Chapter 260

But when he thought about how he, as a father, was only one year older than his daughter, he couldn't help but change his sentiment to "Isn't this youthful period a little too extravagant?"

Leon shook his head, trying to stop thinking about all this nonsense.

He dragged his chair over to the crystal, getting a closer look at the beauty inside.

She is still as beautiful as she was back then.

In fact, Leon hadn't seen Losweiser's sleeping face much, because the couple almost always slept together when they lived together.

Moreover, sometimes they would stay up until midnight or even the early hours of the morning, and both of them would be so tired that they would fall asleep right away. They would have no energy left to appreciate the sleeping face of the person next to them.

However, Leon would occasionally see Losweiser resting on the table when he passed by the Sanctuary Hall after lunch.

Just like when he was studying at the Dragon Slaying Academy, his classmates would wake up too early and catch up on sleep during morning self-study.

Her face is a little chubby, and when she leans against her arm, the chubby cheeks are squeezed out, which is very cute.

However, this brief rest did not allow Losweiser to fully relax; her brows were always slightly furrowed, indicating that she was not sleeping soundly.

Several times, Leon was caught by Losweiser secretly observing him taking a nap.

Losweiser said he was a voyeur.

He retorted that Losweiser drooled even in her sleep.

Losweiser would never lose her composure like that, so she retorted directly, "Then where's the saliva? Did you wipe it away?"

Leon laughed: I drank it.

Queen: Yue!!

The couple sometimes do funny and 'disgusting' things.

He gazed at his wife in the crystal, her beautiful and delicate face a sight he could never tire of looking at.

How can she be so beautiful?

In the past, after secretly praising the Dragon Queen's beauty in his heart, Leon would deliberately nitpick behind her back.

For example, "Although she is beautiful, she is hypocritical."

For example, "What's the use of being so good-looking? You don't hold back at all when you're roasting people."

But now.

He just wanted to silently praise his wife in his heart.

She was so beautiful, as beautiful as a work of art created by an artist throughout their life.

"Losweiser, actually I... am not very good at talking to people who are asleep, but Noa and the others said that even though you are in a coma, you can still hear the sounds from the outside world."

Leon pursed his lips, lowered his head, and nervously rubbed his palms together. "I also have a lot to say to you... For you, I should have said all of this twenty years ago. But back then... there wasn't much of an opportunity."

"Now I have the chance to speak, but I can't hear your response."

At this point, Leon paused, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Speaking of responses, the reason I didn't tell you those things back then was because I was worried that your response would be... rejection."

"I'm quite afraid of being rejected by you."

"When leading troops into battle, I always tell my subordinates that it is better to make a mistake than to do nothing."

"But when it comes to my feelings for you... I've become someone who'd rather do nothing than make a mistake."

"The reason I dare to tell you these things now is... because you are still in a coma."

Leon's wry smile turned into a self-deprecating laugh, his palms rubbing together until they were red.

"Really, Melkwy, every time I'm with you, the words just won't come out."

"I think it's all your fault."

"It's because you're so good-looking that you look even better when you smile."

"It's perfectly normal for a straight guy like me, who has never been in a relationship, to panic when he sees a beauty like you, right?"

"But logically speaking, you are the dragon and I am the Dragon Slayer. No matter how beautiful you are, I shouldn't have any improper thoughts about you."

"So maybe... you're just too beautiful."

Every word he uttered was a sincere compliment to his wife.

He would never have uttered such praise if Losweiser had been awake.

Just as Leon himself said, he only dared to speak freely because Losweiser was unconscious and unable to respond.

After showering his wife with compliments, Leon stood up, patted Crystal, and...

"I'm going to find my daughters now, I'll come see you later."

After saying that, Leon turned and left the dark room.

Once outside, he realized he wasn't quite familiar with the layout of the underground space.

So I just wandered around aimlessly.

In the end, he actually found Xiaoguang's research lab.

Although it's a research lab, the conditions are quite basic.

Bookshelves lined both sides of the room, filled with various ancient texts and documents about spatial magic and reversal magic;

In the middle was an extremely long stone table, on which were placed all sorts of magic array materials and Aurorla's handwritten notes.

Hearing a noise at the door, Aurorla looked up, adjusted her glasses, and asked, "Oh, Dad, is there something you need?"

Leon shook his head. "It's nothing, I'm just taking a stroll."

"Okay, but this place is a bit messy, so please make yourself at home." After saying that, the scientist continued to bury himself in his research.

"Um."

Leon scratched the corner of his mouth and asked, "This reversal magic... is there anything I can do to help?"

