Chapter 15: Husband and Wife, Sailing Smoothly with the Wind
At the words, Rosvitha’s eyes flickered slightly, and she slowly lowered her raised legs, straightening up from her previously lazy posture against the sofa.
As sharp as she was, Rosvitha naturally caught the implication in Leon’s words.
“You mean to say that there’s an undercover agent from the Constantine faction within my Silver Dragon Clan?”
“Yes, I had a vague sense of this when Constantine attacked,” Leon said. “But I never had the time to delve into it. So now, I’d like to hear your thoughts.”
Honestly, Leon wasn’t particularly concerned about the Silver Dragon Clan being infiltrated by outsiders. His concern lay solely with his daughter—well, and Rosvitha, if he had to include her.
Well, reluctantly include her, that is. After all, if something happened to her, his daughters would be upset. Yeah, it’s just a case of caring for the house because of the magpie.
Back to the point.
If the speculation about a mole within the Silver Dragon Clan is correct, then this mole undoubtedly poses a threat to Leon’s wife and children.
In this case, even if he doesn’t intend to help the Silver Dragon Clan, it’s still necessary for him to warn or directly help Rosvitha root out this mole.
Just like when the Crimson Flame Dragon Clan suddenly attacked, Leon didn’t intervene immediately.
Because from the initial situation of the battle, it seemed that Anna’s Silver Dragon soldiers could resist the enemy’s attack with the advantage of the terrain, and Rosvitha and Noia were safe.
It wasn’t until Constantine personally appeared on the battlefield and, with overwhelming force, broke through Anna’s defensive line, posing a real threat to Rosvitha and the daughters, that Leon donned his black gold battle armor again and rushed to the battlefield.
Betrayal by the Empire didn’t mean Leon could let go of his resentment towards the dragon race.
Among the dragons, individuals like Rosvitha, who were relatively laid-back and focused on internal clan affairs, were few and far between. Ultimately, most dragons were fierce and combative.
Rosvitha pondered for a moment before replying, “From Constantine’s attack until now, it hasn’t been long, and quite a few… unexpected incidents have occurred in between. So, I haven’t had the time to properly consider this matter.”
The so-called unexpected incidents probably referred to the days when Leon returned to the Empire.
For Rosvitha, that was indeed an unexpected event significant enough to unsettle her mind and leave her with no time to think about anything else.
However, as long as she didn’t express these thoughts aloud, Leon, no matter how smart, wouldn’t be able to guess them. She wouldn’t let Leon think she’d be in a turmoil just because of him.
Waiting for him for five days and bringing him back home was already giving this despicable man face. If she gave him any more favors, he might as well raise his tail to the sky.
Sure enough, Leon’s attention was drawn to the last half of Rosvitha’s recent statement, “Hmm… So, you mean, you were already aware that there might be a mole within the clan?”
Rosvitha nodded, “Of course. I was planning to deal with this after you returned and rested for a few days, but then you suddenly mentioned going to the seaside, so I thought, let’s discuss it after you come back.”
Leon blinked and smiled, asking, “Aren’t you afraid that the mole might cause trouble during these few days you’re waiting, or that they might slip away?”
“Before we left, I already arranged for Anna to keep a close eye on the people in the temple, especially the maidservants.”
Rosvitha said, “After all, at that time, only the maidservants knew my exact delivery time, so there’s a high probability that the mole is also among the maidservants.”
Pausing for a moment, Rosvitha also smiled and asked, “Since you’ve already noticed this, why did you still want to take Noia and the others to the seaside first?”
Leon shrugged, “I took my daughters out. Even if the mole still wants to cause trouble, they can’t harm them. And if the mole wants to run, let them run. After all, Constantine is dead, where else can they go?”
Indeed, in the eyes of a devoted father, only his daughters are the most important. But Leon’s analysis in the latter half of his statement was also logical.
Combined with Rosvitha’s instructions to Anna to closely monitor the people in the temple before they left, although the couple didn’t discuss it beforehand, the final result was quite satisfactory.
Well, that’s what you call professionalism.
And as Leon said, with Constantine dead, the mole they were discussing was probably at a loss about their future.
“It’s impossible for them to escape. Firstly, Anna has been on high alert these days. If any clan member escapes, it’s undoubtedly because they’ve done something wrong, and the mole must be aware of this,” Rosvitha said.
“Secondly, as you said, Constantine has fallen, and they have nowhere to go. So… if we want to catch this mole, it’s actually not difficult.”
As their words fell silent, the couple unconsciously glanced at each other.
Their black and silver eyes met, moonlight streaming in through the window.
After a moment, they both smiled simultaneously, and with remarkable synchrony, pointed at each other with their index fingers, as if to say, “Ah, you’re quite something.”
“Mr. Casmode really sets a fine example of sailing smoothly with the wind,” Rosvitha remarked.
“Miss Melkvi is no slouch compared to me either,” Leon remarked.
Despite outward appearances suggesting they were polar opposites with no similarities whatsoever, the couple shared this particular trait of sailing smoothly with the wind.
Admittedly, it was because of this mole that Constantine chose to launch his attack when Rosvitha was at her most vulnerable.
The success rate of such a tactic was high; if things had gone differently, it wouldn’t have been Constantine who perished that day but rather Rosvitha, the Silver Dragon Queen.
But now that the situation had ended and Constantine’s head hung on the border of Silver Dragon territory, what did the couple have to fear with only the isolated mole left in the clan? It was just a matter of spending a little more effort to stage a classic trap-and-capture scenario.
Speaking of trapping, the couple were quite adept at it. After all, it was either the husband catching the wife or the wife catching the husband in their daily banter, they were quite familiar with it.
After a bit of playful banter, Rosvitha asked, “So, do you have a plan to expose this mole?”
Leon’s eyes flickered slightly as he thought, not giving Rosvitha a direct answer. Instead, wearing a confident smile, he replied, “What if I told you I already know who the mole is, and it’s just a matter of getting her to admit her identity willingly? Would you believe me?”
The Queen furrowed her brow in skepticism, “Is that true?”
“It is. When have I ever lied to you?”
“Hah, haven’t you lied to me before?”
“Mother Dragon, you need to distinguish between well-intentioned lies and—”
Rosvitha waved her hand, too lazy to listen to his sophistry. “Alright, alright, I’m willing to live in your well-intentioned lies. Now, tell me, who do you think the mole is?”
I think it was that maid who wanted to lead Rosvitha into a trap, but Leon discovered the trap before (this happens in chapter 159 for those who want to see)
Isn’t this one of the early chapter? There’s an issue here.
Yeah, definitely. This looks like a much earlier chapter
yes, we take a wrong order chapters here, it has fixed now, pls check