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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈
Chapter 153: oppa, That Was So Satisfying.
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Minjun, too, soon realized who the “guest” Rokan had mentioned was.
“The guest you mentioned must be one of the dragons who settled here.”
Not a dragon from Agartha, but one who had settled on the surface.
Now that Minjun could sense dragons’ auras, he could roughly guess who the “guest” was from the aura he gave off.
“Yes. But I’d rather not have you meet him right now.”
Minjun had a vague idea of why Rokan had said that.
He had only just returned to Earth, and his head was already spinning from learning so many truths at once. Rokan probably thought that meeting another dragon now would do him no good.
Still.
“If you’re saying that because you’re worried about me, I’ll be fine.”
Minjun had no intention of avoiding the meeting.
As Rokan had said, they would have to meet someday anyway.
Besides, Minjun honestly didn’t think the circumstances of their meeting would make much difference.
And even if something did happen, he had reliable allies right beside him. What was there to fear?
“Are you sure you’ll be all right?”
“Isn’t it better to get the beating over with?”
“...Very well, if that’s what you want.”
Rokan then glanced toward Sia to ask her opinion, wondering if she might feel uncomfortable.
Sia spoke as though she knew what he was asking.
“I don’t mind either, Grandpa.”
Having confirmed what they both wanted, Rokan finally let the rather unwelcome guest into his lair.
“It’s been a while, Rokan.”
The guest was none other than Evan.
He was the very dragon who had openly criticized Sia before, comparing her relationship with Minjun to one with a pet.
Despite his polite tone, there was nothing polite about the way Evan stared at Minjun.
His eyes were full of disgust, as though he were looking at a bug.
But Evan wasn’t the only one with that look in his eyes.
“What brings you here?”
Rokan greeted him with eyes full of disgust.
“I sensed an unfamiliar aura near your lair, so I came out of equal parts concern and curiosity.”
With an unsettling smile, Evan slowly turned his head toward Minjun.
“So it was coming from this fellow who’s neither one thing nor the other.”
“...”
How rude.
To put it more strongly, he was an ass.
Sia frowned and glared at Evan, and Rokan did the same.
But Minjun, the actual target of the insult, simply watched him with his arms crossed and an indifferent expression.
He was offended too, but he figured showing it would only give Evan what he wanted.
Instead, Sia stepped in.
“Evan, if anyone’s neither one thing nor the other, isn’t it you? You’ve grown old, but mentally, you’re less mature than a newborn hatchling.”
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Sia mocked the rude dragon, who didn’t deserve even a shred of respect.
“Shasha, you seem rather touchy. I merely called him neither one thing nor the other because he’s neither human nor dragon. What should I call him to satisfy you, then, Shasha?”
“Even the noblest name would be dirtied by passing through your mouth, so why don’t you just shut your trap?”
Evan kept up his arrogant attitude without caring what Rokan thought, while Sia seemed determined to get under his skin in return.
The atmosphere made Minjun a little uncomfortable, but he still didn’t regret choosing to stay.
“Stop this pointless posturing. If you have no other business here, leave.”
Before Rokan could step in, Sia fired back.
Evan didn’t back down either.
“Of course I have business here.”
With a nasty smile, Evan slowly approached Minjun, glaring at him.
“Human. What trick did you pull to manage even a clumsy imitation of our clan’s abilities?”
Evan brought his face close to Minjun’s, as though warning him not to look away.
But Minjun had no intention of avoiding his gaze.
He couldn’t let Evan intimidate him from their very first meeting.
And since the other side was acting so unreasonably, it was only right for him to be bold in return.
Besides, he had no reason to feel inferior.
He might currently be somewhere between a human and a dragon, but in his previous life, he had been a dragon just like them.
He still knew very little about that previous life, but it was enough to give him confidence.
“I’m not sure what you mean by a clumsy imitation, but if you’re asking how I learned to use Dragon Speech, I kept working at it, and eventually I managed.”
“That is not a power humans should dare to wield.”
Lowering his voice, Evan pressured Minjun as though interrogating him.
“So I’ve heard. But apparently, I had a talent I didn’t know about. I had a little luck on my side, too.”
Yet even in that hostile atmosphere, Minjun remained completely calm and stared Evan straight in the eye.
“I don’t know who they were, but someone tampered with a Gate I entered, and I nearly ended up lost and wandering through other dimensions. But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Thanks to that, I was able to reach this level.”
In a bold, slightly irritating tone, Minjun spoke as though Evan himself had been responsible.
He had no physical evidence that Evan had been involved, but saying this much should be enough to get on his nerves.
And his prediction proved right to some extent.
Evan hated seeing a human freely use his clan’s power, yet in a way, he had ended up helping Minjun instead.
Anger rose within him, but Evan kept his expression blank as he offered a reply.
