Kidnapped Dragons

irst time as well.
He didn’t know where was where, you know?”

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“Oh my, really?” “That’s so innocent and cute!”

“No it is not! Do you know how much I…”

Although Yu Jitae wasn’t interested in listening to others’ experiences, Bom being flustered in frank conversations like that was an amusing sight.
So he decided to listen a little bit more.

“Right.
We were newlyweds back then.
And he, would jump at me during breakfast, and jump at me at night after coming back from work…”

“Oh my oh my…!” “Aigo, good times…”

They continued with such unrestrained conversations.
With a blank look on her face, Bom was only half-listening to the conversations and her vacant eyes were off focus.
But that was when the arrowhead shifted towards her direction.

“Um, hmm hmm.” “So, umm…”

Hesitantly, they asked.

“Haru.
Can we ask you something?”

“…Yes?”

“Aye.
Linda.
Stop.
Why would you ask something like that? She’s still too young!”

“What? No she’s not that young.
She said she’s turning 24 this year.
That’s old enough to know everything these days!”

“Eeng? Reallyy~?”

An old Grade 4 agent who was a little bit more drunk than others asked with a knowing smile on her face.

“Miss Soothsayer.”

“Y, yes?”

“Could you… tell us ‘that’, by any chance?”

“Hmm, by that you mean…?”

“Actually, there were a lot; a lot of people who were very curious until yesterday.”

“About which?”

“…About the relationship between Sir Prophet and Miss Soothsayer.”

‘Yes,’ ‘Right, right’.
People nearby nodded in agreement.
They appeared excited after just confirming it today.

“Hmm, Those things, I don’t really know much about…”

Questions flooded her the moment she shook her hands.

“Ey, I don’t think so,” “Since you’re not denying it entirely… that means something did happen right?”

“Hmm, umm… that…”

Yu Jitae thought to himself.

Whenever conversations like this were brought up in Unit 301 (because of Yeorum), Bom tended to ignore it.
Why? It was because it was embarrassing since she had yet to build tolerance for such conversations. 

“I think Miss Haru is a master at romance.”

“Right.
I saw her giving a lot of tips to Director Haiyan.”

“Really?”

“I mean… she’s so pretty so how many men would she have around her…?”

“…I, I have none.”

Bom, who had instigated such conversations in order to comprehend the concurrent relationships of the people inside the Association, was instead put in an awkward spot in those conversations.

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She had fallen into her own trap.

“No.
But you always go off work together so I thought something must have happened already!”

“There’s nothing…”

“I thought so too.
You two look amazing together by the way!”

“Ah, thank y…”

“So so so! Have you held hands? Wait, actually! You were leaning on him before so… have you kissed?”

“Hmm, hmm…”

“Aye.
Of course she has.
Didn’t you see how they were lovey-dovey before?” “Right.” “Maybe Season is unexpectedly extremely sweet when they’re alone?” “Oh my oh my…”

“…”

One of them even whispered to her by using mana.

‘How are things at night…?’

Bom was startled.
Not knowing what to do, she fidgeted and was at the brink of tears.

Yu Jitae felt amused seeing a fox fall into its own trap. 

Meanwhile, the women laughed after seeing the embarrassed Bom but did not cross the line.
They did not cross the line that Bom had drawn which meant that her authority was growing stronger despite them being relaxed around her. 

Soon, Bom gave him the SOS sign.
She tapped her watch, and it seemed that she had sent him a message.

His watch soon vibrated but he did not bother checking it.
When Bom sometimes glared at him, he looked away and later even turned off the watch because of all the constant vibrations.

“Excuse me, let me head to the bathroom…”

“Ah.
I wanted to go as well.
Let’s go together!”

“Sorry? Ah…”

Her plan to escape failed.
Even after coming back from the bathroom, they continued on a similar topic.
Only when it was becoming pitiful to watch did Yu Jitae interject and pull Bom out of the mix to go back. 

*

They teleported and headed straight to the residential area of Lair.

On the way back,

“Your watch must be broken.”

Bom, who had been silently forming a pout, suddenly began mumbling.

“It’s perfectly fine.”

“Then my messages must have evaporated…”

Feeling amused, Yu Jitae closed his mouth but Bom continued reproaching him.

“Like, why didn’t you help me? You were listening the whole time.”

“No I wasn’t.”

“I know you were.
It’s too much… Here I’m so embarrassed I feel like dying and yet you’re just watching from the side.
It was impossible for me to leave by myself in that situation you know…”

Bom was sincerely grumbling which was quite a rare sight.
Thinking that a kid was still a kid, he asked.

“How is it embarrassing.”

“You really don’t know…?”

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“Just ignore it.
You’re good at it aren’t you?”

“But…”

She stopped talking so he turned and looked at her.

Bom’s expression was as remarkable as a piece of art.
She glared at Yu Jitae with a resentful gaze before widening her eyes into circles and bending her eyebrows into the shape of the character ‘eight’ (八).
She clenched her lips and faintly dropped her head.

Soon, she reopened her mouth with a sigh.

“It makes me visualise it in my mind…”

Of course.

It seemed that visualising the candid personal matters of others that she didn’t even want to know about, was a burdensome thing to do. 

After that, Bom walked a few steps behind him and focused her gaze on the watch.
She seemed quite sulky and didn’t say a single word until they arrived back at home.

Walking alone, Yu Jitae did not smile.

He had never smiled when alone but throughout the entire way back, he was amused.

*

“…Please, help me with this homework.”

“Alright.”

After returning to Unit 301 and while helping Gyeoul with her homework, he looked at his watch and finally checked the messages that he hadn’t seen before.
Seeing the messages made him feel amused yet again.

[Yu Bom: Oppa]
[Yu Bom: Oppppa]
[Yu Bom: #Ahjussi #Oppa #Yu Jitae]
[Yu Bom: Please save me]
[Yu Bom: Let me out]
[Yu Bom: Help mee]
[Yu Bom: Please T.T]
[Yu Bom: Why aren’t you reading my messages]
[Yu Bom: Helppp]

He could sense the urgency from her messages. 

But underneath that, he saw more messages that were sent at a different time.
They were sent several minutes ago, meaning that Bom had sent further messages on their way back.

[Yu Bom: Just letting you know, I’m not a naughty child]
[Yu Bom: I really wasn’t thinking about anything weird]
[Yu Bom: T.T]

What did this ‘naughty child’ here mean? Yu Jitae belatedly sent a reply.

[Me: Think about what]

[Yu Bom: I don’t know.
Don’t talk to me today…]

He immediately received the reply message. 

He thought she must be sincerely upset, but that was when he suddenly remembered her words from before.

– It makes me visualise it in my mind…

…

…?