Seoul Dragon

“Wooooaaaah!”
“Wow, damn, crazy…!”
“This isn’t a fire show or fireworks, what is it, a nuclear blast? Wow, this is insane, really…”
“Holy shit, that’s incredible…”
“When you said fire show, I thought it would just flare up a bit and be done, but wow.”
At that surreal sight, my classmates seemed to be in a daze, and the juniors appeared to be the same.
It was enough to instantly sober up Lee Sihyun who had been drunk.
Sihyun was staring at me with wide eyes.
No, not just Sihyun. My sister was also looking at me with a similar expression.
She had an expression of disbelief, unable to believe that the person she always bickered with had created such a spectacle.
“…I shouldn’t mess with unnie.”
I can hear you, fool. You’ll just act like that and then mess with me again anyway.
In any case, I was quite surprised too.
I just went all out to experiment how far my firepower could reach, but I didn’t expect it to pierce through the clouds high in the sky.
Citizens who were strolling around were also staring at me in shock.
Did I cause trouble?
Still, I had thoroughly checked the surroundings and made sure there was nothing passing by even high in the sky before shooting, so I didn’t actually harm anyone… but it seems I’ve drawn quite a lot of attention.
I expected to draw attention in the first place, so that’s not particularly a problem.
I was just worried that I might have instilled fear in someone.
But then, someone approached me.
“Wow! This unnie has horns on her head! And she breathes fire!”
A little girl who looked about five or six years old, seemingly out for an evening stroll with her family, suddenly approached me.
The child’s parents, who had been watching in a daze as I shot fire, belatedly panicked and tried to stop the child, but the child clung to me first.
The child seemed to have been raised with a lot of love, as there was no hesitation in her actions.
But I didn’t find it unpleasant. I bent my knees to look at the child.
“Is it fascinating?”
“Yes!”
“Do you want to touch it?”
“Can I?”
“Of course.”
“Hehe!”
The child reached out and stroked my horns.
As expected, I don’t feel much. But what the child felt must have been the opposite of my experience.
A firmness that can’t be felt from humans. At an age where she wouldn’t even know what a mutant is, I must seem like an incredibly special person to her.
What would a child know? She’s too young to understand concepts like rudeness, and there’s no malice in her actions, so I just smiled and observed her behavior.
“It’s hard! Amazing!”
“Right?”
“Why do you have horns, unnie?”
“Because I’m a dragon?”
“A dragon!?”
The child’s eyes sparkled. At that moment, the parents, worried that I might harm their child, quickly approached and grabbed the child’s hand.
“I’m sorry! The child doesn’t know any better…”
In the eyes of the parents, whom I glanced up at, there was undeniable fear.
Seeing that, I gave a bitter smile. As expected, the fear of mutants is unavoidable.
But it wasn’t incomprehensible. After witnessing me breathe fire that shot all the way to the clouds, how could they not be afraid?
Moreover, considering all the incidents caused by mutants, the parents’ reaction wasn’t particularly rude.
It was just the normal reaction of parents who care for their child.
“It’s okay. Children can be like that.”
“Unnie, unnie. If you’re a dragon, can you fly in the sky too?”
“Yes.”
“Woooow! But how do you fly without wings?”
“Wings?”
“Yes!”
“…Do you want to see them?”
“Yes!”
“This child…! I’m sorry, we’ll be going now. Lee Yoonseoh, come here.”
“No! I want to play with the dragon unnie!”
The child, like a six-year-old would, started to throw a tantrum.
Evident embarrassment showed on the face of the woman who appeared to be the child’s mother.
People around were watching with quite a bit of interest.
Whether they were my classmates, juniors, or my sister.
Maybe because they already knew I was kind to others, they didn’t seem particularly afraid of me despite the spectacle they had just witnessed.
No, rather, they were just looking this way with curiosity, wondering if I would really bring out my wings.
The child seemed to be fixated on the mention of wings. Yes, it must be fascinating.
Clearly, there are no visible wings, yet I say I have them.
…My clothes might tear a bit, but I guess it can’t be helped. I spoke to Seoa.
“Seoa.”
“What?”
Since the child was watching, I deliberately called my sister in an uncharacteristically affectionate tone.
My sister seemed to recognize this, as her expression wrinkled slightly, but she didn’t show it outwardly.
“Do you happen to have any clothes I could wear?”
“How would I have something like that?”
“Then, could you buy some for me? I’ll give you the money…”
“Are you really going to bring them out?”
“It seems I have to.”
“…Alright then. But I want to see them properly too.”
“I’ll show you separately at home later.”
“You know that’s not possible at home, right?”
“I know, I know.”
I said that and handed my card to my sister.
