However, at certain times, discomfort wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Besides, it had been a long time since she turned in homework with Leon in such a bold way.
So Rossweise appeared to be much more excited than usual.
Her silver long hair spread across the table, and in Rossweise's pupils was reflected the setting sun.
Leon never let go, making her keep staring into the distance.
The forceful method made Rossweise sink into this wonderful feeling, unable to extricate herself.
Golden sunlight sprinkled onto Rossweise's face, soaked with fragrant sweat, and the evening breeze blew through the balcony, slipping into her collar.
The tea table beneath her shook more and more violently, and her brain's control over consciousness also grew increasingly weak.
She was about to give her body and mind entirely to primal desire and instinct.
Her long eyelashes trembled as she gazed at the distant sun, watching it gradually disappear beneath the horizon.
At the moment the last ray of sunlight vanished from her eyes, Leon also fulfilled his promise, not letting her go until the sun set.
And he seized the right moment, at the instant the sun dipped below the horizon, "let go" of Rossweise, releasing her from the cage of desire.
"I need to go buy a new tea table."
"Why? This one can't be used anymore?"
"If you want to think about that scene just now every time you drink tea in the future, then I won't replace it."
"Then replace it. Doing that kind of thing while watching the sunset… how indecent!"
Rossweise gave him a teasing side glance, "Now you say it's indecent, but when you were putting your hands all over me, why didn't you think it was indecent?"
"Putting my hands on you is still cultured."
"Cultured what?"
"Cultured beast."
"...", Rossweise was speechless, closed her eyes, and ignored him.
After a while, Leon suddenly spoke, "Hey."
"What."
"I'm hungry."
"If you're hungry then go eat."
"But we already missed dinner time."
"So what? Did I stop you from eating?"
After saying that, Rossweise was slightly stunned.
Tsk, she really did tell Milan herself that she and His Highness wouldn't be having dinner.
Well, whatever, Leon doesn't know anyway. Hee hee.
"Hey, I have a dream," Leon lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling, and said faintly.
Rossweise didn't respond, because she knew the dog-man was about to start spouting nonsense again.
"If in this lifetime I could eat a midnight snack cooked by the Silver Dragon Queen, I could die with no regrets."
"The Silver Dragon Queen suggests you just go die directly, dear."
"I want fried rice."
"I didn't say I was cooking for you, how come you're already placing an order?"
"Add some diced ham."
"Hey…"
"Some shredded pork would make it even better."
"I'm the Silver Dragon Queen, not the Silver Dragon Maid."
"Wife."
"...I'll go make it for you. If you don't eat it, I'll slice you into shredded pork."
Rossweise got out of bed, carrying her exhausted body post-'battle', and went to the kitchen.
She tied on her apron and began preparing ingredients.
While cutting the diced ham, Leon quietly walked up to her side.
Rossweise glanced sideways at him and saw that the idiot had also put on an apron and was cutting shredded pork.
The queen smiled knowingly but didn't say anything.
Night quietly fell, and the kitchen lights were warm and cozy. The couple leaned shoulder to shoulder, preparing this midnight snack together.
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A few days later, at the border of human and dragon territory, in a mountain stream cave, it was time for the intelligence exchange again.
This time, Master hit Leon with a bomb right at the start.
"Constantine was resurrected?"
Although last time Old Con's head was taken by Ironwing Dragon King Fell, Leon already had a feeling that the empire might make a comeback.
But he didn't expect the comeback to be so soon.
All in all, it hadn't even been half a year.
Have to say, the empire was quite efficient when it came to courting death.
"Yeah, but this time, after his rebirth, Constantine seems to have broken free from the empire's control."
Upon hearing this, Leon frowned slightly, "Broke free from the empire's control? How did he do that?"
Leon clearly remembered Constantine's state when he attacked Isa's Red Dragon Sanctuary last time. That was a complete puppet being manipulated, no thinking or will of his own.
At that time, Constantine had completely become the empire's bio-weapon. The mighty Crimson Flame Dragon King was actually being controlled. Even as an opponent, Leon felt that Old Con's fate was quite tragic.
And now, just months later, Old Con, having won the resurrection match again, actually broke free from the empire's control?
Leon didn't know whether to marvel at the Dragon King's obsession or ridicule the empire's stupidity.
"Details are unclear, but I think it's likely that the dragon who rescued him gave him a hand in secret."
Tiger said, "From the size and speed, it should be a Dragon King. The tail is much longer than normal dragons, and the wings are iron-blue in color."
Based on the Master's description, Leon immediately guessed who this Dragon King who rescued Constantine was.
"Ironwing Dragon King Fell... Last time, it was him who stole Constantine's head from the Red Dragon Sanctuary. They must have formed a partnership at that time," Leon analyzed.
