Kidnapped Dragons

omething that caused someone to be this sad.”

“…”

“If the one that caused such things to happen regretted their actions, would things turn out to be better?”

Bom waited for a response but her guardian didn’t reply for a long time.

“It’s not like you to ask such things,” he replied after a long silence.

“Because I’m feeling under the weather…” 

Bom lifted her body up on the bed and stared at him.

“I don’t know what the answer is either.
Maybe there isn’t an answer in the first place.”

“That’s, unexpected… I thought ahjussi would like, know everything.”

“I don’t know much.”

Yu Jitae gazed up at her with a dim gaze.

“But from what I’ve seen, things don’t always happen the way you’ve put it.”

“Sorry?”

“If there’s one obvious person that caused a miserable thing to happen, it would be over with just killing that one person.
But things don’t always go that way.”

Yu Jitae reflected on something.

Since nothing could be changed even if he blamed and detested it, he could do nothing but just live. 

“Sometimes there are just, unfortunate events.”

Bom understood the words of her guardian, but couldn’t understand his thought process and his experiences that led to the formation of such words.

But after applying that to herself who couldn’t see Providence anymore, she felt like she was being consoled somewhat. 

Without even knowing why.
It would just suddenly approach you.
Although slightly scary, such things do happen, and because it is just an unfortunate event, those who live on must endure it moment by moment and defeat it.
Whether you like it or not.

Perhaps it might just be a long process of accepting one’s suffering.
Despite that being a story with not a single bit of hope, Bom felt her muddled thoughts becoming clearer and felt more comfortable. 

“…Are you going to stay there?”

Bom blankly stared at him and asked.

“Isn’t it uncomfortable sitting there?”

“Then what.”

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She tapped the bed with her hand.

“I’m fine.”

“But it’s wide?”

“I don’t sleep anyway.”

“Then you can stay awake.
Lying down.”

Seeing that he was still stubborn, Bom came down and sat next to him.

“…What are you doing?”

“I can’t be the only one in a good place, can I.”

“What’s wrong with that.
Just lie down.”

“What’s wrong with ahjussi?”

“What about me.”

“It’s not like this will be the first time we’re on a bed together.”

Did something similar happen before?

“Of course Gyeoul was with us back then… or are you perhaps worried?”

“About what.
You teasing?”

“Yes.
You don’t have to worry about that.
I don’t feel good anyway and I’m not thinking of teasing at all.”

The Regressor thought about something before standing up from the ground.
Bom smiled before heading to the bed with him.

He sat down and so did she.

It was strange.
It seemed that Bom being in a ‘bad mood’ seemed like a really serious problem.
As if to prove that, an insect that would never be able to even approach her due to the difference in status was resting on her shoulder and yet she didn’t even notice it.

He reached out with his hand and aimed at her shoulder.

“…?”

Seeing the hand suddenly approaching herself, Bom widened her eyes.

Right before his hand landed on her shoulder,

“…?!”

Bom flinched and fell back.
She fell from the bed and landed on the ground with her bum while her head bumped into a box.

“Ouch… what are you doing?”

“What’s wrong?”

Yu Jitae wondered what was wrong with her.

Despite that, his gaze was still on her shoulder because the insect was still grabbing onto her shoulder.
It was an ‘odourful spider’ whose liquid would cause a big room to stink.

When he approached her and again reached his hand out, she shrunk her body.

“What’s happening?”

“Stay there.
I have to grab something.”

“Sorry? Grab which?”

“Just stay there.
Don’t move.”

“No, but why? I’m feeling under the weather right now.
You can’t come closer to me.”

“What does that mean.”

“You’re coming closer right now…”

“Just stay still and don’t move.”

“Why?”

He picked up the insect from her shoulder and threw it outside.
Then, he revealed a little bit of his status which had previously been hidden, so that things like insects wouldn’t show up.

Bom heaved a sigh after that.

“So that’s what it was…”

Meanwhile, the Regressor felt her dragon heart trembling like crazy and found it strange.
Was she scared like before?

“Anyway, please go back a bit.
There’s not enough space for me.”

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“Ah, right.”

While moving to the other side of the bed, he thought to himself.
It suddenly hit him but for some reason, he felt amused. 

Like that one time in the past, seeing Bom not knowing what to do despite always being calm and poised was slightly enjoyable.
It wasn’t a common feeling for him.

He thought to himself.
The mission had ended already and they had to go back tomorrow after spending the night today.
Bom said she wasn’t feeling good but looked completely normal on the outside.

Feeling amused for some reason, he stared at her face.

“You said you weren’t thinking about teasing, right.”

“Sorry?”

“Isn’t that what you said?”

“Ah yes.
Today’s a day off.”

Her being uninterested in teasing him instead made him feel intrigued.

He leaned forward with his upper body.

Now, he would try teasing her a little.

“…?”

Unlike usual, her eyes twitched as Yu Jitae raised his hand.

He didn’t know how to make others perplexed.
All he knew was that he had to be close, with careful and subtle movements.

Because that’s what Bom had always done.

“Why are you coming closer again? What could you be trying to do…?”

At times like this, how would Bom reply.

She would probably act like she didn’t hear it.

“Your hairstyle’s always the same.”

“Well, obviously? Because my hair doesn’t grow…”

He mimicked what she would do in a situation like this, and carried his hand over to her forehead.
Then, he gently pushed the green bangs away.

A white forehead.
Beneath which her green pair of eyes widened in a fluster.

Bom looked away and stealthily pulled her head back.
Realising that she was clearly feeling troubled, he again felt some amusement.
It was similar to a child being amused from playing with a toy.

Thinking that he could make her more perplexed, he went closer as Bom crossed her arms in front of her body and protected herself in surprise. 

“Why? You, already saw my forehead just then?”

“I did.”

“Then why are you coming closer again? Why…?”

It would be difficult to tease her again once she was back to normal.
After coming to that conclusion, he approached like a bulldozer.
Bom pulled her body back with her bum on the bed but before long, a stake of the tent blocked her back.

“Ah…”

She couldn’t run away anymore and the anxiety that covered her face soon spread to her eyes.
Yu Jitae was approaching her selfishly.
He was like a carnivorous beast and looked different to how Bom usually closed the distance between them.

Startled, Bom reached her arms out and stopped Yu Jitae by the chest.
The meagre arm strength wasn’t enough but he stopped nonetheless.

“What’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong with you, ahjussi…?”

“What about me.”

“Ah, I get it… You’re doing this to tease me right? Because I’m not feeling well? I’m good at guessing things like this, you know.”

“You wanted to be closer.”

“But it’s too close.”

“So, you want to go further away?”

Her own words of the past acted like shackles that bound her feet.

“I’m sorry…”

“What?”

Not knowing what to do from the perplexity, her eyes turned teary.

“…Please let me live.”