Chapter 78 (1/2)

“Hey.”

Myohan felt a lot of pain in his neck. The voice that came out was too low and hoarse.

The man’s eyes widened as if he couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Myohan stretched out a hand to grab him and he slowly got up.

“What did I tell you?”

He gulped hard. Every muscle of his was screaming, but he endured the pain and got up.

Thank god, I’ve transformed back, he thought.

“I’m terrible at coming up with names.”

The man held Myohan’s arm with a shaking hand. Myohan cleared his throat and looked up to meet eyes with him.

No way. No way. His black eyes said.

Myohan grinned. He winked as he combed back his sweat-slick hair.

“Hey, Jin.”

“….How?”

Myohan looked at him in contentment. He liked that crack in his expressionless face. Then he opened his mouth to say what his lover had been waiting for so long.

“Jin Shi Huang.”

He closed his eyes and buried his face in Myohan’s hand. Myohan placed his other hand in his soft hair and laughed.

“See?”

Their lips met. Shihuang kissed him repeatedly and hugged him tightly. He was grateful that Myohan had woken up and happy that he now knew who he was. He still loved him, even after all these years.

Feeling all that, Myohan said, “I told you I’d get them all.”

Boredom. Tedium. Ennui. No word was enough to describe the days. He had nothing he wanted to do, nothing he wanted to achieve, and nothing he wanted to have. He didn’t even know when he had been existing in that space and how he had been born.

The dragon just laid down in a coil and looked down at his own reflection on the lake. He had collected rain for years to make the glittering lake.

“It’s a wonderful lake.”

Then, he got a visitor. The man with long hair complimented the dragon’s lake and spoke to him softly.

“And you are even more wonderful.”

His camel head was mysterious; his deer antlers were beautiful; his snake-like neck was admirable, and his fish scales were like masterpieces. The man kept complimenting the dragon with awe. He didn’t sound like he was flattering the dragon, but it wasn’t enough to grab the dragon’s attention, either.

“You’re bored, having to live for all eternity, aren’t you?” The dragon was only interested in the man when he said that. “I am an immortal as well.”

The dragon’s black eyes looked at the man. The man removed his veil and smiled.

“I’ve been quite lonely.”

The moment the dragon saw his face, he could tell he was no mortal. Power, boredom, and strength that were very much like his own were in his face.

He’s not a human, he thought then the man offered a hand.

“Would you be my friend?”

It was quite an impulsive decision. The man was right; the dragon was extremely bored and every day he had to live was without any amusement, so he made a ridiculous demand, partly to mock that confident man.

“Only if you’ll make a human.”

The man’s eyes widened as the dragon’s loud voice made the land tremble. Then he smiled, his yellow eyes twinkling. He put a hand on the dragon’s tiger-like paw and looked up.

“Is that what you really want?”

He wasn’t waiting for an answer, and the dragon wasn’t thinking of giving him one. The man nodded to himself and smiled. The dragon tried to get up, not knowing what he was about to do then he felt himself becoming smaller.

His antlers and tail disappeared. His hands got smaller. His scales turned into skin. He widened his eyes, looking down at his palm then he saw his reflection on the lake. He turned to the man in shock.

“I am the god of five things.”

“God?”

“And you must be the dragon who controls the weather.”