Dragon Queen and Dragon Slayer

"They're here!"

Rebecca also ran over and supported Tiger from the other side.

Claudia then slowly stepped forward and stood in front of Charlotte.

The two sisters, one taller and one shorter, gazed at each other.

Charlotte, who had just lost her heart-protecting dragon scale, looked exhausted, but still managed to force a smile.

"Sorry, sister... I was willful again."

She thought Claudia would act like before. Harsh words with a soft heart, that even if she felt pity for her, she'd still have to scold her a few times first.

But unexpectedly, Claudia simply reached out, gently stroked Charlotte's face, and tucked the loose strands of hair behind her ear.

"You've worked hard. I'll take you both to rest."

"Sister... I—"

"Speak less. You're very weak right now."

Charlotte's pupils trembled slightly. She opened her mouth, with thousands of words she wanted to tell Claudia at this moment.

But in the end, she lowered her head, with a faint smile on her lips, and replied, "Okay."

She could clearly feel that her sister's attitude toward her and Tiger's marriage was changing.

For thirty years, what Charlotte wanted most was for her family to acknowledge and bless this relationship.

Although the journey had been rough, at least... everything was gradually moving in a better direction.

Claudia brought everyone to the lounge and arranged the two "patients" onto a soft big bed.

After lying down, Tiger slowly turned his head to look at Charlotte.

Charlotte also happened to be looking at him.

The old couple gazed at each other and smiled in mutual understanding.

"You've just finished the heart-protecting dragon scale transplant, you need a period of rest before you can move around normally, so catching up and all that, leave it until tomorrow."

Claudia still spoke in her signature "outsider" tone, saying the most professional things.

"I'll have someone send dinner over later. So... we won't disturb you anymore."

"Master, Mistress, please rest well for now. I'll come see you again tomorrow."

"Okay... you and your wife also had a long day. Rest early too."

"Mm."

Temporarily parting with the elderly couple, Claudia took the others to dinner.

———

After dinner, she arranged rooms for them.

Claudia felt like she had been a tour guide the entire day—

'Come on, is serving guests part of my duties as the Sea Dragon Tribe's Crown Princess?'

But there was no helping it. Leon and the others had special identities, the fewer people who knew about them, the better.

"You've worked hard, Senior. And also... thank you for what you did for my master."

At parting, the silver dragon couple bowed sincerely in thanks.

"No need to thank me. Sleep early, and I hope you can adapt to the undersea environment."

"Alright. Good night, Senior."

"Good night."

Claudia closed the door for them and turned to leave.

The couple finally let out a breath of relief.

And as they relaxed, a wave of exhaustion swept in.

Rossweise rubbed her shoulders. During the day, in order to reach the Sea Dragon Tribe quickly, she had flown at high speed for several hours straight, this intensity was difficult even for the Silver Dragon Clan to endure.

She looked around, surveying the guest room.

A very tidy room, matching her aesthetic.

It even came with a small balcony.

Rossweise walked over, initially thinking the balcony was just for decoration. After all, there's no sun to see in the deep sea.

But standing inside and looking up, Rossweise's eyes immediately lit up.

What entered her view was a beautiful and brilliant deep-sea world.

The entire palace had a layer of transparent protective shielding, separating the interior space from the ocean world.

All kinds of rare fish and marine life swam past Rossweise's eyes. She raised her arm, her sleeve sliding down her tender, smooth arm, and her jade-like fingers gently tapped the inner wall of the shield. Several lively, pretty little fish swam toward her fingertip, blowing bubbles at her.

The queen smiled knowingly.

'When you get older, you start liking things like little fish and seaweed (bushi).'

"Rossweise...", Leon walked up beside her.

"Mm?"

She withdrew her gaze and looked at Leon.

But Leon seemed hesitant to speak.

Rossweise blinked and smiled, "Back at the secret chamber door during the day, you looked like you had something to say. Is that right?"

Leon pressed his lips together, then nodded, "Mm."

"What is it?", she tilted her head and asked.

She had already roughly guessed what Leon was going to ask.

