Vol. 1 Ch. 96

“Casmode, you’ll never see me dressed as a bunny girl in your lifetime. Just give up on that dream.”

“But… why do you want to see me dressed as a bunny girl the most?”

Although unintentionally prying into her position in Leon’s heart, extending this question might yield more juicy details. So… it was all just fishing, plus a bit of pure curiosity.

“Because… because… I…”

His voice grew softer and softer, as if he might fall asleep the next second.

Rosvitha’s curiosity was thoroughly piqued. She couldn’t help but lean in closer, afraid to miss his next words.

However…

“Huff… huff…”

“No, what’s wrong with you? Just say it.”

Rosvitha gently pushed his shoulder.

Then Leon snored lightly.

Rosvitha sat on the bed, hands on her hips, raising her beautiful eyes.

Two thirty-one.

It was already past two-thirty in the morning.

“You little rascal, when you say it’s two-thirty, it’s exactly two-thirty, not a minute less.”

Rosvitha said indignantly, “Next time, I’ll just let you sleepwalk and see if you’re still so lucky.”

Well, since it’s already past two-thirty, Rosvitha’s purpose for tonight has been achieved.

Next… should she take advantage of this guy being completely defenseless and give him another late-night lesson, which has been absent for half a month?

As Rosvitha pondered, her hand reached for his cheek.

However, just as her fingertips were about to touch Leon, she stopped herself.

She remembered the day when Noia had drunk too much at the celebration banquet after passing the entrance test. That was the perfect opportunity for Leon to take advantage of her vulnerability.

But he had said he didn’t want to take advantage of someone’s weakness. A true dragon slayer must defeat the dragon king honorably.

Rosvitha’s pupils flickered slightly as she muttered, “Hmph, and it’s not effective when you’re half-asleep. It’s more effective to torture you when you’re awake.”

With that in mind, Rosvitha lifted the blanket, quietly got out of bed, glanced back at Leon, and then left the nursery.

The next day, Leon woke up leisurely, opening his eyes halfway and glancing at the clock. It was a quarter past seven in the morning.

Hmm, so early, let’s go back to sleep for a bit—

Huh?

So early?

That’s not right!

Leon jolted awake, looking around the bed and then at the other places in the room where one could lie down or sit up. Everything was tidy, without any signs of a battle.

According to his usual intensity in completing assignments, the room should have been a mess by now.

But last night… nothing seemed to have happened?

After his mind cleared a bit, Leon came to a conclusion:@@novelbin@@

She’s afraid.

I won!

Look, my dear audience, this is how a top dragon slayer, fully recovered to health, exerts pressure on the dragon’s bloodline.

Let me develop a bit more, and I’ll easily control that mother dragon with a wave of my hand!

Leon suddenly felt a bright future ahead of him. But he couldn’t let the champagne flow too freely.

Given the cunning nature of that mother dragon, she might come up with various ways to undermine him afterward, then take advantage of the situation to strike.

This time, Leon had finally gained the upper hand, and he couldn’t afford to waste it. He had to be even more careful.

With these thoughts in mind, Leon got out of bed, freshened up, got dressed, and left the room, intending to head to the dining room for a meal.

As he opened the door, he ran into Rosvitha.

She had changed out of the provocative ultra-short nightgown from last night and was now wearing casual home-style attire, a long skirt.

The couple exchanged glances, and Leon spoke first, “What time did you leave last night?”

Rosvitha calmly replied, while tidying her hair, “I left when you fell asleep.”

“Didn’t you say you were going to sleep in my room?”

“Yeah, I slept for a while and then left. Is there a problem?”

Rosvitha stamped her foot, casting a sidelong glance, “What’s with your tone? Seems a bit disappointed?”

Leon chuckled. Clearly, it was when you, the mother dragon, were about to make your move last night, only to find that your buddy was no longer the same as before, so you slunk away in embarrassment, right? Don’t think I can’t figure it out.

But Leon had also become adept at hiding his intentions. In front of this mother dragon, he had to play it cool.

“What’s there to be disappointed about? Sleeping means sleeping, that’s it. After all, the whole castle is yours, you can sleep wherever you want.”

“You’re wrong.”

At the sound of her voice, Leon stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her. “Wrong about what?”

As Rosvitha walked past him, she slowed her pace, gazing into his eyes.

“This castle is mine, and everything in it is mine. Including you, the prisoner.”

Leon chuckled, shrugging nonchalantly. This level of mental attack didn’t affect him much anymore.

“Mother dragon, you should update your tactics.”

