Shut Up, Evil Dragon, I Don't Want to Have Children With You Anymore

"Your dragon race has so many damn rules," Leon thought to himself.

Just as Leon was pondering what words to use to praise his good daughter, a knock sounded at the door.

He carried Muen to open it.

It was Head Maid Anna.

"It's lunchtime, Prince. Please entrust Princess to me for a while."

"Alright."

Leon handed Muen over to Anna.

Muen reluctantly extended her arms. "Daddy, will you still accompany Muen this afternoon?"

Leon nodded. "Of course."

"Okay, it's a deal."

"Mm, it's a deal."

Anna left the room with Muen.

Leon breathed a sigh of relief and turned towards the balcony.

He looked down at the courtyard, where Losweiser was discussing something with a dragon race guard.

After a few words, the guard nodded slightly, then vanished from the courtyard in a flash.

As if noticing Leon's gaze, Losweiser turned around and looked up at the balcony.

Leon didn't dodge; he just stood there, meeting Losweiser's gaze.

The former strongest Dragon Slayer and the proud, aloof Silver Dragon Queen stared at each other, one from above, the other from below.

A breeze rustled the leaves, and the midday sun felt as warm as a lover's embrace.

Except during times of "revenge," Losweiser rarely initiated conversation with Leon.

Of course, Leon was too lazy to actively seek her out for a chat.

To outsiders, they might appear to be a respectful married couple, living a busy but harmonious married life.

But only they knew what undercurrents lay hidden beneath the surface of this harmony.

Leon and Losweiser stared at each other for a long time, neither of them speaking first.

Losweiser had no intention of wasting any more time and turned to leave.

"Hey!"

Leon's voice suddenly came from above.

Losweiser stopped, turned her head back, and looked up.

"I want to go for a walk," Leon said. "I'm suffocating staying in this room all the time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Losweiser flashed to the outside of the balcony in an instant.

She flapped the dragon wings on her back, suspending herself in mid-air, her long silver tail hanging down to maintain balance.

Leon was startled, thinking he had said something wrong again to displease the Dragon Queen.

"You can only leave this room when you're playing with Muen," Losweiser said coldly.

"But... but won't Muen find it strange?"

"Strange what?"

"Her dad only goes out when he's playing with her, and stays in the room the rest of the time. She's bound to get suspicious, right?"

"Daddy isn't feeling well and can't go out casually. That reason is enough."

"...You've certainly thought of everything."

"Play the role of Daddy well. Don't think about anything else, and don't do anything else. Understand?"

Leon shrugged, not answering.

He had nothing more to ask Losweiser.

Even going for a walk had become a luxury, so what else was there to discuss?

Leon waved his hand, turned around, and walked towards the bedroom.

Watching Leon's thin, lonely back, Losweiser's pupils trembled slightly, and a fleeting, unusual expression flashed across her cold eyes.

"Leon," she called out, stopping him.

Leon paused, turning his head halfway. "What?"

"Muen will come to find you this afternoon. You need to teach her how to write her name."

Upon hearing this, Leon frowned slightly. "And then?"

"I will check her learning progress tonight. If she has learned it, you can take a walk with me in the garden tomorrow for an hour."

Leon blinked, latching onto a keyword. "To... take a walk with you?"

Losweiser paused slightly but didn't show much panic, calmly stating, "Don't misunderstand, I just want to keep an eye on you. You're a slippery one; someone else might have let you get away."

Leon scoffed. "Teaching a child to write her own name, how hard can that be?"

"I didn't say her own name."

Losweiser added, "You need to write down all of our family members' names."

"Including mine?"

"Obviously. Aren't you her Daddy?"

"...Alright, it's a deal. No take-backs."

Losweiser snorted. "I don't need to make promises to you, Leon."

"Dragon Queen, you're impossible to reason with."

Losweiser ignored Leon and turned, flying down.

Leon retracted his gaze and headed towards the inner rooms.

But after only two steps, he suddenly realized a very serious problem. He immediately rushed back to the balcony and shouted down at Losweiser, "Hey, Dragon Queen, you still haven't told me your last name!"

"Leon Kasmod."

"Losweiser Melkwy—"

"Hiss... what a mouthful."

Leon grumbled as he wrote down his and Losweiser's names on the paper.

Then, he wrote "Muen Melkewei" below them.

Actually, he had initially thought of tricking Muen into believing she took his surname.

But then he imagined Losweiser discovering his little scheme that evening and the inevitable trouble he'd be in.

So, he decided it was best not to provoke the Dragon Queen over something like this.

Therefore, his task for the afternoon was to teach the little dragon girl how to write these three names.

Generally, human children start learning basic literacy around the age of three.

However, a dragon girl who was a human-dragon hybrid would surely be smarter than a normal human child.

So, starting to teach her these basic things when Muen was just over four years old was perfectly fine.

Thinking this, Leon couldn't help but sigh, realizing he had woken up at just the right time.

If he had woken up any earlier, Muen wouldn't have been able to walk yet, and he wouldn't be this tired.

But if he had woken up any later, Losweiser would probably have found someone else to teach her basic common sense, and Leon wouldn't be the one playing nanny every day.

It was hard not to suspect that the Dragon Queen had calculated the timing of his awakening when she saved him.

Leon shook his head, clearing his thoughts.

He looked at the three names he had just written and began pondering how to teach Muen to write them.

"Melkwy... Melkwy..."

Although it was a mouthful, as Leon repeated the name, he seemed to recall something.

"Melkwy—oh~ it's a transliteration of 'Milky Way'."

He hadn't expected the Dragon race to have a touch of romance in their naming conventions.

As he mused, Leon heard some movement by the door.

He put down the paper and stood up to open it.

"Oh, Muen, you finished eating so quickly."

The little dragon girl outside the door looked up at the man before her.

Her exquisitely cute little face was expressionless.

"Muen... Muen..." she mumbled her own name.

"Come in. Daddy will teach you something new this afternoon."

As he spoke, Leon bent down and picked her up.

The little dragon girl didn't resist, merely glancing at the hands holding her waist and asking indifferently, "Who gave you permission to touch me?"

Leon: ?

Wait a minute.

Why was her tone and demeanor so similar to Losweiser's?

He had just taught her about "duality" this morning, and she was already putting it into practice with her dad right after lunch?

Leon didn't want to embarrass himself, so he put Muen down on the ground.

Muen lowered its head and patted the wrinkles on its skirt, then looked up at Leon again.

"From now on, you can't touch me without my permission, let alone hold me. Understand?"

Leon gasped upon hearing this.

If the previous sentence, "Who allowed you to touch me?" had sounded remarkably like Losweiser in tone and demeanor;

then this sentence, "Understand?" was as if it had been carved from the exact same mold as Losweiser.

Majestic, no room for negotiation, just ordering you, don't you dare touch me.

"Muen... what's wrong?"

"Hmph, idiot."

"Huh?"

The little dragon girl gave him a glare and ignored him, slamming the door shut and walking away.

The sound of its stubborn little footsteps gradually faded, leaving Leon alone and bewildered in the entryway.

After regaining his senses slightly, Leon stepped forward, wanting to open the door and see what was going on.

But as soon as he took a step, the door was pushed open from the outside.

"Daddy, I'm back~"

"Holy crap—"

The dragon girl truly possessed innate divine strength; a single push of the door sent her father flying back three meters.

"Ah, Daddy, are you okay!"

Muen ran over worriedly and helped Leon up.