Chapter 24: The Soul from Hell ( Part 1 )
Leon scratched his head. Fortunately, the dragon mark didn’t glow, or tonight would have ended with more than just her words.
The Queen tilted her head, her silver hair falling, and teasingly asked, “Since your change of heart was after Constantine’s invasion, should we thank him?”
Leon shrugged, “His last head is nowhere to be found, not even a memorial tablet. How do we thank him?”
Roseweiser covered her mouth and laughed softly, “What if his remaining clan members use some kind of sorcery to resurrect him? Turn him into a super zombie dragon or something, what would you do?”
“What would I do? I killed him once, I can kill him a second time.”
When it comes to dragon-slaying, General Leon has never been half-hearted, “At that time, I’ll step on his zombie head and tell him, that winning the resurrection match doesn’t matter; getting the final victory is what counts.”
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The next day, Leon’s family of five went to the Red Dragon Tribe.
At the border of the Red Dragon territory, remnants of war were still visible.
However, compared to the Silver Dragon territory a few months ago, the situation here was relatively better.
Leon could roughly guess why Isa’s tribe was attacked and harassed—
Since the Empire had been cooperating with certain dragon tribes for a long time, they would certainly have gathered a lot of intelligence about the Silver Dragon tribe.
This naturally included the bloodline connection between Roseweiser and Isa.
Therefore, while the Empire and the dragon tribes aimed to eliminate the Silver Dragon tribe, they also had to guard against Isa’s support.
However, Isa was not their primary target, and if they truly wanted to conquer the Red Dragon territory, it would require considerable manpower and resources.
So, the Empire and the dragon tribes’ tactics against Isa were more of a light touch—just enough to keep her from being able to support the Silver Dragon tribe.
And as it turned out, this tactic worked very well, aligning with Leon’s impression of the Empire.
But plans can never keep up with changes, and who could have predicted that the general, missing for six months, would suddenly descend from the sky and reverse the situation?
Since the long-lasting human-dragon war was a grand chess game manipulated by the Empire, Leon, who had been deemed a “pawn outside the game” by them, naturally had to do something unexpected.
Otherwise, it would be a shame to hold such a title.
Crossing the border of the Red Dragon territory, it wasn’t long before the family arrived at Isa’s temple.
The silver dragon slowly landed in the courtyard.
Since they had notified Isa and the maids about their visit a day earlier, they were already waiting here.
After landing, Roseweiser transformed into human form.
Isa, lifting her skirt, hurried down the steps to meet them.
After months of not seeing each other, the two sisters rushed toward each other and hugged tightly.
Leon stood not far behind with the daughters, quietly watching the sisters embrace.
He remembered that the Empire’s dragon scholar had said that dragons don’t care much about blood relations.
Because in the long span of a thousand years, any emotions and bonds gradually wither like flowers.
However, since marrying Roseweiser, the mother dragon of the Merkwy family has continuously challenged Leon’s preconceived notions of dragons.
He didn’t know if the Merkwy family’s emphasis on family ties was typical among dragons,
But he thought there was nothing wrong with it—
At least, when everything calmed down, he and Roseweiser would still be able to go through the normal “meet the parents” process.
After exchanging pleasantries, Isa’s gaze shifted past Roseweiser’s shoulder and landed on Leon and the three little ones.
“Sweethearts, Auntie missed you so much~ Come let Auntie give you a hug~”
With that, Isa quickly walked over.
She started hugging them in order from oldest to youngest.
First was Noa.
“Mm~ Little Noa has grown quite tall, Auntie can barely lift you now. Come let Auntie kiss you—muuuuuua~”
The enthusiastic aunt didn’t even give Noa a chance to respond; after a brief exchange of pleasantries, she planted a kiss on Noa’s cheek.
This made Noa wonder if Auntie was just eager to kiss her face.
After leaving a clear lipstick mark on Noa’s cheek, it was Munen’s turn.
“Yay~ Little Moon, come let Auntie give you a hug~ A kiss, a kiss, muuuua~”
This kiss didn’t seem like Auntie was affectionately kissing her niece, but more like “marking her.”
When it came to Xiao Guang, who resembled her a bit, Isa couldn’t hold back her affection for her.
The first two sisters were given some pleasantries before the kiss, but when it came to Xiao Guang, Isa went straight for the kiss.
However, after the kiss, Isa noticed the lipstick mark was a bit faint, probably due to the force she used when kissing Noa and Munen.
“Wait, let Auntie fix her lipstick and kiss you again.”
With that, Isa waved her hand, and a maid quickly understood, handing over a lipstick.
Isa applied the lipstick, then kissed Xiao Guang’s face again.
Seeing the bright red lipstick mark, Isa nodded in satisfaction and rubbed Xiao Guang’s chubby cheek,
“Did you miss Auntie, Xiao Guang?”
“Yes~”
Though nearly overwhelmed by Auntie’s lipstick kisses, Xiao Guang still managed to reply. Leon watched Isa’s seamless operation and couldn’t help but mutter in his heart:
“She even prepared lipstick in advance, you just want to kiss your three nieces, don’t you?”
After kissing Xiao Guang, Isa held her in her arms and finally looked at Leon,
“Long time no see, brother-in-law.”
“You too, sister.”
“Why does your complexion look a bit off? Have you been tired lately?”
“Ah… no, it’s probably just from staying up late.”
Leon’s inner thoughts: Sister, you’ve got two dragon marks on you, and you’re worried about my complexion?
Isa nodded thoughtfully and then said meaningfully, “Take care of yourself, brother-in-law.”
“…… I know, sister.”
Isa smiled, “Let’s go, let’s go inside.”
The group entered the Red Dragon Temple.
Once inside the reception room, the maids had already prepared hot tea and snacks.
“Since dinner is still some time away, let’s chat here for a while.”
Isa sat down and gestured for her sister and brother-in-law to sit down as well.
Am I missing something? It just occurred to me that their kids don’t know who Leon is even though their mother should have told them, I remember it was supposed to be when Roswitha defeats the two dragons but Noah during the fight with the Dragon King, I thought she said Leon’s full name and the Dragon also talked about Leon as a human, I’m translating the chapter using Google Translate, I must have missed that