But it's not really about being afraid of taking medicine, it's just a strong dislike for it.
No particular reason, just naturally doesn't like the smell of medicine.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have just now thought that if his master's wife were here, she'd already be dragging him to the clinic.
Because if it were up to him, he would absolutely never step into a place like a clinic.
Rossweise lightly tapped the dining table, not trying to persuade him to take medicine anymore.
'Stubborn mule, when he feels so bad that he can't take it anymore, he'll obediently take medicine and injections.'
Little Light looked at her mom, then at her dad, blinking her beautiful big pink eyes.
'If dad doesn't like taking medicine... then can health supplements work?'
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In the evening, Leon's cold got worse.
The dragon-slaying hero lay at the head of the bed, a towel on his forehead, hot water at his side, eyes blankly staring at the ceiling.
Rossweise stood at the bedside, arms crossed, fingertips pinching cold medicine, looking at him helplessly, "If you don't take it now, you might not live through tonight."
"Don't be noisy," Leon's head was about to explode from the fever, his voice hoarse, "I think... I saw my great-grandma."
"Aren't you adopted by your master? Where did a great-grandma come from?"
General Leon, crippled in body but strong in will, used the last bit of strength to raise his hand, sticking up one finger, "This is a kind... of rhetorical... device."
Rossweise snorted coldly, "When you die of a cold, I'll also have ten thousand rhetorical devices to mock you."
"No... I firmly believe, I can defeat the illness."
"First, you can't; second, a cold doesn't count as a dragon, breaking limbs or cancer do."
"That's actually also... a rhetorical device..."
Rossweise rolled her eyes, flung the cold medicine by his pillow, and didn't bother with him anymore.
At this time, there was a knock at the door.
Rossweise went to open it, it was the three little ones.
Luna took the lead, "Mommy, we're here to offer tribute to daddy!"
Rossweise: ?
"Tribute, tribute?"
'Baby, are you craving steak again?'
'But you're a bit early.'
'Your dad still has some time before he's buried, how about coming later?'
Noah quickly pulled her sister back, saying, "It's Little Light, she refined a kind of medicine, to be precise, a health supplement."
"Health supplement?"
Little Light nodded, "Since dad doesn't like taking medicine, health supplements should be fine. Anyway, dad recovering is most important now."
Rossweise's eyes flickered.
The ingredients the daughters could get were just those few kinds, all harmless to the body.
And even if there's no effect, it's fine. Anyway, the guy lying on the bed, a daughter-con to the bone, would definitely be happy to be their guinea pig.
"Alright, come in, daddy's in the bedroom," The three little dragon girls ran into the house. After Rossweise closed the door, she followed as well.
After expressing their concern to Leon, Little Light took out a pill from a small box.
Called a pill, but it looked more like a chocolate candy.
Leon kept feeling like this chocolate candy looked familiar.
But couldn't remember where he'd seen it.
He originally wanted to refuse, but seeing his daughters' expectant faces, as a complete daughter-con, he really couldn't refuse.
'Forget it, forget it, guinea pig it is. My daughters, I'll spoil them.'
Leon put the chocolate candy in his mouth. It really didn't taste like medicine.
Swallowed with water, no reaction from his body.
'Good, at least it's probably not poison.'
"Daddy, are you feeling better?", Little Light asked.
Leon, not wanting them to worry, said, "Mm, much better, the medicine worked instantly. Little Light is amazing, you can even mix medicine yourself now."
"Oh actually... Big sis helped me a lot."
Little Light explained seriously, "To refine the residue from herbs, lightning magic is needed, and big sis is really good at lightning magic."
Hearing that, Leon's back went cold.
A bad memory exploded in his mind.
'What kind of health supplement needs lightning magic to refine?'
He forced himself not to tremble and asked, "Baby, did you follow a prescription book?"
"Mm-hmm!"
"From the baby room drawer, that book...?"
"Mm-hmm!"
"Is the medicine called... Dragon Power...?"
"Mm-hmm! Daddy you're so smart, you guessed it all right!"
'Haha, damn it, it's all over!'
"Daddy, why does your face look even worse all of a sudden? Is Dragon Power not working?", Little Light asked worriedly.
