Back when Noah and Luna first held a funeral for him, he had no idea at all. He thought they were worshiping some Dragon King Ancestor, so he figured he'd just show off to his daughters, taking out this instrument and putting on a grand performance at the funeral.
But because of all kinds of accidents, Leon didn't manage to play it successfully, and afterward he had no choice but to drop it.
Now this mother dragon didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, daring to challenge the mysterious Eastern power. Then General Leon really had to battle her properly.
As for Leon's words about "red and white occasions, joys and sorrows, all can use it," Rossweise wasn't quite convinced, "What kind of exaggerated instrument is that?"
"Exaggerated? Not exaggerated at all. When it plays, all other instruments lose their luster," Leon said with utter seriousness.
Rossweise still didn't really believe him, lowered her head, and kept playing the piano, "Then you try it, see if you can make me lose my luster."
As soon as she finished, the queen continued playing.
The piano notes were still melodious and beautiful.
General Leon smiled faintly, lifted the instrument in his hand, put the reed into his mouth, breath sank into his stomach, and then, a burst of powerful music rang out.
Resounding and forceful, with incredible penetration, it instantly blasted Rossweise's piano music into tatters.
The queen was somewhat shaken by the sound of this strange instrument, stopped playing, and looked at Leon, "This thing of yours… can't it be tuned? The sound is so loud."
"No."
The heavy-metal, wind-tearing melody and tone made Rossweise feel a little troubled, and also a little speechless, "This isn't a gap in art, this is outright invasion of art."
"Scared now, mother dragon?"
"What's that thing called? From tomorrow on, I'm banning the whole Silver Dragon clan from playing it!"
"Hmph! Ordinary people can't even play this thing."
Leon proudly introduced,
"Listen carefully, this is called, a suona!"
"Fourth Baby, from now on we're going to learn this!"
Rossweise silently covered her face, touched her belly, "Baby, don't listen to your daddy's nonsense. He's into abstract stuff, we can't compete with him. Be good~"
———
General Leon's prenatal education plan might have been a little abstract, but when it came to caring for his wife during pregnancy, he was very serious.
A few days after the instrument duel, Leon found a medicinal recipe in a book called "Nourishing Soup."
The cooking process wasn't complicated, but the Silver Dragon Sanctuary lacked several of the herbs needed to brew it, so Leon had to go out and buy some.
That morning, Leon took a backpack and prepared to leave.
As soon as he stepped out of the sanctuary, he ran into Noah coming back from morning practice.
"Morning, Daddy."
Noah had a white towel hanging around her neck to wipe sweat, blinked her eyes, and seeing the backpack behind her Daddy, asked, "Daddy, what are you going out to do?"
"Oh, just buying some herbs, making a soup for your mommy."
"Then let the maids go buy it."
Leon scratched his temple, thought about it, and replied, "Noah, some things only have meaning if you do them yourself. If I let the maids go buy herbs, then why not let them just cook the soup and serve it to your mommy too?"
One hand on the backpack strap, one hand stroking Noah's little head, "I want to do something for your mommy. If I sit at home all day waiting for others to serve me, I really can't stand it."
Indeed, Leon could've arranged for the maids to handle everything. But then, what meaning would it have?
Anyone could make Nourishing Spirit Soup, anyone could buy herbs, but no one could match Leon's care and concern for Rossweise.
Daily life, plain as water, needed tender love to fill it. Leon didn't think this was troublesome at all.
Feeling the warmth of her Daddy's palm, Noah nodded thoughtfully.
After a bit, she said, "Then Daddy, wait a moment, I'll be right back."
Saying that, Noah quickly went up the steps, running upstairs.
Leon didn't quite understand, but still obediently waited at the door for his daughter.
Before long, Noah came back.
She had changed out of her workout clothes and into everyday going-out clothes.
The most interesting thing was, this little one also had a backpack on.
"What's this about, Noah?", Leon asked.
"Going with you to buy herbs, then making soup for Mommy!"
Noah rarely showed so much interest in anything outside of training and studying, she was even wagging her little tail in excitement.
