Rossweise shrugged her shoulders, "I didn't mean it that way. I mean, you came just in time."
"Just in time? What do you mean?"
The queen snorted with a laugh, then lowered her head and rummaged through the inner pocket of her cloak, pulling out a—
Carrot.
In the icy snow, such an orange, stick-like demon suddenly appeared in Leon's sight.
He subconsciously took half a step back, "Is this what you call a suitable nose?"
"Mhm."
Rossweise smiled smugly, turned around, and stuck the carrot under the snowman's eyes.
Not to mention, it really fits quite well.
"Great, perfect," Rossweise was very satisfied.
"Tch." Leon let out a resentful tch.
Rossweise turned her head to look at him, "What? You're not satisfied? If you're not satisfied, I have a substitute for the carrot here."
"What is it?"
As soon as the words fell, Rossweise pulled out an eggplant from her inner pocket.
Leon: "...I shouldn't have asked."
"Yay~ The snowman is done~"
Luna excitedly wagged her little tail, the ahoge on her head swaying left and right.
Leon put her back on the ground, letting her circle around her snowman friend to admire it.
The couple also took the opportunity to walk aside and whisper.
Leon glanced down at Rossweise's bulging pregnant belly, "You... running out in this icy snow, what if you fall?"
"Dragons almost never fall."
Rossweise wagged the tail behind her, "Besides representing identity and age, it also helps us maintain balance more effectively."
Leon squinted, examining the silver long tail, remained silent for a moment, then nodded, "Mhm, it does have quite a few functions."
"Sss—idiot."
Rossweise instantly understood what he meant, muttered a sentence, and immediately put her tail down.
Leon smiled faintly, crossed his arms, and asked again, "Didn't Anna and the others notice you sneaking out?"
By the fourth month, even if Rossweise didn't say anything, Anna and the others could tell that the queen was pregnant.
And it just happened to be the cold winter season, as Leon said, icy and snowy, easy to slip, so Anna and the other maids had been keeping a close eye on their queen these days, only allowing her to move around within the sanctuary.
As for going out?
Ha, don't even think about it.
'Restricting the queen's personal freedom' sounds like a quite rebellious and overstepping act, and it might cost someone their head.
But Rossweise is not some tyrannical and unreasonable despot.
Her dutiful maids are genuinely concerned for her health, hence they don't let her run out, and if she were to scold them in return, wouldn't that hurt the maids' feelings?
So, since last week, Rossweise has been playing a game of wits with her maids.
The queen, usually aloof and indifferent, is actually quite rebellious. If the maids are even slightly distracted, she slips out in a flash, too fast to catch.
And as the queen's husband, Leon is naturally an accomplice too.
Of course, this accomplice was forced into the role.
Because Rossweise threatened him that if he dared to report her to Anna, she would make Leon return to the days of daily homework.
For the sake of the hard-earned magic power, Leon gritted his teeth and endured it.
Actually, as her partner, he understands Rossweise's physical condition better than Anna does.
She really doesn't need to stay cooped up indoors every day, it's completely fine for her to come out for a walk.
It's just that, Anna, the head maid, is specifically tasked with worrying about the queen, and can't afford the slightest oversight.
"No, I came out through the side door, they didn't see me."
After a pause, Rossweise added, "Even if they saw me, so what? I'm the queen, I don't believe my head maid dares to lead a group of people to drag me back."
Leon opened his mouth, about to say something, but his gaze went over Rossweise's shoulder, as if he saw something.
However, he didn't show it, and continued to ask, "Sounds like you're not afraid of your head maid at all."
"What's there to be afraid of? Even if she drags me back, I'll just run out again."
"Ohoho, so eager for the outside world, huh?"
"Please, I'm only four months pregnant, it's not like I'm about to give birth."
Of course, she knows her own body best, and Rossweise isn't wrong;
It's just that in the eyes of the dutiful maids, they must eliminate all potential hazards around the queen.
Watching Rossweise's confident demeanor, Leon slowly clapped,
"Truly the Silver Dragon Queen. Since you've managed to sneak out this time without being caught, what else do you plan to do later?"
Rossweise thought for a moment, "Hmm... teach Luna some fire magic, or build another snowman? Have a snowball fight, that's also possible."
"If Anna knew you planned to have so much fun, she'd definitely drag you back immediately," Leon said.
Rossweise nonchalantly spread her hands, "She's not here, I—"
"Your Majesty," A familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"..." Rossweise's hair stood on end.
"Fire magic, building a snowman, having a snowball fight... Your Majesty, which of these three is suitable for a pregnant woman?", The head maid's tone was full of helplessness.
