The Painting Evil Dragon

Where else could she be if not in Hell? Eighty percent of humans end up in Hell after death. Of the remaining humans, some go to Heaven, some to the Hall of Valor, some become wandering ghosts, some become creatures that are neither human nor ghost, and some become low-level vampires.

Some don't even get the chance to become undead, and are refined by wild Necromancers.

And then there's a small group of outstanding and powerful humans, so powerful that they go to the God Realm to become low-level gods or divine soldiers.

The clergy, Knights, and cultivators of the various Temples extremely detest wild Necromancers, and purify every one they catch.

Because wild Necromancers cause trouble and harm people everywhere, even Necromancers who cooperate with Hell are not very popular in the human world, and are even hated.

The attitudes of the various Temples are also problematic. They are prejudiced against Necromancers, and even if they know that some Necromancers have a cooperative relationship with Hell, the clergy of the Temples do not welcome these people.

It's a matter of faith.

It would be good if they didn't fight. Harmonious coexistence is impossible.

"If she's not in Hell, where could she be? Could she have faked her death to escape, or been rescued by a powerful Mage passing by? She owes me 132 gold coins, there's no need to go to such lengths. Even if she faked her death to escape back then to avoid repaying the debt, two thousand years have passed, she should have reported to Hell by now."

"According to what you said, I don't think this sister is that kind of person. She was able to release a Forbidden Spell beyond her level to protect the people of the town, which shows that she has good humanity.

When I say she's not in Hell, I mean... could this beautiful sister have gone to Heaven?"

"Heaven?"

"Yes." Lucia nodded, "Think about it, this beautiful sister risked her life in the Beast Tide to protect hundreds of humans in a town. Regardless of whether she ultimately protected that town or not, the fact is that she fought to the death to protect the humans of a town.

For a human like that, it's possible that she was taken to Heaven by Angels after her death, right?"

Lance was silent.

That possibility... is not nonexistent. Angels like kind and powerful humans with shining qualities.

Sophia, who could release a Forbidden Spell beyond her level, could have been taken to Heaven by Angels to become an Angel, or to be reincarnated into a wealthy family.

Such a good fate after death?

There's nothing he can do. He doesn't have access to the network in Heaven for the time being, and has no way to find Sophia's information.

The 132 gold coins cannot be recovered.

"I bless you, whether you stay in Heaven as a trainee Angel, or are reincarnated into a wealthy family in the human world, I bless you, and bless you not to be as poor and have such a hard life as when I knew you.

Also, being willing to lend you money doesn't mean I like you. Besides love, there is another kind of feeling in the world called [Friendship]."

Lance raised his dragon claw and took down the portrait of Sophia hanging on the wall. If she's not in Hell, then that means they will never have the chance to meet again in the future.

Burn it, lest seeing her reminds him that she's a short-lived ghost who borrows money and doesn't repay it.

"Lance, are you, are you, are you going to burn this sister's portrait?"

Lucia saw a cluster of flames appear on the dragon's claw.

Obviously, he wanted to burn the portrait he was holding in his dragon claw.

"Yes, otherwise, keeping her hanging in my Study will easily remind me that she's a short-lived ghost who borrows money and doesn't repay it."

"……"

How could he describe his former close friend like that?

"Wouldn't it be bad to burn it? Let's keep it. When you see it in the future, you can still recall the time you turned into a human and played in the human world.

Most importantly, I heard that humans who go to Heaven and are reincarnated as humans, the gods will let them be reincarnated into wealthy families.

Lance, you are a dragon, and you can live for a very, very long time. Maybe the next time you turn into a human and go to the human world... in a certain kingdom, a certain town, or a certain prosperous Imperial Capital, you happen to meet someone who looks exactly like this sister. That person might be the reincarnated version of this sister, and then you will have a chance to get your money back."

The flames at the tip of the evil dragon Lance's dragon claw went out. He felt that what the young dragon said made sense.

In the future, he would also take the young dragon to the human world to let her see the prosperity of the human world, as well as the sinister human heart.

Staying on Black Dragon Island all the time would not benefit the young dragon's growth at all.

Appropriate contact with the human world would be good for her future.

Even if she wants to be an evil dragon in the future, she has to be a tasteful evil dragon.

As for Sophia, if she is lucky, she might really meet her reincarnation.

Keep it for now.

Lance hung the portrait back on the wall.

"Lance, which portrait on the wall has you in it?"

"None of the portraits have me in them."

"Haven't you ever been in the same frame with your former friends?"

"No, because I was the one who painted them. Every time I met a group of friends, I would paint a portrait for them. Over time, it became a habit."

"Are the people or non-human creatures in these portraits on the wall still alive?"

"Human friends... they must all be dead. Dwarf friends, Orc friends, and Elf friends... I guess they are almost all dead too."

"..."

Lucia glanced at the portraits hanging on the wall, and a thought suddenly popped into her mind: she must never let the evil dragon paint a portrait of her in the future!

The people, Dwarves, Orcs, Elves, and even non-human creatures who had been painted by the evil dragon were all dead.

Ominous.

The portraits painted by the evil dragon were full of ominousness.

"Speaking of portraits... I suddenly have an idea... Young dragon, would you like to leave a portrait of yourself as a child for the future? If you want to, I will paint one for you tomorrow, and I have already thought about the background.

Tomorrow at sunset, you lean on Turtle Turtle, with the sea and the afterglow of the sunset as the background. Just imagining it, I think it will become a [World Famous Painting]."

"!!!"

What she feared came true? She had just thought about this, and the evil dragon thought about painting a portrait for her. If she were really a young dragon, it wouldn't matter.

But she is a human. If the evil dragon's portrait really has ominous power, maybe she will die before she can return to the Imperial Capital. Look at the fate of that handsome sister in the portrait, encountering a Beast Tide... she was directly gone.

"No, no, no, no... I don't want to leave a portrait of myself as a child for my future self. I think to become an excellent evil dragon... first of all, you must maintain mystery.

Yes, maintain mystery, so I don't want to have a portrait of myself left behind, just like you, Lance, who has never left a portrait of yourself in the human world."

"I see, that's a bit of a shame then."

Lance thought that having the sea and the sunset as a backdrop would be really great.

Since the young dragon he picked up didn't want him to paint, he couldn't force it.

For an evil dragon, maintaining mystery is indeed beneficial to itself.

Or should he paint a portrait for Turtle Turtle tomorrow? Speaking of which, he's raised Turtle Turtle for so long, yet he's never painted a portrait for it.

"Lance, were you looking at portraits of old friends tonight just to collect debts?"

"I even thought about summoning old enemies to scare them."