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

So if he can't take him to the Divine Realm, the idea is to pay back the money himself, huh?

Calling out to [Sophia] repeatedly is just to have [Sophia] as a backer, right?

Lance, oh Lance... you've degenerated. To gather Divinity, ignite the Divine Fire, summon the Divine Gate, and enter the Divine Realm with your own power isn't that better than becoming a lesser god in the afterlife?

In the Divine Realm, lesser gods don't have much status to speak of. Those legendary heroes and warriors in the Human World can all slay lesser gods.

Just like those poor Bounty Hunters shout: "Give enough money, and we'll smash the deities for you."

The "deities" referred to here are the lesser gods.

Do you want to become a lesser god who can be smashed by poor Bounty Hunters?

It's pointless.

Being a lesser god is pointless.

"You've degenerated, Lance. You weren't like this before. You... used to think about how to be someone else's support. It's only been a few years, how did you fall so low?

Is it because you're nearing death that you feel fear? Weren't you always saying that life and death are beyond control and wealth is in the hands of fate?

I never expected that you... now even lack the courage to face death, Lance... You need to be like me, have the courage to face death. Death is not scary. What's scary is... that you lack the courage to face it."

"......"

You're supposed to pay back money, and here you are, beating around the bush....

He, Lance, an apprentice Grim Reaper from hell, a Black Dragon who after death could immediately become a Grim Reaper, would he lack the courage to face death?

For him, death is... Is that even called dying?

That's called... "promotion and raise."

"Pay back the money."

"Can't pay it back."

"........"

"How about this... those monies you lent me, consider them as you buying me a coffin. How's that? I'm your good friend, and when I die... as my friend... you would attend my funeral, right?

When you attend my funeral, wouldn't you bring a gift? After offering condolences... wouldn't you also visit my parents? And when comforting them, wouldn't you give them some money? To help your friend's parents get by?

All the small expenses add up to just about the amount I owe you, oh wait, you're so loyal and righteous... when buying my coffin... you might end up spending two to three hundred Gold Coins... or even a thousand Gold Coins...

Thinking about it that way, Lance... you've been quite good to me. It's a pity you didn't seize the opportunity. If you had... before I died... I might have let you know how soft a girl's lips can be."

"???"

Young Dragon: wow~⊙o⊙

To let the Evil Dragon know how tender a girl's lips are...

Covering face.

Is sister [Sophia] implying... that when she was alive... the Evil Dragon could have kissed her?

Aaaaaaah!

So skilled!!!

Sister [Sophia] is so good at flirting.

And still, the Evil Dragon says that the beautiful sister [Sophia] isn't his girlfriend!

The gorgeous sister [Sophia] says this, she must have had the thought of being his girlfriend before.

It's just that... the Evil Dragon doesn't seem to have that thought.

Alright then, love that rushes towards each other is what's sweet.

Listening to what sister [Sophia] implies, she just feels regret for what the Evil Dragon was once like. The current her... doesn't seem to have that sentiment towards the Evil Dragon anymore.

Facing the Evil Dragon, she's very open-minded, saying that she'll let the Evil Dragon know how tender a girl's lips can be... sounds more like the teasing banter of good friends meeting after many years...

"Watch your language, there are children here."

"Children? Where? I don't see any."

"That big one, you can't see it?"

"Oh, you mean that cute little dragon behind you? To describe that little guy as a child... indeed, there's no problem with that."

[Sophia] in the painting is smiling radiantly, happy to see Lance. She'd be even happier if she didn't have to pay him back.

She, sitting in the painting, took off her felt hat, letting her hair get swept up by the wind.

This world in the painting has wind, flowers and grass, clear blue skies... and flying birds...

It's nice.

She likes this artistic world.

Staying here feels comfortable and cozy.

"Eh... Lance, you've also got a deity you worship now?"

"Always have."

"The statue behind you... doesn't seem to be carved very well... it makes the goddess look a bit ugly... alright... I understand... it's hard for sculptors to capture the essence of a goddess... As for the flawlessly beautiful face of the goddess... that's even harder to carve out..."

"Be content, as if you were anything to look at." Lance said disdainfully.

"???"

The smile on [Sophia] in the painting froze on her face. She's... not beautiful?

She looks so pretty and yet she's not considered beautiful?