While Seoa was hurriedly running off, the child’s parents were fidgeting anxiously. They seemed to think that it wouldn’t be good to cause any more trouble.
“Lee Yoonseoh! Are you really going to be like this!”
“I don’t want to gooo―!”
“What’s wrong with her today? Honey, say something to her.”
“Yoonseoh. Don’t trouble the unnie and let’s go home, okay? You’re a good girl, our Yoonseoh.”
“Why is she acting like this when she usually listens so well and doesn’t cause trouble…”
“I won’t gooooo!”
But even with her father stepping in, the child called Yoonseoh showed no intention of giving in.
The child’s uniquely loud volume hit the ears.
“Yoonseoh, should unnie show you her wings?”
“Yes!”
“Then, let’s make a promise.”
“What kind of promise…?”
“I’ll show you my wings and let you fly a bit, but then you have to listen to your mom and dad.”
“Really!?”
“Yes. Unnie doesn’t lie. Here, pinky promise… thumbs seal! Is it a promise?”
“Yes!”
“…I’m really sorry.”
“It’s okay. Children can be like that. I would have been curious too if I were Yoonseoh. Ah, could you step back a bit? The wings are quite large… you might get hurt. Yoonseoh, would you like to go to your mom for a moment?”
“Yes!”
“Junior Nayeon? Could the juniors step back a bit too? The wings are quite large, and you might get hit and hurt when they spread.”
“Ah, yes!”
As people moved away from my vicinity, I exhaled and brought out my wings.
Creak.
With a somewhat chilling sound, I felt the wings spreading from my back. Each wing was about 2 meters.
As dragon wings totaling about 4 meters suddenly protruded, people’s eyes widened. Even though I had just embroidered the sky with a pillar of fire, the reaction was even more dramatic now.
“Wooow…! They’re so biiiig!”
“My goodness…”
“How is it, aren’t they huge?”
“Can you really fly?”
“Of course.”
I moved my wings. With a fluttering sound, wind swirled around.
Whoosh-!
At the same time, my body rose slightly.
“How is it, isn’t it amazing?”
“Yes!”
“Come here. Unnie will let you see the sky for a bit.”
At my words, Yoonseoh silently hugged me.
While holding Yoonseoh, I rose to a moderate height, not too high. About 10 meters from the ground. If I flew too high, Yoonseoh’s parents might get anxious.
“Wooooow!”
“Oh…”
Yoonseoh, seemingly very excited, kept exclaiming in admiration. And the same was true for me.
It was also my first time spreading my wings and flying directly.
The wind blows.
The cool autumn breeze felt quite refreshing just by feeling it against my skin.
“Are you having fun?”
“Wooow…!”
Yoonseoh nodded at my question and continued to exclaim in admiration.
Well, it is an experience no one else can have.
After circling the park once like that, there were some people taking photos of me.
However, I didn’t particularly mind.
It was something I had accepted from the moment I decided to reveal myself as a mutant at the university.
As long as it didn’t harm people around me, I decided to be lenient about it.
However, if there’s anyone who digs into my personal information and harasses people around me, I won’t leave them alone.
I’ll have to find a way to deal with them by talking to Agent Choi Jeongho.
After circling the park once and landing back at the original spot, Yoonseoh walked to her mother with a big smile, her eyes shining as if she had just ridden an amusement park ride.
“Thank you so much. She’s not a child who usually throws tantrums like this… Yoonseoh, let’s go home now. Okay?”
“Ahaha… it’s an age of vibrant curiosity, right? You don’t need to worry so much. Here, Yoonseoh. As you promised unnie, you should listen to your mom and dad, right?”
“Uung… okay…”
Yoonseoh seemed to be sad about parting with me. But because we had made a pinky promise, Yoonseoh didn’t throw any more tantrums and quietly nestled in her mother’s arms.
“Unnie! Bye-bye!”
I silently waved to the child. But I couldn’t fold my wings right away. You could see the bareness of my back without even looking.
Since my clothes were slightly precariously draped, I wrapped my wings around my body slightly.
My classmates and juniors approached me.
They kept exclaiming in admiration, and some juniors asked if this happens every time I spread my wings.
“Yes. That’s why I said earlier. This is what happens unless the clothes have a hole cut in the back. By the way, Yoon Seoa, when is she coming?”
Just as I said that, my sister appeared, panting.
“He-here, clothes.”
“Ah, thank you. Hey, cover me a bit. I need to put on clothes…”
“I’ll help too.”
Just then, Sihyun and Nayeon, who had sobered up, stuck to me and covered me. It was uncomfortable in many ways. I wonder if there’s a separate clothing store for mutants…
I’d like to try bringing out my tail later if possible, but it seems that will be a distant dream for now.