After deciding to slowly talk it out over time, her emotions seemed to have settled.
Bom changed after that. Although it was hard to specify how she changed, she definitely did. It was based on the same logic as how he could sometimes differentiate Bom’s indifferent expression without being able to explain why.
It wasn’t difficult to make time for him to spend regularly with her. From the three ‘Yu Jitaes’, he was in charge of daily lives and thus had a lot of free time.
He could be alone with her especially when they were out to buy food.
Today, they were out to buy dinner.
“That looks delicious.”
He came to a large supermarket with Bom. There were several free samples available as always, but for some reason, she was more interested in them than usual and zealously tried each sample.
“What is it.”
“A dumpling. Do you like dumplings?”
“Just whatever.”
“Try it.”
She picked up a dumpling with a toothpick and tried it, before choosing another dumpling for Yu Jitae. He had gotten used to it now and ate it without using his own hands.
“How is it?”
“It’s nice.”
“Can you be more specific?”
“…Well. It’s well seasoned. Slightly spicy so Yeorum would like it.”
Bom nodded and took a pack of dumplings.
Next up was a long biscuit in the shape of a stick. Bom ate half of it before giving the rest to Yu Jitae, and he ate it without thinking too much about it.
“How is this one?”
“It’s fine. This should be for Gyeoul.”
“Right?”
She took the biscuits as well.
The next one she found was yoghurt in a paper cup. She dipped her spoon inside, scooped it up and placed it into her mouth. Then, she looked at other flavours for a bit before scooping another spoonful for Yu Jitae.
Didn’t she use the spoon just then? Thinking that, he refused to eat the yoghurt.
“Nn?”
When he pulled his head back, Bom came even closer. He still pulled his head away, so Bom stood on her toes and brought the spoon to his mouth.
That was when something blocked Yu Jitae from the back – he happened to be near a pillar. Although he indifferently stood still on the spot, the yoghurt came and touched his lips so he had no choice but to eat it.
“Nn? Why did you do that just then?”
“No… don’t worry about it.”
“Is it because you thought it was the one I used?”
“…”
Seeing that he was silent, Bom seemingly found his reaction cute and giggled quietly with a brighter look on her face.
She then pointed at the sample section.
“I threw it away after using it. This is a new one for ahjussi.”
“…I wasn’t even thinking about that.”
“Ohh, really?”
Squinting her eyes, she gave a faint smile without saying anything else. Feeling like he was being played, Yu Jitae ate the entire yoghurt that was placed on the shopping trolley while Bom was at the sample section again. She returned carrying another yoghurt and soon widened her eyes.
“Huh? Did you finish it?”
“Didn’t you say it was mine.”
“I did.”
But seeing her smile left him with an uncomfortable feeling.
Regardless, they continued shopping.
Episode 60: Campus Community Service 10/10 (1)
Thousands of cadets were again admitted into Lair this year.
There was a grandiose graduation ceremony, and there was a small incident where this year’s declaration speaker was compared to last year’s speaker, Kaeul. Since the entrance ceremony was held at the same time, thousands of cadets were both leaving and entering Lair, and the academy district was thus crowded for a very long time.
And today finally marked the start of a new semester.
That was why the kids were wearing their cadet uniforms.
“Ahh, this feels like shit.”
Yeorum complained while lifting her skirt.
“Nn? Why?”
“Like, why the heck did I grow taller?”
Her original height was 170 centimetres, but after the ‘standing practice’ she did throughout the holiday with Yu Jitae, she understood a very important concept which came at the cost of her height growing significantly. She grew taller by 6 centimetres.
Because of that, her skirt which was already short was now way too short. She had to be concerned about it even when she was walking.
“Oi, Yu Kaeul. Look at me.”
“Gosh… why are you pointing your butt out?”
“How is it.”
“What do you mean, how is it? Of course, it’s disgusting…!”
After being put in a headlock, she cried “Uhh, uaaang…!” Wondering what it was about, Gyeoul sneakily peeked out from Bom’s room.
