Odin and Morgan were still quietly conversing in place.
Leon glanced at them but didn't go up to initiate a conversation.
Although just now during the final vote, the dragon kings supported his proposal out of respect for Odin, it didn't mean Leon had to personally thank him afterward.
Because just as Leon had thought earlier, at the roundtable of politics, no one is truly trustworthy.
However, the beautiful mature woman beside him didn't care about politics at all.
Once most people had left, she stood up and came to the three members of the Melkvei family.
"Your speech and reasoning just now were not bad, Leon."
After a pause, seemingly to ease the unfamiliarity of not having seen each other in a long time, the always-serious Claudia surprisingly cracked a little joke, "As expected of this queen's son."
'This queen's son', from Director Noah's first stage play As Love Falls in West, where Mr. Leon Casmodeous played the role of Claudia's son.
Leon grinned, thinking to himself, 'Sis, you're quite the comedian.'
After some pleasantries, Claudia got to the point.
"Helena told me recently about what happened in the Far North. I'm very grateful that you all stepped in to help in time, and also thank Noah for me. She's a brave and smart child."
"Mm, we'll pass it on to Noah."
Claudia didn't mention anything about the Primordial Energy, and the couple likewise remained tacitly silent.
Now, their relationship with Claudia couldn't be called pure friendship, as both sides were still testing each other.
But even so, there was still basic trust between them.
After expressing her thanks, Claudia didn't linger. She gave a simple greeting to Isa and left.
Isa looked at the graceful back of the beautiful mature woman and let out a snorting chuckle, "Old man Poseidon has a worthy successor now, huh."
Retracting her gaze, Isa looked toward her younger sister and brother-in-law.
The three of them stared at each other wide-eyed for a moment, then Isa was the first to speak,
"A special intelligence outpost… huh?"
Leon felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, but still forced a smile on his face, "Ah… yeah, Sis."
"Interesting. How did you make it? I want one too."
'If you also marry a human prisoner, you too can have such an awesome intelligence outpost.'
"Classified, classified, hehe," Leon tried to laugh it off.
If it were before, Isa would've definitely asked a few more questions.
Even if she didn't get an answer, she could at least probe a little into her mysterious brother-in-law's details.
But now—
There was no need.
"All right, classified it is. I won't ask more."
After finishing "pressuring" her brother-in-law, Isa turned to her sister,
"Little Rose, how have you been lately?"
"Sis, I've been quite—"
"Mm, I can tell it's been quite good. Married life, huh—"
Leaning against the chairback, Isa played with her delicate red manicure and spoke slowly in an intentionally casual tone, "Really sweet. If I hadn't asked about Grandma's whereabouts the other day, I guess you wouldn't even have had time to write to your dear sister, huh?"
Rosweisse frowned with a bitter smile, "Sis, what are you saying, we're family~ It's just that I've been a little busy lately and forgot to write."
"Busy with what?"
"Busy—"
"Busy being sweet after marriage, right?"
"..."
It's been over two hundred years, and Rosweisse had never once gotten the better of her sister.
And now this fake marriage with Leon had become one of Isa's main weapons to tease her.
How hateful.
No matter how you looked at it—
It was all Leon's fault.
Thinking of this, the queen couldn't help but glare angrily at the dog man beside her.
Leon: ?
'I didn't say a word, why are you glaring at me?'
'Or could it be that you've now evolved to the point of starting court just by heating up on the spot?'
'As expected of a T0-level species that can bear children on their own.'
"All right, I'll stop teasing you two."
Isa let out a breath and continued, "I still haven't gotten any news about Grandma lately."
Rosweisse frowned slightly, "It's been this long and still no clue where Grandma went?"
Isa shrugged helplessly, "The old lady loves traveling everywhere. You know that. Who knows, maybe she's out having fun with her old girlfriends again."
Having fun with her old girlfriends seemed unlikely.
But Isa really didn't know where the old lady had gone.
Last time when Grandma Veronica came to visit the sisters, she and Grandma probed into Leon's background together. They got some clues in the end, but Grandma advised Isa not to pursue it further.
Isa obediently followed her advice.
