Aurora said, "But I'm a half-blood, right? And I stay in the basement every day researching all kinds of ancient texts and documents, so nearsightedness is inevitable~"
When she said "I'm a half-blood," her tone and expression were both very relaxed.
As if she completely didn't mind her own bloodline or race.
Leon pursed his lips, hesitated a little, but still tentatively asked, "Little Light, when you first found out that your body had half human blood, what… did you feel?"
Aurora blinked and instantly picked up on the other meaning behind her dad's words.
She curled her lips into a slight smile, "Dad, you're trying to ask if I can accept the fact that I'm a half-blood, right?"
"…Mm."
"I can, why not?"
Aurora turned her eyes to look at Leon, in her pink pupils was a rare seriousness and solemnity, "I even want to ask you back, why would you have this kind of thought like 'my daughter might not be able to accept her background'?"
Leon was stunned, he hadn't expected Aurora to ask him like that, "Ah, this…"
"Well, can't blame you, after all, when Mom told us about this matter back then, she also had the same concerns as you."
"She told us over and over not to hate you, and definitely not to reject ourselves."
"Mom told us a whole lot, didn't even let us interrupt, she was really worried we'd be ashamed of our origin because of the human blood in our veins."
"In the end, it was big sis who made Mom feel at ease."
"Big sis said, maybe in Dad's memory, the first lesson he gave her was tutoring for the entrance exam of Saint Heath Academy."
"But in her view, the first class that gentle and knowledgeable man gave her was how to accept herself."
"Waking up from a two-year coma, you weren't at all ready to become a father."
"But you still willingly accepted your new identity, and also accepted big sis and second sis."
"For that, you tried hard to love them as a father."
"At that time, you clearly knew your daughters were half human and half dragon, not pure-blood humans."
"But you still loved her and second sis without hesitation."
"Because to you, they were first your biological daughters, and only then the so-called 'human-dragon hybrids.'"
"Back then, I didn't really understand the things big sis said."
"But now, I think I understand a little."
As Aurora spoke, she slowly stood up, stood on the sloped grass, looked toward the distant horizon, the green and blue formed a clear line in her pupils,
"Accepting oneself is a very difficult thing."
"But Leon Casmodeous did it very easily."
"So, as his daughters, what can't we do?"
"Moreover…"
Aurora lowered her head to look at her dad, the seriousness on her face gradually faded, replaced by a mischievous smile, "You, humanity's strongest dragon slayer, are madly in love with my mom, the Silver Dragon Queen, and you're still here talking about race or whatever."
Every time she talks about Dad loving Mom, Aurora always speaks with a very proud tone.
This shows she truly doesn't mind the fact that she's a half-blood.
And after finding out her dad is a human, Noah was actually the first one to propose the idea of "accepting oneself".
Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that the young Luna didn't understand at all at the time, and Little Light just chose to stay silent and be a quiet onlooker.
But anyway, the fact that the daughters and the old father don't have any racial barriers between them is already the best possible outcome.
Leon secretly let out a sigh of relief in his heart.
The reason he suddenly brought this up just now was because he noticed something very subtle:
From one day ago when he reunited with the grown-up Noah until now, she hadn't called him "Dad" even once.
Not even once, he was absolutely certain.
Luna still called him "Dad" like before, Little Light was more casual and called him "Old Dad."
Only Noah kept using "you you you" or "he he he" to refer to him indirectly.
Leon understood that Noah might be angry at him for disappearing for twenty years.
But he was also afraid it was because of the human identity thing that made Noah feel conflicted toward him, or maybe some other reason.
Just like when Noah was a child, after Leon woke up from a two-year coma, she didn't call him "Dad" for a long time.
Noah's first "Dad" was at the family sports day held by Saint Heath Academy. When she saw Leon fighting hard for the honor of the family, she got emotional and shouted, "Go Dad!"
After that, she was held in Leon's arms and made to call it a few more times.
Although a bit tsundere, Noah still obediently did so.
Little Noah's thoughts were easy to guess, Leon used his actions to slowly enter his eldest daughter's heart.
But the current Noah gave off a total "I'm cool and aloof, don't mess with me" vibe from inside out, her emotions weren't easily read, and Leon had no idea what she was thinking.