“Look again. Can you see my asshole?”
“Uhh… no? But I do think it’s a bit too short…! Do you want me to lend you my safety shorts?”
After saying that, Kaeul asked curiously.
“But what’s wrong with your height? Can’t you just reduce it back to before?”
“Haven’t you tried it yet? Changing your body with polymorph?” Yeorum asked back.
“Nn! I haven’t.”
“Try it. It’s the fuc*ing worst thing to do.”
“I heard it was uncomfortable.”
“It’s not just that. It’s seriously hella uncomfortable. Until you get used to the new connection between your mind and the body, your body moves on its own and stuff.”
Kaeul widened her eyes.
“Really? But you suddenly got so tall that it’s weird…”
“Is that so? Hmm…”
The skirt wasn’t a problem if she wore safety shorts underneath but there was a bigger problem. Her shirt which was a perfect fit for her body was now too small.
Yeorum did all the buttons, stood up and looked at the mirror and found her belly button showing under her shirt.
“How is it. Does it look like a crop top?”
“Can I be honest?”
“Is it super sexy?”
“Looks super retarded. Who wears a uniform like that?”
Gyeoul nodded while listening from the side.
Soon, Kaeul shouted “Kuaanng… It’s sexy…! Super sexy…!” while her arm was bent behind her back. She was on the ground but Gyeoul had escaped already.
The next morning, Yeorum changed her polymorph with a grumble and returned to her original height and body. On the way back after the lecture, she found a ball in the middle of the road and kicked it, but her unmatching leg length caused an error in the magic pulses and her leg ended up kicking way too far. Her leg landed on the car that was parked next to her and one of the doors was crushed along with a thud.
“Ah, shit. I fu*ked it…”
After looking around, she sneaked away in secret but it was all recorded by the car’s black box. She was caught before long and had to pay the reparation. The sentries also gave her detention in the form of 3 hours of campus community service.
On the way out from the sentries building, Yeorum laughed awkwardly.
“Dear. It was an accident…”
Yu Jitae didn’t reply.
“Dear? It was an accident, okay?”
“…”
“Ungg? I’m sorry, oppa ♥”
“…”
“Why aren’t you saying anything honey ♥?”
“Stop–. I know it was an accident, so just do the community service properly without complaining about it.”
“Okay.”
He didn’t tell her off for running away after breaking something. That was the kind of child she was, and he didn’t plan on bothering to change her.
However, he did find it slightly annoying because the guardian had to accompany the cadet during their community service. But that was when he remembered that he himself had 3 more hours of campus community service to finish. He was delaying it on and on and it was already a different year, while the sentries were probably disinclined from reminding him about it.
Therefore, Yu Jitae decided to finish his own community service together with Yeorum.
“Ah! Guardian Yu Jitae! Welcome…!”
The hard-stuck manager of the community service department of the sentries, Ichimon, welcomed the two of them while rubbing his hands. Yu Jitae felt the same thing whenever he was seeing this Asian person, but he really knew how to smile serviently.
“Haigo. You didn’t have to do it straight away. We could give you more leeway sir.”
“We need to finish what we have to do, right. What are the services available?”
“Hmm… the things is, I actually looked for some long services when I heard you were on your way but…”
– Volunteer for Environmental Sanitation (Cleaning, 3 hours)
– Helping Cadets with a Disability (3 hours)
– Cleaning the feces of the 4th cage (Must wait till the Afternoon Checkup, 3 hours)
“Since it’s still the start of the semester, there aren’t that many 3-hour services you see…”
“Is this all of them?”
“Yes. Those are all the doable ones for the time being…”
They all required a full 3 hours of work. Although he didn’t mind doing any of them, he didn’t want to spend too much time on something like this.
“What is this.”
Yu Jitae looked at a different service that was located at the bottom of the list.
– Catching mice at the 8th Warehouse (3 hours)
“Ahh, I think it would be better for you to ignore this one.”
“Why.”
