Chapter 6: Yeorum / Spring (2) (1/2)
“Not nice for me.”
“…”
“What are you? Why is a human like you here? No, that’s not it. More like, are you even a human?”
Eyes were reflections of their existences.
That was what the Regressor felt throughout his life. Every existence with eyes expressed their thoughts and emotions with their eyes.
Currently, what was being shown in the Red Dragon’s eyes was extreme wariness. That was understandable. It probably felt the strength that had exceeded a boundary and to red dragons that believed in power, incomprehensible strength was an unpleasant element.
Yu Jitae was not fond of such wariness. It was because the reason the Red Dragon detested him in the previous rounds from the beginning was based on the fact that their relationship started from such caution.
In other words, he had messed up the first impression.
Thus, it was currently an extremely important situation. He had to somehow get rid of its wariness.
…But how?
The feeble daily-lifeness showed its rock bottom. From the memories brought by the copy, there weren’t any words that could be shared with someone he was seeing for the first time, especially towards a target of kidnap.
That was when Bom appeared from behind like a saving grace.
“Hi, Red.”
“…Nn? Green?”
“Have you been well?”
The Red Dragon’s eyes examined Yu Jitae and Bom and soon, an empty laughter escaped from those red lips.
“What, what are you trying to do? Why are you here? Didn’t you say you’ll be going on a journey?”
“Nn. I came here to see you.”
“To see me? Then what’s that monster next to you?”
“It’s just an ahjussi I got to know recently. He’s a human, not a monster. Right? Ahjussi?”
The pair of green and red eyes faced Yu Jitae and when he returned a casual nod, the Red Dragon made a sneer.
“If that’s a human, I must be a lizard.”
“I’m saying it’s true.”
When Bom’s expression turned rather serious, it was time for the Red Dragon’s expression to become strange.
“Green. What ridiculous things are you saying?”
“Why?”
“That thing’s not a human. What kind of human is that dangerous? You should know that better than me right?”
“Ahjussi’s not as threatening as you think.”
“What? Are you seriously out of your mind? Are you, by any chance, being blackmailed by that monster? Or do you have a baby monster inside your stomach?”
“Red. I’m not joking right now.”
The green race of the dragons was a mediating race. Unlike other races of dragons, they weren’t greedy and remained calm in face of any situation. That was also the reason Yu Jitae brought Bom in first.
“Hiya. I’m going crazy…”
Perhaps it was because those words were coming from a green dragon like Bom, but the Red Dragon seemed like it wanted to talk back and yet held it’s words in.
“Right, let’s say you’re right. Let’s say that monster, or human, like f*ck, I don’t know why but let’s say he’s not a bad guy. Okay. Then why did you come find me hand in hand?”
“I’m not holding his hand.”
“Just answer my question.”
“Hmm…”
Bom hesitated a little, and soon started talking about something that hadn’t been planned.
“Ahjussi is looking for a disciple.”
“A disciple?”
Disciple? What?
“Nn. You always wanted to be stronger right? So I brought ahjussi over to you. Learning from a strong ahjussi like this is a rare opportunity. Ahjussi doesn’t have other disciples either right?”
Bom’s gaze turned towards Yu Jitae.
Her round, innocent eyes seemed to be asking him to say something in line with her words. Naturally, he never had a disciple before, because it was busy enough for him to improve his own strength.
However, Bom’s adlib was quite useful. There wouldn’t be a problem keeping the dragon by his side with the relationship of a master and a disciple as the pretense.
Yu Jitae gave a nod. In response, the Red Dragon tilted its head with a pout before throwing a word out.
“I don’t want to.”
“Red.”
“Why are you like this? Did you forget that I was from the red race? After leaving for my Amusement, I have 199 wins out of 199 fights. As long as it’s not against a monster like that, I can win. And I can get stronger alone okay?”
“Even then…”
“Ah, ah, enough. I would listen to your words for most things but I can’t come to a compromise on this. Don’t try to talk about fighting in front me ever again. Who dares to teach the red race?”
“…”
“Are you done talking? Off you go then. Say hi to Gold and give a kiss to dear Blue as well. Now, here you go. Uumm–.”
Chuu. The Red Dragon tried to kiss Bom’s cheeks but after dodging it, Bom spoke in a slightly annoyed tone.
“Red. I haven’t finished my words yet.”
“Un, I can’t hear you. Also, do you want me to give you advice? It would be better for you to distance yourself from that human.”
“…”
“If you ignore my advice and get strangled and r*ped, it’s not my fault okay?”
Then, it murmured to itself “Wow f*ck, that’d be pretty thrilling”.
“Well, if you like it, you can tell him to smack your butt once while you’re at it.”
The Red Dragon tapped its own butt a few times with a chuckle before turning around. Then, it melted into the dimension and vanished.
As if a storm had gone past, the desert was filled with silence.
“…”
Bom who was left, glaring at nothing, ran her fingers through her hair. Her expression remained the same as usual, but it seemed like she was a little annoyed because more than anything, her breaths were a little bit rougher than usual.
“…Sorry ahjussi. I interfered but still failed.”
Soon, Bom approached Yu Jitae with a crestfallen expression.
“Well done.”
The Regressor placed his large hand on top of the green hair.
“What are you planning to do now?”