I’m Here To Find My Missing Companion

“No, you’re the Dragon Lord.”

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Denial of denial is positive. When Chanelica said she didn’t hate it, Derwin tried to let go of the string of reasons he was barely holding.

“Still…!”

Hit!

Something hit Derwin’s face with a powerful tone. When he came back to his senses, something big and white was blocking Chanelica and his face. It was the pillow she brought.

“It’s not now. I’m not sleepy either. I didn’t come here to do that.”

Her mouth was buried in a pillow, and Chanelica’s voice murmured.

“I know it’s rude of me to come so late at night. I thought if I came here in the morning you’d already disappeared.”

Although it was a murmur, Derwin’s ears could hear it accurately.

“I have a lot of questions to ask of you. You didn’t answer any of the questions I asked you as soon as I came.”

And the sulky voice made Derwin’s heart flutter even more.

“So get out of the way. Let’s sleep together after we finish talking. Since I brought a pillow, too.”

The pillow in front of Derwin’s face was pushed all the way up. Derwin, who was not strong that time, was relieved by Chanelica’s last words, and was pushed to his seat with a pillow.

In the meantime, Chanelica quickly raised herself and sat down. The face seen again was very red as much as a ripe apple.

“Come to think of it, I brought a pillow because I came in a hurry. Is it not a good thing?”

‘Are you kidding me?’

The eyes of the person asking back were crystal clear. He can’t believe she has such a pure face while wearing underwear that reveals her whole body with a red face. Derwin felt like something was breaking inside him.

There’s no point in talking about it.

“It’s not.”

Derwin’s voice is low. It was clear that they understood the meaning of “sleeping together” differently.

“Uh… Are you angry that I asked you to go to bed later.?” She said, gazing at Derwin’s countenance.

Chanelica was restless by the sudden cold response. 

“I think you’re tired, so should we go to bed first? Instead, promise to answer my question as soon as we wake up tomorrow morning. Don’t go anywhere. Okay?”

“It’s okay. We’ll talk now.”

‘Where did the alcohol go? I’ve already come to my senses.’

After finishing her speech, Derwin took a step toward the closet in the corner of the bedroom. Then, after taking out a large piece of clothing, he returned to bed and handed it over to Chanelica.

“Put this on.”

It was a black gown. The large size showed that it belonged to Derwin. However, Chanelica tilted her head and asked.

“Why? It’s not cold.”

“Aren’t you just wearing underwear?”

“What’s wrong with that? We’re going to sleep soon, right? And there’s a blanket here.”

“I’m saying it’s annoying.” Then Derwin’s face became one step darker. “If you don’t wear it, there’s no answer to your questions.”

In a determined threatening remark, Chanelica got out of bed and quickly put on the clothes she received.

“Close all the way up.”

It would be frustrating, but Chanelica did what Derwin told her to do. The clothes look like it’s dragging to the floor because it’s a tall man’s outfit.

When Chanelica covered all her bare skin with a gown, Derwin seemed to be able to breathe a little.

But the bed is still a dangerous place. Derwin got out of the bed and headed to the sofa in the center of the bedroom. Chanelica, who was eagerly wary, also followed Derwin, dragging her long gown.

“Ask me a question.” Sitting on a single sofa, Derwin said. 

It was a voice mixed with all kinds of tiredness.

“Do you want to just sleep? You look very tired..”

“Ask me a question.”

It was the same word as before without a single tone. When Chanelica thought it was a little bit of a mixture of irritation, her body shrank.

“I’m sorry. You must be tired late at night, but I came and bothered you. But please understand me a little bit. You may not remember after a long time, but you didn’t come back for 199 years. I was afraid that you would do that again.”

‘In 199 years…’ Derwin sighed softly at an unrealistic remark. ‘Until when should he pretend to believe in that delusion?’

But she’s only the third woman he’s seen. It’s only been a week since they first met. Mental stability will still be needed.

Derwin knew well about people suffering from mental disorders. There were always so many in the battlefield where he lived. Especially for people who have delusions, ‘how do they change when they mess with them?’

Derwin didn’t know. It’s better to tell them to face the reality after some intimacy builds up.

“I understand. So, what do you want to ask?”

He knew Chanelica was sorry, but it didn’t really matter to Derwin. He just wanted to get her out of his bedroom as soon as possible.

