Chapter 154 - 154: Truth Session Gone Wrong
There wasn't even a need for this.
Why would a prisoner of war say goodnight to the queen?
The fact that they could even sleep together was an unprecedented miracle, never seen before and never to be seen again. No need to make it seem like they were an actual married couple.
But ever since that night when Noah & Luna checked their room at midnight, the two had unknowingly developed a habit of saying goodnight to each other.
That night, they had acted recklessly and secretly kissed. The feeling of losing themselves in the moment was delicate, and it also stirred up an addiction in their hearts.
The words "good night" were simple, yet they effectively soothed that craving between them.
Without saying goodnight, it always felt like something was missing from the day.
So, they might as well say it. After all, no third person would know.
Besides, saying goodnight didn't mean anything, right?
Did saying goodnight mean they liked each other?
Leon used to say goodnight to his master's donkey every night when he was a kid. How come that donkey never turned into a beautiful little donkey lady and had a forbidden interspecies romance with him?
Snapping back from his wild thoughts, Leon slowly closed his eyes, quietly waiting for the mother dragon to fall asleep.
The room fell silent.
After some time, Leon figured the timing was about right.
His head remained still on the pillow, but his eyes darted toward the clock on the wall.
'By now, Her Majesty the Queen should have entered dreamland, right?'
Leon prepared to take action.
He pursed his lips, opened his mouth slightly, and was about to test the waters by asking if Rossweise was still awake.
But before he could speak, her voice came from beside him.
"Are you asleep, Leon?"
"N-no..." Leon hurriedly feigned a drowsy tone.
"Oh."
Ten minutes later.
"Are you asleep, Leon?"
"No."
"Oh."
Another ten minutes later.
"Are you asleep, Leon?"
"If you have something to say, just say it."
"Nothing, just asking."
Yet another ten minutes later.
"Are you asle—"
"No."
"Oh."
Rossweise glanced at the clock on the wall. It was almost 2:30 AM.
'Why is this damn man still awake? Hurry up and sleep! I've been holding back my questions for so long.'
Meanwhile, inside Leon's mind:
'What's wrong with this mother dragon? Drank too much coffee? Can't sleep?'
'No, something isn't right.'
Leon's brain started working at full speed.
'At this time of night, Rossweise is usually already asleep.'
'Even if she isn't, there is no reason for her to keep asking if I am awake. And once she gets an answer, she doesn't say anything else.'
'Does this mean... Rossweise really want me to be asleep so she can do something suspicious?'
Leon grew alert, deciding that the next time she asked, he would just pretend to be asleep.
'Let's see what she's up to.'
A little while later, as expected, Rossweise's voice sounded again.
"Leon, Leon, are you asleep?"
Leon kept his eyes shut and didn't respond.
"Oho~ You're asleep."
The blanket rustled, and the beauty beside him slowly sat up.
Her silver eyes flickered in the moonlight.
"Then I won't hold back~"
Leon: ?
'Big Mother Dragon, what are you trying to do?'
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Leon lay flat, his whole body tense, hands pressed tightly against his thighs.
There was no reaction from the dragon markings, which meant that Rossweise wasn't trying to give him some surprise in his sleep.
'Then what on earth is this mother dragon trying to do?'
Leon couldn't open his eyes, so he could only guess based on the sounds.
The soft rustling of pajamas brushing against the blanket.
The faint creaking of the bed sinking slightly.
The next moment, a familiar, pleasant scent enveloped his senses.
Strands of silver hair draped down, lightly tickling his cheek, sending a fine itch across his skin.
'She is this close... but the dragon markings still hasn't lit up...'
'Tch, I don't get it.'
'Better keep observing.'
"Leon."
The queen's voice whispered into his ear.
"Tell me, were you just brushing off my sister with that promise?"
'Hmm?'
'Why is she suddenly asking this?'
'And why does this mother dragon think that just because she asks now, I will definitely answer?'
Leon's brain worked quickly.
Then, a memory rushed in.
That was from a while ago, back when he was using a bunny girl photo to control the mother dragon.
Rossweise had sneaked into his room in the middle of the night, trying to get him to reveal where he had hidden the photo.