“How fortunate for you.”
“Thank you for saying that to someone who’s neither one thing nor the other.”
Minjun had no intention of stopping there.
“By the way, Evan. I still haven’t heard what your business here is.”
Without so much as a blink, Minjun took control of the conversation.
Evan’s eyebrow twitched, apparently quite offended.
“Every member of our clan who has settled here is now aware of this situation. There will probably be a meeting soon to decide what to do about you.”
After checking Rokan’s and Sia’s reactions, Minjun nodded as though he understood.
“I understand what you’re saying, but are you speaking as the representative of every dragon on Earth?”
Of course he wasn’t.
It hadn’t been long since Minjun returned to Earth. There was no way all the dragons here had already gathered, held a meeting, and reached that conclusion.
“No, but it’s obvious that things can only head in that direction. Rokan, Shasha, and every other dragon will think the same.”
“Then it would’ve been enough for me to hear it from my Sia or Rokan. Yet you went out of your way to tell this lowly creature who’s neither one thing nor the other. I must have misunderstood you, Evan. You’re more thoughtful and kind than I expected.”
Minjun stressed the words “out of your way,” steadily getting under Evan’s skin.
He had once again pointed out, for everyone present to hear, that Evan’s main purpose in coming was simply to pick a fight.
Left speechless, Evan’s face grew redder by the moment.
Wondering if he had been too disrespectful to someone who was still a dragon, however much he disliked him, Minjun glanced at Rokan and Sia.
But Rokan’s expression seemed to say there was no problem at all. Beside him, Sia was smiling, apparently pleased to see Minjun teasing Evan without being the slightest bit intimidated.
“Is there anything else you’d like to say, Evan?”
“...”
Evan bit his lip in frustration, then stared hard at Minjun again.
“I’ll see you then, you monster.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
Minjun refused to back down to the very end.
“Rokan, I’ll see you again soon.”
With that, Evan left Rokan’s lair with a scowl.
The moment Evan was gone...
“Pfft.”
Sia burst into the laughter she had been holding back.
“oppa, did you see? At the end, Evan couldn’t say a word, and his face went as red as a tomato.”
After all the resentment she had built up toward Evan, Sia looked utterly relieved, grinning from ear to ear.
“He probably never imagined you’d stand up to him like that. I bet he’d love to kill you, but too bad. He can’t just lay a hand on you anymore.”
Sia then chattered away about her first meeting with Evan and all the bad encounters that had followed.
Minjun chimed in here and there, joining her in badmouthing him.
“You have no idea how good it feels to finally tell you everything, oppa. Ahh.”
“If you feel better, I’m happy too.”
“But... part of me knows we can’t just celebrate.”
It was wonderful that Minjun had put Evan in his place so satisfyingly, but there were still problems they needed to resolve.
Being able to use Dragon Speech as freely as a dragon didn’t mean he had become one.
Besides, because he hadn’t fully become a dragon yet, they couldn’t have children. And judging by the way Evan had shown up, their troubles weren’t over.
Things probably wouldn’t go smoothly unless the other dragons accepted their relationship.
“Everything will be fine. The other dragons won’t have much to object to. And the dragons in Agartha will support me too, so what you’re worried about won’t happen.”
For now, it seemed likely that dragons like Evan would act out of spite and throw whatever trials they could at him.
But Minjun wasn’t particularly afraid.
He didn’t think it would be all that difficult. And even if he hit a wall, he had a vague confidence that the experience would help him awaken his power.
“You trust me, right?”
“Yeah...”
Hadn’t Minjun completely mastered Dragon Speech far faster than anyone had predicted?
Besides, they now suspected that he had been a dragon in his previous life. Whatever trials he faced, he would probably find a way through in the end.
Reassured by Minjun’s confident manner, Sia hugged him from behind.
But there was one thing.
One thing still bothered her.
“Grandpa. About our time limit.”
Because their auras were incompatible, there was a limit to how long they could stay together, even when they wanted more time.
If the other dragons seized on that point, it would certainly become a nuisance.
Besides, it had already been a couple of hours since Minjun arrived here, so it was about time to check how much time they had left.
It was only natural for the subject to come up.
“Has anything changed since before...?”
Now that he could use Dragon Speech perfectly and had even reached the point of sensing other dragons’ auras, the time they could spend together must have increased, though she didn’t know by how much.
Minjun was looking forward to that too, so he watched Rokan’s expression.
If only they could have a little more time together. Even just a little.
“It has changed. A great deal.”
“Then how much time do we have each week now...?”
If he said “a great deal,” surely that meant the time they could spend together had increased dramatically.
Had it perhaps doubled?
Or even tripled?
Though they knew they were being greedy, Sia and Minjun waited anxiously for Rokan’s next words.
“The restriction you two had is now completely gone.”
“...!!!”
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