Dragon Queen and Dragon Slayer

But Constantine's falling out with the Empire gave Leon a completely new train of thought and direction.

Although the saying "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" didn't quite apply to the relationship between Leon, Old Con, and the Empire;

Still, even if the enemy of an enemy couldn't become an ally, leaking some inside information should still be possible, right?

"But you and Constantine have a grudge too. The two of you will fight as soon as you meet."

Rossweise also helped Leon analyze the situation.

Hearing her say this, Leon thought she wouldn't let him go to the Crimson Flame Dragon Clan's territory.

But to his surprise, Rossweise's next sentence truly caught him off guard.

"I'll go with you."

Leon was stunned.

The mother dragon had a completely serious expression when she said this.

Looking at Rossweise's determined face, Leon suddenly realized that his "contract wife" was no ordinary woman.

Ordinary women wouldn't let their husbands go off to do such dangerous things;

But she was a Dragon King, after all.

What danger? Just charge in with your husband.

Leon shook his head and smiled, "No, you can't go."

Rossweise blinked, her tone slightly displeased, "Why not?"

No matter what they faced before, it had always been her and Leon together. She was already used to their tacit cooperation.

But this time he suddenly refused her help?

This made Rossweise a little confused.

"You said all the dragon clans have stationed some forces near Constantine's territory to monitor him. That alone will already piss him off. If a Dragon King like you goes too, Constantine will no doubt vent all his anger out."

Leon said, "So it's a safer choice if I go alone."

After hearing Leon's explanation, Rossweise fell into thought.

She clasped her hands behind her back, tail gently sweeping the ground, pouted slightly, and mumbled in a low voice,."You just don't want me to go with you."

'Whoa! Why does this give off the vibe of a wronged little wife?'

Leon chuckled and took Rossweise's hand, fingertips gently brushing her slightly cool hand back, and softly said, "I promise you, I won't fight Constantine. If he insists on a fight, I'll just run."

"You think I'll believe that, dummy?"

Rossweise tried to fling his hand off with a tsundere gesture, but found she couldn't, so she let him hold it. Still, she kept saying, "When Constantine challenges you to a duel, I bet you'll yell something like 'For the glory of the dragon slayers! I'll fight you!' and charge in."

"Oh, not bad, living with me for five years, you really know me."

"Fake wife, thank you."

"If a fake wife understands me this well, then if you were a real wife, I don't even dare to imagine."

Rossweise grinned with a smile that didn't reach her eyes and rolled her eyes, "You're really funny, Casmodeous."

Leon still held her hand as they strolled down the track, "It'll be fine. Even though we all think of Constantine as a crazy dragon who only knows how to fight, after that clash at the ruins, I feel like he can be reasoned with. He won't just attack me on sight."

All in all, Rossweise still felt uneasy, "Then you have to swear that if things go south, you absolutely won't try to be a hero."

"Didn't I just promise you?"

"A promise is a promise, a vow is a vow."

His master used to say women are auditory creatures who nitpick every word. Leon hadn't understood that sentence back then.

Now he did.

"Okay, okay, I'll swear."

"A vow isn't that simple! You have to swear on something."

Leon thought for a moment, then stopped in place, raised three fingers toward the sky, and solemnly declared, "I, Leon Casmodeous, swear on my beloved donkey that I will absolutely not fight Constantine."

The queen was slightly startled.

'Well damn, he swore on his beloved donkey.'

'Then it's probably reliable, he definitely won't fight Old Con now.'

After all, even Rossweise, who had never met the donkey, understood how precious it was.

Only then did she truly feel at ease, "Alright, tomorrow I'll have Shirley take you there."

"Okay, wait for my good news."

———

The next day, Leon traveled with Shirley and the stationed squad dispatched by the Silver Dragon Clan to the territory of the Crimson Flame Dragon Clan.

Shirley, worthy of being Rossweise's close aide, didn't ask a single unnecessary question along the way.

Whatever the prince said was final. If he said fly left, they flew left; said fly right, they flew right, she was the very definition of silent and efficient.

When they arrived at the Silver Dragon Clan's surveillance outpost, Leon jumped off the back of dragon-shaped Shirley.

