Leon also sighed emotionally, "Truly, when disaster strikes, everyone flies on their own."
"We will continue to pursue Elizabeth."
"Alright, stay safe."
"Mm. Then we'll get back to work first. Let's go, Rebecca."
"I still want to keep bullying Captain."
"Let's go!", Martin walked up, and with one motion, hoisted the petite Rebecca onto his shoulder.
"Martin! You don't know how terrifying things will be in the future! We should be bullying him now that he's turned into a wheelchair man!", Rebecca kicked her legs on Martin's shoulder.
The crazy girl's voice gradually faded away.
Leon smiled helplessly, "Such a troublemaker, that crazy girl."
"Since everything's been resolved, I'll head back first."
Claudia said, "I've been out for quite some days, and the Sea Dragon Clan can't be without me for too long. Plus, I need to quickly report the situation here to Charlotte and your master, they must be terribly worried."
"Alright. Please help me tell Master and Mistress that once I finish dealing with things here, I'll visit them as soon as I can," Leon said.
"You're welcome."
Claudia smiled, "But don't forget what you two promised me."
Hearing that, the couple looked at each other, then nodded in unison toward Claudia, "We won't forget, senior. When the time comes, just bring Helena to our house."
Claudia nodded in satisfaction, "Then see you in a while, you two."
"Safe travels, senior."
After bidding farewell, Claudia transformed into a blue flood dragon and shot into the boundless night sky.
Rossweise watched Claudia leave, and only when her figure vanished did she withdraw her gaze and look toward the dumb wheelchair man.
Leon also sensed the mother dragon's gaze and slowly turned his head to look at her.
The couple stared at each other briefly before Rossweise spoke first, "Well now, everyone knows the great dragon-slaying hero married a dragon wife."
Leon understood, she was referring to when the two of them embraced and kissed just now in front of thousands.
To be honest, a dragon slayer marrying a dragon was already a pretty explosive thing.
However, what Leon hadn't told the crowd was: Not only did I marry a dragon, we even had three kids.
Leon snorted a laugh, then pretended to put on a serious face and said, "So what? It's not like you refused."
The queen was stunned, then kicked the wheel of his chair in annoyance, "My not refusing doesn't mean I agreed."
Leon: ?
Alright, fine. Just finished defeating the Empire, and now he's catching fists here. The queen really has some hands, huh.
But Leon also knew she was joking with him in her usual tsundere manner.
So he played along with Rossweise and said, "Well, nothing could be done, Your Majesty. The atmosphere was already built up. Not kissing you at that point would've been a disservice."
Rossweise's pretty face blushed, and she turned her gaze away, "Idiot..."
The couple bickered with cheesy flirtations. Soon, more injured people were carried into the orphanage's front yard.
Although that earlier apocalyptic-level battle didn't cause civilian deaths, quite a few were still injured.
Hospital beds in several city districts weren't enough, but luckily the nuns in the orphanage knew some first aid, and simple external wounds weren't a problem.
So everyone brought the wounded here.
Leon had just arrived as well.
Among the injured, Leon saw a familiar figure.
Constantine walked into the courtyard with a face full of disdain like "How do these lowly humans live in such a dump?", Then he scanned around and, seeing Leon, strode over.
"Leon."
Old Con came up to Leon and glanced at his plastered right leg, "What, completely broken?"
"...It'll heal."
"That's good. Otherwise, I won't be able to personally defeat the complete version of you in the future."
"Haha, you dragon kings are so humorous."
"Cut the crap. When are you giving me that room full of Tomes you promised?"
Leon scratched his forehead, eyes wandering. After a short brainstorm, he replied seriously, "I just finished dealing with the Empire, still got lots of wrap-up work. Once I'm done, I'll get it to you."
The pie was getting bigger and bigger.
Constantine squinted his eyes and examined Leon.
Leon calmly met his gaze.
