“Zion. Can you tell me directly what I am to you?”
“….”
“Hurry.”
“You…..”
“…..”
“You are… my benefactor, the one who saved me from death.”
What the child said was originally Zion’s line in the novel. I couldn’t hide my embarrassing thoughts.
This line was what Zion would say to her. In fact, it was said when their bodies became tangled together and he cried out desperately ….
“….”
I stopped thinking.
The more I think of it, the more I feel like a piece of garbage.
The moment I couldn’t hide my confused mind anymore, Zion, who was hiding behind me, raised his head.
“Zion, don’t come out!”
I was startled and moved Zion back to my back.
It was a meeting between the male and female leads. There’s nothing strange about falling in love at first sight, so my defense was natural! They are too young to be falling for each other!
“Why can’t I see her?”
“Not yet.”
“Then can I see her later?”
“Not for now.”
I hid Zion throughly and heard a grumbling voice saying it was too much. But I couldn’t help it.
They’re young, but still, I don’t want that ship to sail just yet.
‘Why are you already in the north? Have the contents of the novel been twisted?’
As I was thinking about it, Red Riding Hood opened her mouth.
“Thank you for saving me.”
The child sat again and bowed her head down. She had a very nice and polite attitude.
She had a clearer and more pleasant voice than I thought. Maybe it’s because she’s still a child, but I couldn’t even imagine the description of her swinging a whip at Zion.
I erased the thought that came to my mind. I smiled awkwardly and shook my head.
“Yeah, no. Of course. I’m glad you look fine.”
“But, uh…”
The red riding hood opened her mouth. She wanted to say something, but was hesitating as if it was something hard to say.
“…What is it?”
I asked carefully. From the pure-looking face and eyes, it was unlikely she would try to kill us. And she doesn’t know that Zion and I are werewolves yet.
I glanced at Zion behind my back.
Well, Zion’s ears were still well covered.
It was Red Riding Hood who voluntarily set foot in this place, but she was a savior, a hero, and she could have killed both of us. So, it would be more beneficial for me and Zion to pretend to be humans who unknowingly entered the tribe area–
“Where am I? Who am I?”
–was what I thought.
“What are you talking about…”
I stuttered like a fool. No way. Not that kind of development! If you really go through with this, it’ll be even worse! Are you listening, writer?!
But as usual, our plans don’t go our way.
The red riding hood blinked her red eyes and with a sullen face, said carefully, “…I don’t remember anything.”
Oh, this is crazy. Oh, my God.
***
“You really don’t know? Don’t you remember a thing?
“Yes. I just… I just remember it was hot. “
The red riding hood nodded with a sullen face. I didn’t make a sound and slapped my forehead. The young girl couldn’t remember how old she was, what her name was, or even why she was hurt and collapsed here.
Before she collapsed, I think she had an accident. Anyway, it seemed to be an aftereffect of it.
The timing was amazing, too!
Of course I knew who she was. I read the book.
But should I come forward and say, “Your name is Rachel, and you’re from the Dragon tribe, who know how to handle fire! Your brother is the head of the South. Oh, my God. Isn’t that amazing? Now that you know everything, go back to your home!” It was a no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no.
Should I take her there myself? I pondered for a short time.
But for me as a wolf, going there was like an act of suicide.
‘If I take her there and I’ll be misunderstood as a kidnapper…!’
Just imagining it made me dizzy. A short groan passed through my mouth.
“….”
Zion, who was hiding behind my back, seemed to have felt my agony and raised his head again. Zion’s blue eyes carefully captured the red riding hood, that is, Rachel.
“….”
“….”
The children’s eyes met.
“…”
I look at the children’s movements just in case. It’s still a long time before the original work began, but it was still unknown how they would react.
Now, it’s a little too early for their fateful love to begin. You’re too young to do that.
As I have said, this novel was a devastating 19-rated novel. A novel about female princesses with MSG[1].
“…Hi.”
Zion carefully greeted her. He seemed to be curious about a girl his age who he had never seen before. Maybe it was natural. Since my mother died, we have been hiding in the woods.
Zion is still too young to hide wolf ears and tails. He was human on the surface, but the protruding ears belonged to a wolf.