Do you know how important one affectionate "Dad" is to a daughter-con?
Rossweise's "husband" ranks second, and the daughters' "Dad" ranks first.
(Donkey can't speak human language, so it's temporarily not participating in this ranking)
Even though from Aurora's retelling, Leon confirmed that Noah wasn't bothered by the mixed-blood identity.
He still wanted to understand what exactly was going on in his daughter's heart.
After chatting with Aurora for a while, when it was dinner time, the father and daughter returned to the underground space to eat.
Dinner was rather simple: wild fruits, grilled meat ribs, and mushroom soup.
All ingredients that could be found in the wild.
Leon understood this.
Times had changed. In the past, there were dedicated maids to prepare three meals a day for the royal family.
But now, the queen was AFK in a crystal, the daughters were busy every day with research and advancing magic, and the old father had been missing for twenty years, so the fact they weren't starving was already impressive.
At the dinner table, the seating arrangement of the four family members was also quite telling.
Luna and Aurora of course sat close to their dad.
But Noah sat alone on the other end of the table, sipping her soup slowly.
"Dad, try this, it's made from prime meat I personally hunted from a dangerous beast," Luna said proudly.
"Alright, I'll try it."
Leon cut a piece and put it in his mouth. The meat was pretty good, but it seemed a bit overcooked. The char on top affected the taste.
"Is it good, Dad?", Luna's eyes were full of the words "praise me praise me praise me."
"It's good, of course it's good."
Leon finished the grilled meat in one bite, "Later, Dad will teach you some other rib recipes, how about it?"
"Uh… Dad, the ingredients were caught by me, but the cooking was done by sister," Luna said.
Leon froze, looked across at Noah, the eldest daughter didn't seem to have any intention to say anything.
"Ah, I see…"
"Mm-hmm. Try this too, Dad, sister's cooking is really good~"
This big sister who wasn't very good at cooking was lucky to have a sister who doted on her and a daughter-con father.
Noah continued silently eating with her head down.
After the simple dinner, Luna and Aurora took care of the dishes.
Noah went outside alone.
After hesitating for a moment, Leon followed her.
He left the underground space but didn't see any sign of Noah.
He looked around, but since it was already late and the area was full of towering trees with dense foliage, visibility was really poor.
He searched for a while, still no sign of Noah.
Leon sighed silently, lowered his head, and turned to head back.
But just as he took a step, he heard Noah's voice from above,
"Do you have something you want to say to me?"
Leon stopped, looked up in the direction of the voice.
Noah was sitting on a huge rock at the cave entrance, one leg dangling down, arms hugging her knees.
"Ah… I just wanted to chat casually with you," Leon said, "Do you have time now?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll… come up?"
"Mm."
Leon nodded, looked left and right, then found a slope that wasn't too steep, and slowly climbed up from there.
Once beside Noah, he bent down and sat shoulder-to-shoulder with his daughter.
Noah didn't move away.
Of course, she didn't try to get closer either.
She still kept the same sitting posture, eyes half-lowered, gazing at the deep night.
Leon looked at her side profile.
Delicate and elegant, her brows even had a bit of resemblance to her mom.
Father and daughter didn't start any topic. They just sat there in silence.
Until a cold wind blew by, Noah shrank her neck, "If you don't speak, I'm going back. It's cold."
"Ah… oh…"
"Don't just 'oh,' say something. Didn't you want to chat? Go on then."
Leon scratched his head, for a moment not knowing how to start.
His daughters were grown now, with their own thoughts and perspectives, so Leon couldn't talk to them the same way as when they were kids.
After thinking it over, Leon decided to be direct.
"Noah, do you feel… a bit dissatisfied with me right now?"
Noah turned her head slowly to look at him, "Why do you think that?"
"Because… because… from yesterday until now, you haven't called me 'Dad' even once…"
Noah raised her brows, her tone a bit indifferent, "Just because of that?"
"Yeah…"
Leon said, "You also didn't call me Dad for a long time when you were little, right? Back then it was because you felt I didn't love you, that's why. So now? What's the reason this time? Do you still think I don't love you?"
He was getting a little anxious.
Leon normally wouldn't get so flustered in conversations.
But now he was too desperate to know what Noah was really thinking.
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