At that time, she had also asked him a question first, but he didn't answer.
Then, she immediately commanded him to take her to the photo's hiding spot.
As for what happened that night—well, everyone knows how that turned out.
Leon had forgotten to ask why Rossweise had done that.
But he guessed that he must have unknowingly fallen for one of her charm spells or some other trick, which made him speak the truth after falling asleep.
'So now, before getting into bed, Rossweise has secretly used the same trick on me, huh?'
She had been waiting until 2:30 AM just to ask him questions he would never answer while awake.
'Hah! Naive mother dragon.'
'Luckily, I, the dragon slayer, am a step ahead. How could such a cheap trick work on me?'
'Alright. Since she wants to play, I might as well play along.'
"I wasn't brushing her off. It's all true," Leon replied in a dazed voice.
Rossweise was stunned.
"You... you really meant it when you said you'd take care of me, stay by my side, and protect me?"
"Yes. I swear, even at the cost of my life."
Taking advantage of the situation, Leon started spewing nonsense.
In the moonlight, Rossweise's silver eyes trembled violently.
She knelt beside Leon, unable to believe what she had just heard.
Tiger had said that if she asked Leon something at 2:30 AM and he answered, then it had to be his true feelings.
'Does this mean... Leon actually... cares about me?'
Rossweise clutched her wrist, pressing her palm to her chest. She could feel her heartbeat pounding faster and faster.
Every pore on her body seemed to radiate heat, hidden beneath the warmth of her pajamas, burning with embarrassment.
"But we're enemies. Having such thoughts about an enemy... doesn't that go against your heart?"
Leon calculated in his head and carefully worded his response.
"In my heart, you're no longer my enemy. You're my wife, my love, someone worth protecting for a lifetime."
'Ugh, that was so cringy!'
Even as he said it, Leon cringed inside, curling his toes under the blanket.
If it were any other time, not even a blade at his throat would make him say these words.
But right now, he had the perfect excuse to say whatever he wanted.
And if this led to some unexpected rewards... wouldn't that be a win?
And at this moment, in Rossweise's eyes, everything Leon said was his true feelings.
After hearing it, Rossweise, the entire dragon, was dumbfounded.
Her heart was filled with mixed emotions, her mind was blank, and she had no idea what to ask or say next.
'This kind of thing... It is better not to know.'
If she didn't know, she could still bicker with Leon like before, compete in wits and courage, and think of all sorts of ways to torment each other.
'But... But now that I know his true thoughts, how am I supposed to face him in the future?'
Letting her and Leon pretend to be a married couple, maintain a family, and act affectionate and loving in front of their daughter and outsiders—that was completely fine.
'But if this act starts turning into reality, then... then... then how am I supposed to handle that?'
Never underestimate the fear a woman who has never been in a relationship for over two hundred years has towards romance.
By that time, if Leon tried to hold her hand, she might absentmindedly stretch out her tail instead.
A silence lasting more than ten seconds made Leon secretly open a slit of his eyes to look at Rossweise.
As expected, the big mother dragon was sitting there in a daze, her expression extremely complicated.
Fear, panic, shyness... and various emotions that were hard to describe.
'Oh ho ho~'
'Sweating nervously now, Your Majesty the Queen?'
'Blushing and shy now, Your Majesty the Queen?'
'About to shed little pearls now, Your Majesty the Queen?'
'Do you need Teacher Leon to teach you how to manipulate your archenemy's psychology?'
Just as he was feeling smug, he heard Rossweise ask again,
"Then your feelings for me... um... when did they start to change?"
Just like a girl experiencing her first love, asking her boyfriend when he first noticed her, when he first started liking her, and when he decided to pursue her.
To be fair, Rossweise's past experience with love was a complete blank slate, so she was full of curiosity and anticipation about such things.
At this moment, in the deep and quiet night, and in her eyes, Leon was still in a sleeping state.
So... she could completely drop her queenly façade and slightly reveal the side of her heart that longed for love.
"From... a long time ago, I guess," Leon spoke in a hazy tone.
"How long ago? That time we had a date in Sky City?"
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