Chapter 292

Well, now's the time.

She draped her fair, lotus-root-like arm over the man's chest beside her pillow, her warm hand caressing the Dragon Mark on his chest.

The radiance of the Dragon Mark gradually faded.

Looking at the Dragon Mark on his arm, it had already subsided.

Losweiser secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally... it's over."

Even the strongest Dragon Mark reaction must be based on the couple's physical condition.

If this continues, we might end up needing to lean on the wall to walk.

Seeing that the Dragon Mark's reaction had subsided, Leon felt relieved and raised his hand to gently cover the cool back of Losweiser's hand.

After a brief silence, Leon suddenly asked,

"By the way, now that the Dragon Mark has become so sensitive, won't it affect daily life? Or, if it happens during a battle, it could be dangerous."

This is indeed an important question.

What if Leon is fighting some fearless dragon king while his wife at home suddenly worries about him, and then—

Dragon Mark, activate!

The Dragon King on the other side saw purple light flashing on General Leon's chest and arms and thought he was about to unleash some powerful attack.

It turned out that General Leon just wanted to be close to his wife.

The opposing Dragon King: Can you please show me some respect?

This is outrageous!

Losweiser shook her head. "No. Whether the Dragon Mark pattern will resonate depends largely on our subjective perception."

"Subjective thoughts?"

"Hmm. For example, what you just said, what if the Dragon Mark pattern reacts during a fight? Actually, that's impossible."

Losweiser said, "Although it's inevitable to worry about and miss each other during battle, it's completely different from missing someone in your free time. What distinguishes these different kinds of longing isn't the Dragon Mark, but ourselves."

She quietly withdrew her hand, slowly moving it upwards until it stopped on Leon's neck. She gently stroked his strong jawline with her fingers and continued speaking.

"You can't possibly be fighting and trying to date me at the same time, can you?"

General Leon thought about it seriously for a moment, then replied with an air of importance, "It's hard to say. Because all the Dragon Kings I've met have been weaklings, I might actually be thinking about you while I'm fighting."

Losweiser chuckled and let his arm fall to her side. "What do you mean all the dragon kings you've ever met are weaklings? Does that mean I'm a weakling too?"

"No, no, no, you're not weak at all. After all, I've never fought a Dragon King until dawn."

"Hate!"

Losweiser withdrew her hand and moved to the other side of the bed, deliberately putting some distance between herself and Leon.

Leon didn't join in either.

The couple lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

After a moment, Losweiser said,

"Judging from the intensity of the resonance just now, the second Dragon Mark is perfectly fine. So we can use it to store more Magic Power."

"Um."

The purpose of carving the second Dragon Mark was certainly not to make handing in homework more exciting (although that might be part of the reason, but only a little bit), but to make the two of them stronger.

The more Magic Power you have, the more spells you can use in battle.

"However... these alone are still not enough."

"It only increases my Magic Power reserves, it won't have a decisive impact on the battle," Losweiser said. "I need... other ways to improve myself."

Leon glanced at her and said,

"You are a silver dragon that focuses on speed, which is fundamentally different from dragon kings like Constantine and Starr who focus on offense. So, forcibly improving yourself might bring unpredictable risks, right?"

Losweiser nodded. "There are indeed risks. But I don't want to..."

She drew out the last syllable, as if hesitating whether to say it or not.

"In no mood?"

Losweiser closed her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips, then slowly turned her head, opening her beautiful silver eyes to gaze at the man before her.

"I don't want to hide behind you every time, I want to stand with you, Leon."

Looking back at her gaze, Leon's pupils flickered slightly. "Didn't we team up against Starr? You're already very strong, Losweiser."

"Although it was a joint effort, both breaking his Absolute Defense: Dusk Bell, and neutralizing his final self-destruction were accomplished thanks to you."

Losweiser gave a wry smile and said in a slightly self-deprecating tone, "If a prisoner steals the Queen's thunder, wouldn't I, as Queen, be very embarrassed?"

"No, you fool."

Leon reached out and gently stroked her cheek, saying softly, "If it weren't for your timely rescue, I wouldn't have been able to escape unscathed from the explosion in Starr; I would have been injured to some extent."

"So, my purpose in dealing with you is to minimize your injuries?"

"That's not what I said, Your Majesty, you just made it up yourself."

Losweiser chuckled and lay back down.

"Hmm...I have thought of a way," Losweiser said.

Upon hearing this, Leon sighed inwardly.

Sure enough, his wife is as stubborn as a mule; once she's made up her mind, nothing can change it.

But he was still willing to listen to her, "What is it?"

Have you ever heard of... 'Primal Magic'?

"Primal Magic... I know, but not much."

Leon paused to recall for a moment, then continued,

"Back at the Dragon Slaying Academy, the old professors mentioned Primal Magic to us a few times by chance."

"The professors say that Primal Magic is a kind of magic created by the ancestors of some races using the purest energy at the beginning of the chaos of this continent."

"It does not have any elemental attribute changes like lightning, fire, or wind, nor does it have any form changes like Thousand Birds or Lightning Wolf Breaking Army."

"Primal Magic is released from pure energy, and the effects it can achieve are very different from the elemental magic that is prevalent and diverse today."