Besides, Helena had gone home the other day, Luna and Little Light had to return to the academy to finish the rest of the semester. Leon couldn't just let his eldest daughter be bored alone at home.
He smiled and nodded, "Alright, then let's go prepare this little surprise for Mommy together."
"Okay~"
Father and daughter left the sanctuary, heading to the tribe.
———
Leon made a list. Besides the herbs needed for Nourishing Soup, there were other supplements he wanted to buy while out.
Noah noticed that the first item on the list was apples.
The princess scratched her head, puzzled, "Daddy, don't we already have apples at home? Why go out specially to buy more?"
"Your mommy thinks the apples at home don't taste good."
For some reason, Noah felt that while her Daddy's words were ordinary, his tone was kind of… strange.
Like he was afraid of something.
But Noah didn't think too much, casually replied, "But the apples at home were tributes from the south, they're delicious."
"...", Better not to mention it, but once mentioned, General Leon's whole body went numb.
Unpleasant memories surged up, making him instantly a little sentimental.
He recalled the days when the mother dragon was pregnant with Little Light. Relying on her pregnant status to lord over Leon, unreasonable tantrums, rolling around acting spoiled, all came easily, not the least bit restrained.
One night in the middle of the night, the mother dragon suddenly said she wanted to eat apples.
Leon brought her some.
After he brought them, she said she wanted them peeled.
Leon peeled them.
After peeling, she said these apples didn't taste good.
Leon replaced them.
After replacing them, the mother dragon then said—
She didn't say anything else, because Leon stuffed an apple in her mouth.
But just when Leon thought the apple incident was over, Her Majesty's unreasonable whims weren't about to let him off so easily.
Leon remembered clearly. Those few days were the days he hated apples the most. Rossweise always found reasons to make him peel apples, especially in the middle of the night.
If he refused?
Oh, good, if he refused, he'd be kicked to the ground.
If he dared to get mad?
Oh, good, if he got mad, then straight into spoiled pregnant tantrums, who could withstand that?
So after such a bitter lesson, Leon decided to buy one of every kind of apple, in case that mother dragon deliberately found fault.
After buying, Leon crossed "apples" off the list.
Noah tiptoed and looked at the second item on her Daddy's list.
"Jade Dew Dragonfruit… oh, teacher said this is indeed a very nourishing fruit, but extremely rare, even our Silver Dragon clan has never cultivated it."
"That was in the past, sweetheart."
This time, General Leon's tone was full of pride and confidence.
Noah blinked her pretty eyes, "What do you mean by that, Daddy?"
"Not long after Little Light was born, I arranged for people to secretly cultivate Jade Dew Dragonfruit. Now three years have passed, it should be ripe."
Hearing that, Noah couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Daddy, you really have foresight."
'Foresight?'
No, no, no. More than that, Leon has Trauma.
Back then, in order to get one Jade Dew Dragonfruit, Leon entered a Sky City game tournament.
At that time, General Leon fought his way through with unstoppable momentum, all the way to the final round.
Just one step away from the dragonfruit—
And then he was taught a lesson by Isa.
Although in the end big sis still gave the dragonfruit to the couple, it didn't spare him from a round of interrogation about the second child.
That incident taught Leon a truth:
Better rely on yourself than on others. Especially since asking others meant running into a certain scheming red dragon.
So after Little Light was born, General Leon planned ahead, already predicting there'd be a fourth child one day, so he arranged in advance to plant dragonfruit trees.
Now three years had passed, it was harvest time.
Leon took Noah to a relatively remote area of the tribe. The land was vast and sparsely populated, good for cultivation.
Many of the Silver Dragon clan's crops were planted here.
"The dragonfruit plantation is just ahead. Let's go, Noah."
"Mm-hmm, okay."
Noah was also excited. She had only seen Jade Dew Dragonfruit in textbooks, never seen the real thing.
She quickened her steps.
But just as father and daughter were about to reach the plantation, the ground suddenly shook violently.
Leon quickly grabbed Noah's shoulder from behind, making sure his daughter wouldn't fall.
Then he looked around warily.
"What's going on? An invasion…"
Before his words finished, from the direction of the plantation came a group of Silver Dragon clanspeople running toward them.
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