[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-shut-up-malevolent-dragon-i-don-t-want-to-have-a":3,"chapter-shut-up-malevolent-dragon-i-don-t-want-to-have-a-shut-up-malevolent-dragon-i-don-t-want-to-have-a-chapter-767":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Shut Up, Malevolent Dragon! I Don’t Want to Have Any More Children With You",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1714445,2190,"Vol. 6 Ch. 131","shut-up-malevolent-dragon-i-don-t-want-to-have-a-chapter-767",767,"\u003Cp>People who lose their direction do fall into this kind of wavering state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon didn’t try to act like some wise big brother and lecture them, nor did he try to force them to choose a side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you’re in that kind of deep turmoil, only you can save yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much others say or do—it won't help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After parting ways with Kaiser and Safina, Leon returned to the outer wall of the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From every street and alley, the Empire’s citizens began their countdown to the New Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second hand of the enormous central tower clock swept perfectly past the “12” mark amid the sea of cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This marked the beginning of a new year in Nation's Fate for humankind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the moment where, across the Empire, people poured their hopes and dreams into the new year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was tradition. As always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this year… was a little different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leon stood atop the city walls gazing up at the sky, the countless floating paper lanterns suddenly began to glow with soft, ghostly blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light from within the lanterns flickered and intertwined—every few dozen forming a brilliant image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a thousand lanterns created an enormous, ever-shifting display in the sky—a  screen composed of hundreds, thousands of moving holographic images.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And though the images were many, every single one centered on the same girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ash-blonde hair. Eyes like polished emeralds. Her smile was free and bold. Occasionally, °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° she pulled a silly face at the camera—lively and mischievous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people below gasped in wonder, watching the suspended montage unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each clip was like a window into a chapter of the girl’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From wearing a school uniform, to her graduation into the Dragon-Slaying Academy, to her ordinary daily life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sound, but the warmth radiating from these memories could be felt deep in everyone’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that girl from Lionheart—Rebecca?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow, it is her! Did the Lionheart Order plan some kind of surprise show this year?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably not them. It’s all about Rebecca… This has to be a confession!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people had already guessed the real reason behind tonight’s grand spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon and Nacho watched from the palace wall as the spectacle unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Wow. Martin, this is just a confession, and you’re pulling this much spectacle?” Leon laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, definitely over the top. Doesn’t match the Martin I know—dude’s usually the strong silent type.” Nacho agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon shook his head and sighed, “You know what this is called, Nacho?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A simp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, the montage stopped, replaced by a live image of a rooftop in the Upper City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, Martin stood holding a bouquet of roses—confessing to the very same girl whose face had just appeared across the whole sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Oh no,” Leon muttered under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nacho raised an eyebrow. “What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rebecca told me once she hates cliché confessions with roses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon winced with secondhand anxiety. “Did Martin use up all his creativity on the lanterns?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nacho looked nervous now too. “You don’t think she’s gonna reject him, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon shook his head. “No way. Not with the whole city watching.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… she’s definitely gonna make him suffer for it afterward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s see if little Martin can clutch the win,” Nacho murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the girl on screen—Rebecca—showed a flash of irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just flowers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What more do you want, Rebecca?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breeze swept through, lifting the fringe from Martin’s brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people were watching the confession through the lantern-linked recording stones;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others had gathered right below the rooftop, acting as live audience to this high-stakes romantic drama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that kind of setting… plain roses did seem a little underwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. Whatever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Rebecca reached to take the bouquet—Martin suddenly tossed it off the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon nearly fell off the palace wall. He grabbed Nacho’s shoulder for support, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What the hell are these two doing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The world of young people is too damn complicated,” Nacho muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebecca stared down at the falling bouquet as it scattered into the crowd, one lone petal fluttering in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she looked back at Martin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I swear to God, Martin—if I marry you, we’re gonna be the laughingstock of the entire city—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sure, Rebecca. But tell me this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martin pulled something from behind his back—another bouquet, but this one forged entirely out of gleaming gunmetal:A flower arrangement made of pistols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…which gun do you want to use to marry me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebecca froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes locked on the gun-shaped bouquet—speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Familiar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebecca slowly nodded. “They’re all… the guns I used.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yup. You told me once—every gun has a lifespan. Its parts wear down. Its edges dull. And once it’s past the limit, no matter how good it was, it becomes deadweight. Useless. Can’t protect its wielder anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martin looked her in the eye and said softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These were all the guns you used during your service in the Dragon-Slaying Academy. They’re no longer usable—but I’ve kept every single one safe all these years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still remember exactly what you looked like, wielding each of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You were so confident. So sharp. So damn cool. The best gunner I’ve ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the Dragon-Slaying Academy is disbanded. The Empire has peace again. You don’t really use guns anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…So doesn’t that mean…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused deliberately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebecca looked back at him, voice trembling. “Mean what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martin smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It means that from now on… I can be the one who takes the place of your gun and protects you for the rest of your life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind caught the tears sliding from the corners of her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They embraced in the crowd’s roar, surrounded by warmth and blessings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Touching as this all is,” Nacho said, “I feel like I should warn you, Leon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When it’s your turn to propose to your wife, don’t you dare bring up the Dragon-Slaying Academy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon made a face, shrugging. “…Thanks, man. I almost forgot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, Leon told Rosvisser there were two things he needed to do before clearing Hera’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was to witness Martin’s confession to Rebecca.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was to get a firm answer from the Void siblings that they wouldn’t interfere with his plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that both were settled…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon could finally return to the Golden Thunder Clan and have a proper showdown with their High Priest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A week later, deep in the forest near the Golden Thunder Clan territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You sure you want to go in alone to meet Dimo?” Rosvisser asked, clearly worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon nodded. “Yeah. Don’t worry. I’ve got this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Alright. Just be careful. Don’t let them see through you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still looked uneasy, but since Leon had made up his mind, she didn’t press further. As long as he followed the plan, it would be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay. You and Noa, Xiaoxue—just wait here. I’ll bring back good news.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he patted his eldest daughter’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be safe, Dad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good luck, Uncle Leon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon gave a light “mm,” turned around, and stepped through the trees—toward the heart of the Golden Thunder Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>",1192,"2026-06-06T15:10:08.963Z",1,"novelbin.me","217e32e8a317eb726fabcb3b56002ba8890710b599b6231204c75a5f81fc83a7","shut-up-malevolent-dragon-i-don-t-want-to-have-a-chapter-768","shut-up-malevolent-dragon-i-don-t-want-to-have-a-chapter-766",914,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshut-up-malevolent-dragon-i-don-t-want-to-have-a-cover.jpg"]