Chapter 28: Teaching Cold Dragon

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In the end, Leon thought of a tutoring method that was very suitable for Noah's current situation.

Among the books that the head maid Anna had just sent over, there were also some of Saint Heath Academy's past test questions.

Leon glanced at these test questions. They were all related to dragon knowledge.

Seeing this, Leon secretly let out a sigh of relief.

The so-called "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never lose a battle." As one of the empire's top dragon slayers, he might know more about dragons than the dragons themselves.

Although his body was not as strong as before, (damn it, why did Rossweise's voice automatically pop into my head when I thought of this phrase?)

However, the knowledge Leon had mastered in the past had not been forgotten.

He planned to use his understanding of dragons, combined with the test questions and the content in the dragon-related books, to teach Noah.

Leon quickly formulated his tutoring plan.

After all, he was once a top student who graduated from the Dragon Slayer Academy with first place in both written exams and practical tests.

"Alright, come on, Noah. Let's officially begin. The first thing we'll learn is how dragons use magic."

With that, Leon pushed a basic magic book in front of Noah.

"This book is well-designed. The table of contents is concise and clear, summarizing the corresponding content."

"My idea is this."

"You first skim through the table of contents, then use green, yellow, and red pens to mark the chapter titles according to these levels: 'very easy to understand,' 'barely understandable,' and 'completely incomprehensible.'"

"I just checked past data and found that to pass the entrance exam of Saint Heath Academy, students usually prepare a year in advance."

"But we only have one month."

"So, we must do everything we can to improve the efficiency of our tutoring."

"I believe in you, Noah. You can do it."

"When you're ready, let's begin."

After speaking, Leon pushed the three pens and the magic basics book to her.

Noah was very good at controlling her emotions.

Although she was surprised by this stay-at-home dad's work efficiency, she didn't act too much like a child.

She took the book and pens and began marking the table of contents according to Leon's method.

Seeing his eldest daughter's serious expression, Leon felt quite gratified.

There were no unnecessary exchanges or meaningless questions—everything was done for the sake of efficiency.

But speaking of which, teaching a student like Noah also put a bit of pressure on Leon as her teacher.

Noah's learning ability was undoubtedly much stronger than Luna's, and as the person imparting knowledge to her, Leon had to stay ahead of her at all times.

Otherwise, it would significantly reduce the efficiency of the tutoring.

"Phew, looks like I'll have to burn the midnight oil from today on."

Leon thought silently to himself.

Just like when he was at the Dragon Slayer Academy, he used to study past midnight every day.

His roommates called him the "king of hard work," and he never refuted them.

Leon only knew that if he didn't study hard at the academy, his master would break a stone on his chest when he returned.

"All marked."

Noah's voice pulled him back from his memories.

Leon collected his thoughts, took the book, and checked the table of contents Noah had marked.

"Mm, not bad. The chapters marked green and yellow account for 70%, and only a few chapters marked red are the ones you don't understand, right?"

Noah nodded.

"Okay, this is just a simple way to outline our learning framework. Red chapters aren't necessarily completely incomprehensible, and yellow chapters might not all be entirely clear. Next, I'll focus on explaining the yellow chapters first, and we'll identify problems during the process. How about that?"

"Alright."

Leon nodded and began explaining the yellow-marked sections to Noah.

Class time passed quickly, and three hours were over in the blink of an eye.

Leon wrote and sketched in the book, covering all the key points with Noah.

Next came the phase of "practice makes perfect."

He took out a past test paper and said, "Let's start with this test paper. It'll give us a more direct way to identify where we're still lacking."

"Let's begin," he said.

Noah noticed that Leon often used terms like "our shortcomings" when referring to both of them together, instead of asking, "Do you understand?"

She didn't know whether this was intentional or not, but this phrasing did make it easy for people to follow his train of thought.

Noah shook her head, brushing aside thoughts unrelated to studying.

She took the test paper and pen and began solving the problems.

The test questions were mainly comprehension and simple questions, with no numerical calculations, so Noah completed them quickly.