He didn’t know that a little drink would sway him that much. He doesn’t know about Chanelica, but Derwin wanted to go into the rat hole because he kept thinking of the situation where he misunderstood her earlier. And it was shocking that he responded as a man to a psychotic person who was talking about dragons. 

‘How can I do that to a woman no matter how pretty she is?’

“Now, the question! What’s your name? I don’t know anything about you except that your last name is Cartel.”

He was speechless. Derwin became curious about how she came without knowing him. 

‘I mean, didn’t you just enter my mansion?’

“It’s Derwin Cartel.”

Without revealing his thoughts, Derwin replied plainly.

“What did you say?”

However, Chanelica’s reaction was strange.

“I said Derwin Cartel.”

Then Chanelica made a strange expression. Then, soon, she forced herself to raise the corners of her mouth and said.

“Don’t joke around.”

“It’s my name.”

“Is that true?”

“Yes.”

It was a shocking answer for Chanelica.

The dragon Lord’s name was Dershevionerf, and the name Derwin, except for the first two letters, was blown away and given one letter.

‘How can he be so insincere?’

Chanelica, who was trying to ask why he built it like that, stopped. Black hair and pitch-black eyes, highlighted in the dark, came into her eyes clearly.

‘He didn’t change his scale color. Did he care about the name?’ But what was so annoying about it? The scale, the name. Is it a relief that he didn’t use the same name and at least reduced it to that much?’

“Why do you think it’s a joke?” Derwin couldn’t hold back and asked when Chanelica’s face became quite serious

“Is the name different from what you thought?”

Derwin had hope that he might be able to get the woman in front of him out of his mansion quickly. If she mistook Derwin with someone else, he could do that.

However, the only sentence that came to Chanelica’s head was ‘strange’. As for what he asked, something was out of focus.

Derwin should be aware that the human name he came up with was similar to his real name. So, it is natural to expect that Chanelica’s reaction is strange. But now, she was making a very serious face with the strange question of whether the name was different from what she had thought.

Only then did Chanelica begin to recall the conversation she had with him. 

‘Come to think of it, I always felt something strange. I’m not denying that he’s not Dragon Lord, but somehow, something doesn’t fit.’

This man in front of her must be the Dragon Lord. It is already a matter of initial conclusion. Intuition was speaking strongly. This man is the same person she fell in love with after she first opened her eyes as a dragon.

‘Then why? Why does Dragon Lord keep asking obvious things and making me answer?’

When Derwin asked if she was his companion, Chanelica thought he was just testing her. 

When Derwin asked what promise he didn’t keep, Chanelica thought he was just trying to confirm her thoughts. 

Chanelica thought the question of what he could do to meet God was teasing her. 

Chanelica thought it was because the memory of a Hatchling was so old.

‘Let’s say all of them are.’ However, despite the enormous incident of Hatchling coming out of the human world on Spitzer Island, he showed no sign of anger.

‘That means…?’

“What’s your real name?”

To Derwin, who was waiting for an answer, Chanelica asked a random question.

A sudden question. But for Derwin, the answer was unknown.

“Why do you ask that all of a sudden?” Derwin asked back. 

Chanelica’s eyes were thinned by the repetition of the same pattern.

“What was the last thing you said to me when we first met?” As if she didn’t need an answer, Chanelica quickly asked another question.

“…I can’t remember because it was a long time ago.”

“Then I’ll ask you something that I think you’ll remember. What’s my scale color?”

The questioner’s eyes were exceptionally clear. Derwin knew something was wrong. Chanelica, now, was doubting him.

“Why aren’t you talking?”

No further answers were meaningful. Derwin thought it was better. With that kind of gaze, at least she wouldn’t think her delusion was broken. It will just stop at the level where she think she found the wrong person.

“I don’t know.”

So Derwin answered honestly.

“I couldn’t tell you because I was afraid you’d be hurt, but I’m not the ‘Dragon Lord’ you’re looking for.”

There was a heavy silence at Derwin’s ensuing words.

On a dark night, a dark bedroom barely lit with a candlestick. Withstanding the heaviness, Derwin thought. If the woman in front of him has a seizure, he’ll have to knock her out quickly.

“No, you’re the Dragon Lord.”

However, after silence, the words from Chanelica’s lips were completely different from Derwin’s expectations.

“However, you just don’t remember. Let’s just think about who God is.”

Derwin is at a loss for words in his confident eyes.