My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon - Chapter 27

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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 27: There Were So Many Things I Wanted to Do with Oppa.

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Judging by the gap in my memory, I must have blacked out.

I had definitely been making love with Sia, just as we always did.

...Things had gotten more intense than usual because of the mood, but no matter how intense it had been, did it make sense to pass out while doing that with your girlfriend?

‘What happened?’

My head felt thick with fog.

The rest of my senses felt numb too.

I did not know how much time had passed.

“...Oppa, oppa!”

Sia’s worried voice was the first thing I heard, and then my other senses gradually returned.

“Oppa, are you awake?”

“Ugh...”

I held my forehead with one hand and looked around.

Sia was looking at me anxiously, and...

...Rokan?

Why was Rokan here?

Come to think of it, this was not Sia’s lair. It was Rokan’s.

“You’re awake. Are you feeling all right?”

“Yes. But what in the world...?”

What had happened?

“As you can see, you lost consciousness. Shasha brought you here as soon as you did.”

Rokan’s words naturally raised a question in my mind.

Why would I have... blacked out?

Sia and I were allowed three hours together each week.

But it could not have been more than about an hour, at most, from when Sia and I got carried away while making and eating tteokbokki.

Rokan rubbed his chin, then let out a sigh.

“Opposing energies must have tried to merge by force, causing a backlash between them.”

“I don’t understand what you mean.”

“It is still only a hypothesis. But I believe the cause was that your relationship went beyond simply meeting and became more deeply intertwined.”

He had used the most indirect wording possible, but what Rokan meant was clear.

Flush!

Sia and I both turned red at once.

There was nothing strange about it between lovers.

But having my girlfriend’s grandfather find out about it was a completely different matter.

...How was I supposed to continue this conversation?

“Then, according to what Grandpa said, if Minjun oppa and I do, um, that...”

“It means that regardless of the time allotted to you, what happened today will happen again.”

“...I understand.”

“It is only a hypothesis, but what else could it be besides that?”

Maybe it was just my imagination, but Rokan seemed to be trying to keep a straight face for our sake as well.

“This can be resolved once I can fully control the dragon’s power too, right?”

“That much is certain. That is the root of the problem, after all.”

Haa...

Holding back the sigh that threatened to escape, I nodded.

“Oppa is back to normal now, so we’ll head back!”

“Go on. Your time together is precious, so I should not get in the way.”

After briefly saying goodbye to Rokan, we returned to Sia’s lair.

“Still... I’m glad you weren’t hurt, oppa.”

Sia said she had thought something truly terrible had happened, patting her chest in relief as soon as we got back.

“At this point, I’m starting to think I’m an ocean sunfish.”

The mood was too stiff, so I tossed out a joke to lighten it.

“Even if I laugh, it won’t really be a laugh, oppa.”

Even so, Sia gave me a bitter smile.

“Then, for a while...”

“We can’t do it.”

Earlier, we had restrained our emotions as much as possible because Rokan was there.

But now, neither of us hid how disappointed we were that we would not be able to sleep together for a while.

“I waited 2,500 years, and we barely managed to do it once in Gangneung...”

Sia’s eyes filled with deep regret.

“If we hadn’t done it then, I think I would have regretted it forever.”

“Yeah. Heaven can be so cruel...”

Things had been getting so heated, yet they had ended this pointlessly.

“I’m only saying this now, but I was really looking forward to it.”

Right. It must have been even harder for Sia.

“There were lots of things I wanted to try with you too, oppa.”

“...?”

That was the first time I had heard her say that.

“Just in case, I bought some rope, handcuffs, and all kinds of costumes too...”

“...Ah.”

All I could do was groan at Sia’s belated confession.

‘God help me.’

* * *

It was already the sixth day since our housewarming date, one I would never forget for many reasons.

As we wrapped up the date, Sia gave me several gifts as thanks for my present.

The gifts were couple T shirts, couple accessories, and couple hats that Sia had picked out herself.

...And clothes Sia had worn.

‘Sia, why are you suddenly giving me these?’

‘Because I thought you would want to feel the same way I do?’

She wanted me to experience the feeling of living in a newlywed home just like she did.

On top of that, she had said:

‘I don’t want other people to think this is a house where a man lives alone.’

...Honestly, I was not sure what she meant by that.

Was it like leaving a man’s shoes in the shoe rack of a woman living alone?

