The Arrival in the Imperial Capital! Y-You're Her Highness Lucia?!!
God's favorite.
He had only heard of it before, but had never seen it. Today, he finally understood the true value of the phrase "God's favorite".
Even the Saintess Aurora beside Your Highness might not receive such treatment. Fortunately, the Holy Knight Steven intervened in time to break his attack. If he had actually injured that girl in front of the Valkyrie Statue, the Valkyrie would not have given him the chance. His spell would probably have been neutralized by the Valkyrie's divine power before it even landed on her.
"He wants to seize my family property." The young dragon, who was sleeping on the altar, said unconsciously, then rolled off the altar and onto the ground, which woke her up.
The newly awakened dragon was a little confused. What was going on? She remembered that she had just been talking with the Valkyrie Elder Sister Sophia, and she was on the altar just now. How did she end up sitting on the ground? When the dragon's gaze fell on Cardinal Garrod, she quickly got up and jumped away.
The bishop, along with Saintess Aurora and Paladin Steven, knelt on one knee, worshipping Elder Sister Sophia, whose seat had been directly beneath the Valkyrie Statue.
"Little Regent Your Highness, I apologize for speaking too loudly just now. From this day forward, all clergy members of the Valkyrie Temple within the Farolyn Empire will not interfere in imperial affairs. As you said before, the clergy of the Valkyrie Temple will assist the Empire in making it a better place."
Cardinal Garrod rose, his demeanor gentle and his face kind, extending the utmost goodwill to the young dragon.
"That would be best. Rest assured, the Empire will not persecute any upright temple clergy. However, if any temple clergy violates the laws of the Empire, then the Empire has the right to deal with them. Please be aware of this, Cardinal Garrod."
"Clear."
"Rest assured, if anyone blasphemes against the gods, the Empire will work with the temple to hunt down the blasphemer."
"With you here, I believe the relationship between the Empire and the Temple will become more and more harmonious."
The young dragon smiled, thinking that complaining was more effective than saying a lot; it was better to have Elder Sister Sophia show her skill once.
Saintess Aurora gently poked Steven beside her with her finger. "This girl... do you remember her? Didn't you say she looked familiar? Do you remember now?"
Steven smiled but didn't speak. He walked past Saintess Aurora and came to the young dragon. "My name is Steven, Valkyrie Temple. May I have the honor of knowing the name of His Your Highness the Little Regent?"
"If you swear not to reveal my name to any living being, I will tell you my name."
The heroes Leion, Evelyn, Dragon Knight Hella, and Golden Dragon Griffin, who had just entered the temple, perked up upon hearing these familiar words.
Here we go again, another unlucky soul is about to be tricked by their Your Highness [the Spendthrift Little Ancestor].
"Can."
Steven swore an oath to the Valkyrie, and the moment he finished speaking, the words "Oath Established" echoed in his mind.
He was dumbfounded. Just how much did his god-like figure like this girl? He even personally witnessed this joking vow. "Hehe, my name is Lucia."
The same name as the Lance family's Amethyst Dragonling! "You are Lance."
"Yes! It's Lucia, the one you're thinking of. I never expected to see you here, Paladin. I was quite startled when I first saw you."
The young dragon confessed her identity to Steven. It didn't matter, as long as he didn't reveal her identity to Lance. It was fine if he knew she was the Amethyst Dragonling Lucia.
Lance will find her sooner or later anyway.
"Aren't you the Queen of the Saint Blue Kingdom? Why did that young man just now say you were the Little Regent of the Holy Light Empire Your Highness the Holy Light Domain?"
"Don't be surprised that I inherited my master's estate. This is only because I've only been in the Holy Light Domain for a short time. If I went to the Dragon Domain Dragon Domain, my master's estate would also be there. My master probably has estates all over the world. If I weren't in such a hurry, I'd really like to travel all over the world and see how much I can inherit."
The powerful one was never her, the Amethyst Dragonling, but her Lance's Father.
What is the Little Regent Your Highness? There's still the City Lord Position in the Dragon Domain, which she has no interest in inheriting. Otherwise, she would still be the Little City Lord of Red Dragon City in the Dragon Domain.
Hmm. And as for the Trainee Death God, Lance can make her a Trainee Death God anytime she wants. Lance... has he been active in the other three realms? Viscount Saint Lan.
The first Pope of the Dragon God Temple. Now he has another identity: Regent of the Holy Light Holy Light Empire of the Holy Light Domain? No, this guy Lance was also the teacher of the King of the Ander Kingdom and knows the Valkyrie. "My God has allowed me to follow you for the time being."
"Huh? If you follow me, who will protect the Saintess?"
Steven walked back to Saintess Aurora's side, leaned close to Aurora, and whispered in Aurora ear, "You should have guessed her identity by now. I've already revealed some information. Your Highness Aurora, if there's nothing else going on at the Holy Mountain, you can stay with her for now."
