Shut Up, Evil Dragon, I Don't Want to Have Children with You Again

After winding through several turns, Leon arrived at the garden and saw Mu En playing games with several Dragon Maids.

But the little dragon girl did not seem very interested.

"Princess, you have to keep your eyes covered. No peeking~"

"Princess, I'm over here, over here. Come catch me~"

"Be careful, Princess. Don't fall."

The maids were playing blindfolded tag with her.

After missing several times, Mu En tore off her blindfold and angrily threw it to the ground, stomping her little feet. "This isn't fun! I'm not playing anymore! I want Mom and Dad to play with me!"

An older-looking maid walked over, crouched down, and looked up at Mu En as she patiently said, "Princess, Her Majesty the Queen works tirelessly day and night. She has to personally handle all matters within the Dragon Race, so she cannot often keep you company. You must be a sensible daughter, Princess. Don't make Her Majesty worry."

"Mm... Mu En understands."

The little dragon girl spoke pitifully as she bent down and picked up the blindfold herself. "Anna, let's continue."

"Good girl, Princess."

Head Maid Anna stood and put the blindfold back on Mu En.

The childish game of tag continued.

Mu En still missed many times, only able to judge their positions by the messy sounds around her.

But at some point, the maids' voices fell silent.

Mu En did not notice. Thinking it was part of the game, she continued feeling around blindly.

"Anna, where are you? Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Princess—"

Before Anna could say anything, Mu En caught someone.

She excitedly ripped off her blindfold. "Mu En caught you! You're—Dad, Daddy?! Daddy, why did you come down...?"

Leon slowly crouched down and reached out to pinch the baby fat on Mu En's cheek. "Of course I came to play with you."

At those words, a gleam flashed through Mu En's big eyes. "Really, Daddy?"

Leon nodded with a smile. "Mm, really."

"Yay~ Daddy's playing with me~"

The little dragon girl happily spun circles around Leon.

Her little tail swept past Leon's eyes again and again, but Leon was thinking about something else.

The Mu En in the corridor just now... why was she so different from the Mu En in front of him?

Her mood had improved so much in just a few minutes?

"Mu En, did you go back to the corridor just now?" Leon asked.

Mu En stopped spinning and answered seriously, "No. Mu En has been playing in the garden the whole time."

"Oh, is that so..."

"What's wrong, Daddy?"

"No, nothing."

Maybe I was seeing things, Leon thought.

After all, he had only just recovered from being in a vegetative state. Before he could even get some proper rest, Lothwiser had dragged him off for a savage fuck. Blurry vision could only be considered a mild symptom.

The fact that Leon could even get out of bed now meant his body was recovering well.

"By the way, Mu En, what do you want to play? Do you want to keep playing tag?" Leon changed the subject.

Mu En pouted and thought for a moment, then shook her head. "I don't want to play that anymore. Mu En is dumb and can never catch anyone. How about we... play Dragon Knight instead~"

Leon froze. "Dragon Knight... how do you play that?"

One minute later.

Mu En was sitting on Leon's shoulders, her tail lightly resting against his back.

Leon held his arms slightly raised, gripping Mu En's tiny ankles to keep her from falling off him.

With one hand, Mu En gently tugged at Leon's hair. In the other, she held a tree branch, treating it like an enchanted holy sword.

"Ooh~ Charge, Daddy~"

"Okay, okay, charge, charge!"

Only then did Leon understand.

A Dragon Knight was not a knight who rode a dragon;

It was a dragon who rode a knight.

Fine, she could ride him for a while. He had to spoil his own daughter.

Could he really expect that sour-faced Dragon Queen Lothwiser to play this kind of parent-child game with Mu En?

In his dreams.

"Daddy, Daddy, go to Head Maid Anna! She's the Human Race's guard now! If we defeat her, we can reclaim our territory!"

That line nearly threw out Leon's back.

Good grief, dear daughter, you really knew how to stab your dad right in the heart.

Did she know who she was riding?

She was riding the Human Race's former strongest Dragon Slayer, okay?

Of all roles, why did she have to make that maid play the Human Race?

