The movement of cleaning the traces suddenly paused, Leon pursed his lips, pretending ignorance and said, "I didn't, I didn't say anything."
"No no no, you definitely said something."
Rossweise said very firmly, "You first turned your head, then called my name, and then added a few words. But at that time, the sound of magical airflow was too loud, I didn't hear clearly. However, looking at your mouth shape, you definitely said something."
Leon lowered his head, quickened his movements on his hands, using this to cover up his current inner panic.
"Tha-that was you seeing wrong. It's easy to have hallucinations when nervous."
Although in the future, Leon secretly decided in his heart that after returning he would take the initiative toward Rossweise.
But if he directly and bluntly said those three words, that would be a bit too proactive.
And saying it while washing feet...
Tsk, that would be way too lacking in ceremony.
Although Rossweise usually behaves with a look of no desires or wants (except when handing in homework with Leon), Leon knew, she actually quite cared about a sense of ceremony.
Just like on her last birthday, initially she just wanted to mess around with Leon.
But when she saw all the surprising and delightful gifts Leon had carefully prepared for her, the joy and satisfaction in her eyes couldn't be hidden.
So, those three words naturally must be said.
But it must wait for the right moment.
Seeing Leon having no intention of speaking, the queen snorted coldly, "Tch, forget it if you won't say, anyway—"
Leon slowed his movements, thinking to himself, 'Could it be the mother dragon is getting angry?'
Next would they enter the phase of a married couple being verbally stubborn again? Yet what he didn't expect was—
"Anyway, I will eventually make you say it out loud."
Rossweise said sulkingly, "I want you to admit you care about me, worry about me, feel restless when apart from me for a short while, feel like dragon tattoos are crawling on you if you don't see me for a day. Casmodeous, you just wait."
'Oh.'
'Your Majesty, the ball you threw is really straightforward yet curved.'
'These are also actually the things you want to say out loud yourself, right?'
Leon vaguely guessed her little thoughts when she said these words.
Just like not long ago when they were chatting on the balcony that night, Rossweise made him drink alcohol, and then while tipsy, made Leon say he liked her.
But these were clearly the words she herself wanted to say, yet insisted on making the other say it first.
Not for any other reason, simply because of that strange desire for victory inside.
After understanding this, Leon snorted a laugh, picked up the towel next to him, slowly wiped Rossweise's legs and feet dry, "Then I'll just wait and see, to see whether you make me speak first, or... whether you can't help but surrender first. Hey! What are you doing?"
Before he finished wiping, Rossweise directly placed her foot on Leon's chest.
From Leon's half-squatting angle, a slender fair long leg extended all the way to the bedside, 'Truly a scene of spring scenery bursting forth, Your Majesty.'
"It will definitely be you who can't hold back first, Leon," Since the dog man was arguing with her, how could she not argue back? We as a married couple, are good at nitpicking a little.
Leon smiled, sighed, shook his head, moved her foot off his chest, then stood up carrying the foot-washing basin.
He didn't want to continue this topic with the big mother dragon, because once continued, it would never end.
After standing up, Leon looked down at the basin of foot-washing water, then asked, "Your Majesty, I have a slightly perverted request."
The queen immediately turned dark-faced, "Not allowed to drink my foot-washing water."
Leon bared his teeth and smiled, "Pack up a little, later let's go out for a walk?"
———
The couple walked out of the Silver Dragon Sanctuary, played with their daughters for a while in the backyard, then wandered toward the back mountain.
On the way, they encountered quite a few Silver Dragon clansmen who had been summoned back.
When they saw Leon, they all excitedly shouted "Your Highness!" then enthusiastically came up to greet Leon.
It was like a celebrity fan meeting.
Only after reaching a relatively secluded cherry blossom forest did Leon finally breathe a sigh of relief, "Goodness, didn't expect my prestige among your Silver Dragons to be so high. Who would have thought a few years ago I almost wiped them all out?"
"Don't mention your being backstabbed back then, if anyone was to be wiped out it was you being wiped out."
Rossweise laughed and said, "But your prestige among my clansmen really is beyond question. Advocating violence and showing off ferocity is the superficiality of dragons; behind the superficiality, it can be understood as respecting the strong."
She stood beside Leon, shoulder to shoulder looking toward the distant Silver Dragon Sanctuary, continuing, "In the dragon clan, as long as you have ability, anyone will respect you."
Leon nodded thoughtfully.
Thinking back, his prestige and reputation among the Silver Dragons indeed gradually accumulated after the Battle of Constantine.
Before Constantine, when the Silver Dragons met Leon, it was:
("Good day Your Highness, Your Highness has worked hard." (emotionless))
And after Constantine, when the Silver Dragons met Leon, it became:
("Your Highness, can I get your autograph! My child has been watching you since young!")
