74 It Turns Out You Can Also Refine
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Little Light’s proficiency with the Nine Gates of Hell was indeed high.
With just a few simple words, she helped Leon resolve some issues he was having during his practice.
After sharing some tips with the Old Man, the father-daughter duo decided to spar a bit.
As expected, the Bloodied General Leon was easily taken down by his little daughter.
Thus, the second dragon to defeat Leon Casmod in history was born.
What?
Who was the first?
The first was Roswiser.
This story tells us that the invincible family hero can only be defeated by his family!
After the spar, Leon lay sprawled out on the soft grass in a ‘big’ shape; even such a simple bout put a great strain on his currently weak and worn-out body.
Little Light had her hands tucked into the pockets of her lab coat as she strolled over to her dad.
“Mom said, as long as I can beat you, I can swagger around this continent. So, rounding it up, I’m Aurora now, and I’m also invincible!”
Leon let out a scoff and sat up.
Aurora leaned down beside him, sitting shoulder to shoulder with her dad.
Her sitting posture was just like Roswiser’s:
Knees slightly bent, arms wrapped around her calves, chin resting lightly on her knees.
She looked just like a well-behaved little cat.
Once seated, Aurora pulled out a photo from her lab coat pocket—the one she had just shown Leon.
In it, Claudia was teaching Noia some illusion magic.
Leon’s gaze fell on the photo, and he asked, “So when did Claudia leave?”
“Um… about five years ago, I guess.”
Aurora replied, “It seemed like she was… not too happy when she left.”
“Not happy? What do you mean?”
“That day, she was teaching us new magic, and according to the teaching schedule, she still had at least half a month to guide us.”
Aurora lowered her eyes to the photo, slowly recounting the memories, “But during the lesson, she suddenly seemed to see someone and hurried off towards them. They hid behind some bushes, looking like they were arguing.”
“About ten minutes later, Claudia came back and told us that her mentorship with our sister trio had come to an end, that we already had the strength to fend for ourselves, and from then on, we weren’t allowed to mention that Claudia Poseidon had been here.”
“After giving her parting words, she just left.”
Leon’s thoughts stirred, “Saw someone… and got into a fight?”
Aurora nodded, “Yeah.”
“Did you see who it was?”
“No, I could only tell from the voice that it was another woman, and she wasn’t young—about the same age as Claudia.”
Leon scratched his cheek, completely baffled by the situation.
He didn’t understand Claudia, who had extended a helping hand out of the blue, and now there was another woman who fought with her? He was even more confused.
When Roswiser first mentioned the Sea Dragon Race, she hinted clearly that there was no diplomacy between the Silver Dragon Race and the Sea Dragon Race.
Yet, this Claudia not only helped them during their most difficult time but, according to Little Light, she had even been their mentor for a long time.
What did she come for? What were her true intentions?
Did her sudden departure hide unspeakable secrets? Or was she in some kind of trouble?
Tsk.
Such a puzzle.
Leon sighed, not wanting to get tangled up in these vague questions.
“Dad.”
“Yeah?”
“I have a bold guess.”
Leon raised an eyebrow, “Oh? Let’s hear it.”
“Could it be that Claudia, enchanted by your handsome features, has harbored a crush on you for years? So when she learned of your misfortune, she stepped up to help our family through the tough times?”
“Then, after achieving her goal, she quietly left, hiding both her merit and her name.”
“Ah! What a touching tale of a youthful secret crush! When Mom wakes up, I am definitely telling her this—ow! Ouch!”
Leon gave a light tap on the back of the pink-haired goof’s head.
“Regarding your bold guess, I have a somewhat immature suggestion: I recommend you check your old man’s résumé. I never even set foot on the Sea Dragon Race’s territory, alright? I’ve never met that Claudia. How could there be a secret crush?” Leon said.
Little Light rubbed her sore head, “So you’re entirely denying what I just said?”
Leon shrugged, “What else is there?”
“Does that include the ‘handsome features’ part as well?”
“That one can stay.”
Leon let out a breath of relief and then continued, “But you also said that Claudia isn’t exactly a spring chicken. To be honest, even your mom and I getting married seems a bit like an old cow eating young grass from a human perspective, and now you want me to have someone even older?”
Roswiser was over two hundred years old, while General Leon was in his twenties.
To put it nicely, the queen is an old cow eating young grass;
To put it bluntly, woc, queen, you’re a little too refined—?!
“Actually, age isn’t that big of a deal in the dragon race; there are plenty of examples of hundreds of years old dragons coupling with those in their thirties.”
Aurora said, seriously educating her dad, “But you’re a human, so of course it can’t be compared.”
She adjusted her glasses, which was also her habitual action.
It seems that everyone who wears glasses has this kind of habit.
Since the topic just shifted to racial differences, Leon’s eyes sparkled as he asked, “Can dragons really be nearsighted…?”
“Pureblood dragons won’t have nearsightedness, of course.”
Aurora replied, “But I’m a half-bl**d, and I’m always cooped up in the basement studying various ancient texts, so nearsightedness is bound to happen~”
When she said “I’m a half-bl**d,” her tone was light and breezy.
It seemed she didn’t care at all about her bloodline and racial issues.
Leon pursed his lips, hesitating a bit, yet still tentatively asked, “Little Light, how did you feel when you first learned that half of your bl**d was human…?”
Aurora blinked, instantly picking up on the deeper meaning behind her dad’s words.
She smirked, a subtle smile creeping across her face, “Dad, you’re trying to ask if I can accept being a half-bl**d, right?”
“…Yeah.”
“Of course, why wouldn’t I?”
Aurora turned her gaze towards Leon, her pink pupils shining with rare seriousness,
“I might even want to ask you back, why do you think there’s a ‘my daughter might not be able to accept her heritage’ kind of thought?”
Leon was taken aback; he hadn’t expected Aurora to ask him that, “Uh, well…”
“Hey, it’s not your fault; after all, when Mom first brought this up, she had similar concerns to yours.”
“She told us to never hate you or despise ourselves.”
“She went on and on, not letting us get a word in, really worried that we’d be ashamed of our human bloodline.”
“In the end, it was our big sister who reassured Mom.”
“Big sister said, maybe in Dad’s mind, the first lesson he taught her was an entrance exam review for Saint His Academy.”
“But for her, the first lesson was how to accept herself.”
“After waking from two years of coma, you weren’t prepared to become a father at all.”
“Yet you still cheerfully accepted your new identity and welcomed big sister and little sister.”
“For that, you worked hard to love them as a father.”
“Back then, you knew your daughters were half-dragon and not pureblood humans.”
“But you still loved them wholeheartedly.”
“Because they were first and foremost your own daughters, and only after that were they considered ‘half-bl**d.’”
“At that time, I didn’t quite understand what big sister meant by that.”
“But now, I think I understand a little bit.”
As Aurora spoke, she slowly stood up, her gaze fixed on the distant horizon from the grassy slope. The green and blue split clearly in her eyes,
“Accepting oneself is no easy task.”
“But Leon Casmod did it quite easily.”
“So, as his daughters, what can’t we do?”
“Not to mention…”
Aurora lowered her head to look at her old man, the seriousness fading from her face, replaced by a mischievous smile,
“You, the strongest human dragon slayer, are madly in love with my mom, the Silver Dragon Queen, and here you are talking about what race matters?”
XX
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