Couldn't she have played the Beast Race, Elf Race, or Werewolf Race instead?

Leon grumbled inwardly. Damn Dragon Race education. This was definitely all Lothwiser's fault!

But since he had promised Mu En he would play with her, Leon had to keep his word.

He answered Mu En and jogged toward the maids ahead.

The maids were also remarkably cooperative, each one a convincing actress.

Whenever Mu En waved the branch in her hand, they fell right on cue.

Some even added extra drama, such as:

"Ah~ What a powerful little princess of the Dragon Race~ She defeated me in one move~"

Or:

"Has my Human Race ultimately lost to the noble and powerful Dragon Race? I refuse to accept this~ I refuse to accept this~"

Leon: What the hell are you refusing to accept? = =

Even though he had ten thousand sarcastic remarks ready to spill out, Leon held them back.

A small lack of patience could ruin great plans. For now, he had to take good care of the kid, let Lothwiser lower her guard, and then find a chance to escape.

Just like that, after an hour of playing Dragon Knight, Leon's body was starting to give out.

And it was more than just simple exhaustion.

His newly awakened body had not fully recovered to normal yet. Even mild activity made him dizzy.

He half-crouched, and Mu En jumped down from his shoulders, asking worriedly, "Is Daddy tired?"

"Mm, a little—"

"Daddy isn't tired."

The voice came from the direction of the Holy Temple.

Leon and Mu En looked over. It was Lothwiser.

She stood on the balcony, leisurely watching them.

"Mu En, Daddy isn't tired at all. He's full of energy right now, so you can keep playing any game you want with him," Lothwiser said lazily.

"Really? That's great~ I thought Daddy was tired."

Mu En turned back to Leon. "Then, Daddy, let's keep playing~"

"..."

Leon stood up and looked toward Lothwiser on the balcony.

Lothwiser gave him a rare smile.

But that smile made her look like a fox whose scheme had succeeded.

"Lothwiser!" Leon shouted at her, with the air of a man ready for a final battle.

"What?"

"You really are..."

Leon gritted his teeth and ran through every curse he could think of, but with a child beside him, all he could finally force out was one word.

"Cute."

Cute was a derogatory word for dragons—Silver Dragon Queen Lothwiser.

That evening, Leon dragged his exhausted body back to his room.

He was so tired that he did not even have the strength to change his shoes. The moment he entered, he headed straight for the bedroom and collapsed onto the bed.

A moment later, the lock clicked, and high heels tapped slowly across the floor as someone entered.

Leon knew Lothwiser had come, but he was too lazy to even get up and look at her.

Today, he had finally seen this Dragon Queen's true nature: paranoid, extreme, and scheming.

Making Leon look after the kid was one thing, but she had also made him spend the whole day playing with Mu En while dragging around his drained body.

Please, sister.

Two days ago, I was still a vegetable lying in bed, and now you're making me play all day with a little dragon girl whose energy rivals a husky's.

You really can't wait for me to kick the bucket, can you?

Leon grumbled inwardly as Lothwiser reached the bedside.

"Are you dead?" the Queen asked coldly.

Leon kept his eyes closed and did not respond.

"I'm talking to you. Are you dead?"

As she spoke, she lifted her foot and kicked Leon's calf.

Leon kicked his legs twice to show that he was still alive.

"Good. Your vitality is stronger than I expected."

"You're so funny, Your Majesty the Queen," Leon muttered.

Lothwiser did not respond. Instead, she leaned over and bent down, placing the already sleeping Mu En from her arms beside Leon's pillow.

Leon caught the little dragon girl's unique milky scent. When he opened his eyes, her tender little face was only a few centimeters from the tip of his nose.

Mu En's eyes were lightly closed, her tiny pink fists gently clenched. There was some fatigue between her brows, but a faint curve rested on her lips.

"She hasn't been this happy in a long time."

Lothwiser sat beside the bed with her back to Leon and Mu En.

Moonlight poured in through the window, spilling over the soft bed.

The room was quiet, filled only with the sound of Mu En's even breathing.

Lying face-down on the bed, Leon secretly shifted his gaze from the little dragon girl to Lothwiser's back.