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

"You're lying! I never said that!"

"You did."

"I didn't!"

"You did."

The young dragon panicked, "I've never even talked to you in my dreams. Don't think I don't know....know...know...."

As if realizing something, the young dragon's voice grew quieter and quieter, and she dared not look at Lance anymore.

Wuwuwu—

That cunning Evil Dragon tricked her!!!

So mean!

How could you deceive a young dragon like that.

If this were in the Human World, the Evil Dragon's behavior would be like an adult deceiving a child....

"You said you don't remember what happened in your dreams, right? So how can you be so sure that I'm lying?"

"I... I... I really can't remember, ouch ouch ouch....."

The young dragon got smacked and it hurt so much that she rolled around on the grass, clutching her head. She decided never to believe the Evil Dragon's words again.

After rolling for a while, she touched the top of her head with her Dragon Claw... and was shocked to discover that the Evil Dragon had hit her head so hard that two bumps had formed!!!

That was too harsh!

No wonder it hurt so much this time!

"Wuwuwu.... You've made two bumps on my head. The Fruit of Wisdom is useless to me. It must be because you keep hitting my head and dispelled the effects of the magic potion."

"???"

Lance rolled his eyes in annoyance; the fact that she was making excuses for her intelligence meant that the Fruit of Wisdom must have had some effect.

"Come here, let me have a look."

The young dragon got up and walked over to Lance, feeling aggrieved. She bowed her head and showed the two bumps to Lance with her Dragon Claw.

She got hit so hard this time; let's see if he dares to hit her with such force next time.

Lance pulled the young dragon's Dragon Claw away and touched the two bumps on her head. He stared at them for a while and then grinned.

He had actually thought that he had hit the Dragon Cub too hard, creating two large bumps on her head.

When he hit the Dragon Cub, he controlled his strength very well, ensuring that she would feel pain but not be truly hurt.

The two bumps that appeared on the Dragon Cub's head this time were not from his hits; they had grown on their own.

Dragon Horn bumps.

"Just painful? Not itchy?"

"It's a bit itchy."

"Congratulations.... you're going to grow a brain."

Young dragon: ∑(´△｀)?!

What did itchy bumps have to do with growing a brain?

Could it be that the Evil Dragon meant... that she was going to grow another head?

Like Er Gouzi?

No way!

She didn't want to grow two heads!

"I don't want to grow two heads. If I really grow two heads, Lance, you have to help me chop one off!!!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lance tapped the young dragon's head lightly in annoyance, "It's not about growing another head, it's about growing Dragon Horns. These two bumps on your head are Dragon Horn bumps... In time, these two horn bumps will turn into two Dragon Horns.

It takes a long time, but if the nutrition is sufficient, in a few hundred or a thousand years, you should be able to grow Dragon Horns. No, it's also possible that in just a few decades, a small set of Dragon Horns might grow out of your head."

Lance gestured with his Dragon Claw, indicating tiny Dragon Horns about one or two centimeters long.

Even such tiny Dragon Horns would require decades or a century to grow.

Growing horns is a good thing for the Dragon Cub.

But for the young dragon... It's like the sky is falling!!!

She's a human!

She is the Princess of the Phalan Empire, cursed to become a young dragon.

How could a dragon transformed from a human possibly grow Dragon Horns!!!

She's not a real young dragon!

Could the Evil Dragon have made a mistake?

Or did he say this deliberately to avoid responsibility?

Yes, that must be it; to evade responsibility. How could she, who transformed into a young dragon on her own, possibly grow Dragon Horns?

The two bumps are definitely from the Evil Dragon's blows.

"I don't believe it, it must have been you who hit me."

"It's really Dragon Horn bumps; I'm not deceiving you."

"I think you're lying to me. Take a closer look; how could these two bumps possibly be Dragon Horn bumps?"

"There's no need to look anymore; even if you look a hundred times, these two bumps are Dragon Horn bumps. If you don't believe it, the next time you see the Thunder Giant Dragon Erinna or the Golden Giant Dragon Austin, you can ask them.