We, who could not fit in with humans or wolves, had to hide ourselves.
Besides, I knew the future. I had no choice but to prevent my own end, which will result in me being burned to death, and the future of Zion, which will be the slave of the heroine.
However, it was too difficult to keep hiding. I needed immediate food, kindling[2], and ultimately, money.
I would leave the forest, hiding my hair with a hat and my face with a mask.
In the north, the temperature was very low, and it snowed every day. It was very difficult to obtain herbs in the snow-covered northern area.
Fortunately however, I had an encyclopedia of herbs that my father had behind left before he died.
It took a lot of effort to get the herbs, but I was able to find them somehow. If I got a rare herb, I could sell it again for a large price.
Excluding the cost of living, there are not many expenses left, but I still saved money. It was to buy a ‘last name’.
Wait, not ‘sex’[3]. Of course, this novel is a 19-rated novel, but…!
Again, my father was a human with weaker strength than a wolf. Poor commoners. Therefore, he had no surname.
Without my father’s last name, naturally I did not have the last name like Zion. It was the reason why I couldn’t easily go to the human world.
Human and thalassic[4] communities lived completely separated from each other. For this reason, brokers also helped by supplying the wolves with a status. Of course, we, a poor pair of hybrids, couldn’t have a proper status.
But like in all worlds, there was nothing money could not do.
A regular customer said that, in the adult world, people can buy and sell their status as well.
So I saved money desperately.
I was going to buy a status as soon as I achieved the target amount. After that, I could try to move to the human world and pretend to be human…!
The plan that had been attentativly thought outhad collapsed.
‘Is the information in the original work wrong?’
I searched my head. However, I could not remember such a detailed scene.
……Because I only focused on those scenes.
While I was struggling in pain, the two kids were staring at each other.
Zion blushed and waited for an answer to the first greeting.
“…”
However, the red riding hood only turned her head with a cold face.
Huh?
I forgot to groan in pain and blinked.
Soon, the red riding hood smiled shyly as if it never happened.
“Well, my benefactor.”
“A benefactor… It’s too grand a title, I’m just…”
“Thank you for saving me. I’d like to deeply repay this kindness.”
“No! You don’t have to!”
“But I was in such bad condition…”
The red riding hood didn’t seem to hear me. I began sweating hard despite the cold weather.
“If you don’t mind.” The girl, who had been taking a break for a while, carefully continued. “Could I bother you for a few more nights?”
“What?”
“Until I remember. I will repay this kindness after that. “
I’ve lost my mind.
Oh, I can hear life twisting. I can see this novel falling into a pit of waste…!
“That’s….”
I had to shout, “No way! No matter what you did, find your memories quickly and go back to your house right away.” I had to shake off those innocent eyes! But–
“……Can’t I?”
How can I say such a thing while looking at those clear eyes that can havn’t got a malicious intent behind them? Besides, she just woke up from a fall!
“Eve, you are a blessed child, my kind-hearted daughter. You have to be a good child.”
Suddenly, my mother’s voice came from the past. The last will that was left by my mother.
In the end, I said what I shouldn’t have.
“Well, then. Of course. Until you’ve found your memory…”
“Thank you!”
A brightly smiling red riding hood grabbed my hand with both of her own.
No matter how much of her momory was lost, the child was still a dragon.
The heat spread all over the body. If I didn’t have my ice magic, it was strong enough to break my hand. The Red Riding Hood smiled wide and said.
“My benefactor!”
“I’m not a benefactor…….”
I muttered with a face that went blank.
I’m the wolf you will kill in the future. And also a hybrid… I had to swallow my tears while hiding Zion behind my back.
‘Mom, you said good things bring blessings.’
Not a blessing, but rather, a female protagonist who will kill me…
Notes:
[1] Pr/N: Monosodium glutamate, aka sodium glutamate, is the ‘sodium salt of glutamic acid’. MSG is found naturally in some foods like tomatoes. Side effects can include headaches and allergic reactions.
[2]PR/N-kindling are the small sticks used in making a fire.
[3] T/N: he said “성” which has two meanings, “sex” and “last name”.
[4] PR/N: Thalassic means ‘relating to the sea’