I Became the Fiancé of a Dragon in Romance Fantasy

1 – Became the dragon’s fiancé in a romantic fantasy.

 

One day, strange monsters invaded the world I lived in.

 

In the blink of an eye, the world changed and I accidentally awakened a certain ability.

 

The eyes that penetrate the essence and the body that supports it.

 

It was a talent in itself, and one of the best.

 

When dealing with things, it was the ability to know how to reach the essence, so the time I saw a certain movement, I was able to copy it intact.

 

Dealing with monsters every day.
That was the role the world has given me.

Since the world changed, countless values have changed, and people’s thoughts have gradually changed too.

 

What changed the most was, of course, the perception of good and evil.

And just like that, before you know it, The people's values gradually changed too, now goodness was working for oneself and Evil become something that harms itself.

 

I also surrendered to the flow.
because I didn’t want to be a hogu and I wanted to live.

[TL NOTE: Hogu is the slang word used by Koreans for a person who is trustworthy and naive, and who is easily deceived.
but hukou is the literal pronunciation of the word 호구, which the author used but it means many things and one of that is the household registration system used in mainland China.
so I used the pronoun word Hogu here instead of the literal pronunciation hukou.]

 

It was my job to protect people through my superior abilities and get paid for them.

 

Of course, if the price was insufficient, it did not give them protection.

 

Even when people died right in front of my eyes it was nothing to me because it was natural.

 

Then one day, I rescued a child.

 

Scruffy face, shabby clothes.
A child holding an old book dearly in her hand, as if it was something very important to her.

 

She was a kid, who couldn’t afford to pay.
So I didn't know why did I save her.

 

Could it be that it was a remnant of the morals or values that only existed in the previous era that still remained in my mind?

 

But that was just fine.

 

It was just that, the child who was saved by me lowered her head, smiled, and said, 

“Thank you.” 

and It changed me.

 

The child handed me a novel she was holding dearly.
And as I cherished the old novel, I felt a certain value pierce into my heart.

 

It was from then.
I started to have hope in the value of ‘good’.

 

I saved a person and did not receive the price.

 

Just, I went out alone, dealt with the monster, and saved the people who were trembling in fear.

 

No one said thank you to me.
It must be because the values of the world have changed.
It must have been because of the desolate life.

 

As time passed, people started calling me a geek.

 

I didn’t care, and It wouldn’t matter if there was at least one geek like me in the twisted world.

 

Time continued to pass.
I fought and broke my body every day.

 

Now They didn’t call me a geek anymore.

 

The title which they used to call me had become a Hogu before I knew it.

 

It was good though.

 

Being a Hogu must have meant realizing the value of the real good.

 

My body was tired, but my heart was proud.
One day there will be someone who will say thank you to me.
I thought.

 

Still, no one said thank you.

 

* * *

 

As a human being, I had no choice but to be exhausted.

 

Actions that were not reciprocated wear out a person and their feelings.

 

As my hopes gradually faded, then one day I remembered A book.

A book that was given to me by the only child who said thank you to me.

 

The title of the book was ‘The Dragon’s Child.’

 

It was a coming-of-age novel, a romance novel, in which a girl with dragon lineage and a ferocious appearance with scales all over her body, overcomes all her fears and contempt for those around her.

 

The novel in which her depraved heroine awakens and sheds her skin covering her body and takes on her outstanding appearance was a rather common novel, but nonetheless, it was a novel that strangely touched my heart.

 

The main character of the novel was a girl named Adilun Rodenov.