My Tamed Beast Returned with a Dragon Chapter 75 - I’m Not Popular

The barbecue party was slowly coming to an end. After everyone had eaten their fill, there was not a single piece of meat left in the cooler.

The area was a mess after the intense feast. The Hunters offered to clean up, but Belquior quickly took care of everything with magic.

The Hunters held the now spotless plates and griddle, looking like raccoons that had just washed cotton candy.

With their stomachs full, they sat on mats, looking at the stars and chatting together.

Eun-sae also enjoyed the moment, looking up at the sky with the children beside Belquior.

“Byeol, Bom. Aren’t you sleepy?”

“Not even a little.”

Beep!

Byeol and Bom answered energetically. Eun-sae gently rubbed their backs.

“Tell me anytime you get sleepy. Don’t force yourself to stay awake.”

“Okaaay.”

Byeol giggled and buried his face in Eun-sae’s lap. He could smell Eun-sae’s warm, comforting scent.

‘I love this moment with noona so much.’

Byeol planned to stay awake for as long as possible. He had to hold out until noona told him to go to bed first.

Belquior watched Byeol acting spoiled and spoke.

“What was that earlier?”

“Huh? Oh, spitting watermelon seeds? It’s just a game. It looked a little silly, right?”

Belquior nodded.

To him, it had looked like humans had suddenly gotten noisy, stuck fruit seeds to their faces, and giggled like fools.

He thought it was pathetic to get so excited over something completely pointless. But he said nothing because Eun-sae was part of it.

“Why do you do something like that?”

“Because it’s fun? Don’t you do things like that in your world, Sir Belquior?”

“I have never seen my kind do such a thing.”

“Haha, I guess not. People as beautiful and cool as you probably wouldn’t do something like that.”

Eun-sae thought of Sanchez. Someone so dignified and elegant playing a game of spitting watermelon seeds?

Come to think of it, did people in Belquior’s world even have games like spitting watermelon seeds?

“But if it is a bet, we do things even more extreme than that.”

“Like what?”

“How long one can stay asleep. How many flowers from the heavenly realm one can pick without being caught by the gods. Pulling out a dragon’s whisker. Lifting a mountain and moving it. Things like that.”

Eun-sae burst out laughing.

“Pfft, really? You’re such a prankster. I didn’t expect that.”

Belquior chose not to say more. If she actually saw what they did, she probably could not describe them with such a cute word.

Especially picking flowers from the heavenly realm was dangerous. If they were caught, it would not end with merely being bound in their physical bodies.

“Dragons make those kinds of bets too. That sounds fun.”

“To live such long lives, we also need entertainment.”

“I can’t even imagine how long your life must be.”

“For humans who live only for an instant, it is an eternity beyond their ability to measure.”

“I see.”

Eun-sae thought about all the years Belquior had lived. Had he ever been lonely during all those long years?

The word “loneliness” did not seem to suit Belquior, but somehow, she did not think he had spent all those years having much fun.

A brief silence passed between Eun-sae and Belquior. Then a commotion came from the Hunters’ side. Oh Jong-hwan suddenly stood up and shouted.

“I told you it was true!”

“Who said it wasn’t? It’s just hard to believe. Paris Lee has a wife, doesn’t he?”

“Yeah, he married a Hollywood actress five years ago. That’s why I’m saying he has no shame.”

Eun-sae asked the grumbling Oh Jong-hwan,

“What happened?”

“Ah, Hunter Yoo Eun-sae. You remember when we were dispatched to the ‘Shaking Cliff’ dungeon? That American Hunter, Paris Lee, acted really disgusting back then, right? I’m right, aren’t I?”

Oh, was he talking about that man? Eun-sae made an awkward expression. Oh Jong-hwan passionately continued.

“Throughout the whole raid, Paris Lee kept making ridiculous passes at Hunter Yoo Eun-sae and doing that outdated wall-pin move. He kept trying to steal Hunter Yoo Eun-sae away from us. Our guild master was really annoyed.”

“I liked Paris Lee because of his gentlemanly image, but that’s really disappointing.”

“As expected of Hunter Yoo Eun-sae! You’re popular overseas too!”

“Seo Ho-rang, you didn’t know? Among famous Hunters overseas, there are a lot of people who name Hunter Yoo Eun-sae as their ideal type. They even post on social media asking her to meet them just once.”

Eun-sae gave an embarrassed smile. She could neither agree nor deny it.

There really were many famous Hunters from overseas who contacted her through their personal social media accounts.

Elena Kim turned to Eun-sae as if she had just remembered something.

