My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon - Chapter 83

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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 83: Oppa, Is There Anything Different About Me?

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Immediately after Minjun returned from Pangaea.

The moment Rokan saw him, he could tell that Minjun had grown noticeably stronger since the last time they met.

But impressive as that growth was, something else was even more surprising.

According to Minjun, he had not only grown stronger, but had also gained the ability to use Dragon Fear, even if only a little.

When Rokan first heard that, he did not show it, but he had been skeptical.

Even dragons, not to mention other races that had acquired the power of dragons later in life, usually learned Dragon Speech before Dragon Fear.

Dragon Fear was something that naturally developed over time after one became fully capable of using Dragon Speech.

Yet Minjun had used Dragon Fear despite not yet being able to fully use Dragon Speech.

It was like learning how to run before one had properly learned how to walk.

That was why Rokan wanted to use this opportunity to confirm whether Minjun's claim was true.

'Perhaps Minjun was mistaken.'

There was no reason for Minjun to lie deliberately, but it was entirely possible that he had confused something else for Dragon Fear.

Or, even if he had succeeded in using Dragon Fear, perhaps it had simply been the result of several coincidences overlapping.

But all of Rokan's theories were wrong.

When Minjun roared and unleashed a powerful sword strike at him, Rokan could clearly feel it.

Minjun was truly using Dragon Fear.

Of course, the Dragon Fear Minjun used could not be called powerful.

It was weaker than what a young hatchling who had only recently learned Dragon Speech could use. By modern standards, it was only enough to affect monsters around C-rank.

But regardless of its power, the fact that Minjun had successfully used Dragon Fear was what mattered most.

'What on earth happened to him in those few days?'

Minjun had told him everything several hours earlier, but hearing about it and seeing it for himself were different.

Rokan could not help being shocked by Minjun's astonishing rate of growth.

'What exactly is Bellium's Tear, to have made Minjun grow this much in such a short time?'

Rokan knew a little about Bellium from old texts, but even he had never heard of the sacred relic called Bellium's Tear.

And so, now.

Suppressing his amazement, Rokan calmly deflected Minjun's sword.

Clang! Claaang!

As their exchanges continued, even Rokan could feel that the heavy vibrations in his fingertips had grown stronger than before.

But more than that, what caught Rokan's attention was the aura radiating from Minjun's sword.

The faint, dark aura Minjun had shown before.

Stars now bloomed within that aura, sparkling like supernovas.

Rokan had never seen an aura like that from any Ranker on Earth, nor from any Sword Master in Pangaea.

'Even I could not do that.'

Rokan might be able to imitate it, but creating an aura exactly like the one Minjun was displaying now would be impossible.

'Perhaps it is a special aura that only Minjun can manifest in the entire universe.'

Someday, when Minjun grew strong enough to freely wield the power of a dragon and use Dragon Speech at will.

What kind of aura would bloom from his sword then?

Confusion, anticipation, excitement.

Perhaps because those complicated emotions swept over him all at once.

Clang!

Lost in those feelings for a moment, Rokan ended up dropping his sword.

“Rokan, sir...?”

Knowing that Rokan was not someone who would drop his sword merely against him, Minjun looked back and forth between Rokan and his sword with a flustered expression.

Rokan, equally flustered, spoke.

“My apologies. I was thinking about something else for a moment. Let us continue.”

Rokan picked up his fallen sword, and afterward, they continued sparring until the allotted time without anything else happening.

As the spar continued, the aura on Minjun's sword gradually became clearer. Likewise, his Dragon Fear slowly grew stronger, though only slightly.

“Whew.”

After the spar ended.

Rokan stood blankly, absorbed in the lingering feeling from his fight with Minjun.

“Good work, Rokan, sir.”

“Yes. You did well.”

Even as he replied, Rokan was still replaying the performance Minjun had shown over those ten minutes in his mind.

“Rokan, sir.”

“...”

“Rokan, sir...?”

“My apologies. There is something I was thinking about.”

Minjun found Rokan's unusual behavior strange.

It had been the same several hours ago when they discussed Elysium and Bellium.

And now, Rokan was once again staring off into space unlike usual.

“Rokan, sir, are you feeling all right...?”

