Little Pink Hair's eyes sparkled, "Wah~ I didn't expect our family to have such a glorious history."
"Yes, yes indeed."
Luna said with longing, "Little Light, this year we should also try to get high scores~"
Little Light tilted her head, "This…"
'Give up a chance to watch some fun just for the title of a model family?'
'Hiss—'
'That's a hard choice.'
"By then, Daddy and Mommy will take us on stage to give a speech together!"
'On stage.'
'Speech.'
'Sounds like there might be something fun to see, but… still not enough.'
"I remember Daddy even kissed Mommy~ And—"
"Wait! Second Sister, what did you just say?"
"I said, when Daddy was giving his speech back then, he kissed Mommy, and it was in front of sooo~ many people!"
'In front of so many people—'
'Kissed Mommy?'
Little Light: ?ω?
'Compared to kissing Mommy in front of everyone, getting inspiration from the top scorer after enrollment is just weak.'
'As expected, my decision to reincarnate into this Aurore family was the best one. Every time I think life is about to get dull and boring, my family always manages to pull off something eye-opening.'
Just imagining how Daddy and Mommy, who usually get awkward even just holding hands, have to kiss in front of that many people, Little Light's soul for fun could hardly stay still.
'See? I told you, coming to the academy will definitely let me see new kinds of fun!'
Ding~ Ding~ Ding~
Soon, the bell rang, and the next exam began.
Luna ran back to her seat.
The proctor walked around distributing test papers to each candidate.
Little Light lowered her head, looking at the test paper titled Introduction to the Fundamentals of Magic. After a brief pause, she curled her lips, cracked her knuckles, relaxed her neck, then slowly picked up the pencil in front of her.
"Daddy, Mommy, forgive Little Light. This time, I'm getting a perfect score!"
———
On one evening after the entrance exam ended, the Melkvei family also received their admission notice from St. Heath's Academy.
Regarding this, Noah was happy, because her younger sisters could now receive better and more comprehensive education;
Luna was happy, because after enrollment she could watch over her sister all the time and not let her get snatched away by a certain little female dragon;
Little Light was happy, because she would be heading to a bigger sea of fun, to freely roam around in it;
The parents were happy, because now that the kids wouldn't be at home, they could secretly make a fourth child (crossed out).
In short, a month of intense review paid off, allowing both daughters to pass the entrance test smoothly.
As for the specific results of the test, they'd only be revealed three days later during the entrance ceremony upon returning to school.
However, Leon and his wife were "very confident" about their scores this time, it wouldn't be a problem to get an average score.
That way, this year's model family title would have nothing to do with them, and they could also stay far away from that socially fatal speech.
Actually, the couple, a queen of silver dragons and a former commander of the dragon-slaying army, were both used to public appearances. Saying a few words in front of so many people wasn't really a big deal.
But they were afraid that Vice Principal Wilson, that old man, would cook up new tricks for them again.
Given how fanatical that CP-head was, he probably wouldn't be satisfied with just kissing in public.
The couple did play around a lot in private, but that didn't mean they wanted to blatantly flaunt their love in front of everyone.
It's just… awkward.
At night, the three little ones huddled together, excitedly discussing what life would be like after enrollment.
The couple stood on the balcony, enjoying the cool evening breeze, each raising a glass in hand, and gently clinking them together.
"Cheers. To the success of the not-getting-socially-killed plan."
Rossweise smiled faintly, "To think that you, who don't usually drink, actually asked me for a drink. Looks like you're really satisfied with this plan."
Leon took a small sip of red wine and nodded, "After all, this is our first time successfully resisting Vice Principal Wilson. Definitely worth celebrating."
Rossweise agreed wholeheartedly and clinked glasses with Leon again.
After a pause, Rossweise looked at the deep red wine, her face reflected on the surface, "But... this time we're kind of popping the champagne early, right? Every time we pop champagne early, things always go wrong…"
Leon waved his hand, "No worries, trust me. With my years of experience dealing with dragons, even if we pop the champagne in Wilson's face this time, nothing will go wrong."
The queen raised a graceful eyebrow, playing with the wine glass in her hand. Then she curled her lips, let out a snort-laugh, "Let's hope so."
"What? You don't seem that excited."
"Hmm? Really? I think I'm pretty excited."
Leon's eyes flickered as if realizing something. He leaned in toward Rossweise with a mischievous smile, "You actually…"
Rossweise glanced at him, "Actually what?"
