Sophia, Little Mom, Your Clergy Bullied Me and Tried to Seize My Property!

The young dragon, who had just been helped up by Evelyn, felt her legs go weak and almost fell again when she heard the paladin Steven's murmur. Fortunately, Evelyn caught her in time. "Your Highness, are you really alright? If you're not feeling well, let's find a place to rest today and come to the Valkyrie Temple tomorrow."

Young Dragon was about to nod in agreement, but then she thought again and decided it wouldn't work. The Valkyrie Temple Saintess Aurora and the Holy Knight Steven could both appear in the Morning Star Domain. If she chose to hide temporarily because she was afraid of being discovered by them, then Lance might find the Morning Star Domain before she even became emperor.

No, she couldn't run away. She had to face these two "acquaintances" head-on and gamble that they wouldn't recognize her! Besides, she hadn't had much contact or communication with Saintess Aurora or Holy Knight Steven. She didn't believe that they could recognize her as the Lance family's Amethyst Dragonling.

"It's nothing, I was probably just too excited." The young dragon turned to Evelyn and grinned, indicating that Evelyn didn't need to help her anymore.

Adjusting his mindset, Youlong squatted down, picked up the fruit basket, and collected all the fallen fruit. The bruised fruit was still edible, but the unbruised fruit was put in the basket first. At this time, the specialty fruits of Black Dragon Island could not be used.

After picking up all the scattered fruit and putting it back into the fruit basket, the young dragon took a deep breath and strode towards the Valkyrie Temple. After only a few steps, it appeared in front of Cardinal Garrod, Saintess Aurora, and Paladin Steven.

Cardinal Garrod scrutinized the girl before him who had caused the Martial God Statue to crack. She had purple eyes and hair, clear, pure, and bright eyes, a slightly chubby face, and a clean aura emanating from her. As a cardinal of the Valkyrie Temple, he did not sense any darkness or evil aura emanating from the girl before him.

No matter how you look at it, it's hard to associate the girl in front of you with "evil".

If you told believers in front of them that the girl's mind had been possessed by Evil God god, probably no one would believe you.

Saintess Aurora also curiously examined the young dragon, and she overturned her previous conjecture that the Martial God Statue had been destroyed by evil forces.

She didn't sense a trace of evil from the girl in front of her.

Paladin Steven stared into the young dragon's eyes, eyes that intensified the feeling of déjà vu he had felt earlier.

After a long silence, he said, "Have we met somewhere before?"

Steven's words made the young dragon's heart skip a beat. She tried to remain calm and said, "I haven't seen you before. Don't stare into my eyes. I... I'm scared."

She was genuinely scared.

She was afraid of being recognized by Steven.

"I apologize for my rudeness." Paladin Steven slightly restrained his aura. The appearance of the Nine Pure-Blooded Dragons made him subconsciously enter a state of [battle readiness].

"Was it you, the little girl who appeared at the Temple of the God of War a while ago and caused the Martial God Statue to crack?" Cardinal Garrod asked.

"It wasn't me!" The young dragon waved his hands repeatedly. "I didn't do anything. If you're going to doubt me, you should doubt the quality of the materials used to carve the Martial God Statue."

"You're the little girl who appeared at the Temple of Martial God and confronted the Cardinal of the Martial God Temple, aren't you?"

"I admit that. I'm glad that I was able to bring a cardinal from the temple back to the right path." After saying that, the young dragon looked at Cardinal Garrod. "I think you've also lost your way. As a cardinal of the Valkyrie Temple, I don't think you should interfere too much in the military and political affairs of the Farolyn Empire."

At the very least, before the Farolyn Empire's military and political authorities target the temple's clergy, you should not use divine power to influence imperial policies or target imperial government officials.

???

Sure, it looks harmless, but I didn't expect it to be so aggressive.

"The Empire's latest policies are specifically targeting the temple and its clergy."

"No, the policies that the Empire introduced were not aimed at the temples or the clergy. They were aimed at protecting the Empire's original interests and preventing the major temples from interfering excessively in the Empire's local affairs."

The Empire has never restricted the people's faith, but the various temples have been exploiting it to slowly erode the Empire's interests. I believe the relationship between the temples and the Empire should be one of mutual support and respect, not mutual hostility and attempts to suppress each other.

Young Dragon believed that this was the correct way for the various temples and the empire to interact.

