Chapter 5: Yeorum / Summer (1) (1/2)

Late at night, as the crescent moon rose up outside, the copy that had returned from work approached Yu Jitae.

“Let me send you the memories.”

“Right.”

The copy closed his eyes, and when he did, the things that had happened in the police station that day entered the Regressor’s head.

With his eyes closed, Yu Jitae slowly felt memories and emotions flowing into him and saw the members of the station watching Corporal Yu Jitae and smile.

“The people are fond of you.”

“I am trying hard to live an everyday life as much as I can.”

It was earnest in its daily life. The copy did not avoid challenging tasks and calmly dealt with his duty but that wasn’t the end. Back when Yu Jitae was 27 years old, he was an introverted young man with a soft heart.

And yet he had suddenly turned into an earnest, adult-like, dependable colleague so the team members liked the copy and talked about a ‘re-evaluation of Yu Jitae’.

“I am sure you have felt it, but they are troubled due to Jo Hosik.”

“He must’ve hidden well.”

“Yes. Besides, since it has been found out that he isn’t acting as an individual but a group of human traffickers, the situation turned more awkward. They kidnap superhuman students of the Lair that have no connections and are selling them to underground organisations as slaves.”

Yu Jitae gave a nod. He could see in his memories the workers of the police force being troubled by it.

“As you have ordered, my lord, if the deadline approaches, I will move myself.”

“Right.”

That was when Yu Jitae who had been savoring the memories opened his eyes.

“…Hey.”

“Your command.”

“Who is this.”

Within the memories, there was a woman that was hitting on Yu Jitae, in a rather frank manner.

“Ah, it’s a team leader of another team. She seems to be the daughter of the head chief and from some time ago, she has been showing goodwill towards my lord.”

Now that he mentioned it, he could remember catching glimpses of her in other memories. She once said, “Do you want to go drink with this noona after work?” and once, tried to touch Yu Jitae’s stomach while saying, “Is this abs or a washboard?”… but inside today’s memories, she was even more straightforward as she tried to downright rub her body on Yu Jitae’s arm.

“What’s her name.”

“It’s Lee Bosuk. If perhaps you are displeased, I could take care of it.”

“Hmm… It’s fine. Leave it.”

Daily life didn’t always have good things happening and the ‘daily life’ he was attempting to achieve could be compared to a flowerbed. Although there will be beautiful flowers, it was natural for there to also be bugs.

Thus, Yu Jitae decided to leave it for the time being.

“Then, I’ll get going.”

“No, just wait there for a bit.”

“Yes.”

“And change your clothes.”

The copy became curious about the reason Yu Jitae was suddenly giving him such orders but the commands of the lord were absolute, so he obediently took his uniform off and changed into casual clothes.

Soon, Bom’s voice could be heard from the kitchen.

“Ahjussi, come eat dinner.”

Finally coming to an understanding, the copy turned towards his lord sitting on the sofa.

Yu Jitae was staring deeply back at his eyes.

*

Next morning, Yu Jitae woke up from the sofa and stretched his body. Today was the day he had to go bring the Red Dragon.

Red Dragon.

As expected of a dragon from the red race, it was aggressive. Even in the previous six rounds, it acted as it pleased and was the only one that did not follow the regulations he had set.

If other dragons were fearful of Yu Jitae, the Red Dragon was different and every round, its attitude towards himself was close to absolute disgust. Due to that, even Yu Jitae didn’t know much about the Red Dragon.

Fortunately, this time it would be a little better because Bom was with him.

“You are going to bring Red?”

Brushing her green hair, Bom tucked her hair behind her ear as a small ear fitting the small head revealed itself.

“Right.”

“Rather than going there to bring her, you’re going there to kidnap right?”

“You could say that.”

“Hmm…”

Bom contemplated a little while looking at the flowerpot and opened her mouth.

“She probably won’t like it. Of course, I didn’t like the fact that I was getting kidnapped, but Red will react in a more vehement manner.”

“How about you persuade her? You’re both dragons.”

“I’m not sure if it will be that helpful. Dragons from different races have a bit of distance.”

“Why.”

“Because they all desire different things. I like staying still and being laid back and enjoy making things but the red race is different. Because our hobbies are different, we treat each other as complete strangers.”

Yu Jitae asked out of curiosity.

“Then how about bringing her by force?”

“What?”

Bom’s eyes enlarged.

“You can’t do that. ‘Power’ is the pride of the red race. If you force a red dragon by power, it would give them a lot of stress.”

It was as expected. Thinking back on the last words of the Red Dragon in the previous rounds, Yu Jitae understood her words.

“That’s troublesome.”

“Hmm… But must you bring her in? If you’re thinking of keeping a dragon as a pet, isn’t it enough with just me?”

Her words were baffling in two different ways. One, he didn’t need a pet, and her alone wasn’t enough either.

“Like I said before, the reason I’m bringing you guys in is to protect you. Instead of being an owner of pets, I will be the guardian of you guys as beings.”

Bom flickered her eyes.

“And the Red Dragon will be injured if I don’t bring her back in time. There are guys aiming for her.”

‘How do you know that though?’ Bom momentarily had such a doubt regarding Yu Jitae’s words but soon, Bom twitched her fingers in thought.

“For now, there’s no decent method.”

“Pretty much.”

“Then I’ll go together and see what I can help you with.”