Chapter 96
Seeing this, Leon remarked, "It's rare to see two people who are usually so serious having so much fun."
Hearing this, the Dragon girl lying on his lap shrank back and said softly, "Dad..."
"My sister usually goes to school, Mom is very busy with work, so they rarely have time to play together like this. Daddy, you finally got the seven-day trip reward, so Mu En wants my sister and Mom to stay a little longer."
Leon paused, slightly surprised. So the little guy hadn't just run back because he was tired from playing; he also wanted Noa and Losweiser to have more time alone together.
He smiled with satisfaction and pinched Mu En's ear. "You've grown up, Mu En."
But Mu En shook his head.
"Mu En hasn't grown up yet, and doesn't know what growing up is. Mu En just wants to make her sister happy, and make Daddy Mom happy too. Hmm..."
A warm feeling welled up in my heart.
Leon gently stroked his daughter's cheek, sighing that despite their vastly different personalities, Mu En and Noa still loved their family in their own ways.
They love each other, and they love their Mom and Daddy too. (Additionally...)
"Mu En, you've really grown up—"
"Ugh... Phew..." Jiu
Leon looked down and saw that Mu En was already asleep on his lap.
Oh, so being "tired from playing" is still a big part of the reason?
Leon made a little joke, then picked up his camera and took a picture of Mu En's cute and peaceful sleeping face.
A moment later, Losweiser and Noa also returned.
Judging from Noa's expression, she must be a little tired.
"Asleep?" Losweiser asked in a low voice.
Leon gently picked up Mu En. "Hmm, shall we go back?"
Losweiser nodded and took Noa's hand as well.
But after thinking for a moment, she squatted down and said, "Mom will hold you too, okay?"
Noa's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on her tired face. "Okay!"
Losweiser picked up Noa and followed Leon out of the back garden.
The couple escorted the two sisters back to their room.
"You all get some rest. I'll take good care of Mu En," Noa said, her voice tinged with exhaustion.
Losweiser patted her head. "Yeah, but you should also make sure you get some rest and don't stay up late."
"Okay, goodnight, Mom."
Noa paused, then turned to look at Leon standing at the bedroom door. "Goodnight, Daddy."
Leon smiled, narrowing his eyes, and waved. "Goodnight."
After saying goodnight to each other, the couple returned to their own room.
Leon changed into slippers and stretched as he walked toward the bedroom.
Ah, what a fulfilling day!
With a sigh, Leon lay down on the soft hotel bed.
Losweiser walked to the bedside and kicked his leg. "So you're sleeping with me tonight?"
Leon jumped up with a start, "N-no, I... I'm going to soak in the hot springs for a while."
"How long do you want to soak?" Losweiser asked.
Leon shrugged. "An hour, I guess. What, you want to soak too?"
"Okay. You go first, I'm not in a hurry."
"Good."
Whenever they had to share a room with someone else, the couple would tacitly adopt a "wait and see" attitude and try to postpone it as long as possible.
Once the two of them have finished soaking in the hot spring, these two hours will pass by easily, won't they?
As for how to face each other two hours later...
We'll talk about it later.
Leon took off his shirt, leaving only the swim trunks Losweiser had bought for him the day before, and then secretly picked up his camera before heading to the hot spring behind the bedroom.
The warm water enveloped my whole body, washing away the fatigue and exhaustion of the day.
Leon closed his eyes, leaned against the edge of the hot spring wall, stretched out his arms, let out a long sigh, and enjoyed this rare moment of rest.
However, before he could even enjoy himself for ten minutes, he heard the sound of a sliding door behind him.
The next moment, a pair of high heels appeared in his peripheral vision.
Leon was startled. Could this Dragon Queen really be going back on her word...?
"Where's the camera?" Losweiser asked.
Leon was taken aback. "A camera? What do you need a camera for?"
"The fireworks show is about to start, and since I'm free anyway, I thought I'd go downstairs to take some pictures. Where's the camera? Oh, it's here."
"Wait a minute!—"
It was too late; Losweiser had already bent down and picked up the camera that Leon had just placed beside the hot spring.
"What's wrong?" Losweiser asked.
Leon pursed his lips, stammering and unable to say anything.
Seeing that Leon remained silent, Losweiser said, "If you're not going to say anything, then I'll be leaving."
After saying that, Losweiser turned and walked towards the back door of the bedroom.
However, a loud crash came from behind—
Let's go for a soak in the hot springs together!
Losweiser stopped and stood with her back to Leon for several seconds before slowly turning around.
"What did you say?"
Leon blushed and said, "I said... cough cough, let's go for a soak in the hot spring together."