"Are really looking forward to showing off our love in front of everyone, aren't you?"
Hearing that, Rossweise's pretty face flushed. She lightly bumped Leon's shoulder, "Who... who's looking forward to showing off love with you? Don't be shameless. And showing off love assumes there's love to show. Is there even love between us?"
General Leon's lips almost turned up to the sky, but in the end he just shrugged, giving in to the mother dragon, "Whatever you say."
"Hmph, childish."
The queen flicked her tail, stepping away quickly in her dragon-wing slippers.
Leon watched her tsundere back and smiled but didn't chase after her.
He turned around, leaned forward against the balcony railing, gazed into the distant night, and murmured,
"Humans… dragons… all so contradictory and awkward."
———
Three days later, the entrance ceremony of St. Heath's Academy.
In the auditorium, over a hundred dragons plus one human stood quietly, waiting for the vice principal to announce the top three scores of this test.
Of course, before that came a long-winded speech.
"Thank you all for choosing St. Heath's Academy. I'm the vice principal, Wilson—"
Below the podium, Leon held Luna, Rossweise held Little Light, and the family of four stood in a corner of the crowd.
Because ten minutes ago they discovered: even if a family of four didn't do anything, just standing there would attract most of the attention.
Helplessly, they retreated to a corner to keep a low profile.
"Eh, I wonder which family will be the model family this year."
"I think that kid from the electric dragon clan seems smart. Probably his family, right?"
"Hmm... not necessarily. I think my kid is smarter than his."
"Tch~"
"Speaking of which, the model family at the last entrance ceremony was pretty impressive. I heard they were also a live-birth dragon family. That dragon husband even sang a love song to his wife~"
"Wow, that impressive."
"Yeah, yeah."
Leon quietly listened to the surrounding chatter, thinking, 'Singing? This have to be the vice principal's idea!'
Sure enough, he was right. Kissing in public wasn't enough for that old man anymore.
Last time it was singing, so what about this time?
'Dancing? Poetry recitation? Or something else?'
No matter which, for him and Rossweise, it was a doubled level of social death.
And just imagining singing a love song to Rossweise's face, so breathtakingly beautiful yet cold to the extreme, made him almost lose it.
Though… he had sung to her belly before, and recited poetry, because back then she was pregnant with Little Light…
Leon shook his head, dismissing the messy thoughts.
The vice principal on stage had finished his speech and began announcing the results of the test.
The family with the highest score would be chosen as this year's model family.
"I believe everyone here has heard, the difficulty of this test was the highest in recent years."
"We're not trying to make things hard for you. We just want to use the entrance test to identify the little dragons' strengths and weaknesses for targeted improvement later."
"While raising the difficulty, we also slightly lowered the admission passing score. This achieves the goal of targeted training while allowing more outstanding children to enter the academy."
"Well then, I'll now announce the top three scorers of this test."
With that, the vice principal pulled out the results list.
Families in the audience tensed up, all hoping their children had scored well.
Dragons, after all, how could they be called dragons without competitiveness?
However, among all the families, only the Melkvei family hiding in the corner remained calm and composed.
What a joke, what did the model family have to do with them?
They were just here to go through the motions.
The couple exchanged a confident smile.
"Daddy, why are you smiling?", Little Light asked.
"Hmm? Ah... Daddy just thought of something happy."
"What happy thing?"
'After all these years, Daddy finally gave up on an easily won championship.'
Leon reached out and pinched Little Light's cheek, smiling without saying anything.
"Well then, the third place in the comprehensive score of this entrance test is, Kristina from the electric dragon clan, and her mother, Aetia. Congratulations."
Applause rose from the audience.
The little dragon Kristina blushed, put her hands together, and bowed slightly to those around her in thanks.
Rossweise also clapped softly, when suddenly Leon nudged her arm.
Rossweise glanced sideways.
Leon: 'Third place is out, we're in the clear!'
Rossweise: 'I really want to disagree and say "don't celebrate too early." But… we're seriously in the clear.'
Leon: 'Hey, low-key, low-key—hide your merit and fame.'
"Alright, the second place in the comprehensive score of this entrance test is—"
"The silver dragon clan's Luna K. Melkvei, and her Mommy and Daddy, Mr. Leon and Ms. Rossweise. Congratulations to them!"
The vice principal led the applause, which was much louder than before.
Like a bolt of lightning on a clear day, Leon and Rossweise were stunned on the spot.
It wasn't until someone nearby whispered a reminder that they snapped out of it.
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