That damned man was clever. After hearing Claudia say so much about the heart-protecting dragon scale today, and witnessing his master "come back to life" because of it, it was only natural for Leon to think of.

What happened back then.

"It's just..."

After some inner struggle, Leon slowly exhaled, as if he had finally made some decision.

"Your heart-protecting dragon scale... is actually in me, right?"

He mustered up the courage to meet those silver eyes.

Even though he had already figured most of it out in his heart, he still wanted to hear Rossweise admit it herself.

The queen's pupils trembled, but she didn't seem too surprised.

She smiled faintly and nodded, "Mm, it's with you."

"Why—"

"Back then, after you became my prisoner, you were seriously injured and your heart was nearly completely shattered. To save you, I had no choice but to transplant my dragon scale into you."

Rossweise turned her head, leaning against the balcony railing, gazing into the deep sea.

"You don't need to feel burdened, Leon. After all... the reason I saved you back then was just so I could get revenge on you later."

This was indeed the objective truth.

Back then, Rossweise and Leon had gotten into that mess of the "Blood Charm," so there was no way she had any feelings for Leon at the time.

Just as she said, she transplanted her heart-protecting dragon scale into Leon purely out of a desire for revenge.

But—

"You had many chances later to take the dragon scale back, yet you didn't. Isn't that right?"

"Mm! Because I didn't want our daughter to grow up having had a father, only for him to suddenly disappear one day."

"And what else?"

"What else?"

Rossweise lowered her eyes.

After a while, her lips curved into a gentle arc, her cheek's dimple small and cute, and her smile like a spring breeze.

"I also don't want to lose you."

"Rossweise..."

"Ahhh~ Finally heard me admit it with my own mouth. Are you satisfied now?", Rossweise turned around, stretched lazily, then lowered her arms and reached out, poking Leon in the chest.

"So, I'm trusting you to take good care of my heart, dummy."

———

Due to being human, Leon found it inconvenient to roam around the Sea Dragon Palace without Claudia accompanying him.

So after waking up in the morning, he and Rossweise stayed in the room the whole time.

Last night, after learning that Rossweise's heart-protecting dragon scale had been transplanted into him, Leon felt quite conflicted.

The importance of the dragon scale, even someone like him, a human, understood very clearly.

Even though Rossweise had comforted him, saying that she gave him the dragon scale initially just for future revenge, it was still something so vital, even tied to Rossweise's life.

How could Leon truly accept it with peace of mind?

He sat at the tea table on the balcony, raising his hand to touch his chest.

His heartbeat was strong and steady.

And the one who brought that heartbeat back, was Rossweise.

"You haven't spoken to me all morning. How can you bear it?", A cold, indifferent female voice sounded behind him.

Leon turned his eyes to the side, Rossweise was sitting on the other side of the tea table.

She elegantly crossed her long legs, her skirt slipping down her smooth thighs, the black lace faintly visible.

But Leon wasn't in the mood to appreciate the queen's morning "fan service."

"Still hung up on the dragon scale?"

Seeing that the damned man had no desire to flirt, Rossweise dropped her legs and got ready to have a serious talk.

Leon retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes, and let out a muffled "Mm."

Rossweise gave a helpless smile, shook her head, and sighed.

She propped her head with one hand, eyes half-lidded, lazily gazing at the undersea world outside the balcony.

"I never told you because I was afraid you'd overthink things."

"You gave me something as important as a heart-protecting dragon scale. How could I not overthink it?"

"So, what kind of feeling do you have now? Guilt? Gratitude? Or... something else?"

Leon pondered carefully, then shook his head.

"It's complicated. I can't quite put it into words."

Rossweise let out a snorting laugh, "Then wait until later and have a good talk with your master. You two probably have a lot in common now."

"Why do you say that?", Rossweise sat up straight, counting on her fingers as she listed,

"Look, you're both dragon slayers, both discovered conspiracies by the Empire, both married dragon wives, and both got saved by your wife's heart-protecting dragon scale."

Clap!

The queen excitedly clapped her hands.

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