Sweet Dreams (1)

“Kukuk, kukuk, kukuk…”

Yu Seha barely held back a bursting laugh.
Watching that, Ju Na-young was making a ‘Yong-woo!’ sound.

Puffing out her cheeks and stomping her feet!
Matching that, the wings on top of her head flapped and fluttered.

Yu Seha’s laughter grew stronger.
Ju Na-young, who was watching, puffed up and shouted.

“Hey, hey, Yu Seha. Why are you laughing so much?”
“Kukuk, so, sorry… kukuk!”
“Yo, yong, yong-iik!”

-Puput, pupuput…!
-Mm, mmaa. Pfft.

Hmm, huh?
The laughter coming was not just one or two.

Ju Na-young turned her head.
Moon Bora and Ma Hana had approached without notice.

Both of them also had expressions similar to Yu Seha’s.
Soon, the three of them’s gazes were fixed on the cute little wings sprouting above Ju Na-young’s head.
Eventually, without anyone being first, they couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.

“Puhaha!!”
“Mmaa, mmaaah!”
“Hooong-eng-eng!”

Ju Na-young trembled all over.
Literally, like a dragon.
Moving the dragon tail on her butt in all directions, she shouted loudly in anger.

“D-don’t laugh! I said don’t laugh! I-I didn’t even want to get such small wings!”
“Puhahaha!!”
“Hey, hey Yu Seha! Don’t laugh! I said don’t laugh! Yong-iik!”
“Kukukuk!!!”
“Huh, don’t heheh!!!”

Ju Na-young wailed for a long time.
After a while, Yu Seha, who had calmed down, apologized.

“Sorry, sorry… it was too funny… ah, no, because it was cute.”
“Yong-iik!”
“Ahem! Anyway, so that’s not the real wing, right?”

Yu Seha asked with a slightly serious face.

If that really was Ju Na-young’s full power wing, it wouldn’t be something to just laugh off.

At that, Ju Na-young didn’t answer but clenched both hands and trembled.

A sound of something splitting and forming was heard.

Flap-flap-!

Soon, near Ju Na-young’s wing bones,
a huge pair of wings unfolded.

“…Wow.”

Yu Seha, who burst out an exclamation, asked for permission and carefully examined them.

They were beautiful.

Each scale was tightly packed with red scales,
and structurally flawless in some way.

At the tips, sharp dragon claws protruded…
Among the many Ju Na-youngs of ‘GAL’, it could be said to be the most perfect wing form.

Slowly stroking.
And fiddling.

At that gesture, Ju Na-young’s whole body turned reddish.
No matter how strong it is, after all, these wings are part of Ju Na-young’s body.
What he was doing now was similar to touching a sensitive part of Ju Na-young.

“Yo, Yong-woo…”
“Wow, it’s really awesome.”

Regardless, Yu Seha admired.
That made him even more curious.

“…No, if you have such cool wings, why… do you handle those fluttery ones?”
“D-don’t call them fluttery!”

Ju Na-young wiggled her fingers and replied as if crawling.

“I-I can’t help it… no matter how hard I try, these wings don’t move.”

Ju Na-young said.
She succeeded in bringing out the wings, but couldn’t control them at all.

Meanwhile, unexpectedly, small wings sprouted on her head,
and she said she could handle at least those.

Yu Seha nodded at the calm explanation.
He roughly understood what had happened.

‘She still hasn’t shaken off her fear of heights.’

Because of that mental influence, he created such a toy-like appendage.

Yu Seha smiled gently.
He was confident in his heart.
Whatever happened, Ju Na-young was steadily moving forward step by step.

She was able to bring out her wings, and strangely, she could even fly with those small ones.

He guaranteed that if she swallows her fear little by little and adapts, she will one day fly vigorously with those magnificent red wings.
A symbol that shows she is the descendant of the brilliant ruler, the Dragon.

Yu Seha dreamed of such a future.
Then he slowly stroked the head of the sulking dragon girl.

“Yo, Yong-aa?”
“Sorry for teasing you. And thank you. Thanks to you, I passed the test.”

