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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 11: What Do You Mean Oppa and I Are Destined?

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Since their reunion after two thousand five hundred years, every moment she spent with Minjun had felt like a dream.

She had waited for this moment for so long that an ordinary human could never imagine it. How could she not be happy?

And she had thought that happiness would continue from now on.

How could it not? Lovers who had missed each other had reunited, and nothing stood between them anymore.

She had thought all that remained was for them to spend sweet, happy days together without a care in the world.

Then, during training, Minjun suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed.

“Oppaaaa! Oppa! Oppa! Minjun oppa! Wake up, Minjun oppa!”

Calling Minjun's name at the top of her lungs, Sia repeatedly shook his unconscious body.

‘How... how hard it was for us to find each other again!’

At the same time, she cast every healing spell she knew on Minjun.

“I need to check if he’s breathing.”

With trembling hands, she felt for Minjun’s pulse.

It was faint, but thankfully, it was there.

That was all, though.

For now, there was no sign of Minjun waking up.

Even she could not tell exactly why he had suddenly lost consciousness or what condition he was in.

‘A chronic illness? No, it can’t be. Oppa didn’t have anything like that. Then is there another problem I don’t know about? No, that’s not it either. Then why did Oppa collapse? The healing magic isn’t helping. No, it’s worse than that. His condition is actually getting worse.’

If she had not been a dragon, the shock might have made her pass out already.

Barely holding herself together, Sia tried to find the cause of Minjun’s collapse.

But no matter how hard she thought, nothing came to mind.

“Before it gets worse...”

She needed to do something.

Anything.

Her ability to think was gradually becoming paralyzed.

Her hands shaking, she began pulling every healing artifact and potion she had out of her subspace.

But was this really the answer?

Looking at Minjun’s condition, she thought they might have no effect at all, or worse, cause side effects.

Then what about Dragon Speech?

“I don’t have time to think.”

A powerful Dragon Speech spell might be better than some half-baked artifact or potion.

Just as she was about to use Dragon Speech to wake Minjun.

“You would do better not to.”

An unfamiliar voice called out to her, and Sia turned to see who it was.

The owner of that voice, whom she had thought was a stranger, was not a stranger to her at all.

“W-Why...?”

Someone she had never imagined she would meet here, on Earth.

“Grandpa, why are you here...?”

Her grandfather, the former Dragon Lord who had vanished without a trace just before she turned a thousand.

Rokan stood before her.

“Shasha. Are you worried about that man?”

Sia, no, the Red Dragon Shasha, nodded hard.

“Then first, move away from that man. I will take care of the rest.”

* * *

Before I lost consciousness, I had wondered if I was going to die.

But since I had woken up, I supposed I was alive, at least.

Though all the strength had drained from my body.

I opened my eyes and slowly pushed myself up.

“Where am I...?”

Since I had woken after passing out, I expected the first thing I saw to be a hospital.

But it was not.

This was not the training ground where I had collapsed, a hospital, or even my home.

Where the hell was I?

It was a cave-like space so enormous that even a large indoor gym would not compare. Still, it did not seem like an ordinary cave.

There was furniture around, so it looked like someone lived here.

‘Wait. Where’s Sia?’

Sia had definitely been next to me until I lost consciousness, but I could not sense her or anyone else here.

“Sia! Sia!”

Growing frantic, I called out Sia’s name.

What if she had disappeared again?

That could not happen.

We had only just found each other again.

“Your name was Minjun, right? Good. You’re awake now.”

Then an unfamiliar voice spoke.

I had not sensed anyone nearby.

Yet a man who looked to be in his forties was standing above me, looking down at me.

The strange thing was that he had red hair and red eyes, just like Sia.

“Your eyes are darting around, so you must be very confused. Of course you are. I would be too, if I were you.”

“Who... are you?”

No matter how hard I thought, I had no idea. Other than having the same hair and eye color as Sia, there was nothing to tell me who he was.

“I’m Sia’s grandfather.”

“...What?”

Her grandfather?

Both of Sia’s grandfathers had died before she became an adult.

But if he was her grandfather...

“Have you also, excuse me, been reincarnated...?”

“What are you talking about?”

Then what was going on?

He was too young to be a grandfather.

Judging by his looks alone, he seemed young enough to be called an uncle.

But there was something I had overlooked.

Sia, who had been reincarnated as a dragon, had red hair and red eyes.

And her grandfather had the same hair and eye color.

