Chapter 487

"Let's go in and take a look," Leon said.

"Yes, Captain."

The three of them stepped into the courtyard.

Several children noticed them.

"Hello, may I ask what brings you here?"

A slightly older-looking child asked politely.

Although he was a bit older, he wasn't much bigger than the other children, and his big, innocent eyes held a hint of restraint.

Rebecca stepped forward, half-squatted down, and looked at the child with a smile.

"Little friend, can you guess why we're here?"

"Hmm... Auntie, you're so young, you're probably not here to apply for adoption, are you?"

Rebecca Σ( ° △ °|||): "Ah, Auntie..."

"Yes, what's wrong, Auntie?" The little girl raised her innocent face.

Hahahaha—

Immediately behind him came Leon's unrestrained laughter.

Rebecca slowly turned her head, as if it were a machine.

The dog captain was seen clutching his stomach with one hand and patting Martin's shoulder with the other, laughing as he spoke.

"She used to hate it when people treated her like a minor, and now she's got her wish, Aunt Rebecca!"

Even Martin, who always sided with Rebecca, was secretly suppressing a laugh.

"Captain... Stop laughing, stop laughing—Pfft—I... we're going to get shot in the head by Rebecca in a minute."

Rebecca ignored the two idiots and turned to look at the child.

"Little friend, you need to distinguish between older sister and auntie."

The child tilted his head. "How do you tell them apart?"

"A young and beautiful girl like me, brimming with energy and vitality, do you think I should be called 'Auntie'? Or... Sister! Sister!?"

Rebecca said the word "sister" through gritted teeth; she refused to believe that such a cute and clever child couldn't guess what she meant.

The child pondered for a moment, then replied seriously.

"I understand, Auntie."

"..."

Rebecca accepted this reality, "So you still can't tell the difference between your older sister and your aunt, huh...?"

"Hmm..."

"Angie, come and eat. I'll greet our guests."

"Okay, Sister Sharon ~"

A sweet "Sister Sharon" instantly made a twin-tailed girl blush:

"You can tell the difference, can't you?! So you were definitely doing it on purpose just now, right?! You little rascal!!"

Sister Sharon stepped forward, smiling apologetically.

"I'm sorry, Miss Rebecca, she might be a little nervous meeting a stranger."

As Leon's teammate and a core member of the Lionheart Society, Rebecca naturally appeared frequently in the public eye of the Empire after the fall of the Cantor regime.

So it's not surprising that Sharon knew her.

"A stranger? My adorable face has been in the newspapers every day recently, how could I be a stranger!"

"Alright, don't take it so seriously with a child."

As Leon spoke, he stepped forward and greeted Sharon.

Hi, long time no see.

Upon seeing that the visitor was Leon, Sharon's big eyes instantly lit up with surprise.

"Sorry, Brother Leon, it's getting late, I didn't see you clearly."

"No, it's nothing."

Sharon, unable to contain her excitement, stepped forward and asked expectantly,

"Brother Leon, did you come back to the Empire specifically to visit us?"

Leon scratched his forehead. "Actually... I had other things to take care of, but I did plan to come here to see you and Teacher Caroline before I came back."

Caroline is the nun who has been with young Leon.

It was this same teacher who found Leon, who had been abandoned, on a rainy night more than twenty years ago.

On the eve of the final battle for the Empire, Caroline recognized Leon in disguise, but did not expose him.

She can be considered Leon's other mother, helping him establish extremely correct values and character when Leon was young.

"Oh, I see."

Sharon nodded. "Then I'll go and call Teacher Caroline."

"No need, let's go together."

"Okay!"

Sharon led the group to the church.

All the other teachers went to have dinner with the children, leaving only Caroline praying before the statue in the church.

She was used to being the last to eat, whether it was during the days when she was exploited by the empire or now that she was free from suffering, Caroline always wanted the children to eat more.

Hearing footsteps, Caroline turned her head.

Upon seeing that it was Leon, Caroline also seemed somewhat delighted and surprised.

"Leon? What brings you here?"

As Caroline spoke, she immediately stood up to greet her.

"Oh, I went back to the Empire to take care of some things, and I also thought I'd drop by to see you all."

