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

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He could tell he wasn't human at first glance?

That statement sounds kind of weird, doesn't it? Like it's slinging an insult at him... But on further thought, it's not insulting because he literally isn't human; he is a dragon, a pureblood Golden Giant Dragon.

So the Human Viscount means that the first time he saw him, he saw through his disguise and knew he wasn't human but a Golden Giant Dragon?

Are this guy's eyes that sharp?

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Can he really see past appearances and glimpse his true form?

He has the art of dragon recognition.

What does that last remark mean?

The Human Viscount asked him, "Do I look human to you?"

Isn't he human?

No matter how you look at it... he's human, an exceedingly fine specimen of humanity.

"I think you don't look human," Golden Giant Dragon Austin replied with a smile, suggesting that since he didn't look human, if he, Austin, were to call him human, the answer would be far too commonplace and would make the Human Viscount think he, a Golden Giant Dragon, lacked wisdom.

"Not human, then what do I look like?" Lance asked again.

"Like a dragon."

"What kind of dragon?"

Lance took a step forward, ready to sprout black horns and a black dragon tail if Austin said he looked like a Black Dragon.

Then he would conveniently explain to Austin what a Subjugation Seal was.

The Young Dragon hiding behind Lance... covered her mouth with a Dragon Claw, wondering whether a Golden Giant Dragon could really see the true form of an Evil Dragon?

Impossible, right?

Even the Hell Grim Reaper couldn't see through an Evil Dragon's true form, so could a Golden Giant Dragon see through it?

Is a Golden Giant Dragon mightier than the Grim Reaper?

"I think you look like a Dragonkin."

"Like this kind of Dragonkin?"

Black horns appeared on Lance's head, and when Austin saw this scene, the smile on his face froze. What the... How did black horns sprout from this human's head?

Just a casual remark and he actually turned into a Dragonkin?

"Do I look like a Giant Dragon to you?" Lance slowly approached, golden-red eyes glittering with runes, his words tinged with a seductive tone, ready to transform into a Giant Dragon if Austin admitted he resembled one.

"No... no no... you don't look like a Giant Dragon." Austin quickly corrected.

"Damn it! How dare you say I don't look like a Giant Dragon?!!! I was so close, just a hair away from becoming a real Giant Dragon, why wouldn't you say I look like one?!!!" Lance rushed up to Austin in a frenzied state, grabbed his shoulders, and fiercely questioned him with a ferocious expression, as if Austin's denial truly prevented him from having the chance to become a Giant Dragon.

That clenched-jaw expression frightened Austin, a Golden Giant Dragon, just a little bit.

He saw the black horns that grew on the Human Viscount's head dissipate into a black mist.

The Human Viscount seemed to realize this too, letting go of Austin's shoulders and feeling the top of his head with his hand... not finding any horns... the Human Viscount painfully closed his eyes...

"The opportunity to become a Dragon... gone because of your words..."

The Young Dragon, originally anxious, relaxed when she heard the Evil Dragon say 'How could you say I don't look like a Giant Dragon', realizing the Evil Dragon was playing...

Playing some game unknown to her...

Such a deplorable personality, even intimidating a Golden Giant Dragon...

If she hadn't known that the Evil Dragon was already a Pureblood Giant Dragon, she might have believed that the Evil Dragon truly lost his chance to become one...

So engrossed in the game... unbelievable...

Alright then... The Evil Dragon always seemed heavily invested in his games... Even skating had him making young dragons and pets fly...

Teasing a Golden Giant Dragon... seemed like no big deal to the Evil Dragon...

Whether the Golden Giant Dragon would come knocking for a fight upon discovering the true identity of the Evil Dragon was yet to be seen.

"What do you mean?" Austin asked with a furrowed brow, having revealed his identity and displayed draconic traits; he had expected the Human Viscount to be shocked by his revelation, yet the Viscount had turned the tables on him and stunned him instead...

What does he mean by losing the opportunity to become a Dragon because of a single phrase?

Does it mean that if he had said the Human Viscount resembled a Giant Dragon, he would indeed have become one?

"Human Viscount... Can you explain your behavior just now? Without a reasonable explanation... I'll think you were mocking me, a Golden Giant Dragon."

"Ever heard of the Subjugation Seal?"

"Subjugation Seal? Never heard of it."

"I've mastered a Secret Technique called Subjugation Seal. It's when I no longer wish to be human and desire to become another species. At that moment, all I need to do is execute the technique. Through conversation, I can change my species.

If I wish to become a Giant Dragon, then the being I'm conversing with must be a Giant Dragon, preferably a Pureblood one. If a Pureblood Giant Dragon says I resemble one, then I shall become a Pureblood Giant Dragon.

Unfortunately, your final 'not like' made me lose the chance to become a Pureblood Giant Dragon."

Lance was making it all up as he stabilized his emotions.

As for whether Austin would believe him... Maybe half-believing, half-doubting... If doubtful, Lance was willing to prove that he could truly become a Pureblood Giant Dragon.

"If you ever grow tired of being a Giant Dragon, I could teach you this Secret Technique. You come and ask me with the Subjugation Seal if you resemble a human. If I say you do... you could become human too, how about... giving it a try?"

???

Why would I, a Golden Giant Dragon, choose to become human?