"Oh, you can also ask Bronze Giant Dragon Melbourne, he should still be in Saint Blue and hasn't left, whether it's a dragon horn bump or not, as a Pureblood Giant Dragon, he can tell at a glance."

The world spun around...

The young dragon's body swayed a few times, nearly falling over.

The sky is falling!!!

She's growing horns on her head!

Eva, where are you?

Come out and explain this situation, why is she, a dragon cursed into being young, still growing dragon horns on her head?

If she has to have horns in her dragon form, then so be it.

But what about when she changes back to human?

Will the dragon horns disappear from her head?

Or will they stay on her head?

If the dragon horns don't disappear, leaving them on her head, is she human? Or a young dragon? Or Dragonborn?

Could it be a side effect?

Magic potions have side effects.

There's no reason for a curse to not have side effects, right?!

That's it!

It must be a side effect of the curse. Maybe once the side effect wears off, the dragon horns on her head will disappear too.

Yes, yes, yes.

Side effects.

Don't panic.

"Don't get too excited, it's just two bumps, far from actual dragon horns."

Is this excitement?

This is fear and dread!

Who wouldn't be scared of growing dragon horns on their head?!

"Are you going to Saint Blue today?"

"Yes, let's go. I've spent so many days on alchemy and only produced a single Dragon Transformation Pill. I'll go to Saint Blue to relax, go fishing, fishing here is pointless—Whale Mother will surely secretly attach fish to my hook, it's no fun."

"Let's go, let's go now, I need to get confirmation from Bronze Giant Dragon."

"It's not too late to go after breakfast."

Lance patted the dragon cub's head and left the Dragon Nest to make breakfast.

He made breakfast casual: dozens of scallion pancakes, a big pot of pumpkin corn porridge, and some pickles.

Mealtime was difficult because of the possibility that she might grow dragon horns, so the young dragon's appetite wasn't great.

Usually, she could eat more than a dozen scallion pancakes, but today she only had ten and two bowls of corn porridge.

After breakfast, she cleaned the pots and urged Lance to take her to Saint Blue.

....

Saint Blue, royal palace courtyard.

Lance sat on a chair, flipping through the newspaper.

Some information from within Saint Blue City was published in the newspaper, including laws, political affairs, and community services announced by the Holy Blue Officials.

It's worth mentioning that children in Saint Blue must attend school, with a five-year compulsory education law in place.

Even during the previous hardships Saint Blue faced, this law was not abandoned.

Eradicating illiteracy.

This was an iron law set by Lance for Saint Blue.

No choice, with such a small population in Saint Blue, if they didn't eradicate illiteracy, there would be no one useful in the future.

"Lord Viscount, Bronze Giant Dragon Melbourne has arrived."

The young dragon, originally lying on the ground playing with grass, perked up at Tixia's voice and looked eagerly toward the courtyard entrance.

Bronze Giant Dragon Melbourne, in human form, stepped into the courtyard.

"What do you need me for?"

Melbourne sat down across from Lance, scrutinizing him with his teal vertical pupils.

"My dragon cub has developed two bumps on her head, and I can't tell if they're from a beating or if they're a prelude to growing dragon horns. You're a Pureblood Giant Dragon, so I wanted you to take a look."

Without needing Lance's call, the young dragon ran straight to Bronze Giant Dragon Melbourne, lowering her head for him to see.

Melbourne stared at the two bumps on the young dragon's head for a while and said, "Dragon horn bumps. It seems you've been feeding the young dragon well. For a young dragon her age to develop dragon horn bumps means she has been well-nourished."

Having said that, Melbourne recalled something his plump son had mentioned—this human often gave the impure-blood young dragon medicinal baths.

After physical training, he even let the young dragon drink specially formulated magic potions...

Pouring so much energy and resources into this young dragon at this age, it's not really surprising for dragon horn bumps to appear.

The real surprise is that there is a human willing to invest so much in an impure-blood young dragon.

The sky of the young dragon's world... really did collapse...

If she grows dragon horns, can she still be the Emperor of the Phalan Empire?