But as Lance once said, humans are complex creatures. Some people can be so evil that they are not human, while others can sacrifice their lives to protect humanity, like the heroes in myths and legends.

Not all temple clergy are people of high moral character.

There are quite a few clergy members who abuse their power and bully others.

"So, you've come here today to force the Valkyrie Temple to relinquish its rights to the Farolyn Empire?"

"You're using a fallacy of logic. I've already said it: it's about mutual respect and mutual support. Fine, if you think I'm wrong, then tell me, what level would the Empire need to reach for you to be satisfied?"

The young dragon was somewhat angry. She had made herself so clear, yet this cardinal was still twisting the facts. The empire shouldn't take advantage of the temples, and the various temples shouldn't take advantage of the empire either. Was that so difficult? Lance was right; human greed was limitless and would never be satisfied. "It depends on the empire's attitude."

"How about this, I'll make you, the cardinal of the Valkyrie Temple, the emperor of the Farolyn Empire? What's the point of using divine authority to suppress imperial power? How about I help you, allowing you to rise to the top in one step and become the emperor of the Farolyn Empire directly? What do you think? You should be satisfied with that, right?"

The faint smile in Cardinal Garrod's eyes vanished. He hadn't expected this girl to say such a thing; it was a blow to the heart. "Please don't talk nonsense here."

"I'm not talking nonsense. I'll make you the emperor of the Farolyn Empire directly."

Do you think I can't do anything with you?

Cardinal Garrod was furious. Did she really think she could do whatever she wanted just because she was a human girl with a few Pure-Blooded Dragon?

Is it wrong for me to satisfy your desires?

"I never expected that you, this seemingly harmless little guy, would actually be a traitor."

"Cardinal, I advise you to be more polite to my Your Highness. The woman standing in front of you is not some traitor. She is the Little Regent Your Highness the Holy Light Domain Empire, the strongest empire in the Holy Light Empire Domain. If she wants to be emperor, she has plenty of opportunities."

The brave Leion, arms crossed, approached the young dragon Lucia and stared directly at Cardinal Garrod, sensing intense hostility emanating from him.

The Little Regent of the Holy Light Empire in the Holy Light Domain?

Cardinal Garrod was slightly taken aback. Was this simple-minded guy in front of him the Little Regent of the Holy Light Empire?

Why did the Little Regent of the Holy Light Empire in the Holy Light Domain appear in the Farolyn Empire in the Morning Star Domain?

And to interfere in the struggle between the various temples and the new emperor of the Farolyn Empire —isn't that meddling in other people's business? "I'm trying to reason with you, but you're using a fallacy. I'm making you emperor, and you call me a traitor. In that case, I'm going to complain to Sister Su, the Valkyrie."

"How dare you! How dare you disrespect Her Valkyrie!" Cardinal Garrod shouted at the young dragon for addressing the Valkyrie. "Calling her Valkyrie sister'? She doesn't deserve it!" The young dragon looked puzzled on its round face. "Calling her Valkyrie sister'... where is that disrespectful?"

"You are not qualified to address my god in that way."

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The young dragon remained silent, calling the Valkyrie Elder Sister Sophia," afraid that the paladin Steven would guess its identity.

Calling her Valkyrie " sounds too formal. The relationship between Valkyrie Elder Sister Sophia and Lance is unclear and somewhat ambiguous. Calling her "sister" is because she doesn't know if Lance likes Elder Sister Sophia.

It's unclear whether Elder Sister Sophia has romantic feelings for Lance. If she does, she might call him "Little Mom"! That would scare those clergy to death.

"You said it, don't regret it." The young dragon suddenly pushed Cardinal Garrod aside and ran into the temple.

Garrod, Saintess Aurora, and Steven instinctively turned around and followed him inside.

When Cardinal Garrod saw the young dragon run to the altar and leap onto it, his expression changed drastically. He could no longer suppress his anger and raised his hand to knock the young dragon off the altar.

Seeing this, Paladin Steven quickly broke Garrod's magic circle, shouting, "Don't hurt her! You really can't afford to offend her!"

Upon hearing Steven's words, Saintess Aurora instinctively looked at Steven.

What do you mean? That girl's behavior was blasphemous. Under these circumstances, even if Cardinal Garrod injured her, it wouldn't be considered harming an innocent person.

