Chapter 76
Chapter 76
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 76
Chapter Title: Dragon Goes to Kindergarten (2)
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76. Dragon Goes to Kindergarten (2)
76. Dragon Goes to Kindergarten (2)
The kids stuck to the window watched Dad until he disappeared from sight.
"He's gone."
"He's gone."
"He's gone."
After Dad vanished from view.
The kids kept staring out the window for a long time.
Hoping he might come back.
But as time passed, Dad didn't reappear.
"Well, he'll come while we're playing!"
Huff—
Hwa-ryeon said simply and turned away from the window.
That's when she spotted her minions hiding by the classroom door.
"Right, my minions are here. We can have fun until Dad comes back."
Kekeke—
Hwa-ryeon grinned devilishly and beckoned to her minions.
"Hey, you lot! Get over here before I count to three!"
Hwa-ryeon called her minions just as Dad had taught her.
At her call, Hwa-ryeon's minions rushed over and bowed their heads.
"You've arrived, Boss."
"Yeah, your boss is here! Nothing happen while I was gone?"
"No, nothing at all! Loyalty!"
The four minions saluted toward Hwa-ryeon.
Hwa-ryeon smiled awkwardly at the sight and replied.
"Ahem, I don't know what that is! But it's cool, so keep doing it from now on!"
"Loyalty!"
"More importantly, why's that guy still standing outside the door?"
Read it right-side up: Gu Min-gu.
Read it upside down: Gu Min-gu.
Gu Min-gu, who had lost his boss position to Hwa-ryeon, was shooting laser beams from his eyes from behind.
Not at Hwa-ryeon, but at Su-ryeon.
"Damn, that time you locked me in the room and ran away...?"
Step step—
Gu Min-gu approached Su-ryeon and glared at her.
"Hey, don't you have something to say to me?"
"?"
Su-ryeon frowned and said.
"Who are you?"
"What the— we met last time! Why does your whole family always forget people?"
"Guess you weren't impressive enough to remember. So, who are you?"
"I'm Gu Min-gu! The boss of this kindergarten, Gu Min-gu!"
Wah—
Gu Min-gu burst out in rage.
Su-ryeon responded with a bored look.
"Hmm, okay."
"That's all the reaction I get?"
"What else do I owe you?"
Clench—
Gu Min-gu clenched his fist at Su-ryeon's response.
'Wanna, wanna hit her! That attitude is so rude! Why is her whole family like that? Skinny and pale, bones would shatter if I hit her, she's not even pretty, and if that red kid wasn't next to her. I'd fight her right now.'
Min-gu decided to hold back his fist after eyeing Su-ryeon's appearance.
"I'm not the kind of bad guy who hits weaklings. I gotta hold back."
Hoo—
Gu Min-gu exhaled and calmed his mind.
However, Su-ryeon had no intention of giving him that chance.
"No, you're a bad human."
"What?"
"All humans are bad. Humans do bad things and make others suffer. The only good humans are dead ones. Except Dad, of course."
"..."
Ice Age.
The classroom froze cold at Su-ryeon's words.
Gu Min-gu and Hwa-ryeon's minions watched Su-ryeon chuckle softly to herself and thought.
'Tough kid just showed up at kindergarten. We're screwed.'
Emergency!
Kindergarten in danger!
Alarm bells rang in the kids' heads.
'What do we do about that family?'
***
Su-ryeon's Ice Age lasted until Gu Bong-gu arrived.
"What's this, you kids? You're always so noisy. Why so quiet today?"
"Teacher Bong-gu... those guys are kinda weird—"
"Being shy? Everyone, go sit in your seats."
Including the six kids whose parents had dropped them off by school bus.
A total of 14 kindergarteners sat in the classroom chairs.
Gu Bong-gu looked at the dragon family and said to the kids.
"Today, we have some new friends joining our kindergarten. Give a big round of applause for the triplets: Lee Hwa-ryeon, Lee Su-ryeon, and Lee Cho-ryeon!"
"Woooaaah—!!"
Clap clap clap—
Only the clueless kids clapped for the dragon family.
"Mm-hmm, that's right! I'm Lee Hwa-ryeon!"
"...This is awkward."
"Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you!"
After showing their faces with appropriate greetings.
Gu Bong-gu said to the kids with a scary face.
"You're new, so no fighting. Get along. If I hear you fought, you're dead."
At those words, one kid boldly raised his hand and stood up.
"Teacher Bong-gu! I have a question!"
"Go ahead."
The boy glanced at Min-gu's group with a sneer.
"Do they have parents? I'm curious if they do or not!"
Giggle—
The kids Gu Bong-gu brought on the bus snickered like mice at the question.
Anyone could see it was meant to tease Min-gu's group.
"...Little shits."
"...Just got lucky."
Grind—
Min-gu's group ground their teeth in anger.
But they couldn't say anything in that atmosphere.
"That bastard Jang Hyun-su—"
Gu Bong-gu's face flushed red as he started to approach to scold Jang Hyun-su.
But someone else beat him to it.
"You! How dare you mock my minions!? You're making them lose face!"
Dash dash dash—!
Hwa-ryeon jumped up from her seat and charged at Jang Hyun-su.
She leaped toward the startled Jang Hyun-su's face and unleashed a kick.
"Game Ranger Dropkick!"
"Argh—!"
Crash!
Jang Hyun-su sprawled on the floor and immediately burst into tears.