“It’s been like 3 months but… there are some random mice there that break wires and steal stuff at night. It was very annoying for us. They come out quite often but the warehouse is too big and it’s thus not easy for us, sentries, to catch them.”
“If the sentries can’t catch them, isn’t it something that should be assigned to another company? Why is it on the list of community services.”
“Yes yes. Uhh, the thing is, there were several reasons that made it come to us… In fact, the damage done is very little and it’s a bit doubtful whether we should even hire a company or not… We are planning to take it down from the list very shortly though.”
“Isn’t the 8th Warehouse a storehouse for munitions?”
“Yes, it, it is.”
A storage for munitions and yet they were leaving it because of the cost?
“You don’t have to worry about it, hahat…!” said Ichimon with a smile that showed off his white teeth.
All across society, there were those that worked just for the sake of working, and Yu Jitae realised that Ichimon was one of those people.
“Will it count as 3 hours if we catch the mice?”
“Sorry? Uhh, yes but… if you don’t catch them, we can’t count the hours no matter how long you stay there so…”
“We’ll go with this then.”
“Ahh, if you choose the environment cleaning one instead, you don’t have to do anything sir, and we’ll count the hours for you.”
It was a good offer but it meant that he still had to stand up for 3 hours, which was a waste of time.
Yu Jitae first requested some information about the 8th Warehouse and checked the inner structure, as well as the supplies that were inside it. After looking through them, he decided.
“We’ll go with this one.”
***
“Are we really just going to catch some little rats?”
In the southernmost region of the academy district, there was a large warehouse that was the same size as four football fields placed together. Although she was obediently walking behind him, Yeorum didn’t look too keen.
“Yeah.”
“Why? Is it because you can catch them easily?”
“Yes.”
“But the sentries didn’t catch them for months right?”
The Regressor thought for a bit before asking her.
“You’re learning military science right.”
“Yeah.”
“Have you heard about the worldwide standards for munitions?”
Yeorum apathetically picked her ears before closing her eyes, and revisited her memories of the past.
“Yeah. I did. There was a standard set by the Association…”
“And do you know the structure of a warehouse that’s made following the standards?”
“Hmm, not sure about the warehouse. I only saw a gist of it but it did look very complicated…”
Only then did Yeorum realise that something was off. She stared at the distant warehouse with her head tilted.
“Public munition warehouses for organisations under the Association are all monopolised and can only be built by a company that belongs to the Association.”
“Huh? Okay.”
“And the building standards are extremely strict. Small beasts and even rats can’t enter it from outside.”
“Ehng? Then, isn’t this community service pretty strange?”
“It is.”
“What the heck. Besides, if the standards are so strict, then why didn’t the sentries know about it?”
Normally, problems like this occurred when there was a lack of clear communication between the manufacturer and the manager. Since Lair was a complex organisation with a myriad of connections to all sorts of organisations and countries worldwide, conflicts were also common and so were such problems.
When the Regressor finished his explanation, Yeorum closed her mouth and thought deeply to herself. There was a different element that she soon became doubtful of.
“But it’s true that there are rats inside right? We also have a picture here.”
“Right. But did you have a look at the items they stole?”
Yeorum opened the document and read through it.
The stolen items ranged from horns of monsters and soft clots of milk to powders, plant roots, medical solutions and the likes. Some of them were strange for a rat to steal, while some looked normal.
“Hmm… they’re small? And there’s a lot of organic stuff? But apart from that… I can’t see any similarities.”
Yu Jitae gave a nod. That was probably what the sentry investigators thought as well, which delayed the investigation, ultimately making it a community service which no-one even looked at.
“When you say that, do you mean that there is a similarity between these stolen items?”
“There is.”
“What is it?”
“It’s that they’re all ingredients for a chimera.”
Yeorum widened her eyes.
“Ehng?!”
Chimera.
Last time when she saw BM making them, Yeorum didn’t think much about his skills.
