abcnovels
Chapter 69
Chapter 69
Chapter 69
What is this crazy bastard talking about…
I frowned at Eden. Huh? Do what? A kiss? Was that something you said to another guy? Even if it's just a joke, isn't that a bit too much? I looked at Eden with a dumbfounded expression and asked.
"Are you crazy?"
"No?"
Eden put on a shameless face while widening his eyes. Then, he tapped my cheek twice with his finger.
"Hurry up."
"Fuck it."
Even though I swore, Eden didn't budge at all. If anything, my swearing only made him feel better. I got goosebumps. I pushed his white cheeks that were getting closer with my hands and shouted.
"Hey, why are you being so disgusting, seriously!"
"What do you mean disgusting? I'm hurt.”
Eden, who was pretending to cry, looked at me coyly.
"You've gone further with Kang Yoo-hyun."
"What, what?"
"You kissed him… Eup."
"Shut up!"
I covered Eden’s mouth as he proudly revealed my dark past in the middle of the Freya Guild members. Then, I cautiously whispered in a low voice, as if growling.
"Hey, that happened a long time ago. Why bring it up now?"
"Eueueup…"
"And that was because of a skill!"
In the dire situation of facing an SS-rank boss monster in the Alfheim Dungeon, I had no choice but to apply my auxiliary skill on Kang Yoo-hyun. However, I didn't think we could defeat the Draugr King with just normal skinship, so I initiated intense skinship with Kang Yoo-hyun first.
That incident had become a dark history for me. I had sworn to myself that from now on, no matter what happens, I would never do anything more than a handshake.
But seriously? A kiss? Just because I kissed Kang Yoo-hyun, I also have to kiss him? What kind of messed up thinking is this?
"You didn't even hold hands with me…"
"…"
I was speechless when I saw Eden express his disappointment.
This guy is really saying something that gives me chills. Frowning, I looked at him, and Eden came closer, grinning mischievously.
"Okay? So, please kiss me."
"Ugh, seriously."
"Give me a kiss!"
"Ah, get away from me!"
I shouted while pushing the whining Eden away, and Yong-sik, who was fidgeting at my feet, whimpered and cried out.
"Kyaaa!"
I quickly picked up Yong-sik and threatened Eden.
"If you keep doing that, I'll ask him to bite you."
"Hing, that's mean."
"…"
Why does this bastard always act so disgusting? In the original story, he was a bit mischievous, but it wasn't to this extent. I started to wonder if I did something wrong.
"Alright, I get it. I'm kidding, just kidding."
Eden said that, waved his hand while looking at me. Why is he making such an unpleasant joke? Sighing inwardly, I opened my mouth.
"What do you really want?"
"Hmm."
At first, I thought about getting some materials for Eden’s share. But he refused, saying he didn't need them. I couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
The original Eden was an enigmatic character who would smile on the outside, but on the inside, he was rotten and twisted, and he was a wandering villain who didn't even know what he wanted to do.
Then, he learned the truth about his mother through one of the heroines and escaped from the Loki Guild, and Eden's confused feelings at that time made the readers quite emotional. I was one of them.
Anyway, Eden, who opened his heart to the heroine, was a straight-forward and innocent man, unlike his appearance. Eden didn't want anything from her, secretly liked the heroine who liked Kang Yoo-hyun, helped her like a pushover, and sometimes made foolish remarks…
But doesn't this overlap a bit with the current Eden? What if all that nonsense was said to the heroine…
No, damn it, what was I thinking? I feel so bad. No matter how much I tweaked the original story, there's no way I became the heroine!
"Hey, I'll give you this, so let's call it even, okay?"
"What? Wait…"
I emptied out my inventory of Mermaid's Tears and handed them all over to Eden. Mermaid's Tears were much more expensive, but I didn't mind. What I needed was a rainbow-coloured coral reef, and Eden was also very helpful. And I immediately left the place. I went to a secluded corner and exhaled. Fortunately, Eden didn't follow me.
"Sigh…"
"Kkyuu."
"…"
I looked at Yong-sik in my arms. He stuck his head out and looked at me with sparkling eyes.