"Waaah! M-Mom! Dad! She hit me!"
Hwa-ryeon looked down at Jang Hyun-su crying on the floor and shouted.
"You can't even protect yourself! Don't act tough just 'cause you got your mom and dad! And!"
Hwa-ryeon glared at Hyun-su's group and said.
"Next time you mess with my minions, you're done! If you're mad, come at me! Got it!?"
Kindergarten first day.
Hwa-ryeon made a strong impression with her self-introduction.
Opinions on Hwa-ryeon split into two.
'As expected of our boss!'
'She only has her dad too. I don't like her.'
Though opinions were divided.
The orphans wouldn't be teased for not having parents anymore.
***
On her first day at kindergarten, Hwa-ryeon ended up causing a violent incident.
Naturally, punishment for violence couldn't be avoided.
"Lee Hwa-ryeon. You have something in common with Yi Ha-jun. Know what it is?"
"What!"
"Same as him—no follow-through. Sigh, you picked up his bad traits. For now, stand outside the classroom with your hands up."
"I don't listen to weak humans!"
Proud and defiant.
Hwa-ryeon stood in the hallway with her arms crossed confidently.
At the sight, Gu Bong-gu slapped his bare forehead and sighed.
"Haa, Yi Ha-jun. How the hell does that guy raise his kids?"
"Don't badmouth Dad!"
"Ugh, fine. Don't follow the rules and come in, do whatever."
Gu Bong-gu waved her off in exasperation and left.
Hwa-ryeon smiled contentedly at that.
'Heh, I win!'
Hwa-ryeon savored her solo victory.
With Hwa-ryeon excluded, all the kindergarteners attended class, did basic math and language studies.
Time passed, and lunchtime arrived.
"Now, everyone eat lunch."
The dragon family, without lunchboxes, frowned at their served trays.
"What's this! No meat!"
"The veggies are all wilted..."
Hwa-ryeon poked a brick-like lump with her fork.
"Umm... what kind of food is this...?"
Hwa-ryeon stared holes into the food, then boldly bit into it.
Nom—
After chewing twice.
"Ptoo! What is this! Tastes awful! Why do humans eat crap like this!"
She spat it right back out.
At her bizarre antics, Min-gu, eating nearby, sidled up and said.
"That's processed meat."
"What's processed meat?!"
"Bug meat."
"Damn, no wonder it sucks! I'm not eating it! Not even if I'm starving!"
After dimensional gates appeared, food shortages made bug meat common for the lower class.
But Hwa-ryeon, used to only delicious food, couldn't stomach it.
Cho-ryeon was the same.
"Wilted... the veggies are so wilted... they won't even answer when I talk to them..."
Splash—
Cho-ryeon refused her meal just like Hwa-ryeon.
Su-ryeon had already dumped her tray's contents into the scraps bin.
Min-gu frowned and asked.
"Why waste good food like that?"
"It's not food. It's trash."
"...If you're not gonna eat next time, give it to me."
"You must have a hobby of eating trash. Fine. I'll give it to you."
"..."
Min-gu felt oddly offended.
Anyway.
After skipping the meal, the dragon family painfully realized they needed lunchboxes.
Lunchtime ended.
"I'm just gonna go to the bathroom real quick!"
Dash dash—!
Cho-ryeon left the classroom to use the bathroom.
'Phew, even with perception interference magic, it's tiring. Horns aside. Gotta move so no one steps on my tail.'
Feeling a bit fatigued.
She entered the bathroom to wash her hands lightly.
"Oh, it's the new kid?"
"Yes, hello, everyone."
Bow—
Cho-ryeon ran into friends chatting there.
As she bowed lightly and washed her hands.
The tiny friends surrounded Cho-ryeon and asked.
"You're Lee Cho-ryeon, right? Pretty name."
"Yes, Dad named me. Super pretty, huh?"
"Dad named you. What about Mom?"
"Don't have one."
"Oh, no mom?"
"No, I don't."
"She did?"
"No, never had one. Why do you keep asking?"
Glare—
Cho-ryeon shot a look at the prying kids.
'...Thought she was nice and easygoing.'
The kids were a bit startled.
Thought she was quiet, but she had some fire.
Still, they continued the interrogation.
"So, Dad dropped you off here?"
"Yes, Dad brought me. Why?"
"Hmm, so Dad said he'd pick you up?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Tsk, definitely abandoned!"
Hahaha—!
The kids laughed to liven things up.
Cho-ryeon's eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean?"
"You don't know? That Min-gu over there. They said his dad dropped him off and would pick him up. But a day passed, a week, a month, a year, and he never came back."
"What? Why tell me that..."
"Just, seems similar. Maybe your dad won't come back either? We're worried, that's all."
The kids looked at Cho-ryeon pitifully.
At those words, Cho-ryeon fell deep into thought.
'...Dad won't come back? No way... He promised he would...'
She believed he would return.
But hearing someone else's experience.
Cho-ryeon's heart began to waver.
'No way Dad dropped us off here to abandon us... right...?'
Once a seed of doubt is planted, unless uprooted.
It will eventually bloom.
'No way...? But... Dad...'
Suddenly, anxiety bloomed in Cho-ryeon while at kindergarten.
Her head filled only with wanting to see Dad soon.
Before the seed of doubt in her heart could sprout.
'Dad, you wouldn't abandon us, right?'
Due to another kid's malice.
The pure heart was on the verge of turning dark.