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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 46: Oppa, Wait Here a Moment.

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Some couples might be fine with only seeing each other briefly once a week, but Sia and I were not.

After our miraculous reunion, we wanted to be together everywhere, without ever being apart.

Yet, perhaps as a joke of fate, until recently we could only meet for three hours a week because our energies were incompatible.

And now, the time we could spend together was going to increase.

“Really? By how much?”

I eagerly asked Rokan.

If Sia had been here, how would she have reacted?

She probably would have hugged me tightly, jumping up and down to show how happy she was.

Perhaps he liked my reaction, because Rokan smiled gently as he answered.

“I estimate it will be around four to five hours a week. It is all thanks to how quickly you have grown. Congratulations.”

“What about Sia? Does Sia know about this?”

“Of course not. I only realized it during our sparring match earlier. We will need to check later to know the exact amount of time.”

At Rokan’s words, I clenched my fist in delight.

To some people, an extra hour or two a week might not seem like much. But for Sia and me, every single hour was precious.

“Tomorrow was already the day I was supposed to see Sia!”

“You look like you are dying to tell her. Go on, tell her quickly.”

Just as Rokan said, I immediately picked up my phone and called Sia.

[Yes, oppa! I was going to call you before bed. I guess we were thinking of each other.]

“Looks like it. That’s strange. Ah, Sia, I have some good news.”

[What is it? What is it?]

At the mention of good news, Sia’s voice grew excited too.

Before getting to the actual news, I told her about today’s sparring match and what Rokan had told me about the dungeon, hoping to build up the mood.

And after I finished.

I finally told Sia that we would be able to spend more time together.

From now on, we could see each other for around four to five hours a week.

The instant I finished speaking, Sia’s joyful scream nearly tore my ears apart through the phone.

[Aaaah! That’s amazing! Then tomorrow, we can be together longer than three hours, right? Right?]

“Of course. We do not know the exact time yet, but we can at least spend an extra hour together.”

[Aaaah!]

Seeing Sia so happy made me happy too, but her scream was so loud through the phone that I quietly lowered the volume.

“So, I think we should find somewhere else we can visit besides the cafe we were originally going to tomorrow.”

[Yeah! I’ll think of somewhere too!]

“I’m at your grandfather’s house, so we probably cannot talk long. Let’s call again tomorrow morning.”

[Okay, oppa. Dream about me!]

Throughout the call, Sia could barely contain her excitement.

Let’s see. What should we do with an extra hour or two?

Thinking about it was nice, but first, I should train a little more.

“I think I have caught my breath enough. Let’s start right away.”

“I think you should rest a little longer.”

“My date is tomorrow, so I want to go home early and sleep early. I cannot be tired when I see Sia.”

Rokan burst into hearty laughter at my answer.

“Youth. Such youth.”

* * *

The next day, the day of my date with Sia.

It had been two whole weeks since we last met, and we could spend more time together than before. I found myself humming while getting ready.

There was a popular tteokbokki place near the cafe, styled like an old-fashioned snack bar. I was sure Sia would like it if we went together.

After we finished the tteokbokki, we could go to the cafe, then maybe take a walk in the nearby park.

Ah, or going to a coin karaoke room for the first time in a while would not be bad either.

Or, since we could use Teleport anyway, perhaps we could have a cozy little date at Sia’s place or mine during the extra time.

While I happily imagined our date and got ready, a KakaoTalk notification popped up.

There was not much time left until the date, so I naturally assumed it was Sia and opened my phone.

But the sender was Yuna.

[Minjun, what are you doing?]

The moment I saw the message, I realized I had made a mistake. But there was nothing I could do about it.

I had not meant to, but I had ended up giving Yuna my number when we met last time.

As I wondered how to reply, I decided to leave the message unread and ignore it.

I normally did not do that, no matter who messaged me or what they said. But this time was an exception.

Sia might feel uncomfortable about it.

I needed time to think about how I should respond too, so it would be better to answer later.

After turning off Yuna’s KakaoTalk notifications, I finished getting ready to go out.

Once I was ready, I headed straight to our meeting place.

Sure enough, Sia had arrived before me again today.

“Oppa!”

The moment she spotted me, Sia ran straight over and threw herself into my arms.

I gently patted her back and held her tightly.

“It’s been two weeks. Have you been well?”

“Not really. So much happened over those two weeks.”

Sia was right. It had been an eventful two weeks.

It would have been a lie to say I had been well.

Leaving everything else aside, Sia must have worried terribly while I was unconscious for several days.

“When I first found out you were trapped in the Gate, I thought my heart was going to drop out.”

“I can imagine. You must have been really scared. I’m sorry. I only made you worry because of that.”

“No, it was not your fault. Besides, we can be together longer than usual today.”

That morning, Rokan had told me that I could spend exactly four and a half hours with Sia. Sia had apparently learned the same thing from Rokan around the same time.

Knowing that the time we could spend together had increased by one and a half times overnight, Sia already looked thrilled.

“But time is precious, so let’s go quickly. We do not have time to stand around here.”

Sia adorably urged me along, and we entered our first destination, the snack bar.

It was a small, plain-looking old snack bar, the kind one might often see in front of an elementary school.

But the laminated autographs stuck to the walls, along with the crowds of men and women in their twenties and thirties rather than elementary school students, made it easy to see that this was a well-established local favorite.

After barely finding seats and ordering, we immediately started chatting.

