Chapter 198: On-Call Human Heater! With Abs?

"Really? Then you better hold on tight. Don't accidentally open your heart to me, confide in me… or, confess to me. Otherwise, I will—"

"I will?"

"Harshly reject you~ Just imagine, after being rejected by me, will you cry from grievance~"

Leon narrowed his eyes, "Just wait, Mother Dragon. Even if the world ends and the great Dao is obliterated, you will never hear me open my heart, confide in you, or… confess."

After chatting for a while, the topic fell back to their daughters.

Leon thought of the fleeting look in Noah's eyes when he returned this morning, like she was asking, ["Daddy, you won't leave me, right?"]

The little one wasn't that old, but she always played the role of the mature big sister, so it was inevitable that she had a lot on her mind.

Leon and Rossweise had been away from home for five days this time. Although Anna was taking care of them, someone as sensitive as Noah had probably noticed that something was off.

So Leon wondered if he should find a chance to have a proper talk with Noah.

But if he spoke too bluntly, given her personality, she would definitely overthink things.

After struggling for a while, Leon thought of another idea.

"Didn't we say we'd go to the beach last time? Let's set a date and go," Leon said.

Rossweise leaned against the bedhead, playing with a teddy bear. She spoke lazily, "Isn't Detective Casmodeous supposed to be uncovering the conspiracy between the Empire and the dragons? Yet he still has the leisure to accompany us to the beach?"

Leon nudged Rossweise's shoulder, annoyed, "Talk properly."

Rossweise chuckled, put down the teddy bear, and looked at Leon, "Going to the beach is no problem. We did promise the girls. But we need to prepare a few new swimsuits."

"New swimsuits?"

"Yes. The only ones left at home are the ones from our hot spring trip."

'The hot spring trip.'

'Oh~'

Leon remembered.

That was the time with that seemingly ordinary yet water-dissolvable black lace swimsuit.

Just thinking about it made Leon shiver.

If it hadn't been for that swimsuit, he and Rossweise wouldn't have played the "Don't Light Up the Dragon Mark" Challenge in the hot spring.

If they hadn't played the challenge, they wouldn't have gotten caught up in the moment and kissed.

If they hadn't kissed, they wouldn't now feel the need to find excuses to kiss every so often because they were addicted to it.

"Yeah, we really do need to buy some new ones," After a pause, Leon asked, "So, the old one… did you throw it away?"

"Why?"

The queen smirked mischievously, "You want me to wear it again for you?"

Master Leon blushed.

Recalling the scene of Rossweise in that sizzling swimsuit, entangled with him in the hot spring, was still vivid in his mind.

She already had a flawless body, and her usual cold demeanor contrasted sharply with her seductive charm in those intimate moments. It was naturally unforgettable.

Leon shook his head to clear his thoughts before saying, "I didn't. I wasn't. Don't talk nonsense."

The Rossweise from that hot spring night was indeed breathtakingly beautiful, but Leon definitely didn't want to go through that again.

'A little evil dragon trying to mess with my Dao heart using a sexy black lace swimsuit?'

'Impossible!'

'Absolutely impossible!'

"Well, actually, I've always kept that swimsuit. But since you don't want to see it, I'll just throw it away."

"Hmph, trying to bait me? No way! If you throw it, you throw it. I don't care!"

"Ooh, so full of integrity~ Just don't sneak into my trash can later. That'd be so creepy."

Leon rolled his eyes and stopped bickering with her. He got out of bed.

"Where are you going?"

"To play with the kids."

"Come with me to the tribe in the afternoon to buy clothes."

"Go by yourself."

"If I go by myself, what's the point of having a fake husband?"

As Leon walked to the door, he waved his arm without looking back, "Yeah, yeah, got it. What time in the afternoon?"

"Around two. Remember to come back."

"OK."

Master once said that in this world, you can refuse anyone's request—but when a woman asks you to go shopping with her, you can't refuse.

Leon asked why.

Master said, ("When a woman asks you to go shopping, she's not asking. She's informing you. If you stubbornly refuse, your future days will be miserable.")

Master was experienced in this field. Leon decided to heed his wisdom.

He just wondered how much suffering Master had endured from Mistress to reach these conclusions...

'Ah, humanity—growing through generations of experience. Sigh!'

———

Leon went to the sanctuary's back garden and found only Luna playing a funny-face game with Light. No Noah in sight.

Leon walked over and asked, "Luna, isn't your sister with you?"

Luna looked up at her Daddy, "Sister said she went to the training ground."

