Rossweise smiled, her smile charming and seductive, "But… afterwards, you have to coax me twice as much."
A love affair can never last until the end of time.
It always ends before dawn.
Leon's thoughts stirred slightly. He really didn't want to be coaxing his overly pretentious wife when he was mentally and physically exhausted.
Seeing Leon's hesitation, Rossweise gave a light smile, "Alright, if you don't want to coax me, then don't."
"It's not that I don't want to…"
"Well, then save the coaxing lines you were going to use this time for next time."
Rossweise let go of Leon.
Leon also secretly let out a sigh of relief.
However, just when he thought the flirting was over, he saw Rossweise walk over to the phonograph and replay the same waltz as before.
"You don't have to coax me, but this matter isn't over yet."
Rossweise turned around slowly, then slightly bent at the waist, making an 'inviting' gesture,
"May I have this dance, Mr. Casmodeous?"
"…Spare me, Your Majesty!"
Rossweise straightened up, her beautiful brows glaring slightly, "What do you mean, Leon? You can dance with your senior, but not with me? Fine, you bastard, don't even think about getting on my bed again!"
"Ah, alright, alright, dance, dance, dance."
"Too late. I'm not in the mood to dance anymore."
Rossweise crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away from him.
But she neither left nor turned off the phonograph.
This hint was already quite obvious.
Before the waltz entered its next rhythm section, Leon stepped forward, bent at the waist, and offered his hand,
"Miss Rossweise, may I invite you to a dance?"
"Hmph…", The queen suppressed a smile at the corners of her mouth, "Then I'll reluctantly agree."
She reached out her hand, gently holding Leon's.
The couple embraced once more, slowly moving their steps with the rhythm of the waltz.
It wasn't a fast-paced song, so the dance movements were also quite gentle.
Rossweise was barefoot. Leon glanced at her feet and then asked, "Aren't they cold?"
"Cold. Are you going to do something for me?"
"You can step on my feet."
"Then I… won't be polite."
She gently lifted her foot and stepped onto the top of Leon's foot.
The dance was slow, without any large or sweeping movements, so this posture didn't affect the coordination.
And to reward the dog man for being so considerate, once she stood on his feet, Rossweise slightly rose on tiptoes and gave a light kiss on the corner of his lips.
The background waltz also, following that kiss, formally entered its next stage.
The rhythm clearly sped up a bit, Rossweise also no longer stepped on his feet.
The couple danced in perfect sync in the bedroom.
The hem of the nightdress swayed wildly in the warm orange light, long hair fluttered, silver tail twirling gracefully.
Dancing with Rossweise reminded Leon why he had refused that senior back then:
She had no sense of self.
All she knew was blind catering, abandoning her own traits.
Leon didn't like that. What he pursued was equal affection, not someone changing themselves for another.
And Rossweise perfectly demonstrated what "equality" meant.
Speaking of this dance, she didn't deliberately cater to Leon, didn't try to please Leon, didn't blindly follow Leon's rhythm;
It was precisely because she maintained absolute self and individuality that made the dance even more perfect.
Leon admired her, and definitely not just because she was beautiful.
Her beauty went without saying, but more importantly, it was her tenacious and proud heart.
"What are you laughing at?", Rossweise suddenly asked.
Only then did Leon realize he had unknowingly smiled.
He shook his head, "Nothing."
"Speak."
The dance steps continued, nearing their end.
The couple drew closer and closer to the big bed in the bedroom.
"I just feel that conquering a woman like you gives a great sense of achievement."
"Conquer me? Heh, if you want to conquer me, you're still two hundred years too early."
The waltz ended.
The bedroom fell into silence, only the sound of their increasingly rapid heartbeats remained.
"Two hundred years is too long, we… should seize the day."
"Seize the day?"
"Until the sunset falls… then to the sunrise."
Leon kissed Rossweise.
They slowly turned sideways, letting gravity pull them toward the soft big bed.
Right before Leon removed her nightdress, she slowly extended her tail, using the tip to hook down the bed curtain.
