"Of course, you still have to be prepared for the Red Dragon Queen to lose her temper," Claudia stretched out both hands and patted Leon and Rossweise on the shoulders respectively,
"Acceptance is acceptance, but when it comes to getting angry, we older sisters definitely won't forget."
———
Isa felt the atmosphere at this moment was a bit strange.
Those two people, for some unknown reason, insisted on dragging her away from the sweet milky scent and soft cheeks of the little dragon girls and into a café, letting the children go off to play by themselves for a while.
She and Claudia sat on one side, while Leon and Rossweise sat opposite them.
Each had a cup of coffee placed in front of them.
Isa folded her arms across her chest. The curling steam from the coffee wafted past her eyes. She looked at her little sister across the table, then at her brother-in-law.
She still couldn't figure out what this couple was up to.
The steam slowly dissipated. The coffee was about to go cold.
Isa finally couldn't help but ask, "What exactly did you bring me here to say?"
After speaking, Isa glanced at Claudia beside her.
The sea dragon beauty woman shrugged innocently, indicating that she too didn't know what was going on.
Helpless, Isa had to turn back to the couple.
The two of them still seemed hesitant, as if what they were about to say was hard to bring up.
Isa tilted her head, "If you don't say anything, I'm going to start guessing."
The couple looked at each other, still choosing temporary silence.
After all, this matter was quite important. Even though they had weathered many storms, it was inevitable for them to feel a bit nervous and at a loss.
So even though they had already decided to come clean with Isa, they still had to do some mental preparation.
"I guess... Little Rose is pregnant again?"
Before the couple could react to Isa's words, Claudia beside them couldn't hold back her laughter first,."No, sorry… you continue, you continue."
Rossweise gently bit her lower lip and shook her head, "No, sis. Although we do have the idea of having a fourth child, for now… it's just an idea."
Isa raised her eyebrows, "Then what is it you want to say?"
After a pause, Isa switched to a hopeful smile, "You're not really planning to send Little Light to me, are you? Don't worry, as long as you're willing, I guarantee that two hundred years from now, Little Light will be a Red Dragon Queen more outstanding than me."
Although Leon trusted Little Light's talent and his big sister's affection for her, still, "No no no, it's not that either..."
Isa let out a slightly impatient "tsk" and her ruby-like pupils swept over the couple, "If it's not about a broken family, then don't waste my time here. I still want to go play with the girls."
"F-family broken—", Rossweise carefully pondered over her sister's wording.
From a certain perspective, it might indeed involve "family breaking."
Seeing her little sister's reaction, Isa felt she might have guessed correctly.
"Don't tell me it really is a broken family? What, you two are getting divorced?"
This time, the couple shook their heads in unison to deny it.
Rossweise explained, "No no, how could we possibly get divorced? We're already planning on having another baby, there's no way divorce would even be a consideration..."
Leon tentatively added, "Actually… what we want to say isn't just a matter between the two of us. More importantly... it's you, Sis."
Isa slightly furrowed her brows, pointed at the tip of her own nose, and asked in confusion, "Me?"
"Mm..."
Leon pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and glanced again at Rossweise beside him.
Rossweise gave him a barely noticeable nod.
Leon returned the same gesture.
'Alright then.'
'Whatever happens, the blade is already at the neck, just a matter of saying one sentence. A real man has nothing to fear!'
Even when facing the great dragon kings, Leon had never been this nervous.
So, in comparison... at this moment, Isa officially ranked second strongest dragon king on the Samael Continent, first place was his wife.
Leon shook his head to dispel the messy thoughts, gathered his words, then grew serious as he raised his eyes to meet Isa's gaze.
"Big sis… actually, my union with Rossweise was completely an accident."
"What?"
"It was like this—"
.
.
.
Leon doesn't remember how much courage he had to muster that day to explain everything from beginning to end to Rossweise's biological older sister.
In that short ten or so minutes, time seemed to stand still.
He could clearly recall the sound of his heartbeat, the sweat running down his temples, the whitened fingers he clenched, his increasingly dry lips and tongue, and the burning heat in his ears.
Of course, there was also Isa's gaze toward him.