"Yong-sik-i, you…"
"Kkyau?"
"…"
Even with that ‘I don't know anything' look in his eyes, I still had to ask him why he was in child form even though he was an adult dragon? I'm sure he understands what I'm saying.
"Why are you in your child form when you're originally an adult? Hm?"
"…"
"Don't you like being in your adult form? Is there any reason?"
"…"
Yong-sik remained silent in response to my questions. He avoided my gaze by rolling his purple eyes around. Stung by my persistent gaze, he opened his mouth again.
"Kkyau!"
"Ugh…!"
Yong-sik jumped up and his head hit my forehead. Then, a blue system window appeared before my eyes.
[The summoned monster {Yong-sik} is transmitting data]
[Transmission error!]
[Insufficient of {Yggdrasil's Essence}]
[Amount of {Yggdrasil’s Essence} required: 0/1]
"What is this?"
Yggdrasil's Essence? I'm sure I've seen it in the novel…
Could it be that? A legendary item given randomly when defeating a boss monster?
“Gasp…"
No, how can I get that?
We will probably defeat the boss monster, Sea Dragon, in Area 5 tomorrow, but even if the boss monster dropped Yggdrasil's Essence, the one who will get it won't be me, but the main character.
"Sigh…"
"Kkyuuu…”
"Well, without that, I won't be able to know the reason.”
I didn't know what it was, but it seemed like there was a reason why Yong-sik was stayed in this form unlike in the original work. Well, he was supposed to be Kang Yoo-hyun's summoned beast, but he came to me, so there must be some kind of error or something.
"Haa, Yggdrasil's essence…"
"Yggdrasil's essence?"
"Aah!"
"Ahh!"
I screamed, startled by the voice next to me, and the person who talked to me also screamed in surprise. I looked at him and caught my breath.
"Hu—hunter Hae Song-ha."
"Woo, I'm sorry. W—were you surprised?"
"…"
I think he was much more surprised than I was…
Hae Song-ha had a pale face as he looked at me. His summon, Lati, puffed up her fur and grunting.
"No, I'm sorry I overreacted, haha…"
"No, I'm more…"
"…"
After apologising to each other wholeheartedly, we finally spoke again.
"Oh, by the way, do you know about the Yggdrasil’s Essence?"
"I just heard you mutter about it…"
"Ah, I see."
I nodded and glanced at Hae Song-ha. Lati, hanging on his shoulder, flared her nostrils at me and Yong-sik. Seeing that, I asked Hae Song-ha.
"I was wondering, does Yggdrasil's Essence have any effect on a summoned beast?"
"The Yggdrasil's essence?"
"Yes."
"Hmm…” Hae Song-ha groaned as he thought about it.
The Yggdrasil’s Essence. It was mentioned in the novel, but it's never explained exactly what it does. It might have been revealed towards the ending, but up to the middle part that I read, there was no information as to why boss monsters dropped it. But perhaps it wasn't revealed in the novel because it affected the summoned beast, and the protagonist, Kang Yoo-hyun, wasn't very interested in his summoned beast.
“Kkyau?”
“…”
I saw Yong-sik tilted his head and gently stroked him with my finger. Still, I'm better than that insensitive bastard, right? However, the current Yong-sik wouldn't recognize me in the original work, so it's useless to ask him.
“I'm not entirely sure. I don't know what effect Yggdrasil's Essence has on a summon beast.”
“Ah… I see.”
“But I think I can understand why Yong-sik stays in that form.”
“…!”
My eyes widened as I looked at Hae Song-ha's cheerful face. Did he, as a veteran summoner, know anything about it? I looked at him expectantly and asked.
"What is that?"
Hae Song-ha raised a finger and said—
"Maybe he wants to be spoiled by Hunter Han Yi-jin?"
"…Yes?"
"If he was in his adult form, Hunter Han Yi-jin probably wouldn't adore him."
"…"
I laughed and looked at Hae Song-ha with a dumbfounded expression. No way, is that the reason he's been in his baby dragon form ever since he hatched?
"Kkyaau!"
“…”
I had a feeling that might be the case.
T/N: Didn't expect Yong-sik could be that smart ??