Isa had long noticed Leon's identity problem; this alone was enough to shock the couple;
But what was even more unexpected was, Grandmother Veronica had also vaguely discovered it?
Originally, Rossweise still had one layer of concern.
That was her close relationship with her elder sister Isa, close as peers, so even if Isa didn't accept it after revealing the truth, Rossweise could still try persuading her; but Grandmother was different.
Grandmother was an elder, and her thinking might be influenced by the older generation of the dragon race, so Rossweise felt that if Grandmother couldn't accept Leon, then it truly meant she couldn't accept him, no one's persuasion would work.
But the result turned out to be...
The other two members of the Melkvei family actually already knew.
Thinking of this, Rossweise didn't have time to admire her elder sister's and grandmother's intelligence, instead narrowed her eyes, looking with suspicion at the strongest dragon slayer beside her.
"I already told you to wear a tail but you wouldn't listen, and now my sister saw through you, right?"
'Mother dragon, your obsession with tails runs deep,' Leon silently complained in his heart.
"That... that I got found out wasn't because of the tail issue, okay. Didn't Big Sis just say it? It was because of the 'Chidori' name issue."
Still, getting exposed as a human after hiding it for so many years just because of a move's name, Leon still felt a bit regretful.
No matter how seamless his disguise, some habits ingrained from childhood would still leak out unintentionally.
Like from when Leon first learned magic to graduating from the Dragon Slayer Academy, in all those years, no one had ever told him that the magic move of channeling lightning into the palm was called "Thunder Thrust."
"When you were teaching Noah magic, didn't you already change it to 'Thunder Thrust' to avoid being seen through by your daughter?"
"Changing the name is one thing, but I had to deliberately put on an act. But when Constantine made a night raid, I was nervous and didn't pay attention. Besides..."
"Besides what?"
"Besides, the name 'Thunder Thrust' is so bland that only you dragons could come up with it."
Rossweise: →_→
Isa: →_→
Claudia: →_→
"Brother-in-law, you're not even pretending anymore, huh? Us dragons give names that are straightforward, simple, and clear, and in your eyes, that becomes 'bland'?"
"If you think our dragon naming is so bland, how about giving back the equally bland 'Nine Hells Gate' to me."
"Sitting in front of you are two dragon clan leaders plus a quasi-leader, so if you have any grievances or slander toward dragonkind, it's best you tell me privately at home."
Leon: "..."
Even though everyone had accepted his identity as an outsider human, why... did it still feel like he was being tortured.
Isa opened her mouth, just about to tease her brother-in-law again, but suddenly seemed to realize something, turning to look at the blue-haired beauty beside her.
"Senior, from your words, it sounds like you knew my brother-in-law's little secret earlier than I did?", Claudia half-lowered her blue lashes, with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.
She didn't answer.
But this reaction could already be taken as tacit admission.
"So how did you find out, Senior?"
"How I found out... I'll tell you later."
Claudia said, "You already have enough weighty matters to digest today. The details of how I found out he's human are even more shocking, I'm afraid they'll scare you. So I'll tell you another time."
"Even more weighty?"
"Of course," Claudia nodded.
Isa then turned to look at her sister and brother-in-law again, "What is it, what is it? About what?"
The couple silently covered their faces.
"About... the stuff in the sea."
'Meaning it involvs the sea dragon clan?'
Isa was clever. Since she guessed that this involved the sea dragon clan, and their crown princess didn't intend to elaborate, Isa didn't press further.
The group chatted more about recent years.
The topic inevitably circled to the empire that had once framed Leon into that situation.
"Speaking of the empire, I heard they had quite a stir internally not long ago, something like... a coup?", Isa rested her pretty chin on one hand, beautiful eyes gazing at her sister, smiling radiantly, "And on those days, when I sent a message to the Silver Dragon Clan, the reply said you and your Silver Dragon Prince were out on patrol, and wouldn't return for at least seven days."
"In the very days when the imperial regime changed hands, you two just happened to leave home."
"Not that I'm overthinking it, but the ones who turned the human empire upside down... wouldn't happen to be you two, right?"
Rossweise lowered her head in silence.
General Leon proudly puffed out his chest, "That's right, it was I!"
The little show-off was way too eager to take credit. Looking at his hot-blooded idiot expression, even Claudia let out a soft chuckle.
