Yasenia strolled to the deepest parts of the Tao Palace, where the treasury was. Once there, a formation blocked their way for… 2 seconds. Tatyana just took a look, tapped a few times in the air, and the formation collapsed like brittle glass.
Andrea's lips twitched. 'Now that I think about it, couldn't Tatyana have done this exact thing with that strengthening formation? Was she not doing it so that Yasenia would not easily kill that King?'
Tatyana: 'I feel it. Someone has discovered my previous sneaky moves!'
Meanwhile, Yasenia trotted inside with a money-grubbing smile. "Hehehe, let me see your treasures! Oh! So many coins! Mine!"
Andrea blinked. "Aren't those useless?"
"They are shiny! They must be money of some sort!" Yasenia retorted quite seriously.
Andrea gave up and just let her little dragoness loot in peace while carrying the egg in her arms. Looking down, she sighed. "I hope you are a bit more restrained than Yasenia."
Egg, who was about to inherit almost all of Yasenia's traits: "Sorry, Mother, I will have to disappoint you this time."
Tatyana, ignoring Yasenia's blurring hands as she pocketed absolutely everything that had even a small hint of being valuable, looked at Andrea and asked. "Speaking of which. Have you thought of a name for the boy? You can't just call him egg, or son, right?"
Andrea pondered and nodded. "I do have some names in mind. However, I am a bit unsure which one to choose."
Looking at the dragoness who, at some point, had half of her body buried in some mountain of coins with a wagging tail, Andrea's lips spasmed. 'Why is she so cute? I really want to laugh.'
Yasenia "splashed" out of the coin mountain, holding a small ceremonial dagger. "Wow! A One Star Supreme Ranked Treasure! Hehehe. Did you think you could hide from me inside that pile of coins? Never!" Her hand extended, and that pile of coins also disappeared. "Not even the coins can escape! Muahaha!"
Andrea and Tatyana followed from behind, their eyes filled with amusement. Tatyana asked. "Tell me your selection. I might help you choose."
Andrea realized and nodded. 'Right, I can see which ones Tatyana and Yasenia choose, and then cross them out!'
Tatyana and Yasenia tilted their heads: 'I feel someone looking down on me!'
Andrea smiled and spoke. "I was thinking of the following names, since he is a dragon: Rhex, Rhagar, Tarnus, Astraxion, Nyxaroth, Caelion, Velquirion, and Orionthar."
Tatyana hummed and spoke. "Rhagar, Rhex, and Caelion sound quite nice."
Andrea nodded, muttering. "Alright, that leaves Tarnus, Astraxion, Nyxaroth, Velquirion, and Orionthar."
Yasenia spoke from the distance. "I like Tarnus and Velquirion!"
Andrea, under Tatyana's stupefied gaze, nodded again. "That leaves Astraxion, Nyxaroth, and Orionthar…"
Tatyana and Yasenia both looked at her, bewildered. 'Is our name-choosing ability so bad!?'
Yasenia even pointed, crossing her arms and huffing. "I don't want treasures anymore. Let's go!"
Andrea smiled, amused. "Alright, alright, I was messing around. Still, those are the ones I was thinking about. So, I guess we can choose slowly."
Yasenia blinked and nodded. "Well, I already promised to leave it to you dears in terms of names. So, you can all choose as you please."
Andrea said honestly. "I will seriously consider Velquirion, as I like it a bit as well."
Yasenia's face lit up, her tail wagging, and she trotted away happily, her claws reaching out to a sword on the side. However, when she pulled, her hands got stuck. "Hm?"
Our dragoness looked over with a confused look, and she pulled again with a bit more strength. She squinted. "...Why are you not leaving the wall? Do you have intelligence?"
The sword trembled a bit. It was truly a sword with a hint of spiritual intelligence. It also knew that only those chosen by itself would be able to wield it. While this dragon was very talented, it could feel a menacing gaze from deep within the dragon's soul, warning it not to have any ideas.
This gaze was, naturally, Draheart.
Draheart could accept Dramel because she herself was unable to transform into musical weapons. However, if weapons she could transform into wanted to be used by Yasenia… heh.
Yasenia, annoyed, spoke to the sword. "I give you two chances. You either come to my storage treasure, or I break you for materials for my darling! Choose!"
The sword gave up and disappeared, appearing in Yasenia's storage treasure. Once there, it quickly flew into a mountain of coins and hid itself, fearful of that presence it felt.
Yasenia harrumphed. "That's what I thought." Then, she strutted arrogantly toward the other treasures. When she encountered one with a little bit of will, Yasenia threatened them.
One spear, as unbending as its staff, refused constantly. Yasenia lost patience and reached out, grabbing the two ends of the Two Star Supreme Ranked treasure.
Andrea blinked. "She doesn't think she can break something like that bare-handed, right?"
Yasenia's energy surged, her muscles tensing, and then, she pulled down on the two edges of the spear. "Hup!"
CREAAAK!
BANG!
Andrea: "..."
Tatyana: "..."
Yasenia picked up the three pieces of spear, and then she walked toward Andrea with a smile. "Here, darling, new materials!"