The night before they parted, Grandma gave Isa a ring with an Original Crystal, hoping Isa could also learn to control the Primordial Energy.
But Grandma told her to keep this from Little Rose.
Although Isa wouldn't dig deeper into her brother-in-law's background, one should never drop their guard. Taking some confidentiality measures was still necessary.
"If I get any news, I'll notify you first," Isa said.
"All right."
Rosweisse was so eager to see Grandma because she and Leon had a bellyful of questions to ask.
Questions about the Far North and the Primordial Ruins.
They weren't archaeologists, and the truth of history wasn't that important to them, but this could be related to a conspiracy between the Empire and the dragons, then they had to take it seriously.
Who knew what other dirty tricks the Empire still had up its sleeve?
"It's getting late. I should head back. You two…"
As she spoke, Isa slowly stood up, her gaze drifting between her sister and brother-in-law, "Are you planning to have a date here tonight and return tomorrow?"
"Ah this… no, no need, right?"
"Why not? Home and hotel, they feel completely different, you know~"
Rosweisse's pretty face flushed red, and she quickly glanced at the still-present Old Man Odin and Morgan. Thankfully, they hadn't heard it.
"Sis, what nonsense are you saying, hotel or whatever…"
Isa chuckled and waved, "I'm off now, don't forget to write to me."
"Got it, Sis."
The red-haired beauty walked slowly out of the conference room in her high heels.
Leon also stood up, "Let's go too."
"Okay."
However, before the couple could take a step to leave, a voice came from behind,
"You two, please wait."
The couple turned to look, it was Odin and Morgan.
The two dragon kings also stood up and approached them.
Leon merely glanced at Morgan before quickly shifting his gaze to Odin.
Back at the conference table, he'd briefly locked eyes with this unfathomable Thunder Dragon King.
Those eyes were unlike any of the other dragon kings Leon had faced.
Most dragon kings, or rather dragons, even if they hid it well, their eyes would still reveal some trace of killing intent and ferocity.
But Odin was different.
Those dark blue dragon eyes were aged, steady, restrained, and yet full of majesty.
Once Odin stood before Leon, the two stared at each other from an extremely close distance.
Leon never lost in presence before a dragon, not even when the opponent was the top-tier Dragon King Odin.
After a moment of eye contact, Odin was the first to speak, "Do you know why I supported your proposal at the meeting just now?"
Leon didn't answer.
And Odin didn't intend to keep him guessing.
"Because this meeting was just a cover. That old man Alres simply wanted to use it to seize the Primordial Energy from Constantine."
"This kind of thing, they've done it before."
Hearing this, Leon wasn't too surprised.
He glanced at Rosweisse, who also remained calm and composed.
Actually, they had discussed this on the way here.
So it turned out to be exactly as expected.
As Rosweisse had said: all power serves politics.
"But I know the uniqueness of the Primordial Energy because I also participated in the Far North exploration project."
After a pause, Odin looked at Rosweisse, "Veronica and I can be considered friends."
Rosweisse gave a slight nod and didn't respond much.
"There's also another reason. It's not what made me fully decide to support you, but it did influence my decision."
"And that is…?"
"Like Claudia, in the ruins, you acted in time and saved my daughter Yuna. For that, I'm deeply grateful."
With that said, Odin gave a slight nod, a very serious gesture of gratitude.
"Consider it a personal favor I owe you, Mr. Casmodeous. Until we meet again."
With those words, Odin turned and walked toward the exit.
Morgan waved, "Odin the old man thanked you for me, so I won't bother. Bye-bye, you two!"
The two dragon kings also left the conference room one after the other.
Once they were far enough, Leon scratched his nose, "The Thunder Dragon King owes me a favor…"
"It's far more than just a favor, you know."
Rosweisse said, "From now on, within his capabilities, he'll probably try to fulfill any request you make."
"But only once?"
"Of course. What, you wanna mooch off the old dragon king forever? You're way too naive—eh, what are you doing!"
Before she could finish, the dog man pulled her into his arms.
"Mooching off the old dragon king forever isn't impressive. What's impressive is mooching off you forever, wifey."
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