Dragon Lance might fall for the Valkyrie.

He hoped Black Dragon didn't entertain that thought; if he did and wanted to win the Valkyrie over through a romance, it would be almost impossible.

Unless he could kidnap the Valkyrie directly from the Divine Realm.

But with Black Dragon's current power, it seemed that he couldn't do just that.

Wait, it seems Black Dragon doesn't have a love-struck brain either...

Sophia is such a beauty, and didn't he still hit her when necessary?

Thinking this, Bruce Donnash chuckled, his gaze falling upon the entertainment reading given to him by the Valkyrie.

"My Love Story Couldn't Possibly Be This Problematic"

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