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Kidnapped Dragons Chapter 98

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May 8, 2021

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But she didn't wake up even after the sun rose.

"…"

Opening the pocket watch, he checked the time. It was 8:30 am, which was past the time for the morning training session.

Why isn't she waking up.

He looked into Yeorum's body. She had been groaning throughout the night in an attempt to keep her breath steady, which seemed to have paid off. Now, she was breathing fairly stably in her sleep.

But her dragon heart which had been exhausted from that process automatically entered a forced rest period.

"Oh, really? Then she probably wouldn't wake up for the next three days," Bom said.

Indeed, he could still remember how Bom had been sleeping like a log for three days after transferring magic to Gyeoul.

"Must have been tough for her."

Bom caressed her head in her sleep.

During breakfast, Gyeoul focused on her chopsticks. She was trying to eat some jello and got upset after it repeatedly escaped from her grip.

Slip–

The jello slid through the chopsticks. After failing multiple times, she became upset and stabbed the jello deep.

Now, she just had to lift it up.

She carefully raised the pair of chopsticks with her hand but the jello broke into two pieces and fell off.

"…"

Gyeoul turned rigid. She seemed to gotten a brain freeze – her face was blank and the chopsticks stopped in mid-air after losing its purpose.

That was when Yu Jitae carefully called her.

"Do you have time today."

Her dull eyes were refilled with liveliness with his voice.

"…Nn?"

"Do you want to go to the amusement park?"

She gave a wide smile.

Episode 33: Lair Amusement Park (1)

Go and bring that guy.

That was the command it received from its lord.

'I shall listen to your command, my lord.'

[Shadow of an Archduke (SS)], wearing the mask of 'Hashimoto', a female Japanese.

She was living a busy life recently with not a single room for rest. After the Melissia Masquerade came to an end, the sense of caution of the demons reached its max level with the deaths of Noah and Wei Yan.

The society of demons was divided into several smaller portions and the undetectables split into multiple organisations. There was an increasing number of those questioning the strategy of swallowing Lair itself, and once the opposing group increased in size, Ma Namjoon the deputy principal, killed a few of those demons and displayed their heads for all to see.

However, his threat wasn't very effective because fear had already laid a deep root into the entire organisation.

Not a single demon survived the Melissia Masquerade, so they knew close to nothing about what happened inside. From the fear of being targeted by the unknown, the demons scattered like cockroaches.

The clone infiltrated the undetectables within that reorganising period, and endlessly watched the situation unfold under the deputy principal, Ma Namjoon.

In summary, it was like the following:

1. An extreme number of demons were leaving Lair.

2. Demons will disperse and lay low in order to build their power and wouldn't act or dream big any time soon.

3. Nothing related to the dragons would probably happen for the next 20 years

Just like that, the world was flowing as Yu Jitae had planned.

If there was one last thing that interrupted the 'Perfect 7th Iteration', it would be the Hostility being sent by the existence on the other side of the Horizon of Providence. Even the Regressor was powerless before this but fortunately, it was pretty quiet recently.

That day, the clone travelled to the [Underground Labyrinth] through the [Shallows of the Abyss (S)]. She had come here twice already instead of Yu Jitae. There were still large containers, mental soldiers, a small rabbit-like woman and an insincere metal armour.

"Ohh! The pharmacist is here!"

"Pharmacist! Welcome, uhahaha!"

The agents called Yu Jitae a doctor and BM a nurse. For some reason, the clone was being called a pharmacist.

"Where is BM?"

"Do you think I'll tell you easily? Kuhaha!"

Bell Baryon, drunk with the Light of Paradise, said that and the agents laughed, '"Wahahahat!" in response.

"…"

The clone didn't.

"Let's do an arm wrestle. I'll tell you if you beat me."

"An arm wrestle?"

The soldiers refuted.

"Hahat! Boss! Aren't you being too shameless?!"

"Look at the difference in arm size. The pharmacist lady has an arm like my little son, while boss's arm is like an elephant's leg! And yet you're asking for an arm wrestle? Uhaha!"

Bell screamed.

"Shut up you idiots! Miss Pharmacist. How is it. Do you want to or not."

The clone indifferently looked at them before shaking her head. She decided to play along for just once.

On top of the table, a thin and slender arm and an arm bigger than a person's waist confronted one another. Straight after an agent signalled the start of the fight,

Kwaaang!

Bell's hand was flipped outward as it crushed the table in an instant. She screamed from the sudden pain. One round was enough to see the winner – it was the clone's victory. At once, a thunderous applause left the crowd.

"Uwaaaaah! Pharmacist!!"

"Damn it! She's so cool! Kuhahahaha!!"

"Oh gosh! Our boss was crushed–! Along with her pride! We must give her IV therapy with vodka until tomorrow morning!"

Bell Baryon shouted, "Damn it! Who the fuck are you guys cheering for? Kyahahat!" but they ran up to the clone and tossed her into the air without caring about Bell. Some of them went up to Bell and tried to tie her hair into two braids saying it was the loss penalty but were bashed up.