The bed curtain slowly fell, and only sounds of indulgence came from within.
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The next morning, Leon slowly woke up.
The senses of his body gradually returned, followed by all kinds of soreness.
He slowly sat up, leaned on the bedhead, looked down, and saw scratches and hickeys on his arms and chest.
He picked up a mirror and took a look, his neck was covered in them too.
"Last night was really wild…"
He and Rossweise hadn't indulged like that in a long time.
Mainly because of their daughters.
After all, they lived on the same floor, not far apart. If they made too much noise, the little darlings would hear.
Compared to little Light opening the door, blinking those beautiful eyes full of curiosity and asking, ("Daddy, Mommy, why aren't you sleeping so late, what are you doing?",) Leon would rather be dragged onto the stage by Vice Principal Wilson and suffer public humiliation ten times.
But now, the darlings had all gone to live at school.
This entire floor of the palace was occupied by only the Queen and the Prince.
Let alone getting wild in their own bedroom, even if they went straight to the corridor, Cough cough, the scene would be too explicit, let's skip the description.
Leon shook his head, banishing the messy thoughts.
"You're awake," Rossweise walked to the bedside.
Leon glanced over.
She had tied up her silver hair, wore a neat outfit, held a broom in one hand, and had a mask on her face.
"What's going on? The queen got demoted to a maid?", Leon teased.
"Noah and the girls are staying at school now, so the sisters' room is empty. I wanted to take the opportunity to clean it thoroughly."
"Why not have Anna send someone to clean it?"
Rossweise shook her head, "This is something I want to do as a mother, not as a queen."
She often did whatever came to mind.
And she wasn't the type to quit halfway, if she did something, she'd do it to the best.
Leon scratched his head, "Then… I'll wash up and come find you in the sisters' room, let's do it together."
"Mm," Rossweise, full of energy, left with the broom.
Leon rubbed his aching temples, "Sigh, had I known there'd be a big clean-up today, I wouldn't have gone so late last night…"
All that "seize the day" nonsense, men really will say anything to get laid, so thought Leon Casmodeous.
He lifted the covers, got dressed, did a quick wash, then picked up the cleaning tools Rossweise had prepared and headed to Noa and the girls' room.
By the time he arrived, Rossweise had already opened all the windows for ventilation.
She stood on the balcony, broom in one hand, the other on her waist, very rarely wearing flat shoes, and had a cleaning apron tied around her waist.
Looks like Her Majesty came prepared.
"Can I take a picture of you?", Leon asked with a smile.
"What for?"
"I've seen so many of your dazzling outfits. Queen's gown, bunny girl, nurse… but I've never seen you as a janitor. I find it quite amusing."
Rossweise narrowed her eyes slightly, "Either help me right now, or go to the palace hall and take over Anna's duties for the day."
Leon shrugged, grabbed a broom, put on a mask, and entered the room.
"I'll take the bedroom, you take the balcony?", he suggested.
"OK."
The couple got to work immediately.
Leon was quite good at deep cleaning.
When he was young and lived with his master, he often did housework with his master's wife. Over time, he became good at everything.
As for Rossweise, she was naturally competent at chores as well. Leon had noticed this long ago.
This further proved that the mother dragon didn't buy her way to the queen's seat, she truly rose from the grassroots level.
With the couple working together, the room was quickly transformed.
But just as they were about to finish, Leon found a small wooden box under the girls' bed.
He didn't think much, assumed it was a box of odds and ends, and opened it to see what was inside.
But after opening it, Leon froze.
At this moment, Rossweise had also finished cleaning. Seeing Leon staring blankly at the box, she curiously came over.
She looked at the wooden box in Leon's hands, which was filled with various small items.
"A Rubik's cube, a note, a… composition? And two photos, one of our first family photo, the other taken just a few days ago."
Rossweise's gaze finally landed on the item at the very bottom of the box, "This is… some kind of magical material?"
It was a black crystal, shimmering with a metallic luster under the sunlight.
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