Rather than revenge, this was more like a carnival of humiliation.
The noble Dragon Race and lowly humans had originally been destined only to fight to the death.
Especially when both of them represented figures of considerable status and renown within their respective camps.
One was the Silver Dragon Queen, and the other was the human hero.
Their battlefield had shifted from plateaus and mountains to a spacious, soft bed;
The cries of battle had become lewd whispers by their ears;
What they held in their hands were no longer blades and swords, but parts of each other's bodies.
This was a humiliation for Leon, the strongest Dragon Slayer—but was it not also a humiliation for her?
But then.
The Dragon Race's revenge had never been something humans could understand.
The battle was intense. To preserve what little dignity he had left, Leon turned his head away.
But Losweiser reached out, pinched his chin, and forced him to open his eyes and look at her.
"Don't be shy, brave Dragon Slayer."
"You might fight on battlefields for decades without ever encountering a Dragon Queen willing to indulge with you, yet now you are experiencing it firsthand."
"Open your eyes, Leon. Look at my face. Look at what we are like right now."
"Pathetic, depraved, rotten beyond repair—the union of human and dragon is utterly absurd, isn't it?"
"But all of this—is my revenge against you, Leon. Your dignity and pride will be crushed beneath me like scraps!"
The frenzied Queen was even more beautiful than usual.
A grueling battle reached its end. After a century of conflict between the human and dragon races, they now reached an unimaginably wonderful paradise together.
Losweiser felt that warmth and raised her head toward the ceiling. Her silver hair spilled down like the Milky Way across the sky.
She let out a faintly unhinged laugh. "Look, great Dragon Slayer. You are being drained by one of the dragons you hate most. Do you feel humiliated? Do you feel that helplessness? Hehe... Hahahaha—"
Leon had only just awakened from a two-year coma, and his body was already extremely weak.
After all this, he felt as though this body was on the verge of collapse.
The back of Leon's head was cold, his vision darkened, and whenever he closed his eyes, the world spun.
He had already given up on the idea of speaking calmly with Losweiser and roared,
"Kill me! Losweiser, you have taken your revenge now, so you can kill me, right? Do it already!"
Two years ago, he had believed he had no chance of surviving, so in the final moments of his life, he had wanted to humiliate Losweiser.
But Losweiser had saved him, then turned around and relentlessly tormented him.
For a proud human hero, it was worse than death.
Losweiser shed her gentle disguise as well. "Kill you? Hmph. The harm you caused me cannot be made up for by a single moment of tenderness."
"Losweiser, what else are you going to do..."
"I want you alive, Leon. I want you to live well."
The Queen slowly leaned down, bringing her face close to Leon's. Her hair fell gently, brushing against his ear.
"Only if you live can I continue humiliating you."
"I want you to live with this shame for the rest of your life, great Dragon Slayer. Do you understand? For the rest of your life, I will humiliate you—thoroughly!"
"You may be thinking that you can simply kill yourself while I am not paying attention."
"But I regret to inform you that even if you cut off your own head, I will use every resource at my disposal to bring you back."
"I will keep you alive, keep you beneath my feet, keep you suffering my humiliation and revenge."
"Leon Kasmod, before I am satisfied, no one may kill you—not even yourself."
"Hehe... hehehe—"
The tenderness and haze from moments ago had long vanished from her silver dragon eyes.
In their place was the almost pathological pride and arrogance of the Silver Dragon Queen after her victory.
"And besides!"
Her laughter abruptly stopped. Her eyes widened slightly, making her look like a neurotic madwoman.
"I am going to carve my mark onto you."
"To the Dragon Race, this is the highest honor. Countless powerful male Dragon Kings desire my mark."
"But only you, Leon—only you can receive it."
"Because for you, it has absolutely nothing to do with honor."
"Carved onto your body, it represents humiliation. It represents that you have become my prisoner. It represents that for the rest of your life, you can only remain bound at my side and go nowhere."
As she spoke, Losweiser slowly extended her right hand, a silver magic circle flashing in her palm.
At the same time, she tore open the clothing over Leon's chest with her other hand.
"Losweiser... stop. Please, stop... Don't do this..."
"I will let you know exactly what happens when you offend me, Losweiser!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Losweiser pressed down her palm, branding the magic circle in her hand onto Leon's chest.
It did not hurt, though there was a faint burning sensation.
Leon bit down hard on his lower lip and silently clenched his fists.