This person is still as sharp-tongued as ever.

"Do you have a lover now?"

"Yes."

"Ha, you think I believe you? How did you learn to lie? People like you can't possibly have lovers. Do you know why?"

"I know."

"No, you don't know. The reason you can't find a lover is simple; it's because you've never seen the girls around you as women.

In your eyes, cute and pretty girls are no different from men. Also, you never let any girl get close to you... more precisely, you never give them a chance to step into your life. If you don't even have the intention to date, how could you possibly have a lover?"

When she was alive, she thought that Lance's repeated courage to save her was because he liked her.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Later, she realized that he saved her time and again out of fear that his debtor would die and he wouldn't be able to recover the money he lent.

If she were alive and bumped into Lance, she certainly wouldn't mind repaying him the money she owed....

But now, she can't repay it.....

"Let me show you a painting."

Lance hung the painting of Sophia on the right hand of the Valkyrie Statue, took out the painting he did of the Valkyrie Statue that morning in the Valkyrie Temple, and unfolded it to show to the Sophia in the painting.

No matter whether Sophia was a Valkyrie or not, he wanted Sophia to see the Valkyrie he had painted.

Showing off one's skills to a friend is an interesting thing to do.

"Incredible, incredible... this painting in your hand... it's as if it has come to life... it has charm... it feels sacred, your painting... resembles the statue I just saw. After looking at the painting in your hand, I suddenly feel that the statue... looks even uglier.

Which temple's artist painted this?"

The Valkyrie painting in Lance's hand captured the charm, temperament, and the spirit of relentless fighting of the Valkyrie.

After seeing the painting in Lance's hand, looking back at the Valkyrie Statue... it seemed even uglier....

The divine personnel and believers in the Valkyrie Temple pray to such an ugly statue every day, it's rather tough for them.

"I painted it."

"???"

"When did you learn to paint?"

"After you died."

"You learned to paint to remember me...?"

"To remember that you owe me money, I learned to paint."

"......."

This person probably will never find a lover in this lifetime, otherwise... why not let this guy come to the Divine Realm to be a false deity?

In front of the Valkyrie, let's see if he still dares to be so arrogant.

"Seeing you like this... for some reason... I suddenly feel a bit sad."

"Sad because you can't get back the money you loaned out?"

"No... sad because a person as outstanding as you... lived a whole life without a caring and intimate lover."

"......."

Lance, with an expressionless face, picked up the painting of Sophia, walked to the entrance of the Dragon Nest, and hung the painting on the crystal gate, making the Sophia in the painting face the wall and reflect.

He didn't want to see this person for a while.

A caring and intimate lover... it's not that he didn't have one; it's that he didn't want one.

"Lance... why did you hang the beautiful Sister Sophia at the entrance? Shouldn't she be hung in the study?"

"Let her reflect upon herself, it's getting late, time to sleep."

Lance put away the Valkyrie Statue into the Vajra Ring, transformed back into Black Dragon, moved to his sleeping spot and lay down, closing his vertical, golden-red pupils and falling asleep in a second.

The Young Dragon Lucia looked at Sophia, who was hung on the crystal door by Evil Dragon, then at the Evil Dragon who was probably already asleep, lying down.

After thinking about it, she walked to the entrance of the Dragon Nest and lay down beneath the painting on the crystal gate, curling up and beginning to feel drowsy.

If she slept here, and Sister Sophia fell out of the painting, she would land right on top of her.

There must be some connection between Sister Sophia and the Valkyrie.

Evil Dragon dares to call Sister Sophia ugly, but she wouldn't dare...

To say Sophia is ugly is like saying the Valkyrie is ugly...

If one day Evil Dragon gets struck by lightning... it would definitely be Sister Sophia who did it...

"Sister Sophia, I've never insulted you, so when you strike Lance... please don't hit me too... "

She muttered softly, then the Young Dragon closed her vertical pupils, ready to fall asleep.

"Alright."

"???"

The Young Dragon's vertical pupils instantly widened; oh no, she felt like she was going to have insomnia tonight...

........

In the early morning, at Central Avenue in Lionheart City, a horrific and shrill scream shattered the calm of the dawn.

"Ah!!! Where's the statue? What happened to my huge Valkyrie Statue? Which lightning-struck scoundrel stole the statue of the Temple Valkyrie?"