"This Fell was also one of the Dragon Kings who used to work with the empire, right?"
"Yes. Back then, he was probably acting on the empire's orders to steal Constantine's head."
"But why would he now help Constantine escape the empire's control? Isn't that the same as going against the empire?", Rebecca asked from the side.
The one who answered this question was Rossweise.
"Maybe after seeing Constantine reduced to a puppet, Fell realized that the empire never really treated the Dragon Kings as 'allies'. In the empire's eyes, Fell, Constantine, and the other Dragon Kings were just tools in this grand conspiracy."
Rossweise explained, "So Fell chose to help Constantine, while also withdrawing from cooperation with the empire, to avoid ending up as a walking corpse himself."
Rossweise had heard of the Ironwing Dragon King before.
After all, like the Silver Dragon tribe, the Ironwing Dragon tribe also specialized in speed. Since their talent point distribution was similar, they were worth studying.
According to her understanding, this Ironwing Dragon King was also a clever one. Although his territory wasn't large, he had carved out a place for himself in this chaotic world with his keen sense of timing.
And Fell's actions this time were very wise.
Before knowing the empire's true face, he worked with them to gain benefits;
After seeing their ugliness, he withdrew in time, and even latched onto Constantine's big leg.
A position secured whether facing forward or backward.
Rebecca nodded, "Oh oh, I see. Sister-in-law, you're so smart!"
That "sister-in-law" was called very loudly.
Rossweise gave a slight nod, turned her eyes away, and a blush quietly climbed her delicate face.
Not sure if it was from being praised for being smart, or because… of that "sister-in-law."
Aiya, she's been called that so many times already. Why does it still make her more and more shy every time she hears it.
"Eh, wait a sec, Master."
Leon suddenly remembered something, "Last time when Constantine attacked the Red Dragon Sanctuary, I should've already blown up the empire's Heart-Protecting Dragon Scales. Could it be they had spares?"
Tiger shook his head, "The Heart-protecting Dragon Scales were indeed all gone. But according to what Martin found out, this time the empire used… the Primordial Energy to create Constantine's new body."
"Primordial Energy? The empire actually had Primordial Energy?", Leon was truly shocked.
Logically speaking, that Primordial Energy was an ancient force of the dragon race, originating from the first Dragon King in dragon history, 'Noah'.
Even the dragon race couldn't easily obtain the Primordial Energy, how could the empire possibly have it?
To this, Tiger also shook his head, "I'm not too sure about that either."
The master and disciple were both stumped, without any clues for the time being.
At this moment, Rossweise quietly walked to Leon's side and whispered a few words to him.
Leon was enlightened, his eyes widening slightly, "Makes sense. That explains it."
Tiger raised an eyebrow, "What explains what?"
"Oh, it's like this. Earlier I received intel from the dragon side that Fell once stole the results of a dragon clan survey project in the Far North. At the time, we didn't know what that so-called project was, but it was clear Fell was working for the empire."
"Now, combining that with what you said. If the empire used Primordial Energy to build Constantine's body, then what Fell stole from the Far North back then was probably the Primordial Energy."
Long ago, Headmaster Oullette of Saint Heath Academy had said she and Rossweise's grandmother were conducting a survey project in the Far North.
The project went on for years, but part of the results were stolen by Fell in the end.
At the time, Leon and Rossweise didn't know what those results were.
But now, with all this intel pieced together and smoothed out, it wasn't hard to infer that Grandma and the Headmaster's secret project in the Far North was surveying the Primordial Energy.
After Leon's explanation, Tiger nodded thoughtfully.
"Theoretically, that tracks."
After figuring out her grandmother's secret plan over the years in the Far North, Rossweise felt a slight ripple in her heart.
The power of Primordial Force spoke for itself. Back then, it was by using the most basic Primordial Magic that Rossweise had seriously injured the first fusion-version Old Con, giving Leon the chance to blow up the Heart-protecting Dragon Scales.
And this power was tied to the most ancient Dragon King, Noah. This ancestor's influence still extended to the present day.
So why exactly did Veronica Grandma and Headmaster Oullette want to touch that mysterious and ancient history?
Rossweise had no clue for now.
"If the empire possesses Primordial Energy, then aside from creating fusion monsters, they might use it for something even more unimaginable…", Leon sounded worried.
But Tiger waved it off, "No need to worry about that. Because according to Martin, in order to make this stronger Constantine, the empire already used up all their Primordial Energy."
"Used… used it all?"
"Yep."
Tiger nodded, "They poured all their resources into creating this bio-weapon, only to have it escape, rendering their efforts in vain. And the minister in charge of the plan, Elanti, was dismissed."
After a pause, Tiger added, "Rumor says he's been sent to a farm to feed pigs."
"Classic empire demotion tactic," Leon said.
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