My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon - Chapter 64

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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 64: Temptation

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When Yuria had spoken with Evan before, he had said this to her.

‘If you had a past life too, you might have been a succubus.’

Just as Evan said, she had a talent for drawing out the desires of males, regardless of species, dragons included.

Not only did she have a talent for it, she even enjoyed it.

After settling on Earth, she reached for human men as well as fellow dragons, changing men as often as she pleased.

Of course, to her, it was only a kind of amusement.

She had never seriously fallen for a human man, nor had she ever wanted to make a pledge of love with one.

Unlike someone else.

So, to Yuria, Minjun was no different from the countless human men she had met before.

Except for the fact that he had a dragon for a girlfriend.

With the gaze of a predator eyeing tempting prey, Yuria looked Minjun over.

‘Not bad.’

She could understand, at least somewhat, why Sia, a dragon, liked Minjun so much.

Of course, she still did not understand why Sia would want to make a pledge with that human.

‘How long will it take today?’

Measuring how quickly she could conquer a male, then steadily beating her record.

That was one of her nasty little private hobbies.

“Welcome, Mr. Minjun. You must have had a tiring trip here.”

With a captivating voice that ensnared men's hearts, Yuria gestured for Minjun to sit.

“Chris, we have a guest. Is there anything we can offer him?”

“I'll prepare it right away.”

After Minjun sat down, Chris soon brought out tea and expensive refreshments.

“Please, make yourself comfortable.”

“...Yes.”

Trying her best to ease Minjun's wariness and tension, Yuria smiled with her eyes and offered him a teacup.

Tense over what she might say, Minjun took a sip of the tea she offered.

“You probably know from our secretary already, but I would like to recruit you into our Guild, Mr. Minjun. You must have received offers from many Guilds by now, haven't you?”

“Yes. But I turned them all down. At the time, I had no intention of joining a Guild.”

“At the time? Then things have changed now.”

Yuria's eyes gleamed as she leaned closer to Minjun.

She moved in a subtly seductive way, trying to draw his attention.

“Yes, but...”

“Which place offered the largest signing bonus? Wherever it was, we'll give you double.”

She was offering double without even asking how much the other Guilds had offered.

There was a reason she led one of the world's greatest Guilds, but Minjun shook his head.

“The truth is, I've already decided to join a Guild. I'm sorry.”

“Oh, really? If there's a penalty for breaking that agreement, we'll settle that as well. May I ask which Guild it is?”

She pulled her chair closer again, and without Minjun noticing, the distance between them gradually narrowed.

“It is... a Guild that has not been created yet. There is no signing bonus, either. I think that is all I can tell you.”

No signing bonus, and it was not even an established Guild.

From what Minjun had said so far, Yuria guessed that he had other plans.

But that was fine.

Her real reason for meeting Minjun was not to recruit him into the Aura Guild.

“I came with attractive terms to recruit you, Hunter Minjun, but from what you have said, it seems your decision would not change regardless of what conditions I offered.”

“...Yes.”

As though she had expected as much, Yuria slowly nodded.

Of course, she did not know who would lead the new Guild Minjun intended to join.

She merely assumed that he had his own reasons for never joining a Guild until now.

But that was fine.

She had another real purpose.

“It cannot be helped. I would have liked to press the matter further, but that would be rude.”

When she gave up so easily, Minjun felt relieved, though he still wondered if she had some other intention.

“Then let's leave that topic there and move on to something else. Hunter to Hunter. Chris, please go outside and get some fresh air for a while.”

Saying that she wanted some time alone with him, she sent Chris away.

Now, only Minjun and Yuria remained in the spacious suite.

“Are you uncomfortable here?”

“Ah... no.”

He was sitting on a soft sofa, but to Minjun, it felt like a bed of thorns.

Before meeting her, he had been curious about getting to meet an SSS-rank Hunter, one of the rarest people in the world.

But for some reason, he now felt uncomfortable being here.

He had felt less uneasy while the secretary was present, but now that even Chris had left, leaving them alone together, he felt even more uncomfortable.

“Don't worry. As I said earlier, I only wanted to speak with you Hunter to Hunter. There are also things I am personally curious about. For example, the secret behind the growth you have achieved.”

She gently placed her hand over Minjun's.

When her soft hand touched his, Minjun did not show it outwardly, but his heart nearly dropped in surprise.

‘If Sia were here...’

If she had been, she might have grabbed that woman's collar and demanded to know why she was hitting on someone else's man, SSS-rank Hunter or not.

...Just thinking about it gave him chills.

Still.

Telling himself it might be nothing more than a casual gesture in America, which was more open than Korea, Minjun naturally removed her hand.

“I simply had a miracle.”

“A miracle?”

She asked as though she knew nothing, but Yuria already knew what lay behind Minjun's remarkable growth.

Even considering that, his growth had been faster than expected, so she was merely a little curious.

The possibility was extremely low, but if Minjun secretly revealed the truth behind the dragon's power, saying it was a secret, then she would have a justified reason to kill him.