But in his current state, he had no strength at all to resist Losweiser.
He could only let her do as she pleased, watching helplessly as this mad Dragon Queen branded him.
About several dozen seconds later, Losweiser withdrew her hand and crooked a finger. The mirror beside the bed flew into her palm.
Holding the mirror with both hands, she aimed it at Leon's chest and adjusted the angle so he could clearly see the mark there.
It was a winged Silver Dragon, with a few heart-shaped elements within it.
It presumably represented "love."
Crash—
Losweiser tossed aside the mirror in her hand, and its glass shattered into pieces.
Then she pulled open her own collar, exposing half of her soft chest.
Leon saw that she bore an identical design upon her chest.
"Dragon Marks react when the two people bound by them begin to miss each other."
"Of course, you know that what I mean by missing each other is not merely longing."
"Your human Dragon scholars also know the meaning of this design."
"So even if you really find an opportunity to escape back to the Empire someday, I am not worried."
"Because if your human compatriots see the Dragon Mark on your body, tell me... will you still be the great Dragon Slayer in their eyes?"
Losweiser gave a mocking snort, dressed herself, and rolled off the bed.
She tidied her slightly disheveled hair, put on her high heels, and walked toward the door.
Leon closed his eyes, believing that today would finally be over.
Unfortunately, it was not.
"I'm going to prepare something for our daughter to eat. Tonight... we will continue."
The pride of a Dragon Slayer would not allow Leon to sit and wait for death.
He had to do something to keep himself from becoming a dried corpse drained by a Dragon Queen.
After resting for a while, Leon regained some strength.
He got out of bed and looked out the window.
He still remembered the route from when he had led an attack on the Silver Dragon Sanctuary two years ago, and Losweiser had not done much redecorating to her old nest in the intervening years.
So Leon could still sneak out using the route he remembered.
Yes, Leon was going to escape.
If he did not escape, was he really supposed to wait in this dragon's nest for Losweiser to treat him like a plaything?
As for the Dragon Mark Losweiser had just left on his chest, he truly could no longer return to the Empire as "Leon Kasmod, Dragon Slayer."
This would be the lifelong disgrace of his career as a Dragon Slayer.
Leon had to abandon everything he had before—his reputation, status, income, and everything else—and live under an entirely new identity.
That was not particularly difficult for Leon.
In any case, all he needed to do was escape.
Before making his escape, Leon made some preparations.
He began searching through the room.
If Losweiser had kept him in this room throughout the two years he had been unconscious, there should be things like nutritional potions here.
Leon's body was still very weak. Without potions to restore his strength, he would not be able to run very far at all.
After rummaging through everything, Leon found an entire box of nutritional potions in a compartment of the bedside cabinet.
Then he searched the room again for anything edible.
Finally, before leaving, Leon had wanted to leave Losweiser a note mocking her to her face.
But after thinking it over, he decided against it.
If he was caught and brought back by accident, Losweiser would definitely make a huge issue out of that note and continue humiliating Leon even more severely.
As for that little dragon girl named Mu En...
He would consider her awarded to the woman in the divorce.
Leon certainly could not take her with him when he escaped.
Even if Leon were willing, Mu En would most likely refuse. She might even report him to Losweiser.
After all, the dragon characteristics on that little one were still far too obvious.
Losweiser had also been raising her for the past two years, so she would definitely be more loyal to Losweiser.
But whether the escape succeeded or failed, attitude was what mattered most.
Leon packed the nutritional potions and food into a crossbody bag, then put on a hooded sweatshirt and slipped out of the room.
He had expected someone to be guarding the place, but the corridor was empty.
That gave Leon an excellent chance to escape.
He kept close to the walls the whole way, stopping at every corner to observe the situation on the other side.
He was extremely cautious.
But because he was not familiar with the routes inside the sanctuary, Leon wandered around for several turns and wasted quite a bit of time before finally finding the correct exit.
To his surprise, there was not even a single guard at the entrance of the sanctuary.
"Why does this Silver Dragon Sanctuary feel like it underwent massive layoffs..."
He clearly remembered that when he had led the attack on the Silver Dragon Sanctuary two years ago, dragon guards had been everywhere.
Now, however, it was so deserted that it felt strange.
Leon swallowed. "Whatever. Run first and worry later."
He looked around, then quickly ran down the sanctuary steps.
He passed through the front courtyard and headed straight for the side entrance.
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