While moving up and down in mid-air, the clone turned her head around.

Within the crowd, she could see Ha Saetbyul with widened shoulders.

'…'

For some reason, that child seemed to be getting bigger and bigger as time went.

"Oh. We have a guest."

After a few minutes, BM returned from outside the labyrinth. Pushing his sunglasses up, BM chugged some vodka and welcomed the clone.

"What brings you here today, I wonder."

"I came here to bring the metal plate back."

"Hmm, if you're talking about 'Armata', please do whatever suits you the best. I was thinking that he was getting better. He's gradually getting brighter these days and I think it's a great time for him to leave."

The protector becoming brighter meant that the mental contamination had been lifted, with the Light of Paradise having a greater effect on it.

"Ah, but by the way…"

BM carefully opened his mouth. He then talked about the thing that happened at the Grand Natural Society.

"You're saying Simon Abkarian wishes to see my lord?"

"Hmm, well yeah. Well, that's how things turned out."

Simon Abkarian.

He was the Saviour of Gallia, the hero of France; representative of the organisation, 'Superhuman Without Border', ranked 29th officially worldwide.

It was a name which the clone also knew of, as a being that shared a portion of the Regressor's memories. There were times when he had been a comrade in the past iterations as well as an enemy. Looking back at this point, the only characteristic that stood out was that he was quite an obstinate guy.

"Seems to be doubting my lord."

"Unfortunately, my persuasion wasn't enough. That guy – he really doesn't listen. If you think it'll be bothersome, you can refuse it. I don't think he would worry about his image perceived by the Grand Natural Society."

That was true. Yu Jitae wouldn't really care how the Grand Natural Society thought about him.

Whatever they tried to do, Yu Jitae's daily life wouldn't be disturbed.

The Regressor had a firm grip on a few of the Association's weak points. Although the Association was already aware of the existence of an 'unofficial ranker transcending the normal standards', they could never openly discuss the topic.

As the proof, even the Grand Natural Society seemed to be clueless about how the Association already knew about Yu Jitae.

"…"

But for some reason, Yu Jitae of the seventh iteration appeared to be trying to stay close to the Grand Natural Society.

Right in front of itself was the proof. Even the fact that BM still had his head attached was more than enough of an evidence.

After some thought, the clone gave a nod.

"Do you want me to leave the address?"

Three days later, at the officetel of the clone.

The clone was still wearing the mask of a young female Japanese. She was randomly putting makeup on her face in preparation for the afternoon schedule.

Knock knock.

Something knocked on the window of the officetel.

When the clone turned her head, she found a crow spirit beast.

– Kraa.

"…"

– Kraaa.

It seemed that it would continue screaming as long as the window was left closed.

The clone opened the window as the large crow turned small before entering the officetel. Seeing a letter tied onto its leg, the clone was curious about the person that would use such an outdated method but quietly opened it up.

When she looked inside, a scoff naturally left her mouth.

[Little Red Door, 60 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris, France]

She had left the address for him to visit if he wanted to meet, and yet the other side had sent another address.

"How rude…"

She was dumbfounded.

Was he trying to have a battle of ego? For some reason, some humans became more and more egoistic about worthless things the more they aged.

Using the lipstick which she was trying to put on her lips, the clone drew an X on the letter. Then, she tied it back onto the crow's leg before sending it back out.

***

Lair Amusement Park.

It was at the northmost place of the entertainment district. For Yu Jitae, it was his first time visiting this fancy theme park which was connected to both Lair and Haytling,

Kaeul had left early in the morning to meet her friends.

Today, it was just Yu Jitae, Bom and Gyeoul who arrived at the amusement park.

"There's quite a lot of people," Bom murmured.

They thought it would be quiet considering that it was still the holidays, but the line waiting for their tickets was quite long. They were tourists from all around the globe.

Once they set foot onto the amusement park, they found a fancy floating castle decorating the background off in the distance. People wearing costumes of a reliable cat, the symbolic mascot of Lair, waved their hands to welcome the visitors.

"…!"

After entering the amusement park, Gyeoul flashed her eyes and wriggled around inside Yu Jitae's arms.

"You want to go down?"

Nod.

It was rare for her to request him to put her down. When he put her down, she began throwing cautious glances towards him.

"Why."

"…"

A small hand slowly sneaked towards his. She carefully held onto Yu Jitae's fingers and held Bom's hand with her other hand. Then, she walked forward as if saying that she would be the one in the lead today.

"I got it, Gyeoul. Let's go slowly."

Gyeoul, who was always laid back, was unusually excited and thus Bom had to calm her down.

The first ride they got on was a pirate ship. A large ship floated up with magic and began moving left and right. The Regressor sat down without thinking much but Bom and Gyeoul screamed, "Kyahaa–!" and enjoyed themselves. Their refreshing laughter reached his ears.

Gyeoul, who took the human form straight after her birth, especially enjoyed things like this that were fast.

"Wahh that was fun. Was it fun for you as well, Gyeoul?"