Let's see what kind of trouble this little guy can stir up in this empire.
Saintess Aurora was certainly not a fool; Queen of the Saint Blue Kingdom, and her name was Lucia.
That Amethyst Dragonling from the Lance family!
She just hadn't expected that the Amethyst Dragonling of the Lance family would turn into a human teenager. In her mind, the Amethyst Dragonling should be a seven or eight-year-old girl.
Judging from her appearance, she must have sneaked out.
"Okay, let's follow her for now."
Hela, the Dragon Knight Hella standing at the temple gate, was astonished. Good heavens! Her Spendthrift Little Ancestor was really the Queen of the Saint Blue Kingdom?! No, there really was a Saint Blue Kingdom in the world!
He had been skeptical of what his little darling had said before.
Brave Leion and Evelyn were also dumbfounded. They thought it was outrageous enough that Lucia was the Little Regent of the Holy Light Empire, but what they didn't expect was even more outrageous: she was actually the Queen of the Saint Blue Kingdom! If she was already the Queen of the Saint Blue Kingdom, then why did she want to be the emperor of the Farolyn Empire? The Queen of a kingdom was only slightly inferior to the Empress of an empire. "Your Highness, where do we go next?" The Golden Dragon Griffin saw Cardinal Garrod of the Valkyrie Temple bowing to Lucia and strode up to the young dragon. "Should we go to the province suppressed by the clergy of the War God Temple? Or should we go to the province suppressed by the clergy of other main god temples?"
As a pure-blooded Golden Dragon, he enjoyed watching the cardinals of various temples get slapped in the face by Lucia.
Of course, he also wanted to see if Your Highness Lucia had attracted the attention of other gods.
It is now confirmed that the Dragon God, the God of War, and the Valkyrie may be paying attention to this Your Highness.
If the God of War, the God of Light King, the Goddess of Wisdom, and other major gods all know this Your Highness, then signing Dragon Knight Contract with Your Highness would be an absolute honor for him!
The young dragon glanced at the Golden Dragon Griffin and fell into deep thought.
The Decla Province is one of the provinces surrounding the capital of Valkyrie Farolyn Empire. She chose this place because she knew her Elder Sister Sophia and wanted this Elder Sister Sophia to support her.
Cardinal Garrod of the Valkyrie Temple has now figured out how to properly deal with the Empire.
According to her previous plan, after leaving the Decla Province, her next destination was the province where the War God Temple was located.
If the cardinals of the War God Temple can recognize their mistakes, once this matter spreads, the cardinals of other temples should restrain themselves and stop distorting imperial policies or confronting the empire head-on.
But now, she's a little reluctant to do that. It's not that she's afraid of the cardinals of the War God Temple. If she went to the War God Temple, she wouldn't even need to ask the God of War to make a decision for her. She could directly ask Saintess Sophia of the War God Holy Mountain to make a decision for her.
She knew Sophia, and Sophia had even ridden her bicycle.
Sophia's words should be enough to make the cardinal of the War God Temple realize his mistake.
She abandoned her previous plans because she suddenly realized that the capital city also had the War God Temple and the Temple of Light.
The clergy who can stay in the Imperial Capital Temple to preside over various ceremonies are of a status and position that are definitely no lower than that of the cardinals of the major provinces.
Instead of searching province by province, we should go directly to the capital, first remove the Smelly Imperial Sister Asina from the throne, make her the Empress, and then summon the cardinals of the major temples to stop suppressing imperial power.
If they disagree, she can openly and honestly tell them to become the emperors of the Farolyn Empire.
She simply didn't believe that the cardinal of the temple would dare to become the emperor of the Farolyn Empire.
"Our next stop: the capital of the Farolyn Empire!"
It was Steven who truly made the young dragon make this decision.
The sudden appearance of the Valkyrie Temple Paladin from the distant Sky Sea Domain in the Farolyn Empire of the Morning Star Domain made her feel threatened.
Steven could inexplicably appear in the Farolyn Empire.
Lance might also appear in the Farolyn Empire at any time!
She was determined to become the Empress of the Farolyn Empire before Lance found her! "I also spent some time in the Farolyn Empire's capital. Your Highness, once Your Highness arrive, which temple would you like to visit first? The War God Temple? Or the Temple of Light?"
"We won't go to the temple."
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"Where to?"
"The Imperial Palace! I will descend directly upon the Imperial Palace! The day I arrive in the capital of the Farolyn Empire will be the day I become the Emperor of the Farolyn Empire!"
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes—that fleeting, domineering aura. "I wish to continue my journey with Your Highness."
"Griffin, after you send me to the capital, let me enter the capital on my own. If you want to leave, go back to your territories. If you don't want to go back and want to stay in the capital for a few days, then transform into your dragon-human forms and stay in the capital for a few days."