'Whoa, the study queen is at it again.'

Leon patted his daughter's little head, "Alright, you keep playing with your little sister. I'll go find your big sister."

Luna nodded obediently, "Okay~"

Leon turned and went to the training ground.

As expected, Noah was practicing a new spell Leon had taught her recently.

The spell was difficult. Even older dragons would struggle to grasp it in a short time.

Even with Noah's extraordinary talent, her early practice wasn't producing much success.

She tried again and again, restarting each time. Sweat covered her little face.

"Take a break, Noah."

Hearing his voice, Noah stopped channeling magic and turned around, "Daddy…"

Leon walked up to her and squatted down, "Overtraining will damage your body. You need to balance work and rest."

As he spoke, he lifted Noah's little hand.

Due to prolonged practice, her magic circuits and tendons were sore, causing her arm to tremble slightly.

Leon had once trained like this in his youth, so he knew how much strain it put on the body.

Moreover, Noah was only two years old, a critical stage of development. Any damage could have long-term effects.

"It's fine to work hard, but you need to do it scientifically and in moderation. Otherwise, it'll backfire," Leon massaged his daughter's arm and looked into her eyes with concern, "Besides, you're already much stronger than other young dragons of your age. No need to push yourself so hard."

Noah lowered her gaze and stared at her father's big, rough hands. She murmured, "I'm not doing this just to be stronger than others…"

Leon blinked, "Then why?"

She clenched her tiny fists, biting her lip as if hesitating to speak.

After a long pause, she simply said, "Nothing. I'll be careful to rest, Daddy. That's all for today."

Since she didn't want to talk, Leon didn't force her.

Looking at her sweaty little face, Leon smiled and wiped it for her. Then he gave her good news, "We're going to the beach in a few days."

Her tired eyes instantly lit up, "Really, Daddy?"

"Yeah, really. Your Mommy and I are going shopping for swimsuits in the afternoon. Do you want us to bring you anything?"

Noah thought for a moment, then asked, "Is this a date, Daddy?"

"Huh? No, it's just shopping…"

Noah tilted her head, "That means it's a date. Girls don't just randomly go shopping with boys. So it's a date."

'Your Mommy is two hundred years old and still calls herself a girl?'

Leon pinched her nose, "Fine, fine. It's a date. Happy now?"

'Daughters are too good at winning arguments.'

Noah giggled, "Then I don't need anything. Just focus on your date."

Leon scoffed, then picked her up, "Alright, let's go play with your sisters."

"Okay~"

———

In the afternoon, as agreed, Leon accompanied Rossweise to the Silver Dragon tribe to buy new swimsuits.

To be honest, he had been the prince consort of the Silver Dragon tribe for over a year now, yet it seemed he had never gone shopping in the tribe with Rossweise before.

Normally, whenever they needed to buy something for going out, they would just go to Sky City. There, Leon was not some prince consort, and Rossweise was not the Silver Dragon Queen.

In the eyes of most dragons, they were just an ordinary couple raising two adorable daughters.

So outside, they didn't have to deliberately act affectionate and intimate. After all, there weren't any acquaintances around.

But at home, it was a different story.

If they went out together, they had to be extra careful, ensuring that the Silver Dragon people could feel the deep love between their Queen and their Prince Consort.

Simply put, they had to sprinkle dog food(public affection), even if the dog food was fake, it still had to be sprinkled.

Fortunately, after maintaining this fake family for so long, the two of them had become quite skilled at it.

On the quiet path from the Silver Dragon Sanctuary to the tribe, the two had already tacitly held hands.

Actually, Rossweise quite liked holding hands with Leon, or rather, she liked the feeling of his broad palm touching hers.

That slightly rough, weathered hand was covered in scars of all sizes, it was the hand of a warrior. Only when touched by such a hand did Rossweise truly feel a sense of being conquered.

'Of course, most importantly, this guy's hands are always warm.'

Just enough to balance out her naturally cold constitution.

She still remembered last winter, when she had just become pregnant with Little Light. Although she was well-fed and well-cared-for, her cold-body issue had never been resolved. Even under the covers, her hands and feet would occasionally turn icy.

So, whenever that happened, Leon became her on-call human heater.

Come on, cuddling a tsundere heater who complains about the trouble but still obediently moves closer to warm you up, how satisfying is that?

And it was a heater with abs.

'Mhm, not only warm but also great to the touch.'

Recalling all this, Rossweise couldn't help but chuckle softly.

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