Nod nod.

The next ride was called 'Urobos Coaster'. At the gates, one of the staff members asked Gyeoul.

"Little lady. Can I check your height?"

Since she had already gotten on it a few times, Gyeoul gave a big, confident nod. Her height was 110cm. She barely made it in.

Soon, Yu Jitae and the kids rode on the back of a large spirit beast snake, 'Jormungandr'. This spirit beast loved flying around. The animal keeper tapped the snake a few times with a whip which made it begin flying up. It felt like they were riding on a dragon's head.

The snake flew inside the amusement park for a while and sneaked past to Haytling, before flying off the floating island itself.

Seeing the unfathomable height they were in, others let out screams of joy while Gyeoul followed suit without knowing why.

The snake suddenly dropped down as the spirit beast keeper took a picture of the tourists.

Once they got out of the ride, a picture of Yu Jitae, Bom and Gyeoul appeared on the hologram display. Bom was smiling brightly while Gyeoul had a slight frown.

Yu Jitae, who didn't bother hiding his presence, was also seen in the corner with a depressed expression.

"What is this. This is too funny."

"…!"

His expression which remained extremely serious despite the hair fluttering in the wind appeared like a strange painting. After having the picture sent to their own devices, Bom and Gyeoul chuckled.

After taking a few other rides, it was time for lunch.

At the corner of the amusement park, there was a cafeteria displaying the scenery of the ground beneath. Yu Jitae and the kids decided to have lunch there.

They ordered some food at a rip-off price 20 times more expensive than their actual worth, and were blankly sitting there.

"Unn? Aren't you Bom?"

That was when someone greeted Bom from behind.

"Huh? Professor. Hello."

She gently smiled with a nod.

It was a middle-aged man with a blank forehead, Professor Myung Jong.

He was one of the renowned professors of Lair, the leader of White Horse study group and a local ranker of Korea. He was also one of the magic studies professors that were infatuated with Bom during her admission.

There were many offers from Myung Jong and other professors even after that but Bom politely turned them down every single time. Now, the two of them appeared to have a good relationship as a professor and a cadet.

"Aigo, who knew I'd find you here? Ahh, hello. I'm Myung Jong."

"Hello. I'm the guardian, Yu Jitae."

"What brings you here, professor?"

"Un? I came to play with my family, of course. How about we have a meal together if you're okay with that sir?"

There was no reason to reject his offer.

When he agreed, Myung Jong called his family over with a bright expression. Yu Jitae had seen Professor Myung Jong several times while accompanying Bom with her studies, but he hadn't been interested in this timid professor so up until now, he didn't know.

He didn't know the fact that Professor Myung Jong was from Korea's renowned magic household, the 'Myung Household'. He also didn't know that his son was the Druid of Regeneration, Myung Yongha.

"Father. They're saying we can't take the spiciness out from the curry."

A large voice of a big male was heard from a distance. It was Myung Yongha.

He was Korea's strategic weapon and because he was a world famous celebrity, he had changed his appearance with a fake mask. However, the aura he gave off and his sheer size gave it away.

Myung Yongha was pushing a pram, from which a small baby was peeking its head out.

"They can't take it out? But whyy? I hate spicy food."

"Uhahat! Then why don't you have something else? But why are you telling us to come here when we finally got ourselves a seat… nn?"

After finding Yu Jitae, Myung Yongha's eyes widened.

"Huuh? You…"

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Kidnapped Dragons Chapter 99

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Episode 33: Lair Amusement Park (2)

Jean-Luc Wenger, the secretary of Simon Abkarian, was a superhuman in his late eighties with a blanched hair. He heaved out a sigh as deep wrinkles appeared near his lips.

"So you directly sent them the address."

This old superhuman was always worried about his master Simon, the representative of Superhuman Without Border (SWB).

"What could possibly happen?"

"I heard that 'demon hunter' was very strong. To an overwhelming level amongst the unofficial rankers."

"Apparently, yes."

Simon Abkarian was an extremely ambitious man. Despite being in his forties, he seeked strength like a young child and moved his tongue like an old politician. Such characteristics of his amplified even more as he rose to be the saviour of France after a meritorious service during the war at a young age.

'Wouldn't the Association be in my hands sometime soon?'

The words he spoke of during a drinking-bout a few years ago, was etched into Jean-Luc's brain.

"Didn't that BM say he was stronger than himself? There must be some circumstances if a person that strong had been hiding his identity."

"Circumstances as in?"

"Perhaps something that can't be shared. Like a catastrophe-ranked demon that betrayed its comrades, or possibly another returnee."

"Oh no, you can't be saying that for real, Jean-Luc."

"Simon! BM is very transparent. He's a strong-willed person who shared the responsibility despite having no interest in the merits."

"I know that much as well. He's most likely not telling a lie."

"And yet, you gave them such a first impression? It will come back to bite us over and over again."

He was referring to Simon's rudeness, but he merely shook his head.

"Who am I, Wenger."

