How could someone who’s used to five-star hotel meals suddenly start eating dirt?
The days of hastily filling his stomach just to survive were long gone.
But upon hearing this, Kang’s lips twitched.
In contrast, San’s eyes narrowed.
“Why are you laughing?”
“Me? Laugh? No, I wasn’t laughing.”
She quickly bit her lip to suppress the smile, but he was certain.
She was definitely about to laugh.
When San, turning away and crossing his arms, looked at her as if questioning, she reluctantly opened her mouth.
“Actually…”
With great effort, Kang managed to keep her composure.
“It seems I’m the only one who can take care of your meals now.”
“… …”
“Honestly, I was happy.”
She tried to maintain an apologetic expression, but her evident glee made it hard.
Seeing her, one corner of San’s lips lifted.
“Really?”
Now, Kang’s face stiffened.
“Why are you laughing now? It makes me nervous.”
“It feels like I found the answer in an unexpected place.”
“What answer?”
“Never mind. Keep reading what you were.”
“And you?”
“I think I’ll look for a new human.”
“… What?”
In response to her surprised question, he answered flatly.
“I wonder if there’s a human who has worse nightmares than you.”
San left Kang’s house with just that light smile.
And the moment he stepped out of the front door, that smile vanished without a trace.
Even if he acted childishly around her, even if he was spiteful, it couldn’t be helped.
If he didn’t occasionally remind himself of the reality he was in, he would end up being the one at a loss.
While Kang was indispensable to him, he didn’t want her to know that she was his only hope for as long as possible.
There’s nothing eternal in this world.
In a life where dying at any moment wouldn’t be strange, having something to protect, feeling regret, or being choked up, all meant inviting anxiety oneself.
San believed that nothing in the world was more dangerous than that.
Because he had lived in such a world and was accustomed to it.
But,
“… Why do I feel so sullied?”
He felt like he had deliberately stepped into that illogical pit of anxiety and emerged from it.
Aware of the danger, like sinking into a swamp.
Aware that in the end, it would be me who gets swallowed.
I’ve always been captivated by humans, never having been captivated myself, but now it truly feels like I’m spellbound by something.
It should be considered fortunate to come to my senses now.
‘Honestly, I was happy.’
I didn’t understand why my heart felt so uneasy.
Meanwhile.
After sending him off without a second glance,
Kang stood blankly in the middle of the living room.
Although she had awakened something in San, she had nowhere to vent since she was the one responsible. Understanding his position, she couldn’t hold onto him.
To the spirits, a human life might seem like a lamp in the wind.
Even if the value of my dream is high, focusing solely on me might be dangerous for San.
However, separately,
“……Do you leave without even looking back?”
The feeling of being left out was an inevitable human emotion.
The relationship she thought had gotten closer without hesitation often distanced itself just when she thought she had forgotten about it.
It was an inevitable relationship.
Kang turned around, trying not to show her regret.
She contemplated calling San when a few more hours passed and it was almost bedtime, but eventually decided against it.
While it wouldn’t be pleasant if he had another nightmare or found another human, she couldn’t stop him and shouldn’t either.
Kang fiddled with her phone screen a few times and drafted a message.
[I’m going to sleep now.]
It was the best conclusion after much thought.
The choice was left to him.
San didn’t appear until she fell asleep.
Even after waking up, she couldn’t see him.
However, she was distinctly aware he had been there.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to sleep and wake up so peacefully.
“…….”
Kang quietly looked at her palm.
She felt a faint presence.
Neither warmth nor coldness, but traces of San, reminiscent of the dawn wind.
She wore a bitter smile and then rose from her spot.
The dawn had broken, and it was time to face another day.
“Good morning!”
Kang, opening the van’s door, greeted cheerfully.
“Good morning!”
Sam Young, sitting in the driver’s seat, responded, and San, sitting in the same spot, greeted her as he always did.
“Did you come?”
He greeted her with his usual demeanor, crossing his legs and leaning on one side.
His smile, neither too affectionate nor too stiff, as usual, made the distance they had put between them all too palpable.
Yet, Kang smiled back without any hint of her internal turmoil.
After all, things that last don’t change.
Our relationship shouldn’t be shaken or twisted.
Maintaining a proper distance is the only way for both of us to live, especially after realizing this.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
