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

It turned out that the Evil Dragon had been serious when he said she would inherit the title of "Apprentice Grim Reaper."

She had thought the Evil Dragon was joking, after all, "Apprentice Grim Reaper"... it just sounded unreliable.

Maybe it was because she hadn't left the imperial capital much, or perhaps she had never encountered any oddly powerful individuals.

And the most important reason, she couldn't live for thousands of years to become stronger.

Without the strength, there was no chance to mingle with powerful beings.

If she couldn't be on their level, she would never get the chance to come across such strange professions.

Lucia suddenly felt that being a long-lived, fun-loving Evil Dragon who liked to roam around and achieve things... actually sounded really interesting.

She should probably seriously consider her first dream mentioned yesterday.

To become an outstanding Evil Dragon like Black Dragon Lance.

As this thought surfaced, the Young Dragon raised its Dragon Claw and thumped her bald head a few times, envy... had made her dumb as a rock, how could a human become an Evil Dragon?

In a hundred years, she would just be taking her first steps toward becoming an Evil Dragon, and by then, she'd be gone.

Not all Evil Dragons could become as exceptional as Lance.

It's not like there hadn't been Evil Dragons in the continent before, but amongst all those Evil Dragons, none were known to frivolously play around neglecting their duties like Lance.

The Evil Dragons of old were the real deal; Evil Dragon Lance... was an oddity amongst Evil Dragons.

It wasn't that the old Evil Dragons were abnormal, it was Evil Dragon Lance that was abnormal.

A normal Evil Dragon definitely wouldn't act like Lance.

Of course, if asked whether she preferred to be around a normal Evil Dragon or an abnormal one like Lance, she would say... she liked being with the abnormal Evil Dragon, Lance.

Following an abnormal Evil Dragon, you could learn things; following a normal Evil Dragon... you might end up pregnant...

If Evil Dragon Lance got you pregnant, at the very least, he would wait until you were of age.

Hmm... probably... wait until... the Young Dragon is of age... right?

Lucia couldn't be sure.

Ah, the Evil Dragon looked this way.

The Young Dragon quickly turned to gaze upon the portrait on the corner wall, having been too busy listening to the Evil Dragon's conversation with the Hell Grim Reaper earlier.

She hadn't paid attention to what Evil Dragon Lance's "formidable foe" looked like.

Hey?

Why does the person in the corner wall portrait have a crooked mouth and crossed eyes?

So ugly.

Is Evil Dragon Lance's formidable foe really that hideous?

Or was it that Evil Dragon Lance's drawing skills weren't up to scratch?

It probably wasn't a problem with his drawing skills, as the beautiful sister Evil Dragon he drew earlier looked very good.

Could it be that Evil Dragon purposefully drew his past enemy so ugly?

This seems more likely.

Evil Dragon is petty and holds grudges.

Drawing his formidable foe ugly is exactly the kind of thing he would do.

Brude Donahue.

That name was written at the corner of the portrait.

It should be the name of the person in the portrait.

Brude Donahue...

That name... sounds familiar... I've seen it somewhere recently...

The Young Dragon lifted its head and carefully sifted through its memory.

Was this person a historically renowned hero? Or perhaps a warrior?

The fact that the name feels familiar suggests that Evil Dragon Lance's "formidable foe" was a historically significant powerful figure.

Where have I seen or heard it recently?

Having thought for quite some time and still not being able to remember, the Young Dragon became slightly irritated. She was sure she had recently seen or come across this name somewhere.

Why can't I remember all of a sudden?

Is it because my damn royal sister used to knock me on the head with a metal basin when we were kids...

?!

Damn royal sister!!!

She remembered now, she had seen this name in her smelly older sister's study!

Her smelly older sister even said... this person was her goal, and the one she aimed to surpass.

Afterward, she returned to her own palace and sent Eva to investigate this person, only to discover he was an ancient from over two thousand five hundred years ago...

And he was a formidable figure who had instigated a divine war and founded a new temple, a new empire....

This ancient figure, Lucia did not dare to judge, nor did she know how to describe him.

Her smelly older sister used this person as her goal, and even regarded this ancient as the one she had to surpass...

At that time, she thought her smelly older sister Asina had gone mad.

You should know that Brude Donahue, this ancient figure, was the first to refuse to pay taxes to the temples... a madman.

In order not to pay taxes to the temples, he purposely created a temple within his country, found one deity among many, worshipped Them, and then in the name of the gods... rebelled against the most powerful Radiant Divine Court at the time....

The War God Temple.

The temple founded by Brude Donahue was named the War God Temple.

He chose to worship the War God.

The creeds of the War God Temple were: self-improvement, resilience, fairness, justice, passion, bravery, to face bullying, and to dare to fight from weakness against strength, rising in counterattack.

The War God promoted by this ancient figure probably wished for nothing more than to shoot a Divine Arrow down from the mythical Divine Realm to kill Brude Donahue.

Because at that time, the War God was also one of the deities worshipped by the Radiant Divine Court.

Then... indeed the War God symbolized: self-improvement, resilience, bravery, passion, fairness, and justice.

Using the War God to rebel against the multitude of deities in the Radiant Divine Court...

Well well...

The Young Dragon just wants to say, this ancient figure was not only clever... but savvy too...

The most crucial point is... he ultimately succeeded...

The War God probably didn't know on what charge to punish his follower.

Otherwise, her smelly older sister wouldn't regard this ancient figure as the one she wanted to surpass...

Wait...

Her smelly older sister Asina regarded this ancient figure as the one she wanted to surpass...

That person... couldn't possibly be... planning to instigate a divine war, could they?

The major temples within the imperial capital didn't seem so excessive... but in recent decades, the empire indeed... had to pay taxes to a few very powerful temples...

Thinking of this... Lucia suddenly became a bit worried about her smelly older sister...

Taking on several temples as enemies...

If she failed... not to mention becoming the emperor... she might not even remain a princess...

Even the Evil Dragon Lance, as strong as he was, did not dare to provoke the temples proactively.

How could her smelly older sister dare to harbor such thoughts?

She really thinks she's Brude Donahue, that fierce ancient, huh!

"Do you know him?"

"Ermm... no no... don't know him... the portrait makes this guy look a bit ugly."

Princess Lucia knew him, but the Young Dragon did not.

It was even less likely to know what earth-shattering things this ancient had done.

As for how widely the name Brude Donahue was circulated in the Human World... it was far less than the historical heroes and warriors.

If it weren't for her curiosity about why her smelly older sister wanted to surpass such a person, she might not have even checked.

Indeed, it was by sheer coincidence that she came to a rough understanding of this ancient figure.

But at that time, she didn't think much about it.

"Lance... is he very strong?"

"Very strong, if he weren't, I wouldn't view him as a formidable opponent."

"You... can't beat him?"

"Couldn't beat him at that time."

"And now?"

"Beating him up is like beating up a small child."

The Evil Dragon was definitely boasting; that ancient figure dared even to use... the War God... he definitely wouldn't fear Lance, the Evil Dragon.