Chapter 91: My Mouth, Soft and Sweet

“Papa, Papa, where did you go for so long? Muen really thought you’d never come back.”
At the dinner table, the family sat together after a long time apart.
The dinner was rather modest due to months of warfare and because most of the Silver Dragon clan members had been dispersed by Rosvitha. The entire temple felt quite empty.
However, the atmosphere of reunion was incredibly warm.
The little dragon girls asked questions about everything, most concerned about where their father had been for so long.
Rosvitha sat beside Leon, not asking any questions since the beginning, just silently watching him while resting her chin on her hand.
After not seeing this rogue of a man’s handsome and masculine face for six whole months, she wanted to get her fill of looking at him.
What?
You say the Queen is a shameless looks-obsessed person?
Ha.
This Queen isn’t obsessed with looks.
She’s obsessed with her husband.
Whatever her husband looks like is what she’s obsessed with.
Hehe.
Facing their daughters’ inquiries, Leon only replied,
“Daddy went somewhere very~ very far away.”
The daughters were still young, quite far from their future personalities twenty years later as the cool older sister, the girl-next-door, and the scientist.
So Leon didn’t plan to tell them about the future yet.
Of course, this was only temporary.
When his precious ones grew a bit older, Leon would try to explain everything to them.
That was their family’s future, and as his daughters, they had the right to know.
“Very far? Then how did daddy come back?” Little Light asked.
It was you who sent daddy back.
Leon smiled, his gaze sweeping over his precious ones,
“The reason daddy could return is thanks to you all playing a big part.”
The three little dragon girls looked at each other in confusion.
Looking at each other with wide eyes, they didn’t seem to understand their father’s meaning.
The study-obsessed one scratched her head, “I don’t really understand… but anyway, it’s good that daddy’s back.”
“Mm.”
After a pause, since Noia brought up the topic, Leon added, “This time, daddy won’t leave you all again, absolutely not.”
Some promises needed to be stated clearly.
Otherwise, when accidents happen, it would be too late.
This was the lesson Leon learned from his journey through time and space.
If similar situations arose in the future, deep in Noia’s heart, she would know her father had promised her – even if they were temporarily separated, they would ultimately reunite.
Because this man never broke his promises.
Noia was slightly startled, then lowered her gaze and nodded with reddened cheeks, “I understand, daddy.”
“Mm, let’s eat. Muen, Little Light, you eat too, have some more.”
“Yes, daddy!”
The children continued eating.
The little ones ate quickly.
After dinner, Muen still wanted to pepper Leon with questions.
But Noia glanced at her mom who was in a love-struck state, then looked at her dad who “wanted to be lovey-dovey with his wife but couldn’t be too obvious in front of the kids”—
She understood.
This assist would be scored by me, Noia K. Melkvi.
“Muen, Little Light, let’s go check on Anna and the others. After we take care of their injuries, we can come back to find mom and dad,” Noia said.
Little Light naturally had no objections.
She could tell big sister wanted to create alone time for their parents.
Although Muen was somewhat unwilling, she still listened to her sister.
So the three little ones jumped down from their chairs and left the dining hall one after another.
Facts proved that Noia’s decision was correct.
Her father didn’t even try to stop them when she suggested taking her sisters away.
At that moment, Leon recalled his childhood, when his master would always forbid him from wandering around after dinner.
But occasionally, he would actively encourage Leon to go play with his friends.
He would even give young Leon extra pocket money and tell him it was fine to play for however long he wanted.
The master’s wife would silently agree beside them.
Back then, Leon was too young to understand, thinking his master had finally realized it was better to be lenient than strict.
It wasn’t until he started married life with Rosvitha that Leon understood the “good intentions” behind every parent sending their children out to play.
After the daughters left, Leon finally had time to look at his wife—
No.
Not wife.
Love-struck girl.
She propped up her face, silver hair falling along her cheeks, the dimples on her face cute and delicate, her long eyes curved into crescents with smile, that intense affection seeming about to overflow.
Leon shifted his bottom a bit to the side, “Why- why aren’t you eating properly, what are you looking at me for……”
“Oh my, earlier outside you were hugging and holding me, not feeling shy at all, even saying you missed me. Now when I just look at you, you get embarrassed?” The queen said with a bright smile, her narrowed eyes looking beautiful.
“Earlier? Earlier that was… that was because the excitement of not seeing you for so long clouded my brilliant mind.”
Leon said, “Besides, didn’t I hug Noia and the others too? What’s wrong with a hug, a hug doesn’t mean anything.”
“Your brilliant mind gets clouded so easily?”
“Of course, I get clouded easily.”
“Try to get clouded less in the future.”
“Mind your own business.” Leon rolled his eyes at her.
Rosvitha covered her mouth and giggled softly, “Is it only when facing me that you get clouded?”
Leon pondered, feeling something was off, frowning slightly, “Why does that sound so strange?”
“Hmph.”
The queen let out a delicate snort, withdrawing her gaze from the rogue’s face, lowering her head to play with the food on her plate using her fork,
“Tell me then, where did you go these six months?”
Leon also put away his playful expression, gathering his thoughts for a moment, then told Rosvitha everything about the future timeline in detail.
After hearing it all, the queen was shocked.
Space-based magic was understandable;
But accidentally traveling to the future… that wasn’t something simple space magic could achieve, right?
“Wait wait wait, I- I have many things I don’t understand.”
Rosvitha said, “Future Little Light developed reverse magic to send you back to now, and everything you just did was the key point to changing the future, right?”
Leon nodded.
“Then after the change, won’t the ‘reality’ where our future daughters exist disappear?”
“No, it will still exist.”
Leon thought for a moment and explained,
“Let me give you a simple example – if future Little Light wore glasses because of nearsightedness, then starting from now, if I carefully monitor her study habits and let her grow up healthily without pressure, future Little Light won’t become nearsighted. And the reality related to ‘future Little Light being nearsighted’ will change accordingly.”
Rosvitha processed Leon’s explanation for a moment,
“Oh… so you’re saying that whether you disappeared into the space-time rift or reversed from the future, it won’t create another ‘timeline’.”
“Mm, according to Little Light’s explanation, the timeline, or rather time itself, flows in one direction. Changing something in the past doesn’t create branches, but that change will affect the future.”
Rosvitha’s eyes flickered thoughtfully as she nodded, “So, the daughters who helped you return from the future to the present won’t disappear, and everything we do now will affect them in the future.”
“That’s right.”
Leon said, “In other words, as long as we continue to maintain this fake family, making everything as beautiful as before, our future daughters will receive that same happiness.”
Hearing this, the queen froze for a moment, a trace of displeasure crossing her face as she muttered angrily, “Hmph, fake……”
“What did you say?” Leon hadn’t heard clearly.
“Nothing.”
Rosvitha picked up her water glass and took a small sip, then said, “So I understand now, you’re saying if we live well now, our future daughters will live well too?”
“Mm, actually this is an interesting point.”
Leon said,
“We who are in the present don’t need to worry too much about the future, because as long as we carefully take each step in the present, the future will await us in its most beautiful state, don’t you think?”
Rosvitha raised her beautiful eyebrows, “Oh ho, you’re getting quite eloquent with your words now. Looks like during this month you’ve improved not just your dragon-slaying skills, but your cultural education as well.”
Leon was also slightly surprised, “You’re praising me so directly? Your tongue has gotten quite sweet too.”
The queen chuckled, reaching out to gently grasp Leon’s chin, then leaned forward to his ear and whispered,
“Well~ since my tongue is so sweet, would you like to… have a taste?”