We must not let that Dragon Queen take the camera, or Leon's hard-won revolutionary achievements will fall into enemy hands.
Compared to losing the fruits of the revolution, what does soaking in a hot spring together matter!
The couple stared at each other, one tall and one short, as fireworks exploded in the night sky, their brilliant light obscuring one of their slightly flushed cheeks.
Losweiser looked at Leon's bare upper body, water droplets slowly sliding down his firm muscles and scarred skin.
She swallowed hard, then calmly replied,
"You said it yourself, I'm going to change my clothes."
The big one is coming!
Leon leaned against the hot spring, gazing at the fireworks in the night sky.
To be honest, from Losweiser's perspective, Leon's move to soak in the hot springs together in order to protect the secret weapon in the camera had a certain aesthetic appeal, like a lamb being led to the slaughter.
However, he could roughly guess what Losweiser would do after she came down:
First provoke, then provoke, and finally shift the blame.
Leon knows this routine like the back of his hand.
Provocation: Dragon Slayer, why don't you dare look at me? Are you scared?
Teasing: Stop pretending, put down your pride, be my good puppy, okay?
Shifting blame: Ha, you were the one who asked me to do it. You crossed your own line again. It has nothing to do with me.
Despite being familiar with the Dragon Queen's "three-step strategy," Leon still falls for it every time.
So this time, for the sake of his vacation, Leon must come up with a way to break the deadlock—
Even if we cannot break the deadlock, we must not let it go unchecked.
As I was pondering, I heard light footsteps.
Leon glanced to the side and saw a pair of delicate, fair feet with rounded ankles that were quite adorable.
Following the line of sight up her ankles and calves, I saw Losweiser standing by the hot spring, wrapped tightly in a bath towel.
"You're not going to soak in the hot spring wrapped in a bath towel, are you?" Leon asked.
"Of course not."
Losweiser feigned mystery, her tone carrying a hint of coaxing, "I bought a very sexy swimsuit, and that's what I'm wearing under the towel."
She looked at Leon with a smile, as if she didn't mind revealing her wicked intentions to Leon at all.
Leon awkwardly adjusted his posture, snorted, and turned his head away.
"So what? A good Dragon Slayer can resist all kinds of temptations."
"Oh? Then don't turn your head away, or are you afraid of illuminating my Dragon Mark, so you don't dare to look?"
"What's there to be afraid of!"
Leon blushed and reluctantly turned his head away, his heart racing involuntarily.
Losweiser smiled with narrowed eyes, slowly removing the bath towel from her body.
First, her delicate pink shoulders and slender, straight collarbones were revealed, followed by a small patch of Dragon Mark pattern on her chest.
Leon swallowed hard; the feeling was just as thrilling as unpacking the Christmas presents his master gave him every year.
Because Leon never knows whether the box contains a cub of an S-class dangerous species or the mate selection criteria of the single lady next door.
However, the scene under the bath towel was somewhat "disappointing".
It was a swimsuit so conservative that people exclaimed, "What a waste of such a great figure!"
Losweiser's entire body was exposed except for her shoulders and snow-white belly; her swim trunks were about the length of regular hot pants, the kind you could wear directly on the street.
Those soft, delicate hands were completely protected beneath the thin fabric, their delicate skin seemingly held back by a thousand degrees.
Leon breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, this Dragon Queen was always quite conservative in her attire.
However, Leon couldn't show any sign of relief.
"That's it? You're going to test Dragon Slayer with this? Which Dragon Slayer couldn't withstand such a test? Even if you lose two pounds of cloth, I won't let your Dragon Mark light up."
Losweiser, hands on her hips, said, "Tch, you think you're so great. Help me up, I need to get down."
Leon stood up and extended his arm toward Losweiser; seven
Losweiser bent down slightly, gently took Leon's hand, and then slowly stepped into the hot spring.
Warm water enveloped her, and Losweiser closed her eyes, stretched her arms and legs, and let out a contented sigh.
Indeed, soaking in hot springs can bring joy and relaxation to both body and mind.
Crash—Five
Judging from the sound, Leon must have lay down next to her, with a certain distance between them.
Losweiser chuckled inwardly, about to tease him, but then realized something... wasn't quite right.
She suddenly opened her eyes, and her swimsuit was visibly changing. (Eight)
The length of swim trunks has gradually shortened, from initially covering the upper thighs to now being just a small strip of fabric the size of a palm.
The fabric of the swimsuit on her chest was also rapidly decreasing, as if it were being gnawed away by something.
The two patches of snow-white skin and Dragon Mark on Losweiser's chest were instantly exposed to the heat of the hot spring.
Of course, the inexplicable reduction in fabric amount isn't the most critical issue—