Thinking that perhaps Rokan was not in his usual condition, Minjun asked cautiously.

“That is not it. The story you told me today, and what you showed me just now, were simply quite shocking.”

At Rokan's answer, Minjun felt relieved and quietly pleased at being praised.

Rokan was not usually stingy with praise, but he rarely gave such high praise.

“Was I really that impressive?”

“You were. And you used Dragon Fear despite not yet being able to properly use Dragon Speech. It may still be difficult to use in actual combat, but the fact that you used it at all is significant.”

Rokan explained to Minjun what it meant for him to have used Dragon Fear.

When Rokan finished, Minjun could not hide his surprise.

“...I guess I really am different from other people.”

“You are. That is why I told you there is pleasure in watching you grow.”

He meant it sincerely.

Even among dragons who had experiences that other races could never have, few dragons would be able to have the kind of experience Rokan was having.

“Anyway, I will let you know by tomorrow how much the time you can spend with Shasha has increased. Ah, and one more thing.”

Rokan put his sword into his pocket dimension.

“You said you had to give a statement to the Hunter Association about what happened inside the Gate?”

“Yes. I was actually going to ask you about that. I am not sure how much I should tell them.”

“Good.”

Rokan gave Minjun a guideline.

“You may tell them that you went to another dimension, but it would be best not to tell them anything else. Do not mention Bellium's name, Elysium, or even the name Pangaea.”

Minjun had expected to censor some things, but Rokan was restricting more than he expected.

But since Rokan knew the full truth, he had no choice but to consider even the worst possible outcome.

“Simply tell them that another dimension exists, and that you met intelligent beings similar to humans rather than monsters there.”

The chances were probably low, but if Minjun's story somehow reached the ears of other dragons, it could become dangerous.

But Rokan could not tell Minjun even that much.

“Minjun. If anything like this happens again, come find me and ask me anytime, just as you did today.”

“I will.”

Rokan's offer was not an empty formality. Minjun was an extraordinarily special existence.

Even Minjun's smallest unintended action could create a butterfly effect.

It might affect not only Minjun himself, but Sia and Rokan as well.

Perhaps even every dragon settled on Earth.

* * *

The day after returning to Earth.

As the saying went, strike while the iron is hot. Before enjoying the rest of my trip, I contacted the Hunter Association's Jeju Island Branch and gave a statement about what I had experienced inside the Gate.

Of course, as Rokan had advised, I did not share every piece of information with them.

But judging by their reactions, even that alone seemed shocking enough from their perspective.

Even after my statement ended, the person in charge asked whether I had anything else to tell them, anything at all. But I firmly drew the line and said that was all I knew.

It was not as if they had any way to confirm it anyway.

After giving my statement, I resumed my trip.

I walked the Olle Trail, enjoyed the beautiful scenery, ate good food, and relaxed.

Maybe because so many strange things had happened lately, I had been feeling exhausted. But after taking time to recharge, I could clearly feel my tired body and mind gradually recovering.

Then, finally.

The long-awaited day of my date with Sia arrived.

Maybe it was just in my head, but I felt more excited and nervous than usual.

The fact that, thanks to my growth, the time I could spend with Sia at once had greatly increased from four and a half hours to around six hours probably played a part.

But I think it was more because so many things had happened in such a short time.

“Please, let today pass without any trouble.”

It was already miserable enough that we could only meet once a week for a few hours, but something always happened whenever we met.

When I tried to share intimacy with Sia as a couple, I suddenly fainted in the middle of it because of some nonsense about the compatibility of our auras.

There was also the time I ran into an older female friend I had known since childhood during a date, which put Sia in a bad mood.

And just when it seemed like we would finally have a normal date, a Gate Break happened in the middle of it and ruined the mood.

On top of that, during our last date, Sia had unintentionally gone on a rampage and gotten hurt.

“By now, please.”

Was it not time for us to have an ordinary date?

But whenever I made a wish like this, it always came true in the exact opposite way.

'Right. Let us not think about anything.'

If something happened again this time, then I really would...

...have nothing to say.

Not long after I arrived at our meeting place.

“Oppa!”

I saw Sia running toward me from afar, waving her hand.