No Record of That Evil Dragon in the History Books

I hoped the evil dragon's medicine wouldn't kill anyone.

There was another problem: did the evil dragon Lance have an Apothecary License? Apothecaries in the human world all had licenses to practice medicine. If an unlicensed apothecary accidentally treated someone to death, they could face imprisonment.

Not only imprisonment, but they would also have to pay compensation.

If something went wrong after she drank the evil dragon Lance's medicine, not only would he have no money to compensate her, he would not have to bear any responsibility either.

Lucia suddenly felt a little panicked. On this isolated island in the middle of the sea, if something really went wrong after she took the medicine, there would be no court apothecary to save her.

She prayed that the evil dragon, who neglected his proper duties, was an experienced apothecary.

He often turned into a human and visited the human world. He had even been a member of a Hero Party, so he should have been fairly reliable. If he were unreliable, the Hero Party would never have recruited him.

"L-Lance, your medicine... it won't hurt me, right?"

After reassuring herself for quite a while, Lucia was still uneasy and gathered her courage to ask.

This concerned her life. Even if the evil dragon got angry at her for asking, she would accept it.

"It won't. I have apothecary certificates issued by the major kingdoms and temples of the human world."

Lance took out a stack of certificates from the Adamantine Circle hanging from his dragon horn.

Lucia stared blankly at the stack of certificates in Lance's dragon claw.

Advanced Swordsmanship Certificate.

Advanced Mage Certificate.

Advanced Martial Artist Certificate.

Advanced Apothecary Certificate.

Advanced... Just how much could someone neglect their proper duties to earn so many certificates?

With all the time he spent taking exams, wouldn't it have been better to abduct a few princesses and date them?

What was the point of earning so many certificates?

Hadn't he still been single for thousands of years?

Lucia's eyes turned red with envy. If she could be as outstanding as the evil dragon, dragons would beg her to sign a Dragon Knight Contract with them.

She could drink the evil dragon's medicine without worry now.

"One day, I'll definitely become as outstanding as you, Lance."

"Work hard, and strive to become even better than me."

"...That's a little difficult."

Lance put the certificates back into the Adamantine Circle.

He wondered whether Dragon Island had various examinations. If it did, he wanted to earn all kinds of certificates there too.

"It's fine that you can't breathe Dragon Breath for now, but you need to learn Dragon Roar."

"I think my Dragon Roar... is barely passable."

Heh. She really dared to say that.

She called a Dragon Roar that sounded like a wolf howling barely passable?

"Want to hear my Dragon Roar?"

"Sure."

Lance did not deliberately gather strength. He casually opened his mouth and roared, and the seawater boiled while fish floated to the surface.

"Can you hear the difference between my Dragon Roar and yours now?"

Lucia rolled her eyes and fell stiffly onto the beach.

Oh no. He had not controlled his strength properly.

Seeing the unconscious young dragon, Lance immediately crouched down and placed his dragon claw before Lucia's nose to check whether the little one was still breathing.

Fortunately, she was breathing.

She had not been frightened to death by his Dragon Roar.

She had merely fainted from fright.

The pressure of his Dragon Roar was too strong, and it could even shake the soul.

If he became angry, even powerful humans in the human world would briefly lose focus and be overcome by fear upon hearing his Dragon Roar.

The strength of Lucia's dragon soul and her mental fortitude were both lacking.

It was normal for her to faint from his Dragon Roar.

As long as she had not been scared to death, it was fine.

Young dragons who grew up eating Field Mice really were timid.

Lance took out a Water Source Scroll that emitted a faint glow from the Adamantine Circle hanging from his dragon horn.

To wake the young dragon, he could simply splash her with water.

He only needed to tear open the Water Source Scroll and toss it onto the young dragon.

But it seemed he did not necessarily need to use a Water Source Scroll to wake her.

Water Source Scrolls were rather expensive.

Lance put away the Water Source Scroll, swung his Dragon Tail, and sent the unconscious young dragon on the beach flying into the sea with a single tail strike.

Waves splashed across the sea's surface.

Glug glug glug~~~ Glug glug glug~~~ Amid a string of bubbles, the young dragon Lucia sank into the sea. Waa—

After swallowing several mouthfuls of seawater, Lucia woke from her unconsciousness. Seeing water all around her, she hurriedly began flailing.

She had not yet become the emperor of the Farolyn Empire. She could not drown.

Fortunately, she had learned diving and swimming when she was seven or eight years old.

With a splash, Lucia's bald purple dragon head emerged within Lance's sight.

When Lucia saw Lance, she paddled toward him in a doggy-paddle stroke.

Doggy paddle?

Why was a young dragon using doggy paddle to swim?

A dragon only needed to gently swing its Dragon Tail to swim. There was no need for doggy paddle at all.

She had learned Dragon Roar from wolves.

Had she learned swimming from dogs? Was Lucia's upbringing perhaps a little too harsh?

When he had encountered her above the human empire yesterday, had she been tired of surviving alone and wanted someone to raise her? "Cough, cough, cough... Lance, how did I fall into the sea?"

Lucia came ashore and walked over to Lance's side. After coughing dryly a few times, she wondered why she had fallen into the sea.

"My back... seems to hurt a little too."

"You fainted in the sea."

She had fainted in the sea? Lucia touched her faintly aching lower back with a dragon claw and bared her teeth as she thought about it. It seemed she really had fainted.

The evil dragon Lance's Dragon Roar had knocked her unconscious.

"Then why does my back hurt a little?"

"You probably hit a rather hard rock when you fainted."

"Oh... so that's what happened."

Lucia believed him. The evil dragon Lance would not lie to her.

"From now on, listen to my Dragon Roar every morning."

"Huh? Then how many times will I have to faint?"

"When you can hear my Dragon Roar without fainting, you'll have grown stronger. At the very least, in future battles, you won't be so easily stunned by a powerful opponent's aura, roar, or Pressure Shock."

The young dragon still had a long way to go on her path to becoming stronger.

Lance now had a rough understanding of Lucia's combat ability.

Against a slightly stronger human, she was utterly useless.

Against ordinary people, she was a somewhat frightening young dragon.

"Then I'll listen. I want to become an evil being as strong as you, Lance!"

Once she became as strong as the evil dragon Lance and returned to the Farolyn Empire, she could sweep away the knights loyal to Smelly Imperial Sister Asina with one swing of her Dragon Tail.

With a casual roar, she could scare one or two legions unconscious.

Glug... Lucia awkwardly covered her belly with a dragon claw. She seemed to be hungry and wanted something to eat. "Hungry?"

"A little."

"Come on, let's have breakfast. What do you want to eat?"

"Roasted Beast Leg."

"It's unhealthy to eat Roasted Beast Leg first thing in the morning. Have some porridge instead."

"I want meat."

"I'll make you meat buns."

What were meat buns? Balls of meat?

Whatever. As long as there was meat, that was enough. She wanted meat.

Human world, Farolyn Empire, imperial capital.

Royal Garden.

Asina, with long azure-blue hair, sat on a bench holding a book.

Before her stood a Female Knight in silver armor and a wizard entirely shrouded in a black robe.

"Have you found any records in the history books about the evil dragon that took away my Underdog Imperial Sister?"

"No. We searched through every history book related to evil dragons, but there is absolutely no information on that dragon."

"Could it be a dragon that only recently escaped from Dragon Island?"

Second Imperial Daughter Asina closed the book in her hand and looked at Eva, the dark wizard who liked to hide her true face beneath a black robe.

"I don't know, Your Highness Asina. Could you transfer the books related to evil dragons from the major temples in the imperial capital? Perhaps we can find some information on that evil dragon in the temples' books."