"Thanks, Shirley. You guys just stay stationed here, I'll go in by myself."

Bringing Silver Dragon guards in would only make the atmosphere more tense.

Old Con might have brains and principles, but if someone brought troops into his turf strutting around, he'd definitely lose it.

Shirley folded her wings and turned into human form, "Prince, please be cautious. If anything unexpected happens, fire the signal flare."

Leon looked down, weighing the signal flare in his hand.

Rossweise had given it to him before departure.

Though she agreed to let him go alone, necessary precautions still had to be in place.

"Got it."

"We'll wait here for your return, Prince."

Leon nodded, turned around, and looked toward the border of the Crimson Flame Dragon Clan's territory.

The wind and sand blew; Leon squinted slightly.

"Constantine, let's have a talk."

———

A few years ago, Leon and Rossweise had come to the territory of the Crimson Flame Dragon Clan to investigate which Dragon Kings were collaborating with the Empire.

So he still remembered where the Crimson Flame Dragon Palace was.

Passing through a forest, firelight flickered in the distance, and Leon knew he was about to see that undying male dragon again.

It really was a cursed fate. In General Leon's glorious dragon-slaying career, Old Con was the only Dragon King who had fought him at least three times and still lived to tell the tale.

It made Leon feel a bit embarrassed to keep sending Old Con to the loser's bracket.

Joking with himself, Leon didn't dare to lower his guard.

After all, Constantine now had the enhancement of the Primordial Power. Even if he hadn't yet learned specific primordial magic, his strength was surely several levels above before.

Trying to take down Constantine the same way as before was probably impossible now.

But the fact that Leon dared to come alone showed he was confident in the power gap between him and Constantine.

Even if he couldn't defeat Constantine, escaping unharmed shouldn't be a problem.

Thinking this, Leon had already arrived at the outer area of the Crimson Flame Dragon Palace.

Strangely enough, not a single dragon came out to stop him.

"Hiss... it's so quiet, kind of eerie."

Not just eerie.

It even triggered an unpleasant memory for Leon.

Back when he had just awakened from a two-year coma, he tried to escape from Rossweise's Silver Dragon Sanctuary.

And during the escape, there wasn't a single guard in sight. He came and went freely like strolling through his own backyard.

Until he reached the riverbank, where Rossweise caught him, and only then did he realize it was all the mother dragon's twisted sense of fun.

Watching her enemy think they had escaped, only to crush their dream the moment they felt smug—

Tsk tsk tsk, emotional damage with physical damage, definitely a devious dragon move.

So... was Constantine trying the same trick?

Leon raised his guard to maximum, scanning his surroundings cautiously.

At the same time, inside the Crimson Flame Dragon Palace, Constantine leaned against the throne.

Below the throne, a guard came to report, "Your Majesty, after the other dragon clans stationed troops around our borders, they also sent one person inside."

Constantine closed his eyes to rest and said lazily, "Kill him then."

"Uh..."

"What? Can't kill him?"

"That person is Leon Casmodeous."

"...Oh, then it's not your fault."

Upon hearing that it was Leon, Constantine immediately let go of any dissatisfaction with his subordinate's performance.

He slowly opened his eyes and asked, "You're sure he came alone?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

'Now that is strange.'

Constantine could guess why the dragon clans had stationed troops to monitor him, it was definitely for the Primordial Power.

'And likely it has been approved through the damn Dragon King secret meeting at Twilight Tower. That old fossil Alres has used those meetings to benefit himself for centuries.'

He surely wouldn't pass up such powerful primordial power either.

Even if Leon participated in that meeting and took part in this surveillance action, there was no reason for him to enter the Crimson Flame territory alone.

Unless that human brute really intended to solo Constantine and the entire Crimson Flame Dragon Clan?

'Ha, if that's the case, then he's seriously delusio—'

'Hiss...'

'We-Well, it's not impossible either.'

Constantine pondered for a moment and decided not to act rashly.

He still hadn't adapted to the power of the Primordial Force, nor could he wield it skillfully yet. Facing Leon now, his chances weren't great.

'So, let's see if there's a way to send this Buddha back peacefully.'

"Send some people to drive him away. Try to avoid direct confrontation."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The guard left the throne hall.

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