Kidnapped Dragons

s it.”

“A gold goblin.
They always stick all those things around their body,” she said before adding, “Ohh, and look at him.”

“The one with white clothes?”

He looked normal though.

“Nn.
He’s a normal baldie.”

Saying that, Yeorum quietly giggled to herself.

It was slightly dumbfounding.
Yeorum did not smile a single time despite staying at a hotel that was worth 1,000 dollars a night, and having a 500-dollar dinner but was laughing at a bald guy.

Whatever the case, anything was fine as long as it could better her mood.
After finishing the main dish, the waiter brought a dessert along with a decent wine.

It was 8 pm by that time.
Darkness covered the city outside as fancy lights of the town seeped through the window.
Taking a sip of the wine, Yeorum murmured a question.

“Why did you bring me here?”

“How many times do I have to say it.
We came here to play.
Don’t worry about anything and just play to your heart’s content while we’re here.”

“…”

Putting a piece of cheese into her mouth, she said.

“It is nice, but this is not good.”

“Why.”

“You know yourself.
Now’s not the time for me to do this.”

“It’s fine.”

“It’s not fine.”

“People that run with their eyes looking only at the front need to take a rest sometimes.
Or what, do you not like this place? Do you want to go somewhere else?”

“Nn? Well, it’s not like I hate it but…”

“Then just play.
Put everything down.”

Yeorum blankly turned to the scenery outside the window.
Her pony tail that left through the hole of her cap appeared like the tail of a puppy.

“Hmm, but you know.”

“Yeah.”

“Like, I don’t know.”

“What?”

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“I, don’t really know…”

“You don’t know what.”

“C’mon like, what can it be? Do you really not know what I’m talking about?”

It seemed that she was somewhat embarrassed by it.
She glared at him for a little before avoiding eye contact and whispering.

“…I don’t know how to play in places like this.”

Her words left like a sigh.

Wasn’t that natural though?

Yeorum right now was not only unaware of how to play, even watching people walk by was an interesting sight for her.
Everything for her was a new experience.

Ever since she opened her eyes to this day, her life was just a repetition of fighting, getting stronger and fighting stronger enemies.
It was the same when she just arrived for her Amusement as well as at Lair.
She had been fighting wearing a wooden mask back then but was now fighting cadets wearing a cadet uniform. 

He didn’t know why she would be embarrassed by the fact that she didn’t know how to play.

Naturally Yu Jitae himself didn’t know how to play either but could imitate it to an extent.
It was because there was a time when he had to live in Las Vegas for a few years in the past.

Thus, he nonchalantly said to her.

“Just trust me.”

***

He first took Yeorum over to a circus.

Alpha Monsters – it was a monster circus show.
Under the splendid spot lights, well-trained ogres and sabertooth tigers either bounced balls or danced.
As cheerful music came flowing out, the monsters rhythmically shook their heads and sometimes, male and female dancers wearing risque clothes came out and danced with the monsters.
Yeorum couldn’t take her eyes off the stage.

“Wow.
What was that.”

After the show, Yeorum was very talkative.

“That was freaking interesting.
How did they do that? It was like perfectly on beat.

“Are all those stupid monsters crazy? They don’t have any pride…! They just listen to whatever they’re told.

“That’s actually freaking interesting.
Did they like bash the monsters up when they were teaching them? Because they listen better that way?”

Excluding the time when she was doing great in the competition, Yu Jitae had never seen Yeorum this excited. 

“Was it fun?”

“Huh? Well…”

But the question of whether it was fun or not might have come across to her as if he was treating her like a child.
Maybe the fact that she had enjoyed a small entertainment like that might have touched her pride, but Yeorum placed the cigarette in her mouth with a grumble.

“It wasn’t much.”

“…”

Sure.
Of course.

Suppressing her excitement, Yeorum smoked the cigarette.
Yu Jitae was next to the child but could see the ponytail popping out from the cap.

When Yeorum turned her head looking at the shiny and colourful buildings around her, the hair appeared like the gently shaking tail of a puppy.

It was a fairly strange thought on his part.
Had he ever seen something so common, and link it to something different that it resembled? For some reason, he wanted to touch it so he reached his hand out and touched the hair…

“Nn? What you doing?”

“…”

“Go away.”

Yeorum flicked her hand so he retrieved his arm.
Weirdly enough, there was a very faint sense of reluctance.
It was a strange thing because he wasn’t interested in puppies or cats.

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The tail of a puppy huh…

“What are we going to do now?”

“Casino.”

She appeared very pleased after hearing it.

“Oh.
I love it.”

“It’s your first time right?”

“Yeah…”

“Let’s go.”

He moved his feet.
Yeorum’s feet as she walked right behind him were very light and on the way there, Yu Jitae explained a few things.

“It’s good to play but there are a few things that you must keep in mind.”

“What are they.”

“Mentally prepare yourself first.
Whether it’s exciting or enraging, this is just a little bit of a pastime activity.
You can’t forget that.
You can’t get absorbed in it, no matter what it is.
Okay?”

“Of course.
Do I look like a kid?”

He didn’t reply to that question.
He simply opened his watch and gave her a card.

“I’ve prepared this for you.
There are 1,000 dollars inside it.
Go change them to chips and go to a slot machine, do black jack, baccarat, whatever you want.”

“Yeah.
You’re not coming with me?”

“I have something else to do.
If you don’t know how something works, just watch and learn from the side.
There’s nothing too hard inside.”

“Ah… How about you still come with me?”

“There’s just something I have to buy.
I’ll go to you after buying them.
Call me when there’s a problem.”

“Okay.”

Yeorum nodded.
In fact, he would be acutely raising his senses so there wouldn’t be a problem even if she didn’t call him.

*

After sending her off, Yu Jitae headed to a store outside the casino.
He had glanced at it on the way but there was a variety of ornaments in this place that girls would love, ranging from small jewelries to cute mascot plushies of Las Vegas, and accessories like bracelets and rings with the mascot engraved.

He hadn’t given any accessories to the kids before.
Now that he was at a fairly distant place, it might be a good idea for him to give a gift to each of the kids.
They would probably like it.

Maybe this hair pin with a pink flower attached would suit Bom’s hair quite well – that was the first thing he thought of.
Pink suited her quite nicely perhaps because her hair had the same colour as grass.

After buying a hair pin for Bom, he bought bracelets for Kaeul and Gyeoul, as well as a piercing for Yeorum.
That was when someone called him – it was Yeorum.

“Yeah.”

– Sir…

Sir?

“What.”

– Little Yeowum ish f*cked…

She spoke with a lisp.
It sounded as if she was trying to act cute.

He could somewhat guess what it was about without even having to hear the rest.

“Did you lose everything already? It’s only been 20 minutes since you’ve gone inside though?”

She was silent for a short period of time.
Soon, a chuckle sounded from the other side of the phone.

– Nn ♥