Leon was speechless for a moment.
'Baby, it's not that Dragon Power isn't working, it's that the effect might be too good. Daddy can't handle it right now...'
'No.'
'It's not just that daddy can't handle it.'
'Your mommy probably can't either.'
Thinking this, Leon raised his head to look at Rossweise.
The mother dragon was still standing there enjoying the show, as if she'd forgotten that last time there was a Dragon Power disaster, she didn't exactly get off easy either?
Rossweise was also a little dumbfounded.
Good news: the youngest daughter was born with a Saint Physique for refining medicine. Four months after birth, she created Dragon Power, outshining 99.9% of adult alchemists. This genius dragon-human hybrid daughter would earn praise from anyone, awesome!
Bad news: accordingly, the old father became a natural-born Dragon Power Saint Physique.
This man, his life filled with both glory and absurdity, since marriage, at least two-thirds of the "entertainment value" had been gifted by the little cotton jackets he adored.
She thought Luna secretly eating the tribute was already peak comedy, but now Little Light had taken it even further, literally smashing her dad flat on the beach.
"It's okay, Dragon Power is a great tonic for dragons, the effects just haven't kicked in yet."
Rossweise quickly smoothed things over, "Daddy just needs to sweat a bit tonight. By tomorrow morning, he'll be jumping around again, no need to worry."
"Really, mommy?", Noah asked.
She still felt that daddy's "please don't save me, I don't want to live anymore" expression didn't look like something a sweat session could fix.
Rossweise sighed inwardly.
She really wasn't good at lying in front of her daughters.
Should she say "your dad is about to go crazy, and things will soon get a bit age-inappropriate, blah blah blah" or something like that?
No choice, Rossweise could only brace herself and say,
"Of course it's true, mommy promises you, once the effect kicks in, daddy will be all better after one sleep."
Hearing Rossweise say this, the three little ones finally relaxed a bit.
"Then, daddy, you have to rest well tonight~", Luna stood by the bed, shaking Leon's wrist.
'Rest?'
'Baby, daddy probably won't get a single minute of rest tonight.'
"Mm... daddy knows."
"Alright, it's getting late, you all should sleep too. Tomorrow you're going to play games with the recovered daddy, right?"
Rossweise had to hurry and send the dragon girls away.
That Dragon Power stuff, once the effect hits, it's really quite terrifying.
"Okay, mommy good night. Daddy good night! Rest well!"
"Mm, good night..."
The three little ones left the room one after another. Rossweise walked them to the door and locked it.
When she returned to the bedroom, Leon was already sitting up, leaning on the headboard.
His face was clearly redder than before, but his eyes were getting clearer and clearer.
No, not clearer.
More like "excited."
The queen saw this, and her legs went weak; even her tail instinctively curled up a bit.
That wild rainy night when he first took Dragon Power, she still remembered it vividly.
But that time, she'd provoked him with her sharp tongue, pressured General Leon until he snapped, activating the Dragon Power with a shout of "the song of humanity is the song of courage," and went completely feral.
But this time, he had a cold debuff, so even with Dragon Power, he shouldn't be as crazy as last time... right?
Rossweise hesitated a bit, then slowly walked to the bed, stretching her tail out to Leon.
"Here, wanna play?"
Recalling how last time, once he went crazy, he clung to her tail and kept calling her "wife."
This time, the queen decided to take the initiative, like coaxing a kid, to calm him down first.
Leon rolled his eyes, just about to retort that she shouldn't treat him like a child.
But for some reason, a voice kept whispering in his mind: "Squeeze it. Squeeze it. Squeeze it."
Leon frowned slightly, raised his hand to pat his head, trying to chase out the demonic whispers.
But it didn't work.
"Squeeze it."
"Squeeze it."
"Squeeze it."
Leon clicked his tongue in anNoahnce, but when he came back to his senses, his hand was already squeezing Rossweise's tail tip without even realizing it.
Cold, soft, smooth, feels amazing.
Leon froze, hurried to explain, "I-I didn't mean to do that... it's just, my body suddenly moved on its own..."
Still stubborn.
Rossweise crossed her arms, gazing playfully at the dog man—
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