I stared at Sia’s clothes hanging on the rack in the corner of my balcony, then turned away.

That was not important right now.

‘It’s taking longer than I expected.’

It had been almost ten days since I manifested that mysterious sword aura.

Since the control device was not finished, I still could not enter a Gate.

That aurora colored sword aura meant I could not go into a Gate until Rokan finished the control device.

I had expected it to take no more than a week, but there was still no word.

“...Should I call him?”

I felt bad about asking, but surely I could at least ask when it would be ready.

Then, at that moment, Rokan called.

“Hello?”

[Come to the lair. The control device is complete.]

Wow, damn. Goosebumps.

Speak of the devil.

“Yes, I’ll be right there!”

As soon as I hung up, I started changing clothes.

I had been bored out of my mind doing nothing like some layabout. Finally, I could go back into Gates.

I used to drag my feet every time I went to a Gate, complaining that I did not want to go earn money. And for a year after that incident, I had been afraid of going into Gates at all.

It really hit me how much my mindset had changed.

It was all thanks to Sia.

Once I was ready to go out, I immediately used an artifact to move to Rokan’s lair.

“Rokan, I’m here!”

“...Welcome.”

I had not noticed it over the phone, but seeing him in person, Rokan looked utterly exhausted.

His eyes were hollow, and even his usually neat hair was a mess. It made me realize just how grueling the research must have been.

And those dark circles hanging under his eyes were something else.

‘I could use those as a jump rope.’

What kind of difficult item was this control device if it took even an ancient dragon like Rokan nearly ten days to make and left him this drained?

“Um, Rokan. You are all right, aren’t you?”

“I am better than I expected. Better than I expected.”

Despite his words, Rokan’s eyes were terribly hollow.

Later, I should bring him a box of red ginseng out of courtesy.

“Thank you.”

“No. It was rather enjoyable. It gave me a subtle challenge.”

He looked far too unwell for that to be true.

“Follow me.”

I followed Rokan somewhere.

This lair was much bigger than it looked, so there were still plenty of places I had never seen.

After we moved to another area, I arrived at a room filled with various artifacts, tools that looked like they belonged in a blacksmith’s shop, a miniature furnace, and unfamiliar objects whose purposes I could not guess.

This was probably Rokan’s workshop.

Rokan glanced around the workshop, then took something out of a drawer.

“It is the control device. Try it on.”

“Ah... This is it?”

Unlike what I had expected, it looked extremely ordinary.

Judging only by its appearance, it looked like a plain silver bracelet one might find at an accessory shop in a busy shopping district.

“If you wear this, it will control that power. Other than being unable to use that sword aura, you will be the same as usual.”

“But what if I have no choice but to use it?”

That sword aura was a dangerous power that could consume me, but it was also a powerful weapon capable of facing beings far beyond my level.

If I were cornered, there might be times when I had no choice but to use that power.

Rokan answered my question.

“If it is unavoidable, you must use it. I will explain that in detail shortly, so put it on first.”

Rokan held out the control device, and I fastened it around my wrist before lightly moving my arm.

I had expected a change in my mana flow or some physical change the moment I put it on, but nothing happened.

“Now we should check whether it is working properly.”

To test the control device’s performance, we moved to a training area.

As usual, Sia said she would watch my training remotely today.

[Good morning, oppa!]

Sia appeared on the huge screen as always and happily waved at me.

She looked the same as usual, but one thing stood out.

“Sia, those clothes.”

[They’re your clothes, oppa! I was curious, so I tried them on. They’re great for pajamas. They’re super comfortable.]

Sia was wearing the old clothes I had given her as pajamas.

They had been among the better clothes I gave her, but they were still pilling badly and the sleeves kept slipping down. They did not look very comfortable for sleeping in.

[So, oppa, can you give me more old clothes if you have any at home?]

“I can, but...”

Personally, I would rather she use them as rags or disposable work clothes than pajamas.

I should probably buy her new pajamas.

[Really? Thank you!]

I had not even finished answering, but Sia smiled sweetly and thanked me.

I could not believe she was so happy just because I said I would give her old clothes, not even a proper gift.

Then she pinched the fabric with her fingers and began sniffing it.

Did the old clothes smell bad or something?

“Do they smell?”

[No. Not at all. It just feels like they smell like you, oppa.]

What was that supposed to mean?