“Hey, are you planning on having another baby?”
At midnight, a message had just arrived via the Shadow Stone, announcing that the next meeting would begin at eight o’clock the following morning. During this time, players could choose to rest or continue with their quests.
Leon lay on his bed, one hand behind his head and the other idly tossing the Shadow Stone around.
He couldn’t sleep.
The reason was simple: it was his first time playing this kind of immersive game, and even Leon couldn’t help but feel excited and thrilled.
So, insomnia seemed quite normal.
But he also didn’t want to go out and do quests at such an odd hour.
After all, the game would last seventy-two hours, so enjoying a good six or seven hours of sleep was perfectly acceptable.
”The meeting tomorrow morning, Mother Dragon is definitely going to attack me fiercely and convince everyone to vote me out.”
Given Leon’s understanding of Roswiser, this was entirely plausible.
As Big Sister Isar had said, Little Luo may not have any complicated motives or goals for this—she might just be doing it for fun.
She wouldn’t miss a chance to make Leon uncomfortable.
And if she could eliminate Leon early in the game, she’d have enough bragging rights to last a year.
Leon would spend the next year living under the “Me, Roswiser Melkway, the strongest Dragon Slayer right out of the gate—what kind of achievement is that?” Queen’s Gospel.
To prevent being eliminated by Roswiser from the get-go, Leon had to come up with a plan for the next morning’s eight o’clock meeting.
As he thought about it, it was already past midnight.
Leon still lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, strategizing his words and actions for the few hours to come.
Just then, the door lock clicked.
Leon immediately became alert and slightly lifted his head to glance towards the door.
The door slowly opened, and a beam of light from the corridor spilled in, illuminating two small figures.
”Dad, is Dad asleep? Moon can’t sleep, so I thought I’d come and sleep with you.”
Recognizing his darling daughter’s voice, Leon was about to respond.
But as he opened his mouth, he decided against it.
He remembered that Moon had drawn the identity of “Friend of the Princess,” meaning Noia.
Considering Moon’s sister-adoring personality, if she was feeling restless, she should head to her older sister. This held true both in terms of their out-of-game sibling relationship and in-game character identities.
Thus, it made the most sense for Moon to seek Noia and not Leon, who was but “An Old Friend of the King.”
After a brief analysis, Leon decided to pretend to be asleep.
”Um, dad moon QQ group six-nine-four-nine-three-six-one-three-five? Dad?”
There was no response. Moon called a couple more times, softly.
”Okay, Dad’s asleep. Little Light, go go go!”
Upon confirming Leon was ‘asleep,’ the two tiny figures stealthily entered the room.
Leon, lying in bed, chuckled inwardly. Clearly, the two little ones weren’t here because of sleeplessness.
They must have had another purpose.
Leon continued to feign sleep, eager to discover what they were up to.
”Little Light, are you sure this intel we found refers to Dad?”
Little Light glanced down at the intel card in her hands, which simply read one word:
”Only”
”Even if we’re not 100% certain it’s Dad, his suspicion is high. Moreover, Dad didn’t attend the first meeting, so it’s necessary to investigate him.”
Moon nodded, “Alright, let’s hurry up and search before Dad wakes up.”
”Okay!”
Listening to their conversation, Leon caught a keyword:
”Only”
What did this mean?
Could it be a clue they obtained after completing a task?
Leon knew he was currently a lone wolf, so this “Only” most likely referred to him.
And as Little Light had said, Leon hadn’t attended the first meeting—raising serious suspicions.
Hence, it was rather normal for the little dragon girls to visit at night.
Leon remained silent and continued to listen.
Moon and Little Light quietly scoured Leon’s room.
Sofa, coffee table, bedside table, bathroom, and fridge; all were thoroughly searched. However, apart from the initial prop wooden box, they found nothing significant.
”The Black Holy Stone isn’t here with Dad.” Moon said, looking a bit dejected.
”Hmm… if I had stolen the Black Holy Stone, I wouldn’t have hidden it in my own room either,” Little Light responded.
As they were deliberating, they heard a sound from the doorway.
Both immediately became alert.
”Who else is here?” Moon asked anxiously.
Little Light frowned, glanced at the nearby wardrobe, and said, “Let’s hide and see what’s going on.”
”Okay!”
In a flash,
The two quickly squeezed into the wardrobe, pressing up against the door as they listened for any sound from outside.
”Noya-chan, if Uncle Leon wakes up and finds us sneaking in, will he spank us?”
”Not if I charm him properly, he’ll back down.”
The King of Cheaters knew how to read people well. It was as if there was a stamp on his face that read, “Daughter-obsessed father.”
However, Noia had never used the trick of “charming him to back down” to achieve her objectives.
She just wanted her best friend, Helena, to feel reassured by coming along for the “mischievous acts.”
After all, while sneaking into her father’s room wasn’t new to Noia, it was probably Helena’s first time.
”Okay, let’s hurry up and start searching!”