"…"

"I am the representative of SWB, a VVIP of the Association, the Hero of Gallia."

A sense of authority dripped from his voice.

"I requested for the address, and yet BM apparently gave me the address of another spokesperson. In that case, who's the one that started the bad first impression?"

Simon gave a crooked smile.

"Well, it doesn't really matter what the first impression is. BM said he was an individual, right."

"He did."

"Let's say he really is awesome. He's still by himself isn't he? Even if he can fly or whatever, can he do what he wants to after ignoring the Grand Natural Society, the SWB and the Association?"

"…"

"In fact I couldn't understand why BM and Li Hwa were acting like that. What's so great about a person whose name we don't even know that they're revering him so much? Well, I guess both of them are also a bunch of fools with nothing but strength. They don't know it's the end once they get pulled into the opponent's pace."

He had been living for dozens of years in the battlefield after the New Era, but the old man couldn't give a straightforward answer to this situation. An unprecedented existence had appeared and there was no historical evidence that could be referred back on.

However, the man still had his instincts.

"Perhaps that might not be the end."

Demon hunter.

BM explained the power level of that person as 'unfathomable'. And yet he didn't move for personal gains nor did he belong to an organisation.

Power was given to those that strongly seeked it, and thus the strong always desired for something repeatedly. An existence like that person who deviated from the logic of power was the paradox itself.

An alarm bell was going off in Jean-Luc's head. The old man felt ominous for some reason.

"Jean-Luc. You're wise but always worried. Ahh, look. There's Crow finally coming back."

The spirit beast fluttered its wings across. The letter was still on its ankle.

A frown appeared on Simon's face as he opened the letter. On top of the address written down, there was a red cross casually scribbled across.

Simon gave an exaggerated smile in a sarcastic admiration. He licked his lips with the tip of his tongue.

"Do you see this! How rude could they be."

Rejection was one thing, but disregarding him like this was unacceptable – that was usually the case for all ambitious people.

Emotionally, Simon infuriatingly wrote the next letter. The content was as follows.

[Last Chance]

[Little Red Door, 60 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris, France]

I'll give you your last chance.

Hurry.

"Now, Crow. Off you go."

***

"Here is the Set Menu A that you've ordered."

Along with curry, a roasted chicken and several noodles were placed on the table.

"Should we wash our hands?"

While Bom and Gyeoul were wiping their hands with a wet tissue, Yu Jitae sliced the chicken into small pieces and placed them on Gyeoul's plate. She, who had been excited throughout the entire day, was now holding a chopstick in each hand while disintegrating the chicken.

"So, like, Bom. Where did Yeorum and Kaeul go?"

"Ah, they both have something to do."

"That little friend, is her name… Gyeoul?"

"Yes."

"Hohh. I thought that might be the case. But seriously, the power of DNA is amazing. She's so pretty. Uhahahat!"

It was now clear why Myung Yongha always laughed the way he did. Professor Myung Jong laughed heartily and blinked his eyes at Gyeoul while saying, "Ururung! Ororong!".

She gave a slight frown at Myung Jong, before turning back to the chicken.

"Hahat! Father. You can't do it like that."

"Oh, okay?"

"Watch me."

Then, Myung Yongha went "Ddork! Ddork!" and clicked his tongue. But once again, Gyeoul frowned without saying anything.

"You're being silly, honey."

"Sorry…"

"You too, father. The baby's scared."

"Urgh, I wasn't that bad…"

Only after hearing a mouthful from the wife did the father and son restrain themselves. Soon, Myung Yongha sent a subtle gaze to Yu Jitae.

"Do you recognise me?"

"Of course."

"Hahat, I never even imagined I would meet you here."

Myung Yongha's party consisted of Professor Myung Jong, Myung Yongha himself, his wife and his two sons. The lady wearing a straw hat appeared healthier than before and unlike when they met at the Lake of Life, she didn't cough either.

Looking back at the previous iterations, she would have died but this time she was alive. The Regressor had saved her.

However, he only thought to himself, 'Is that so'. He didn't really feel anything apart from that.

He turned his gaze over to the side. There was a child staring blankly at Gyeoul.

It was Myung Yongha's son. Was his name Myung Jun-il?

The child wasn't focused on his meal and his eyes remained stuck on Gyeoul.

"…?"

And when Gyeoul turned towards him, he hurriedly devoured his bread. He looked exactly like Gyeoul when she was looking at himself.

"…Congratulations on your second child."

"Ah, yes. His name's Junhyuk."

"Congratulations."

After that, Myung Yongha stayed quiet and focused on feeding the child.

"Ahuh, dude, this is spicy. Ahoo…!"

"…!"

When Professor Myung Jong fanned his mouth with his hand, Gyeoul showed interest. The Yu household was good at eating spicy food and didn't find it painful so she was intrigued by Myung Jong's reaction.

Wearing a bright smile, Gyeoul fanned her own mouth with a small hand. Seeing that, a flower bloomed on Professor Myung Jong's face.

"Why are you copying me?"

