Dragon Queen and Dragon Slayer

Memories surged like a flood, bursting through the dam!

That gray and shiny fur, that agile tail, that vigorous physique, those jewel-like, sparkling big eyes.

'It's him! It's him! It's really him!'

"Alright, this is the friend I wanted to, hey, be careful, Leon! That railing's expensive!"

Before Claudia could finish speaking, Leon had already stepped on the railing, leaped over it, and after landing, dashed toward that familiar figure from his memories.

And Donkey One also seemed to sense his old friend, kicking up all four hooves and galloping straight at Leon.

Man and donkey, like love-torn lovers separated for years by the whims of fate, finally reunited in this romantic undersea scene.

What a touching moment, what a tear-jerking moment, what a moment worthy of being recorded in the three-species history of "Humans, Dragons, and Donkeys"—

"Donkey One~"

"Heeh~" (donkey voice)

"Yeah, yeah."

"Heeh~~~" (donkey voice ×2)

"Hmm!"

The next second was supposed to be a warm embrace between man and donkey, but fate is unpredictable.

That donkey raised his front hoof and kicked Leon square in the face without hesitation.

With a crisp sound, Rossweise and Rebecca, standing outside the railing, couldn't help but feel Leon's facial pain.

It was Rebecca who reacted first.

"This is the one creature that can inflict actual physical damage on the Empire's strongest dragon slayer, Leon Casmodeous."

"And also the only existing one—"

"His family's donkey."

Rossweise silently covered her face, "This really isn't the time for such hot-blooded commentary..."

Even Claudia hadn't expected such an unforeseen reunion between man and donkey.

She scratched her temple, rare confusion showing on her face.

"Honestly, Charlotte always tells me how good the relationship is between her donkey and her Leon, so I thought when they reunited... it'd be at least a little touching. Who would've thought it'd be so..."

Having been raised under elite education, the Sea Dragon princess couldn't even find the right word to describe the scene.

But Rebecca, who'd grown up scrambling through the lower rungs of the Empire, immediately nailed it with precision:

"Abstract."

"Looking back on Captain's life. It's been a brilliant life, but also an abstract one."

"And seventy percent of his abstract moments are related to his family's donkey."

Rossweise sighed helplessly too.

"He mentions his donkey a lot. Anyone who knows would say it's a livestock, but someone who doesn't might think it's his first love."

"Sis-in-law, by relationship, you're the captain's first love, no need to be jealous of a donkey—ow!"

Yesterday the crazy girl got a forehead flick from the captain;

Today she got one from sis-in-law.

Meanwhile, on the grass, Leon, with a bloody nose, hugged Donkey One's neck,

"Donkey One, what's wrong? Don't you remember me?"

Donkey One: ╭(╯^╰)╮

"Are you angry, Donkey One?"

Donkey One: (￣^￣)

"Listen, the reason I haven't come to find you these years is because I didn't even know you were here!"

Donkey One: 乛 з乛

"Now that I know, and I'll soon be done with the outside mess, I'll take you with me. Then we'll be together again like before, Donkey~"

Donkey One: ( ?? ??`)

Rossweise couldn't help swallowing,

"He really... can communicate with a donkey?"

"I didn't believe it at first either, until I saw him get kicked every time he talked to his donkey."

"Every time? Then doesn't that mean—"

"Ow what the—"

Leon flew out sideways, the arc of his nosebleed tracing a perfect curve through the air.

Thud!

He lay on the grass, his head spinning, and muttered, "Donkey One, you're still the same as ever, kicking people without warning."

Claudia pushed open the gate and walked in with Rossweise and Rebecca.

When they reached Leon's side, Rossweise bent slightly, resting her hands on her knees, her silver hair falling slowly as her delicate and pretty face appeared in Leon's vision.

"Was the last time you had a nosebleed when I wore the bunny girl outfit for you?"

"That's something only we need to know. No need to say it out loud."

Fortunately, Rebecca and Claudia had already gone over to interact with Donkey One and didn't hear the couple's private teasing.

Rossweise pulled out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to Leon.

Leon took it, sat up, and wiped the blood from his nose.

Rossweise also squatted down to dust off the hoofprint on his face.