From Yuria's perspective, either outcome suited her.

And if she could casually seduce Minjun while listening to his story, that would be even better.

If she just met his eyes at the right moments, nodded along now and then, and added casual touches, most males would blush.

Meanwhile, Minjun was considering how to alter the story of everything that had happened to him.

Naturally, he had no intention of telling anyone the truth about dragon power or Dragon Speech, not even his family.

Then what was he supposed to tell that woman?

“I cannot tell you the details, but I will only say that one miracle led to another.”

He had no obligation to tell her in the first place, so Minjun eventually decided to brush it off vaguely.

But Yuria lightly cast the bait once more.

“I was prepared to pay properly if you would tell me that secret. I thought it might help us train the rookies in our Guild.”

She would not even ask him to join the Guild, so he should tell her what exactly that miracle was.

But if he spoke of dragons, Yuria intended to kill him immediately.

Revealing that dragons had already settled down in this world was a “justifiable” reason for any of their kind to kill someone.

However, Minjun did not take her bait this time either.

“I'm sorry. The circumstances are a little complicated.”

“Hmm, that is unfortunate.”

Still, apart from her plan.

As they spoke, Minjun wondered if she had asked to meet him not only to recruit him, but also to ask about the secret behind his rapid growth.

If that theory was true, everything made sense.

Perhaps that was why Minjun felt somewhat relieved.

It felt as though he had crossed one mountain.

But now came the real part.

“I don't have anything scheduled after today, so since we have met like this, please feel free to ask anything you've been curious about.”

Pretending to be a kind-hearted Guild Master, she began preparing to seduce Minjun in earnest.

She planned to close the emotional distance by having a private conversation, then shake Minjun with all sorts of signals.

Minjun did not realize it, but this place had actually been secretly imbued with a special curse.

A spell with a temptation effect that stirred a male's desires, along with a curse that weakened the target's cognition.

If the curse's effects were too immediate or too powerful, the other dragons might catch her, so she had set its strength subtly enough to go unnoticed.

On top of that, the tea she had first offered Minjun contained a specially formulated aphrodisiac she often used.

Her preparations were all but complete.

It was only a matter of time before Minjun succumbed.

But Minjun, completely unaware of this, was seriously considering what he should ask her.

When else would he get to meet privately with an SSS-rank Hunter and ask what he wanted?

Yet no matter how much he thought about it, there was nothing in particular to ask.

If Minjun had been an ordinary Hunter, it would have been different, but he was not, so there was no guarantee her advice would apply to him.

‘Still, it would be strange not to ask anything.’

There would have been no problem if he simply asked nothing, or asked a boring question about recent Gate trends or the future outlook of the Hunter industry.

But under the influence of Yuria's curse, Minjun asked a rather odd question.

“Could you tell me what kind of gifts women might like?”

Yuria's expression went blank.

Was that really all he wanted to ask one of the Hunters called the strongest in the world?

Even as the words left his mouth, Minjun did not understand why he had asked such a question, and Yuria laughed at his unexpected question.

“Um... I'm sorry. Asking something like this at a time like this...”

“No, it is all right. Didn't I tell you to ask anything? I was simply surprised by the unexpected question. Why did you ask that?”

“I just... want to get my girlfriend a present, and since I had the chance to meet you...”

Originally, Minjun had wanted to give Sia a surprise gift to cheer her up after everything that had happened recently.

If he could get advice in that regard, he had been planning to ask others to help him pick a gift for Sia.

But why had he brought up such a private question in a setting like this?

Minjun's face reddened.

Naturally, he did not realize it was because of the curse magic.

Regardless of the cause, Minjun was embarrassed that he had asked such a question, so he squeezed his eyes shut.

“I'm sorry. Please forget what I just said!”

“No. You could be curious about that. At first, I thought it was me you were curious about, not your girlfriend.”

“Y-Yes?”

At her blatant remark, Minjun's cheeks began to turn red.

Yet Yuria found his flustered appearance terribly cute.

‘It would be a shame to simply play with him once and throw him away.’

At the same time, possessiveness began to rise inside Yuria.

At first, she had only thought of separating Sia and Minjun, and while doing so, she planned to play with Minjun as she did with other men before discarding him.

However.

As she felt an indescribably strange charm from Minjun.

A new desire began to rise in her, one that wanted to keep Minjun by her side for longer.

Taking a sip of tea in a seductive pose, she rested her chin on her hand and gazed steadily at Minjun.

Throughout their conversation, she asked Minjun private questions, and though he felt something was strange, Minjun answered her questions earnestly.

As their questions and answers went back and forth, Yuria noticed that Minjun's eyes were gradually closing.

He had been tired even before leaving, and Yuria's curse had compounded that fatigue. Minjun was now extremely drowsy.

“Hunter, are you sleepy?”

“Ah... no, I'm not.”

Minjun waved his hand as though the idea was ridiculous.

But he could not hide the exhaustion visible in his eyelids.

Yuria watched him with a smile, then whispered softly.