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

The Squid Lady's cheeks puffed up, infuriated by the crafty and cunning Black Dragon.

Using a Young Dragon as bait to hook her, the Lord of the Black Sea, and then retaliating in fury under the guise of a victim—essentially scamming her for a leg to make into a soup, ha... In the waters nearby, only the Black Dragon would dare to play such games with her.

Let any other Deep Sea Monarch try to come at her, and she'd swallow them whole, no question about it.

That silly whale probably became the Black Dragon's meal. She thought the Black Dragon had appeared out of nowhere, but in reality, he had been a frequent visitor to these parts of the sea for a long time.

She remembered back when the Black Dragon used to roam the nearby waters under the pretense of visiting a neighbor, even claiming he brought gifts...

At that time, other nearby Deep Sea Monarchs considered the Black Dragon as food, silently observing him from the depths...

Because no Deep Sea Monarch responded to the Black Dragon, he probably mistook the area as ownerless.

Then, one day, when the sly and dirty Black Dragon returned to the area, loudly announcing his arrival with gifts, he simultaneously dropped bags of unspeakable mystical substances... into the deep sea...

The monarchs, who had lived in the deep sea for who knows how many years, could never have dreamed of a dragon so shameless, tossing his unspeakable mystical substances into their domain...

Even though the Black Dragon's unspeakable mystical substances had magical effects on the creatures of the deep, his actions nonetheless enraged the Deep Sea Monarchs of the area...

He was lucky to escape so quickly that day, or else... he would've been devoured by the wrathful Deep Sea Monarch...

"What do you mean scamming a leg from you, I've never had that idea. Except for our first encounter where we each wanted to eat the other, every other time we've simply traded to meet our respective needs."

"It was like that a few times, but this time... you definitely intended to bait me with the Young Dragon. If I had attacked you and the Young Dragon just now, you would have likely relished playing the 'victim'... to angrily retaliate against me, then cart off my broken leg, right?"

The Squid Lady crossed her arms, wearing a look that said she had long seen through his sneaky facade.

"Could you wash your face with seawater first?"

"This ink on my face is mine, and I don't find myself dirty, unlike a certain Black Dragon... who yells about bringing gifts... then secretly deposits his unspeakable mystical substances in other Deep Sea Monarchs' territories... When caught, he loudly claims... it's to purify the marine environment and promote the evolution of little fish, shrimp, and seaweed...

Ashamed or not? Blushing or not?"

The Squid Lady jabbed her own face with her finger, her words filled with disdain for the Black Dragon.

"My Dragon dung is very valuable in the Human World; I don't blame you for not knowing since you've never been."

Lance felt no shame, no blush. Dragon waste had many uses; for the superhumans of the Human World, Dragon dung was a sought-after rarity.

Especially the waste of Pureblood Dragons could be invaluable for an overnight stay in the wilderness—if you had a lump of Dragon dung to light on fire, it could ensure you a peaceful sleep till dawn.

Dragon dung could intimidate and drive away beasts, monsters, and fierce creatures, and could also be used as firewood for warmth. Besides these uses, Dragon dung had many other miraculous functions...

So, in the Human World, Dragon dung was categorized as an item of extraordinary power.

Many superhumans would seek quality Dragon dung in large quantities when venturing out on missions or treasure hunts...

Lance had sold his own Dragon dung and even consigned it through auction houses; when he sold it himself, it went for a silver coin per pound.

At the auction house, the opening bid was a hundred gold coins for two hundred pounds of Dragon dung...

The highest bidder won.

He dumped his Dragon dung into this area of the Deep Sea in hopes of claiming this territory as his own fishing grounds...

He never imagined that the place was home to three or four powerful Deep Sea Sirens...

"Black Dragon... Is the Human World really as interesting as you describe? Is it that much fun?"

"It's all right. Why, do you want to go play in the Human World?"

"Humans... are they tasty?"

"....Not tasty."

Lucia inhaled sharply inwardly. How did the Evil Dragon know humans don't taste good?

"Have you eaten one?" asked the Squid Lady.

"No."

"Oh, I see. You're worried I'll go to the Human World and eat all the humans, right?"

"I'm afraid you'd be killed by the powerful superhumans of the Human World."

"Are the superhumans of the Human World tasty?"

"You shouldn't ask that way."

"Then how should I ask?"

"You should ask whether human strongmen would find you tasty."

The squid maiden titled her head and, touching her face with a hand, asked, "Would human strongmen find me tasty?"

"Top-notch delicious."

"Heehee, I knew I was tasty, Black Dragon... you look top-notch delicious in my eyes too... What if... I teach you my regeneration magic, and after you've learned it... we swap our legs for eating? What do you think?"

Ummm... I want to eat your dragon tail, so when I'm eating your dragon tail, you eat my leg, okay?"

Teach him the regeneration magic?

Lance was tempted.

If he could learn the squid maiden's regeneration magic... Swapping for eating... it seems also also also... also too perverted!

He almost got led astray by the squid maiden.

"My legs, dragon claws, and dragon tail aren't as plentiful as yours, so let's not swap for eating. I'm afraid you might get addicted one day and gulp me down when I'm not paying attention."

Lucia curled up into a ball, the adorable squid maiden... with her childlike words... made her realize something, sometimes the words spoken by a naive and cute little creature, might not be a joke...

Sometimes they might be true.

The squid maiden looked innocent and adorable, but every word she said made Lucia shiver with dread...

The Evil Dragon having a dialogue with such a terrifying deep sea creature... was also rather scary...

"That's true, your legs really aren't as numerous as mine, ah, it looks like I'll only get to eat your legs when you die of old age.

You promised me before, when you die of old age, I can eat you, you haven't forgotten, have you?"

"I haven't forgotten."

"Good. So what are you offering to trade with me this time?"

"A story? Gold Coins? My adventure tales? The fruit I've cultivated? Potions? Or maybe weapons? What do you want, choose."

"I want you to take me to the Human World to play."

The squid maiden wanted to see the Human World described by Black Dragon, and also wanted to taste the humans described by Black Dragon.

If she encounters strong humans in the Human World she can't defeat, then she'll offer her legs to the strong humans to taste.

She eats the weaker humans, and the stronger humans eat her; nothing wrong with that.

In the deep sea, powerful Deep Sea Monarchs can always devour Deep Sea Monarchs weaker than themselves.

The weak are food.

The strong are food lovers.

Black Dragon said those who love to eat are food lovers.

Going to the Human World, she wants to be a food lover.

If she gets eaten by a food lover in the Human World... she'll flee, and if she can't escape and becomes food for a human food lover, she won't have any complaints.

Survival of the fittest, there's nothing to complain about.

A Ruler like Black Dragon, who likes to "trade" with Deep Sea Monarchs, is an anomaly in the Black Sea.

"No way."

"I don't mind being eaten by food lovers in the Human World."

"Powerless humans mind being eaten by you."

"If you don't take me to the Human World, you don't get to eat my legs..."

"Then I won't eat."

He couldn't possibly justify fulfilling his craving by having humans in the Human World pay the price.