However, her thoughts changed as she continued learning at Lair. Chimera was one of the [3 Taboos of Magic Engineering] outlined by the International Superhuman Association. Publicly, it was hard to find any information about it and even the sentries wouldn’t know about it, except for the top officers of the department.
“A chimera?”
Stop the bom hate!
Anyway, each to his own when liking or hating a character but I think we all need to acknowledge the importance of Bom as a character to the story. It was mentioned by someone in the comments but while the plot is obviously to stop the apocalypse, Yu Jitae’s character development is also a major part of the story in itself. If we see the story from the character development perspective, it makes sense for there to be a character that resurfaces his romantic feelings which have disappeared due to the 2nd iteration’s tragedy.
Haha if you guys hate bom that much then you’re in for a world of pain 😉
You are reason. I love boom 😀
Thx for the chapter
Why would you ever hate boom? I thought it was a great series
yeah, i wonder why they hat bom
Thanks for the Chapter! Damn, I’m so curious to what will happen next.
Bom Good
Ok rain ill stop writing hate comments about bom but I’ll still hate bom herself until a valid reason to like her or at least stop hating her appear
Dude look at your nick. Shouldn’t you be spreading happy things not hate xD Anyway Bom’s character was heading towards this direction for while so I don’t get why people are reacting now.
But hating her doesn’t require valid reason, eh?
I said i wont write hate comments but…
Honestly her whole personality became off…. I can’t exactly put it in words(either my vocabulary sucks or it can’t be expressed) she started acting weirdly i thout of her as a good character not too good nor is it bad but after the drawing and novel writing arc she totally changed and that started to ruin the “healthy family relationship” of the entire household and that was solidified after she left gyeoul (that was suffering) only to go on a trip with jitae… Honestly that was the last straw
Thought*…
Looks like my vocabulary sucks xD
Well about that thing with Gyeoul: I think that situation was a representation of what happens in real lives – even when a couple has a kid and have to take care of it, they are still people who want some alone time. Because of her obsessive personality she wants that even more. And she’s still immature. So I think that if you have in mind those factors, her behaviour is at least understandable.
I understand why you don’t like Bom, she’s a pretty selfish character too reliant on her future sight. But I still like her simply because she helps our MC to become human
“ it makes sense for there to be a character that resurfaces his romantic feelings which have disappeared due to the 2nd iteration’s tragedy.”
While yes there should be a character to revive Yu Jitae’s emotions the 𝘸𝘢𝘺 Bom goes about it is abusive and manipulative.
While Bom is alright with Jitae spending time with others Bom believes she is the only one allowed to give him what she calls ‘𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳’. She had a shock seeing Jitae lift Yu Kaeul for the kids game, then inside the clock world when she saw a Yeorum star she desperately looked for a Bom star. And knowing Gyeoul could shed at any time still demanded the trip, Bom was just lucky (author providence) it started after the return.
Bom is bordering on creepy and dangerous territory.
Is there even a valid reason you hate her?
Do you even need to have valid reason to hate someone? Just plain not liking someone is perfectly fine. Putting feelings into words is hard.
“Do you even need to have valid reason to hate someone? Just plain not liking someone is perfectly fine. Putting feelings into words is hard” – I hope you have received so much love because you seemed so unwell.
These days people say that the internet makes people mature faster, but for a 17 year old you certainly appear much more immature than you should be.
All the main characters have flaws here so Bom’s being possessive and hiding her innermost feelings does not bugged me at all.
KD’s greatest strength is in how each of the main characters mature and develop as the story progresses. JiTae is reclusive, emotionless and ruthless. Yeorum is violent and insecure. Gyeoul is dependent, a child and have difficulty expressing her thought. Kaeul is mentally weak, too sensitive and have low self esteem. Each of them have their bad traits explored and improved with the exception of Bom who is always mature and perfect. We are only now starting to see the crack for Bom and can expect her to go through similar character development.
People that hates her just want to have perfect boring main heroine in all their readings.