"I've been working on these things for over ten years. Even if you're smart, Dad, you can't catch up with my research progress in a short time."

"Is that so... then Noa and the others won't interfere with your research?" Leon asked.

Aurorla shook her head. "Because there are only the three of us here. If my eldest sister and second sister also devote their energy to the research of reversal magic, then they won't have time to practice magic."

"In other words, my two older sisters are in charge of fighting, but as a scientist, I don't have their strength, so I can only be in charge of logistics. We agreed on this from the beginning, each doing our own job."

"Oh, I see."

However, Leon knew that Noa was good at fighting;

Can Mu En also go on 'field missions'?

That little girl, doesn't she hate fighting and killing?

"So Dad, you don't need to think about helping me with anything. Just focus on recovering your strength. Practice that Gate of Nine Hells a lot; it's very powerful."

Leon shrugged. "I can open up to the fifth door now."

"I'm in the eighth class."

General Leon:?

I really like a quote from Aurorla K. Melkwy:

I am just a scientist; I don't have their kind of power.

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Top-tier physical techniques like the Gate of Nine Hells are not something you can just learn casually.

Although it is called "physical arts", in the early stages of training, it requires a very high degree of precision in the user's control of Magic Power. If one is not careful, the technique will backfire during the training process.

At best, it can cause serious injury; at worst, it can lead to death.

Back when Leon opened the first gate, he even needed the assistance of Dragon King level like Losweiser.

Moreover, the further one progresses through the Gate of Nine Hells, the greater the difficulty of cultivation becomes. The book even states that after the fifth gate, it often takes several years to break through.

This is also why General Leon, with his talent and hard work, opened five gates at lightning speed, but after that, his progress suddenly slowed down dramatically.

But his youngest daughter has already reached the eighth level of proficiency at a young age...

Unless she started practicing the Gate of Nine Hells at an age when other girls were playing with dolls, it's impossible for her to reach such a level at only twenty years old.

"So... Xiao Guang, at what age did you start practicing the Gate of Nine Hells?" Leon asked.

Physical techniques like the Gate of Nine Hells are different from magic.

Like normal magic, once the magic circuits in the body have matured, one can officially begin learning it.

Ordinary young dragons usually come into contact with magic around the age of five or six; while Noa started reading books with Leon when she was just over one year old.

However, the prerequisite for cultivating the Gate of Nine Hells is that one's physical strength must meet various standards.

Leon still remembers those standards, such as maintaining breathing for twelve hours when seriously injured and near death.

Aurorla really started cultivating the Gate of Nine Hells as a child, how could her physical strength have reached such an exaggerated standard?

Aurorla thought for a moment, "Probably... when I was eight years old."

"Eight years old?!" General Leon exclaimed in surprise.

Is this guy really eight years old?!

"What's wrong with being eight years old?" the pink-haired girl asked, leaning closer.

Leon quickly waved his hand, "N-nothing... but you met all the prerequisites for cultivating the Gate of Nine Hells when you were eight years old?"

The scientist chuckled, "Although I didn't reach that level, I have a great teacher."

"A good teacher?"

The first person Leon thought of was his master, that old man.

Because in this timeline without him, the daughters knew his true identity and what happened in the past.

Therefore, it is highly likely that Losweiser also told them about their master.

Furthermore, the Gate of Nine Hells were originally given to Leon by his master, so it is very possible that the little ones managed to contact their master through various means over the course of eight years.

"Yes."

Aurorla said, "Someone Dad you would never guess."

Leon blinked and guessed, "Is it an old man named Tiger Lawrence?"

"Not Grandpa Tiger."

Grandpa Tiger.

This affectionate address immediately revealed a lot, at least confirming to Leon that his daughters had already met their master.

However, this also raises another very important question:

How are Master, Rebecca, Martin doing?

Twenty years have passed; have they left the empire?

Or... something unfortunate happened.

Leon's expression suddenly turned serious as his thoughts drifted to this point.

As if sensing her father's worry, Aurorla quickly added, "The last time I saw Grandpa Tiger was a few years ago. He was too old to continue his activities in the Empire, so Grandma Charlotte took him to her hometown."

Charlotte is the name of Leon's teacher's wife.

In other words, for the past twenty years, Master and Rebecca have been secretly sabotaging the Empire.

The old man didn't draw his sword to fight the dog emperor after he learned that his beloved disciple had been sucked into the spatial rift, which already showed that the old man had a good temper.

If he were young, wreaking havoc on the empire wouldn't be enough to vent his anger; he wouldn't be satisfied without staging a grand spectacle.

"If that's not my master, then who is your good teacher?"

Anna? Ischa? Losweiser's grandmother?