Kugugugu [Dash]
The ground shook.
The elements constructing the world of dreams began to separate, scattering like sparks. Amidst the tumultuously changing scenery, the buildings collapsed rapidly, and the monochromatic landscape started to tear apart like a ripped photograph. Finally, the world was engulfed in darkness, as if someone had inverted it with black ink. It was a perfect world of nothingness.
San’s body, with nowhere to settle, bounced out of the nightmare. No, it was more fitting to say he was chased out.
“Gasp!”
Cold sweat trickled down San’s forehead as he abruptly sat up from the bed. His gaze, looking anxiously at the sleeping Gang, shook.
She was still deeply asleep.
“What on earth happened?”
The afternoon sunlight, lazily settling over the tranquil landscape, felt strangely alien. Gang woke up not long after that.
Feeling good after waking up from a pleasant dream, she tossed and turned, soon discovering San sitting beside her.
Locking eyes, he greeted her first.
“Did you sleep well?”
“Yeah. How about you? Did you eat enough?”
Instead of an answer, San responded with a soft smile. The gaze looking at him felt somehow gentler and warmer than usual.
As they locked eyes, a smile unconsciously formed on both of their faces.
“Why are honeydrops dripping from your eyes?”
Did she find today’s nightmare particularly satisfying? That thought crossed his mind. However, San just silently continued to gaze at her.
Gang slowly got up and stretched after a good night’s sleep. Then, looking at San who was still sitting there, she said, “Shall we go outside? I’ll give you a ride on my motorcycle.”
She suggested going out for a bit, feeling like she wanted to do something different. However, for some reason, he didn’t respond.
Gang stopped her steps and turned around.
Looking at his tightly sealed lips, she felt a vague sense of unease.
Although her body felt heavy as if glued to the floor, she retraced her steps.
Approaching him cautiously, she asked, “What’s wrong?”
What happened while she was asleep again?
After last night, the restlessness and fear she had been deliberately keeping at bay rushed over her.
And soon, the story that came from San was like a thunderbolt to her as well.
“Gang-ah.”
“Yeah?”
“Your nightmares are starting to blur.”
For a moment, her mind went blank. It felt like her body had malfunctioned as she didn’t know how to react to the unexpected story.
“Blurry nightmares? What does that even mean?”
Gang asked, clenching her trembling fingertips.
“Exactly as it sounds. The energy coming out of the dream has weakened. Almost to the point where there’s hardly anything I can consume.”
“Then how…”
Even though she tried to force her lips apart, her voice didn’t come out well due to the confusion.
Only then did she realize that his gaze, looking at her, contained a very complex emotion.
What happened?
“The energy coming out of the dream has weakened. Almost to the point where there’s hardly anything I can consume.”
“Then how…”
Although she tried to force her lips apart, her voice didn’t come out well due to the confusion.
Only then did she realize that his gaze, looking at her, contained a very complex emotion.
What happened? Why did it suddenly turn out like this? The enormous wave of anxiety covered her in an instant, like a momentary occurrence.
“What will happen to us in the future?”
“…….”
“Me…”
Gang, unconsciously taking a step backward, spoke.
“Are you going to leave?”
Sniff.
It was the first time she felt such fear.
She had thought that a day like this might come someday, but the reality she faced was a much bigger terror than she had predicted.
Her hand, which had been on San’s shoulder, fell.
The wrist, which had been moving away due to the backward step, was suddenly grabbed.
Sitting in the chair, San, holding Gang’s wrist, looked at her quietly.
His gaze still held indescribable complex emotions.
But the hand holding Gang’s wrist was as firm as it could be.
“I’ll find the answer.”
“……. ”
“So, give me a little time.”
San immediately called Romy and urged her.
“Don’t stay away for even a moment. Stick around.”
“Where are you going?”
As she asked, he answered while preparing to leave.
“I’m going to meet Seolseong.”
He needed to figure out the cause of the sudden change in Gang’s condition.
And San knew that the fastest route to find out was through Seolseong and the path through Seolseong’s residence.
“You said you found a trace nearby, right?”
“Yes, but…”
“Tell me where.”
Based on the information he received from Romy, San headed straight to the location where Seolseong was.
Fortunately, her planned stay in the human world was not far from there.
An old detached house in a sparsely populated neighborhood.
Although it was a house that clearly showed the traces of time, it was well-maintained.
Seolseong, taking care of flowers in the yard, looked as if she had been staying here for a long time without any discomfort.
“It really seems human-like for you to be here.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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