If I wanted to be human, I could simply take on human form and go about in the Human World without actually having to become one.

The Human Viscount in front of me is a bit crazy thinking that his Secret Technique could make him turn into a Giant Dragon. Without seeing it with my own eyes, I would never have believed such a terrifying technique could exist in the Human World.

"Why didn't you ask the young dragon for the Subjugation Seal?"

"She won't do, her power isn't strong enough, lacking the force required for my transformation. Only a mature Giant Dragon like you would suffice."

Austin stared into Lance's eyes for a moment, no longer sure what to make of the Human Viscount before him.

At first glance, a free and easygoing human.

After a short contact, wild, crazy, and with outlandish ideas, he seemed somewhat mentally unstable...

"Young dragon, your human seems mentally unstable. Want to come with me? No need to say it out loud, just think it in your head, and I will sense it."

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Where's my knife?

Where is my knife?

It's one thing to call him insane, but to try and take his daughter away in front of him? Do Golden Giant Dragons think they're so amazing?

Huh?

The Golden Giant Dragon is whispering to her?

"Yes, you can take it like that."

"You really can hear it?"

"I can, then... can Lance hear it?"

"He can't hear it."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure, if you're willing to come with me, I'll take you to the Wisdom Holy Mountain, and let the divine priests of the Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom take care of you. Don't worry, with me around, you won't be bullied."

"I won't go, I want to stay and take care of Lance. As you can see, he has a mental illness, and if I leave, there will be no young dragon to care for him."

"He's a viscount; he has maids."

"That won't do, I'm still waiting to inherit Lance's estate."

Since Lance couldn't hear, the young dragon let loose in her mind, internally slandering Lance in line with the words of the Golden Giant Dragon.

If they're saying Lance is mentally unstable, doesn't that mean Lance has a mental illness?

Huh?

Why does Lance look at her with such weird eyes?

So scary... let's eat a fruit to calm down...

The young dragon took a bite of the Fruit of Wisdom, which tasted no different from an apple... As for becoming smarter...

Maybe she was already smart, so the Fruit of Wisdom had no effect on her.

The young dragon quickly finished the Fruit of Wisdom.

Still no feeling...

Wait... there is a feeling after all...

Feels like fruit peel is sticking in her throat... even more uncomfortable than the past few days...

Feels like coughing again.

After drinking the medicine for several days, there was no effect.

The young dragon turned and ran outside the temple, her throat felt uncomfortable, she wanted to cough.

"Where are you going?"

"My throat feels uncomfortable, I want to cough. You guys continue talking."

As soon as she ran outside the temple, the young dragon began to cough violently.

"Human Viscount, I hope the Dragon God Temple can have a few real divine priests."

"Saint Blue will arrange this matter herself, you don't need to worry."

The dragon whelp's cough was quite severe, giving him the feeling that his lungs were about to be coughed out.

Sick?

Impossible.

Having just received the blessing of the Dragon God, how could she possibly be sick?

The man before her, this human viscount, truly did not take into account this Golden Giant Dragon at all.

If it weren't for the fact that the Dragon God Temple he built had gained the recognition of the Dragon God, he would surely revert to his true form and give this human viscount a small shock of the giant dragon's power.

Cough... Cough cough cough...

The sounds of the young dragon's intense coughing and gasping reached inside the temple. Austin glanced outside, narrowing his golden vertical pupils slightly.

Inside the Dragon God Temple... he couldn't revert to his true form.

Outside the temple... he could.

Human Viscount, once you see my Golden Giant Dragon true form, I don't believe you'll be as calm as you are now.

"The young dragon seems to be coughing quite harshly, aren't you going to check on her..."

Before Austin could finish speaking, Lance had already walked towards the outside of the temple.

At the entrance of the temple, the young dragon Lucia looked dazed; just now she'd coughed violently a few times... and she coughed up a purple-crystal colored liquid...

She had coughed up blood...

Is she going to die?

It's said that only people who are about to die cough up blood...

Another bout of violent coughing... she covered her mouth and nose with her dragon claw... and when she put it down, there was even more purple-crystal liquid on the dragon claw...

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How did it come to this...

She wasn't even of age yet, the statue of the big dragon and the little dragon that she had thought up in her mind... hadn't been carved yet...

She hadn't experienced love yet...

She hadn't become the emperor yet... there were so many things she hadn't done... was she about to die?

As expected... she couldn't withstand the ominous power from the image of the Evil Dragon...

"Why are you coughing so severely?"

Hearing the Evil Dragon's voice, the young dragon burst into tears: "Evil... Lan Lan Lance... I think I'm about to die..."

"???"

"What do you mean 'about to die'? Stop talking nonsense."

"Really, really... really... I really am about to die, don't believe me, look, I have coughed up purple, purple, purple..."

The young dragon couldn't finish her words before she started coughing violently again, and this time, after just a few coughs... she opened her mouth wide and spewed out a burning hot purple-crystal liquid...

It all sprayed right onto Lance...

"Sorry, sorry, sorry... Wuuu... now I'm really going to die... coughed up such a big pool of blood..."

Blood?

This is blood coughed up by the dragon whelp?

Lance didn't have time to comfort the young dragon. He pinched a bit of the purple-crystal liquid with his right hand.

This doesn't look like... blood...

It seems more like... Dragon Breath?