She bit her pencil, frowned, and patiently examined each question.

It was hard to imagine that a little over one year old could think so attentively.

After coming up with an answer, a faint smile would unconsciously appear on her usually expressionless face.

But when she noticed Leon watching her, she immediately reverted to her cold expression.

It was quite cute.

This kind of cuteness was different from Luna's—it was more reserved and subtle.

After twenty minutes, she handed the paper to Leon.

Leon checked the answers and calculated her score.

"Out of 100 points, take a guess—how much did you get?" Leon asked, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

"Fifty?"

"Sixty-two."

"Oh."

Leon put down the paper and said, "What's wrong? Not satisfied?"

Noah pursed her lips, placed her small hands on her knees, and silently nodded.

"Mm… Having high standards and expectations for yourself isn't a bad thing, but you should also know that for someone your age, young dragons wouldn't even encounter tests of this difficulty. What's more, the average score for the Academy's exams in the past decade has barely reached 80. They're really tough."

Leon put down the test paper and smiled, "Getting 62 on your first attempt is already amazing."

"…Thank you."

"What did you say?" Leon didn't catch her words.

"Nothing."

Noah rubbed her little nose. "Let's continue."

Leon chuckled and reached out to pat her head but remembered her earlier rule that he couldn't touch her without permission.

Halfway through, he awkwardly withdrew his hand. "Let's stop for now. You should eat lunch, rest for half an hour, and then we'll continue."

"Okay."

Noah jumped off the stool and headed to the door.

Seeing that Leon wasn't following her, she turned and asked, "Aren't you coming to eat?"

Leon shrugged and joked, "Your mom grounded me. Complain to her sometime to give your dad more free time."

Noah nodded seriously, "Alright."

"Wait a minute, Noah. Can you bring me some chili peppers when you come back? The spicier, the better."

Noah blinked. "Do you really love spicy food?"

"Not particularly. I need them for something else."

Noah responded softly, nodded in agreement, and left without asking further.

After she left, Leon stretched, then sat back down to prepare for the afternoon's lessons.

Just as he thought, having a bright student wasn't an easy thing.

He had to stay ahead of Noah to guide her properly.

Of course, he could guess another reason Rossweise had deliberately arranged for him to teach Noah—she wanted their eldest daughter to give him a hard time.

Luna naturally liked Leon, requiring no extra effort to bond.

But Noah was different.

Even at her young age, she had her own thoughts and ways of doing things. It wasn't easy for her to accept a man who had been in a coma for two years as her father.

Besides that, Leon sensed there was another reason why Noah held a grudge against him.

Maybe she had already noticed that this man, supposedly her father, didn't share a particularly good relationship with her mother.

So, Leon wouldn't take this teaching lightly or view his eldest daughter as a source of torment.

He wanted to treat her sincerely and change her opinion of him.

And then—

Win her over.

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The focus of the afternoon tutoring was Noah's mistakes.

After reviewing the errors, Leon found that her self-assessment was very accurate.

All her mistakes came from the red-marked chapters in the table of contents.

The green and yellow-marked chapters were all correct.

This greatly reduced the chances of wasting time.

Learning was like treating an illness—only targeted remedies could lead to quick recovery.

Throughout the afternoon, Noah learned a lot of new knowledge.

When it was time to leave, she finally willingly said,

"Thank you."

Ah…

'That "thank you" makes this father's heart feel so satisfied.'

Leon tried hard to suppress the grin forming on his face and pretended to be nonchalant, saying,

"It's nothing. It's what I should do."

The eldest daughter nodded, held the homework Leon had assigned her, turned around, stood on tiptoe, raised her arm, pressed down the door handle, and then opened the door to leave.

Leon let out a sigh of relief and turned to look out the window.

It was already almost nightfall.

He hurriedly finished his dinner, then sat back down at the desk.

On the desk were the basic medicinal herb books brought by maid Anna.

And also, a few chili peppers that he had asked Noah to bring him at noon.

Leon picked up one of them, examined it carefully, and muttered, "Not much different from the chili peppers Master used to grow."

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