The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 116

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116.

-Hmm, I only called for one though.

It wasn’t the Flare Dragon.

It wasn’t even in the form of a dragon.

What I saw was a woman leisurely stretched out on a Chase Sofa with an armrest on only one side.

-Not bad, I do like pretty things.

In her hand was a long tobacco pipe.

There was no smoke, no fire, and I couldn’t even see tobacco powder inside, but I thought it suited her languid atmosphere very well.

She slowly raised her body and sat at an angle.

-You must have quite a strong will, seeing how you resisted my power and stubbornly came along.

She smiled calmly.

And as I listened to her voice, I patted Casian’s back beside me.

Unlike me who was fine, he was clinging to me as if he’d never let go, sweating coldly like someone who had forgotten how to breathe.

“Can you help?”

When I asked, thinking I had nothing to lose, she drew a plausible smile.

-I can’t help but grant what you wish for, especially since you’re fond of that pretty thing.

When she waved her pipe once, Casian’s breathing immediately stabilized.

I continued patting his back as if asking if he was okay, and when I looked up, somehow he had shed his pained expression and looked happy.

Really, this guy, he hasn’t developed some strange preferences, has he?

My parenting hasn’t gone wrong up to this point, has it?

As I looked at him with unnecessarily anxious eyes, the Dragon burst into laughter.

-You’re having strange thoughts.

“…Do dragons normally read people’s minds like that?”

-Not all of them, but I can read the hearts of you and that pretty thing well enough.

Somehow I felt wronged.

The Dragon burst into laughter again.

-You’re having contradictory thoughts. Don’t worry, I have no intention of interfering in such matters.

At the Dragon’s words as she tapped her pipe against the sofa’s armrest as if shaking off ash, Casian’s expression that had turned menacing softened.

What on earth was he thinking?

-Life is supposed to be full of mysteries to be interesting, key bearer.

“I was actually curious about that.”

-Only now?

I nodded at her words.

“Since it’s become something I have to do, the more information the better. Though it was a different dragon who called me.”

-We also have many constraints, child.

She rested her arm on the armrest and leaned back slightly as she spoke.

-You must be frustrated too, but we’ve also been waiting for quite a long time.

“Are there other dragons waiting for me besides you and the Flare Dragon?”

-Mm, not exactly. There are also those who have been liberated. Unexpected things happen in the world, after all. Actually, I wasn’t without opportunities to escape either.

I focused on her words.

Because the Flare Dragon had said something similar.

-Since you freed me from my shackles,

As if he too had been bound to something.

Could that be related to the worlds mixing together?

Even like how the original world might still be running somewhere even though I exist?

If so, are this world and that one different worlds, or is one of them false?

-Child, you’ve already made a decision before.

“I made a decision?”

-Though it was unconscious. That too is something you must set right.

Like the Flare Dragon, she didn’t give very clear answers either.

Is this dragon-style speech?

Romance novel villainess-style speech would probably be much easier to understand.

The Dragon giggled shamelessly at my thoughts, and Casian looked at me with curious eyes.

“I was thinking that dragons make it hard to understand what they’re saying.”

“Aha.”

Casian also nodded as if he agreed.

-How mean, both of you. There are two of you and I’m alone.

The Dragon made an uncharacteristically pouty face.

Of course, I had no intention of falling for that.

Instead, I decided to ask more questions I was curious about.

She didn’t act like I had a time limit, and rather showed an attitude of asking me to inquire as much as I wanted.

“You said you could have escaped, so why did you stay here?”

-I was curious.

“…About me?”

I thought it might be a bit self-centered, but this was the only thing I could deduce right now.

-That’s right. I thought you might never appear, but since you did appear, I thought I’d regret it if I couldn’t meet you.

She laughed refreshingly once more.

-There are actually kids who do regret it. This is why you have to gamble to know.

Report gambling to 1336…, no, that’s not it.

You’re saying things that aren’t good for a growing person’s sentiment.