”Alright.”
The bestie duo then followed the same search path as the sister duo.
Mune and Little Light, hiding in the wardrobe, peeked out through a small crack in the door, revealing two pairs of big eyes observing stealthily.
”There’s Onee-sama! (✪▽✪)”
”And Helena.￣へ￣”
Moon’s expression shifted smoothly, faster at changing faces than even her queen mother.
”Little Light, should we go out and meet up with Onee-sama?”
The pink-haired girl blinked, then shook her head, “Let’s not for now. If we meet them, they’ll definitely ask us why we came to Dad’s room based on any clue we might have.”
”But our identity is [the Princess’s friend], shouldn’t we share the clue?”
”Sis, the identity card only says we’re [the Princess’s friends], not [friends of the Guards]. If Helena has her own secret mission or victory conditions, we can’t share the clue with her.”
Moon nodded in revelation and then praised, “Wow, Light, you’re really good at strategizing!”
”Sis, if you weren’t the first to get eliminated every time we play Werewolf, you’d be as good as me,” Little Light bluntly replied.
Moon: o(╥﹏╥)o
Meanwhile, outside, the bestie duo also turned up empty-handed.
”Is our clue wrong?”
Helena said while pulling out her intel card,
”Only…”
At hearing that clue again, the general Leon lying in bed couldn’t help but smirk.
Sssss~
This game really has it out for me!
Why does everyone have this clue?
Why do I have nothing!
”Could it mean the only male in the game?”
Noia thought carefully and shook her head. “It might not be that simple. This ‘Only’ refers to the uniqueness of something else, not the basic gender differences.”
”That makes sense… we were too simplistic with our thinking earlier.”
”Yeah, it looks like we need to gather more clues.”
Even though all three daughters had targeted their father initially, the old man lying in bed still felt proud.
Good to see you’ve learned to think and analyze!
I’m proud of you!
Dad painfully decided:
After taking out Mom, I’ll eliminate you next.
We can’t skip the legendary tradition of filial piety and fatherly love in the Melkway family!
While deep in thought, Leon suddenly heard the door opening again.
”OMG… Is there another expert?!”
Noia and Helena naturally heard the noise as well.
Like the other duo, they hastily hid themselves in the wardrobe as well.
And thus –
Noia: ?
Helena: …
Moon: (＝。＝)
Little Light: A battlefield? Or rather, a war cabinet! Let’s go for it!
”How did you two get here?” Noia asked in a low voice.
Little Light blinked, “Uh… night running?”
”Night running into Dad’s room? Come on, can you at least come up with a better excuse!”
”Why are you two here?”
”Getting snacks.” Noia said seriously.
”Are you serious? It’s almost two thirty in the morning; which snack are you even talking about!”
”Ssshhh! They’re coming!”
The little dragon girls quickly quieted down.
This time the crack in the wardrobe showed four pairs of eyes arranged vertically.
”Who’s that?” Little Light asked.
”The shadow indicates they’re quite tall,” Helena said.
”Mom, Aunt, and Aunt Claudia are tall.”
”Their hair is also long.”
”Mom, Aunt, and Aunt Claudia all have long hair.”
”Fantastic figure.”
”Mom —”
”Okay, Little Light, we get it, all three of them have a great figure. No need to repeat that.”
Little Light shook her head vigorously, “Not not not! I mean, the person – it’s Mom!”
Hearing this, the children held their breath with even more cautious tension, staring outside.
The sound of high heels softly approached.
A silver figure gracefully walked to Leon’s bedside.
It was indeed Roswiser.
Leon maintained a poker face as best he could.
Oh my, tonight is indeed a “fruitful” night.
The young ones haven’t left yet, and the elder one has come.
So, Mother Dragon, did you also obtain the clue about the “Only”?
Roswiser lifted her bosom slightly then lowered her eyes towards Leon.
In a moment, she glanced at the wall clock.
Perfect, precisely two thirty in the morning!
The queen grinned with satisfaction and quietly asked,
”Leon, tell me, the Black Holy Stone –”
But halfway through her question, Roswiser paused.
She retracted the smile on her face and furrowed her brow,
”If I use two thirty to force information out of him, it would constitute too much of a field advantage.”
Roswiser scratched her temple and hesitated for a moment before letting out a faint sniff,
”My queen doesn’t cheat.”
”However… This chance should not be wasted. So I’ll ask you another question.”
Leon’s inner thoughts: Don’t ask strange things! Just don’t!
The daughters are hiding in the cabinet behind you!
”Leon… do you have plans…?”
Roswiser gently bit her lower lip as the moonlight poured in through the window, bathing her slightly flushed face.
Her silver eyes flickered as she continued,
”To have another baby with me?”
Leon: ?
Noia: ? Pro
Moon: ? Pro Max
Helena: ? Pro Max Super
Little Light: (✪▽✪)!
”Masaka… Me, Aurora, will also have a younger sister!”
