Shut up, malevolent dragon! I don’t want to have any more children with you V2C69

Chapter 69: This Punch Shows a Loving Father and a Filial Daughter!

As expected by Leon, Aurora carried him gently into the mountain gorge and finally stopped in front of the familiar waterfall.

Leon waved his wings, shaking off the waterfall’s flow—his movements were exactly like when Rosweiser had brought him here, making it hard not to suspect that the mother dragon had personally taught her daughter this little trick.

This further confirmed Leon’s guess that the daughters already knew about their father’s human identity.

But why hadn’t Aurora brought it up?

Leon found it puzzling.

After entering the cave, Aurora transformed into her human form and then called into the depths of the cave, “Sister.”

Although her tone still bore the coldness of a scientist, Leon could hear a hint of familial affection in it.

It was this call of “sister” that made Leon nervous.

As a father, he had countless times imagined what his daughters would be like as they grew up.

The little light beside him resembled his imagined future.

If he had to say, the only difference was that, at twenty years old, she still didn’t forget to greet her old father with an uppercut.

It was a mark of familial duty, etched into their genes.

What would Noa have become from the once diligent little girl who tried to act like an adult?

Leon felt both anticipation and anxiety. He stared deep into the cave, and after a moment, a tall figure emerged from the darkness.

The low-heeled boots gently tapped against the cold stone, the rhythmic sound echoing in the cave.

The girl stepping out of the shadows wore a fitted black outfit, the tight pants outlining her perfect leg contours; though her waist was slender, it exuded a sense of strength.

Her hair was not particularly long, with rich black streaked with silver.

Her face, exquisite as a piece of art, bore no expression—Melkwei women were adept at maintaining a stoic facade.

She had grown taller, her steps heavier and more stable; those sharp eyes, like blades, resembled a seasoned female general, embodying the spirit of a warrior.

“Noa…”

Leon felt an indescribable emotion.

Although in his imaginings of the future, Noa indeed should have been this cool and fierce, as she was a born warrior destined for an extraordinary life; when he truly saw his once-infant daughter transformed into this, his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

From the child who pretended to be an adult to the current frost-faced warrior, how much had she endured?

When Leon came to his senses, Noa was already standing in front of him.

His daughter had grown up, and she was beautiful, just like her mother.

But on that pretty face, there was a faint scar.

Though it had faded significantly and wouldn’t be noticed from afar, as the saying goes, “Every scar tells a story,” and Leon couldn’t help but notice even the smallest wound.

Just as he thought, over the years, Noa must have endured quite a bit.

Moreover, given her character, she was surely the one who suffered the most among the three sisters.

Leon looked into his daughter’s eyes, and Noa met his gaze.

Her brows and eyes resembled her mother’s; at first glance, she seemed indifferent, exuding a sense of coldness and distance.

But if one could break through that icy surface, they would feel the burning emotions within.

Noa’s pupils trembled slightly, and her icy face showed hints of emotion.

Unlike Aurora, who could suppress her feelings with absolute calmness, Noa was mature but relied more on her father.

For Noa, it had been a full twenty years since she had last seen her father.

Now, the family member she had longed for stood before her, and countless memories surged in her mind, washing over tear ducts.

Seeing his daughter’s emotional shift, Leon slowly raised his hand, moving towards the corner of Noa’s eye, intending to her wipe away the tears about to fall.

However— Slap!

Noa suddenly seized Leon’s wrist.

Before he could finish, a jab hit him in the abdomen.

The old father instantly felt his knees weaken, his head spinning.

Buthe still used the last bit of his consciousness to poke Noa’s nose, “You… you The old father was taken aback and blinked, “What’s wrong, Noa—uh!!”

Melkwei dragons are not only good at shape shifting but also at… patricide…”

After saying this, General Leon’s eyes darkened, and he fell back, losing consciousness.

A hint of panic flashed across Aurora’s face but quickly disappeared.

She walked slowly to her sister’s side, gazing at their unconscious father, saying, “Dad just came through the rift; his body hasn’t recovered yet. That punch of yours was a bit too heavy.”

Just a few hours earlier, she had knocked out their father with an uppercut.

Noa wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, adjusting her emotions, “This was just the first punch; there are three more to go.”

Aurora raised her eyebrows, calculating, “Actually, it’s two punches—one from Mom and one from the second sister.”

“What about yours?”

“I already hit him long ago.”

“Oh.”

Noa looked at their father, who lay unconscious, a trace of regret crossing her cold face, “Then I… really did hit too hard.”

…

Leon slowly opened his eyes to see an old wooden table.

He was sitting in a chair. On the table sat an oil lamp, its flame flickering, swaying precariously as if it might extinguish at any moment.

Across the table were two dutiful daughters.

“Dad, you’re awake!” Aurora’s pink eyes sparkled.

Leon forced a smile, enduring the pain in his abdomen, glanced at his youngest daughter, then turned to his eldest daughter, “Are you mad at me, Noa?”

He could probably guess why Noa had punched him upon their first meeting.

Because he had promised her that the family would never be apart, yet due to the rift in space, he had vanished from their world for a full twenty years.

Logically, Leon had entered the rift to save the family, which didn’t seem like a senseless abandonment; But the fact of “losing a father” could not be covered up with “logic.”