On top of that, this intense presence I could somehow feel was definitely...

“Are you... a dragon?”

“You took your time figuring that out. Yes. Just as you think, I am a dragon.”

Her grandfather laughed heartily.

“You must have many questions. So, what are you most curious about?”

There were countless things I wanted to ask, but naturally, what I wanted to know most was where Sia was.

“Sia. Where is Sia right now?”

“She’s underground. Do not worry. She will come up soon. My granddaughter is terribly worried about you.”

“Whew. That’s a relief.”

I sighed in relief, but because I had not seen Sia with my own eyes, I could not completely shake my unease.

“You seem worried.”

“How could I not be? Sia must have been terrified when I collapsed...”

“Terrified is putting it mildly. She was in a panic.”

“Ah. I only made her worry for nothing.”

I had been training just fine before suddenly collapsing. Of course she would have been shocked.

“Then, Grandfather...”

Thud. Thud.

Just as I was about to continue with my next question, a tremendous rumbling suddenly began beneath the ground.

Thinking the cave might be collapsing, I hurriedly looked for somewhere to take cover. Yet Sia’s grandfather simply smiled calmly.

“Shasha. I understand how you feel, but did I not tell you that your boyfriend still needs to rest?”

Thud. Thud. Thud.

“You seem even more childish than when I last saw you two thousand years ago. Shasha, I know you are anxious, but wait a little longer. Did I not ask you to wait?”

As though Sia truly was beneath us, her grandfather spoke gently, as if soothing a childish granddaughter.

Still, Shasha.

Though she had not said so directly, Shasha seemed to be Sia’s new name as a dragon.

“As you can see, my granddaughter is very worried about you.”

Was that heavy trembling from earlier connected to Sia?

I still did not fully understand the situation, but if her grandfather said so, it must be true.

“I had planned to let you meet after talking for a while and giving you enough time to recover, but my granddaughter seems too impatient. It cannot be helped.”

Her grandfather placed a hand on my head and began murmuring in a language I did not understand.

“There.”

I did not know what spell he had cast on me or what had changed, but saying it was done, he called for Sia.

“Shasha. You can come out now.”

Rumble!

The ground suddenly split open, and someone emerged from the crack.

It was Sia.

“Oppaaaa!”

The instant she came through the gap, Sia ran at me at the speed of light and threw her arms around me.

“Oh, right. I might be suffocating you. Oppa, are you okay? Are you awake now? How does your body feel? You suddenly collapsed...”

“I’m okay. I’m okay. Calm down.”

Worried that something might have happened to me, Sia could not sit still.

I patted her back and did my best to calm her down.

“You really are okay, right? Grandpa, my oppa really is okay, right?”

“As you can see, he is. He only needs a little more rest.”

Her grandfather looked at Sia and me with kind eyes.

Although I had only met him today, I could tell that he cared deeply for Sia.

“Still, oppa? Shasha, you are over two thousand five hundred years old, and that young man you call oppa is only twenty-five by this world’s count.”

“Grandpaaa!”

“Ha ha.”

Perhaps he wanted to tease his granddaughter, because he playfully picked on Sia.

Sia puffed out her cheeks with a sulky expression.

‘Should I tease her too?’

Now that Sia was two thousand five hundred years older than me, I wondered what her reaction would be if I called her Grandma.

But.

“...Oppa? What are you thinking right now?”

For some reason, I felt like I should not.

The instant I turned toward Sia to tease her, a chill ran down my spine.

“N-No, nothing. I was just thinking you seem close with your grandfather.”

“Oh, is that all?”

Thankfully, Sia did not question me further.

“Then once you feel a little better, let’s leave right away. Oppa, we said we would go on a date after training. Is there anything you want to do?”

“Hmm, I guess I should not push myself yet. How about we order delivery and hang out at home today?”

My body did not seem to have any serious issues, and things seemed to have ended well.

I thought all that remained was to return home and enjoy a quiet date together.

But.

“I’m sorry to interrupt, but there is something you two need to know.”

Sia’s grandfather, who had been quietly watching us from behind, spoke up.

“You two are fated not to be together.”

“...What?”

For a moment, I doubted my ears.

How could something like that even exist?

“Grandpa, wh-what do you mean by that...?”

“Shasha. I understand that you want to stay by your boyfriend’s side all day, but if you do, the boyfriend you love will continue to go through things like what happened today. And perhaps...”

Her grandfather, who had been looking at Sia, slowly turned toward me.

“He may die.”

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