No i simply dont want a possessive manipulating heroine in my readings
They are dragon, not human. Dragon in KD has unique powers and defining traits, which is why each of their negative traits are at the forefront so much. Bom’s green dragon are known to be omniscient and act as guiding force which is why their perfect facade and manipulative trait came about. Possesive is unique to Bom but is also an aftereffects of knowing everything and not having interest anymore then finding JiTae. The Yu family humanize the dragons in normal daily life and mellowed out their bad traits. I am sure Bom’s will be mellowed too.
Funny how you say that people hating her cuz they wanted the perfect boring heroine.
While in my opinion it’s your bias that liking bom for wtf reason. Maybe her mischievousness, or her hair or wtf your kinks is. I will say this, her personality is a big turn off to me because for wtf reason she is the only one that feels certain ways to MC and had the audacity for trying to make him liking her also while she should already know that yu jitae is not a good person at all and it should’ve been useless in the MC perspective because he been gone too much shit and also he already knows her for how many iterations. Also, She should already sense from her ability to not mess with him, but because the author desired him to change I’m afraid he will due to the author being the author.
Never said I like her so it is your comment speaks more of your bias. I just don’t hate her for the flaw she exhibit and accept that she is a flawed character. I am enjoying the story as it is.
The rest of your comment also speaks a lot of your lack of reading comprehension. First, Bom has looked into Providence and saw hints that she is the only one that can bring some changes to Jitae so her effort is not “useless”. Second, Jitae has spend a lot of iteration not caring about the dragons, so he does not “know” her. Third, she “is the only one with different feelings” because Jitae represent something that has never existed her entire life. Something unknown. That is the spark.
I also don’t see anything wrong with the romantic subtext if that is what the author is aiming for as well. First, their age gap is not big. Second, they were strangers originally. Third, it has been hinted all along in early chapters that Bom is different so it is not abrupt.
And unlike you, I would be okay with JiTae having some redemption arc rather than staying one-dimensional OP, reticent, “not a good person” MC.
Pls stop reading this novel or at least commenting. Your trash WRONG comments are ruining the mood for a lot of people
facts just stop reading man or stop commenting, it always ruin my moods when I go to the comment section filled with negativity
Bon is love, BOM is life
Haven’t read comments, but I’m suprised that there are people hating Bom. What for? Because she tries to get response from emotionless iceberg that is our MC?
While in my opinion there’s better way of charater development rather than these “romantic feelings” that I’m assuming the author were indeed aiming in the first place because it’s kinda abrupt and should be more of how the MC found an important meaning through familial love where he found a place together with all of the dragons.
these romantic feeling of bom’s are getting in the way. There’s no correlation in any way that the MC should feels a romantic things because he hardly ever feels anything in the first place. It’s just super weird that the MC suddenly develop kinks of romantic feelings esp. with how many iteration that the MC already going through, where he basically trashes and I mean trashes the relationship with each dragons every single time.
And what I hate about bom character is where she basically forced and I mean forced the MC to feels some kind of way to her and it will be really out of place if yu jitae follows bom into having romantic feelings.
It’s just kinda out of place for me. But hey, the story still lives on and i guess i can just live with it, i should judge more on the upcoming chapter on what yu jitae actually has going through, but I don’t see that happening esp. In how short this novel is, but i digress.
Sorry for the rant.
The emotional manipulation is what gets me. Except when she Providence was blocked, she was systematically inducing feelings or actions out of Yu Jitae purely for her amusement. I’d understand the occasional teasing, but it has almost become her only character trait at this point, like she’s just playing. It completely robs this ship of any genuineness.
She also seems to be prone to instability at this point, which makes it likely that she’s going to be the problem in this iteration, unlike the previous ones.
what was she like before she started doing all this? nothing ,take away her teasing and goal of changing mc and you realize she never had any definitive character traits at all.
Just like she said it ,she sees the answer sheet every time,it doesn’t matter what the method is ,she just goes to the correct answers.That’s why ppl felt she was amazing before ,cuz she tactfully choose the correct answer and method to act.
