Episode 295
The insolvent room where Velvet disappeared.
‘…velvet.’
Shin Yoo-seong touched the objects in the room with a firm expression and recalled the memories with Velvet one by one.
[Mom!]
The living room was where Velvet opened her mouth for the first time after breaking an egg.
[You are like family to me.]
[Ah Dad…]
The living room was the place where Shin Yoo-seong got down on one knee and swore to become a family with Velvet.
It
was night, and Shin Yoo-seong’s footsteps resonated in the quiet room. It was late and everyone went back to their lodgings, but Shin Yoo-seong found the room again.
“…you’re here.”
When Yoosung Shin entered Velvet’s room, Orca, who was lying weakly on the floor, stood up.
Toy King possessed by Orca was only a child with the intelligence of a 10-year-old at most.
However, it seemed that he was shocked to forcefully break up with Velvet, whom he had been close to for a while.
“…Orca. How did they get Velvet?”
At Shin Yoo-seong’s question, Orca made an angry expression. The grimace on the doll’s body was an indirect indication of how angry Orca was.
“They… At first, even the little master said he didn’t want to go. But they…”
Orca tried to continue, but eventually kept her mouth shut. It seemed that the memories of that time were filled with emotions.
Shin Yoo-seong smiled with a bitter face and patted the back of the orca made of cotton.
“It’s okay… you don’t have to tell me if it’s difficult.”
The orca shouted as if it had been comforted by the gentle new meteor, clenching its fins.
“no! I’ll tell you! Everything I saw!”
Orca knew.
Shin Yoo-seong is the only person who can solve the current situation in this club and bring Velvet back to the club.
“They let the little master try to hold out in the room. If we don’t follow him obediently, everyone will be in trouble…. He said that.”
“Everyone… getting into trouble?”
“yes. The little master’s ability could endanger all the insolvent people… At that word, the little master eventually followed them. I stopped it, but…”
What Orca saw ends here.
She rushed into the doll’s body to protect Velvet, but the opponent was a hunter. Luckily, they seemed to think of the Orca as a strange toy, so they lightly subdued it and threw it into the room.
“Do you want to see Velvet?”
Shin Yoo-seong asked the orca, pointing at the living room outside the door with a fin.
“Little Master, of course, should be here.”
This is where Velvet was born.
It is a place where memories are made with everyone.
It’s a place where precious people are.
That’s why it’s a place that Velvet can’t leave.
“Little Master’s house… is here.”
And Shin Yoo-seong agreed with that statement. Velvet’s house is here. The party members couldn’t even think of life apart from Velvet.
“Yes… that’s right Orca. Velvet’s house is here. We are all family.”
However, Shin Yoo-seong had one thing to point out. It is understandable that Mei Lin’s reaction to the enormous mana level measured by Velvet made the decision to isolate her.
‘But…’
There were many questionable parts about Kang Yu-chan’s choice to allow the quarantine.
“I’ll promise. tomorrow at the latest. We will get the velvet back.”
Of course, regardless of the process and outcome, Shin Yoo-seong was thinking of getting the velvet back.
* * *
A corner of the lab.
Velvet was hugging her knees with a sullen expression. This is Velvet’s own rebellion to return home.
“How amazing. Can we say that the dragon’s mana organ has a different structure from that of humans?”
“What about intelligence? Seeing him so smart, I can’t believe he was just born.”
But Velvet already had all the attention of the scientists in the lab.
“I believe. You can tell just by looking at the records at the top. This kid is definitely superior in mana and intelligence among dragons.”
“Is it because it was raised by humans? In the background of the tower where dragons appear, or in other dimensions, our side of the world is the easiest to acquire information.”
“… Judging from how familiar he is with pockets, it’s definitely a possibility.”
However, no matter how much they put their heads together, the research couldn’t move forward without Velvet’s cooperation.
“Is that kid? Is it a special ability or… an experience? Is there any reason why you have such a huge amount of mana?”
However, there was no way that Velvet could answer the researcher’s question lightly.
Jizz-
Velvet, who always smiled brightly, gave the researcher a sharp look.
“Velvet… wants to play with Orca. I miss my mom and dad.”
Researchers far away laughed at Velvet’s words.
“mom? dad? Ah~ Are they the children of Gaon?”
“Looks like you’ve heard it. Well, I’ll have to stay in the lab for a while now.”
They didn’t make it audible to Velvet, but they hoped that Velvet would give up quickly.
What can students do when they are already quarantined and confined to the lab?
Or have enough power to sway the association. He couldn’t take Velvet back unless he had the courage to turn the association into an enemy like Rebellion did.
“I want you to give up the thought of going back soon.”
“You’re smart, you’ll find out soon.”
The researcher who first talked to Velvet took on the role of Good Cop, as if trying to win Velvet’s favor.
“Then it’s not natural. We intend to send you back.
“really? Will you send it back?”
“I finished my research and went through a period of stabilization. Well… if your existence is judged to be safe even in human society. There’s no reason why we should keep you here, right?”
The researcher calmly continued talking as if trying to placate Velvet. However, Velvet, who had already been separated from her family and had no energy, just jerked her head away.
