Chapter 79 (1/2)

Chapter 79: Chapter 79

However, it didn’t go as Shihuang wanted. He had pretended to be O Shin’s subject and a human out of impulsive interest, and that was the problem. He wished he had never gotten to know Myohan then the boy had given him a name. Myohan didn’t even know he was the dragon but used the character ‘Jin’ in his name, which impressed him as well.

He should have ignored the boy. He should have left him alone back when he was feeling guilty about wanting what belonged to his old friend, the god, and causing heavy snow to fall due to his gloom.

He took him up and brought him to the god as he had no way to take care of him. Still, he secretly started to want to become a real man.

“Do you know the whole world is within a cat’s eyes?” Shihuang had never heard that before, but he believed it. The whole world was really in those light-colored eyes. “I have the whole world now.”

The god lost his relaxed smile. He sounded a bit sad. Shihuang looked up at the cloudy sky. It was as gloomy as how he was feeling.

“Surely you wouldn’t take it away from me.”

He had complicated feelings. Of course, his head understood it, but his mind kept saying otherwise. He felt guilty about taking what was the god’s, but at the same time, he wanted to tell himself that the god had eleven other subjects and would be fine.

He only became greedier and greedier. The god was constantly busy, and Shihuang got to spend more and more time with Myohan.

The god knew his subjects were tormenting Myohan, but he never helped unless Myohan asked for it. It was Shihuang who helped him on the day he went into the water to save Ja, and it was he who scared the subjects after Myohan almost died in the snow.

“It’s so bothersome.”

“If it’s so bothersome, you can quit.”

“Easier said than done.”

Myohan opened up to Shihuang in time. He complained about his job in front of him, although he never did it in front of the god, and even showed his true feelings sometimes. They didn’t talk much, but Shihuang could fully understand that Myohan started to look at him differently.

“Myohan.”

“Yes?”

It didn’t take long for their feelings for each other to grow. One night, under the starry sky, Myohan didn’t push him away as he leaned in for a kiss. The kiss was warm, and Myohan’s eyes were full of love as they looked at him.

That was why he went to the god and said a little boldly, “I’ve come to understand humans.”

Despite his hatred for human greed and selfishness, Shihuang was doing something even worse. He knew how O Shin had saved and raised Myohan. He knew how much he cared about him, but still, he wanted him. He hated that ugly aspect of humans the most, but he ended up taking it.

“So, my old friend…”

He thought the god would be angry. He was generous, but surely even he would get angry. He thought he would cancel his promise to make him a man.

“You’ve finally learned to love a human.” However, the god wasn’t mad. He just smiled and looked away, his face hidden by a veil. His sad voice made even Shihuang feel a little bad. Still looking away, the god warned, “If you fail to protect him, I will take him away from you.”

Shihuang had known him for so many years. He could tell O Shin wasn’t mad. He had foreseen the coming of this day and braced himself for it. He must have known, even when he warned Shihuang.

“So, protect him.”

His faint voice disappeared with the wind. He was being generous to his old friend. When he wasn’t feeling good, the sky became cloudy. When dark clouds gathered in his heart and he was feeling depressed, the sky cried instead of him.

But Shihuang didn’t like causing rain. Getting rain alone in that lonely forest made him feel like he was all alone in the world.

“Stupid cat.”

But then, he had someone precious, someone he had to protect. He felt like he had the whole world. Even if that world belonged to his old friend, since he had gotten his permission, nothing could stop him.