The monster welcoming her vigorously upon arriving in U-guk wasn’t exactly pleasant, but Romie rallied her spirits with her best effort.
The monster in front of her was the first mountain she had to overcome.
Romie took out one of the dumplings she had put in her pocket and quickly swallowed it.
‘There are only ten, but since the beginning is half, it’s right to eat it now!’
With that thought, almost without chewing, she swallowed the dumpling.
At that moment, her eyes widened.
Whether it was because it was good for her body or not, she naturally didn’t know, but the scent and taste were so appealing!
‘Amazing taste!’
Perhaps because she recalled the effectiveness of the dumpling from Baek Nojin, she felt as if courage and strength were surging.
And it was because the candy was coated with the candy that the dogs couldn’t die and live, she naturally didn’t know.
Another reason to go back alive had appeared for her.
When I go back, I should ask Baek Nojin to make more dumplings.
Thinking that, Romie bared her teeth.
Eurrrrr!
Lowering their bodies and scanning each other, the two simultaneously kicked the ground and leaped.
“Kraaah!”
The roar of a beast cut through the air of U-guk like thunder.
[Star Icon] [Star Icon] [Star Icon]A peaceful morning also came to the human world.
The human world, where all the barriers disappeared, maintained its usual appearance as if nothing had happened overnight.
The gently murmuring river half-opened its eyes and looked at the mountain sleeping in its embrace.
Upon sensing movement, the mountain also opened its eyes.
“Did you sleep well?”
“Yeah. How about you?”
“I feel much better.”
“Lies.”
“Really.”
The mountain pulled her waist and leaned their foreheads together.
Thanks to the fantastic nightmare she had eaten and cleaned up last night, her condition was so good that it seemed as if all the remaining poison had been removed.
However, according to Seolseong’s words, the poison from the sleepweed would continue to absorb nutrients by rooting deep into the body of the mountain until she took the antidote.
Even at this moment, the roots of the toxic plant were rooting in the mountain’s body, sucking up his energy diligently, which also meant that he might suddenly doze off at any moment.
He looked at Gang’s face with a serious expression.
Her appearance was so calm that it was hard to believe she had dreamed of a horrific nightmare.
As she had erased memories of the dream, it was only natural, but her tearful face was a painful memory even for the mountain.
“What kind of dream did I have yesterday?”
Unable to readily answer Gang’s question, he reluctantly spoke.
“Just.”
“……”
“A terrible dream.”
It was a belated and carefully chosen answer.
Probably reluctant to talk about the specific content of the dream, she didn’t ask any further.
“Was it delicious?”
At Gang’s question, the mountain burst into a breezy laugh.
“You’re always delicious.”
Now accustomed to the familiar response, Gang laughed and replied.
In any case, he had finished a satisfying meal, and if that was of any help to the mountain, it was enough.
Gang put her arms around his waist and rested her forehead on his chest.
Then, she asked in a whisper.
“Since there’s no schedule today, should we stick together like this all day?”
In response to her words, the mountain answered.
“Shall we set a record?”
“What record?”
Instead of answering, he just made a funny face.
Gang blushed a bit late to understand the meaning, but soon she cheekily replied.
“Let’s set a record once.”
“Oh.”
“We’re both at an age to chew stones, aren’t we?”
Responding in this way, she suddenly asked what she had been curious about all along.
“Hey, about age. Since we’re talking about age, I’ve been wondering for a while.”
“What?”
“You know. Since we’re talking about age, I’ve always been curious.”
“About what?”
“Does Mongma also age like humans?”
“No. As far as I know, only I do.”
“Only you?”
“Yeah. I’m a bit special. Being an unprecedented hybrid and growing up in the human world.”
Generally, Mongma is given names in the order of their birth.
Their bodies had numbers, which were their real names, and the smaller the number, the greater the power.
Among the existing Mongmas, the one with the smallest number was the current king, Isao (245), and the predecessor king was Illy (212), San’s father.
And when one of them perishes, another Mongma may receive that number according to the difference in power.
Unlike humans, it was impossible to gauge their age by appearance.
Gang, curious about various things, asked all sorts of questions, teasingly in bed.
How long has it been since there was such leisure?
No, it would probably be the first time he had indulged in such leisure.
Perhaps.
Perhaps…
The thought that this might be the last one rushed through Gang’s mind like a wave, but she decided not to dwell on that.
“Don’t you have anything else you’re curious about?”
How could she not be curious?
There was much she didn’t know about San, and much she wanted to know even after asking all night.
She decided to ask about the one thing she was most curious about.
The story of when he was alone, becoming independent in the human world, around the time of turning sixteen.
“Were you sent down to the human world at the age of 16? How did you live?”
Asked by Gang, San responded vaguely, hesitatingly.
“At that time, just living was important, so I wandered around finding nightmares as they came.”
“And when you became an adult?”
“I set up a one-man business. Since my physical abilities were superior to humans, there was no better job than making a living.”
“Even back then, did you survive by eating just any nightmare?”
“At that time, I mainly ate the nightmares of clients. Their anxieties provided quite good nightmares continuously.”
“Then…”
She was about to ask something but trailed off.
When he looked at her in silence, she bit her lips once and continued as casually as possible.
“Were there women among the clients?”
Not immediately understanding the intention of the question, San belatedly replied.
“There were?”
“Capable and pretty women must have been abundant.”
“….”
Oh, what am I saying again?
San laughed belatedly.
As a ticklish breeze brushed her forehead, the embarrassed Gang raised her head abruptly and justified herself.
“No, what I meant was…”
“I guess there were many capable and pretty women.”
“….”
Ah, why did I say that?
San belatedly smiled faintly.
When the ticklish wind dropped on his forehead, the embarrassed Gang, trying to control her rising tail, exerted a bit of force.
Then, he asked her in turn.
“What about you?”
“Me, what?”
“You were in the entertainment industry. Weren’t there many handsome men around you?”
“There were indeed many flying and buzzing guys. But.”
“….”
As she brought her hand to the side of her mouth, she whispered to him as if it were a secret.
“The first man I wanted to sleep with was you.”
Due to the influence of the sleepweed, San’s eyes, which had been half-closed all along, widened significantly.
Then, exactly three seconds later, he burst into laughter.
Laughing for a while, he gazed down at Gang.
“Is that still the case?”
“What?”
“Do you still think that when you see me now?”
“…….”
“I think that every time I see you. Of course, even when I don’t see you.”
At those words, Gang’s fingertips, which were descending along his spine, slipped into the waistband of the pants that were loosely hanging on his pelvis.
San, who clearly interpreted her sign, lowered his head deeply and met her lips.
However, at that moment, Gang’s phone vibrated.
“Ah, some oblivious human.”
His face contorted openly.
“Yeah, who could that oblivious person be?”
Gang comforted him, stroking San’s head as she reached out.
As she groped around the pillow, the edge of the phone caught her fingertips.
“Huh…?”
She, who had been looking at the screen with blurred eyes, suddenly sat up.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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