My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon - Chapter 47

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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 47: Oppa, Have You Been Waiting Long?

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‘What... is this?’

The astonishing sight unfolding in the sky left me open-mouthed.

I had long known that Sia was so strong that comparing her to ordinary Hunters would be insulting.

Still, seeing was believing.

I knew she was strong, but I had never actually seen Sia fight at full strength.

Until now, I had only imagined what it would be like if she truly set her mind to fighting.

Now, that imagination was becoming reality before my eyes.

Meteor.

Even S-rank Mages found Meteor difficult to cast. Among Mages, it was considered an exceptionally demanding spell.

Yet, there were no fewer than five enormous meteors in the sky.

Simply creating and maintaining that many meteors had to consume an immense amount of mana, but Sia did not look strained in the slightest. She controlled them freely, as though she were playing with pebbles.

No matter how formidable the wyverns were, they would not be able to withstand those meteors easily.

With a single gesture from Sia, the wyverns, apparently grievously wounded, staggered through the air or plummeted from the sky.

But...

‘If that happens...’

Killing the wyverns would only take moments, but if their bodies fell into a densely populated area, there would be massive casualties.

Just as I wondered whether I should step in and do something to prevent any possible loss of life...

The wyvern corpses falling between the buildings rose on their own and began piling up one by one on the rooftops. Even amid the chaos, Sia continued controlling the meteors without the slightest disruption, striking the wyverns that were still alive.

‘...!’

And there was more.

I had missed it at first, but as I watched the battle unfold, I instinctively realized something.

Sia had used Dragon Fear from the very beginning to bind the wyverns' movements.

Despite being dangerous monsters that had claimed the lives of many Hunters, the wyverns could not even make a proper attack, let alone think of running away. They were frozen in place.

There were only two kinds of wyverns there.

Those already dead and falling from the sky, and those still alive but unable to move an inch.

Meanwhile, the house-sized meteors Sia had summoned flew through the air as though performing aerial acrobatics. Brilliant flashes burst dozens of times per second as unidentified spells rained down.

How long had that gone on?

The dozens of wyverns that had nearly turned the area into a wasteland were subdued in an instant before they could accomplish anything.

In just five minutes.

All because they had interrupted Sia's date.

“What... was that?”

I had clearly told everyone to take cover in the corner, but I heard a man's voice right beside me.

When I turned, one man was staring out the window and muttering with a dazed expression.

It seemed that, after the battle began, he had quietly moved closer to the window to watch everything.

‘Honestly, I told them to be careful.’

There were always people who refused to listen.

It was only thanks to Sia handling everything that things had not become troublesome.

But rather than scold him for doing something dangerous, I let everyone in the restaurant know that the situation was over.

“I think you can relax now. Everything's been taken care of, and it looks like the Gate has closed too.”

There were always one or two people like that, and there was no reason to get worked up now that it was over.

“Whew...”

“Really? Already?”

At my words, people sighed in relief and finally returned to their seats.

“Maybe it wasn't such a dangerous Gate Break after all.”

Not long after the situation ended, a woman seated behind me said that to the friend she had come with.

Then, the man who had secretly watched everything from the window beside me cut into their conversation.

“Absolutely not! I saw it. It wasn't an ordinary Gate Break. I think wyverns came out...”

I did not know why he was making such a fuss by interrupting strangers, but at the mention of wyverns, the women were startled and began listening closely.

Others also seemed quite shocked that the Gate had not been ordinary and began paying attention to the man's words.

“Wyverns?”

“If it was wyverns... we really could have died.”

“B-but if wyverns really appeared, could the raid have been completed this quickly?”

“Hunter, are you sure wyverns came out? No, was the raid even really completed?”

I had wanted to quietly wait for Sia, but because of that man, everyone's attention turned toward me.

Some could not believe it, while others suspected the situation was not yet over.

I tried to calm them down as I spoke.

“Yes. I know it's hard to believe, but it's true.”

“That can't be...”

Apparently, they thought it was impossible to eliminate so many wyverns so quickly and without any major damage. They gathered in small groups and whispered among themselves in disbelief.

Regardless, I quietly waited for Sia.

Before long, she returned.

She looked so relaxed that it was hard to believe she had just fought dozens of wyverns.

Anyone would think she had gone to the bathroom, not stopped a Gate Break.

“Oppa, sorry. Have you been waiting long?”

“No, but, um...”

There were people listening, so I trailed off. Sia discreetly cast Silence around us before answering.

“We couldn't let that ruin our date, so I went and took care of it quickly.”

She called an estimated S-rank Gate Break, dangerous enough to throw the entire country into chaos for days, just “that.”

Once again, I realized how incredible dragons were.

“You didn't get hurt anywhere, did you?”

“Of course not! I didn't even get a scratch, so don't worry.”

