91 My Sweet Little Mouth
“Daddy, Daddy! Where have you been all this time? Moon thought you’d never come back!”
At the dinner table, the family was finally gathered together after a long time apart.
Due to months of ongoing war and most of the Silver Dragon Race being dispersed by Roswiser, dinner was rather simple, and the Holy Temple felt pretty empty.
But the atmosphere of reunion was quite lively.
The little dragon daughters asked all sorts of questions, with the biggest concern being where Daddy had disappeared to for so long.
Roswiser sat next to Leon, not asking a single question. Instead, she propped her chin on one hand and silently admired him.
It had been a whole six months without seeing that charmingly roguish and impressively manly face of the Dog Man. She was going to savor every moment.
What? You say the Queen is a shameless face worshipper?
Ha!
The Queen is not a face worshipper.
She’s a husband worshipper.
Whatever her husband looks like, she worships that.
Hehe.
As for the daughters’ questions, Leon only replied,
“I went to a very far, far place.”
The daughters were still young, and they had a long way to grow before becoming the cool, aloof ladies, the sweet little sisters, or the brilliant scientists they would be twenty years from now.
So Leon didn’t plan to tell them anything about the future.
Of course, this was just temporary.
Once the little treasures grew up a bit more, Leon would try to explain things to them clearly.
That was their family’s future; as daughters, they had the right to know.
“Far away? How did you come back, then?” Little Light asked.
You brought Daddy back!
Leon chuckled, his gaze sweeping over his little treasures.
“The reason Daddy could return is all thanks to you girls!”
The three little dragon daughters exchanged puzzled looks.
You look at me, I look at you, eyes wide open in surprise as if they didn’t quite get what Daddy meant.
Round King scratched his head, “I don’t really understand… but anyway, it’s good that you’re back, Daddy!”
“Yeah.”
After a pause, since it was Noia who brought it up, Leon added, “This time, Daddy won’t leave you again, absolutely not.”
Some promises are best said plainly.
Otherwise, when an unexpected event happens, it’ll be too late.
This was the lesson Leon learned from his recent time-traveling adventure.
If similar situations arise in the future, in Noia’s heart, her father had promised her that even if they parted briefly, they would eventually reunite.
Because this man never goes back on his words.
Noia blinked in surprise, then lowered her gaze, blushing as she nodded, “I understand, Daddy.”
“Okay, let’s eat. Moon, Little Light, you two eat well, okay?”
“Sure, Daddy!”
The kids continued to eat.
They were quite fast at it!
After dinner, Moon wanted to keep pestering Leon with questions.
But Noia glanced at her mom, who was lost in a lovesick daze, and then at her dad, “wanting to cuddle with his wife but holding back because the kids were around”—
Got it.
This assist was brought to you by Noia K. Melkway.
“Moon, Little Light, let’s go check on Anna and the others. Once we’ve taken care of their injuries, we’ll come back to find Daddy and Mommy,” Noia suggested.
Little Light was totally on board with this idea.
She could tell her big sister wanted to create a little romantic world for their parents.
Moon was somewhat reluctant, but still listened to her big sister.
So the three little ones hopped off their chairs and left the dining room in a line.
It turned out Noia’s plan was spot on.
After she proposed leaving with her sisters, Daddy didn’t put up any resistance at all.
In that moment, Leon reminisced about his childhood when his Master used to not let him run around after dinner.
But sometimes, he would let Leon go out to play with his friends anyway.
He even used to give little Leon some extra pocket money and told him he could play for however long.
Master’s wife silently agreed on the side.
At that time, little Leon didn’t understand; he thought his Master finally got enlightened, realizing that it’s better to let kids have some freedom rather than restrict them.
It wasn’t until he settled down with Roswiser that Leon truly understood the “good intentions” every parent has when letting their kids go out to play.
Once the daughters left, Leon finally had time to look at his wife beside him—
No.
Not just his wife.
She was a lovesick girl.
Her face supported on one hand, silver hair cascading down, her cute little dimples shining, and her long eyes bending like crescent moons, radiating emotions that seemed ready to spill over.
Leon shifted awkwardly in his seat, “You… don’t you have to eat? Why are you staring at me…”
“Ah, just earlier outside, you were hugging and cuddling me without any shame, and now when I look at you, you’re shy?” The Queen grinned, her squinting eyes looking especially lovely.
“Just now? That was… that was excitement from seeing you after so long clouding my brilliant mind.”
Leon protested, “Besides, I hugged Noia and the others too; what’s the big deal about a hug? It doesn’t mean anything.”
“Your brilliant mind is that easily clouded?”
“Of course, I get easily clouded.”
“Then don’t cloud it so much in the future.”
“Who are you to worry about me?” Leon rolled his eyes at her.
Roswiser stifled a laugh, “Is it just when facing me that you get clouded?”
Leon sensed something was off and frowned slightly, “Why does that sound so strange?”
“Hmph.”
The Queen huffed, retracting her gaze from the Dog Man’s face, lowering her head to play with the food on her plate using her fork.
“Now, tell me, where did you go for six months?”
Leon stifled his smile, took a moment to choose his words carefully, and then recounted everything about the future timeline to Roswiser.
After listening, the Queen was utterly shocked.
She could understand spatial magic;
But accidentally traveling to the future… that’s something beyond normal spatial magic, right?
“Wait, wait, wait! I have a lot of questions!”
Roswiser insisted, “You’re saying that our future Little Light developed reversal magic, sending you back to the present, while everything you just did is the key to changing the future, right?”
Leon nodded.
“Then, after changing things, won’t the ‘reality’ where our future daughters exist no longer exist?”
“No, it still exists.”
Leon thought for a moment and explained,
“Let’s say, for example, future Little Light wears glasses because of nearsightedness. If I monitor her study habits from now on and ensure she grows up healthy and without stress, little future Light wouldn’t be nearsighted. The reality related to her ‘future nearsightedness’ will also change as a result.”
Roswiser absorbed Leon’s words,
“Oh… so whether you disappeared through the space rift or traveled back from the future, it won’t create another ‘world line’?”
“Yeah, Little Light puts it this way: world lines, or time, flow in one direction. Changing a certain point in the past doesn’t create a branch; that change will affect the future.”
Roswiser’s eyes flickered slightly as she pondered, nodding, “So, the daughters who helped you come back from the future won’t disappear, and everything we do now will influence their futures.”
“Exactly.”
Leon said, “In other words, as long as we maintain this happy family dynamic and keep everything as beautiful as it was before, our future daughters will also receive this happiness.”
At that, the Queen froze, and a hint of displeasure crossed her face as she mumbled, “Hmph, fake…”
“What did you say?” Leon didn’t catch that.
“Nothing.”
Roswiser took a sip from her cup and continued, “So I understand, as long as we live well now, the future daughters will also live well?”
“Yup! It’s quite an interesting point.”
Leon said,
“We, in the present, don’t need to overly worry about the future, because as long as we take each step seriously now, the future will be waiting for us in the best possible state, right?”
Roswiser raised an eyebrow, “Oh ho, with this smooth talk, it seems you’ve been improving in more than just dragon-slaying skills over this past month; your academics have made big strides too.”
Leon was slightly taken aback, “You’re openly complimenting me like that? Your mouth has gotten quite sweet too.”
The Queen chuckled, reaching out to gently pinch Leon’s chin, then leaned in closer, whispering into his ear,
“Then~ since my mouth is so sweet, do you want to… give it a taste?”
