Both the orphanage staff and the children, as well as the people in the neighborhood, all called Samyoung ‘uncle.’
Gang met him for the first time when she was sixteen.
He was a good-natured man who roamed around the neighborhood like an unemployed person, doing all sorts of odd jobs at the orphanage or the local welfare center, helping out wherever needed.
Not only Gang but everyone at the orphanage was grateful to Samyoung.
The reason he became Gang’s manager was because she personally requested him. There was no one else besides Samyoung who could take good care of her.
And for over ten years, he remained by Gang’s side, still a grateful person.
As much as a mother, father, and older brother to her, he filled the void for her, who had no family.
“I didn’t know, really…”
“I didn’t say anything.”
He replied lightly.
That San was the one who brought me out of the big fire.
Yeah. It was strange when I thought about it.
I had considered that my memory was fragmented due to the shock of the accident, but I clearly lost consciousness inside the building where the flames surged.
It couldn’t have been that I walked out alone, but why hadn’t I thought about how I came out of the building?
Maybe it was just too painful to recall, a event that brought guilt.
Seeing moisture in Gang’s eyes, he asked.
“Are you crying?”
“No, just… I’m moved by something.”
Embarrassed, she bowed her head, covering her face with her palm.
A wave of deep emotion surged as if waves had hit her heart.
The reason she could exist now was because of the two most precious people to her, and San was present in every moment of her life.
“Don’t cry for such a thing.”
“…”
“I’ll dedicate my life to loving you from now on.”
He said indifferently, lowering his hand covering Gang’s face.
Then, with his thumb, he lightly stroked the damp corner of her eye.
Looking at him with eyes mixed with various emotions, Gang quietly spoke.
“In the end, the one who saved me was… you.”
Upon hearing that, San replied.
“And the one who saved me was you.”
The reason I had to live was you, and you kept me alive through countless brushes with death until today.
Falling in love with you, who might gain immortality in my life, which might have a life that was infinitely short.
It was the most precious blessing and, at the same time, the most frightening curse.
And it was already an inevitable, predetermined event.
Mother Moa had a last word.
“San, when the time comes, come find that child.”
She must have sensed her death a long time ago.
Maybe from the moment she first met Gang.
Maybe after meeting Illy and falling in love, Moa foresaw everything that would happen in the future.
The day she met Gang while holding San in her belly.
“Fate has already begun.”
That was what she told her husband.
And in the final moments of life.
Illy, who disappeared and reappeared as a jae, and Moa, who disappeared as a blue light, gathered all the remaining life to create the last fragment of the soul.
A splendid ‘vessel’ containing both a strong vitality and a profound nightmare, and a ‘key’ that would determine the fate of the son.
Although Moa told her to come find the child when the time came, San always hovered around Gang, silently watching over her from a distance.
And when he finally had the strength to protect himself, he appeared in front of her.
Gang, who now knew everything, couldn’t control her overwhelming emotions and tightly embraced San.
After that, she quietly spoke in his arms.
“If it’s tonight, I think I can give you a wonderful nightmare.”
“Why?”
San, who didn’t readily understand her intention, asked back.
To that, Gang smiled a little and replied.
“Because I’m happy.”
“…”
“Because I’m so, so incredibly happy, it’s scary. I’m afraid I might lose this happiness I have.”
It was different from the past when she wasn’t afraid of death.
Now, the fear of losing the moment she wanted to stay in forever overwhelmed her more than being endlessly chased in a nightmare that felt like being trapped in a moment she never wanted to return to.
San belatedly understood her feelings.
Because he wasn’t different either.
Not long after, Gang fell deeply asleep in his arms.
Still with tear drops clinging to the corners of her eyes, she soon began to exude a powerful aura of fear and nightmares.
The red and blue smoke that rose like a flame engulfed San’s body like a dragon, soon turning into purple flames and swelling greatly.
And at the same time, a short and intense vibration felt as if it were shaking the heavens and the earth.
Seeing the golden form flashing, it was clear that a celestial boundary was in place.
Maybe Gang’s nightmare, now stronger than ever, momentarily sent out a powerful aura, and there was a high probability that nearby nightmares smelled it and gathered.
‘Celestials will use any means necessary to protect you.’
Seolsung’s words came to mind.
It couldn’t be known if she was the one who set up the boundary outside, but it was certain that leaders, including Romi, among the celestials were doing their best to protect the two.
However, they couldn’t rely solely on them.
Although it couldn’t be precisely known, with the increased strength of the nightmare’s aura, there was undoubtedly another change taking place within Gang’s body.
That meant that the fusion of souls was nearing.
It also meant that soon, No Jitae and Yang Shin-hwi would actively move.
After finishing his thoughts, San quickly absorbed Gang’s nightmares and her fear.
It felt like meeting a well-aged delicacy after being hungry for a long time.
However, at some point, Gang, who had been embraced, began to sob softly.
“No…”
Her forehead wrinkled, she shook her head.
“No…”
Reluctantly, tears began to flow.
Why was she so tormented by dreaming?
He infiltrated her subconscious to peek into her dream.
Shaking off the ominous aura clinging to his toes, San took step by step forward.
After gazing at the sleeping Gang for a moment, he headed towards the deeper end of her unconscious.
Today, the nucleus of her dream felt strangely distant.
And finally, in the deepest part of her dream where he arrived,
“Come here. I’ll save you.”
San faced another scene where a different version of himself gestured to Gang.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