At this moment, Rossweise was facing Leon with her back to Anna.
She glared at the despicable dragon slayer before her, gnashing her teeth, "You actually dared to trick me into talking!"
"I was just asking you, I didn't report you, it's not my fault, okay," Leon quickly distanced himself from Rossweise.
"You!..."
"Your Majesty, be good, come back with me. If you were to fall, it would be my dereliction of duty," Anna said.
Having served the queen for decades, she knows that the queen responds better to softness than to force, so she can't be too harsh.
Rossweise glared fiercely at Leon again, and from the emotions contained in those dragon eyes, if Anna and Luna weren't here, she might have already pressed Leon into the snow.
Leon, on the other hand, looked innocent.
'Please, I really didn't report you!'
"Casmodeous, well done, you'd better not get into bed tonight!"
———
In the evening, Leon took a shower, washing away the fatigue of the day.
As he stepped out of the bathroom, drying his wet hair, Rossweise had already snuggled into the bed.
During the day at the practice field, the mother dragon was caught red-handed by her maid and then confined to the sanctuary for the entire day.
She had threatened Leon not to dare get into bed.
'Ha, buddy's not scared by threats.'
'I didn't report you, nor did I make you angry, why shouldn't I get into bed.'
Leon dried his hair, walked around to the other side of the bed, and as usual, lifted the blanket and lay down.
Rossweise didn't react, lying there obediently, her arms outside the blanket, hands on her belly, beautiful eyes staring at the ceiling, as if lost in thought.
Leon glanced at her, then turned off the bedside lamp.
"Goodnight," He said.
"I'm not sleepy," Rossweise replied.
"Alright, then I'll sleep first."
"Don't you dare sleep."
Leon turned his head, "Why not?"
"The pregnant queen isn't asleep, how can a captive like you sleep?", Rossweise argued logically.
Leon sighed helplessly, "Then what do you want, pregnant queen?"
After thinking, Rossweise said, "I want to hear a story, tell me a story."
Leon rolled his eyes, "How old are you?"
"Didn't we just celebrate my birthday not long ago? Have you forgotten?", Rossweise said, "Two hundred and eighteen."
"You know you're over two hundred years old, right? You're not a child anymore, why listen to stories?"
"I don't care, I want to hear a story."
"Stop messing around, go to sleep."
"I want to hear it, I want to hear it, I want to hear it!"
Rossweise, like a child—or perhaps a little dragon? Never mind—started kicking her legs wildly under the blanket, giving off the vibe of throwing a tantrum if she doesn't get her candy.
And whether on purpose or by accident, she managed to kick Leon several times.
Leon had already retreated to the edge of the bed, but his buttocks couldn't escape the ordeal.
'The Creator gave you long legs to wear bunny girl stockings for your husband to see, not to kick your husband's butt in bed, you jerk.'
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Leon spoke up, "Rossweise."
Rossweise's foot stopped on Leon's waist, "What? Are you going to start telling a story now?"
"I'll endure you for six more months," Leon said through gritted teeth.
Rossweise squinted and smiled, "Then you can wait until six months later to act out, now I'm pregnant, my emotions are unstable, you have to endure me, don't forget, this is what you promised me."
A single misstep leads to eternal regret.
Leon's understanding of emotional instability seems to differ from Rossweise's.
When he agreed, he thought that during pregnancy she would uncontrollably get angry, curse the heavens, the earth, and the air, venting all the resentment accumulated over two hundred years on Leon.
Of course, Leon was mentally prepared for this, for the sake of their second child, he could endure it.
But he never expected that things would turn out quite differently from what he had imagined.
Recently, Rossweise, using the excuse "I'm pregnant, my emotions are unstable," has been making all sorts of strange demands on Leon.
Including but not limited to;
"I want to see you propose to a carrot, with an eggplant as the witness."
"Silver dragon captive Leon, step forward! Five hundred sit-ups, begin!"
"Play rock-paper-scissors with me, the loser has to wash the winner's feet. Oh, and you can only throw rock."
"I don't want to eat dinner."
Five minutes later.
"I want to eat a midnight snack."
"..."
Leon had heard the saying that pregnancy makes one silly for three years, but he didn't know that this silliness had an incubation period.
'What Silver Dragon Queen, she's almost turned into a Silver Dragon Baby.'
'How about I give you all my championships, just stop messing with me, please.'
'Sigh!', Leon sighed silently in his heart.
But upon reflection, "telling a story" compared to those strange demands, isn't really that much.
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