Andrea nodded a bit stiffly. "Thank you, love."
While there were quite a few interesting pieces of treasure, none of them caught Yasenia's eye except for three. These three were two Natural Treasures, one of the Light Element and another of the Darkness Element. The last one was a cultivation mat, a bit weaker than the one Yasenia had, but much stronger than the one Andrea possessed.
So, she gave it to Andrea to accelerate her cultivation speed.
Other than that, every treasure got thrown into Yasenia's Garest, the World Storage ring, for future allocation (or became part of Yasenia's pile of forgotten treasures).
This little journey into the treasure took around 3 days. After all, Yasenia took her time savoring each and every treasure she got.
In total, she earned around 450 Supreme Ranked Treasures, around 49,000 Transcendence Ranked Treasures, and a few million Heaven Ranked and below treasures.
The two Natural Treasures were thrown into the garden for later assimilation. Perhaps they would help with plants there in some way.
Of course, Yasenia didn't bind the Light Natural Treasure, just in case Evelyn or Angel was missing one.
Anna and Eve appeared in front of Yasenia together with the other 300 maids. "Young Miss, the Tao Bloodline has been exterminated. There are many representatives of ancient families outside waiting for Young Miss."
Yasenia nodded and patted Anna's head. "Thank you for informing me. Let's go."
Once Yasenia left after sweeping the treasury clean, the people waiting outside bowed deeply. "We welcome the new Queen!"
Yasenia, though, ignored them completely and turned to look at Andrea. "It is not I whom you must worship, but she. Andrea Dravory is a dragon raider of legends, and after taming my personal assistant and me, we decided to erase her enemies. Pass my word, Andrea Dravory, the Dragon Rider, is the one who conquered the Tao Dynasty in a single week!"
Andrea was bewildered, but before she could speak, she heard a loud shout. "We obey!"
Then, Yasenia soared to the sky and transformed into her Dragon form. Her figure quickly blotted out the sky, changing the day into night just with her shadow.
"Master, we can leave whenever you please."
Andrea knew that something was up. So, she nodded with an indifferent look. "Alright, let's go then."
Then, she flashed to Yasenia's head, the rest standing behind respectfully.
Under the shocked gazes of the family heads, Andrea and Yasenia both disappeared with a single flap of Yasenia's wings, their figures streaking toward the horizon.
"Heavens… I thought that dragon was lying. However, no dragon would allow others to ride them."
"Andrea Dravory… We should build some statues to remember who the true new master of the Tao… no, of the Andrea Dynasty is."
If Andrea were here, she would squirm in embarrassment and bash them in the head. 'What kind of corny name is that!?' Still, she would remain unaware for a very, very long time.
"Oh? They left something behind in the treasury."
Everyone looked over and saw one giant scale, emitting a terrifyingly deep and powerful aura. This one scale would become a national treasure, and also, the symbol of Andrea, the Dragon Rider.
In the distance, Andrea finally stopped acting and looked at her little dragoness with curiosity. "What was that all about?"
Yasenia giggled. "Just building my Darling some foundation for the future! It's just a little seed I hope sprouts in the future. Don't worry."
Knowing that Yasenia would not harm her, Andrea nodded. Then, she finally looked back and marveled at Yasenia's enormous dragon form. "You truly are… incredibly big."
Yasenia blinked, and then she smirked. "Hehe. I am quite big, indeed~."
Andrea heard the innuendo and smiled helplessly. Thankfully, her human aesthetics protected her from her dragon form's allure. So, her constantly thumping heart had finally managed to truly calm down. "Are you going to keep this form?"
"I can't," Yasenia answered. "I am too big to enter your sect like this. I might stomp one of your disciples to death without knowing."
Andrea couldn't refute. Yasenia's current form was truly large enough to make mountains look like small bumps on the road.
So, when they were closing in on Andrea's sect, Yasenia transformed back and took out her Flying Ship. After boarding, Yasenia couldn't help but look around with a touch of nostalgia. "It has been… a while."
"You didn't use it to move around?"
Yasenia explained. "No. The space back there was too large, so I used either myself or some other faster treasure."
It didn't take long for them to arrive at the sect. During this time, Andrea and Yasenia continued exchanging some early events that occurred to each other, taking their time and laughing along the way.
While Yasenia really wanted to push Andrea to a room and make sure her darling remembered her inside out, she knew that she had to hold back a little bit. Once they settled for a bit… she would attack.
Andrea's current sect was quite large and powerful. While it couldn't compare to the top-tier powers like the previous Tao Dynasty, it could be considered a first-tier sect.
Yasenia looked at the sect, and her eyes squinted. "Anna, retouch my makeup and looks. I want to show these thirsty little girls who Andrea's true wife is."
Andrea smiled wryly, but she didn't stop her. She was also quite tired of being pursued by so many women and men. Her eyes gained a touch of interest. 'Hehehe. It is finally time for the reconning. You lot did not want to hear me when I spoke in the past, right? Now, I want to see your confidence shatter.'
While Andrea was gentle, being courted for so many years had made her a touch annoyed. So, a bit of punishment in the form of appearance confidence issues was not too bad.