Caldera Palace, rich in historical and cultural heritage, has ushered in its dream.

The flames of war did not destroy it, but it could not withstand the dragon's claws.

After concluding the meeting with Archduke Taylor, the first thing Joel did was to tear down the "glorious" surface of Caldera Palace. Except for the room of Archduke Taylor, the rest of the rooms were damaged, even if

Every trace of the treasure has been dug away. The pitted traces tell the story of Joel's considerable harvest.

Only the crooked dragon bone badge hanging high is left, telling the glory of the past.

The residents who noticed it all let out horrified cries.

Joel obviously didn't care about the chaos. He returned to the original palace full of results. Just when he was about to take out the treasure and look at it carefully, Igna's yawning sound was heard next to him again. This was already his

I don't know how many times he yawned. He has always been sleepy recently, and even though Joel was slow, he noticed something strange about him.

"Igna..."

"Huh...?" Igna paused, curious as to why Joel told him to stop.

"Are you... having a baby dragon?" Joel slapped his paws on the swollen white belly and rubbed it properly, "I heard that dragons always feel sleepy when they are just pregnant with dragon eggs."

Before the dragon egg hatches, it is gestated in the mother's body.

As for other aspects, Joel knows very little about it. This is the missing knowledge in the inheritance, and it will only be added during the dragon ceremony. In the words of the old dragon, it is not suitable for young dragons.

Igna's red dragon face was covered with a layer of black.

He really wanted to... hit Joel hard on the head to find out how he could say such a thing.

After finally measuring the strength gap between the two, Igna gave up this plan and argued instead.

"I am a male dragon! A male dragon! Only female dragons can have baby dragons."

"But you've been feeling sleepy a bit more frequently lately, even though you're usually sleepy."

"Maybe it's almost the growth stage." Igna said uncertainly.

Before a giant dragon grows from a young dragon to an adult, it will go through various stages of growth, thereby gaining a sudden increase in strength. The specific symptom is that it is sleepy for no reason, but there is no reason for the dragon to be sleepy.

Yes, even when growth comes, the dragon in question may not be aware of it yet.

"Speaking of growing up...have I grown taller, Igna?" Joel asked.

Joel, who is very concerned about his appearance, naturally also cares about his height.

"Don't kid yourself, you haven't grown taller."

Ignar shook his head, but when he saw Joel's bulging cheeks and claws ready to move, he consciously held back the words he was planning to continue mocking, as if he still had more to say.

But Joel didn't intend to give up just yet. His eyes rolled around and his dragon face grinned.

"I remember... Demi seems to be taller than you."

For male dragons, the female dragon they pursue is not allowed to be taller than themselves.

This may be due to the pride of the male dragon. Obviously... Ignar's self-esteem was hit.

He puffed up his face and argued: "How is it possible? It's obviously almost the same..."

After winning the argument, he did not intend to continue. Joel turned his head and directly blocked Igna's words with silence. In this case, Igna had no choice but to give up the intention of arguing and fell asleep on his stomach.

Speaking of the growth period, Yoel vaguely felt that his skinny dragon body was about to be filled with the absorbed magic power. Maybe that would be the period of growth for him. For this reason... he would continue to collect treasures.

Trying to bury himself in a treasure as huge as a mountain when he fell asleep during the growth period. This was a dream that emerged from the moment the dragon egg hatched. He lowered his head and tinkered with the treasure he harvested today.

At this moment, the palace door was pushed open.

Elena and others walked back together, thinking of the appearance of Caldera Palace. They naturally attributed the murder to Joel, and it was obviously not wrong. The crystal in Joel's hand was used to place the

The shelf that supports the balance when placing the Dragon Bone emblem. The crystal is over one meter wide, and the unique structure is not something you usually see.

"Father, what did you say to me?" Elena asked curiously.

Joel shrugged, and then summarized the content in simple words, "It's troublesome, but he gave me a lot of treasures."

Everyone simply understood the meaning from the words, which meant... Archduke Tobias "bribed" the evil dragon with treasure.

The trouble is, is there anything my father can do for Joel to help me with?

Thinking of this, Elena couldn't help but ask: "What is the specific trouble?"

Joel glanced at Elena and sighed, "You are really troublesome... Forget it, let the great Lord Joel explain it to you."

The words were a little strange, and he even raised his voice when he said the last part. In the past, Joel would not deliberately emphasize greatness. He tended to pay more attention to appearance, but that was it. But maybe it was because of the dragon body that condensed the magic power.

, after feeling the feeling of being admired by others, Joel naturally became obsessed with this feeling.

However, this sound woke Igna up.

"Your father gave me a big gift..." Joel said.

"Dowry." Igna added.

"Ask me to manage this territory."

"Training a son-in-law..." Igna continued to add.

Immediately afterwards, Joel kicked this confusing guy away. Igna's behavior was understandable. Dragons are extremely vengeful creatures. After provoking them and having a chance to retaliate,

They can never miss it, even if it may be a suicide attempt.

Everyone stared stiffly at the scene in front of them.

"To put it simply...your father gave me the territory."

"How is that possible!"

The person who spoke out was none other than Fuztel.

In fact, he knew very well that it was more likely that Joel had not lied. Even if they only spent a short time together, Joel made him feel more like a willful child. He never cared about anything, so he would not worry about anything.

Why lie? The reason why he doesn't admit it is because it is true as Joel said, which means that all his efforts are like jokes written by bards and can only be used as jokes.

"...Joel, this is no time for joking..." Elena said.

Joel showed an unhappy face.

He repeated what the Grand Duke said, which was naturally impossible. Joel couldn't remember what the Grand Duke said, so he adopted the simplest method.

"If you don't believe it, talk to that nice uncle who gave you the gold coins and you'll know."

Furztel walked away, losing his usual composure, but no one said anything about it, they just accepted it silently.

Abt stepped forward, looked at Raya, and said to Joel: "...I hope you can treat Her Royal Highness the Princess of Bana Kingdom well... If possible, I am willing to provide gold coins every year to ensure the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"

"I... am no longer the princess. Rather than using the gold coins on me, it would be better to use them on the people of the Bana Kingdom..."

"Just like you keep your promise, I also keep my promise. It's just that... the promise of bringing you back to the Bana Kingdom seems to be unfulfilled." There was a bit of sadness in Abut's words, and he calmed down.
Chapter completed!