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

Finally, Leon thought of a tutoring method that was very suitable for Noa's current situation.

Among the books that Head Maid Anna had just delivered, there were also some past test papers from Saint Hiss Academy.

Leon glanced at these test papers; they were all related to knowledge about the Dragon race.

Seeing this, Leon secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles. As a top Dragon Slayer of the Empire, he probably understood dragons better than the dragons themselves.

Although his body wasn't as good as before (Why does the voice of Losweiser automatically pop into his head when he thinks of this sentence?).

However, Leon hadn't forgotten the knowledge he had acquired in the past.

He planned to teach Noa using his understanding of the Dragon race, combined with the test papers and the content from the dragon books.

Leon's tutoring plan was formulated very quickly.

After all, he was a top student who had graduated from the Dragon Slaying Academy with first place in both written exams and practical combat.

"Alright, come, Noa, let's officially begin. The first thing we'll study is how the Dragon race uses magic."

As he spoke, Leon pushed a book on Magic Fundamentals in front of Noa.

"This book is well-designed. The table of contents has concise and clear headings that generally summarize the corresponding content."

"Here's my idea."

"First, quickly skim through the table of contents. Then, use green, yellow, and red pens to mark the headings according to whether you find them 'very easy to understand,' 'barely understandable,' or 'completely incomprehensible.'"

"Because I just checked past materials, I found that to pass Saint Hiss Academy's entrance test, students typically prepare a year in advance."

"But we only have one month."

"So, we must find every possible way to improve the efficiency of our tutoring."

"I believe in you, Noa, you can do it."

"Start when you're ready."

With that, Leon pushed the three colored pens and the Magic Fundamentals book she needed to study in front of her.

Noa was very good at controlling her emotions.

Although she was surprised by the efficiency of this dad taking care of his child, she didn't act too childishly.

She took the book and pens and began marking the table of contents according to Leon's method.

Seeing his eldest daughter's serious expression, Leon felt quite pleased.

No unnecessary communication, no meaningless questions; everything was for the sake of efficiency.

But then again, teaching a student like Noa also put some pressure on Leon as a teacher.

Noa's learning ability was definitely much stronger than Muen's, and Leon, as the one imparting knowledge to her, had to stay ahead of her at all times.

Otherwise, the tutoring efficiency would be greatly reduced.

"Phew, it looks like I'll have to burn the midnight oil starting today," Leon thought to himself.

It was just like when he was at the Dragon Slaying Academy; he would basically study past midnight every day.

His roommates called him a try-hard, and he didn't deny it.

Leon only knew that if he didn't study hard at the academy, his Master would smash his chest with a large stone when he got back.

"I'm done marking."

Noa's voice pulled him back from his memories.

Leon collected his thoughts, took the book, and checked the table of contents Noa had marked.

"Hmm, not bad. Seven-tenths of the content is marked green and yellow, and there are only a few chapters that you found difficult to understand, right?"

Noa nodded.

"Okay, these are just to briefly outline our learning framework. It doesn't necessarily mean we don't understand the ones marked red, and similarly, we don't necessarily understand all the ones marked yellow. So, from now on, I'll focus on explaining the chapters you marked yellow, and then we'll identify problems during the explanation. Is that okay?"

"Okay."

Leon nodded and began to explain the parts Noa had marked yellow to her.

Time passed quickly during the lesson. In the blink of an eye, three hours had gone by.

Leon wrote and drew in the book, basically going over all the key points with Noa.

The next step was the practical application phase.

He found a past test paper. "Let's do the test first. This way, we can more directly check where we are still lacking."

"Let's start," "our shortcomings"...

Noa noticed that Leon often used phrases like these to refer to himself and her together.

He rarely used rhetorical questions like "Do you understand?".

Noa didn't know if he did it intentionally or unintentionally, but this way of phrasing things really made it easy for people to follow his train of thought.

Noa shook her head, dismissing thoughts unrelated to her studies.

She took the test paper, picked up her pen, and began answering the questions.

The test consisted mostly of comprehension and simple questions, with no complex calculations, so Noa finished quickly.

She bit the end of her pencil, frowning as she patiently reviewed each question.

It was hard to imagine a child just over a year old thinking so intently.

