Chapter 41: Death God has arrived? Xiao Guang is here!
Leon felt like his life was a coffee table, covered with cups of misfortune.
“Daddy~ Daddy~ Xiaoguang got first place, why aren’t you happy?”
Little pink-fur tugged at his sleeve, blinking her beautiful big eyes at him.
Leon looked down, reaching out to rub her little head. “Daddy’s not unhappy. Daddy is really happy. Look, Daddy’s even smiling — Ha, ha, ha—”
“Daddy, your smile sounds worse than crying,” Xiaoguang said sharply.
“…”
“Look at Mommy, she’s really happy, but she still keeps her composure.”
Keep composure?
Leon glanced over at Rosvessa.
The mother dragon didn’t seem to have a breakdown at all, did she?
Her face still seemed cold at first glance, but if you looked closely, you’d notice a barely noticeable curve at the corners of her mouth.
Clearly, she was secretly pleased.
You’re secretly pleased? What a joke!
Our plans have crashed and burned, and the carefully laid strategies disintegrated like sand in the wind in front of our little daughter!
“Keep your dignity, Leon. Even though we failed, think about the bright side.”
Leon raised an eyebrow. “What bright side?”
“Your daughter helped you win a championship.”
After a pause, Rosvessa added sharply, “Oh, and second place.”
“I thank you for reminding me!”
At this point, although the first-place model family was made up of [Xiaoguang + Leon + Rosvessa], Muen, as the second-place overall scorer, was also specially approved by Vice Principal Wilson to stand on stage.
After all, they were still a family. It wouldn’t be right to let the little girl stand alone in the audience, would it?
That would be too inhumane.
Once the four family members were in place, Vice Principal Wilson walked up as well.
As per tradition, the first person to be interviewed would be Xiaoguang.
“Hello, Aurora.”
The vice principal bent down, half-kneeling beside Xiaoguang, smiling kindly.
It was clear he really liked the Merkwy family’s little dragons. They were smart and sharp, just the kind of young dragons Saint Sis Academy wanted.
Leon glanced at the old man in disdain, secretly mumbling:
“Uppercut, uppercut, give him a loud uppercut!”
But this was just Leon’s internal grumbling. Xiaoguang’s uppercut passive was easy to trigger, but it was situational.
If she knocked off the vice principal’s glasses at the entrance ceremony, their family’s popularity at the academy might become a long-lasting topic.
“Everyone knows that this year’s exam was much harder than before, but both you and your sister Muen still scored impressively. Could you tell us what your usual study methods are?”
Xiaoguang answered seriously, yet with a childlike voice, “I listen to daddy.”
“Oh? So you and your sister managed to get such great scores all thanks to your dad?”
“Yes.”
Good daughter, why does it sound like a dagger stabbing at my heart every time you speak the truth?
I should’ve never taught you both so well! —
It’s all Dad’s fault for being too good (covers mouth, suppresses a laugh).
Leon, trying to ease the awkwardness of the moment, silently made cold jokes in his mind.
The vice principal stood up, satisfied, and walked to Leon’s side, casually draping his arm over Leon’s shoulder, like an old friend.
Leon glanced at the hand on his shoulder.
He really disliked dragons with no sense of personal boundaries!
“As everyone knows, Mr. Leon is famous. Just a few months ago, he stopped the spatial rift crisis, saving many nearby tribes from disaster. Our Principal Angelena Olette even affectionately calls him—”
“Dragon Clan’s hero!”
The applause from the audience thundered as soon as the words were spoken.
But Leon, up on the stage, was already sweating buckets.
Damn!
Who was the first to applaud?! Was it you?!
I’ll chop off your dragon horns and brew them into a drink later!
Back then, when Principal Olette referred to Leon as the Dragon Clan’s hero in her office with no outsiders present, Leon felt incredibly uncomfortable.
The guy had been in the dragon-slaying army since he was fifteen, having slain countless evil dragons, and yet, just a few years later, the dragon-slaying hero became the hero of the Dragon Clan —
Ah, life’s unpredictable.
And now the vice principal was shouting that title in front of a hundred dragons on stage.
It would have been better to roast me over a fire!
Being regarded as a hero by all these top-class and first-class dragons… it’s just so strange and awkward.
“And Mr. Leon has also raised three fine young dragons for our academy.”
The vice principal continued, speaking passionately, “His eldest daughter is currently the top scorer in the junior dragon division, Noia K. Merkwy. I’m sure the students here have heard of her, right?”
“Yes~”
“Noia senior is amazing!”
The young dragons responded in unison.
“Good. And right after Noia, Mr. Leon sent his equally talented second and third daughters to Saint Sis Academy. It’s no exaggeration to say that Mr. Leon’s achievement has made a tremendous contribution to the great cause of the Dragon Clan’s future!”
The vice principal’s flattery caused another round of applause from the audience.
Just as he was about to continue, the vice principal suddenly felt his hand on Leon’s shoulder getting warmer.
He looked down, muttering, “Why is my palm sweating… Is it because I’m so excited?”
Leon shot the old man an annoyed look, silently praying that this damn ceremony would end sooner!
Next, the vice principal praised another hero of the Dragon Clan, Casmodi, before urging Muen and Xiaoguang to each give their father a hug, thanking him for his hard work in helping them successfully enroll.
The old father was near tears, what else could he do but hug them?
After the hug, the classic moment was recreated.
“Mr. Leon, the daughters’ segment is over, but do you remember what else you did three years ago when you stood here?”
Leon swallowed nervously, secretly glancing at Rosvessa.
