Kidnapped Dragons (KR Web Novel)

He opened the pocket watch and checked the time.

It was 7:35 am, about time to leave.

“Let’s go.”

“…”

Yeorum walked out with powerless steps.

Although he quietly stared at her face, she didn’t look back at him. She didn’t seem to be in a good mood today.

Regardless, Yu Jitae left the house with her.

There was close to no traffic In the residential area, in front of the dormitory buildings lining up. Yeorum, who would always babble on about what she learned, was keeping her mouth shut with a pout so the road felt quieter than usual.

Why was she like this.

The Regressor carefully contemplated. What could have caused the baby dragon to be unhappy, when nothing much had happened both yesterday and today?

He suddenly remembered something which had happened yesterday, about her question on whether she had gotten stronger or not. He wasn’t able to reply easily because Yeorum’s achievement was lacking.

Then should he have given her a false praise? Maybe she would have been in a better mood if that was the case.

Before teaching Yeorum, he had read ten or so books about education and some of those books told him to compliment the action itself rather than the result: instead of praising a child for drawing a pretty picture, praise them for drawing instead.

But did a false compliment like that have meaning? He didn’t know. Could something so lacking in sincerity really be called a compliment? And if he praised every single time, wouldn’t that dilute the actual meaning of the compliment when they do get it right?

It was a soft and tender contemplation. He, who had always been pondering about the Apocalypse and killing demons, wasn’t used to such worries.

In any case, a topic like this would result in a different take for everyone without an ideal answer, which the Regressor wasn’t fond of. He instead decided to do what he could.

In the Central Training Room of Lair, Yu Jitae and Yeorum entered an ‘Alternate Dimension Training Room’. He didn’t set the environment, so a translucent wall and floor of white welcomed them.

“From today, we will start training while using some restricting tools.”

“…”

Yeorum didn’t even give a nod. She didn’t look eager.

She was sitting down on the floor on her bum, so he walked up to her and crouched down to match the line of sight.

“What’s wrong.”

“…”

“You don’t want to do it?”

“…”

“We can rest for today if you want.”

When he was about to raise his body after not getting any response, Yeorum opened her mouth with a depressed voice.

“…You can scold if you want.”

He had a hard time understanding her words.

“What do you mean.”

“You can scold me if I can’t match your standards.”

“Why would I?”

“Then I would get slightly better right. It will be embarrassing, but I would at least be upset enough to try harder.”

“…”

“Instead of saying well done when I succeed in something, why didn’t you tell me, that it wasn’t time for me to be happy.”

“You were doing a good job on your part.”

With a slightly angry look, she lifted her head.

“Because you’re saying that, I thought I was actually doing a good job. When I was jumping around thinking I did well, how laughable would that have been for you? I didn’t even know that and…”

“Yeorum.”