“Come to think of it, didn’t something happen at the Docheon Group anniversary ceremony too?”

“Huh?”

“I heard it from Hunter Kim Yu-ha. He said the CEO of K Media kept hitting on Hunter Yoo Eun-sae and got a good scolding.”

Yu-ha……. Eun-sae called out to him in her mind. But since he was not here, there was no way he could answer.

Eun-sae smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

“Something just happened.”

“Hunter Yoo Eun-sae must be tired. The CEO of K Media means Choi In-ho, the second son of K Group, right? I heard he’s really rude and arrogant. My friend once worked on the security team for Choi In-ho’s company, and he said Choi In-ho’s personality was seriously messed up.”

“Wow, it must have been hard dealing with someone like that. You went through a lot.”

“What does that mean?”

Belquior, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, asked. He had already been in a slightly bad mood since Paris Lee’s name came up.

Since Belquior almost never spoke first, Eun-sae and the Hunters blinked in surprise.

Oh Jong-hwan took the opportunity to move beside Belquior and began chatting away.

Ever since Belquior had helped him in the Maze Dungeon, Oh Jong-hwan had felt a sense of closeness toward him.

Besides, after watching him for a long time, he did not seem like a bad person.

“You see, bro. You know Hunter Yoo Eun-sae is popular with both men and women, right?”

Bro?

Belquior raised an eyebrow at the strange title he was hearing for the first time. But he did not stop Oh Jong-hwan. The latter part of what he had said caught his attention.

Eun-sae hurriedly waved her hands.

“Why would you say that? That’s not true, Sir Belquior. I’m not popular.”

“Don’t be so modest. Did I make that up? It’s true.”

“That’s right! Hunter Yoo Eun-sae is super popular!”

Seo Ho-rang joined in without realizing what was going on. Elena Kim pinched his side.

Lee Ye-na tugged on Oh Jong-hwan’s clothes, but he only chuckled.

“Anyway, sometimes there are guys who don’t know their place and hit on Hunter Yoo Eun-sae. That Choi In-ho guy is like that too. I heard from Hunter Kim Yu-ha that he tried to make a move on Hunter Yoo Eun-sae, and when she rejected him, he started shouting at her. In a place full of people, too!”

“Hunter Oh Jong-hwan…….”

Seeing Eun-sae looking troubled, Belquior quietly called Byeol.

“Byeol.”

“Yes, Daddy!”

The child had been there, so he must have seen and heard everything clearly.

“What exactly did that man say?”

“Sir Belquior, it wasn’t a big deal. Byeol, no. You don’t have to talk about that.”

As Eun-sae hurriedly tried to stop Byeol from speaking, Belquior sent him a message through telepathy.

[Tell me.]

[Umm……. I was upset then too. He kept ignoring noona. He also said bad things to the humans who are close to noona!]

[How?]

[He kept asking noona to eat with him. Noona said she didn’t want to, but he shouted at her and even tried to hit noona!]

Byeol told Belquior every little detail about what had happened at the party. The longer the child spoke, the colder Belquior’s eyes became.

When he heard that the man had even raised his hand against Eun-sae, his jaw tightened.

At first, he had been in a bad mood because there had been a man who had approached Eun-sae. But soon, that was no longer the issue.

Belquior felt a cold anger at the fact that someone had insulted Eun-sae. Why……

‘Why didn’t she tell me even a word about it?’

Eun-sae liked telling him even the smallest things.

What kind of dream she had the night before, what she wanted to do during the day, or what she wanted to eat at night.

She told him everything, no matter how trivial. And before he knew it, he had grown used to and even enjoyed listening to her little stories about things that did not matter.

But why this time?

It was not even something as trivial as usual, so why had she not told him?

His gaze turned toward Eun-sae.

“Eun-sae.”

“Yes, yes?”

Eun-sae stammered without realizing it. Belquior’s expression was still emotionless, but she could feel that his mood had darkened.

“Why did you hide from me that something like that happened?”

Belquior asked directly. Sensing that something was wrong, Eun-sae hesitated.

“Uh……. I didn’t hide it. I just didn’t tell you because it wasn’t a good thing to talk about. And it really wasn’t a big deal. I don’t even remember what that person said.”

It was true. Eun-sae had already completely forgotten about the incident.

She was not the kind of person who remembered bad things for a long time. There were so many happy things in the world, so why waste her energy on something like that?

“If I had known this would happen, I should not have let you go alone that time.”

Belquior frowned slightly. Eun-sae’s mouth fell open.

Wait, I didn’t go alone. I went with my friends……

She could not bring herself to say that, so Eun-sae rolled her eyes awkwardly.