Shut Up Dragon! I Don't Want To Have Children With You Anymore

Leon rolled his eyes; his native language was about to become speechless.

"Mother dragon, that's not how you use a wish."

"You mind your own business. It's my birthday. I can wish for whatever I want."

Leon waved his hand, not bothering to argue with her.

He picked up the large cake knife beside him,"Now we can eat the cake. Which piece do you want?"

Rossweise touched her chin, her gaze wandering back and forth over the large cake, finally settling on the four characters "Happy Birthday." "This one."

Leon cut that piece and handed it to Rossweise.

Then, he also cut off "Rossweise" from the left side of "Happy Birthday" and placed it in front of himself.

Rossweise frowned,"What are you doing?"

"Eating Rossweise.",Leon replied calmly.

"You..."

He took a bite—the jam was sweet and sour.

After finishing, he even commented,"Rossweise tastes really good."

Rossweise gritted her teeth in secret. She swore that on Leon's birthday, she would cut out "Leon" and smash it onto this guy's face, making him eat it to his heart's content.

The cake-eating session was now over.

Rossweise put her hands on her hips and counted,"Blowing out candles, making a wish, cutting the cake, eating the cake—all done. Hmm..."

Leon tilted his head,"What? Not satisfied?"

At the time, Rossweise had said that if she wasn't satisfied, Leon would have to make up for it in some other way.

Rossweise thought for a moment and nodded,"Not very satisfied."

Actually, it was already quite fun, but she wanted to tease Leon a bit more and see if he had any more tricks up his sleeve.

"What's missing?"

Rossweise looked left and right, finally landing her gaze on the pile of small gifts she had just retrieved. Then, she asked,"Where's my birthday present?"

"You dragons celebrate birthdays with no cake, no wishes, but gifts are a must, huh?",Leon couldn't help but tease.

Rossweise snorted lightly,"Forget it, then. I'll just consider this birthday barely acceptable."

'Barely acceptable?'

Sorry, but in Leon Casmodeous' dictionary, there was no such thing as "barely acceptable".

He jerked his chin toward the balcony,"Come with me."

"For what?"

"To see the gift I prepared for you."

With that, Leon walked toward the balcony.

Rossweise followed behind him.

The two stood side by side, looking up at the deep night sky.

"Where's the gift?",Rossweise asked.

Leon didn't answer. Instead, he slowly raised his right hand, making a gesture as if preparing to snap his fingers.

Rossweise was confused,"What does that mean?"

SNAP!

As his fingers snapped, a blue light shot straight into the sky from the distant forest.

Rossweise followed the light with her gaze.

"That's... lightning?"

The dazzling blue glow reflected in the Silver Dragon Queen's eyes. Under her gaze, the light gradually converged, separated, and reorganized, finally forming a simple phrase in the sky, shaped by lightning itself:

[Rossweise, Happy Birthday]

One minute before the end of her 218th birthday, Leon Casmodeous wrote this message in the sky for her.

Unique and fleeting.

So that's why he had been standing on the balcony these past few days, looking outward—he had been choosing the right angle?

'This guy… fine, he put some thought into it.'

Lightning could not last long, not even with magic.

So, the "Happy Birthday" written in lightning existed for less than five seconds before it disappeared into the vast night sky.

But that was enough.

"Only fleeting things—",Rossweise murmured.

Leon finished the sentence for her,"—are worth remembering."

She turned her head,"Anna told you that?"

"Noah said it. Judging by your reaction, I can tell you're very satisfied.",Leon said.

Rossweise didn't argue anymore. She nodded,"Mm, very satisfied. I didn't expect you to be so good at throwing birthday celebrations."

"Of course."

"Oh? Why's that?"

Leon puffed out his chest proudly,"Every year, I personally organize my donkey's birthday. I'm very experienced."

If not for the lightning birthday message just now, Rossweise would have kicked him off the balcony.

———

The next morning, after Luna had been studying for more than an hour, Leon took her for a walk in the back garden of the sanctuary to take a break.

Father and daughter sat on a bench under the shade of a tree, chatting about what they had just learned.

Not far away, several dragon maids were chatting, each holding a piece of cake.

Because the birthday cake that Leon had prepared for Rossweise yesterday was simply too exaggerated in size, even with the two of them plus Luna, they wouldn't be able to finish it even if they ate until next week.