"Donkey Donkey, did you miss me?"

"Heeh~" (donkey voice, joyful)

Leon and Rossweise turned toward the sound.

They saw the same stubborn Donkey One who had just kicked Leon now turning into Rebecca's "puppy," drooping his long ears and rubbing his head against Rebecca's slightly chubby, loli-like cheeks.

Such a harmonious man-donkey interaction was enough to make some dragon-slaying generals sour with envy.

Leon quietly clenched the handkerchief, gritting his teeth, "Damn—"

Rossweise thought he was going to say, "Damn that donkey, two-faced and fickle."

But in fact—

"Damn Rebecca, how dare she steal my donkey."

"..."

So it was being greened by his first-love donkey, and now he was getting jealous over it.

Strange, why did Rossweise sense a hint of "NTR" in this supposed epic of pure love between her and Leon?

Oh wait, not bull-headed man.

Donkey-headed man.

"Don't rush to hate Rebecca, there's something that'll make your teeth itch even more," Rossweise reminded.

Leon turned his head toward her, "What do you mean?"

Rossweise raised her pretty chin in that direction and smirked, "Here, see for yourself."

Leon looked again toward Donkey One.

He saw Rebecca had stopped her "seducing" act, and Donkey One turned and dove into Claudia's embrace.

The blue-haired milf smiled with a face full of affection, rubbing Donkey One's ears and praising him, "Donkey Donkey is so good, Donkey Donkey is the most sensible child in the world, never kicks people, right~?"

"Heeh~~"

"Alright alright, tonight I'll reward you with carrots."

Leon: =_=

"Tsk tsk tsk," The queen half-squatted beside him, also watching that scene, shaking her head and clicking her tongue.

"What?"

"I think I heard the sound of something breaking."

"Something... breaking?"

Rossweise rested her chin on her hands, leaning close to Leon and pretending to sigh regretfully,

"Someone's heart, I think it's shattered into glass shards~"

Before she became queen, Rossweise used to read romance novels, and even now her study still had some classics.

Back then, she didn't understand why some authors added love triangles or "stealing love" plots in 1v1 stories. Clearly those parts made readers feel heartbroken and tormented, why write them?

But now, she understood.

Watching the protagonist's "true love" get snatched away before his eyes, that feeling of helplessness leaping off the page and becoming real, was one of life's greatest joys.

And if that protagonist happened to be her own husband, all the better.

"I... I'm not heartbroken, who's heartbroken? This is nothing, totally minor~"

Leon stood up and patted the dust off his butt, "Rebecca used to play with Donkey One a lot, and for the past few years Claudia's been feeding him. So it's perfectly normal that he's close with them, mm... very normal."

Rossweise watched him. Even though they'd been talking about Donkey Donkey this whole time, her gaze never left Leon's face.

Not because her world only had Leon, but because she wanted to admire that stubborn and tsundere expression a little longer.

Rossweise smiled, "Is that explanation for me? ...Or to convince yourself?"

"Of course it's to convince myse—ugh, I mean I'm just analyzing the situation for you."

"Mm-hmm-hmm, sure sure."

"Hey mother dragon, from your tone, you don't believe me, huh?"

Rossweise tilted her head slightly, "I believe you."

"You totally don't believe me. You've basically written 'I don't believe you' on your face."

The queen chuckled, clearly in the mood to play, "Then if I don't believe you, what are you gonna do about it?"

"Tch, Donkey One's not usually like this. It's just that he hasn't seen me in too long, so he kicked me."

Leon's eyes flickered, thinking that since he couldn't salvage the situation with Donkey One's face-kicking, he might as well drag the mother dragon into it too.

"Then do you believe if you go near it, he'll definitely give you a hoof too?"

"Oho? Really now?"

'Of course it's real!'

Leon's donkey had been extremely vigilant since it was young. The moment a stranger entered its 10-meter radius, it would give a warning bray;

If they dared approach, it'd go straight to hooves.

Because of that, the mentor's farm hadn't raised a dog in ten whole years.

With this donkey around, who needed a guard dog?

But Leon didn't answer Rossweise directly. He just mysteriously said, "Try it and you'll see."

"Alright, I'll try then."

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