After a long stare-off, Constantine said, "Fine. Then I'll wait. Oh, and—"
"Leon bro!", A cheerful voice interrupted Constantine and Leon's conversation.
Everyone looked toward the voice.
It was little nun Sharon and Teacher Caroline.
"Sharon, Teacher Caroline," Leon waved at them with a smile.
"Leon," Teacher Caroline walked up with a smile on her face, "You've worked hard."
"No big deal. All the trouble's been taken care of. No one's going to embezzle the orphanage's funds again."
"Mm. We really have you to thank."
"Oh, not at all. I was just clearing my name and saving the people while I was at it."
Hearing this, Rossweise silently covered her face.
Here we go again.
Even Old Con couldn't help but sigh.
While also wondering in his heart, 'Damn it, why on earth did I lose to this dumbass back then!'
"Leon bro, seriously."
The little nun grumbled, "Why didn't you just tell us you were back a few days ago? What was with the disguise?"
Leon scratched his head and explained, "Ah, at that time... it wasn't convenient to show up, might've brought you guys some unnecessary trouble."
Sharon blinked thoughtfully, "Is that so..."
"Mm."
"But even so, you shouldn't have used Constantine as a fake name!"
Leon froze and sneakily glanced at Old Con beside him.
Only to see the Crimson Flame Dragon King expressionless, but his eyes clearly held the urge to smash Leon's wheelchair.
"Constantine... what's wrong with that name? It's great, very mighty."
In order to avoid getting called out, Leon decided to give a half-hearted compliment.
"It's not mighty at all! It sounds fierce, not half as nice as your name, Leon bro!"
"..."
"Hey, human," Constantine finally spoke, "I am Constantine."
Sharon: "....."
'Crap, flood washed the Dragon King's temple.'
It was already the early hours of the morning, and with poor lighting, Sharon hadn't recognized Constantine behind Leon, thinking he was just a member of the Lionheart Society.
And Old Con's tone naturally carried the majesty of a Dragon King, which scared Sharon a bit.
Teacher Caroline quickly shielded Sharon behind her, afraid the Dragon King in front might suddenly flip out.
Even though these Dragon Kings helped overthrow the Empire, the stereotype that "dragons are naturally violent and bloodthirsty" was deeply rooted in the minds of the Empire's people.
Expecting them to change that quickly was honestly unrealistic.
"Constantine, you scared my friend," Leon said.
Old Con snorted coldly, "Boring humans."
The mighty Crimson Flame Dragon King wouldn't stoop to argue with a little girl. Constantine flicked his sleeve and walked toward the gate.
In front of the orphanage gate stood a blue-haired man.
It was Fel.
Before leaving, Constantine turned his head slightly, "Leon, see you again."
With those words, a steel-blue giant dragon appeared on the street, startling everyone in the courtyard.
Fel flapped his dragon wings, taking Constantine into the night sky.
Teacher Caroline let out a relieved breath, "Whew... never been this close to a dragon before."
She retracted her gaze and looked at Leon, "So what's your plan now?"
Leon thought for a moment and replied, "Stay in the Empire a few more days, help Rebecca and the others with the follow-up work. Then..."
"Then?"
"Go home with my wife."
———
A few days after the war in the Empire ended, the wrap-up work was more or less completed.
Currently, the entire internal operation of the Empire was fully entrusted to the core members of the Lionheart Society and those officials who had previously refused to collude with Kant and his cronies.
Martin's father was among them.
Interestingly, due to a manpower shortage at first, even tasks like compiling documents couldn't be completed.
But fortunately, Rebecca had a sudden idea, if we want to find good and honest officials, let's just go to the prisons.
Though this sounded kind of hellish, it was admittedly a good idea.
So, after several days of everyone working without sleep or rest, they finally managed to get the Empire running again, without Kant and the gang of corrupt officials.
As for the election of a new king, that would have to wait some time.
From the method of election to the pool of candidates, all of it had to be carefully deliberated before a final decision could be made.
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