So this morning, Rossweise had Anna cut the cake into small pieces and distribute them to the maids.

But even so, there was still a lot of cake left.

Rossweise said,"Leon, this is wasteful extravagance."

Leon said,"Mother dragon, this is 'killing the donkey after it has done the work,' this is 'destroying the bridge after crossing it,' this is 'drinking water and immediately forgetting the person who dug the well,' this is 'reading the scripture and then hitting the monk'—ungrateful."

Rossweise didn't know where he got so many witty remarks and idioms, and she was too lazy to argue with him.

Besides, she had a very happy birthday yesterday. Even if it wasn't the once-in-a-decade official birthday, it still had a strong sense of ceremony. So she decided that for the next two days, she would let Leon have his way.

Otherwise, he would say she was,"reading the scripture and then hitting the monk."

Luna fluttered her pretty big eyes, staring at the delicious cake in the maid sisters' hands, gulping as she swallowed her saliva.

In the little dragon girl's perception, cake was the second most delicious food in the world—the first was grilled steak (made by Mommy).

But she had already eaten a piece in the morning. Daddy said too much cream at breakfast wasn't good, so she could wait until noon or the afternoon to eat more.

However, the temptation of the cake was too strong. In order to have another bite, Luna, rarely, started using her little brain.

After a brief thought, she looked at Leon.

"Daddy."

"What is it?"

"Have you ever had any regrets?"

Leon was puzzled, not knowing why his precious daughter suddenly asked such a deep question.

Wasn't she usually asking things like,"Daddy, can I have steak for lunch?","Daddy, can I have steak for dinner?","Daddy, can I have steak for a midnight snack?"

But Leon still seriously thought about it.

Regrets…

There were indeed many.

But these regrets probably weren't suitable to tell a child.

So, Leon shook his head,"After having you and your sister, Daddy has no more regrets."

Upon hearing this, the little dragon girl did not show a happy expression but instead sighed regretfully,"Oh, but Luna has regrets."

'Baby girl, you're only a little over a year old. What regrets could you possibly have?'

'Regret that your stomach is too small to ea't an entire bowl of steak?'

"What's Luna's regret?",Leon asked.

Luna did not answer immediately but instead asked in return,"Daddy, if a dragon has regrets, does that mean she won't be happy?"

Leon's mind moved slightly, feeling that his sweet daughter's words seemed to have some hidden meaning. He pondered briefly and cautiously nodded,"Yes."

"Then doesn't Daddy want Luna to always be happy?"

"Uh… of course."

"So, that means Daddy will help Luna resolve her regrets, right?"

"…Yeah."

After getting a definite answer from her Daddy, Luna's serious little face suddenly broke into a smile,"Then, Daddy, Luna's regret is that she only had one piece of cake this morning. Luna wants to eat more!"

Leon was nearly sent into a mental crash by this sudden plot twist.

'So this was your real intention, Luna K. Melkvei.'

'When did you go from being an adorable, innocent little dragon girl to someone who tricks your Daddy and sets traps for him?'

'Could it be that the other half of Rossweise's genes in your body are at work? Giving you an amazing talent for outwitting and outmaneuvering Leon?'

'Yes, that must be it.'

'So it's all Rossweise's fault.'

'Cunning mother dragon, give me back my daughter!'

Pulling himself together, Leon reached out and pinched Luna's little face.

"First, if you want something from Daddy in the future, just say it directly. Don't go around in circles."

Luna nodded seriously,"Daddy, I want cake."

"Second, you can't eat too much cake."

Luna (′? ??`): "Really can't, Daddy?"

Leon: "No."

Luna ( ?? ? ?? ): "Really, really can't?"

Leon's eyelids twitched slightly. "No… no…"

Luna (っ╥╯﹏╰╥c): "Daaad~~"

Leon covered his face with both hands and completely surrendered.

Three calls of "Daddy" turned the strongest dragon slayer into a daughter-loving pushover.

[A/N: If you pay me fifty pieces of steak, I'll tell you the full story.]

After conceding, Leon raised a single finger,"One piece. No more than one more piece."

"Yay! Daddy is the best! Long live Daddy!"

The little dragon girl excitedly rushed forward and gave Leon a big kiss on the cheek.

A warm feeling welled up in his heart.

So what if he was a daughter-loving pushover?

What's wrong with that?

But amidst the joy, Leon seemed to realize something.

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