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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 62: Even I Can’t Do That.

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As soon as he returned home, Minjun, exhausted to the limit, collapsed onto his bed.

He was covered not only in dirt but bloodstains as well, so he was hardly in any state to lie down on his bed. But Minjun was in no condition to worry about that now.

He had pretended to be fine in front of Sia and Rokan, but he was not doing well either.

All strength had drained from his body, his head was spinning, and a numbing pain ran through different parts of his body.

Even after drinking an elixir, which boasted the greatest restorative effect of any potion, he still felt terrible. It made him realize again just how dangerous his condition had been.

“I wonder if Sia is okay...”

Just as Sia was worried about Minjun, he could not help worrying about her.

He had not heard a detailed explanation about rampages, but he had been told that the pain she felt during one continued even after it ended.

He considered calling her out of concern, but if she was asleep, he would only interrupt her recovery.

So Minjun decided to wait.

Rokan would know Sia’s current condition better than anyone, so Minjun decided not to contact Sia until Rokan contacted him first.

Still.

‘This time, I succeeded in using Dragon Speech too.’

He had escaped the crisis through a similar process, in conditions similar to when he had first used Dragon Speech.

Had it simply been a coincidence? Or was it an inevitability born from the will that formed the foundation of Dragon Speech?

There was much to think about, but Minjun first tried to sleep.

Both his body and mind were too exhausted to think about anything else.

Three hours after Minjun fell asleep.

Feeling someone’s presence, Minjun woke up.

Then.

“...Lord Rokan?”

“Yes. Are you feeling a little better now?”

Rokan spoke to him.

If Rokan was here, Sia had probably overcome the worst of it.

“I think I’ll be fine after resting.”

“I’m sorry. I only stopped by briefly to check on you, but it seems I woke you.”

“No, it’s all right. Thank you for worrying about me. By the way, how is Sia?”

He was wide awake after being startled, so Minjun turned on the room’s light to have a short conversation with Rokan.

Rokan settled onto the floor and slowly answered him.

“She is better than before. The pain has lessened, and if she rests well for about a week, I do not think there will be any major problems.”

“...That’s a relief. When Sia first began rampaging...”

As he spoke, Minjun stopped and lowered his head, as though he did not want to recall that moment.

“I’m sorry to bring up an unpleasant memory, but could you tell me what happened then? If it is difficult, you can tell me later.”

Rokan spoke as gently as possible so as not to burden him.

“No. I’ll tell you now.”

After finishing a glass of water, Minjun told Rokan what had happened.

Rokan had vaguely guessed, but after hearing it all, Minjun surviving under such terrible conditions was a miracle in itself.

Minjun was an ordinary human who had only recently become a B-rank Hunter.

Not only had he survived Sia’s rampage, which even dragons struggled to contain, he had even stopped it.

How had he created such a miracle in a situation where it would not have been strange for him to lose his life?

“I think it was probably because Sia endured it with all she had. She must have desperately tried not to hurt me.”

“Yes, that must have played a part. Even so, the fact that you returned alive is an unbelievable miracle. Thank you again. For returning safely, and for easing Shasha’s pain.”

Rokan, who rarely bowed his head, bowed to Minjun, someone far beneath him in seniority, with gratitude.

“Lord Rokan, you don’t need to do this...”

“No. If one has received help, it is only right to express gratitude.”

It made Minjun deeply uncomfortable to see Rokan bowing to him, but in the end, he accepted Rokan’s thanks.

Then.

“By the way, Minjun. How did you manage to stop Shasha’s rampage?”

“Huh?”

Minjun tilted his head at Rokan’s question.

Had he not clearly said earlier that he had stopped the rampage with Dragon Speech?

“Wasn’t it possible to stop it with Dragon Speech?”

Since Sia had not explained rampages to Minjun in detail, he had thought that stopping one was not completely impossible for dragons.

So he had assumed that if Rokan had been there, he would have controlled the rampage long ago.

“No. Even I cannot stop Shasha’s rampage.”

“...What?”

Minjun’s surprised voice rose without him realizing it.

“...Then how did you stop Sia’s rampages before?”

“Since we could not stop them, all we could do was endure until they ended. We could only nullify the uncontrolled magic or put up barriers to keep Shasha’s magic from escaping the area after she lost control.”

As if the memories had returned while he spoke, Rokan sighed with a bitter expression.

After hearing Rokan’s story, Minjun looked blank with shock.

Then that meant...

If other dragons had not stopped Sia’s rampages every time she went through one...

She had writhed in that terrible pain for a full twenty-four hours.

“...How much pain must our Sia have been in...?”

Minjun’s eyes reddened, and tears soon gathered in them.

He had never personally felt the pain Sia went through as if it were an annual event.

But she had endured a terrible pain that nothing could stop for so long.