It could only be analyzed from the emotional aspect.

Noa’s punch was not her blaming Leon but rather a simple way of telling her dad:

Without him, they had spent all these years how.

Her grievances, her longing, and her feelings towards Leon—whether calm or extreme—were all encapsulated in that punch.

Noa had thought about embracing him, but the emotions conveyed through an embrace were too singular.

She indeed would embrace Leon, but not at this moment of reunion.

“I don’t know,” Noa replied.

Leon was slightly taken aback, then lowered his eyes, “Well… regardless of whether you’re mad at me or not, I apologize.”

“Alright, I accept your apology. Although I don’t even know if I’m mad at you.”

Feelings had always been vague and messy; Noa genuinely didn’t know if she should be angry with Leon.

But getting an apology from her dad for free, why not?

Mom had said, only about five people in the world could make that stubborn dad bow his head to apologize.

“Oh… so quick to accept, I thought it would take more back-and-forth,” Leon remarked.

“Back-and-forth? How back-and-forth?”

Noa leaned against the back of the chair, crossing her arms and propping up her long legs—her posture was just like her mother’s.

“Like how you and Mom used to argue, and in the end, there wasn’t even a confession?”

Leon pressed his lips together, “Did your mother tell you everything about us…”

“Uh-huh,” Noa nodded.

“Not only did she talk about it, but she also made it so detailed that she could write a whole painful teenage love novel,” Aurora added.

Leon: …So, I and that mother dragon are the main characters in a painful teenage love novel?

What a twist! Who falls in love while already having children? Isn’t that turning the world upside down?

“Of course, besides your love story—ah, let’s tentatively call that awkward feeling ‘love,’ shall we, little light?” Noa looked at her younger sister.

Aurora nodded.

Both sisters were fair in their assessment of the two people in their parents’ love story: Dad was awkward, and Mom was also awkward.

“You two’s love story aside—ah, temporarily calling that awkward feeling ‘love’—what do you think, little light?” Noa looked at her sister.

One bed cannot nurture two kinds of people.

“Besides your love story, Mom also told me about how you two got together.”

Noah’s expression was quite subtle.

But as long as one wasn’t foolish, they could tell what she meant.

Leon trembled inside; it seemed she truly knew everything now.

He kept his eyes downcast, choosing to remain silent.

“So, the harmonious family we had back then was fake, right? It was a lie you and mom wove together.”

Upon learning the truth, she didn’t immediately dwell on her bloodline but cared more about the family itself.

“You always said you loved mom and loved us, but all that was—”

“It’s all true, Noah.”

Leon finally spoke. He stared at the table, his voice deep and firm.

“Indeed, it was completely accidental that your mom and I ended up together at first, and your births were also accidents.”

“It might even be like you said, that this family was a lie made up by your mom and me, and everything was fake.”

“But.”

“Noah, Xiaoguang, my love for you is real.”

“I love you both, and I love Muen; you are my daughters, the most important people to me in this world.”

He pursed his dry lips, rubbing his cold palms together as he continued,

“You made me a father. I am truly… so grateful to you.”

“Because of your births, I now have people I’d risk my life to protect.”

“Noah, you can blame me and your mom for keeping things from you to maintain the family, but don’t say my love for you is fake.”

“I really… love you, love you so much…”

The man sitting before them was once the strongest, yet now he bowed his head, lowering his voice, repeating over and over that he loved them.

Constantin might have been right: the ones you love are also your weaknesses.

But Leon willingly let himself be bound by these weaknesses.

They were his family, his most important bonds in this world.

Noah and Aurora exchanged glances, then looked back at the man sitting across from them.

“You didn’t get to the point.”

“Huh?” Leon raised his head, bewildered.

“We were just scaring you, Dad. Everyone knows you’re a doting father.” Aurora couldn’t hide her amusement.

Leon’s face darkened immediately, “So you’ve grown up and learned to mess with your dad’s feelings now, huh?”

“Who messed with your feelings? We haven’t seen you in twenty years, just wanted to make sure you still love us.”

Aurora, with shallow excuses, quickly changed the subject, “Ahem, Big Sis is right, you didn’t get to the point just now.”

“What point?” Leon asked.

Noah put her leg down, leaning closer to the table, looking at Leon. “You love me, Muen, and Xiaoguang, but did you forget the last family member?”

Leon blinked, then suddenly realized, “Oh~~~ I get it!”

“Mm, say it.”

“I love the donkey too.”

Noah & Xiaoguang:?

“Sis, I take back what I said earlier. That punch you gave him wasn’t hard enough.”

Smack— Noah slapped the table. “Be serious, old fool! Say it, do you love her?”

“Do I… really have to say it…”

Both sisters nodded in unison.

Seeing their determined stance, Leon realized he couldn’t escape this.

He exhaled a long breath, adjusted his emotions, and then seriously nodded.

“I love her, Roswaal Melquith, your mother… I love her.”

Thinking back to that confession before entering the time rift, the clumsy dragon probably didn’t hear it.

So that’s why the daughters were forcing him to say it now.

But Leon didn’t quite understand, why did I have to say it now?

Couldn’t I wait until I saw the leading lady of their parents’ love story in person later?