With his hands in his pockets, Leon turned and continued toward the dining room.

Seeing that her tactic had no effect on him, Rosvitha came up with another idea. She walked alongside Leon, pretending to be casual.

“By the way, last night when I left, I heard you talking in your sleep.”

“What did I say?”

“It was intermittent, something like… a female classmate, regretting not agreeing to you back then, and so on.”

Leon’s steps faltered, his expression panicked.

He had indeed turned down many female classmates in the past for the sake of his studies and career. But most of them had been forgotten by now, their names and faces blurred in his memory.

However, there was one he still remembered vividly.

Leon glanced at the mother dragon beside him—

Ah, yes, it was her.

Theoretically, the only female classmate who could make him talk in his sleep would be her.

Leon also recalled hesitating a bit when he rejected her back then. It was inevitable; she was very attractive to him.

But his response at the time had still been, “You’re a good girl.”

How could it be that after all these years… he was still dreaming about her?

Rosvitha looked at Leon’s reaction and thought to herself that he must be using a process of elimination from his “Rejected Female Classmates List” and should have already guessed who she was referring to in her previous statement.

With a smug smile, Rosvitha continued to feign ignorance, saying, “What’s more, if I had agreed to you back then, I wouldn’t have become a dragon slayer, let alone go to battle. And I wouldn’t be here now, defeated and captured, regretting it all.”

Rosvitha clasped her hands together in a dramatic gesture, mimicking a prayer. “Oh, how touching, Dragon Slayer. I never thought you had such a heart-wrenching secret crush. It seems like I’m really the heartless dragon who has torn you apart from your loved ones.”

Leon’s face turned green. It felt like he had swallowed ten pounds of carrots.

“I… I never had a crush on her at all. Stop making things up.”

Hmph, of course I know you never had a crush on her. You spilled your true feelings in your sleep last night.

“But you were dreaming about being with her?”

“But it’s just a dream. I can’t control what happens in my dreams.”

Rosvitha continued walking toward the dining room, hands on her hips. “And you call yourself the strongest dragon slayer, yet you can’t even admit to secretly liking a girl. How embarrassing.”

Leon trotted after her, waving his hands as he explained, “But I really didn’t have a crush on her.”

“I’m not listening.”

“You have to listen! How can you just ignore me?”

“Time for food~”

“Ugh, you’re such a dragon—”

Rosvitha interrupted with a laugh.

Muen rubbed her sleepy eyes as she walked out of her room. She was wearing her cute pink pajamas, with her fluffy hair sticking up and her sleep hat askew.

At the end of the hallway, she saw the backs of her mom and dad. Her dad was chatting animatedly, while her mom smiled to herself.

Hmm… they must be telling some funny morning jokes~

Mom and dad are really happy together~

…

In the evening, the Leviathan school bus descended slowly.

Leon shielded his eyes with his hand, watching the massive creature hovering in the sky. “If we had one of these as a pet, how much food would it eat in a day?”

Rosvitha crossed her arms. “What? You want to retire with your female classmates and raise one after they graduate?”

“Enough with the jokes!”

A teleportation column appeared, and Noia came running out of it, waving to a few classmates on the Leviathan.

Oh, it looks like our daughter has good relationships at school.

“Mom, Dad, I’m back.”

A maid approached and took Noia’s backpack.

“Muen.” Noia opened her arms.

Muen ran over with a smile, “Sister~”

The two dragon sisters hugged each other, Muen rubbing her sister’s cheek affectionately.

The couple also smiled with satisfaction.

But Leon noticed that Noia was holding something in her hand, so he asked, “Noia, is that your homework?”

Noia walked over, holding her sister’s hand, and handed the paper to Leon.

Leon took it and saw that it was some kind of competition rule.

Looking down, he read, “Essay competition?”

Rosvitha also leaned in, saying, “Please write an essay with the theme of ‘family’ and ‘happiness,’ with a minimum of eight hundred words. Oh, and there’s a word count requirement too.”

Leon handed the competition rules back to Noia. “Have you decided how you’re going to write it?”

Noia nodded. “Yes, I’ve decided. Since the theme is about family and happiness, most of our classmates will probably write about family love, especially since there are many cocoon-born dragon families.”

“If I write about family love too, I might not stand out. So I thought, why not take a different approach and highlight the unique advantages of being born from a live-bearing dragon family.”

The couple looked at each other, blinking, “The unique advantages of being born from a live-bearing family? You mean…”

Noia smiled, “I mean you two.”