“…Velvet is not dangerous. Velvet is a genius dragon. Dragons don’t make mistakes with mana.”
“okay. I brought you to the lab because you and we need time to prove it.”
Of course, it was true that I was interested in the researcher’s words that Velvet could go home too. Velvet wanted to go home as soon as possible, hug Adela who stroked her hair, eat delicious cake with Sumire, and cook terrible dishes with Kim Eun-ah.
no, it didn’t matter what I did.
If I can only be by my family’s side, whatever I do will be fun.
Kuuk-
Velvet turned her head slightly while fiddling with the stuffy control device worn around her neck.
“Kyaouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… So how much?”
“You are a newborn dragon. maybe 10 years. At the earliest, in about eight years, probation will be over.”
Doo-
At the researcher’s words, Velvet hardened on the spot.
“Ten years… That’s an eyepatch… Velvet can’t live even a day without mom and dad…”
Velvet’s eyes were full of tears at the tremendous and terrible reality of 10 years.
“Kyauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… I’ll return the velvet to my mom and dad…”
The researcher scratched his head as if he was having trouble with Velvet’s reaction. He gestured urgently to one of the researchers to come here.
“Come here quickly!”
“yes yes. I am going now.”
In the end, a female researcher who couldn’t win the torch came to the side. The researcher soothed Velvet with a kind smile.
“Now, this person is your mother. Can you think of me as a father?”
“yes!? Me!? I wasn’t even married?”
“That’s what it says. Who wants to adopt something?”
However, Velvet didn’t even care about the two bickering. Velvet didn’t have the strength left to be angry at you for not being your mother and father, and he didn’t have the strength left to beg for their return.
Just 365 days a year.
Stop the velvet at the thought of not being able to see mom and dad for a time multiplied by 10.
“Velvet is alone and Sipper…”
My whole body lost all strength.
* * *
The party returned after finishing the raid.
Sakura, who was sitting on the sofa, made a frown upon hearing what happened to Velvet.
“I never thought something like that would have happened while we were gone…. But isn’t it really too much to take them away without saying anything?”
“This is nonsense. You were the one who allowed it from the beginning.”
No matter how much Velvet annoys Lee Si-woo and makes noise next to him, he bends his arms inward. Siwoo Lee could not hide his resentment at the behavior of the Hunter Association, who took Velvet while they were away.
Dice-dice-
Sumire wordlessly sliced the yokan on the cutting board. It was a dessert Sumire ordered from Japan because Velvet, who watched the video in her pocket, sang a song saying she wanted to eat it.
If there is a difference from usual.
There is no velvet to eat delicious dessert today.
‘…How lonely would it be to be alone in a place you don’t know?’
In the end, Sumire, who couldn’t hold back today, wiped away tears with her sleeve. Seeing that, Amy bit her lip and approached Sumire.
“Sumire… don’t cry… Velvet is the party leader! I’ll be sure to bring you! I’m sure it’s going to be a lot of trouble there too, right? If you have a velvet personality, you’ll be absolutely brisk and spouting fire!”
Sumire tried to smile as she wiped away the tears at Amy’s comfort.
“yes! If it’s Velvet, it’s definitely… courageous…”
But Sumire couldn’t speak in the end. No matter how hard she tried to console Velvet now that she was quarantined in the lab, nothing changed.
Kuwu-
Sumire looked at Adela, biting her lip and holding back tears. Adela was the party member Sumire was most worried about.
Thanks to that, Sumire was worried that Adela would invade the Hunter Association at any moment. Unexpectedly, Adela’s reaction was calm.
Suk –
Adela just silently fiddled with Velvet’s things with an expressionless face. showed no emotion whatsoever. It was quieter than usual, like the calm before a storm, and Sumire was more worried about Adela.
‘Mr. Adela…’
What is Adela thinking right now? Adela’s face, which was more expressionless than usual, was like an emotionless doll, so I couldn’t tell what she was feeling.
‘I’m sure… He must be suffering.’
Amy tried her best to lighten up the atmosphere of the stale room that was gradually sinking towards the bottom.
“Let’s all wait. Because the party leader is gone. Obviously…
but the atmosphere of insolvency that doesn’t get any better.
coo-!
At that time, Kim Eun-ah, who came out of the room as she opened the door roughly, squinted her pocket and muttered with her eyes narrowed.
“…found.”
Unlike the expressionless Adela, whose mood is hard to understand, Kim Eun-ah’s expression is 100% feverish no matter who sees it.
Kwak-!
When Kim Eun-ah pressed the button on her pocket, an unknown map appeared as a hologram in the air.
Kim Eun-ah looked down at the drooping Adela and held out her hand, wondering what she had found.
“What are you doing? wake up soon.”
“…what?”
When Adela raised her head and answered in a weak voice, Kim Eun-ah turned her head and said as if it was painful to see Adela like that.
“Whether the story goes well or not, they said they would get Velvet back!”
When everyone was missing and worried about Velvet, Kim Eun-ah asked Lee Su-hyeon, who had a lot of connections, to somehow find Velvet’s location.
“Then you should go see it now.”
Sitting there waiting for the results just doesn’t suit Kim Eun-ah’s temperament.