When I become emperor, I will send someone to the capital to find you.
"Your Highness, I can take you directly to the Royal Palace of the Farolyn Empire."
The young dragon shook its head. "No need, I can manage on my own."
The Golden Dragon Griffin stared at the young dragon for a while, then slowly nodded. "Your Highness, rest assured, I will not disobey Your Highness."
"Let's go now, destination: the capital of the Farolyn Empire!"
The pureblooded Golden Dragon Griffin emerged from the Valkyrie Temple and transformed back into its dragon form in the plaza. The young dragon then jumped onto Griffin's back.
After a dragon's Dragon Roar, the people of Kelo City saw a Golden Dragon, its wings gleaming, soar across the sky above the city.
Not long after, they saw green dragons, Blue Dragon, and shadow Shadow Dragon with interwoven dragon scales flying over the city.
Paladin Steven, Saintess Aurora, and Dragon Knight Hella ride a flying dragon.
The brave Leion and Evelyn stood on the back of the Green Dragon Drummond. After spending these days together, Green Dragon Drummond had come to accept Leion and Evelyn, since these two humans often helped him clean his dragon scales and polished them until they shone.
When cleaning the dragon scales, they were allowed to ride on the dragon's back, so when flying with them, it was natural not to mind letting them sit on the dragon's back for a while.
On September 25th, 3457 of the Black Dragon Calendar, Lucia, the Amethyst Dragonling taken away from the capital of the Faroran Empire by the black dragon Lance, appeared in the capital of the Farolyn Empire in the form of a human girl.
The Golden Dragon Griffin, the Green Dragon Drummond, and several other Pure-Blooded Dragon all transformed into dragon-human forms, separated from the young dragon Lucia at the city gate, and entered the capital of the Farolyn Empire to roam freely.
Dragon Knight Hella, Warrior Leion, Evelyn, Paladin Steven, Saintess Aurora traveled together, but the young dragon Lucia did not allow them to follow.
At this moment, Lucia, the young dragon, walked alone on the bustling streets of the capital, giving her a feeling of being in another world.
The day she was taken away by the black dragon Lance, she never imagined that she would actually come back alive.
"Fruit candied hawthorn, crisp, sweet and delicious fruit candied hawthorn, little girl, would you like a skewer?"
"Yes." The young dragon took out a gold coin from his Lucky Coin and handed it to the old man selling candied hawthorns. He then took five skewers of candied fruit and left.
"Girl, I haven't given you your change yet."
Keep the change, please.
The young dragon waved its hand and hopped away, disappearing into the bustling crowd.
Back in the capital, Youlong didn't rush to the palace. Instead, she strolled through the streets and alleys of the capital, eating candied hawthorns. Today, she wore a beige shirt, loose denim overalls, and red and blue gradient sneakers.
Wearing a veiled hat adorned with small yellow flowers, she wandered aimlessly through the streets and alleys of the capital. When she got lost, she would ask for directions, and when she encountered snacks or delicacies she had never tried before, she would sit down and savor them.
She would give money to people performing on the street.
A young girl asked her where she bought her clothes, pants, and shoes, and she smiled and said: They were made by my Lance's Father.
On the first, second, and third days, Youlong wandered wherever she could, without rushing to the palace.
She felt that her behavior was a bit strange. In her imagination, the moment she appeared in the capital, she would immediately appear in front of her Smelly Imperial Sister Asina.
However, once she returned to the capital, her desire to see her Smelly Imperial Sister Asina, wasn't as strong anymore.
On the fifth day, the young dragon, who had been wandering aimlessly in the capital, appeared in the area where the Imperial Royal Academy was located.
The appearance of the baby dragon quickly attracted the attention of many teenagers.
The young dragons' clothing was completely different from theirs.
Judging from the young dragon's appearance, it should be like them, still a student. Are students exempt from wearing academy uniforms? It seems that only a small group of people at the Royal Academy do not need to wear the Royal Academy uniform at all times.
For example, Daniel, who was chosen by both the War God Temple Knights and the Imperial Lightning Knight Order, does not need to wear a school uniform when walking around the academy.
There's also Senior Heidi, who was chosen by Eva, a priestess of the Temple of Light and a close advisor to His Majesty; she also has the freedom to dress as she pleases.
"Senior Daniel! I saw Senior Daniel! Huh? He rejected dozens of girls, why is he actively approaching that girl today?"
Wearing a black and gold robe, standing at 1.85 meters tall, with long dark gold hair, Daniel appeared before the young dragon, staring at it in shock. "You... you are Your Highness Lucia?!"
With his handsome looks and tall stature, Daniel looked on in disbelief. Princess Lucia, the third in line to the Your Highness of the Empire, who had disappeared for nearly three years, had suddenly appeared in the capital!
His father was a high-ranking official in the empire, and he knew a little about the inside story of Your Highness Lucia's disappearance.