Now however she’s growing likes and desires that are beyond just using providence to find the best action and follow it.The two places she messes up 1) where she asks for a trip selfishly without being her usual all considering self and 2)accepts his hug without bringing what’s best for everyone.
dunno but maybe normal method wont work on someone like jitae so she’s taking that kind of approach
Thank you for the chapter.
Anyone else getting Shiminetta vibes from Bom? I hope she doesn’t bake special cookies for Ahjussi in the near future…
Shimoneta*
Yu Yeorum for the win!
I love Bom
Thanks for the chapter
So should I read it as Yeorum usually going commando before?
nah its like even though she dresses provocatively she never crosses the line to look like a slut ,her skirt length am guessing the situation is something like-
Normal length : just below her knees
yeorum’s length: covering half of her thighs
yeorum’s length after she grew taller: exactly covering up to her panties ,so even a little flutter will expose her.
still 6% for Kaeul probly because one cant change votes..well i didnt like anyone of them anyway it’s better to have that protector so i can be as lazy as i want so i voted for others
Bom is getting her daily dose of teasing done now. Thanks for the chapter
Wow, the Bom hate is real.
Bom good
thanks for chap
Yeah you tell them TL!!
basically for peeps who aren’t still getting a hang of how bom places in the novel
To mc: the one who’ll awaken his love/romantic feelings/desires
Age: oldest KID (A CHILD with emphasis) of the 4
Behavior: Acts as the responsible oldest sibling
Special Trait:Sees all possible futures and knows exactly what the cause and effect are for every freaking thing that can happen.
Effect of the trait: Since you know all the futures obviously you’ll pick the best one right?Repeat that over and over again for her entire life to always have what’s best for everyone happen
the Issue:She literally prioritizes the best future over everything else,even her own desires.This in turn means she makes choices she will not like and bottles up everything .The ideal robot good girl
So whats happening now: that iron wall lock-on ‘best future ‘ choice is breaking up in front of her desire to follow what she wants to do.Its a character growth for her as well.
the instability she’ll outgrow when she finds a balance between compromising and following her desires.The obsession is here to stay but will definitely grow lesser as she comes to terms with it and learns to control herself.
To those who hates Bom, you guys are naive.
Imo i don’t have a problem with her, i side with the author idea on this one somehow i have this intuition whether it’s wrong or correct and this time it’s on the latter one, i have read countless novels with romance or without one and this novel have pretty natural romance development really i don’t see any problem to it. So those pips who keep hating on Bom it’s inevitable she’s vital for the MC changes, also she’s not boring i find her quite amusing with or without providence that’s her character.
Thx for the Chapter~!
(✧ω✧)
F*ck. It’s a huge mistake for me to read the comment sections. F*CK these comments, make my day worse
Me and my homies are lookin for Bom Haters
That there is an RL threat.
That is fine, I’ll give you a nice ‘stand your ground’ welcome. 😘
LMAO can’t believe there are actually people hating Bom. Like wtf? I also don’t have much interest in the romance of this story cause when I want romance I go to yuri novels, but hating Bom for it? what?
I guess these negative assholes just doesn’t like it when a female character is the one leading instead of just being a submissive heroine.
Don’t worry Translator. I always wanted Bom to be like that, I prefer it that way
Bom is the best!
All these Bom haters are virgin kids who think a heroine should be submissive and sh*t.
Their fragile egos can’t handle a heroine who can lead mc.
Well they can’t understand that cuz they are in the first place fcking alone and will remain same with this kind of sh*rty behaviour.
I have been reading on many sites and I have seen many comments like these, I don’t mind people hating or loving a character if they have good reason.
But hating a character for stupid reasons reminds me that nowadays most people on internet are just fcking kids who think the world revolve around them.
That’s why I stopped reading comments cuz I know my mood will get worse and I will fck some people over the internet cuz of this. So for my sanity and their fragile egos I ignore most comments but the TL note and all comments here again reminded me how stupid human beings are.