After saying that, Seomun Yongnyeo’s expression turned as if she was regretful.
“But I don’t think it will be easy to get your hands on it.”
If a person were simply strong, it would be easier to deal with them.
This was because there were many cases where they would fall for it if they were given a moderate amount of praise or were promised a certain reward.
However, it didn’t seem like people followed Seo Kang-rim simply because he was strong.
“What do you think the relationship between Seo Kang-rim and the people in District 2 is like?”
“It seems like a pretty strong bond. It doesn’t seem like a temporary partnership.”
At those words, Seomun Yongnyeo laughed bitterly.
If a bond had already been built, it seemed like offering to scout would not work.
There was no reason to leave behind my strong allies and go to another area where there were people I had never met.
The envoy who had been silently looking at Seomun Yongnyeo opened his mouth.
“Then are you giving up on Seo Kang-rim?”
“give up?”
She asked back as if he was asking a strange question.
The corners of Seomun Yongnyeo’s eyes curved and she smiled quite leisurely.
“No way. I want more.”
She picked up the darts that were on the table.
The tip of the dart was shining sharply.
“It seems like Team Leader Gong is quite fond of her. If I take Seo Kang-rim with me, her expression will be something to behold.”
Although he wanted to bring a strong trainee to his team, his desire to embarrass the princess seemed to be greater.
She threw a dart at the dartboard by the door.
The dart hit the center with a sharp sound.
“Okay, then… … .”
Seomun Yongnyeo rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment before turning on the system window.
Soon a message box appeared in front of her.
She quickly composed a message, sent it, and then stood up.
The chassar draped the jacket he was holding over Seomun Yongnyeo’s shoulders and handed her a pair of neatly arranged gloves.
“Are you finished?”
“For now. I have to take care of my main tasks first, so I’ll take my time with that.”
Saying so, Seomun Yongnyeo headed out with the messenger.
As I was walking down a long hallway, a notification sound went off indicating that a message had arrived.
“Have you received a reply yet?”
Seomun Yongnyeo opened a message window as if she was a little surprised.
As she silently read the message, the corners of her mouth began to rise little by little.
Seomun Yongnyeo smiled with satisfaction after reading all the messages.
“Ah, I miss seeing Team Leader Gong’s face.”
9. The Seventh Door
It felt like something was sitting on my chest, a heavy weight making it difficult to breathe.
I tried to open my eyes, but it was still dark and I couldn’t move a single finger as I wanted.
Did you get caught in the scissors again?
Scissors and nightmares are things I’ve experienced so often that I’m sick of them, but today was different than usual.
It felt like a huge rock was weighing down on my chest.
It was painful.
The moment when I struggle to somehow wake up from this pain.
“yes!”
My eyes opened to the sound of a familiar cry.
I looked around and saw that it was dark outside the window.
It felt like I hadn’t slept in hours, but when I looked at the clock, it was already dinnertime.
Why on earth did I sleep until this hour?
As I tried to get out of bed, I still felt the weight of the scissors pressing down on my whole body.
“Huh? Huh?”
Only then did I realize what the scissors were.
Linney was on top of me, looking down at my face.
What started out as a puppy has now grown quite large and heavy.
When the hard hoof pressed down on my temples, even I felt a little… … pain.
“Lini, get down. Get down.”
“Wow!”
His expression was strangely determined, as if he was joking.
Instead of going down, Linney brought her head towards me.
White light was pouring out from the horn.
[The ability ‘Purification’ is activated!]
Why do you use ‘purification’?
Then suddenly I felt a warm energy near my arm.
When I looked down at my arm, there was a black spot left behind like a stain.
As the ‘purification’ began, the stain began to fade little by little, but did not completely disappear.
When I saw that, I thought I knew why I overslept.
After defeating Steel in the Viper’s Room, I returned to my room and immediately collapsed.
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Although he recovered with his powers, it was only emergency treatment.
It seems that he fell into a deep sleep due to accumulated fatigue and damage.
But it seemed like the recovery was still insufficient.
The part that had been immersed in the poison was still blurry.
Still, thanks to Linnie’s ‘purification’, it seemed like I would get better in a few days.
“Thank you, Linnie.”
“yes!”
Linney lifted her chin with a confident expression.
The way he acted like he was so smart was quite cute.
I roughly patted Linnie’s head and looked around.
“By the way, where did the dragon go?”
I remember carrying the dragon in my arms, but I don’t know what happened after that.
Are you in the spirit world?
Then Linnie jumped down to the floor and popped her head under the bed.
“Huh! Huh!”
“Kyaaaaak!”
A loud threatening sound was heard from under the bed.
I sat up and looked down under the bed. In the darkness, two eyes were shining brightly.
Were you hiding there?
“Come out.”
“Krrrr… … .”
The dragon looked back and forth between Liny and me, then slowly got out of bed.
Looking at it this way, my fight with Kangcheol felt like a dream.
This guy crawling on his short legs was that steel… … .
The dragon before my eyes now was incomparably smaller than it was then.