By the way, don’t worry about the wings.

“With time, you’ll be able to handle them naturally.”
“Yong-eung.”

Anyway, the first test was passed.

Choi Mari, who was running hard on the treadmill, or rather, the rabbit, handed over the headband.
The rabbit hummed and nodded.

“Excellent. Honestly, I thought you’d be eliminated and never seen again.”
“…Of course, but even if that happened, you’d return senior Mari’s body, right?”
“Of course. I told you, right? It’s only borrowed during the test.”

The rabbit said ‘Ucha…!’ and got down.
Immediately, as if there was no time to waste, she snapped her fingers.
The surrounding scenery began to change again.

“Since you all seem impatient, let’s go straight to the second test. I’ll explain while moving. Listen carefully.”

When the rabbit tapped the board, the blurry second picture changed into a maze filled with darkness.

The maze had many people drawn.
Each one had a surprised or entranced face as they walked.

“Now, the second is the darkness of desire.”
“…Darkness of desire?”
“Yes. From now on, each of you will be torn apart and trapped in your own darkness. And the darkness will unfold illusions that stimulate each person’s desires.”

If you overcome and break through all those illusions, you succeed!

“Pretty easy, right?”
“……”

Yu Seha and the group silently looked at the rabbit.
The explanation was extremely unfriendly.
Still, they roughly understood what the test was.

Especially Yu Seha was somewhat confident.

‘Is there some kind of fate or something?’

Both in the Forest of Dreams and now in the second test,
it felt like they were undergoing many mental tests.
He was practically experienced.
He judged that it was unlikely to get caught.

At that moment, the view flipped again.
What appeared was a place filled with perfect darkness.
The group that was just there was nowhere to be seen.

It was proof that the test had begun.
The rabbit’s additional words were heard in his ear.

“Now, it begins. Overcome the unfolding desires. The challenger who first dispels all desires can move to another challenger’s illusion. If everyone passes safely, the test ends.”

‘Is that really the structure?’

Yu Seha nodded.
The more he heard, the more it resembled the structure when passing through the <Forest of Dreams> in the past.
He thought it was just a bit more difficult.

‘This should be no big problem…’

He wanted to pass quickly and help anyone trapped in illusions.

Thinking so, he advanced.
At first, it was okay.

But maybe because it was a trial given by the <Tower>,
He gradually encountered difficulties.

Now, it unfolded right before his eyes.

“Cadet Yu Seha. H-help me.”
“……”

At the voice, Yu Seha lowered his gaze.
Silently, blankly.
The other grumbled at that gaze.

“Don’t just look, h-help me! Can’t you hear the teacher’s request?”

The identity was Peng Jin-ah.
But not just Peng Jin-ah.
It was a small child version of Peng Jin-ah, barely reaching the waist.
It was exactly the same as the old photo Peng Jin-ah showed.

‘Crazy…’

Isn’t this super cute?

Mini Peng Jin-ah raised both hands and stomped.
Puffed out both cheeks.
Then begged to open a bottled drink…
It was really dangerously cute.

‘Kuh, sniff…’

It was dangerous, very dangerous.
He almost gave in.
Yu Seha barely held back the desire to stroke his head and advanced.

He instinctively knew.
The moment he touched mini Peng Jin-ah, he would be trapped in the illusion.

Behind him, Peng Jin-ah cursed while crying.

“Cadet Yu Seha! You’ll end up like me!”

What kind of cruel words were those?
Knowing how troublesome it would be to become such a little kid, yet saying that…

‘Definitely not the teacher.’

Because she wouldn’t say such things to me.

The troublesome trials continued.

Inside a strange cabin, Moon Bora, naked, turned her back and glanced.

“…Seha? You still seem a bit cold…”

The illusion Moon Bora lifted the blanket.
The original was already quite seductive, but this was just a succubus.
Licking her lips, she seductively swayed.

“Shall we keep each other warm?”
“Haah…”

Yu Seha advanced.
He placed his hand on the fake Moon Bora’s shoulder.