"…!"

"Do you think it's spicy as well? Nn? Uhahaha!"

For some reason, Myung Yongha's son also carefully copied Gyeoul and waved his hand.

That was roughly how the meal continued.

It was time to have ice cream as a dessert after the meal. Myung Yongha called Yu Jitae separately and asked if he could have a private chat together. Outside the cafeteria was a bench and the two males stood near it.

"It's nothing serious and I just wanted to say thank you very much."

"For what?"

"Do you know who I am, Mister Jitae?"

"Of course."

"Haha, you might be confused but in fact…"

He began talking about the things that happened with a composed voice. He talked about his wife who had been exposed to an ancient virus and how her condition worsened as the due date of her pregnancy approached.

That was when he came across Yu Jitae as well as some medicine given by BM. He said it was honestly hard to see which of the two had been effective, but something like that wasn't important.

"I'm extremely, grateful."

The strongest superhuman of Korea – one of the greatest magicians worldwide. Myung Yongha the Druid of Regeneration, gave a deep bow and thanked Yu Jitae.

"It's fine."

"I'm sincerely grateful. You are my benefactor."

"Please raise your head. The kids might see it."

Yu Jitae's goodwill had been on a simple whim. He was certain that Myung Yongha's wife would have no impact on the future and was giving compensation because he ate the mushroom that Myung Yongha had grown with care.

The pained expression of Myung Yongha of the previous iterations flashed in front of his eyes, but he still didn't feel much about it.

"Thanks to you, we're thinking of having a third as well. Hahat!"

"That's good news."

He was just curious whether he would finally be able to have a daughter or not.

"By the way."

Myung Yongha's voice got softer.

"Do you, by any chance, have an alias that you're working under?"

"No, I don't."

"Are you registered in the Association?"

"No."

"So I assume you don't have any official records either."

"That is the case."

"…"

His gaze became more profound.

"Mister Yu Jitae, ah, is that your real name?"

"Yes."

"I am quite confident in my ability to discern other superhumans with my eyes. That brings me to the next point."

Since his expression was overly serious, Yu Jitae realised what his offer would be.

"From the world rankers, there are a few friends gathered in order to drive the demons away from this world."

"…"

"Well, nowadays the objective is slightly changed, and we spend half the time playing around but…"

He awkwardly smiled before returning to his serious tone.

"There are several famous superhumans as well. We sometimes host banquets to build friendship and exchange information. It's kind of a secret so I can't really tell you their actual names but…"

"But?"

"If you're okay, would you like to attend our banquet?"

Instead of talking about the organisation itself, he was offering him to participate in the banquet.

Unfortunately, this wasn't an innocent offer.

If he did go there, the members of the Grand Natural Society would first try to check whether Yu Jitae was evil or not. And after the verification, they would turn him into a member.

Like it had always been in the previous iterations.

"Thanks for your words, but I'm okay."

"Ah, there are lots of good superhumans there. I swear on my name."

"I'm not interested in a social meeting of superhumans."

"Is that so…"

He sounded regretful but the light was still in his eyes. Myung Yongha didn't give up.

"If my offer had been too sudden, you can slowly think about it. We don't know how the world's going to change and we have to group together when we can."

"I have some circumstances that stop me."

"…It's not something huge. You can just come and see it. Mister Jitae is a good person as well right?"

"Why do you think that?"

That's…

Myung Yongha was about to continue, but closed his mouth.

The fact that Yu Jitae was good-natured was proven by Yu Bom, the girl who carried mother nature itself. A guardian of a child like that meant that he couldn't be an evil person.

…At least that's what he strongly believed based on the circumstantial evidences.

"I wish you didn't pay too much attention to me."

"Mister Jitae is…"

Before he could continue any further, Yu Jitae cut him off.

"I don't have that much of a good opinion on the Grand Natural Society."

Astonished, Myung Yongha's eyes widened. He wasn't expecting the organisation's name to come out from his mouth.

However, the superhuman in front of him was unfathomably strong and Myung Yongha's brain worked fast.

He instantaneously changed his line of thought.

"…Then does that mean Mister Jitae is against the Society."

His voice was a level deeper.

There was no longer a kind and amiable superhuman. Wearing a calm and prudent expression, he gave off the aura of a soldier.

But the Regressor replied indifferently.

"A hundred people have a hundred thoughts. The flag of an organisation cannot substitute the thoughts of an individual."

Even though they had gathered under the pretext of defending humanity, not all of them wanted to protect humanity.

"…Is it because you don't find me reliable enough?"

Yu Jitae shook his head.

"I can trust you."

However, there were those that he couldn't.

***

Simon's spirit beast, 'Crow', came flying but was unable to knock on the window as it always did. It did hit the wall but the sound it created was a bump and not a knock.

Jean-Luc Wenger doubted his own eyes. Something red exploded and had wetted the window.

Soon, the old man looked around in astonishment.

"…!"

The crow's neck had been half-snapped.

A letter was inside its mouth.