"Don't laugh, Senior, you were part of it too."
Claudia shrugged, "Mm, I was. It was fun."
Isa raised an eyebrow, "You went with them too, Senior?"
"Yup!"
"And just the three of you managed to take down the empire?"
"Uh... not just us three. There was also an organization called the 'Lionheart Society', some supporters of mine formed it. And—"
The red-haired beauty tilted her head slightly, "And?"
Leon scratched his temple, hesitated a bit, then said, stammering, "And Constantine..."
Isa gasped, vision blackening, and fainted backward.
If Claudia hadn't quickly extended her arm to let her lean on her shoulder, the Red Dragon King might have fainted from anger.
After a moment to recover, Isa jokingly complained, "You even called Constantine to help and didn't invite me? We're not family anymore. Little Rose, this man's no good, go file for divorce when you get home."
"Eh, no, sis!", Leon hurried to explain, "Back then we didn't know you had already figured out my identity, so we didn't dare ask you to join."
Isa coquettishly rolled her eyes, "Hmph! Excuse."
'No wonder they're sisters, even their eye-rolls are exactly the same!'
'Exactly the same kind of tsundere.'
"But didn't Constantine previously attack both you and my Red Dragon Sanctuary? Why would he help you against the empire now?", Isa asked.
"Oh, it's like this," Leon briefly recounted from his first clash with Old Con to the final resolution of the empire issue.
After hearing it, Isa pondered and muttered, "Turning enemies into friends... quite the strategy."
Leon blinked, then shook his head, "Not exactly turning enemies into friends, just cooperating due to a common goal. At heart, Constantine still really wants to give me a beating."
And just thinking about still owing Constantine a roomful of primordial magic, Leon felt even more stressed.
Who knew how Old Con's memory was at his age?
If his memory was bad, and Leon didn't bring it up, and no one else mentioned it, maybe after some time Constantine would just forget about it.
"Is that so."
"Yeah."
Isa took a sip of coffee, thought for a moment, then said, "Since this human-dragon war was orchestrated behind the scenes by the empire and some dragon kings, now that you've overthrown the empire's dark rule, it marks the beginning of the end of this war."
"But how exactly to end it, and who will bring the ending... that's the hard part."
A century-long world-shaking war wouldn't end just because of a regime change on one side.
There was a ton of aftermath to handle.
And what Isa mentioned, "how to end it" and "who will end it", were the most crucial.
"Looking at the current situation, the empire's side is easier to handle, since Leon's views represent the direction of the new empire."
Rossweise said, "So if we want to confirm the final outcome of this human-dragon war, we still need to find someone whose voice holds weight within the dragon clan."
"But the dragon clan is unlike the empire. Shortly after the original Dragon King sealed himself, the dragons plunged into chaotic civil war again."
Claudia narrated calmly, "Although in the past century, due to the need to resist external enemies, the civil war's intensity dropped a lot."
"But even so, no one has been able to unify the dragons like the original Dragon King once did."
Just as everyone was feeling troubled, Leon suddenly felt someone watching him.
Dragon slayers are very sensitive to dragon gazes.
He quietly scanned the surroundings.
And finally, through the floor-to-ceiling window, saw someone standing across the street.
"What's wrong?", Rossweise asked while also looking in the same direction.
So did Isa and Claudia.
And the group immediately recognized the person.
"It's that attendant we met at the Twilight Tower last time."
———
"He seems to have been standing there for a while."
"Do you think he can read lips? If he understood what we just said, wouldn't that be troublesome?"
"Brother-in-law, you're not thinking of attacking the Twilight Tower Lord's servant, are you?"
"No, just preventing potential danger. If you can't bring yourselves to do it, I can. This is my specialty."
"Cut it out, you two, he's coming over."
The servant crossed the bustling street, walked into the café, and after politely refusing the waiter's inquiry with a smile, headed straight toward Leon.
This purposeful action confirmed for Leon and the others, this servant, or rather, the Twilight Tower Lord, was here for them.
"Greetings, everyone. I am Kaid, personal attendant to the Tower Lord of the Twilight Tower. I'm honored to meet the elite leaders of the dragon clan here in Sky City."
Elite Leaders of the Dragon Clan:
Rossweise √
Isa √
Claudia √
Leon ×
'Very good, it seems this servant named Kaid definitely can't read lips,' Leon thought aimlessly.
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