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

"I'm going to fit you with a tail."

"Huh? Fit me... with a tail?"

"Yeah." Losweiser nodded. "At home, you can muddle through with the excuse that you 'don't like showing your tail,' but once we're out there, a male dragon without a tail is very strange."

Leon's face fell as he asked expressionlessly, "Will other dragons kill me for not having a tail?"

Losweiser shook her head.

"Then what am I afraid of? Strange is strange."

"But a tail is also an important symbol of dragonkind. You—"

As Leon put on his coat, he slowly interrupted her with his back to Losweiser. "To you dragons, a tail is a symbol. But for me, accepting the tail you want to put on me... feels more like a compromise."

Losweiser frowned and raised a hand to massage the spot between her brows. "Just as expected of you, Dragon Slayer."

Leon spread his hands.

He truly was still that proud and untamed Dragon Slayer. He would unhesitatingly refuse anything that might erase his dignity and honor.

Losweiser figured that if she tried to force the issue, this photo probably would not be happening.

"Fine, no tail, then. But remember: once we're out there, don't keep showing off that stubborn temper of yours. Understand?"

"Mm."

"I'll go get Noa and Mu En. You go wait for us in the sanctuary's front courtyard."

Leon silently nodded, shoved both hands into his coat pockets, and walked out of the room.

As his footsteps gradually faded away, Losweiser let out a helpless sigh. "This whole family is a bunch of stubborn mules. There's really nothing I can do."

Muttering to herself, she quickly headed to Noa and Mu En's room.

Since she had already given her daughters a heads-up last night, by the time Losweiser arrived, the two little ones were already dressed and ready.

Losweiser led them downstairs.

Calling for Daddy, Mu En trotted toward Leon on her little feet.

Leon smiled and crouched down, steadily gathering Mu En into his arms.

"Where are we going to take the pictures?" Leon asked.

"Sky City—the city belonging solely to dragonkind."

Leon nodded thoughtfully.

He had once read records about Sky City in human historical documents.

Legend said it lay far from the clamor of the mortal world, a realm entirely belonging to dragons.

Over countless millennia, innumerable heroes had sought to enter the dragons' Sky City and uncover its secrets, but without exception, every attempt had ended in failure.

Thus, many years ago, humans and all other races had stopped exploring Sky City.

To be honest, Leon felt a little anticipation in his heart.

After all, he might very well become the first human in history to enter Sky City.

"Mom, how are we getting there?"

This was also the daughters' first time leaving the Silver Dragon Sanctuary, so Sky City was an unfamiliar place to them as well.

"Sky City? Of course—we fly up."

As soon as the words fell, Losweiser spread the Dragon Wings on her back and wrapped them around her body. After a brief pause, when the wings opened again, a majestic Silver Dragon Queen stood before them.

"Wow! Mom is so cool! Mu En wants to turn into a dragon too!"

Noa tugged on her younger sister's tail. "Wait until you can grow wings first."

"Hmph! Mu En will become a dragon sooner or later!"

Then Mu En turned her gaze toward her old father and asked eagerly, "Daddy, why aren't you transforming?"

"..."

"Daddy, transform already~ Daddy, transform already~ Mu En wants to see what Daddy looks like as a dragon~" The little dragon girl clapped excitedly.

Even Noa watched from the side with great interest and anticipation.

Meanwhile, Leon wanted to die.

Dear daughter, Dragon Slayer Daddy was quite good at slaying dragons, but transforming into one... let's just forget about that, okay?

Leon swallowed and answered Mu En with a laugh, then cast Losweiser a pleading look.

But who would have thought that the Dragon Queen seemed not to notice at all? Over there, she was leisurely licking her Dragon Wings with her tongue.

Are you in such a hurry to clean your wings, eldest sister?

Is this some kind of pre-flight preparation?

Could you look over here for once?!

Save me, save me, hey!

Seeing that Leon still had not made a move, Noa narrowed her eyes slightly and said in a ghostly voice, "Don't tell me... you can't transform?"

"Uh, well..."

"Daddy's body hasn't recovered yet, so he can't transform into Dragon form for the time being."

Losweiser finally deigned to lend him a hand. "Once Daddy recovers, he'll transform for you to see."

"Yay~ Then Daddy, you have to get better soon, okay~"

"...Daddy will do his best."

