Kidnapped Dragons (KR Web Novel)

But the Regressor quickly dropped the line of thought. What was the damn regret for. The memory of the previous iteration had already passed, and what had already gone past couldnt be changed. Lingering on something that couldnt be changed was a foolish thing to do.

Perhaps he was just dissatisfied with the emotion called regret since regret was something that went against his life.

He was a human that should never regret.

Was there meaning in apologising to a person after killing their family member? Was it justifiable by calling it a revenge? Does regretting murdering someone bring the dead back to life? To such questions, the Regressor could give a firm no as the answer.

Sin was in itself a sin in full. Anything that started with,Its because I… were all prefixes that tried to justify and decorate sin.

At least that was what he thought. There was no need to justify himself so he didnt need to linger on the topic either.

And yet after everything hes done, some meagre emotion was daring to rear its damn head and shake the history he built up from its core.

Regret was an incomplete emotion.

If he were to regret and linger on something, he shouldnt have done such things from the start. And after doing it, regretting and asking for forgiveness were underhanded and pathetic.

The moment destiny called him and made him let go of the thought that it was unfair, he had become a sinner. He had to admit that sin was ugly and had to remain a sinner until the day his life came to an end.

Therefore, he stopped thinking about what couldnt be changed and focused on what could be changed.

In front of him was Gyeoul in his arms.

And she was trying to calm down her tears in his arms.

Even if it was just a gesture originating from some hypocrisy, he wished for the child to not cry and to not be in pain. Remembering what he learned from Bom, he tapped Gyeoul on the back at a low and soft pace.

Tap… tap… tap…

Then slowly, the unstable heart of the child began settling itself. Although it wasnt because of him tapping on her back, he somehow timed it perfectly.

Gyeoul lifted her head away from his shoulder and vacantly stared at his face like a child who saw magic for the first time in her life.

“Are you okay now?”

“…”

After giving a nod, the child suddenly spotted flushes on Yu Jitaes face. Reddened cheeks were things that were normally impossible to see from him.

Only then did she realise that they were inside a cave of ice. Like a house built up from scraped frost, cold wind blew from all sides.

Despite dropping beads of sweat, Gyeoul placed her tiny hand on his cheek. His cheek which always stayed at room temperature was unfamiliarly cold, while the red areas were strangely warm.

Worry replaced the sorrow on the childs face.

“Im fine. Dont worry about me.”

“…”

But his breath created a white mist visible to her eyes. Worried, Gyeoul carefully lifted her head and matched her cheek with his.

For him, the childs cheek felt strange today.

The warmth being sent directly from the skin, felt strange.

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He checked the time with the pocket watch. Around 2 hours after she stopped crying, the child appeared to have calmed down and was breathing stably.

“…It doesnt hurt,” she said with a smile on her face. However, her eyes were in a frown and thus there was no persuasiveness behind her words.

Yu Jitae quietly sat down and waited for the time to come. The two of them remained silent for some time.

“…Uhh.”

Before long, the pain started again from the heart as she gave a frown.

Yu Jitae knew a lot about shedding skin after hearing the details from Bom. The pain Gyeoul was feeling right now was due to the dragon heart forcibly turning itself to increase in size.

This had to finish successfully, in order for her to finally start actually shedding skin.

“…”

Tears like marbles appeared in her eyes and continued dropping one by one.