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Episode 33: Lair Amusement Park (3)

*(TL: The ending of previous chapter where the crow crashed into the window is more of a 'bump' than a 'thud' implying that it flew powerlessly on its own. Sorry about the mistranslation.)

It struggled to take a few steps forward. Every time it moved, blood flowed out of its half-crushed neck.

The crow lost its balance after a few seconds and collapsed after crashing its head into a table. After stopping once, the spirit beast was unable to stand back up on its own feet.

What did this mean?

"…"

Jean-Luc Wenger raised his trembling hand to pull out a glasses case and took out his glasses artifact.

Fortunately, no-one was inside the office. Simon was out on a personal matter with his attendants and Jean-Luc was the only one remaining inside the office as Simon's representative.

"…"

He decided to think about it.

1. The other side is on the outskirts of Haytling. Haytling was currently floating above the Pacific Ocean, so it was on the other side of the globe.

2. The crow spirit beast had its neck half-snapped but relied on the intense survivability of a spirit beast to fly all the way here.

In other words, the opponent had snapped the neck of the crow to a point right before its death, so that it would die the moment it arrived at this place. The reason they would do that was probably to warn them along with the return of the letter, telling them to know their own place.

But what? Snap the neck of a spirit beast so that it would die at a given time? Does that even make sense? If someone told him that, Jean-Luc wouldn't have believed it.

There was something fishy about it. The old man decided to stop there for the time being.

3. [Little Red Door, 60 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris, France]

The office Simon and Jean-Luc were in, was different from the address written on the letter. Little Red Door was a cafe where a different superhuman was currently positioned at. Simon would only leave for that place after that person contacted them.

The reason was simple – it was because they wanted to hide the location of the office.

When 'Crow' was being educated, it was taught to head to the closest base whenever it was flying. So theoretically, Crow should have gone to the cafe which was closer to Haytling than here, before flying over to this place.

And if the crow had gone to the cafe, he should've been reported regarding it.

However, there had been no reports.

And Crow was here.

"…"

He gazed outside. The old man felt a prickling sense on his fingers. A hypothesis of an outrageous situation appeared on his head.

Immediately, he called someone with his watch.

After some time, the other party picked up.

"Arthur?"

– Yes, Arthur speaking.

"…"

– Sir Wenger? Your order please.

"…No. It's nothing. Don't worry."

Jean-Luc placed his glasses back into the container with shivering hands.

He recomposed the situation.

The conclusion was this: the opponent knew where Simon's office was from the very start. Crow flew to the office because its neck was snapped at a place that was closer to the office than the cafe. In other words, the opponent was nearby.

Perhaps… they were watching him right now somewhere beyond the window.

"This damned…"

The old man heaved out a profanity before pulling the curtains to a close.

His wrinkled fingers moved and took out the letter, etched deeply into the crow's mouth. It was wetted with Crow's blood.

After opening the letter, the wrinkle on Jean-Luc's face became a level deeper.

There were three circles and the first one had a red cross on it.

Who would be the remaining two?

"…"

The old soldier intuitively realised it.

Every time they handed the letter back, a cross would be added. However, if Simon didn't see this letter, the unnecessary strife would vanish and he definitely had to stop it from accelerating.

But, how?

The old soldier closed his eyes.

This was all because his senses had aged after the war ended. Back in the days…

Damn it, the old age was getting to him.

Now was not the time for excuses.

He felt like bashing his young master on his face today. What was fortunate was that Simon wasn't next to him right now. Persuasion would have been near impossible if he had seen the dead body of Crow.

So he had to hide Crow but Simon would be back in 20 minutes. What excuse should he give to explain the disappearance of a well-trained spirit beast…

It was then.

Thinking back, Crow tended to act selfishly once a year.

When was his mating season last year again…?

The old soldier opened his eyes.

Although he finally saw a path out of this, a myriad of emotions came flooding in at the same time.

He sincerely apologised to the spirit beast that suffered for more than ten years for them. He had flown back to his owner even at the last breath but the owner would never find out about his death.

"This is all my fault for being virtueless…"

Jean-Luc chose to hide the body of the crow.

"I'm sorry."

There was no way out except for this.

***

"…I got it."

After saying that, Myung Yongha quickly returned from his tense expression and smiled.

"Hahat, sorry. I pretended to be serious for no reason."

Yu Jitae shook his head. The reaction he showed just then was in fact on the milder side as a soldier.

"That doesn't change the fact that you're my benefactor. I'll give you my business card. Please contact me if you need help for anything, whatever it may be."

It was a white card with only the name and phone number written on it. Myung Yongha gave a wink.

"It's my number, not the manager's."

Their private conversation came to an end.

Once they returned to the table, they found Professor Myung Jong, Bom, Gyeoul, Myung Yongha's big son and Myung Yongha's wife, Jung Hawon, chatting around.

Myung Yongha carried seven bowls of ice cream and placed one in front of each person. The flavours were vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, and the one in front of Gyeoul was a strawberry-flavoured one. Seeing that, Myung Jun-il shook his head at his father.