“Wow, how did you find a place like this? You really found a good one.”

“After I found the cafe, I looked around for good places to eat nearby. The menu and atmosphere both seemed like something you would like. So I looked into it, and apparently this place is really good.”

“Hehe, I can’t wait. That’s my oppa.”

With a satisfied expression, Sia closed her eyes and enjoyed the spicy scent of tteokbokki filling the snack bar.

Seeing how cute she was made me want to tease her.

While Sia had her eyes closed, I playfully leaned over and gave her lips a light kiss.

The moment our lips touched, Sia’s eyes flew open. Soon, her cheeks began to redden.

“Honestly, oppa. People can see us.”

“We are in the corner, so I do not think anyone else saw.”

She twisted shyly, but I could tell that Sia was very pleased by my surprise kiss.

As we shared sweet affection and talked about this and that, the food we ordered finally arrived.

Tteokbokki, sundae, fish cakes, and gimbap.

“Enjoy, Sia.”

“You too, oppa!”

Our pleasant meal began.

Sia smiled nonstop while eating the tteokbokki. The phrase “crazy about tteokbokki” suited her perfectly.

Looking at that bright smile, I understood why people said they could feel full without eating.

“What do you think, Sia?”

“I think you really found the perfect place! You know how there is modern tteokbokki and old-fashioned snack bar tteokbokki? There are not many places that make the old-fashioned kind these days, so it is hard to find. This tastes exactly like I remember. And it is delicious!”

Perhaps she was truly impressed by the tteokbokki, because Sia excitedly described the flavor in detail like a food YouTuber.

Of course, just as I expected, Sia ordered another serving of tteokbokki.

“I think I should get a few servings to take home when we leave.”

...She must have really liked it.

At this rate, maybe it would not be so bad to stay here instead of going to the cafe.

We had eaten over half of our food when Sia asked,

“Oppa, did you think about what we should do after we go to the cafe?”

The topic of the next part of our date came up.

“I have a few ideas. Did you think of anything, Sia?”

“I would be happy doing anything with you, oppa, but I did think of a few things...”

Before Sia could finish.

Rrrrumble...

The entire restaurant suddenly shook violently.

“Aaaah!”

“W-What is that?”

“Is it an earthquake?”

“No, it is not an earthquake, it is...”

The ordinary customers could not tell what was causing the shaking, but as a Hunter, I could.

Judging from the unstable flow of mana in the air, this was definitely...

““A Gate Break!””

Perhaps Sia sensed the same thing, because she shouted the same words at the same time as me.

A Gate Break.

It was a phenomenon that occurred from time to time when a Gate was not cleared by its deadline, or more rarely, when a Gate Break suddenly appeared in midair without any warning.

Things had been quiet lately, so why did this have to happen now?

And judging by the amount and flow of mana I could sense, this was clearly a high-rank Gate Break.

A high-rank Gate Break, in Seoul.

There would definitely be many casualties.

Even though I was scared too, in a situation like this, I needed to follow the manual first...

Wait.

As my thoughts tangled together, I accidentally met Sia’s eyes.

Sia looked extremely displeased by this situation.

Not anxious.

It was something I sometimes forgot, but Sia was a dragon.

A dragon possessed power beyond even the strongest SSS-rank Hunters, power that surpassed national authority and rivaled the authority of the entire world.

Sia frowned and muttered quietly, loud enough for only me to hear.

“How dare those lizard bastards interrupt my date with oppa after we finally got to see each other again?”

If she meant Lizardmen, the flow of mana I felt was far too strong.

“Oppa. Stay right there and wait for me.”

With those words, Sia quietly slipped outside while everyone was thrown into panic.

She was probably going to deal with the Gate Break.

I wanted to tell her I would go with her, but I instinctively knew.

If I went, I would only hold Sia back.

So for now, I should do what I could.

“It seems to be a Gate Break!”

I announced it loudly to everyone and held up my Hunter ID to show them that I was a Hunter.

“A-A Gate Break?”

“Aaaah! What do we do?”

At the words Gate Break, everyone panicked. Some were so shocked that they collapsed where they stood or even fainted.

“It is safer to stay here for now. We will assess the situation, and if this drags on, we should move to a shelter then.”

It did not seem like this would last long because Sia had stepped in, but I still had to say what the manual required.

I told everyone that I would keep watch outside. If monsters came this way, I would give them a signal to evacuate or confront them. For now, they should hide in the corner in case of an emergency.

‘Though I do not know whether I could stop them.’

Judging from the flow of mana, they seemed to be high-level monsters that I would still struggle to face.

After calming the frightened people, I cautiously stuck my head outside and checked the monsters coming through the opened Gate.

They were too far away for me to see clearly, but judging by their shape and size, they were definitely...

‘Wyverns.’

I would need to get closer to tell whether they were A-rank Mini Wyverns or S-rank Wyverns. But one thing was certain. With monsters of that rank in numbers like that, this whole area would be devastated in the blink of an eye.

If Sia had not been here, that was.

Since I could not see Sia clearly because she had not released her Polymorph, I hurriedly took a pair of Hunter binoculars from my subspace and searched for her.

Perhaps so no one else would recognize her, Sia had transformed into the red-haired goddess form I had seen when we first reunited.

With an expression that showed just how unhappy she was about having our precious time interrupted, Sia was raining down merciless Meteors on the wyverns in her fury.

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