“That is why I asked, since you are the only one to have stopped Shasha’s rampage. Perhaps we may find a clue. We might even find a way to stop it completely, rather than only stopping it temporarily.”

“I hope I can help Sia, but... I truly don’t know either.”

Just as when he had first used Dragon Speech, he had tried it with desperate longing, and it had succeeded.

That was all.

Rokan nodded as though he had expected Minjun’s answer.

“If you remember anything later, tell me.”

Rokan began preparing to leave.

Minjun did not seem to be in a condition that required great concern, and Rokan had already obtained all the information he needed about what had happened.

“Lord Rokan.”

“What is it?”

“I’ll devote every effort I can so that something like today never happens again.”

After going through this and hearing Rokan’s words, Minjun felt that his Dragon Speech was clearly different from that of other dragons.

He did not know exactly what that difference was, but there had to be something that allowed him to temporarily resolve Sia’s rampage when even they could not.

He still had no idea how to use that difference or what direction he should take to grow stronger.

But one thing was certain.

If he could one day use Dragon Speech freely.

Then he would be able to prevent tragedies like today from ever happening again.

“I will research it as well. I will find a way to help you achieve your goal sooner, Minjun.”

* * *

A dragon’s lair hidden deep within a mountain.

“I can still vividly remember what I felt then. It was more thrilling than any amusement I have ever enjoyed.”

“I agree. Now I understand why humans cannot stop watching those outrageous melodramas.”

The two dragons chatted as they leisurely enjoyed tea.

The handsome white-haired man calmly drinking his tea was Evan, the White Dragon who had strongly condemned Sia’s choice at the gathering of dragons settled on Earth.

Across from him sat Yuria, a woman with dark skin, black hair, and amber eyes. She was a Black Dragon.

The two were companions from the same dimension who had crossed over to modern Earth together.

And now, the two dragons were discussing what had happened at the recent gathering.

Though she did not oppose it as fiercely as Evan did, Yuria also took a negative view of Sia trying to form an Eternal Covenant with a human.

“Even if she was human in her previous life, that does not justify wanting to form an Eternal Covenant with a human.”

“A previous life is a previous life, and a current life is a current life. I truly cannot understand being so obsessed with ties from a past life.”

“Or she might have lied. Maybe she thought public opinion would turn if she said she had been human in a previous life.”

“If that is true, she is stupid enough to be called a disgrace to dragons.”

They giggled as they mocked Sia, but the atmosphere soon turned serious.

“We cannot watch one of our kind remain on the wrong path. Yuria, you think so too, right?”

“If there is anything we can do before such a disaster happens, we should gladly roll up our sleeves.”

“The question is how.”

“We cannot just kill that human.”

If killing Minjun could solve the problem, they would have done so long ago.

From their perspective, killing a rookie Hunter who had only just become B-rank would be easy.

But doing so would make the aftermath difficult to handle.

Not only would they completely turn against several dragons who held the opposite view, they did not know what retaliation Rokan and Sia might take against them.

They wanted to avoid that as well.

“...Still, even if we do not kill him, wouldn’t it be fine to mess with that human a little?”

Yuria smiled slyly, and Evan replied.

“What are you thinking now?”

“Nothing much. I’m just thinking that we should end the relationship between a pitiful human who knows nothing and a foolish dragon ruled by deviant lust, then uphold justice in dragon society.”

“I’d like that too, but I think it would be better to stay still for now.”

Evan believed it would be safer to slowly sway public opinion and drive a wedge between them.

But Yuria thought differently.

“We just need to do it without getting caught and stir things up a little, right?”

“Yuria, what exactly are you thinking?”

“Hmm. I was thinking of seducing that human boy.”

“I have thought this for a while, but you really are not normal either.”

“Am I not more normal than a member of the Red clan who fell in love with a human?”

Evan burst out laughing in disbelief, while Yuria licked her lips like a predator with prey before her.

“Let me ask just in case, Yuria. You have not fallen in love with that human yourself, have you?”

“Do not be ridiculous. I have merely found a more interesting toy than the ones I usually play with.”

By human standards, she lacked nothing in beauty, ability, or wealth.

Any ordinary human man would likely offer up both body and heart to her seduction.

Yuria’s plan was simple.

She would seduce Minjun and make him fall for her, then lead him into cheating.

Once Minjun cheated on Sia, she would gather evidence and subtly let Sia learn about it.

Then she could have her fun while also breaking apart the human and dragon arrogant enough to step together into forbidden territory.

“Be careful not to get caught by those old geezers.”

“Do not worry. Is it not customary to refrain from meddling in amusements that are not clan business?”

Without giving other dragons grounds to criticize her, she would cleverly create a crack between Minjun and Sia.

What expression would that Red Dragon make when she saw her human lover fall for Yuria?

Imagining the scene to herself, Yuria the Black Dragon smiled slyly.

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