Besides, dragons usually have long, snake-like bodies, but this guy was overall quite skinny.
It looked somewhat heavy thanks to its crimson scales.
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[Name] Red and Black Dragon
[Rank] Ghostly Three Ranks
[Description] A dragon that contains the energy of poison, fire, and water. It has a more violent personality and stronger attack power than other dragons.
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“Kyaang!”
The guy showed off his violence by hitting the floor with his short tail.
It’s a red and black dragon.
It was a fairly rare species even among dragons.
Usually, dragons have the attributes of the five cardinal colors: red, black, white, blue, and yellow.
There are cases where two or more colors are mixed, such as the red-black dragon, but it is quite rare.
It seemed like he was steel and then turned back into a dragon, and now he had the characteristics of when he was steel.
“Krrr… … !”
The dragon was still baring his teeth, as if he was dissatisfied with something.
Is it possible that the ‘Token of Friendship’ isn’t working properly?
Then Linnie came carrying her rice bowl that was placed in a corner of the room.
“Whoosh!”
Now I think I understand why the dragon was so angry.
While I was sleeping, those two guys must have been starving… … .
It was surprising that he left her alone without waking her up.
“Sorry. I’ll give you food.”
I got up from my seat, staggering.
When I gave them the remaining snacks at the end of the day, both of them ate them eagerly.
I felt like this wasn’t enough, so I took the two of them to a restaurant to have my own meal.
Tou, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, greeted me warmly.
“Clothes, oh oh!”
“Hello. Give me one of today’s menus and two bags of yakgwa.”
“clothes!”
It would take some time to prepare my meal, so I gave the servants some snacks first.
While the two were eating their meals, I looked around.
The inside of the restaurant was quite desolate.
It wasn’t just the restaurants that were quiet, the entire educational facility was quiet.
In each of the magic circles, there were dropouts, and in the viper’s room in particular, there were going to be even more of them.
Then someone hit me hard on the back.
“Ah! Now I’m awake!”
This strength feels like my back will break.
A voice that is overly cheerful.
When I glanced back, Jang Tae-heon was smiling brightly.
“……it hurts.”
“Don’t joke. You’re not the type of person to be in this much pain, are you?”
No, it really hurts.
I don’t know what level Jang Tae-heon thought I was, but it was a big misunderstanding.
He said as he looked around my body.
“Oh, you really are in pain. Sorry.”
“Okay. Just don’t hit me any more.”
The part that was still poisoned was throbbing.
As I sat down after receiving my meal, Jang Tae-heon also received his meal and sat down in front of me.
He asked, glancing at the dragon targeting my meal.
“Is that steel?”
“huh.”
“Your appearance has completely changed.”
When I didn’t give him food, the dragon ate all his share of the medicine and was eyeing Liny’s share.
Linney noticed this and pushed her medicine right past him as if telling him to eat it quickly.
It felt like I was being ripped off, but I was glad that I was doing well.
“Steel, I’m glad you didn’t die.”
Jang Tae-heon said that and tried to pat the dragon.
But when the dragon got close to my hand, it opened its mouth to bite my finger.
Their teeth clacked together in the air.
Jang Tae-heon said with a frightened face.
“Wow, this kid has a fierce personality.”
“Don’t touch it. You’ll cut off your finger.”
As I was eating and chatting with Jang Tae-heon like that, I started to feel a strange sensation.
It feels like going back in time.
Jang Tae-heon talked noisily, Yoo Ha-rang refuted, and sometimes Kang Do-hyeon mediated between the two.
Shin Soo-ah was listening to the story with a smile.
Can we go back to that time?
Although he had a brief confrontation with Jang Tae-heon in the snake’s room, he is now eating like this.
“Ah, Master!”
As I was lost in thought, I heard a familiar voice and raised my head.
Yun Gyul-woo was standing at the entrance of the restaurant.
As he was approaching me, he suddenly stopped.
“……uh.”
Yoon Gyul-woo looked back and forth between Jang Tae-heon and me with a slightly embarrassed look.
It seemed like he was embarrassed because there was a stranger there.
Just as I was about to introduce Jang Tae-heon, Yoon Gyul-woo nodded to me and left the restaurant.
I couldn’t figure out why he was doing that.
“You’re not going to eat that? If you don’t eat it, I’ll eat it.”
Jang Tae-heon took the meat dish that was in front of me and put it in my mouth.
Didn’t he notice Yun Gyul-woo’s gaze?
Then one of the members of District 2 approached and spoke to me.
“Oh, Mr. Kangrim. I have something to tell you. Can you spare a moment?”
He was someone I didn’t normally interact with much.
Thinking that he might have something important to do, he glanced at Jang Tae-heon for a moment and then stood up.
As we left the restaurant, the other person hesitated and then spoke.
“Hey… … The person we were eating with just now, isn’t he from District 3?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The other person still looked uneasy at my answer.
He spoke in a small voice.
“I… I think it would be better to stay away from that person.”
“… … .”
“Seeing you suddenly come to another area… … it’s a bit suspicious. Could you be a spy?”