After arriving at an answer, a smile would unconsciously appear on Noa's usually expressionless little face.

However, when she noticed Leon watching her from nearby, she immediately reverted to her blank-faced demeanor.

She was quite cute.

This cuteness was different from Muen's; it was more subtle and reserved.

Twenty minutes later, she handed the paper to Leon.

Leon compared it with the answer key and calculated Noa's score.

"Out of 100, guess how much you got?" Leon wanted to use this opportunity to ease the tense study atmosphere.

"50?"

"62."

"Oh."

Leon put down the paper. "What's wrong? Not satisfied?"

Noa pursed her lips, placed her small hands on her knees, and nodded silently.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with setting high demands and standards for yourself. But you should also know that, normally, young dragons your age wouldn't even encounter test questions of this difficulty. Moreover, the average score for academy tests in the past decade has only been around 80. It's really difficult."

Leon put down the test paper and said with a smile, "Getting 62 on your first try is already amazing."

"...Thank you."

"What did you say?" Leon hadn't heard clearly.

"Nothing."

Noa rubbed the tip of her nose. "Let's continue."

Leon smiled and reached out to ruffle her hair, but then he remembered Noa had told him not to touch her without permission.

So, he retracted his hand halfway, looking a bit awkward. "Let's stop here for the morning. You should go eat. After lunch, take a thirty-minute nap, and then we'll continue."

"Okay."

Noa hopped off the stool and walked to the door.

Seeing that Leon wasn't following, she turned and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"

Leon shrugged and said, half-jokingly, "Your mother has put me under house arrest. Complain to her when you have a chance and give your old dad a little more freedom."

Noa nodded seriously. "Okay."

"Hey, wait a moment, Noa. When you come back, can you bring me some chili peppers? The spicier the better."

Noa blinked. "Do you like spicy food a lot?"

"It's alright. I mainly have other uses for it."

Noa softly said "oh" and nodded in agreement, not asking further questions.

Noa opened the door and left.

Leon stretched and stood up to move his limbs, then sat back down to prepare the afternoon's teaching material.

As he had thought, having a bright student wasn't an easy task.

He had to constantly stay ahead of Noa to guide her properly.

Of course, he had also guessed another reason why Losweiser wanted him to teach Noa.

It was to use this opportunity to let his eldest daughter torment Leon.

Muen naturally had a good impression of Leon, so their bond didn't need much cultivation.

But Noa was different.

Even at a young age, she had her own ideas and way of doing things. It was difficult for her to accept someone who had woken up after being in a coma for two years as her father.

Besides this, Leon also vaguely sensed that there were other reasons why Noa harbored reservations about him.

She was so smart; perhaps she had already realized that the man who should be called "father" didn't have such a good relationship with her mother?

So... Leon wouldn't be perfunctory in this teaching session, nor would he view his eldest daughter as a torment.

He would take it seriously, hoping to change some of Noa's perceptions of him.

And then—

He would win her over!

The focus of the afternoon's tutoring would be Noa's mistakes.

Leon scanned through the incorrect answers and realized his eldest daughter's assessment of her own abilities was quite accurate.

Almost all of her mistakes were in chapters marked with red difficulty in the table of contents.

As for the green and yellow difficulty levels, she had answered them correctly.

This would also significantly reduce the time they spent going down the wrong path.

Studying was like treating an illness; only by prescribing the right medicine would one recover quickly.

Noa learned a lot of new knowledge throughout the afternoon.

As she was leaving, she finally deigned to say to Leon in a generous manner, "Thank you."

Ah~~

Hearing that thank you made the old man's heart feel so comfortable~~

Leon suppressed the urge to smile and said as if nothing had happened, "It's nothing, it's what I should do."

His eldest daughter nodded, hugged the after-school homework Leon had arranged for her, turned around, stood on her tiptoes, raised her arm, turned the doorknob, and then left.

Leon let out a sigh of relief and turned to look out the window.

It was almost nightfall.

He quickly finished his dinner and then sat back down at his desk.

On the desk were books on basic medicinal herbs that the maid Anna had brought.

And also, the few chili peppers he had asked Noa to bring him at noon.

Leon picked up one of them and examined it, muttering, "It's no different from the chili peppers Master grew."