"Alright, chat later. Climb on first."

As she spoke, Losweiser gently caught Noa by the tail in her mouth and placed her on her back.

Then she took Mu En from Leon's arms and set her down beside Noa.

Finally, she looked at Leon. "You, get on too."

Tch, getting onto a dragon was easy, wasn't it?

But Losweiser seemed determined to make things difficult for him. She did not lower herself even slightly to give him a manageable height to climb.

Leon looked up at the several-meter-tall dragon. Back in the day, he could have climbed up in two or three steps—while taking the opportunity to chop off the dragon's neck with his holy sword.

But his body was not in good shape now. Forget climbing a dragon—even getting into bed required taking it easy.

"What's wrong? Hurry up and come keep the daughters company."

In Dragon form, Leon could not make out Losweiser's expression.

But he could confirm with absolute certainty that the Dragon Queen was laughing her head off inside.

She was messing with his head like this just because he had refused to let Losweiser put a tail on him earlier—

Dragon Queen, you're so childish!

But if he kept dragging this out, the daughters would start getting anxious too.

Leon scratched his cheek and could only back down for the moment.

"Losweiser, could you... could you lower yourself a little? I... I can't get up."

"What? I didn't hear you. What did you say you couldn't do?"

"...I. Can't. Get. Up."

"Still can't hear you."

"Mom, Daddy says he can't climb up."

"Oh, alright. So you can't get up. You should've said so earlier—I'll help you."

With that, Losweiser caught Leon by the collar in her mouth and placed him beside the daughters.

Leon sat down cross-legged. Mu En immediately crawled over, skillfully settling onto his lap, her tail resting by his hand and her back leaning against Leon's chest.

Leon patted Mu En's little head, then looked over at Noa.

The little iceberg dragon girl was looking at him too.

Only, she seemed to be seriously pondering something important.

The city lived up to its name.

The dragon race's Sky City lay beyond the distant sea of clouds, reachable only by creatures with powerful flying abilities.

After several hours of flight, Leon's family finally arrived at the outskirts of Sky City.

Because dragons were enormous, the space outside the city was also wide and open, enough for many dragons to land at once.

Losweiser chose a relatively spacious spot and descended.

Leon jumped down from her back with the daughters in his arms. Losweiser folded her wings and returned to human form.

"Alright, let's go in."

Each of them carried one daughter as they headed toward Sky City's entrance.

Passing through the city gates meant they had officially entered the city of Dragons.

Broad streets, a dazzling array of rare treasures, shops of every kind, and—

As far as the eye could see, tailed giant lizards everywhere!

Leon could not help swallowing, his legs trembling slightly.

Losweiser glanced at him and gave a scornful laugh. "Why are you shaking? Scared?"

"I'm shaking from excitement." Leon stared at the dragonfolk ahead.

"Shaking from excitement?"

"First-class merits. First-class merits all over the streets. I'm getting rich!"

Losweiser silently covered her face.

The dog man's occupational disease was acting up again, huh?

She swept Leon's butt with her tail. "Hurry up, we're in a rush."

The family of four headed to the photography studio.

The studio Losweiser had booked was naturally the kind that went all out in class and prestige.

Just standing at its entrance, Leon could feel an intense artistic atmosphere.

He had always thought dragons were barbaric creatures who only fought and killed. Before this, it had been hard for him to connect "dragons" with "art photography."

To dragons, wasn't art simply war and slaughter?

That was Leon's stereotype.

Yet when he tried to learn more deeply about the dragons' world, he discovered that things did not seem quite as he had imagined.

If one ignored the tails on the people walking the city streets, how were they any different from humans?

"Come in." Losweiser pushed open the door and entered.

"Oh, coming."

Leon followed closely behind, carrying Mu En.

Inside the studio, a whole wall was covered with artistic photographs in every style.

The photographer was a middle-aged woman wearing glasses—

Oh, no, that should be a middle-aged female dragon.

She looked gentle, dressed simply, and wore a smile.

She stepped forward and briefly shook hands with Losweiser.

"It is this little shop's honor to photograph a family portrait for the Silver Dragon Queen."

"Oh, not at all. Everyone says that Teacher Selena's photography skills are among the finest in dragonkind. Being able to successfully book you is our family's good fortune as well."