"Why why. My son."

Seemingly at a shy age, Myung Jun-il was unable to clearly state what he wanted and instead sent his father a gaze. Then, Myung Yongha gave a faint grin before changing the ice cream with his son. Myung Jun-il was therefore able to eat strawberry-flavoured ice cream.

"Didn't you not like strawberry?"

"I, I like it now."

"Ohh, reallllyyy? Hmmm?"

Wahahat! Myung Yongha heartily laughed after glancing at Gyeoul.

Even after that, Myung Jun-il vaguely nodded or shook his head but Myung Yongha seemed to know exactly what his son wanted every single time like a detective.

The Regressor found that to be intriguing. How did he know his son so well.

Sitting on his seat, he looked back at Gyeoul. She, who had been mindlessly digging into the sticky gelato ice cream, felt his gaze and faced him.

Why don't I know what you're thinking, Yu Jitae asked inwardly.

Then, Gyeoul widened her eyes into circles, hesitated for a bit, before scooping a spoonful of the strawberry ice cream and handing it over to Yu Jitae.

"…?"

"I'm fine."

Shake, shake.

She shook her head.

Why?

"I'm fine. You should eat it."

Shake, shake.

He still didn't really understand what the child wanted.

Gyeoul blankly stared at Myung Yongha and his wife. The eyes they had when looking at one another, was special.

Was she seeing things? Gyeoul tilted her head.

No. She wasn't. While the wife was feeding ice cream to the older son, Myung Yongha's eyes as he looked back and forth between the wife and the son appeared to be shooting something out.

"…!"

Gyeoul wanted to know what that special gaze was about.

Myung Yongha hummed and smiled as he leaned his chin on his wife's shoulder. He then exclaimed, "What about me?" in a charming manner. His wife grumbled and said, "Auuh, what are you doing?" Her words were clearly that of a refusal but the gaze she faced her husband with, also seemed to emanate something.

The wife's gaze was still the same when she looked at the son, as well as the little baby.

"…"

For some reason, Gyeoul thought it looked very good.

"…"

She felt the little boy looking at her for some reason, but regardless, Gyeoul was curious.

So, she scooped up some strawberry ice cream with her small hand and looked back at Yu Jitae. Then, she gently pushed her hand forward like what she had seen just then.

"You want me to eat it?"

"…Nn."

She appeared expectant.

When Yu Jitae extended his hand and tried to grab the spoon, Gyeoul stealthily dodged his hand and pushed it again once he lowered his hand.

In other words, she was trying to feed him directly.

He didn't know what meaning there could be behind feeding him, but Gyeoul was staring at him with extremely expectant eyes so Yu Jitae had no choice but to swallow the strawberry ice cream from Gyeoul's spoon.

"…!"

Then, she suddenly widened her eyes.

Excited, Gyeoul continued scooping up ice cream for Yu Jitae to eat. He didn't know how much he had to eat for the child to be satisfied, so the Regressor ate everything she was giving him.

After repeating that for a long time, when the bowl of ice cream was about to be completely emptied out, he found Bom laughing under her breath.

Why.

"Nn? It's nothing."

She continued laughing after that.

It seemed that he had eaten too much. Gyeoul's bowl was now empty.

"…Ah."

When she came to her senses and realised that the bowl was empty, Gyeoul formed a depressed expression. She was so absorbed in giving the food away that she didn't even see the state her own bowl was in.

After noticing her expression, Bom whispered into Yu Jitae's ears.

'Please feed Gyeoul ice cream as well, ahjussi.'

What?

'Hurry. Gyeoul will be happy.'

Bom displayed a smile full of certainty.

He didn't do it often, but it's not like this would be his first time feeding Gyeoul something. Nonetheless, the Regressor raised her up and placed her on top of his lap before giving her his chocolate ice cream. Even then, he was doubtful.

He wasn't giving a great gift, nor were they staring at a beautiful scenery. It was nothing but feeding ice cream.

Would something like this, make you happy.

While thinking that, the Regressor brought his spoon to her mouth. Since he was staring at the back of her head, he couldn't look at her expression as she carefully closed her mouth over the spoon.

Her head swayed back and forth. She chewed after wiping the spoon clean as her cheeks twitched up.

Before long, she finished swallowing the ice cream and gazed back at Yu Jitae. She was staring straight at his eyes, clearer than ever before.

The Regressor didn't avoid her eyes.

"…"

A few seconds passed as they blankly stared at each other. Soon, Gyeoul took in a deep breath and nodded her head. What was making her so satisfied…? He didn't know.

But there was a bright smile of satisfaction hanging on her mouth.

That was when Bom once again whispered into his ears.

'How was it? She liked it, right?"

'She did. Thanks.'

'Then… whose turn is it now?'

What?

He turned to Bom and saw her opening her mouth, going 'Ahh–'.

Yu Jitae felt perplexed as Bom bursted out in laughter and giggled.

After parting ways with Myung Yongha's family, he was going around the amusement park with Bom and Gyeoul.