"However, I'm not too sure about the specifics. The academy didn't offer any courses on Primal Magic back then, and we didn't look into it much either."

Listening to Leon's description, Losweiser nodded approvingly.

"Primal Magic has existed since the very beginning of the 'Samael' continent, over a million years ago. Not to mention you humans, even the Dragon Race have very few records of Primal Magic."

"But one thing is very reliable."

Leon raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What is it?"

"Tiamat, the Dragon God, is one of the progenitors of Primal Magic, according to historical records."

"Dragon God... Tiamat..."

It was yet another name that Leon had never heard of before.

But this time, its prefix is no longer "Dragon King", but "Dragon God", which sounds like a higher level.

If Tiamat is the progenitor of Primal Magic, then it has existed for longer than the entire history of humankind, so it's normal that Leon hasn't heard of it.

"It is described in the history books of the Dragon Race that all Dragon Race are branches of the dragon god Tiamat."

"Millions of years ago, the Dragon God Tiamat created powerful Primal Magic to resist the chaos of the world."

"In the end, Tiamat joined forces with several mysterious progenitors of races to accomplish the feat of 'World Creation,' but she herself was on the verge of death due to exhaustion of her power."

"Before her death, Tiamat divided her remaining power into several parts. These parts would slowly grow over the long years to come, eventually evolving into the various Dragon Race we know today."

"In the course of evolution, the Primal Magic disappeared into the long river of history, and was replaced by the various elemental magics of today."

Listening to Losweiser's explanation, Leon's thoughts stirred slightly. Recalling Losweiser's earlier statement about wanting to improve herself, he asked,

"You don't mean you want to practice Primal Magic, do you?"

Losweiser slowly turned her head to look at Leon on the pillow, and said with a smile, "Yes. With the Dragon Mark, we can store more Magic Power, and we should be able to cast Primal Magic."

Primal Magic is activated by the purest energy. Although Losweiser's element is fire, as long as the accumulated energy is not released, it will be stored in her body in its purest 'state'.

Even so, activating Primal Magic still requires a large supply of energy.

Therefore, in order to solve the energy problem, Losweiser adopted the same method as Leon, namely, using Dragon Mark to store Magic Power.

"But you just said that there are very few records about Primal Magic, so practicing it... would be quite troublesome, right?"

"Of course it will be very troublesome. But relying solely on Fire magic and acquired magic is far from enough."

"If you want to significantly increase your strength in a short period of time without resorting to extreme methods, Primal Magic is the Only One way, Leon," said Losweiser.

"... Yes, I understand."

"Hmm? So you've agreed to let me practice Primal Magic?"

Leon pursed his lips, raised his arms, put his hands behind his head, looked at the ceiling, and said leisurely, "What else can I do if I don't agree? In my master's words, when your wife comes to you to tell you what she wants to do, she's not discussing it with you, she's informing you."

Losweiser became interested, turned to the side, propped her cheek on one hand, poked Leon's arm, and asked,

Are there any classic examples?

Leon thought for a moment and said, "That time, my teacher's wife couldn't stay idle at home, so she bought a lot of needles and thread, saying she wanted to do some embroidery to earn some extra money to supplement the family income."

"My master initially said no, the income from the ranch could support a family, and if all else fails, we could sell the donkeys for a lot of money."

"But my master's wife always insists on embroidery when she's being affectionate with him. Speaking of which, you're just like my master's wife when you're being affectionate."

The Queen kicked General Leon in the buttocks, saying, "Just tell a story, don't bring up the this Queen."

Leon grinned and continued,

"Then, my master couldn't persuade my master's wife otherwise, so he had no choice but to let her learn embroidery."

"However, she doesn't seem to be very good at needlework and always ends up hurting her hands."

"Finally, after a month and countless bandages, my teacher's wife finally completed a painting called 'Ah Lu Eating Grass'."

"But she never touched that pile of needles and thread again after that. Her master's wife said that compared to passing the time, her fingers were more important."

"Sigh." Leon sighed. "So, whatever your wife wants to do, don't stop her. She'll make a mess of things herself."

The more Losweiser listened, the more uneasy she felt. After realizing what was happening, she lowered her head to Leon's chest.

"Are you picking on me here?"

"Heavens above, I was just telling you a funny little story from my family, how did I end up targeting you?" Leon feigned innocence.

"You're targeting me, you're targeting me."

As she spoke, Losweiser kicked General Leon's groin twice more.

This time, Leon grabbed her ankle just in time. "I told you, you look just like my teacher's wife when you're being coquettish."

"I'm not being cute! I'm going to kick you!"

"With your feet?"

"Nonsense, if you don't kick someone, what do you use?"

"Hmm... why are you rewarding me?"

Upon hearing this, the Queen quickly withdrew her jade-like foot and hid it under the covers.

"You... greasy, narcissistic, shameless married dog! Go sleep on the sofa!"

Since she's already said she's shameless, then Leon will show her how shameless he can be.

What? Sleeping on the sofa?

Can't understand.

I'm just going to stay in bed, hehe.

After playing around for a while, the couple were exhausted and stopped to rest.