"Do you know this girl?"

"I don't recognize her, but her eyes give me a sense of déjà vu. I couldn't remember where I had seen those eyes before, until just now when she called the Valkyrie' sister,' and I remembered where I had seen those familiar eyes before."

However, I'm not sure if she's the little one I know.

The Lance family's Amethyst Dragonling!

This girl's eyes are exactly the same as the Lance family's Amethyst Dragonling! Even their temperaments are extremely similar.

If she were the Lance family's Amethyst Dragonling, then she would truly be qualified to call the Valkyrie" sister."

Is it her? The Lance family's Amethyst Dragonling can turn into a human? Well, it's not uncommon for dragons to turn into humans.

If she is the Lance family's Amethyst Dragonling, why would she appear in the Morning Star Domain?

Appearing in this empire called Farolan? At this moment, the young dragon that appeared on the altar hugged the leg of the Valkyrie Statue, "Elder Sister Sophia, your priest is bullying me and trying to seize my property! You must stand up for me! He even tried to hit me just now!"

Buzz—

Before the young dragon could finish speaking, the Valkyrie Statue suddenly lit up with a seven-colored divine light.

In an instant, the seven-colored divine light enveloped the entire temple.

Cardinal Garrod, Saintess Aurora, and Paladin Steven all stood there stunned. After a brief moment of disorientation, Garrod, Steven, Aurora hurriedly knelt down on one knee.

The young dragon, clinging to the Valkyrie Statue's leg, stared in disbelief. "No... Elder Sister Sophia... is she really going to stand up for me?!" She'd decided! From now on, she wouldn't call Elder Sister Sophia," she'd call her " Little Mom!" Waaaah... Little Mom Sophia was being too kind to her! Thump—

"Aww—"

The baby dragon howled; someone hit her on the head! This is outrageous! [You little brat, stop yelling! If your black dragon father finds out, he'll beat you to a pulp. He might even think I'm trying to get away with owing him some gold coins this way.]

"Oh? It really is you Elder Sister Sophia!"

Yes, it's me.

"Even though I've turned into a human, will Elder Sister Sophia still recognize me?"

[Don't underestimate the gods, you little rascal. What are you doing here instead of staying by your black dragon father's side?]

"Hehe. I'm here to be the emperor."

[.]

"I see. Congratulations, little one, on receiving the Valkyrie's blessing."

"Elder Sister Sophia, I still have some specialties from Black Dragon Island on me, huge fruits, and all sorts of snacks made by Lance. They're really delicious. I'll give you some."

The young dragon took out most of the snacks and several fruits from the Lucky Coin. "Elder Sister Sophia, take these and try them. If you like them, I'll ask Lance's Father to make some more for you."

There were too many snacks, so I'll take a few to try, but I'll take all the fruit.

"Elder Sister Sophia, you can take all the snacks too. If you can't finish them, you can give them to the other gods in the God Realm so they can also taste the snacks made by my Lance's Father."

And also, Elder Sister Sophia, could you please not reveal my whereabouts to my Lance's Father for now? I haven't become emperor yet, and I don't want him to find me before then."

"Sure, if you become emperor, you can make a wish to the Valkyrie. Three wishes, whatever you wish for, the Valkyrie will grant them."

That is, if you can actually become emperor.

"Thank you, Elder Sister Sophia! I promise I won't let you down!"

[Keep it up, little one!]

The young dragon felt as if a gentle, large hand had lightly stroked its head three times.

As the young dragon conversed with her Elder Sister Sophia, a Divine Decree appeared in the mind of Cardinal Garrod, who was kneeling in the center of the temple hall. "Do not interfere in the affairs of the Farolyn Empire."

Saintess Aurora and Paladin Steven keenly sensed a holy light entering their bodies—a blessing from the gods.

Paladin Steven's mind was still filled with this message: "Follow that little one for now, until she becomes emperor."

Steven silently replied in his heart, "I will not fail my God's trust!"

The seven-colored divine light that had enveloped the entire temple disappeared. When Cardinal Garrod, who was kneeling on one knee, looked up, he saw the young dragon sleeping on a ball of seven-colored divine light.

At this moment, he finally understood why the Martial God Statue had cracked. The seemingly harmless little girl on the altar was the God's favorite. How could the God of God General, a general under the Valkyrie, dare to accept her worship?