"How about we go to the haunted house?"

"…Haunted house?"

"Nn. I think it'll be fun."

The Regressor thought for a bit.

Haunted house, haunted house…

It would be a different story for him and Bom, but Gyeoul might like it.

On the way there, people wearing full costumes of Lair mascots welcomed people and handed out candies.

There were costumes of a cat, a dog, a zebra, a deer, a baby chicken, a tiger and others.

But from them, there was one extremely unique animal costume. With a blue face and a body resembling a reptile, it had a horn and beard on the head.

It was the mythical creature, dragon.

Gyeoul, who was in Yu Jitae's arms, flashed her eyes and gestured to go towards the dragon mascot.

When he did go there, Gyeoul began touching the animal costume on the face. Perhaps because of her careful touches or because the child was pretty, the person wearing the costume did not turn away from Gyeoul's fingers.

After touching the beard for a long time, Gyeoul looked back at Yu Jitae. Then, she began pointing at other animals.

"…Cat."

He gave a nod.

"…Dog."

He nodded.

After saying a zebra, a deer, Chirpy, a tiger and others, Gyeoul finally pointed at the dragon costume and asked.

"…What's, this?"

The Regressor gave an empty smile. He was slightly baffled.

That was when a female voice was heard from inside the costume.

– It's a dragon, cute little friend!

"…Dragon?"

Gyeoul looked back with a bright smile.

She asked Yu Jitae.

"…What is, a dragon?"

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20 thoughts on "Kidnapped Dragons Chapter 99"

SHADOWMay 9, 2021 at 12:54 pm

someone about to get their ass spanked

COOKIEMay 9, 2021 at 1:41 pm

Thanks for the chapter. Poor Crow!

TSUKIIMay 9, 2021 at 2:44 pm

some people just have to court dead

APOPSMay 9, 2021 at 3:02 pm

The crow was innocent!

HAPPY HAPPY COMMENT SQUAD 1May 10, 2021 at 3:05 am

He was only complying to his supervisors orders lol xDDDDDDDDDDDDD

CROWHUNTERMay 9, 2021 at 3:45 pm

Bounty #2774 down. Heading home

RAIHANMay 9, 2021 at 5:04 pm

Thanks for the chapter. Well, sometimes we forget about it, but Yu Jitae and his clone definitely a psychopath

AAAMay 9, 2021 at 5:38 pm

True, this is a redemption story

RAINMay 9, 2021 at 8:34 pm

Except they aren't psychopaths, psychopaths are born, not created, I think the term sociopath would be a bit more appropriate, but they really don't seem to be that either, I think.

ENKIROSMay 10, 2021 at 12:07 am

i mean, it's literally a demon from hell tbh

PHILLIP MASEDI BAAISIMay 9, 2021 at 5:45 pm

Damn well killed the messenger. Poor bird.

PASSERBYMay 10, 2021 at 12:38 am

Thanks for the chapter! Btw is this site has discord or something?

MORIDIN84May 10, 2021 at 12:38 am

Haha. He actually went nearby and threw the bird at the guy's window.

I mean the mentality "this is your last chance" doesn't really make sense since Jean is the one who wants to meet up. Although he's mainly acting like this because he thinks he has to bully the "spokesman" for appearing instead of the MC.

EXQALPH03May 10, 2021 at 1:52 am

— Thanks for the chapter~ ^^.

ENVALEXMay 10, 2021 at 6:07 am

Thanks for the chapter

THATANNOYINGNEIGHBOURMay 10, 2021 at 7:26 am

Thanks for the chapter (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

ALENINAMay 10, 2021 at 8:44 am

Thanks for the chapter! Things gonna get more spicier!

ZENOMay 10, 2021 at 9:55 am

Thanks for the chapter

It still feels a bit artificial to have the saviour of France go head to head with a superhuman he knows nothing about except that he's strong enough to kill Noah on his own without injuries.

That's like knowing someone related to God and thinking of killing God but only seeing the benefits he'll receive once he kills God.

ETERNAL PERSPECTIVEMay 11, 2021 at 7:59 am

that's actually not his fault in some ways , BM describes MC as someone in another dimension but while telling the union he just said unfathomable and since the strongest human alive is barely a bit stronger than BM ,the france idiot mostly guessed him to be similar in power level just that he was hiding his abilities and appearing mysterious

rather another issue is none of the rankers seem to be ready to kill each other over small stuff and considering his misunderstanding that mc is hiding because of some issue/weakness he believes he has a good chance

(expect he doesn't know mc gives 0 fks about his life and rather than hiding he found it useless to be in the open)

ETERNAL PERSPECTIVEMay 11, 2021 at 7:54 am

thanks for chap

lol can't help but remember a certain regressor with his younger son's name. wow i'm amazed at the france guy he really wants to catch weaknesses and blackmail them?,he's begging to be killed and wow the clone literally threw a dead bird to their window

looks like there are ppl the hostility doesn't even need to interfere with

Chapter 901 - gt

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