Succubus Moon Bora smiled triumphantly.
However, Yu Seha didn’t get under the blanket but instead wrapped her in the blanket.

“…Hooong?!”

Even though fake, she cried loudly.
Soon, she was sprawled on the bed like a kimbap roll.
Before leaving, he didn’t forget to pull her cheek.

“Hoo, hooong, hooong-eng!”
“Hmm, less sticky than the original. Fail!”
“…Hooong-eng.”

The illusions continued.
This time it was the front door.
Carefully opening the door, a voice said, “Welcome~”

Next appeared a slightly more mature Ju Na-young.
Ju Na-young wore a cute outfit and a fluttering apron.

He looked with honey-dripping eyes.
Then he said something fatal in many ways.

“You worked hard today, too.”

Honey.

“…Haah.”

Countless desires unfolded after that.
Yu Seha endured silently as if nothing was wrong.
Rather, as time passed, he thought it was manageable.

‘The mini teacher who appeared first seems the hardest?’

At the moment he entered the last gate,
Shocking things appeared before his eyes.

Yu Seha froze like a stone.
Staring at him were more than 20 ‘Mmaa’ gazes from Meowii creatures.

“Mmaa~ Seha!”
“Seha?”
“Seha!”
“Mmaa, mmaa~”
“Hug me, Seha~”

Meowi with various charms.
All of them were Meowi of various ages.
All exuded Meoww charm.

Yu Seha felt cold sweat running down his back.
He sensed it.

‘This, this is…’

This was dangerous.
The most dangerous hallucination he had ever experienced.

The approaching Meowis.
Yu Seha tried to run away.
But the door he came through had long since disappeared.

“Ah, no…”
“Mmaa~”
“O, don’t come!”

-Mmaaah~
-Aa, aaah!!!

At the same time.

Bunny girl Choi Mari,
Aka the rabbit, ran on the treadmill and laughed ‘Hoohoo…!’

Her gaze was fixed on a transparent crystal ball.
Inside it, the group including Yu Seha was clearly preserved.
The rabbit wiped the sweat flowing and showed a deep smile.

‘With this, that pretty boy is eliminated.’

Honestly…
Hmm, yes, I’ll be honest.
I was nervous.

Because he broke through illusions so relentlessly.
I knew he was a tough opponent from the first test,
but I didn’t expect him to have such strong mental power.

‘Is he really an ordinary human?’

But even he couldn’t overcome the last trial.
In front of the illusion showing the challenger’s strongest desire, he finally knelt down.

The rabbit blew out breath and flipped the crystal ball’s screen.

The second to appear was Moon Bora.
Next to the girl making ‘Hooong, hooong-eng!’ sounds were many Yu Sehas’ dressed as butlers.

They whispered something extremely sweet…
The rabbit deliberately didn’t listen because it was cringy.

The important thing was that Moon Bora, blushing deeply, was surrounded by Yu Sehas’ and was out of her mind.

Eventually, Moon Bora knelt on one knee and was knocked down by Yu Seha’s attack of kissing the back of her hand.

‘…About tastes, anyway, next is…’

The third was Ju Na-young.

Inside a small and pretty cabin.
The firewood in the fireplace crackled beautifully as it burned.

And on the sofa,
a man and woman covered with the same blanket were seen.

The two watching a movie on a big screen were Ju Na-young and Yu Seha’s illusions.

Ju Na-young giggled ‘Yongyong’ and rested her head on Yu Seha’s shoulder.
Yu Seha looked at her with a warm smile and stroked her crown.

Additionally, next to Ju Na-young was a silly stuffed doll resembling Moon Bora.
And a black cat crying ‘Mmaa~’ was placed there.

Again, the two looked at each other.
Each wore a happy smile.

“They’re having sweet dreams.”

The rabbit smiled satisfactorily and shifted focus.

Only one person remained.
A black fur ball advancing silently.
It was Ma Hana.

The rabbit watching her smiled meaningfully.

“Now, only you remain.”

Indeed, at this point where all comrades had been defeated.
How well can you endure…

“Shall we take a look?”