'Stop it, auntie, I've only been married to your Queen for three years, where's the "since young" from.'
This attitude change couldn't be called flip-flopping.
The Silver Dragons had always maintained the most basic respect and etiquette toward Leon.
It's just that after the old Constantine battle, Leon raised that respect to another level with his strength and personal charm.
"Of course, this also has a lot to do with yourself."
Rossweise said, "As expected of someone who was the leader of the dragon-slaying army, you truly have the aura of a leader."
Thanks to the queen's praise, King Leon's tail curled up sky-high.
Leon rubbed his nose tip, endured the smile at the corners of his mouth, and said, "Then when will you let me sit on your Silver Dragon Sanctuary's throne?"
The queen froze, gently whipped his butt with her tail, "Dream on, praising you a little and you don't know your own last name anymore."
After a pause, Rossweise added mysteriously, "But... about the throne matter we mentioned last time, I did remember it, planning to take this opportunity of the sanctuary's reconstruction to renovate it together."
"Last time? What did we say?"
Rossweise gave him an annoyed glance, "Forget it if you can't remember, you'll know then."
The couple continued strolling slowly through the cherry blossom forest.
Before heading out, Leon specially brought a camera, and it happened to be April, the time when cherry blossoms were in full bloom.
Beauty matching beautiful scenery, even if not a professional photographer, he could take photo-album-level shots.
Especially when the beauty was at such a level, that she didn't even need to pose intentionally; just standing there was a perfect composition.
So this story tells us, how important it is to marry a wife like Rossweise.
At least when traveling and taking photos, she would never get mad because of your straight-man photography skills, since her beauty could carry everything.
After taking a few more pictures, Rossweise noticed that Leon didn't check the preview projection of the camera, so she asked,
"Aren't you going to check how the photos turned out?"
Leon spread his hands, "Waste of time."
"Waste of time?"
"Yeah. You mother dragon look good no matter how photographed, I'm just too lazy to distinguish which one looks better."
Rossweise chuckled lightly, unsure whether this dog man was praising her or really too impatient to pick photos.
But she didn't say much, the couple continued walking and stopping, taking pictures all the way.
Finally, they rested by a small river.
"You said, in the future without you, I fell into a heavy coma from overusing power?", After Leon told her about those six months, she had been very curious about the future, occasionally asking Leon about it.
Leon nodded, "Mhm."
"Then in those six months, wouldn't there be no one to argue with you?"
Rossweise smiled brightly, "Wouldn't you be very lonely?"
"Of course I was lonely, I dreamed every day about arguing with you."
"Oh, I understand."
Leon blinked, "You understand again, understand what?"
"You dreamed of me."
"You're really good at finding sweetness for yourself, mother dragon," Leon teased with a smile.
But after thinking carefully about Rossweise's words just now, Leon couldn't laugh anymore.
Without Rossweise, it was far more than just no one to argue with.
He remembered in the last days before the reversal magic was completed, he was practically like someone with depression.
At that time he countless times thought, if only Rossweise were by his side.
Because she was understanding, good at comforting people, always able to find the knots in Leon's heart and slowly untie them.
Some things or people, when always by your side, you never realize how good they are.
Only after losing or separating, does that sense of loss crash over you.
During those six months in the future, Leon learned many lessons.
Among them naturally included, cherishing the one before your eyes.
He turned his eyes to Rossweise beside him. She gazed ahead, smiling, the dimples at her lips playful and cute, seemingly thinking of new ways to torment Leon.
Leon withdrew his gaze, fiddled with the camera, and after a while, seemed to think of something, and asked, "By the way, future Little Light said you dragons have a safety mechanism called Heart-protecting Dragon Scale, is it true?"
Hearing this, Rossweise's smile froze, her silver eyes trembled slightly, "Y-yeah, what about it?"
"Your grandmother examined you after you fell into a coma, said your Heart-protecting Dragon Scale existed but was almost useless. And the dragons' Heart-protecting Dragon Scale usually begins forming slowly after reaching one hundred years old."
Leon said, "Can I understand it like... this isn't your original Heart-protecting Dragon Scale, but a newly condensed one later?"
Rossweise lightly bit her lower lip, didn't deny it, and nodded, "Mhm, yes."
"Then your original Dragon Scale?"
Rossweise turned her eyes away, "Lo-lost it."
General Leon froze, "Lo-lost?"
"Ah..."
Leon circled around to the front of Rossweise, held her cheeks with both hands, making her look at himself,
"Such a big Heart-protecting Dragon Scale, you say you lost it just like that? And that thing grows on you dragons, how could it be lost?"
Obviously, this rough excuse couldn't fool Leon.
Continuing to fabricate lies with this would only arouse his stronger suspicion.
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