Saying she could never be hurt by something like that, Sia resumed eating her tteokbokki as if nothing had happened.

But...

I wanted to chat happily with Sia in a sweet atmosphere as though nothing had happened too, but I could still see the image of her slicing through wyverns with a shhk, shhk, as though she were slicing radishes.

The cute Sia in front of me and the woman who had defeated wyverns as easily as catching lizards were the same person.

I was still dazed.

“Oppa, what's wrong? Don't you have an appetite?”

When I stopped eating my tteokbokki and stared into space for a moment, Sia asked worriedly.

“No. I was just thinking that, thanks to you, the whole world will probably be noisy for a while. There won't be any chance of your identity being exposed, right?”

If her identity were revealed, it would surely cause no end of trouble.

At my concern, Sia smiled brightly.

“Don't worry! I changed my appearance on the way there, and I erased all the remaining traces of mana too. No one will realize it was me.”

A fellow dragon might notice, Sia added quietly.

After that, Sia told me about her fight with the wyverns.

Just as I had expected, she first subdued them with Dragon Fear, then used Meteor to resolve the situation as quickly and cleanly as possible.

She also said that the wyvern bodies I had assumed she had destroyed were being temporarily stored in her lair.

Later, she would either sell them or process them into new equipment.

“Anyway! I've talked too much about myself. I wanted to hear about you too, Oppa.”

“Then shall we continue this at a cafe?”

The Gate Break had left the place unsettled, so it did not seem like the best place to stay.

“Okay! Before that, Oppa, I'm going to get a few portions of tteokbokki to go.”

Our Sia really did like this place's tteokbokki.

We should come back sometime.

* * *

After we finished eating, we spent a pleasant time together at a cozy cafe.

Then, after leaving the cafe, we headed straight to my apartment.

We only had one hour left, so it was awkward to go anywhere else.

“Next time, should we spend all four hours at your place having chicken and beer together?”

“That sounds nice. It would bring back the old days too.”

After buying snacks and drinks at the convenience store in front of my building, Sia and I went back home.

“Mmm, it smells nice. Oppa, do you use a diffuser?”

“No. Is it the scent of fabric softener? I can't smell anything, though.”

Maybe Sia's sense of smell was more sensitive than an ordinary human's because she was a dragon.

“Oh, then I guess it's your scent, Oppa. How can even your scent be this handsome?”

“...Ugh. Sia, that's embarrassing.”

Embarrassed by Sia's uniquely cringeworthy compliment, I lowered my head. Sia lightly patted my back as I blushed.

“But it's true.”

My room was small and had nothing much to see, but Sia thoroughly looked it over.

“The clothes I gave you last time are hanging up nicely.”

While looking at the balcony, Sia noticed that the clothes she had given me before were hanging there and smiled with satisfaction.

I still did not know exactly why she had given me those clothes, but I had kept them safe in case she visited my place like today.

“It's good for a man living alone to have a woman's clothes and shoes around, right?”

“...?”

Sometimes, when I listened to Sia, it felt like I had been dropped into a world where gender roles were reversed.

Anyway.

After looking around my small place, Sia sat on the floor and began opening the snacks we had bought.

“We used to eat this much all the time. Remember?”

“No matter how hard things got, having a beer with you here was what kept me going. I don't think I realized back then how precious that little happiness was.”

We reminisced about the past and chatted warmly.

While we were eating snacks...

“Oh, right. I have something to give you, Oppa.”

Sia took something from her pocket dimension and placed it before me.

It was a ring and necklace in clean silver-white tones.

Come to think of it, Sia had worn a new ring and necklace today that I had never seen before.

Was this why she had smiled so strangely when I said the jewelry she was wearing looked pretty?

“Are these couple accessories?”

“Yep! I made them myself so we could wear them together. Aren't they pretty?”

“Whoever made them did a very stylish job.”

Personally, I had thought jewelry in that color might look a little awkward on a man, but seeing its delicate craftsmanship and simple design, I thought I could wear it just fine.

“Hehe, that's a relief. I put a lot of care into making them so we could wear them together. Want me to put the necklace on you?”

“Yeah. Thanks.”

The moment I agreed, Sia hummed as she put the necklace on me. Then she personally slipped the ring onto my finger too.

“Mm, as expected, everything looks good on you, Oppa.”

Apparently satisfied, Sia took a picture of me wearing the ring and necklace.

“Oh, and Oppa. This necklace and ring have one secret. Want to guess?”

“A secret?”

As though she wanted me to guess quickly, Sia leaned toward me, her eyes sparkling.

“Let's see. What secret could be hidden in these?”

What secret could such small pieces of jewelry hold?

After thinking for a moment, I came up with one possibility.

The moment that theory came to mind, a chill ran over my entire body.