It wasn't that Isa had been suppressing her anger the entire time, it was... Very strange.
Isa's expression started with a bit of surprise, then gradually softened as Leon continued, and finally… there was even a kind of relief like "so it really was like this."
Leon didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he felt Isa's reaction was a bit too...
Calm.
When he finished speaking, the entire window-side table fell into a dead silence.
Outside, the crowd was bustling. Inside, customers and waitstaff moved back and forth.
But only the four of them seemed completely isolated from the lively world.
Sunlight streamed in through the window, casting clear beams through the dust in the air.
That line of dust formed a dividing line, lying right between them.
Ding! Ding!
Claudia gently tapped the edge of her coffee cup.
The clear and airy sound was like a whistle signaling the return of normal time.
"Sis… we didn't mean to hide it from you for so long."
Rossweise said, "There were many unresolved matters before, but now everything has settled. Leon and I don't plan on hiding it from you any longer. Sis..."
"How could you two... do this?", Isa's tone turned sorrowful, her eyes slightly trembled.
"I'm your biological sister. Why wouldn't you tell me something like this?"
"Sorry, sis... we—"
"Heavens~ Why are the children of the Melkvei family all so rebellious?"
"My dear brother-in-law is actually an outsider, and I, the older sister, didn't find out until five years later—"
"Looking at it this way... I'm the real outsider here!"
The couple were a little confused.
"...Sis?"
But a single call did not stop Isa's "tears and drama."
"Dragon God~ If your spirit is truly in the heavens, why didn't you give me a sign earlier?"
"Now this heavy truth weighs on my heart, making me too pained to stand straight. Even breathing is terribly difficult."
"Umm... Sis? Are you listening to us?"
"I am, of course I am. If I weren't listening, why would I be this angry?"
Leon blinked, "Your brother-in-law is blind, Sis. I… can't really tell where you're angry..."
"I'm not angry?", Isa turned to Claudia, "Senior, do I really not look angry?"
Claudia took a graceful sip of coffee and said immediately, "You look like you're teasing a child."
"..."
One sentence awakened the dreamer.
Rossweise's thoughts turned quickly and she immediately realized, "So… Sis, did you already know Leon is a human?"
Seeing her act exposed, Isa sulkily pouted, "You can't say 'already,' and definitely can't say 'know.'"
She said, "Actually, from the beginning, especially that time when Constantine invaded your Silver Dragon Clan, and everyone said it was Brother-in-law alone who resolved that mad dragon, I began to be curious about his identity."
"A descendant of a disbanded tribe who could easily defeat Constantine. Even though you gave me the 'for love and justice' explanation and thought you fooled me, I just couldn't be bothered to dig deeper."
"Later… when Constantine became a stitched-together monster and attacked my Red Dragon Sanctuary, Brother-in-law used a move called Thunder Piercer, but."
Isa squinted slightly and looked at Leon, continuing, "He called that move 'Chidori.' Very few races call it that. And dragons… are not among them."
"I listed out the races that commonly use the term 'Chidori' and eliminated them one by one."
"Eventually only the 'Human' race remained. I more or less understood then."
"But just when I was about to investigate further, Grandma stopped me."
At this point, Isa shrugged, "So my investigation into this mysterious brother-in-law's background ended there."
"But I was still seventy percent sure that this man, who made a promise to me to protect my sister and perfectly fulfilled that promise, did not belong to the dragon race."
Leon mulled over Isa's words and thought for a moment before asking, "Your grandmother... also knew?"
"Grandma is a very smart person. Since even I suspected, I'm sure she noticed something too."
"Then why didn't she tell anyone about me and Rossweise—"
"The fact that you and Little Rose could maintain this family up to now is because Grandma tacitly approved."
Isa leaned back slightly against her chair and spoke slowly, "My grandmother always said that we should leave the times to the young people and let them make their own decisions."
"So I think that's probably the reason why she never interfered with her granddaughter's choices."
"And finally..."
Isa slowly stood up. On her beautiful face, which had just been serious for so long, a smile finally bloomed.
"The Melkvei family has acknowledged your marriage. So please take this recognition and blessing, and keep walking forward together."
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