The Dragon spoke as if protesting my inner thoughts.

-Still, there were occasionally kids with similar wavelengths, especially among those who came and went recently, there was one who was very similar.

At those words, I recalled what I had been thinking before being dragged here by the Dragon.

That Maribel and I had similar habits.

Of course, that didn’t make me think I was her reincarnation or anything like that.

‘Will you confirm if my guess is correct?’

When I looked at the Dragon with that thought, she nodded refreshingly.

-If it had been her, I would have satisfied my curiosity long ago and wouldn’t even be in this place, since that was just a well-made imitation.

Still, calling someone else’s mother fake is a bit much.

-That’s why I’m doing it without him knowing. You want so many things, it’s amusing.

Isn’t it bothersome?

No matter how I looked at it, she must have lived so long that everything was interesting to her.

I pondered for a moment, then asked her directly.

“Is this place artificially created?”

-There’s no place that wasn’t created, child. Every place is born from inspiration from something.

The Dragon continued her story while habitually tapping her pipe.

-The place where you lived is the same. But child, just because something was created doesn’t make it fake, does it?

So the original work I saw in my previous life was actually a story from another world—this world—and was just made into a novel?

-That might also be somewhat close to the truth. But what’s certain is that everything is reality.

“I know that.”

Though I talked about the original work, the reason I could unhesitatingly destroy the predetermined routes was because I thought this place was reality.

-Yes, so you are the key bearer and #@, right.

The Dragon spoke, then covered her face slightly with an “oops” expression.

I suddenly thought that her garbled pronunciation was quite similar to the name Soljeoginoye used to refer to me.

That one was broken text, and this one was garbled pronunciation, yet strangely similar.

-It seems I’m about to have a time limit too, so hurry and ask what you’re curious about.

“How can the mixing of worlds be stopped? Can I really trust what those who sent me this scroll said?”

-Mm, they’re not lying to you. But it’s difficult to say it’s entirely their fault. Of course, if their curiosity had been less, you would have suffered less.

The Dragon cast a gentle gaze toward me.

-But human nature can’t be helped.

Could that be related to my having the ‘key’?

And to that garbled #@ word as well?

-I’ve given you quite a few hints, you know.

As always, your words are cryptic.

The word ‘inspiration’ did give me some ideas, but that possibility was too burdensome, so I hoped it wasn’t the case.

Given the patterns this world has shown me so far, there was a high chance it would be another futile hope anyway.

I thought the Dragon this time merely watched me with an encouraging gaze rather than bursting into laughter.

Ominously.

“Then can we find those who sent this scroll?”

I’d like to grab them by the collar at least.

-The axis is twisted, so it won’t be easy.

“Axis?”

-I’d love to tell you more, but I’m afraid I can’t go any further than this, child.

So I tried to deduce various things in my mind.

Time, space, an entirely different world.

The Dragon only gave hints through her gaze that something among those might be the answer.

Shadows gradually fell over where the Dragon sat.

I felt that my time for questions and answers with her was racing toward its end.

“Does this abandoned mine belong to you?”

-You already know that answer, don’t you? We have no interest in shells.

“Then just one more-“

I was curious about the reason she said dragons were bound.

But she.

-I do like that straightforward nature of yours, but rushing too much can lead to trouble. Don’t worry, you’ll be able to reach the answers you want.

The Dragon’s body gradually grew faint.

Watching her, I realized we hadn’t even exchanged names yet.

When I looked at her, the Dragon opened her mouth willingly with a pleased expression.

-The order seems quite wrong, but that’s amusing too, so it’s fine. I governed the earth.

She gave me a familiar name: Gaia.

The voice of her nearly vanished form echoed in my ears.

-Be careful, bearer of the key. I’ll pray that you surely turn that power into happiness.

At the same time, my vision flickered as well.

Casian’s figure was swallowed first, and then I too felt gently embraced.

Like the warm earth itself.

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