"Oh... Have you eaten yet? If not, let's eat together later."

After a pause, Caroline added jokingly, "I hope you can still get used to the food at the orphanage."

"Of course I can eat it. How could I not be used to it? I've been eating this since I was a child."

Caroline nodded, then looked at the two people behind Leon and greeted them politely.

"Hello, Miss Rebecca, Mr. Martin."

Martin nodded slightly. "Hello Teacher Caroline."

"Please sit down first, the children will be eating for a while."

"Good."

The group sat down and began chatting.

"It's been a while since I've seen you after that battle with the Empire. How's your leg recovering?"

Teacher Caroline still remembers how Leon was turned into a wheelchair after the last battle.

So this is what I care about most when we reunite.

Leon chuckled and kicked his right leg. "It's all right now, teacher. You can move around freely."

"That's good, that's good. So during the time you were away from the Empire, you were always... always... Sharon, what was that very beautiful lady's name again?"

"Losweiser".

"Oh right, you've been staying with Ms. Losweiser all this time?"

Leon scratched his head. "Y-yes..."

For some reason, I always feel a bit strange when I hear "Ms." added after my wife's name.

There was a subtle sense of incongruity, especially when the name came out of Teacher Caroline's mouth.

But she probably didn't know how to specifically address the Dragon Queen, so she could only choose the word "madam".

"Brother Leon, you really... you really married that Silver Dragon Queen?" Sharon still couldn't believe that her childhood friend had actually married a dragon.

"Well... after being framed by the Empire back then, a lot of complicated things happened. After going around in circles, Losweiser and I... ended up together."

To make a long story short, that's all I can say.

To be more specific, it's somewhat unsuitable for children.

"Ah... that's really... amazing."

Sharon could only describe her Brother Leon as 'amazing'.

In the past, I slew dragons; now, I sleep with them. Is there really any adjective in the world that can accurately describe such an abstract life?

"It's more than just marriage, Sharon, your Brother Leon already has three kids!" Rebecca chimed in, adding fuel to the fire.

Sharon was as shocked as she expected. "Three... three children?! Are they... adopted?"

At this moment, the little nun still held onto a sliver of hope that "my Brother Leon couldn't possibly be that powerful."

But when she saw Leon shake his head and deny that he was adopted, her last hope was completely shattered.

"Humans... humans and dragons can actually have children...?"

Sharon looked dejected.

When she first learned that Leon was already married, it took her a long time to secretly accept it.

Now that I know she's not only married, but also has three kids—I'm completely deflated.

"Do you have any photos?" Teacher Caroline asked.

"Oh, yes."

Leon took the photo from last night out of his inner pocket and handed it over.

Teacher Caroline took the photo, and Sharon curiously leaned over to take a look.

"Wow~ So cute! So Dragon Race are this cute when they're young? I always thought they were all fierce and menacing from birth."

Leon gave a wry smile, "Hahaha~ Is that so?"

Caroline looked at the three little ones in the photo, remained silent for a moment, and then a slight smile appeared on her lips.

"They are both very beautiful daughters, Leon, their eyes are just like yours when you were little."

"The captain when we were kids?"

Rebecca became interested when Leon's childhood was mentioned, "What was the captain like when he was a child?"

"Is he still like this now, arrogant, clumsy, and with a somewhat straightforward thought process?"

Teacher Caroline covered her mouth and chuckled, "He's alright, Leon was quite clever when he was little."

Rebecca nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "So, teacher, how did you manage to pick up the captain back then?"

"Oh... it was a stormy night with thunder and lightning. It was terrifying; it was the biggest storm I've ever seen."

Teacher Caroline said, "That night I happened to be visiting a child who had been adopted. When I returned to the orphanage in the rain, I saw a small basket there."

"When I went over to take a look, I found that there was a baby boy who had just been born."

"But strangely enough, in such a violent thunderstorm, he wasn't scared to tears. He just lay there quietly, as if waiting for someone."

"Abandoned babies are not uncommon in orphanages, so I brought him back."

"Because at that time I was reading a novel, The Lion's Voice, and the animal protagonist in it was an abandoned lion cub. It never cried and seemed to be destined to become king from birth."

"So I named this child who was taken in..."

"Leon Casmod".